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I really can't imagine maoris and islanders going for a sport where you cop a penalty (actually you'd probably get sent off) for making a decent tackle!! :lol: :lol:
bayrep said:I thought there was a social comp in Wellington ? from what I hear it was meant to be pretty popular.....
grayham said: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.
AFL, Aussie rules whatever you call it has NO profile in this country. There will NEVER be a team based in NZ.grayham said:Still a long way to go, but only slightly behind where Sydney was before the Swans.
See above.grayham said:The next stage would be to set up a team there. Wellington has the only decent stadium, and thats city is not really big enough. Any facilities for any sport are really 3rd-world compared to Australia. It would have to be Auckland, but even then, it would be well behind the AFL's priorities of second teams in Sydney and Brisbane.
grayham said:Continued Australian expansion is valued far and above international, but someone must be funding the kiwi-kick thing. Not sure who.
Te Kaha said:grayham said: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.
Either you are making up stories or you have been lied to. The "AFL comps" consist of three or four teams no more. In Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch ONLY. And played in MOST primary schools????????? MAYBE played in one or two in the whole country.
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grayham said:Te Kaha said:grayham said: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.
Either you are making up stories or you have been lied to. The "AFL comps" consist of three or four teams no more. In Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch ONLY. And played in MOST primary schools????????? MAYBE played in one or two in the whole country.
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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 school ciricumlum.
See http://www.nzafl.co.nz/ for more details. Currently 50 teams, and look under the schools link for setups in all MAJOR cities.
Te Kaha said:grayham said:Te Kaha said:grayham said: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.
Either you are making up stories or you have been lied to. The "AFL comps" consist of three or four teams no more. In Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch ONLY. And played in MOST primary schools????????? MAYBE played in one or two in the whole country.
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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 school ciricumlum.
See http://www.nzafl.co.nz/ for more details. Currently 50 teams, and look under the schools link for setups in all MAJOR cities.
What great comps, Auckland 5 teams, Hamilton 3 teams, Wellington & Christchurch 4 Teams.
That was a great site I especially liked there goalsset up in 1997, six years on
What grass roots Level????? It can be played in school like a hundred other sports. There are 30 odd school teams nation wide out of how many hundrds of schools?grayham said: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.
grayham said:If RU ever takes of globally, NZ will not be able to compete with bigger countries. A few years of the all-blacks being easy beats, and RU would struggle and a new sport could jump up if the foundations were there.
Not saying it would happen, but no one every though of Super league and how the swans leveraged it to become the No. 1 club in Sydney of any code. Strange things do happen.
grayham said:One thing you do have to admire about the AFL (if you take your bias out) is they are about the only code in the world which has a centralised administration with long term effective expansion programs that have proven successful. If any new sport could expand into NZ, AFL would probably be the best chance.
How did that song go again.......grayham said:When NZ moves to the Aussie dollar in the next 20 years, they will be honorary aussies anyway, and wont be put off by the name "aussie" rules.![]()
grayham said:I take it you are not open to new sports Te Kana? :lol:
Te Kaha said:In order for a sport to survive you need support for it. After six years AFl has next to no support of following.
incredible_holc said:yeh but its called 'Aussie Rules' and somehow i get the feeling that nz on a whole dont like Aus that much
XXXX said:By the way more people particpate in Ar in NZ than RL in Melbourne .AR has always been in NZ since it was known as "Colonial Rules" .Only a later goldrush influx of Englishmen saw NZ go the way of rugby .
I just have to laugh .All you RL supporters knocking AFL in NZ because it contains the word "Australian" .Dont you all realise that you're all playing English football ,derived from an English uppercrust private school .Even if you don't like the game it's about the last thing that we can hold onto and say it's Australian .
By the way more people particpate in Ar in NZ than RL in Melbourne .AR has always been in NZ since it was known as "Colonial