Broadcast options for Australian Rugby
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Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
I'm hearing legal trouble, some sort of big suit.Stan currently have a lot to answer for...
For instance, why was the 4K remastered version of Stop Making Sense suddenly removed only a couple of days after it was added to the service on September 1?
The_Wookie
Chris McKivat (8)
| Date | Description | Network | Total TV National Average Audience | Total TV National Reach | BVOD National Average Audience |
| 6/07/2024 | TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V WALES -MATCH | Nine | 519,000 | 1,380,000 | 40,000 |
| 13/07/2024 | TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V WALES 2ND -MATCH | Nine | 467,000 | 1,326,000 | 38,000 |
| 20/07/2024 | TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V GEORGIA | Nine | 314,000 | 1,004,000 | 19,000 |
| 17/08/2024 | THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 -WALLABIES V RSA -G2 -MATCH | Nine | 288,000 | 803,000 | 29,000 |
| 21/09/2024 | BLEDISLOE CUP 2024 -GAME 1 | Nine | 475,000 | 1,172,000 | 48,000 |
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
Afternoon rugby, great for crowds, never good for ratings
The Ghost of Raelene
Simon Poidevin (60)
Which is where the money is...
Ignoto
Peter Sullivan (51)
They also picked it on a Saturday in the middle of school sport (particularly rugby season) and also having some clubs play that day.
Better scheduling for an afternoon test is needed to reap the rewards of benefiting crowds and also ratings.
Jimmy_Crouch
Peter Johnson (47)
Yeah how dare the Wallabies play rugby on a Saturday
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
Channel nine paid a lot of money for there not to be a clash.
We shouldn't make the mistake of thinking there would necessarily be a broadcaster willing to pay more for a sat primetime spot when it's up against another big final.
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KOB1987
John Eales (66)
You were quick, I deleted my post almost straight away as I realised Ignoto was referring to the afternoon game v SA. Anyway, I was going to reframe it pointing out the above, but also that the game v SA was a bit of an anomaly and scheduled to avoid a clash with a fairly intense program at the Olympics that same night. I think they did a pretty good job with both games, all things considered.
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
FTA ratings barely matter anymore anyway. Nine show the game on FTA because a) they have to, and b) to drive subs to Stan, c) rugby advertising is still a very valuable demographic
We have no idea how many are watching on Stan, so we are missing a huge element of the conversation.
We have no idea how many are watching on Stan, so we are missing a huge element of the conversation.
JRugby2
Ted Thorn (20)
We'd need to be playing outside of the NRL and AFL seasons for this happen on a Saturday arvo
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
(Average audience was 772,000, peak was 895,000. The average was a new record for the comp)
I'm always a bit surprised how relatively small the crowds/ratings are for French club rugby.
Having said that, this is all paying subscribers, so a bit different to the AFL/NRL FTA/Fox model
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
I guess similar to NRL, there's 7 games (not including ProD2) each week within the one country. So, a lot of paid watchers across all the games. They posted crazy numbers for the RWC though. I think near 20 million French watched their quarter final, more than the soccer world cup.
I'm always a bit surprised how relatively small the crowds/ratings are for French club rugby.
Having said that, this is all paying subscribers, so a bit different to the AFL/NRL FTA/Fox model
Just went and looked up NRL, apparently their top watched game was 796,000 average for their Vegas game. But for a country that's 2.5x smaller.
JRugby2
Ted Thorn (20)
Average for the year being 521,600 which is great for them.
Canal+ has an audience of ~ 34M so only getting 7-800K seems tiny. Hard to compare though - not exactly apples and apples as mentioned
The_Wookie
Chris McKivat (8)
All Rugby audiences reported by VOZ
| Description | Network | Total TV National Average Audience | Total TV National Reach | BVOD National Average Audience |
| TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V WALES -MATCH | Nine | 519,000 | 1,380,000 | 40,000 |
| TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V WALES 2ND -MATCH | Nine | 467,000 | 1,326,000 | 38,000 |
| BLEDISLOE CUP 2024 -GAME 1 | Nine | 477,000 | 1,243,000 | 47,000 |
| TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V GEORGIA | Nine | 314,000 | 1,004,000 | 19,000 |
| THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 -WALLABIES V RSA -G2 -MATCH | Nine | 288,000 | 803,000 | 29,000 |
| SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2024 | Nine | 179,000 | 730,000 | 11,000 |
| TEST RUGBY: 2024 WALLABIES V NEW ZEALAND | Nine | 283,000 | 584,000 | 22,000 |
| SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2024 | Nine | 139,000 | 545,000 | 7,000 |
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Pretty sure they're specific games - I think the first one is the Reds v tahs opening round and the second is tahs v Brumbies in Sydney, round 12.
JRugby2
Ted Thorn (20)
I read a lot of positivity in these numbers. Considering Rugby is almost exclusively behind a paywall on Stan - there would be a lot of fans who would still use Stan to watch tests out of pure habit and artificially reducing these numbers.