Australia Vs The Poms

[Catman]

We've whipped them in the rugby.

Going to whip them in the Cricket.

And that great champion Pat Rafter is going to whip that tosser Henman in the Tennis.

Oh what a wonderful weekend it will be and if the Cats role the Pies tomorrow it will top it off!!

There is nothing better than flogging the Poms at anything!!

 

[vanders]

And to add to the tally, it looks like the Aussie women are gonna roll the Pommy women in the cricket too!!

England made 144 and we are 3/260!!

Karen Rolton is on 140 n.o
Louise Broadfoot is on 40 n.o

 

[Darky]

Currently 5/392 in the cricket (mens).

 

[Same Old's]

I didn't know the Irish were also known as the poms?

 

[Mags]

56,605 At Colonial Stadium as well tonight! Im Shocked

 

[Dan26]

Well I went to tonight's match at Colonial, and the atmosphere was sensational. Great crowd. Now we know what Colonial holds, once standing room as been filled, and the Medallion club all turn up (we won't ever get to see 56.605 for an AFL match because people have annual reserved seats then dont turn up)

In fact, I had a big weekend. Went to the Bombers game on Friday night, then went to the "G" for Rich-Haw (lot of British Lions fans there) and then went across to Colonial.

The best part about the Rugby was the crowd atmosphere. They didn't stop singing! However, you must remember that this was an international, and international events (Soccer or Rugby) are usually vety parochially supported through singing and chanting etc etc.

As a spectacle though, Aussie Rules leaves it for dead. The singing, chanting and atmpsophere was all fantastic, but it simply doens't have the free-flowing nature of Aussie Rules.

I have no doubt that IF our sport hypothetically was played in 170 countries, and we had international matches of Australian Rules Football (remember IF), there would be the same parochial, passionate, supporting that you get in Rugby or soccer when your country is involved.

Club matches of AFL are far more parochially and passionately supported than club matches of League, or union. The rugby codes only get passion when they play internationals and your country's pride is on the line. In a hypothetical world Aussie rules, with it's excitement and free-flowing nature woudl easily be able to generate that passion in an interntional, but sadly we won't ever get to see it.

The pre-game entertainment and atmosphere was all fantastic tonight. Great sizzle.......pity about the sausage.

 

[Mags]

Originally posted by Dan25
Well I went to tonight's match at Colonial, and the atmosphere was sensational. Great crowd. Now we know what Colonial holds, once standing room as been filled, and the Medallion club all turn up (we won't ever get to see 56.605 for an AFL match because people have annual reserved seats then dont turn up)

In fact, I had a big weekend. Went to the Bombers game on Friday night, then went to the "G" for Rich-Haw (lot of British Lions fans there) and then went across to Colonial.

The best part about the Rugby was the crowd atmosphere. They didn't stop singing! However, you must remember that this was an international, and international events (Soccer or Rugby) are usually vety parochially supported through singing and chanting etc etc.

As a spectacle though, Aussie Rules leaves it for dead. The singing, chanting and atmpsophere was all fantastic, but it simply doens't have the free-flowing nature of Aussie Rules.

I have no doubt that IF our sport hypothetically was played in 170 countries, and we had international matches of Australian Rules Football (remember IF), there would be the same parochial, passionate, supporting that you get in Rugby or soccer when your country is involved.

Club matches of AFL are far more parochially and passionately supported than club matches of League, or union. The rugby codes only get passion when they play internationals and your country's pride is on the line. In a hypothetical world Aussie rules, with it's excitement and free-flowing nature woudl easily be able to generate that passion in an interntional, but sadly we won't ever get to see it.

The pre-game entertainment and atmosphere was all fantastic tonight. Great sizzle.......pity about the sausage.

Yup, Heard u the 1st time!

 

[Same Old's]

Originally posted by Dan25
Well I went to tonight's match at Colonial, and the atmosphere was sensational. Great crowd. Now we know what Colonial holds, once standing room as been filled, and the Medallion club all turn up (we won't ever get to see 56.605 for an AFL match because people have annual reserved seats then dont turn up)

In fact, I had a big weekend. Went to the Bombers game on Friday night, then went to the "G" for Rich-Haw (lot of British Lions fans there) and then went across to Colonial.

The best part about the Rugby was the crowd atmosphere. They didn't stop singing! However, you must remember that this was an international, and international events (Soccer or Rugby) are usually vety parochially supported through singing and chanting etc etc.

As a spectacle though, Aussie Rules leaves it for dead. The singing, chanting and atmpsophere was all fantastic, but it simply doens't have the free-flowing nature of Aussie Rules.

