certainly the most dominant in Tassie but would call it far from the most dominant in australia - ahead maybe but stills lags behind RL in TV ratings most of the time
We Australians don't really care about the international audience. Aussie Rules is THE national sport in Australia, and it gets plenty of appeal around here, much more than the rugby codes.
We don't know for a fact, but what we do know is the AFL Footy Show thrashed the NRL one to take out the Logie in 2008, and they'll do it again this year.
@Jezza46 Aussie rules is a joke. Comparable to camel racing in Afghanistan.
I don't know how you can say Australians don't care about international audience as if that's something positive. Reinforcing the stereotype that you're all xenophobic nationalists is hardly a decent argument for the AFL.
The AFL is a joke sport. If people want finesse, skill and fitness they'll watch soccer.
@z0mgrugbyreturns Oi rugby league is the joke here. Rugby leaguers do nothing but run forward and pass backward to find their teammates and smash their heads with little brains in an attempt to dive past the try line. AFL is a 360 degree game and it involves both brain and brawn to find an avenue to goal whether they have to pass forwards or backwards and then forwards to try and find alone teammates around the ground.
@z0mgrugbyreturns Yeah by the very few people who are too stuck-up in the rugby league heartland like you to worry about how popular the AFL is in the AFL states compared to what the NRL is in the NRL states.
@z0mgrugbyreturns Yeah, well you'd hardly be one to judge then. Aussie Rules is to us what soccer is to you British people. Aussie Rules is a hugely popular sport here like soccer is in Britain. Even the British play Aussie Rules locally and field a national International Cup side.
@z0mgrugbyreturns They should rename the Arena Football League the AGL (Arena Gridiron League) because honestly, apart from the punters, many of them hailing from Australia now (especially in the NFL), no-one on the "football" field over there actually uses their foot to kick the ball.
@z0mgrugbyreturns AFL is the only truly Australian football code and it's a very popular code in the AFL states, and it's played professionally Australia-wide, now you don't see local rugby league games being played back on the news in Tasmania, do you? The only rugby league stories that would feature on the Tassie bulletins would be the really big stories like the Storm controversy and the grand final.
@z0mgrugbyreturns We are not xenophobic nationalists! We recruit players from around the world to play the great game we call Australian Rules Football. We recruited the likes of Jim Stynes, Sean Wight, Tadhg Kennelly and Setanta O'Hailpin from Ireland to play AFL, as well as Mike Pyke, the international rugby union representative from Canada, and very recently we got Seamus McNamara over from the U.S.
@z0mgrugbyreturns There's even an International Aussie Rules Cup we stage played between national teams from other countries. So don't tell us about being xenophobic nationalists because our code's appeal stretches broadly around the world. We do our very best to advertise the code popular with millions of Australians. In the past few decades, we have staged exhibition matches overseas during the off-season in places like London, Vancouver, Honolulu, Tokyo, San Francisco, Auckland and Miami.
certainly the most dominant in Tassie but would call it far from the most dominant in australia - ahead maybe but stills lags behind RL in TV ratings most of the time
Zamieer 3 years ago
AFL shits on any code of rugby for popularity in Tas, let alone all of Australia if viewer numbers count for anything!!
mustardnugget 3 years ago
What about the international audience?
Zeramus24 3 years ago
We Australians don't really care about the international audience. Aussie Rules is THE national sport in Australia, and it gets plenty of appeal around here, much more than the rugby codes.
Jezza46 3 years ago
Which Footy Show won the ratings last year?
Zeramus24 3 years ago
We don't know for a fact, but what we do know is the AFL Footy Show thrashed the NRL one to take out the Logie in 2008, and they'll do it again this year.
Jezza46 3 years ago
Yeah true but NRL Footy show had it three years running 2005, 2006 and 2007. A hat-trick!
Zeramus24 3 years ago
The AFL Footy Show recorded a hat-trick too, in 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Jezza46 3 years ago
I wonder when they're going to have the AFL vs NRL boxing matches again lol! NRL wins every time......except for Mark Carroll haha!
Zeramus24 3 years ago
@Jezza46 Aussie rules is a joke. Comparable to camel racing in Afghanistan.
I don't know how you can say Australians don't care about international audience as if that's something positive. Reinforcing the stereotype that you're all xenophobic nationalists is hardly a decent argument for the AFL.
The AFL is a joke sport. If people want finesse, skill and fitness they'll watch soccer.
z0mgrugbyreturns 1 year ago
@z0mgrugbyreturns Oi rugby league is the joke here. Rugby leaguers do nothing but run forward and pass backward to find their teammates and smash their heads with little brains in an attempt to dive past the try line. AFL is a 360 degree game and it involves both brain and brawn to find an avenue to goal whether they have to pass forwards or backwards and then forwards to try and find alone teammates around the ground.
Jezza46 1 year ago
@Jezza46 Well no one gives a fuck about w/e backwards town you're from. AFL is considered a joke, by the very few people who even know it exists.
Fuckin victard
z0mgrugbyreturns 1 year ago
@z0mgrugbyreturns Yeah by the very few people who are too stuck-up in the rugby league heartland like you to worry about how popular the AFL is in the AFL states compared to what the NRL is in the NRL states.
Jezza46 1 year ago
@Jezza46 I'm British. I really don't care about the NRL states.
z0mgrugbyreturns 1 year ago
@z0mgrugbyreturns Yeah, well you'd hardly be one to judge then. Aussie Rules is to us what soccer is to you British people. Aussie Rules is a hugely popular sport here like soccer is in Britain. Even the British play Aussie Rules locally and field a national International Cup side.
Jezza46 1 year ago
@Jezza46 We also chased cheese down a hill. I can tell you for a fact AFL is unknown here outside of the expat community.
Most people hear AFL and think Arena Football(gridiron)
z0mgrugbyreturns 1 year ago
@z0mgrugbyreturns They should rename the Arena Football League the AGL (Arena Gridiron League) because honestly, apart from the punters, many of them hailing from Australia now (especially in the NFL), no-one on the "football" field over there actually uses their foot to kick the ball.
Jezza46 1 year ago
@z0mgrugbyreturns AFL is the only truly Australian football code and it's a very popular code in the AFL states, and it's played professionally Australia-wide, now you don't see local rugby league games being played back on the news in Tasmania, do you? The only rugby league stories that would feature on the Tassie bulletins would be the really big stories like the Storm controversy and the grand final.
Jezza46 1 year ago
@z0mgrugbyreturns We are not xenophobic nationalists! We recruit players from around the world to play the great game we call Australian Rules Football. We recruited the likes of Jim Stynes, Sean Wight, Tadhg Kennelly and Setanta O'Hailpin from Ireland to play AFL, as well as Mike Pyke, the international rugby union representative from Canada, and very recently we got Seamus McNamara over from the U.S.
Jezza46 1 year ago
@z0mgrugbyreturns There's even an International Aussie Rules Cup we stage played between national teams from other countries. So don't tell us about being xenophobic nationalists because our code's appeal stretches broadly around the world. We do our very best to advertise the code popular with millions of Australians. In the past few decades, we have staged exhibition matches overseas during the off-season in places like London, Vancouver, Honolulu, Tokyo, San Francisco, Auckland and Miami.
Jezza46 1 year ago
The semi-finals I think, but that's probably it considering Aussie Rules is the way more dominant and popular Aussie sport.
Jezza46 3 years ago
with the exception of last years GF, when was the last time you saw a rugby league match on in primetime in Tasmania?
a2b4c6d8 3 years ago