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It makes me smile when I see kids around the country, boys and girls, now wearing Daisy Pearce’s number and modelling their goalkicking on Tayla Harris NAB CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ANTONY CAHILL
THE major sponsor of the flourishing AFL Women’s league says the competition is already kicking goals in its second season ahead of the opening bounce tonight.
National Australia Bank chief operating officer Antony Cahill says the growth in the profile of the sport has exceeded his expectations.
Mr Cahill – who was approached by AFL chief Gillon McLachan to sign up NAB as naming rights sponsor in 2016 – said the league had resonated strongly across the market, and particularly among young demographics.
“It makes me smile when I see kids around the country, boys and girls, now wearing Daisy Pearce’s number and modelling their goalkicking on Tayla Harris,” Mr Cahill said.
“It’s just the second season of AFLW but it already feels like a vibrant part of the sporting landscape. The inaugural season made history with great crowds and TV ratings and it’s fantastic that they’re again forecasting attendance records this season.”
The amount NAB paid to be the major partner has not been disclosed, but the deal, signed in October 2016, is reportedly worth up to $9 million over three years.
John Tripodi, chief executive of another consultancy group, Twenty3 Sport and Entertainment, said involvement with a start-up league was a “long-term play” for sponsors and the AFL.
He said it boosted the “citizenship” credentials of some sponsors and demonstrated that they understood “we are a balanced society”.
The women’s league also gave “official partner” sponsors – such as Chemist Warehouse, Woolworths, Hostplus, Kellogg’s, and Treasury Wine Estates, through its Wolf Blass brand – an opportunity to reach a female demographic more directly, he said.