Surprised nobody anywhere has been discussing these figures today (given the same numbers for the AFL were widely talked about online)… Considering the good contest and prime time plus a Sydney and non-traditional interstate (Melb) teams.
They’re rather poor, historically speaking and given all the fuss of 2020’s, even on par or worse than that COVID year IIRC.
Brisbane (NRL market) lower than Melbourne and both barely 400k for the Grand Final, with just 85k in Adelaide and barely 6 figures in Perth. Even Sydney for a population over 5m and RL heartland including a local team with only mid-600k. Brisbane also lower than the AFL GF!
The splits now better explain the total average 600k gap to the AFL GF, which was confusing when TVT initially reported them. Before adding the bvod 9Now, which makes up for things a bit.