Bit off topic, but it's interesting when I think about it a bit deeper.
One of the reasons I stopped following rugby league around 10-12 years ago was because all the players had become fit enough due to full blown professionalism that structured defense lines for the full 80 mins and wrestling in the tackles became very important to winning. Which resulted in less open and free flowing games (this is my opinion of course). So the games just became less entertaining and essentially turned into a hard slog. The hardcore fans still loved it, but for me, it just wasn't as entertaining.
On the other hand, AFL was free flowing, high scoring, with action happening between players even off the ball, there was regular one on one contesting marking, lots of skill required, it was unique and had it's own style of play, etc.
But now, with the change that has happened over the last 8 odd years, i think the same thing that happened to rugby league has has happened to AFL. It's become a defensive arm wrestle with defensive structure vital to being successful and the game has lost its uniqueness IMO. As a result games are lacking the multi-layered entertainment factor they used to have.
Random post I know