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And originally in the first incarnation of state league footy in 1986, East Launceston were admitted to the league purely because they played at York Park, despite having only won one premiership back in the 60s. They were the Demons but wore a different jumper to North Hobart. About 2 months...

Yes that's the one. They had to change because of Devonport being called the Blues, ironically Devonport became the Power about 2 years after Launceston joined the statewide league but then I think Launceston ditched the league about a year after that and went back to regional footy. And resumed...

Tassie's making such a huge play for an AFL licence because the state of the game in Tas is so bad currently that without getting an AFL team the game might very well disappear up its own spinchter in the not too distant future. State League is above standard bush footy. Regional footy is...

Off topic but I reckon the Launceston Blues would have to have the smallest supporter base of any "top line" Tassie club out of the three regions. They literally have hardly any following. They did have to change nicknames when they came into the old TFL back in the 90s, think they wore a jumper...

Hobart - just about dead. Sitting winless and bottom of the second tier comp in the south outside the state league. Lost almost all their following. Two flags in 40 years. Launceston - Successful history. Been around 144 years. Only have about 100 supporters though. North Hobart - Bottom of...

Oh really? You seriously can't be saying the current standard is as good as it was fifteen years ago. You can't seriously be saying the state leagues are doing as well as they were. You can't seriously be saying generally that the numbers of juniors playing is as strong it was. You can't...

Fourteen teams. Too many average plodders and state league spuds stinking up AFL lists currently. The AFL is supposed to be the ELITE competition for Australian footballers and the standards currently on offer are simply not up to par. Also, with the severe downgrading of the various state...

No. Too many teams already and this has diluted the standard of the league. Not enough good players getting about in the various state leagues anymore since they have been decimated by the AFL hierarchy in recent years. Forget Tasmania too, they would've had a great side 25 years ago but it'd be...