AFL Expansion - NZ here we come

[ParraEelsNRL]

Huh, which two are doing well

[Thresher]

no

[Fred]

Gws are doing well.

The thing you have to consider is weather the disadvantage a club starting up and in a non traditional area is balanced out by concessions. If no concessions it too would be a severely compromised comp with these clubs several at an unfair disadvantage to clubs in traditional areas. The go home factor for one that had desimated the lions among other things. So to have an even as poosible footing concessions are needed.... but how much is needed to provide balance?

[NRL&NFLweLaughATafl]

Kiwis are going to love our game. Mark my words, next expansion destination along with Tasmania, will be NZ. Stadium already in place and sellout crowds expected.

Sydney Swans and St Kilda Saints to face off in Wellington on Anzac Day
Neil Cordy
The Daily Telegraph
September 13, 201212:00AM


AFL Chief Operating Officer Gillon McLachlan, St Kilda President Greg Westaway, Wellington City Councillor John Morrison and St Kilda Chief Executive Officer Michael Nettlefold. Picture: Getty Images The Daily Telegraph

NOT content with Western Sydney, the AFL could now look to New Zealand in a bid to extend its influence in rugby league and union heartlands.

The Sydney Swans will play St Kilda next year in Wellington on Anzac Day, establishing a foothold that could deliver a Kiwi-based team within a decade, officials believe.

"Where that goes, I don't know," AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan said. "Whether it's a team in 10 years, I'd love to think it was."

The Swans-Saints match will be played at 7.30pm, directly after the Collingwood-Essendon clash at the MCG.

"I'm going to put it out there: we'll sell that game out," McLachlan said of the 34,000 capacity Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

"It will be an incredible event broadcast live back into Australia, celebrating shared cultures and values with a great product where sports-mad New Zealanders with Australians who like to travel will be having a great day."

With more than a million viewers tuned into Collingwood v Essendon, Swans CEO Andrew Ireland believes the club will gain great exposure nationally and internationally.

"This will be a historic match for the AFL competition and it is exciting that our club will be a part of it," Ireland said. "Anzac Day is a hugely significant day for Australia and New Zealand, and to be playing Australia's game on New Zealand soil will be a great tribute."

While the match will be St Kilda's home game, the Swans are in the box seat to have a regular involvement in the annual event.

"From the New Zealand government's point of view, and Wellington Council, they have a strong belief Sydney are a good team to play in terms of the capacity for people to come to the game," Ireland said.

Provided all parties are happy, Saints will host games in Wellington in 2014 and 2015 in a deal reportedly set to net the club about $1 million per year.And Wellington is only the start. Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu has spoken this week about the prospect of home-and-away games being staged in China, while Richmond have been pushing for an exhibition match in India.

While NZ is an obvious first step, McLachlan said there are no insurmountable barriers to going further afield.

"There are logistical issues, but you have to be creative to solve those," he said. "You think about the rugby guys who travel to South Africa. That's a terrible flight, the time zones are poor and people make it work. If you have a vision, you have to deal with the challenges."

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6472990878

AFL would be such a hard sell in NZ. Is a game more alien to them than Soccer and the A league is struggling there with Wellington.

Apparently AFL was there a hundred years ago and failed then too.

[AFLcrap1]

The old Bea
mark my words
Word on the street .
Appears Beas words are a long way from reality .
:_<> :_<> :_<>
This quote always gets the giggles



My fave quote from one of the Wellington councillors who agreed to host the spazzfest .



"There is more interest in cycleways to nowhere in Island Bay than in AFL."

[leagueiscrap]

The old Bea
mark my words
Word on the street .
Appears Beas words are a long way from reality .
:_<> :_<> :_<>
This quote always gets the giggles



My fave quote from one of the Wellington councillors who agreed to host the spazzfest .



"There is more interest in cycleways to nowhere in Island Bay than in AFL."

oh well the AFL stil average similar to what the NRLOL NZ team does!
pretty funny how NZ is a huge rugby country & the averages are so similar

[AFLcrap1]

Lol
3 games in 3 yrs
Jesus clutch those straws dingbat

[AFLcrap1]

BUMP
How are those words. BEA .


:
Kiwis are going to love our game. Mark my words, next expansion destination along with Tasmania, will be NZ. Stadium already in place and sellout crowds expected.


How's the expansion going.

Lol
About as well as AFLXcretement.

[Swans4ever]

I agree incest .
The afl rig the comp to give expansion teams every chance to succeed .
Fuck the heartland teams who now dwell continiouly in the basketcase league .

Joke of a comp
No level playing field .

What the fuck are you on about a Melb side has won 9 out of the last 10 grand finals. If there is an unfair advantage it certainly hasnt materialized into premierships.

[Swans4ever]

BUMP
How are those words. BEA .


:
Kiwis are going to love our game. Mark my words, next expansion destination along with Tasmania, will be NZ. Stadium already in place and sellout crowds expected.


How's the expansion going.

Lol
About as well as AFLXcretement.

Why are you so worried???? Werent you the one saying that RL is more popular in NZ, PNG and the pac islands?? Why do you care so much???? Why does it upset you so much???? FFS you are more than a little obsessed with everything the AFL do its scary. I rearly see you say anything about RL other than to say its better than AFL.

[AFLcrap1]

Lol how do you get I'm worried
Don't the laughing faces tell you different .
Listen closely
I'm not worried
I'm sure most RL fans aren't .
What I'm doing is pointing out & laughing at the stupidity of some afl fans
They live in a delusional world where afl is going to take off in other countries ...sell out crowds
Expansion teams .
So many many lols

[Swans4ever]

Lol how do you get I'm worried
Don't the laughing faces tell you different .
Listen closely
I'm not worried
I'm sure most RL fans aren't .
What I'm doing is pointing out & laughing at the stupidity of some afl fans
They live in a delusional world where afl is going to take off in other countries ...sell out crowds
Expansion teams .
So many many lols

But why go on and on. I dont even believe that would happen, nor do I care as most AFL fans. I just dont get why you do. But if you want to comment just for the sake of it feel free.

[AFLcrap1]

It's a fight club
You argue sport v sport
What don't you understand
If a fan of a sport makes outlandish predictions then seeing as it's a fight club
He will be ridiculed

I know it's hard to understand for you .

But what excatly do you think a fight club is about

All holding hands singing songs

[King-Eliagh]

Swines, please take a seat in the lotus position and sing it wit me now... anda 1 and a 2 anda 3


Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya (common now louder swines!)
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbayah
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya this is the fight club swines ya silly twit!
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya


swines? Do,please, pickup yer game bro

[leeroy*NRL*]