I agree. I thought it was great that the Broncos went to the Lions Qualifying Final vs Port & then went to congratulate them afterwards in the rooms after. It was front page of The Sunday Mail the day after also.

I could only imagine how much Truthbomber hates that.

The Courier Mail is an Rugby League paper so I am not sure how the AFL can pay them off when Rugby League basically runs the whole sports section of the paper, a lot like the Herald Sun for AFL in Melbourne.

Anyway I am very excited that for 1 week & probably 1 week only the AFL will be the talk of Brisbane town. It doesn't happen often.

There is also 2 more pages of footy on pages 9-10. Also Robert Craddock wrote a great piece about how strong & inspirational the lions have been this year, comparing them to the mighty Cowboys Rugby premiership in 2015 vs the Broncos.
Underdogs can win he is stating.

Yeah its a joke.

I look at "TV Tonight Ratings" all the time & AFL seems to not only beat NRL in TV viewership numbers but absolutely thrash them. It was like 3.2 Million for the AFL & only 1.7 Million for the NRL.

I have no idea why people think the NRL beats AFL in TV numbers when its clear as day that AFL ...

Look asif I will make it simple for you.

Rugby League is played in a lot of countries around the world.

It is called Rugby League in those countries & is not very popular at all, except for PNG where it is their national football code.

In most countries it is a second rate sport that no one ...