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The thing that interests me about Northern Academies is this:

55.6% of AFL Clubs are based in Victoria, while 53.2% of AFL players come from Victoria

11.1% of AFL Clubs are based in WA, while 14.7% of AFL players come from WA

11.1% of AFL Clubs are based in SA, while 13.5% of AFL players come from SA

Whereas:

11.1% of AFL Clubs are based in NSW, while 5.1% of AFL players come from NSW

11.1% of AFL Clubs are based in Queensland, while 4.5% of AFL players come from Queensland

And then you have:

3.5% of AFL players come from Tasmania

1.4% of AFL players come from NT

2.2% from Ireland.

The rest are international/cross-code recruits

You can argue the model, but there's definitely an argument there in favour of encouraging the development of northern talent (or at least in favour of sending one of the Qld teams to Tasmania and one of the NSW teams to Ireland, I guess).

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