the Swans are easilt the biggest Club in NSW.214Four wrote:yeah but two of those states is no more than of a shoe string significance. In nsw AFL is easily sitting 4th out of the 4 biggest codes (RL,Union,Soccer,AFL) and i would say in QLD their 3rdStewie wrote:2 teams in each mainland state, games in every state or territory and every capital city for premiership points, I'd say the AFL is the most national league of them all by a long margin.214Four wrote:the sad fact is neither AFL or NRL are the number one code in australia as neither are truely national.
the National Rugby League comp, 2 states, plus a team who are world champions that no one cares about in Vic


to set teams up in Tassie & Nt is not financially viable just yet, unless they are going to be running things on a shoe string budget & living off hand outs.
the AFL at least run permanent fixtures down there as well as in Canberra, NT and North Cairns, it would be nice if they did more but, you are not going to get a true National comp, so the AFL i the most national comp we have