I have no doubt that IF our sport hypothetically was played in 170 countries, and we had international matches of Australian Rules Football (remember IF), there would be the same parochial, passionate, supporting that you get in Rugby or soccer when your country is involved.

Club matches of AFL are far more parochially and passionately supported than club matches of League, or union. The rugby codes only get passion when they play internationals and your country's pride is on the line. In a hypothetical world Aussie rules, with it's excitement and free-flowing nature woudl easily be able to generate that passion in an interntional, but sadly we won't ever get to see it.

The pre-game entertainment and atmosphere was all fantastic tonight. Great sizzle.......pity about the sausage.

What are trying to say Dan? If Aussie Rules was as popular as say soccer fans would be singing and chanting at matches? I'm not sure about that, at least in Australia. In other countries, yes.

Anyway, we already have a national team that plays the world's most popular sport in soccer. I don't see our fans chant and sing as those in South America or Europe do.

Just because Australian Rules football might be regarded as the most exciting sport in the world that doesn't mean it that would translate into better crowd atmosphere if were played on the international stage. I don't believe it would.

 

[BIG POPPA PUMP]

Originally posted by Dan25
Well I went to tonight's match at Colonial, and the atmosphere was sensational. Great crowd. Now we know what Colonial holds, once standing room as been filled, and the Medallion club all turn up (we won't ever get to see 56.605 for an AFL match because people have annual reserved seats then dont turn up)

In fact, I had a big weekend. Went to the Bombers game on Friday night, then went to the "G" for Rich-Haw (lot of British Lions fans there) and then went across to Colonial.

The best part about the Rugby was the crowd atmosphere. They didn't stop singing! However, you must remember that this was an international, and international events (Soccer or Rugby) are usually vety parochially supported through singing and chanting etc etc.

As a spectacle though, Aussie Rules leaves it for dead. The singing, chanting and atmpsophere was all fantastic, but it simply doens't have the free-flowing nature of Aussie Rules.

I have no doubt that IF our sport hypothetically was played in 170 countries, and we had international matches of Australian Rules Football (remember IF), there would be the same parochial, passionate, supporting that you get in Rugby or soccer when your country is involved.

Club matches of AFL are far more parochially and passionately supported than club matches of League, or union. The rugby codes only get passion when they play internationals and your country's pride is on the line. In a hypothetical world Aussie rules, with it's excitement and free-flowing nature woudl easily be able to generate that passion in an interntional, but sadly we won't ever get to see it.

The pre-game entertainment and atmosphere was all fantastic tonight. Great sizzle.......pity about the sausage.

I was at the game as well, Dan.
The atmosphere was awesome. The Lions fans were singing virtually all night and just as soon as you think they've stopped for a while, they start again - Lions, Lions, Lions, Lions, Lions!!! Gets pretty annoying after a while They outnumbered us 2-1, I reckon.

Did you have any trouble getting in? We got there at about 5pm, had a look around the city which was stacked full of drunk Lions supporters, then went to the ground and found that the queues were friggin a mile long. But after about half an hour of waiting in line we got in and everything was fine. Lucky we left a bit earlier...

And the capacity for Colonial has gotta be edging 60,000. The crowd tonight was 56 I think but there was still a few odd seats around the medallion area. And there were also some seats on each side of the scoreboard which are really a waste of space cos I dont think anyone ever sits there. Wasnt 100% full.

Overall it was a great night.

Carn the Wallabies!!!!

 

[Dan26]

Same Olds'

I'm sure those restricted viewing seats either side of the scoreboard were sold. No doubt about it. If I had one of those seats, I wold have gone straight down to standing room in level 1. I'm assuming that is where they went, so they could actually see the game. There weren't too many spare seats in the medallion club. Probably only a couple of hundred. I had some guy behind me playing the bagpipes all night. LOL

I didn't have too much trouble getting in. Bit of a queue. I had MORE trouble getting out across the bloody Bourke Street bridge after the game! Hope we can get that kind of crowd against Geelong next week, but our annual reserved seat" holders won't show, nor will half the medallion club, so we wil be stuck with about 50,000, I reckon.

All in all, yes it was a great night. But the highlight for me was the atmosphere, and all the "other" stuff (apart from the game)

When the actual game starts you realise it is just a game of footy, and Ausie Rules is still the greatest sport of all. What do you reckon?

