Melbourne excluding Geelong is now at 5.3+ Million based on the latest 2021 figures.Quite often talk about the future of the AFL revolves around expansion.
The AFL has a team in Australia’s 6 largest cities (struggling in the 6th). But that doesn’t mean the next couple of biggest are ready for a team too. Simply consider how much smaller they are compared to the big 5.
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Sometimes it’s hard to conceptualise the size of things based on numbers, with graphs being better.
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