AFL winning the grassroots battle in RL heartland

[Beaussie]

More work to do, but well done AFL.

Away from the NRL, at the grassroots level, junior, bush and and suburban clubs are screaming out for more support. They are tired of watching their participation numbers dwindle. They are tired of seeing the deeply resourced AFL increasingly swamp them as the NRL trots out participation numbers that have been overinflated by touch footy players.

Of course, the game faces many more issues and problems, not least its apparent lack of money. But if there is one thing it is lacking it's a sense of direction.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/nrl- ... 0fr16.html

[Terry]

Nice work Beatup!!!!! Another well.......beatup lolololollolololololol.

Where exactly in the article does it say the 'AFL is winning the grassroots battle in RL heartland'? Tip.....it doesn't.....you just made it up. Some folk would call it a lie. Fumbling folk would call it normal transmission lolololololololol.

Try and stick to facts my friend......if you can't do that better to stay on the porch!!!!! Woof woof lololololololololol.

[Beaussie]

Read between the lines and get ya head out the sand Terry.

There is no battle going on in AFL heartland as we all know, RL is virtually non existent outside NSW and Qld. Meanwhile, as the article points out, the well resourced AFL continues to “swamp” RL at grassroots level. That’s a RL journo reporting that in case you didn’t notice.

Good to see the Touch Footy furphy finally exposed for what it is too.

[Terry]

Read between the lines and get ya head out the sand Terry.

'Read between the lines' hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! Read between ya ears beatup!!!!!! That's where all your fantasies take place lololololololol.

Put something factual out there pal and I'll take you seriously.

[Beaussie]

Keep that head of yours firmly stuck in the sand Terry. The AFL will continue to grow in your heartland at your codes expense. Well done AFL development teams. Well done indeed.

[Terry]

Keep that head of yours firmly stuck in the sand Terry. The AFL will continue to grow in your heartland at your codes expense. Well done AFL development teams. Well done indeed.

"Well done" hahahahahahahahahaha. Self congratulations is no congratulations at all pal lololololol. Quick......get on the phone and tell Gilligan what a great jobs he's doing lolololololololololol. It'd be like Lucy telling Malcolm how incredible he is lololololol.

Now: what you should say in every post you make is "in my opinion" my friend. That's all you've got - 'opinions', some folk would call them delusional opinions....but opinions all the same. In your bubble you cannot concieve independant thought. So please don't assume knowledge or authority you don't possess.

[Terry]

And as far as touch footy goes - it is one of RL's best strategic moves to join forces with them under the one umbrella. RL is lucky it has a non contact version of the game that is closely aligned with it and can be played any time, anywhere by any age or gender.

And it's playing numbers are driven by REAL registered players OUTSIDE of schools. Unlike fumbling numbers in NSW which are masked by development officer driven school 'participation' stats that are more for propaganda purposes than real grassroots increases.

[AFLcrap1]

Lol
The old you can't count touch footy line .
Yet the fumblers junior numbers are what...ausfumble..lol
I know what those numbers mean .
RL fans know what those numbers mean
LAwson exposed what those numbers mean .

Fumblefans.....lap up the propaganda .

Lol year after year we get the same stories ....
How can they be so dumb to constantly fall for lt....

[pussycat]

Read between the lines and get ya head out the sand Terry.

There is no battle going on in AFL heartland as we all know, RL is virtually non existent outside NSW and Qld. Meanwhile, as the article points out, the well resourced AFL continues to “swamp” RL at grassroots level. That’s a RL journo reporting that in case you didn’t notice.

Good to see the Touch Footy furphy finally exposed for what it is too.

So the fairy tale continues Beau. Is this the one were they fall down a rabbit hole ? or the one where they travel to Birchgrove Oval with there picnic basket and all there other 'friends' , wow what a lovely day out. Perhaps there's a few people up in the psych ward who would like to join you

[Terry]

When you go down to Birchy today
You're sure to get a surprise lololololololololololl.

When you go down to Birchy today
you'll see beatup dressed in disguise lololololololo

Yep. Get down to Birchy oval and see the fumbling grassroots exploding.....oh hang on......they don't play there because they produced Teddy Bears picnic numbers lolololololololololololol.

Have a nice picnic beatup!!!!!!!

[Beaussie]

And as far as touch footy goes - it is one of RL's best strategic moves to join forces with them under the one umbrella.

No one bar you buys that rubbish. As the article and many others point out, the move to include Touch Footy numbers is nothing more than a desperate attempt to try to inflate participant numbers and look better against the other codes. Desperate

[AFLcrap1]

And as far as touch footy goes - it is one of RL's best strategic moves to join forces with them under the one umbrella.

No one bar you buys that rubbish. As the article and many others point out, the move to include Touch Footy numbers is nothing more than a desperate attempt to try to inflate participant numbers and look better against the other codes. Desperate

& you talk about RL fans burying their head in the sand.
Yet you ignore what's in front of you .

[Terry]

The old beatup is getting......well......hopelessly beaten up lately lolololololololol. Fancy continually posting articles by the comic strip historian/journalist Fitzy the fool. The bloke is laughed at by real historians and journalists and lives in a lefty, RL hating echo chamber.

And on touch footy: what a dill. Some of the best players of a generation have honed their skills in touch before starting their NRL career - Benji Marshall, Shaun Johnson, Bevan French and many, many others. The fumblers would kill to have a non contact version of their sport that is played by hundreds of thousands of men, women & kids of all ages and shapes.

You must try and do better beatup!!!

[pussycat]

Touch football is a partner of league, unlike the kicky league they try to boost there numbers with.

[leeroy*NRL*]

pretty piss poor article from Webster>>

As we all know R.L is a very hard contact game>>
That only a small percentage of People / Athletes can play..

Touch football has been aligned with the NRL>
as it is very identical and a game of Rugby League without the contact.
that many people can play without the bruises and busted up bodies
week in week out (something that Rugby League which affects Rugby codes)

One of the best moves NRL commission made since 2012.