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| Quote: Lockyer4President! "IMO the main reasons why the AFL has bigger crowds are
Not to mention the small fact that it has existed in the Southern States without any serious competition for over a century. It's the only game in town.
Unlike Rugby league which has had to deal with being one of four football codes in NSW and Qld for it's entire existence, Aussie Rules has had Vic, SA and WA all to itself since it invented the game.
As a spin-off, the media is very much more complimentary to the game than the media is to RL in Sydney or Brisbane.
Quote: Lockyer4President! "Just for an example, I'll compare Brisbane to Sydney. Brisbane has large crowds, it also has a large, modern, central stadium, public transport to the stadium is great and the cost of the bus/train is included in the ticket price. Meanwhile in Sydney most teams play out of small stadiums, getting to the stadiums is an issue and most stadiums are not near PT.'"
While I agree that far-flung suburban ovals are an issue - it all comes down to a simple fact: Brisbane has one team. Sydney has 8.5.
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| Quote: fredie "not now . its a building site ![]()
No, it's finished - even has grass on the pitch.
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| Quote: fredie "kogarah. wonglonggong 10 mins walk from stations ![]()
FFS fredie... I would have thought that you could spell the names of the areas your team plays in. Especially as you come from the Gong don't you? 
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| Quote: Rabbit_Attack "Redfern you dimwit!!!'"
and since its been demolished and rebuilt with a capacity of under 10,000.
stick to surfing and night and watching AFL mate.
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| Quote: JB Down Under "'" ]
they is anyone involved with the perths reds. the club freely chose to betray the ARL and go to news ltd. when news ltd killed them off, its karma
losing souths and norths was terrible for RL. we lost the north shore to AwFuL and onion and i dont need to even mention all the good things souths bring to RL.
cronulla are a club developing. as english fans, who are you to belitte a club getting 13,000, the club you support only gets 8000 and by many standards shouldnt be in SL.
but im sure when it comes to Hull KR all your rantings on this thread re. cronulla wont they apply will they
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| Quote: rafsanjhani "heres a pom perspective.i do often see huge attendances for afl.WHY?WHY THE @UCK does inferior product get em in?is it marketing?is it mass auto suggestion?im baffled.over here we havd to suffer soccer even the most dull 0-0draw doesnt detract from the massif crowds .incedently the most boring arrogant git of an ozzie i ever met in uk ....was a braindead union bum .'"
1. marketing.
2. they didnt have League clubs to fund them so needed to get fan based revenues up.
3. cheap season tickets.
4. melbourne is a really boring city vs sydney.
5. TV ratings - RL is the number there so maybe RL fans are more lazy or tight with their money |
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| Quote: JB Down Under "When i went to Cronulla it was no dramas hopping on a train and a free bus to the ground. ANZ is easy to get to as well. SFS isn't too hard. Not been to Brooky, Parra or Penrith so can't comment.
If you've ever tried to get from Dandenong to the MCG you might not think PT in Melbourne is so great! PT to Subi in Perth is great with a train station right next door and trains running from virtually everywhere. Never been to Adelaide so can't comment.'"
with most games at night, the stadium is poor.
it often rains and is freezing and doesnt have too many seats under cover, something they are slowly improving. |
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the past decade has seen over $300 million spent on RL grounds. before our grounds would often consist of a single main grand stand holding 2000 and the rest all grassed. but the past decade has seen :
1. gold coast getting a new $300 million, 27,000 all seater ground
2. townsville getting around $20 million in ground improvements with more seats, and more to follow
3. newcastle getting a brand new $26 million eastern grandstand, with the old grand stand to also be replaced soon
4. kogarah - around 15 million spent building seats around the ground and extending the grand stand
5. melbourne to get a brand new 30,000 seat ground next year
6. manly to soon get $20 million to upgrade brookie.
7. brisbane getting a brand new stadium at Lang Park
8. cronulla getting $10 million to build a new grand stand on the western side.
9. penrith - $10 million on extension to grand stand
10. wollongong - new grand stand built on northern side.
our grounds are getting rebuilt, the nrl is pushing season tickets. its all beginning to kick into place.
before we had millions from poker machines so we didnt need to get fan based revenues up.
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| Quote: rafsanjhani "thanks for the answers!interesting it does begger the question why the hell have the powers that be in rl not come up with an idea like 'membership'?i mean its not cutting edge marketing.also to cocede hegemony to afl,certainly in terms of game stewardship.our sport is blighted with d..kheads at the top its almost customary to self implode at the top .this is very similar to uk run by half wits post war who let a magnificent sport fall from grace.tell me someting positive !!is there a visionary in power yet?finally this greatest game deserves.finally who has been your worst and greatest rl ambassadors?(im thinkin more bosses and rl chief's,).tell me theres a deliverer in the making?'"
the best ARL boss was ken arthurson. he had the vision to take the ARL into new zealand, queensland.
the worst would be neil whittacker. signed a pathetic 10 year TV deal with Channel 9 which was half what it was worth. |
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winning like never before. decoys. mouse traps. chicken wings. lollie pops. shepperds. the crusher. grapples. big league. In 1935 The Dragon Slayers as they were known defeated Canterbury bulldogs 91-6, which is still the biggest win in the Club's History. In 1907, the St George district had a club in the Sydney rugby union competition. Interestingly, the team's area was referred to as the 'Illawarra suburbs'. A resolution to form a St George rugby league club was made at a local meeting held in early 1908, but the movement faltered and collapsed. St George, wearing the district colours of red and white, played in the NSWRL's Third Grade competition in 1910, and formed a President's Cup team in 1911. References were found at the time to district teams being called 'The Saints'.the perfect 11
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| Quote: Lockyer4President! "IMO the main reasons why the AFL has bigger crowds are
bullshirt....Souths, canterbury play at a big central stadium, very close to public transport, as do parra & as do Easts...ohhh ok Sydney roosters, blahh blahhh blahhh....Cronulla dont play in central sydney but alas play close to transport, if saints play at kogarah, its close to transport & close to the city...as for Penrith, well Feck me, thats going tooooooo far
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| Quote: CumberlandsAshes "Not to mention the small fact that it has existed in the Southern States without any serious competition for over a century. It's the only game in town.
Unlike Rugby league which has had to deal with being one of four football codes in NSW and Qld for it's entire existence, Aussie Rules has had Vic, SA and WA all to itself since it invented the game.
As a spin-off, the media is very much more complimentary to the game than the media is to RL in Sydney or Brisbane.
While I agree that far-flung suburban ovals are an issue - it all comes down to a simple fact
lets see some proof re your media comments, i reckjon thats herasay, thats complete bull, you're just making that crap up!!! 
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| Quote: dally messenger "and since its been demolished and rebuilt with a capacity of under 10,000.
stick to surfing and night and watching AFL mate.
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i'm quiet hapy to play at our original ground, can you tell me where it was mr "rugby league"...lol..you muppet, when you grow some pubes & have your first wellington come back & give it a lash
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| Quote: Rabbit_Attack "i'm quiet hapy to play at our original ground, can you tell me where it was mr "rugby league"...lol..you muppet, when you grow some pubes & have your first wellington come back & give it a lash'"
its 2 in the morning, are you still doing the night time surfing mate?
looks like you enjoy having a bat, little surprise given the rubbish you post.
you might be happy playing at redfern oval but sydney council isnt.
you really need to keep up with the media in australia.
stop watching so much AFL, youll understand what im saying about RL eventually
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redfern is going too be used as a training ground . no more games . you idiot 
