A blog…. Not streamed.More info on the fan day and the intraclub. States that there will be live updates on the intraclub match
GIANTS Fan Day in Canberra
Get up close to your favourite players at the GIANTS’ Canberra Fan Day this weekend.www.gwsgiants.com.au
I remember when we were good at social media and we did stream. Miss those days.More info on the fan day and the intraclub. States that there will be live updates on the intraclub match
GIANTS Fan Day in Canberra
Get up close to your favourite players at the GIANTS’ Canberra Fan Day this weekend.
Well it's the only reason I ever go to Canberra.Something in another thread that is relevant and shows the commitment of the club to Canberra, even though it’s unlikely that the name change will happen. Thanks to Canberra Pear for posting the article.
'That's how we view it': Is this the dawn of the GWS-Canberra Giants?
"The closer we can have both cities see themselves as our home, the better off we're going to...www.canberratimes.com.au
Adam Kingsley suggests this could be the dawn of the GWS-Canberra Giants
There's the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL, but could the AFL soon have the GWS-Canberra Giants?
There isn't an official team name change on the horizon - yet - however new Giants head coach Adam Kingsley said there might as well be a hyphen there.
That's how bought in he and the entire club are in adopting Canberra as their "second home" as the $28.5 million partnership with the ACT government extends another 10 years.
"Branding is not my area, but that's how we view it anyway," Kingsley said. "We view it as if there's a hyphen.
"Everyone loves coming down here, we've just got to win here too - it's as simple as that.
"We haven't been successful over the last couple of years so our challenge now is to try and re-establish Canberra as our fortress so the opposition fear coming to our second home.
"The closer we can have both cities see themselves as our home, the better off we're going to be.
"That's what we're trying to build and we've got another 10 years down here to do it, which we're excited about."
Orange-clad AFL supporters came through the gates at Alan Ray Oval in Ainslie on a sunny Saturday to watch the Giants in their intra-club match.
It officially kicked off the start of the new Canberra deal which will bring at least three AFL games and one pre-season hit-out to the ACT every year, as well as up to two AFLW games, multiple clinics, school visits, and other community engagement activities.
they really don't want the club to succeed in Western Sydney do they....Something in another thread that is relevant and shows the commitment of the club to Canberra, even though it’s unlikely that the name change will happen. Thanks to Canberra Pear for posting the article.
'That's how we view it': Is this the dawn of the GWS-Canberra Giants?
"The closer we can have both cities see themselves as our home, the better off we're going to...
Adam Kingsley suggests this could be the dawn of the GWS-Canberra Giants
There's the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL, but could the AFL soon have the GWS-Canberra Giants?
There isn't an official team name change on the horizon - yet - however new Giants head coach Adam Kingsley said there might as well be a hyphen there.
That's how bought in he and the entire club are in adopting Canberra as their "second home" as the $28.5 million partnership with the ACT government extends another 10 years.
"Branding is not my area, but that's how we view it anyway," Kingsley said. "We view it as if there's a hyphen.
"Everyone loves coming down here, we've just got to win here too - it's as simple as that.
"We haven't been successful over the last couple of years so our challenge now is to try and re-establish Canberra as our fortress so the opposition fear coming to our second home.
"The closer we can have both cities see themselves as our home, the better off we're going to be.
"That's what we're trying to build and we've got another 10 years down here to do it, which we're excited about."
Orange-clad AFL supporters came through the gates at Alan Ray Oval in Ainslie on a sunny Saturday to watch the Giants in their intra-club match.
It officially kicked off the start of the new Canberra deal which will bring at least three AFL games and one pre-season hit-out to the ACT every year, as well as up to two AFLW games, multiple clinics, school visits, and other community engagement activities.
Unfortunately we have lost our last 7 matches in Manuka. Our last win was against St Kilda in May 2019. This matches our 7 game consecutive losing streak during 2012-2014. Even though we are at home, the game against Brisbane will be tough
Note that Manuka used to be our fortress previously. We won 11 from 12 (including 9 straight) from 2015 to 2018, which contributed to making finals in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Sure. It's fine when we are good. But if playing at Giants stadium gives us an extra 2% I'd ideally want to play there.
it didn’t though.
But our membership moved. Whilst we increased our average crowds from 10,000-11,000 pre 2016 to 12000-13000 in crowds during our 2016-2019 period, our membership increased from around 13,500 in 2015 to 30,000 by the end of 2019.
Memberships don’t mean much if we don’t get the numbers increasing at the games. Take away the derby and they weren’t really.
A Canberra team? Or maybe every club can send one game there.
I'd rather play in Canberra than go back to Accor.
Yes, whilst Accor will certainly draw a bigger crowd against the biggest teams, including swans as seen in 2022, it’s just not as good in terms of fan experience. And yes, hopefully more sell out crowds for both our derby games
