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====Television====

The 2005 [[AFL Grand Final]] was watched by a television audience of more than 3.3 million people across five of Australia's most highly populated cities, including 1.2 million in Melbourne and 991,000 in [[Sydney]].[http://www.oztam.com.au/documents/2005/E_20050918.pdf] By comparison, the [[National Rugby League]] Grand Final was watched by 2.5 million, including 1.1 million in Sydney and 506,000 in Melbourne;[http://www.oztam.com.au/documents/2005/E_20051002.pdf] 2.4 million watched the [[football (soccer)|soccer]] match in which the [[Australian national football team|Australian team]] qualified for the [[2006 World Cup]], including 924,000 in Sydney and 797,000 in Melbourne.[http://www.oztam.com.au/documents/2005/E_20051113.pdf]

Since Australian national television ratings were compiled in 2002, the AFL Grand Final has reached the top 5 of Australian programmes in [List_of_Australian_television_ratings_for_2002List of Australian television ratings for 2002|2002], [List_of_Australian_television_ratings_for_2003|2003], [List_of_Australian_television_ratings_for_2004List of Australian television ratings for 2004|2004] and [List_of_Australian_television_ratings_for_2005List of Australian television ratings for 2005|2005]. Australian rules football has achieved a #1 rating in the sports category in both [List_of_Australian_television_ratings_for_2004List of Australian television ratings for 2004|2004] and [List_of_Australian_television_ratings_for_2005List of Australian television ratings for 2005|2005].

===Participation===