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That i like, it makes total sense for the WCC to be there, and the USA vs Canada game, would get the locals hungry... its just the turf i worry about, but its probably fine, they'd have a days time to sort it out.. only issue i see, is if the 4 clubs sent are announced ahead of time, but one of them ends up being the premier, thus having to play the WCC, i know they can get another team involved, but it can throw out the rotation so to speak
Agreed mate.
Surely we can be fairly confident the Panthers are going to be the premiers again…
Dont be so ARROGANT!!!! you need to be like the good boy bronx... and show Swagger
The NRL would be mad to get overexcited and add a bunch of extra games to the program. All that's likely to achieve is increasing costs for traveling fans and splitting the audience. In other words instead of one event with 40k attendance you'd end up with 2 or 3 with 10-30k respectively, and half empty stadiums are never a good look.
Probably right, maybe drop the WCC, but curtain raise the event early with the Hawks and Wolverines, at least
Like clockwork lmaoAFL TO CONSIDER TEAMING UP WITH CRICKET TO TAKE AUSSIE RULES TO THE USA
THE AFL will weigh up partnering with cricket in a bid to take the game back to the United States.
As the NRL wins plaudits for its season-opening double-header in Las Vegas, the AFL have been prompted to explore another foray into the country.
This year’s ICC men’s T20 World Cup, to be held in the United States and the Caribbean in June, has provided the league with a level of venue suitability it has long lacked when it comes to playing games in the US.
The ICC has shortlisted three oval venues in the US for the mid-year tournament, with Miami, New York and Dallas expected to host matches. In January the cricket body unveiled a modular design proposal for the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Long Island, New York.
AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon told the AFL Record in an interview to be published in full for the Round 1 edition, that the league would monitor the Cricket World Cup and the venues it establishes in the US.
“I'd be interested in what they're doing there,” Dillon said.
“I think there's opportunities for the AFL in the United States at the right time, and there's also other opportunities internationally.”
The AFL hasn’t played a game in America since a 2006 pre-season practice match between North Melbourne and Sydney at UCLA.
Over the years there have been 15-a-side games at Honolulu Stadium and Portland’s Civic Stadium, while Geelong, Collingwood, Essendon and Hawthorn have played in Miami.
GWS has made no secret of its desire to be the first club to play for premiership points in the USA.
AFL to consider teaming up with cricket to take Aussie Rules to the USA
“I think there's opportunities for the AFL in the United States.”www.sen.com.au
Their game is definitely no.2...
Your shit don’t stink compared to that abomination of a game
There's 2 games.. Curtin raiser is not going to add anything.
They'll have a toilet break and wont return
It'd just be a net cost for the NRL unless they can get it broadcast, and I doubt that Fox Sports 1 would agree to hand a 6 hour block in their programming over to RL. It seems especially unlikely that they'd be willing to feature a game between amateurs playing a niche sport on their main channel to me as well, but who knows.
Your right about that, but that curtain raiser doesn't need to be broadcast, just played at the ground for the attendees, a bit like the reserve grades do here...
Give them the Perth license
