Why doesn't the AFL finally put the NRL back into its place?!

[2 eazy]

Nba should blow away nfl

 

[2 eazy]

You'll enjoy it.

I do worry how competitive the Bears will be the first few years. Hopefully NRL headquarters will support them but they haven't done a good job in the past. Will likely get Munster and few top players though. Supporting the Bears will like supporting the Lions - two town team. The Bears have enough supporters to make games in Sydney events.

Games are shorter so won't be as big of a time sink. I find AFL games are often too long, especially when there are other things to do.

Good luck trying understanding how 6 again is applied and the arbitrary use of the sin bin. Also there is a lot of player club movement, so that also takes awhile to get used to. There are some big personalities in the game - both on and off the field. NRL360 is mostly a lot of arguing. The Qld vs NSW dislike is real and is always talked about. The game is still very NSW centric just like the AFL media focused on Victoria. Nothing that will shock a person from WA.

Mal is one of best man managers and leaders thats good start. They should look South Africa rugby school kids .

 

[Football Tragic]

Why is it that the Federal Government can fund a NRL team in another country yet can't help fund a stadium in Tasmania?

 

[VinnieB]

Why? Who cares?

 

[2 eazy]

Why is it that the Federal Government can fund a NRL team in another country yet can't help fund a stadium in Tasmania?

Cause he is a die hard nrl fan

 

[Football Tragic]

Cause he is a die hard nrl fan

Surely the AFL can feel aggrieved by this and use it as leverage to get more funding for their projects? Horrendous bias.

 

[Hoops]

Does it need to be?
They’ve just sold 50,000 tickets to sell out Everton’s stadium, as well as sold out the Headingley Union ground in Leeds, and 60,000 tickets to Wembley for the 3 Ashes tests coming up.

It’s doing well enough.

The Ashes is a different sport and in Australia this year

 

[Gough]

The codes don't realistically recruit from the same talent pool so the rivalry is basically a dick measuring competition about pre Grand Final shows, TV rights, viewing figures, crowds and they co-exist in shared markets perfectly well.

 

[raskolnikov]

Rugby League is the most popular code in the most populated and third most populated states. Deal with it.

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Why is it that the Federal Government can fund a NRL team in another country yet can't help fund a stadium in Tasmania?

Fake news bro. https://www.afl.com.au/news/913839/tassies-afl-dream-a-big-step-closer-after-stadium-funding-boost

The Federal Government's $240m funding for new Hobart stadium precinct paves way for clubs to approve a 19th AFL team

 

[bigleague]

The Ashes is a different sport and in Australia this year

RL copied the name in 1908

 

[2 eazy]

Surely the AFL can feel aggrieved by this and use it as leverage to get more funding for their projects? Horrendous bias.

Looking into it China is building strong ties to Solomon Islands and looking to forge such same with Papua New Guniea nrl mad India cricket or Brazil in soccer level of passion aone thing Australia can give that China cannot is simply NRL team to ensure it doesnt allow miiatary base in Australia

 

[Tasmanian saint]

AFL entrenching themselves in Queensland is something the NRL can't do in Victoria, SA or WA.

If this trend continues eventually the AFL will pull away.

Depends what you mean buy entrenched Melbourne storm have consistently been one of the most successful sporting clubs from any code in the country

 

[1990crow]

Depends what you mean buy entrenched Melbourne storm have consistently been one of the most successful sporting clubs from any code in the country

In terms of support actually growing. 15 years ago Queensland wasn't producing the quantity of players it is now.
And participation is massively increased.

 

[PhatBoy]

Fake news bro. https://www.afl.com.au/news/913839/tassies-afl-dream-a-big-step-closer-after-stadium-funding-boost

They also chipped in about $100m across the Carara, Adelaide and KP upgrades

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Hopefully they hurry up and do it soon. It's bad for the competition that the QLD and NSW teams get concessions not afforded to other interstate clubs because the AFL are so desperate to see them succeed.

 

[Xtreme]

NRL is easily the premier sport.
Better spectacle,
better grand final,
better themed rounds (AFLs versions are like Emma Memma quality)
Better and more highly skilled womens league
Better state of origin concept and execution

The Dillon needs to reinvent the wheel, hiring Snoop Dogg wasn't it.

 

[Percel]

Why is it that the Federal Government can fund a NRL team in another country yet can't help fund a stadium in Tasmania?

China

 

[Fire]

RL copied the name in 1908

Really? That's generational cringe then.

 

[WOFTAMWarrior]

If the Perth Bears start winning people will care (see Scorchers and Wildcats when they were good).

I've already said because of the Perth Bears, I'm going to go out and learn the rules to NRL and buy a shirt. None of this makes me a bad supporter of AFL/Freo - but interestingly, the AFL gives zero shits about WA as both clubs are bottom 4 in funding distribution and the only clubs that fund their states junior pathways without first access... so lowkey want the NRL to do well here so the AFL can be forced to pay attention.

You just won’t see the Wahs in Perth. They’ll be one of the games at North Sydney Oval.

 

[PhatBoy]

Really? That's generational cringe then.

Yeah it’s almost like a code copying the idea of hosting all the games in one city 120 years on

 

[iameviljez]

Depends what you mean buy entrenched Melbourne storm have consistently been one of the most successful sporting clubs from any code in the country

Having moved from Melbourne to Brisbane, I can tell you that there is a hell of a lot more AFL chatter and participation up here than there is League participation and chatter down south.

 

[Football Tragic]

NRL is easily the premier sport.
Better spectacle,
better grand final,
better themed rounds (AFLs versions are like Emma Memma quality)
Better and more highly skilled womens league
Better state of origin concept and execution

The Dillon needs to reinvent the wheel, hiring Snoop Dogg wasn't it.

This is a joke, right?!

 

[Tasmanian saint]

Having moved from Melbourne to Brisbane, I can tell you that there is a hell of a lot more AFL chatter and participation up here than there is League participation and chatter down south.

Yeah I don’t disagree I was just pointing out how successful Melbourne storm have been during there existence

 

[iameviljez]

Yeah I don’t disagree I was just pointing out how successful Melbourne storm have been during there existence

I think it's a misinterpretation of the goal of expansion clubs, though.

Yes, the actual squad of players want to win stuff - but the point of having expansion sides is always to expand your reach, influence, and customer pool. On that note, despite being utter shit for their first decade, the Brisbane Bears/Lions flog the crap out of the Storm.

Even when they're winning, the Storm are very much still a bit of a niche thing around Melbourne. There aren't many grassroots rugby fields and teams, either. Going around Brisbane, people are wearing Lions gear (especially the kids), AusKick is a massive program, pubs show the AFL. Even in a city half the size, Lions attendances massively outgun the Storm as well.