NRL Grand Final beats AFL for the first time in a decade
Reece Walsh dominated on Sunday - as did Nine
The NRL Grand Final has pulled larger TV audiences than the AFL Final for the first time in a decade — with Sunday’s match-up between the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm attracting over 6.4 million viewers in total.
With average audiences of 4.46 million throughout the nail-biter — which saw Brisbane beat Melbourne 26 – 22 — (including streaming audiences of over 1.3 million), Nine’s broadcast comfortably drew more viewers than the prior weekend’s AFL Grand Final (on Seven), which had average audiences of 4.1 million, and 6.1 million viewers in total (including 969,000 on streaming)
Despite the absence of a NSW team in this year’s NRL final, the broadcast beat last year’s Storm v Panthers matchup by more than a million (average audience 3.42 million).
Totally right Peter V, go for it, biggest sporting code in the country and needs to be viewed that way.
PVL and the NRL are taking over. Easily Australia’s biggest winter code these days.
It doesn’t stop there, the excitement of the game in NZ plus PNG and across the pacific nations will also mean stronger ratings here locally. Besides, too many knock-ons in AFL
Look at these comments. First time it’s come out on top in 10 years, and NRL fans are calling it “the biggest sporting code in the country”.
Might want to hold off for a second victory before proclaiming that… and also have a peek at average viewership and attendance.