What does it take to make it to the top level of Marngrook footy?

[King-Eliagh]

Well folks, there's substantial evidence which tells us what it takes to make it to the top level of the so called Australian Football League.

Firstly we know it takes many a skinny kid living in the southern depths of australia years of real determination, practice, competition, more practice, training and learning through experience playing amongst other skinny kids from the southern depths of australia. Years and years of hard work it takes these southerners....and we must really applaud them for their efforts =D> I mean they try harder in life than the vast majority of southern hicks who frequent this forum.

ORRRRRRRRRR...what else does it take?

Well we know there's also substantial evidence that an NRL player with diddly squat marngrook experience can perform better than many of said skinny kids who've worked all their lives to make it

ORRRRRR

We also know that Irish Gaelic amateur footy players can make the cut and perform above the vast majority of aussie southerner players without even trying

ORRRRRRR

We also know that American Rugby players with no experience (or was mike pyke Canadian?) can absolutely romp it in and become a better contested marker than 99% of players who've come from southern aus and worked their guts out for more than two decades

ORRRRRR

We also know, as of last weekend, that an American gangly engineer college student/basketballer can make Eddie McRacist, president of the Collinwood team give us yet another example of an AFL supporter premmie ejaculation by saying he was, and i quote

“Like everybody our eyes dropped to see where it was going and out came big Mason hands out and he got it.
“It was one of the great highlights that I’ve been involved with at the Pies, I just loved it when he nailed that kick. I jumped up like we won the flag I must admit.”

:_<>

'Ave a read of this article folks.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/americ ... e08cc5699e

I know i've told yas all how little americans know about the afl from my recent field research there but the quotes from the yanks in this article, as well as eddie's are just damn funny reading.

So to reiterate the requirements to make it in the AFL are:

a) Southern ancestry, skinnyness and years of trying ur guts out.
b)Rugby League/NRL experience
c) Rugby Union experience at semi professional level
d) Amateur Gaelic rules experience
e) A combination of basketball and engineering studies.

because its true!

[AFLcrap1]

That's about it .
Players wanted ...No EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ..

[NRL&NFLweLaughATafl]

If you can't kick straight or catch. That is pretty much is all it takes.

[leagueiscrap]

Lol so let's just ignore the failure of the two nrlols finest
Cart play afl hunt & Izzy the afl failure!
Given every opportunity to make the grade, bul failed so embarrassingly & so pathetically!

[Swans4ever]

This thread a fail - a talented athlete will always be a talented athlete - plenty of ordinary RU players who couldn't make it in that sport seem to dominate RL. And the only 2 RL players who tried and were mediocre at best at AF have since because of experience become gods in RU. Also it depends on the position a ruck has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off - AF player has skills akin to a NFL punter - RL has skills akin to NFL Linebacker etc etc

[Swans4ever]

Well folks, there's substantial evidence which tells us what it takes to make it to the top level of the so called Australian Football League.

Firstly we know it takes many a skinny kid living in the southern depths of australia years of real determination, practice, competition, more practice, training and learning through experience playing amongst other skinny kids from the southern depths of australia. Years and years of hard work it takes these southerners....and we must really applaud them for their efforts =D> I mean they try harder in life than the vast majority of southern hicks who frequent this forum.

ORRRRRRRRRR...what else does it take?

Well we know there's also substantial evidence that an NRL player with diddly squat marngrook experience can perform better than many of said skinny kids who've worked all their lives to make it

ORRRRRR

We also know that Irish Gaelic amateur footy players can make the cut and perform above the vast majority of aussie southerner players without even trying

ORRRRRRR

We also know that American Rugby players with no experience (or was mike pyke Canadian?) can absolutely romp it in and become a better contested marker than 99% of players who've come from southern aus and worked their guts out for more than two decades

ORRRRRR

We also know, as of last weekend, that an American gangly engineer college student/basketballer can make Eddie McRacist, president of the Collinwood team give us yet another example of an AFL supporter premmie ejaculation by saying he was, and i quote

“Like everybody our eyes dropped to see where it was going and out came big Mason hands out and he got it.
“It was one of the great highlights that I’ve been involved with at the Pies, I just loved it when he nailed that kick. I jumped up like we won the flag I must admit.”

:_<>

'Ave a read of this article folks.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/americ ... e08cc5699e

I know i've told yas all how little americans know about the afl from my recent field research there but the quotes from the yanks in this article, as well as eddie's are just damn funny reading.

So to reiterate the requirements to make it in the AFL are:

a) Southern ancestry, skinnyness and years of trying ur guts out.
b)Rugby League/NRL experience
c) Rugby Union experience at semi professional level
d) Amateur Gaelic rules experience
e) A combination of basketball and engineering studies.

because its true!

