Now I know people will jump and compare to the Storm..AFL been up in Sydney since 1906 (remeber Carlton tried to get Dally M?) AFL (or Aussie rules then) has been in Sydney before 1906. The international flavour of Rugby Union saw it die out (Mother England and all that). If Carlton tried to take D...

By the way, the NRL had 60 of the top rating 100 programs on PAY TV this year. This is because AFL games compete against each other during a time period whereas there is no competition between NRL games in the usual 2/3/2/1 Friday night/Saturday/Sunday/Monday split between Free To Air and Pay TV. T...