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The AFL in the 90's was absolutely not an organization based on long term planning and foresight and to suggest it was is asinine. Canberra was, at the time, always mentioned as next cab off the rank and even people like Kevin Sheedy were big on Canberra getting a team. If you think Canberra was low on the AFL's list of priorities then either you weren't paying attention back then or you haven't gone and looked through the history of the game because a capital side was something the AFL seriously wanted to push against the Raiders.
You're dreaming mate.
There was zero push.
Absolutely zero.
Fitzroy playing one home game in Canberra is hardly a push (on that basis, you'd think the Alice had a chance).
There was more chance of Fitzroy moving to Nauru at the time.
In fact, just prior to the Sydney Olympics, the ACT Govt forever changed the configuration of Bruce so that footy games could no longer be played there.
That's where Fitzroy played the one home game in Canberra in 1995.
Yep, just the one.
And the ground was lost to footy a few years later.
Big push.