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I saw on the AFL website rumours section that a guy called Croc says that there is going to be the announcement of a team coming from North Australia being entered into the AFL by 2002. He says how the AFL and NTFL have agreed to it and it is all but signed with announcement being made by around Ansett Cup time next year with the presumed coach, Michael McLean already moving to Darwin to get ready for the club. Croc says how the other teams will cry 'blue murder' at the concessions made to the new club but the AFL is keen for the team to go ahead.
This rumour sounds very unlikely indeed and I seriously doubt there is much to it at all. The closest thing to a Top End AFL team is the NTFL backed NT side entering the SANFL which last I heard was entering the SANFL competition in 2002.
I doubt Croc's is true and if it is, I believe that North Australia doesn't yet have the money or population to support an AFL club. Maybe in about 20 years or so it could since it has a rapidly growing population, but not now, there are plenty of other areas in Australia such as Canberra with more need of an AFL than the Top End. Maybe in 20 years there could be a North Australia team possibly based in Darwin but playing several games a year in Cairns to draw support in North Queensland as well as the Top End.
Has anyone else heard anything about Croc's rumour of a North Australia team being put into the AFL by 2002?
This rumour sounds very unlikely indeed and I seriously doubt there is much to it at all. The closest thing to a Top End AFL team is the NTFL backed NT side entering the SANFL which last I heard was entering the SANFL competition in 2002.
I doubt Croc's is true and if it is, I believe that North Australia doesn't yet have the money or population to support an AFL club. Maybe in about 20 years or so it could since it has a rapidly growing population, but not now, there are plenty of other areas in Australia such as Canberra with more need of an AFL than the Top End. Maybe in 20 years there could be a North Australia team possibly based in Darwin but playing several games a year in Cairns to draw support in North Queensland as well as the Top End.
Has anyone else heard anything about Croc's rumour of a North Australia team being put into the AFL by 2002?