Gillon McLachlan said the Sunshine State preferred Australian rules. But the departing AFL chief executive’s boast falls flat when you compare eyeballs on last week’s NRL and AFL preliminary finals.
Departing AFL boss Gill McLachlan claimed recently that Queensland was becoming an AFL state.
You wouldn’t have known it this week, though, judging by the attention the Brisbane Lions are receiving compared to the Broncos in the lead-up to their respective AFL and NRL grand finals. In Brisbane, 161,000 tuned into Channel Seven for the Lions’ grand final qualifier. That compared to the 316,000 in Brisbane who watched the Broncos end New Zealand’s resurgent season on Nine, the owner of this masthead.
“He probably doesn’t recognise the absolute euphoria around the Broncos right now. You can’t go on the street without seeing a Broncos fan. This is changing the landscape of Brisbane.“When the Broncos go well, Brisbane goes well. This is historic. The history is in the making and this is what has captured the entire.”website, owned by Nine, there has been four times the amount of traffic to NRL stories compared to AFL stories since last Saturday.
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