 

[BIG POPPA PUMP]

Originally posted by Dan25
Same Olds'

I'm sure those restricted viewing seats either side of the scoreboard were sold. No doubt about it. If I had one of those seats, I wold have gone straight down to standing room in level 1. I'm assuming that is where they went, so they could actually see the game. There weren't too many spare seats in the medallion club. Probably only a couple of hundred. I had some guy behind me playing the bagpipes all night. LOL

I didn't have too much trouble getting in. Bit of a queue. I had MORE trouble getting out across the bloody Bourke Street bridge after the game! Hope we can get that kind of crowd against Geelong next week, but our annual reserved seat" holders won't show, nor will half the medallion club, so we wil be stuck with about 50,000, I reckon.

All in all, yes it was a great night. But the highlight for me was the atmosphere, and all the "other" stuff (apart from the game)

When the actual game starts you realise it is just a game of footy, and Ausie Rules is still the greatest sport of all. What do you reckon?

I agree with your last comment. The match tonight was great, the crowd and the cheering was fantastic but it will never be Aussie Rules.

The atmosphere was deffinitely the highlight of the night, also seeing how passionate the British supporters were for their team. Never seen a more passionate group of supporters in my life.

 

[Ms.Storm]

What a weekend!!!

Starting Thursday Night....Storm 64 vs Tigers 0....WOW!
Patrick Rafter....super effort to beat Agassi.
And last night...the Wallabies...fantastic effort to beat that great side the British Lions.

Guys just one thing....you can't compare afl to rugby to league to soccer....they are all different codes of football.

Dan 25 the "free flowing nature of Aussie Rules" is riddled with mistakes in my opinion.
Its doesn't mean afl is the best code at all....its the code you prefer because you grew up with it and thus you are biased towards that particular code.

Australians still have not learnt the art of chanting and cheering for their teams passionately.
I cannot ever see the same sort of support for afl world wide as there is for rugby and soccer because in these countries the tradition has been a long one and it will NEVER CHANGE.

Had a great night, but it just flew by so quickly, I wish I could sit thru it again.!!

 

[dees01]

I reckon the atmosphere at last night's game beat the AFL for dead. Those Lions supporters were great although it was good to quiet them down when we got on a bit of a roll.
As for the Medallion Club, I was in that area last night and with the empty seats, they may actually be using the facilities like the restraunts, watching the game from there instead of using their seat.

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

hey people who went to the game,
what were the Lions supporters like after the game? Were the streets deserted of them, or did they still go to pubs and go on like a bunch of maniacs still or what?

cheers...

 

[Dan26]

Nick,

They were all over the Pubs. They were everywhere after the game, enjoying the night.

Ms Storm,

Whilst I don't mind Rugby, there is a reason why Aussie Rules gets 2.5 times as many people "on average" to our games than Rugby, and that is because it is the best spectator sport in the world.

PER CAPITA Australian Rules Football is the most popular sport in the wordl. Before, you think I have lost my head, I suggest you look up what "per capita" means.

In the area which it is played (i.e only Australia with 19 million), we AVERAGE over 33,000 people per game. No other sport in the world comes close to that figure, taking into account population.

Even the Rugby Union Super 12s played among three countries, doens't get close to averaging 33,000 per game. The Rugby League averages about 12,000. There is a reason why Aussie Rules averages more than the others, and that is because as a spectator sport, it is the best there is.

 

[dees01]

Originally posted by Dan25
[B

Whilst I don't mind Rugby, there is a reason why Aussie Rules gets 2.5 times as many people "on average" to our games than Rugby, and that is because it is the best spectator sport in the world.

PER CAPITA Australian Rules Football is the most popular sport in the wordl. Before, you think I have lost my head, I suggest you look up what "per capita" means.

In the area which it is played (i.e only Australia with 19 million), we AVERAGE over 33,000 people per game. No other sport in the world comes close to that figure, taking into account population.

Even the Rugby Union Super 12s played among three countries, doens't get close to averaging 33,000 per game. The Rugby League averages about 12,000. There is a reason why Aussie Rules averages more than the others, and that is because as a spectator sport, it is the best there is. [/B]

That could be your greatest stat yet Dan!
AS for the Lions fans, they were EVERYWHERE despite not winning.

 

[tiger0012]

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[Ms.Storm]

Dan25

Danny
I agree wholeheartedly with your comments re afl being the best supported spectator sport in the world per capita,
BUT DOES THAT MEAN ITS THE BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD...I think NOT!!

As much as I love my Dees and love afl, I beg to differ its the best game in the world. IMO Soccer is the most skilful and ejoyable game to watch...its proven all over the world....WORLD GAME.