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    Is union really that strong worldwide?

    No Lie. All the relevant stats were posted on bigfooty a few days go. Check them out. Got any proof that its incorrect. ?
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    NZ may have an AFL side of its own if they can find the money to build a decent stadium, and the current grassroots trend continues. There will never be "international" tests that I can see, but it would be the ideal size for a state based (SOO) comp... or a warriers type arrangment in the...
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    Is union really that strong worldwide?

    I'm famous!. But seriously, NZ is 'usually' the best RU country despite not having the raw numbers of some others simply because its the only country where RU is the No.1 sport. In Australia RL and AFL are the No.1's therefore take the cream atheletes instead of RU. Soccer is the same in the...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    League is popular simply because its an off-shoot of your most popular winter code where players can crossover very easily. Also its a sport where you have a realistic chance of coming 2nd in the world...a lot to a kiwi. Sport migration is a very interesting topic. Basically it has followed...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    you have forgotten the main reason why you never posted qld crowd figures on bigfooty YOU WERE WRONG. :D
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    Wrong, NZ has a history of concentrating only on sports it has a remote chance of winning. Otherwise it would be a soccer country. The fact that it embrased Rugby which is only a minor fringe sport in every other country its played, emphasises its "only play if we can win" mentality. And its...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    Money has a lot to do with it. Similar sized cities to Auckland in Adelaide and Perth cannot sustain anymore than 2 AFL sides, with no other competition from other codes. Auckland doesnt have a decent stadium, the only one of appropriate standard is in Wellington which is too small to support...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    Exactly. Whoever brought up the line that NZers wont embrase AFL because of the "A" making if foriegn, seemed to forget that NZ has no indiginous sport at all. ie They are all foriegn. IF AFL takes off in NZ, it will by definition become "international" einstein. :roll: Maybe NZ should...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    NZ is essentially just another state of Australia. If not in name now, it will be in the future. Cripes, you dont even have an air-force anymore. AFL in NZ is similar to AFL in Sydney 25 years ago. The only reason there are no real plans to expand a team over there is the same reason there is...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    You'd be one of the few lone voices saying the NZ rugby league team is competitive against Australia - when Australia take it seriously. AFL is the number 1 professional sport in Aus-NZ, its the only sport that has expanded successfully and that expansion continues to grow exponentially. Its...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    So NZ'ers dont realise "rugby" is the name of a small town & school in England? Rugby is more foreign than Aussie simply because its 10,000 miles further away, and about 3 times more culturally distinct. The only way the AB would slip off the radar is if RU took off globally leaving small...
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    International rules??????????

    The IR rules had everything that the RU cup has missed so far: 1) A close game with the lead changing during the 3rd quarter. 2) Players played with passion (a few heated punch-ups) 3) All players were actually from either Ireland or Australia (Can any RU team claim that ??) 4) A genuine...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    I take it you are not open to new sports Te Kana? :lol:
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    You miss the point. They are building AFL infrastructure from nothing. What they have acheived in 6 years is amazing for what little funding they receive. I'd say there is more AFL infrastructure at grass roots level in NZ, than RL in Vic, Tas, WA and SA. If RU ever takes of globally, NZ...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    Auck, Well, Chirstchurch ARE the major cities. There arent any more, and even Well and ChCh would struggle to be included in anyones list of major anything. Anyway, each has a local comp of AFL like I said. I know numerous kids who play a sort of AFL type game (kiwi-kick) as part of the...
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    Should NZ become an AFL nation?

    THere are AFL comps (called "AFL" not Aussie rules, as to avoid any chips on shoulders getting bigger) in the major cities, and now most primary schools play a version of auskick (I think called kiwi-kick), so the bare foundations are there. Still a long way to go, but only slightly behind where...
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    International rules??????????

    Yes, but with RU like mismatches. USA is the closest team and the irish thrash them. I also think they play Scotland in some Gaelic games as well. USA would be the obvious 3rd team in an international rules tri-series, but it would have to be picked from more than just the Gaelic football...
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    International rules??????????

    2 games this year in Australia - of International Rules. Hybrid. Biggest differences for Irish is tackling, Aussies is round ball, but tactically and flow very similar. 1st game is in Perth (first time Perth has hosted a game) is On October 18th (I think). 40,000 tickets sold, so will...
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    Pompus

    The funniest thing is that you can qualify to play for a country if you have lived there for three years. That means I would be eligible to play for 3 countries if I was a half decent rugby player. Pity one of those 3 isnt Romania or Georgia as I'd be half a chance. :)
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    Pompus

    RU falling back into the well worn but accurate stereotype. Blaming a helicopter instead of admitting the opening cerimony was a boring farce that not even a ball flying through fireworks could save. The games were terrible. The NRL really set the standard for the GF only a week earlier that...

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