Te Kaha said:Grayham, your lack of understanding is mind numbing………
grayham said: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
These gems defy logic. Rugby, Rugby League, Aussie Rules have all been played in NZ for about the same length of time. The fact that Rugby and League have prospered while Aussie Rules hasn't has nothing at all to do with were they came from and everything to do with the type of game they are. The New Zealand Psyche is all about representing the country. NO sport that does not have international competition will EVER take off in NZ.
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.
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Maybe NZ should take up "International Rules". By playing it full time they could possible compete with the AFL and Gaelic boys who have to adjust there games slightly.