'Super Rugby' 2021
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Forrest is doubling, if not tripling his chances. He'll want the Force in a ten team trans Ta$man comp. If not the Force then he could keep pushing this other barrow. And if the BOP thing works out it can only serve to undermine NZR and our general level of depth which helps any and all Australian teams in, or wanting to be n, our comp.
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@Machpants said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
At the stadium?
Ahh no. Wouldn't have been a 10th of that in attendance in Canberra.
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@Machpants said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
At the stadium?
Nope, watching on TV. Hard to see pro-Rugby surviving in Oz below International level.
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@antipodean
Canberra crowds have been limited to 1500. They’ll be raised to 3k for this Friday’s match against the Force. -
@yourmatenate said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean
Canberra crowds have been limited to 1500. They’ll be raised to 3k for this Friday’s match against the Force.Jeez that makes those viewer numbers look even worse.
Only 45k people could be bothered watching two of the top teams at the ground and at home combined! -
@pukunui said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
Only 45k people could be bothered watching two of the top teams at the ground and at home combined!
The number of watchers would be around 70k. Still low, but there is opacity around the numbers these days.
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@pukunui said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@yourmatenate said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean
Canberra crowds have been limited to 1500. They’ll be raised to 3k for this Friday’s match against the Force.Jeez that makes those viewer numbers look even worse.
Only 45k people could be bothered watching two of the top teams at the ground and at home combined!It's SR, there's plenty of people still playing and attending club games on the weekend.
Based on nothing at all I expect the figures would be better if it had a FTA element. But then there'd be less money in the game.
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@antipodean said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@pukunui said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@yourmatenate said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean
Canberra crowds have been limited to 1500. They’ll be raised to 3k for this Friday’s match against the Force.Jeez that makes those viewer numbers look even worse.
Only 45k people could be bothered watching two of the top teams at the ground and at home combined!It's SR, there's plenty of people still playing and attending club games on the weekend.
Based on nothing at all I expect the figures would be better if it had a FTA element. But then there'd be less money in the game.
I guess it also doesn’t take into account the fact that multiple people could be watching a single TV so would likely be way off that number.
I definitely agree with your FTA point. I think it would make a huge difference having super rugby on FTA in Aust. Most other sports have regular games on over the weekend.
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@pukunui said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@pukunui said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@yourmatenate said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean
Canberra crowds have been limited to 1500. They’ll be raised to 3k for this Friday’s match against the Force.Jeez that makes those viewer numbers look even worse.
Only 45k people could be bothered watching two of the top teams at the ground and at home combined!It's SR, there's plenty of people still playing and attending club games on the weekend.
Based on nothing at all I expect the figures would be better if it had a FTA element. But then there'd be less money in the game.
I guess it also doesn’t take into account the fact that multiple people could be watching a single TV so would likely be way off that number.
I definitely agree with your FTA point. I think it would make a huge difference having super rugby on FTA in Aust. Most other sports have regular games on over the weekend.
There's about a 30% bump of people watch via streaming (equivalent of skygo) which those viewing numbers don't include
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its also a lot more common to go to the pub to watch sport in aus than i ever experienced at home, no idea how you track those people
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i didn't actually realise Kayo was Foxtels, i just use the foxtel Go App, whats the difference?
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@Kiwiwomble said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
i didn't actually realise Kayo was Foxtels, i just use the foxtel Go App, whats the difference?
Kayo is just sport
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@KiwiMurph said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
There's about a 30% bump of people watch via streaming (equivalent of skygo) which those viewing numbers don't include
It is already more than that. Big box pay tv (i.e. Foxtel) is not long for this world as a significant player. They've had to cannibalise their old business model to even stay in the game.
Subsequently for Rugby Australia—already at a low point—any near-term domestic tv deal for next year will be going south, not north.
That means (a) stripping out costs; and (b) looking to alternate funding sources. In terms of the latter, private equity will need to be part of that.
Surprisingly, given rugby is such a second-rate sport in Aus, there are actually interested parties with money out there.
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@Kiap said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@KiwiMurph said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
There's about a 30% bump of people watch via streaming (equivalent of skygo) which those viewing numbers don't include
It is already more than that. Big box pay tv (i.e. Foxtel) is not long for this world as a significant player. They've had to cannibalise their old business model to even stay in the game.
Subsequently for Rugby Australia—already at a low point—any near-term domestic tv deal for next year will be going south, not north.
That means (a) stripping out costs; and (b) looking to alternate funding sources. In terms of the latter, private equity will need to be part of that.
Surprisingly, given rugby is such a second-rate sport in Aus, there are actually interested parties with money out there.
Because it has potential with appropriate management and a little investment.
