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A thread focusing on the health, life and times of country footy
Don't know I think they vary club to club...Have the fees or insurance gone up a lot this season?
there is a theory that the death of country RL started with the change to first grade on TV. With games on all over the weekend including when country A grade was being played people stay at home to watch the footy on the TV rather than go to watch the local games
there is a theory that the death of country RL started with the change to first grade on TV. With games on all over the weekend including when country A grade was being played people stay at home to watch the footy on the TV rather than go to watch the local games
A lot changed around this period
Noting that Sydney game attendances were also dropping.
Penetration of TV sets into homes
Residency rule ended, Transfer fees and then their end
Expansion of the cities & improved road networks
Population drift away from country due to jobs
Sydney attendances have grown only by 5000 since 1995
In 2015 the AFL stopped "Saturday Arvo Footy" on ch7 because attendances at country footy were dropping, the NRL need to have a dedicated window where country footy doesn't clash with an FTA NRL game.
Yeah there should be two (or three to get rid of Friday 6pm) Sunday 2pm games insteadThis is one of the reasons why I am not a fan of the Saturday 3pm timeslot
Shouldn't this being the QLD rugby league section ......Greg inglis signs with Macksville Sea Eagles (Group 2) for 2022..
Part of the problem IMO is most bush comps are played on Sunday. When you consider the travel times some comps have between their furthest opponents you’re getting home late at night and then have to work the next day.It seems like a lot of big country towns (e.g. 5-7000 pop.) are struggling to field Firsts teams this year, such as Junee, Cootamundra in Group 9, Group 16 looks short a few teams and Dubbo Westside don't appear on Group 11's results page. This is a stark contrast to Victorian (and Southern Riverina) Aussie Rules clubs where every town of 200 people or more can field a team. Why is this not the case in NSW Country RL clubs? I think the smallest town with an RL team is Ivanhoe, NSW, population 196. Feel free to correct me on any of this.