Offsiders 12/06/11 #iview

As the greatly esteemed panelists suggest on this episode of Offsiders, the scheduling of State of Origin is beginning to become a greater problem for the promoters of the game. The demise of SOO is upon us.......

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/781851

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@smauge, 8/06/11 12:39 PM

smauge (@smauge) 8/06/11 12:39 PM @karmichaelhunt This is the footage I was telling you about the other day. They played it on Offsiders - http://youtu.be/XqyYLf-zBlM

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State of Origin I - TV Ratings Update

Game One of the 2011 Harvey Norman State of Origin Series has claimed the title of the highest rating program this survey year so far, after an average of 2,236 million viewers (2010: 2,468m) tuned in across the 5 Capital Cities to last night’s Nine Network broadcast of the match.

Across regional Australia an average of 1,266 million viewers (2010: 1,169m) watched the match, bringing the national audience to an average of 3,502m and a peak of 4,081m.

The match was the second highest rating Origin game of all time, sitting just behind Game One last year (national average audience of 3,637m).

Averaging 2,236 million viewers and peaking at 2,547 million, the 5 City Metro audience also drove the Series opener to win its timeslot by more than 143% (total people) and take a 34.5 per cent audience share across the free-to-air networks.

The broadcast was also the number one program along the East Coast (Syd-Bri-Mel) and in Sydney-Brisbane.

In Brisbane, a sell-out crowd of 52,144 packed Suncorp Stadium to watch the XXXX Queensland Maroons claim Game One of the 2011 Harvey Norman State of Origin Series with a 16-12 win against the VB NSW Blues.

The match also dominated its timeslot amongst Brisbane television viewers, taking a 52.6 per cent audience share with an average 821,000 viewers (2010: 824,000).

In Sydney, 1,060,000 people tuned in (2010: 1,179 million) with the program winning its timeslot with a 44.7 per cent audience share.

In Melbourne, an average 298,000 viewers watched Channel Nine’s live broadcast of the match (2010: 328,000).

“This is a great way to start the 2011 Harvey Norman State of Origin Series, to be the number one program so far this year,” ARL Chief Executive, Mr Geoff Carr, said today.

“Origin is the greatest rivalry in Australian sport and it produces some of the best and most exciting moments in Rugby League and last night’s match was no exception.”

“Anyone who saw the game will certainly want to watch Game Two and there’s no doubt the audience will grow.”

The Battle Rekindled

So the lull is over, years have passed, seasons have been completed, premierships won and lost, families and waistlines expanded, and still they don't learn. As has been witnessed in recent months the exodus has commenced. Like all great pilgrimages of the years this one will bring movement, change tears and joy. Fights will ensue, mettles tested, character tried, and ultimately battles will be won. You can see the writing on the wall rugby league fans. Yes that squiggly stuff is writing. If you could read it you would know it says "The end is nigh". Greats are switching. Lines are blurred. (So much so that Graham Yallop or whatever his name is has got a new set of specks). The time is coming where youngsters in NSW and QLD no longer grow up chasing a roundish flat plastic thing, but rather spend their Saturday arvos kicking the pigskin around the yards and streets, and experiencing the true joy of the best game in the world.

The fight recommences.

The I$rael Issue: Dollars and no sense

Good luck with Issy AFL!

The boy hasn't kicked a ball further than 23 metres and has no idea about positioning in AFL. It's ok though because he has "watched a few games while I was down in melbourne". I have a few mates that Demetriou should be offering billions to going by that logic.

I wonder what the best player in the game of AFL Mr. Ablett thinks about this bloke who has never laced on a fumbleball boot being paid 1 and a half times his salary...? Sort of says something about the AFL though doesn't it.. They are willing to pay the most for a super athlete produced by Rugby League to do morning soundbites on Nova & MMM in Sydney and coaching clinics (warning to all young girls hoping to attend these clinics: Be careful, pregnancy might ensue. Warning to parents of said young girls: Be careful, AFL hierarchy may back AFL players & release information about your daughter eg. "She said she was older, our players swear") and perhaps even play third grade fumbleball in Penrith. OUCH, that's gotta hurt the pride of real AFL players... I wonder if they would be thinking, "Man that rugby league must be a tough sport if they can produce this guy and our bosses are saying he is worth more than Ablett, Judd, Brown or Didak.."

The Reality of things

This will be an ongoing subject I suggest, and just to warm ourselves up a bit I couldn't resist a link to this little snippet of wisdom. Something that is easily forgotten, and for me being away from Southern and Western States for 10 years, is that Rugby League does not even register on the radar of sports fans down there. Aussie Rules, while not the no.1, is on the radar in NSW and Qld. We will discuss this at length I suggest.........

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...016360,00.html