50000 (watch the wrong one)
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/n...e/news-story/eb8087922fb2957956dd817f88f14a84
50,000 watch wrong game
By Richard Clune, The Sunday Telegraph
October 8, 2006 12:00am
FIFTY thousand Australians watched the AFL grand final last weekend and saw Barry Hall play a blinder.
They cheered the Sydney Swans to a second narrow victory over the West Coast Eagles, sealed amazingly by yet another match-saving mark in the last second by Leo Barry. But their parallel universe was exposed when they rang their mates to celebrate, or commiserate, after the game.
It was then they discovered thegrand final they thought they were watching was the 2005 version _ not the 2006 thriller, which West Coast won by a point. The replay was screened by pay-TV channel Fox Footy at the same time the real thing was being shown live on Channel 10.
About 50,000 viewers who tuned in to Fox Footy's coverage were miffed at being duped. Fan Chris Graham, who watched the entire 2005 replay with a "Swans-mad mate'', said he was annoyed with the channel, which has since ceased operations after failing to obtain a new AFL rights agreement.
"What they did was a disgrace,'' Mr Graham said. "They promoted it as the grand-final edition the entire day. They just forgot to add 2006.'' Mr Graham admitted that at one point during the telecast, he questioned whether he was watching a replay of 2005.
"I thought at times that it looked familiar, but I just put that down to the fact the same two teams were playing.''
Another viewer, Andrew Hagger, said he was overseas for last year's grand final and tuned into Fox Footy thinking he was watching this season's decider. "Given that Fox Footy is no more, maybe this was their attempt at a humorous parting gesture? Problem is, I really wasn't amused once I learned I'd been watching the wrong game.''
His confusion was mirrored by a sports editor at a Tasmanian newspaper who confirmed he, too, had been caught out watching the wrong game. "It was a busy day in the office. I had my head down and wasn't really concentrating on the game.
"When I saw West Coast interchange (former ruckman) Michael Gardiner, I realised my mistake and quickly turned over.''
Several callers to post-game radio shows said they had also watched the entire replay, even though they were listening to live radio coverage of the 2006 game. "I just thought it was different because of satellite delay or something,'' one caller said.
A Foxtel spokesman said there had been "no malicious intent to confuse audiences'', despite Fox Footy screening its own live preamble, hosted by Matthew Campbell and Wayne Carey. "It was listed as a replay in our programming guides,'' he told The Sunday Telegraph.
Foxtel football executive Peter Campbell was unapologetic. "We've got to show something. I would have thought Ten made it clear they were the premiership network and it was live and exclusive,'' he said.
Never f**king gets old.
like these two as well
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Beating league players at own game
By Robert Shaw
July 5, 2006 Fox Sports
WE have seen a cross-pollination from the two rugby codes, but no players have moved directly from the NRL to the AFL or vice versa.
In my mind, there is no doubt, given time and education, that AFL players far exceed their northern neighbours in the capacity to not only change codes but improve rugby league.
Here's how they could achieve an overall advantage.
Using superior aerobic capacity from players in all positions, the AFL team could sustain a higher intensity for longer.
The kicking skills of all players (not just selective kickers) would enable attacking launches from any point of the field where the AFL boys would control territory through precise accuracy.
The kicking game across the field to a wing would destroy the small rugby league fullbacks, with the AFL men controlling the air with their aerial skills. Constant aerial and kicking skills would be enough to keep the league boys on the back foot for 70 minutes.
Superior running skills, especially of our big men, would create more attacking options out wide.
And with the concept of "total football" the AFL players would have greater versatility in positioning.
Ball-handling skills across the players would enable the ball to be transferred through the hands of all, making a more expansive game plan possible.
Our second rowers and props could constantly adjust their positions due to their ball handling skills.
After the six-tackle count, the kicking could be done by any player due to the two-sided kicking skills of all players making defence against the kicking game difficult.
The similarities of AFL players would enable them to rotate positions constantly. AFL men are used to this and tactically it would be an edge.
They could also rotate players better through high demand positions to maintain intensity.
Any lack of size of AFL players would be nullified by increasing the intensity and running demands of the game through quick ball and hand movement.
Kicking effectively for touch or after penalties would decrease attacking distance for the AFL and increase it for league when they are in attack.
League players would counter strongly with their front-on assault and tackle count.
It is not unusual for a NRL player to make 30-35 full-on, front-on, tackles in a game; if an AFL player has eight tackles, he's been outstanding.
The league players have a lower centre of gravity and good pace so their ability to evade tackles, and lay off a punishing ball to their centres, would be critical.
AFL players would have great difficulty controlling this phase. The injection of players from rugby backgrounds such as Lewis Roberts-Thomson and Jason Akermanis would alleviate this somewhat.
Lower centre of gravity also allows for power in the tackle and the leg drive would be something the AFL players would find very uncomfortable, and they would find laying effective tackles an issue.
So who are our AFL players who could hypothetically convert to rugby league and take on the might of New South Wales or Queensland?
Fullback: Andrew McLeod Wings: Anthony Koutoufides, Matt McGuire Centres: Brendon Goddard, Lewis Roberts-Thomson Five-eighth: Adam Goodes Halfback: James Hird Props: David Hille, Barry Hall Hooker: Luke Ball Second row: Jonathan Brown, Mitch Hahn Lock: Dean Rioli. Interchange: Jason Akermanis, Quinten Lynch, Chris Judd, Brian Harris
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Sordid sex on website
Matt Doran
May 03, 2007 12:00am
AFL matches, scout halls, hospitals, supermarkets and cinemas are among venues across Melbourne listed on a gay website as hook-up points for sordid sexual encounters.
The Australian Family Association has called on police to stringently monitor the website, which promotes itself as a "neighbourhood cruising guide" and features more than 15,000 public locations in Australia where gay and bisexual men meet regularly for sex.
The Canadian-based website has been known to police for some time, but recent posts about hardcore sex acts in family-orientated venues have prompted fresh calls for it to be banned.
Men have posted messages about sexual liaisons in toilets during
AFL football matches at the MCG and Telstra Dome.
Other disturbing meeting points include:
PUBLIC pools: members openly talk about having oral sex and intercourse at swimming pool toilet blocks and in saunas.
MAJOR shopping centres: toilets, cinemas and change rooms at Southland, Knox and Fountain Gate shopping centres are listed as hot spots for gay activity.
AIRPORT lounges: numerous posts list flight departure times and call for men to loiter near public toilets and lounges on the lookout for potential "targets".
A HOSPITAL: toilets at a major Melbourne hospital are listed as a rendezvous point for gay encounters. According to the listing the toilets are frequented by "visitors, nurses and doctors".
Other locations include public parks and gardens, lifesaving club toilets, public libraries and a scout hall.
The site also includes a guide titled "Help In Case You Are Arrested".
Police spokeswoman Cassandra Stone said: "We are aware that these types of places exist and we actively patrol them."
Australian Family Association state secretary Angela Conway said the public domain was not the place for sexual activity.
"This sort of hyper-sexualised culture is just not a good thing for families with young children to have to encounter," Ms Conway said.
"It is disgusting that the community's free use of these facilities is being compromised in this way."
