: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:20 pm  

Had to check my facts - oops I overstated the crowd by 1100 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian ... on_matches 8/10/2005 London, England The Oval AFL post season exhibition West Coast Eagles v. Fremantle 18,884

Had to check my facts - oops I overstated the crowd by 1100 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian ... on_matches 8/10/2005 London, England The Oval AFL post season exhibition West Coast Eagles v. Fremantle 18,884

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:23 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

aussie rules got 20,000 in london did it?




well i think origin can do better than that

Did you see the opening attendances for this years' AFL? By my reckoning, based on those attendances and your statement, an origin match in London would get about 9,000. (Providing you can scrape all the Ockers out of the plastic Aussie bars).

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:36 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Did you see the opening attendances for this years' AFL? By my reckoning, based on those attendances and your statement, an origin match in London would get about 9,000. (Providing you can scrape all the Ockers out of the plastic Aussie bars).

AFL doesnt have an origin series, theirs died out

so the comparison is between zero origin crowds for AFL vs and average of 65,000 for RL.

ill leave further comparisons to you

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:42 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

AFL doesnt have an origin series, theirs died out

so the comparison is between zero origin crowds for AFL vs and average of 65,000 for RL.

ill leave further comparisons to you

In Australia

Not in Britain

You might get a fair few ex pats going but they are not the people we are looking to target , you would be preaching to the converted

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:47 pm  

Starbug wrote:

In Australia

Not in Britain

You might get a fair few ex pats going but they are not the people we are looking to target , you would be preaching to the converted

the comment was about australian AFL crowds.

and your comment re people only having club loyalties doesnt explain how AFL can get 20,000 there.

i can imagine mal meninga getting a hell of a lot of publicity if the game were played there.

plus theyd get other high profile aussies like wally lewis as well, imagine all that publicity for RL.

melbourne had a similar nonchalance to RL and yet they sold out their recent origin and the one this year, the ticket sales are going well.

because of it the storms crowds rose by around 50%

the publicity of origin could do a lot of good for RL in england

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:16 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

the comment was about australian AFL crowds.

and your comment re people only having club loyalties doesnt explain how AFL can get 20,000 there.
i can imagine mal meninga getting a hell of a lot of publicity if the game were played there.

plus theyd get other high profile aussies like wally lewis as well, imagine all that publicity for RL.

melbourne had a similar nonchalance to RL and yet they sold out their recent origin and the one this year, the ticket sales are going well.

because of it the storms crowds rose by around 50%

the publicity of origin could do a lot of good for RL in england

Probably most of them were expats that attended

You mention Mal Meninga and Wally Lewis , which to your average League fan is great we know who they are , but 99.9 % of the british population would not have a clue who you were talking about

Sorry pal it is a bad idea , wouldn't work and would be a waste of time,money and effort , much like me discussing it , so I'll leave it there thanks

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:20 am  

russel crowe and kylie could be involved aswell

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:52 am  

BRITISH fans love origin! Bring it on!

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:56 am  

do we?

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:07 am  

check the new state of origin tv ad . on the famous video site . very nice '' NRL 2009 State of Origin TV ad ''