The NRL has signed a new deal to play games in the NT, so will the AFL look to defend its territory?
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Quite amazing the amount of articles following this theme now, the problem for the fumbles is that it starts to be accepted as fact by the general population, increased defensiveness by the other code and panicked decision making as they try to counter it.
Certainly with the line-up of events over the next couple of years this narrative isn`t going to change. There is a momentum here that is going to be hard to counter with only having a domestic competition. There is only so much they can do to generate new headlines.
The funny thing is, to your average unthinking fumble fan, the union WC`s(of both sexes) will only add to their anxiety of being overrun by `rugby`.