NRL has its TV viewers due to being popular in the two most regionally populous states. After that we are light years behind!
The AFL trounce us in:
Media coverage
Individual club revenues
Individual Club profits
Bums on seats
Club sponsorship $'s
Code sponsorship $'s
Members
Expansion into non heartlands
Future plans for expansion

FFS in my city that is half the size of Brisane the two AFL teams are bigger than the Broncos, who have the advantage of a whole city to themselves. When the Broncos are selling out every game then it is clearly time for another Brisbane team.

If we had teams in Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne that were as popular and well supported as the Swans and Lions you might have a point.

I take no joy in seeing the NRL be so insular and losing ground year on year but not living in Sydney gives a clearer picture of what is happening on the National stage and at the moment the NRL is being left way behind.

yes when you include both crowds and TV ratings RL does come out well in front of AFL.

you've even mentioned the reason, its popular with a majority of the population.

as long as we maintain number 1 spot, im not fussed about the sports that trail in our wake.

the queensland RL clubs all get the highest crowds in the NRL. with the population of queensland booming, the state needs more teams, probably two.

another team in west brisbane circa 2012 will further enhance our hold on queensland.

with the population booming, we will take advantage of this.

it will also make life much more difficult for the brisbane lions as well, another positive.

anyway mate, rather than spending most of your time talking up AFL, why not try and get out to some NRL games, and actually watch more of the NRL yourself.

i have an idea. relocate broncos too perth

the AFL needs to concentrate on shoring up its international game if it is going to compete as a major sport

surely they could have a world cup, there must be enough Aussies with foreign grandparets to make an Ireland, Scotland team etc....if they had a World Cup this could get interest in AFL and maybe start the code taking off in these countries

you must be joking sally

The NRL covers far more cities than the AFL.

NRL: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong, Townsville, Auckland

AFL: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

I hope you're joking.

Lol as much as i'm a league fan, you may find a few of the teams in Melbourne do actually hail from what would be termed as cities also

What?

gelong cats . from a city

Even if you add Geelong the fact remains that the NRL covers far more cities than the AFL does.

BTW Geelong is 74km from Melbourne, in comparison Penrith and Campbelltown are both 60km from Sydney. Should they be counted as separate cities too?

the AFL do actually have a world cup.

except australia arent allowed to play as they are too strong.

so get this its an A(ustralian) FL WC without australia.

check out leagueunlimited, thefightclub, theres a really funny thread on international aFL.