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Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

AdelaideSharky

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T-Boon said:
I think it is a bit too dismissive to say they only grew as a result of the SL war. That was most likely the main thing but the AFL also got smart a lot sooner than RL and worked out how to take advantage of that opportunity. Eg targeting a niche fan base as well as the overall fan base.
They really seem to do well in Sydney with the white elites - I suspect its the same in Brisbane. Part of the reason they get good crowds compared to the actual overall interest is their fans have a good amount of money that they probably inherited and so can afford to go.
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The AFL has pretty much taken rugby union's base.
 
The_Wookie

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Captain Apollo said:
Nope. The NRL only bought touch footy about 2-3 years ago if I remember correctly.

Prior to then they were'n't owned by the NRL, so they would not have been able to use "NRL" as I dare say it would be trade marked.
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They dont own it now, but they have a very close alignment and provide funding to it which grants them a board seat or two. They dont control it though, the alignment allows them to call it NRL Touch Football, and the NRL gets to have its own NRL Touch.
 
Nuke

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I remember when we had one season of televised NRL Touch Footy. Some / all NRL clubs were represented, but the logos and jerseys were not of the NRL clubs, nor the players. Just the colours and names. Only lasted one season, if I remember correctly.
 
T-Boon

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Nuke said:
I remember when we had one season of televised NRL Touch Footy. Some / all NRL clubs were represented, but the logos and jerseys were not of the NRL clubs, nor the players. Just the colours and names. Only lasted one season, if I remember correctly.
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Yeah. I think maybe they had a couple of seasons. It probably ended with Covid.
If they brought that back, televised on Fox as a February competition and had some NRL (like Katoa, Iongi, Gutherson, Moses reportedly good touch players) and WNRL players in sides alongside the best actual touch footy players it would be huge for the game.
 
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Vee

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T-Boon said:
Yeah. I think maybe they had a couple of seasons. It probably ended with Covid.
If they brought that back, televised on Fox as a February competition and had some NRL (like Katoa, Iongi, Gutherson, Moses reportedly good touch players) and WNRL players in sides alongside the best actual touch footy players it would be huge for the game.
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NRL & NRLW players may struggle to keep up with top flight touch players, the speed of the game...
 
Jamberoo

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titoelcolombiano said:
TV ratings and crowds have been relatively stagnant for both teams since an initial spike in, wait for it.... 1995 - 1997.

Swans chairman at the time confirmed that the SL War was a massive leg up for them. AFL got arrogant thinking that it was their superior product that was just surging in RL heartland so they introduced GWS and Suns and... How did that work out?

Souths came back, Manly came back, Gold Coast came back, Brisbane 2 came back, Perth came back, Bears came back, Vlandys is in charge, RL is back and is flying.
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That is all true, but also in 1995/96 Brisbane Bears made the finals for the first time then become the Lions in 1997, and in 95/96 Swans got Tony Lockett and made the grand final for the first time - these were also massive factors. This was a perfect storm for AFL in Brisbane and Sydney with the super league war happening at the same time.

In Sydney we now have the reverse, with the Swans in the bottom part of the ladder, GWS irrelevant and NRL booming. Winning is everything in ‘foreign markets’.
 
Vlad59

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Jamberoo said:
That is all true, but also in 1995/96 Brisbane Bears made the finals for the first time then become the Lions in 1997, and in 95/96 Swans got Tony Lockett and made the grand final for the first time - these were also massive factors. This was a perfect storm for AFL in Brisbane and Sydney with the super league war happening at the same time.

In Sydney we now have the reverse, with the Swans in the bottom part of the ladder, GWS irrelevant and NRL booming. Winning is everything in ‘foreign markets’.
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That’s right. Tonight’s game will ignite Origin 3 and the perfect storm blows our way.
 
titoelcolombiano

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Jamberoo said:
That is all true, but also in 1995/96 Brisbane Bears made the finals for the first time then become the Lions in 1997, and in 95/96 Swans got Tony Lockett and made the grand final for the first time - these were also massive factors. This was a perfect storm for AFL in Brisbane and Sydney with the super league war happening at the same time.

In Sydney we now have the reverse, with the Swans in the bottom part of the ladder, GWS irrelevant and NRL booming. Winning is everything in ‘foreign markets’.
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Ahh yeah, where's the growth been since? 33k TV ratings a few weeks ago and less in Brisbane. Swans chairman at the time said the SL War was a massive help, they've had no growth spurts since
 
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