: Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:30 am  

i have an idea. relocate broncos too perth

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:56 am  

the AFL needs to concentrate on shoring up its international game if it is going to compete as a major sport

surely they could have a world cup, there must be enough Aussies with foreign grandparets to make an Ireland, Scotland team etc....if they had a World Cup this could get interest in AFL and maybe start the code taking off in these countries

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:03 am  

you must be joking sally

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:07 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

After 100 years you would think we would have our only two cities secure by now!

The NRL covers far more cities than the AFL.

NRL: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong, Townsville, Auckland

AFL: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:08 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

the AFL needs to concentrate on shoring up its international game if it is going to compete as a major sport

surely they could have a world cup, there must be enough Aussies with foreign grandparets to make an Ireland, Scotland team etc....if they had a World Cup this could get interest in AFL and maybe start the code taking off in these countries

I hope you're joking.

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:20 am  

Lockyer4President! wrote:

The NRL covers far more cities than the AFL.

NRL: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong, Townsville, Auckland

AFL: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Lol as much as i'm a league fan, you may find a few of the teams in Melbourne do actually hail from what would be termed as cities also

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:54 pm  

Rabbit_Attack wrote:

Lol as much as i'm a league fan, you may find a few of the teams in Melbourne do actually hail from what would be termed as cities also

What?

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:56 pm  

gelong cats . from a city

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:10 pm  

fredie wrote:

gelong cats . from a city

Even if you add Geelong the fact remains that the NRL covers far more cities than the AFL does.

BTW Geelong is 74km from Melbourne, in comparison Penrith and Campbelltown are both 60km from Sydney. Should they be counted as separate cities too?

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:29 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

the AFL needs to concentrate on shoring up its international game if it is going to compete as a major sport

surely they could have a world cup, there must be enough Aussies with foreign grandparets to make an Ireland, Scotland team etc....if they had a World Cup this could get interest in AFL and maybe start the code taking off in these countries

the AFL do actually have a world cup.

except australia arent allowed to play as they are too strong.

so get this its an A(ustralian) FL WC without australia.

check out leagueunlimited, thefightclub, theres a really funny thread on international aFL.