A massive win for women’s sport.
We could be seeing a lot more women’s football on live TV soon, judging by this weekend’s ratings.
The first live broadcast of a women’s AFL game on Sunday was a massive success, drawing more viewers than the Adelaide v Essendon men’s AFL game on Saturday.
The women’s game between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs had an average audience in Melbourne of 175,000, compared to the 114,000 people who watched Essendon’s thrashing.
Seven Melbourne managing director Lewis Martin said the number of viewers of the women’s game – which peaked at 501,000 and averaged 301,000 nationally – meant there could be more shown next season, Fairfax Media reports.
“We were happy to play a role in this historic first and are rapt with the ratings and for all of those who made it possible,” Mr Martin said.
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"...the same week the Opal’s qualified for the Rio Olympics..."
Come on, guys. The Opal's? Aren't you journalists? Can't you use apostrophes correctly? Embarrassing!!
This was a fantastic game. I only started watching from the middle of the third quarter, but these girls were absolutely awesome to watch. These young women played with all their hearts and there was blood and sweat and hits and some of the hits were very, very hard, just like the blokes do. I sincerely hope that there is a national league, and I will be one of the viewers! BRING IT ON!!!! I am a proud big sister of a dedicated female AFL player in a South Australian comp, and I'd love to see my baby sister play at Etihad, or at the MCG or on TV, as I am sure lots of people would!
Thanks to Channel 7 for finally putting something decent like this on the T.V.