There are 6 matches televised, 2 of which are the World Club Challenge and 1 Super League game. So that leaves 3 NRL trials on TV. The AFL has 18. Even including the other games, there's 3 times as much AFL televised as NRL.
Probably because the two codes don't even remotely compare as far as popularity goes. The cost associated with televising a game is massive, we should be satisfied that a network shows all eight games live during the season. These preseason matches are boring anyways.
Funaki has been my smokie for Round 1. Built like a footy player but dumb as a post.
This will always be rugby league's biggest problem. We suck so we may as well put in a half-arsed effort. It's an endless cycle.
That would be good in theory if everyone in Qld and NSW followed RL rather than just the working class. I'm not going to get into a big argument about which brand of footy is more popular because AFL has League covered in every way imaginable (unfortunately). Just look at the broadcast rights and that will give you a pretty clear indication.
The broadcast rights doesn't give us a clear indication of popularity. It gave you a clear indication of Murdoch having a hissy fit when the nrl tried to lowball them via a deal with channel 9 first, plus there are less games for the nrl to show. Nrl has more games in the top 100 still on fox despite it being pushed relentlessly by newscorp. Origin and the nrl gf has out rated the afl gf 3 out of the last 5 years. The nrl gf in Melbourne out rates the afl gf in Sydney or Brisbane percentage and people wise every year.