You very funny KE perhaps you should do a bit of research before you spew out your thoughts - Mike Pike Canadian - was rookie listed and spent years before made it so hardly walking straight in.
Mason Cox same situation
Gaelic footballers even playing a similar game still put in a lot of effort into certain skills to make it and there are plenty of examples of those who didn't. Lastly even if true I would see it as a plus not cross because if anyone can play our game it might convince to anyone to play our game - whereas if you have to be only one body type with a neck as thick as your shoulders and very little intelligence that would mean less and less will play that game more or less those from Campbelltown in Sydney - so good luck with that!

[King-Eliagh]

I like it when he said the afl ruckman "has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off"

Kinda sums up the general skillset well dont it?

No wonder any chump can pretty much walk into the game from another code.

If you can kick and catch, you're in!

If you are tall and thin and know how to do a basketball tip off, you're in...the ruck role :_<>

Thanks swines!

[Swans4ever]

I like it when he said the afl ruckman "has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off"

Kinda sums up the general skillset well dont it?

No wonder any chump can pretty much walk into the game from another code.

If you can kick and catch, you're in!

If you are tall and thin and know how to do a basketball tip off, you're in...the ruck role :_<>

Thanks swines!

Hahah ok KE no doubt you'll be strapping on the boots to represent the Swans next your because your certainly any chump! Hahaha

[King-Eliagh]

Hahah ok KE no doubt you'll be strapping on the boots to represent the Swans next your because your certainly any chump! Hahaha

Sheesh thats a shockin post there swines.. please redo

[leagueiscrap]

I like it when he said the afl ruckman "has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off"

Kinda sums up the general skillset well dont it?

No wonder any chump can pretty much walk into the game from another code.

If you can kick and catch, you're in!

If you are tall and thin and know how to do a basketball tip off, you're in...the ruck role :_<>

Thanks swines!

Hahah ok KE no doubt you'll be strapping on the boots to represent the Swans next your because your certainly any chump! Hahaha

next he will be claiming to have played footy with several of the swans players & they have invited him down for a training session

[NRL&NFLweLaughATafl]

This thread a fail - a talented athlete will always be a talented athlete - plenty of ordinary RU players who couldn't make it in that sport seem to dominate RL. And the only 2 RL players who tried and were mediocre at best at AF have since because of experience become gods in RU. Also it depends on the position a ruck has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off - AF player has skills akin to a NFL punter - RL has skills akin to NFL Linebacker etc etc

When AFL get even one player good enough to make first grade Rugby League I will believe you.
So far AFL players all know they don't have the what is takes to go up against guys that do serious weight training.

[Xman]

This thread a fail - a talented athlete will always be a talented athlete - plenty of ordinary RU players who couldn't make it in that sport seem to dominate RL. And the only 2 RL players who tried and were mediocre at best at AF have since because of experience become gods in RU. Also it depends on the position a ruck has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off - AF player has skills akin to a NFL punter - RL has skills akin to NFL Linebacker etc etc

When AFL get even one player good enough to make first grade Rugby League I will believe you.
So far AFL players all know they don't have the what is takes to go up against guys that do serious weight training.

which AFL players have tried out to play RL?

[leagueiscrap]

This thread a fail - a talented athlete will always be a talented athlete - plenty of ordinary RU players who couldn't make it in that sport seem to dominate RL. And the only 2 RL players who tried and were mediocre at best at AF have since because of experience become gods in RU. Also it depends on the position a ruck has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off - AF player has skills akin to a NFL punter - RL has skills akin to NFL Linebacker etc etc

When AFL get even one player good enough to make first grade Rugby League I will believe you.
So far AFL players all know they don't have the what is takes to go up against guys that do serious weight training.

why would an AFL player want to take up league? shit whinging bogan culture, be laughed at by his mates, take a pay cut, play in empty stadiums.....etc
there is just no incentive

[Swans4ever]

This thread a fail - a talented athlete will always be a talented athlete - plenty of ordinary RU players who couldn't make it in that sport seem to dominate RL. And the only 2 RL players who tried and were mediocre at best at AF have since because of experience become gods in RU. Also it depends on the position a ruck has a more specific role akin to a basketball tip off - AF player has skills akin to a NFL punter - RL has skills akin to NFL Linebacker etc etc

When AFL get even one player good enough to make first grade Rugby League I will believe you.
So far AFL players all know they don't have the what is takes to go up against guys that do serious weight training.

So when Heatherly plays 1st grade for the Storm you'll have a problem.

[King-Eliagh]

Wow, aliir aliir playing his first game of senior afl footy today. Aliir first picked up a sherrin when he was 14. A few years later and he was already playing in the neafl.



Even more proof that any athlete could play marngrook at the top level in Australia with minimal to no marngrook experience necessary!

Its just not that hard to make it to the top of that sport, admit it guys.

Ok I'll concede a little you do have to have good fitness and some athletic talent. Apart from that tho you're pretty much a shoe in!

Am I right or am I right!

Usain bolt'd go close to a brownlow with two years of kickin a sherrin under his belt

He'd get pounded to Timbuktu in club rugby league tho