Grand Final TV Ratings

[Timmah]

Rnk Description Stn Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Rugby League Grand Final Nine 2,027,000 1,021,000 347,000 524,000 48,000 87,000
2 Rugby League Grand Final Presentation Nine 1,548,000 893,000 *** 511,000 60,000 84,000
5 60 Minutes Nine 1,223,000 415,000 306,000 253,000 109,000 140,000
8 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,191,000 418,000 307,000 335,000 52,000 78,000
10 Rugby League Grand Final Entertainment Nine 1,120,000 634,000 180,000 253,000 18,000 35,000
20 Rugby League Grand Final 1st Division Nine 496,000 337,000 *** 159,000 *** ***
22 The Sunday Footy Show Nine 435,000 148,000 160,000 65,000 32,000 31,000
24 Rugby League Grand Final U21 Nine 352,000 253,000 *** 100,000 *** ***

http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/10/week-41-4.html

Important to note Nine News was on during the Grand Final, and 60 Minutes included about 15-20 minutes of the post-GF lap of honour.

 

[Timmah]

Add to that NZ ratings:

NRL: 514,340 (SKY Sport 2, 7:25pm - 9:15pm)

NRL: 177,010 (PRIME, 9:10pm - 11:05pm)

http://www.throng.co.nz/ratings/tv-ratings-2-october-2011



Grand Total across Aus & NZ: 2,718,350

 

[user_nat]

Was the Sunday Footy Show in Melb/Ade/Per the AFL or NRL version?

 

[thommo4pm]

It was also on the Prime Channel in NZ (delayed) which had 177K viewers.

 

[PaddyBoy]

Saweet. Does anyone know the AFL ratings? I'm actually starting to get a bit optimistic for a billion dollar deal (if Perth comes in).

 

[user_nat]

Saweet. Does anyone know the AFL ratings? I'm actually starting to get a bit optimistic for a billion dollar deal (if Perth comes in).

Here

 

[Timmah]

Cheers Thommo, missed that. Nudges us ahead of the AFL GF, which got 2.6 mil across Australia.

 

[NRLMad]

Once you factor in regional ratings + NZ ratings - we will kill the AFL.

 

[NRLMad]

The other little tid bit was David Gyngell thinking of doing U20s GF on Saturday (the day before) - this could also draw at minimum 2m (factoring in regionals).

 

[Brutus]

I'm surprised the GF enetertainment rated at all. Ch 9 ruined it with commercial after commercial. As soon as the retiring players went of stage it was straight to an ad.

 

[user_nat]

The other little tid bit was David Gyngell thinking of doing U20s GF on Saturday (the day before) - this could also draw at minimum 2m (factoring in regionals).

That seems pretty unlikely since this was the U20s ratings:
24 Rugby League Grand Final U21 Nine 352,000 253,000 *** 100,000 *** *** (was also on Fox live)

Unlikely to get 2m that is.

 

[Brutus]

Great ratings for NSW Cup in Sydney.

It smashed the AFL GF Sydney ratings from the day before and was in a far worse timeslot.

League officials need to get their arse into gear and package the NSW Cup into a comp that will demand regular live TV coverage and gain decent sponsorship.

People will watch, especially with teams such as the Bears, Jets, Steelers ect involved.

 

[Timmah]

I was surprised to see that, the NSW Cup GF outrated the Toyota Cup Grand Final.

 

[NRLMad]

That seems pretty unlikely since this was the U20s ratings:
24 Rugby League Grand Final U21 Nine 352,000 253,000 *** 100,000 *** ***

Unlikely to get 2m that is.

Properly promoted, national audience + regionals = you're probably right.

That number would double especially considering regionals make up a large amount of viewiership. It's strange that AFL doesn't get the same sort of gain. I guess many of the large regional centres are in QLD and NSW..

Extracted from wikipedia - thanks!!!!
Rank Statistical Division/District State/Territory June 2009[2] June 2010[3] 1
1 Sydney New South Wales 4,504,469 4,575,532
2 Melbourne Victoria 3,995,537 4,077,036
3 Brisbane Queensland 2,004,262 2,043,185
4 Perth Western Australia 1,658,992 1,696,065
5 Adelaide South Australia 1,187,466 1,203,186
6 Gold Coast-Tweed Queensland/New South Wales 577,977 591,473
7 Newcastle New South Wales 540,796 546,788
8 Canberra-Queanbeyan Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales 403,118 410,41
9 * Canberra Australian Capital Territory[4] 351,868 358,600
9 Wollongong New South Wales 288,984 292,190
10 Sunshine Coast Queensland 245,309 251,081
11 Greater Hobart Tasmania 212,019 214,705
12 Geelong Victoria 175,803 178,650
13 Townsville Queensland 168,402 172,316
14 Cairns Queensland 147,118 150,920
15 Toowoomba Queensland 128,600 131,258
16 Darwin Northern Territory 124,760 127,532
17 Launceston Tasmania 105,445 106,153
18 Albury-Wodonga New South Wales/Victoria 104,609 106,052
19 Ballarat Victoria 94,088 96,097
20 Bendigo Victoria 89,995 91,713

 

[Brutus]

Imagine if 2 Sydney teams were involved in the Toyota Cup GF.

400k plus for sure in Sydney.

 

[carlosthedwarf]

Great ratings for NSW Cup in Sydney.

It smashed the AFL GF Sydney ratings from the day before and was in a far worse timeslot.

League officials need to get their arse into gear and package the NSW Cup into a comp that will demand regular live TV coverage and gain decent sponsorship.

People will watch, especially with teams such as the Bears, Jets, Steelers ect involved.

Since the NRL doesn't want to do Saturday afternoon, I wonder if a NSW/QLD cup game on ONE at 3pm would work?

Also 350k in Melbourne without the Storm even playing.

 

[Timmah]

Actually, those ratings only take into account the Ch 9 telecast.

FOX Sports 2/2HD did broadcast the Toyota Cup GF live, so we'd probably need those ratings for an accurate picture. Plenty of people would want to watch it in HD given the preference.

 

[Brutus]

Since the NRL doesn't want to do Saturday afternoon, I wonder if a NSW/QLD cup game on ONE at 3pm would work?

It would for sure.

The ABC live at 2pm would also be good.

They could still show the club union at 3.45pm on delay.

This is what used to happen in QLD with the QLD Cup and the Club union straight after.

 

[Brutus]

Actually, those ratings only take into account the Ch 9 telecast.

FOX Sports 2/2HD did broadcast the Toyota Cup GF live, so we'd probably need those ratings for an accurate picture. Plenty of people would want to watch it in HD given the preference.

Good point.

We watched the Fox Sports coverage and I'm sure a lot of other footy fans did as well considering there were no ads.

Two non NSW teams as well.

So much potential for these non-NRL comps.

 

[Timmah]

MediaWeek Australia (www.twitter.com/mediaweekaus) reports:

#NRLGF #Manly #SeaEagles #Warriors OzTAM TV Aust audience update
Metro 2,160,000 Regional 1,095,000 Total Aust audience 3,255,000