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I believe in true sports fans broadening their sporting interests to include other brands of football so ultimately any true self-respecting sports fan will follow (obvioulsy to varying degrees) the elite professional team from any code who has a professional team bearing the name of your...

League kicks a six-pointer By Josh Massoud July 02, 2008 12:00am CHUFFED rugby league bosses are dining out on a rare attendance victory over Aussie rules, claiming their big-talking AFL rivals were "smashed" in Saturday night's code clash on the Gold Coast. Although four days have...

Unsold tickets for State of Origin decider an insult By Amy Dale and James Phelps July 02, 2008 12:00am BLUES legend Steve Mortimer has issued a call to arms for fans to get behind NSW and be at ANZ Stadium tonight. In an embarrassing performance by NSW sport fans, tickets are still...

I believe that the NSW Govt should allow the AFL to purchase Stadium Australia, provided the NSW Govt upgrades the capacity of the Sydney Football Stadium to at least 65-70,000 seat capacity. As far as I'm concerned (and many others share a similar view) the AFL are welcome to take ownership...

How the AFL tried to steal league's World Cup thunder Roy Masters | June 4, 2008 AN AFL approach to stage an Australia-Ireland international rules match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in competition with the opening ceremony of rugby league's centenary World Cup has escalated the scheduling...

Great article today in the Herald by Roy Masters: (my comments mixed in between) I agree that of all the football codes out there RL gets the most negative press because it has this inate ability to shoot iself in the foot publicity-wise. The game would rather talk about its negatives than...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sydney-to-grow-by-a-million-people/2008/06/01/1212258647599.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 If the increase is via immigration its a great opportunity for the FFA to introduce an A-League team in western Sydney team for the fibro battlers to support while...

If you deduct the large band of non-paying Gabba Trust Members and Cricketers Club Members, what was the real crowd I wonder? Geez.

If AFL closed down, the NRL would probably embrace a few AFL clubs who you might expect would appy for admission including: "Collingwood Magpies RLFC" @ MCG (average 65,000 to their home games) (also as to avoid the travel factor associated with ISLR below) "Essendon Bombers RLFC" @ Telstra...

I think you'll find a 4th QLD NRL team within 5 years (ie, after the Titans are firmly established as an NRL powerhouse), which will most likely be an existing club via permanent relocation from Sydney. More local derbies and more games means more fans buying more memberships and more...

Nobody has yet discussed this issue. It seems Stadium Australia Management are desperate for business and offer good terms for teams to host matches there and in recent times a fair few NRL clubs have switched some home games there, some teams having switched all of them. So the issue...

GC17 is striking a cord with the public and will become the official title of the new south coast franchise in due course. Can you hear the chants now in the last quarter of a close game.... "se ven teen se ven teen se ven teen". To be sponsored by Seventeen magazine with 17 year old...

Swans' bonus ANZ game becomes a booby prize Richard Hinds | May 13, 2008 THE sharp decline in attendances for Swans games at ANZ Stadium this year looks likely to continue on Sunday with the club anticipating between 40,000 and 45,000 for the game against struggling Essendon. Last year...

Local derby..Gold Coast v Brisbane @ Gabba/Cararra? An easy beat.. Gold Coast v Fremantle @ Gabba/Cararra? A heavyweight... Gold Coast v Essendon @ Gabba/Cararra? A lightweight.. Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs @ Gabba/Cararra? A middleweight.. Gold Coast v St Kilda @ Gabba/Cararra?

WA may be next Souths sponsor Elizabeth Gosch | May 03, 2008 THE cashed-up West Australian Government is preparing to sign a sponsorship deal worth up to $1.5million with the historically rich but now struggling South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league club, taking some of the financial heat off...

Is there any reason why WS cannot adopt the same ground approach as the Swans and play at SCG for most games and switch the blockbusters to Homebush??? Sydney will only be having 1 AFL game per weekend, so why not use the best stadia??? Considering the SCG is being upgraded to a modern...

This much talked about north and south divide in Tassie preventing an AFL team is codswallop. It's like 2 bald men fighting over a comb. Pointless. Tasmania will never get its own AFL team, although it may ultimately call its own a partially relocated team from Melbourne who remains and trains...

In the debate about the merits of private ownership of football clubs... here is a recent topical example: O'Neill to court big end of town Bret Harris | April 18, 2008 JOHN O'NEILL has had a road to Damascus conversion on the issue of private equity in Australian rugby. O'Neill...

NRL expansion priorities are: 1. Gold Coast 2. Central Coast 3. Wellington 4. 3rd Sth East Qld team 5. Wellington 5. Melbourne (making sure they are succesful) 6. n/a [in no particular order] Clearly, the expansion priorities are towards Australasian markets rather than everywhere...

Arguably the 2 new teams need to be competitive from day dot, not year 5 after the young kids have grown up. This means they will be required to go into the market for experience. Should they go for players in their prime? I doubt this would be attractive for such a player because in your...

A common point advanced towards the assertion that the Gold Coast is ready for its own AFL team is the alleged ready-made ex-pat southern states supporter base ready willing and able to embrace their own AFL team. At the very least, more ready than Western Sydney. This means that you are...

What about aligning the new team with the defunct North Sydney Bears RLFC and their disillusioned supporters? or perhaps the West Sydney Jets? (Newtown Jets)

PNG wants to pack down with NRL by 2014 April 7, 2008 Papua New Guinean rugby league officials have launched a campaign to have a team in Australia's National Rugby League competition by 2014. The PNG Rugby Football League (PNGRFL) will start lobbying NRL officials in Sydney next month...

ARU want Gold Coast Super team April 06, 2008 AUSTRALIAN rugby could be on a collision course with the AFL by creating a new Gold Coast team in 2011. Australian Rugby Union chief John O'Neill said the Gold Coast was a possible location for a new Super rugby entity. He said any new...

The Battle for Western Sydney is essentially a battle between: 1. A cashed up filthy rich brand of football with little to no history which intends to buy a WS fanbase and manufacture a WS AFL culture overnight; and 2. A brand of football with less money to spend as its major competitor but...

Then I've definitely s**t myself.

The Gold Coast Titans had a high profile leader in Michael Searle and a very professional management team in place for years before they got the green light. Now that relocation is off the agenda as a realistic option and the AFL have stated their intention of 2 new virgin teams, a Gold Coast...

ROUND 1 Gold Coast v North Queensland @ Robina Stadium South Sydney v Eastern Suburbs @ Olympic Stadium Parramatta v Canterbury-Bankstown @ Olympic Stadium Manly-Warringah v Cronulla @ Brookvale Oval Newcastle v Canberra @ Newcastle Stadium Brisbane v Penrith @ Lang Park...

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