AFL Presence - the raw numbers

[Raiderdave]

Ah yes thanks for asking Raider. I received the occassional free beer after the game. Nothing more but that was the case for everyone and we were just in it for some fun.

thanks for the confirmation E

the occasional free beer Tispy ......so please take down your trousers .. take a seat on the thunder box
& let rip ........

[AFL Warrior]

I doubt King-Tulip could even handle drinking cordial as it is such a wimp!

[Beaussie]

No sir you're wrong again. I played in three different competitions including an international game held in Amsterdam. I represented Holland quite proudly and have been a fine example of how easy the transition from rugby league to aussie rules can be. :D

Rubbish. Stop lying.

[Beaussie]

No sir you're wrong again. I played in three different competitions including an international game held in Amsterdam. I represented Holland quite proudly and have been a fine example of how easy the transition from rugby league to aussie rules can be. :D

oh well you can enlighten us E , tipsy that dalton destroying expeller of gasses tells us that overseas players of giggleball receive remuneration for their efforts
afterall he summises ... " people wouldn't play for nothing would they ?"

so what did you pocket ?... being a representative of the Dutch national team it must have been 30 or 40 thousand dollars
not enough to live on , but being semi -professional .... like every AFL player is in every AFL league abroad according to that f@rting clown tipsy ... what you'd expect to earn .. right ?

Hahaha, as if KE was ever a representative of the Dutch national team.

[Topper]

=D>

Cheers TLPG on this hilarious comeback. I see you're in perfect form plucking facts and digits from your arse as per usual.

Having played AFL in Europe and currently researching the game in NZ I can tell you folk that Raiderdave is correct. It's a bunch of expats who are in it for a bit of fun and to knock a few other expats around in a different country. Nothing more.

TLPG, as the saviour of the fightclub, and the man who managed to overturn your reign of terror on these pages, I formally welcome you back to the ring

King-Eliagh, at no point in that post did TLPG speak of Europe or New Zealand. He spoke of South Africa, the United States and Canada. I was interested to read that he went to the International Cup and referred to his own eyes with regards to the content of the South African side. Do you question that?

I was also reminded of the overseas games played by AFL clubs by his entry. This is significant, since no NRL club can make the same claim except for the club challenge in England which hardly counts because it's preaching to the converted. At no time have the NRL have gone to such lengths to promote the sport they play. I call that highly significant and hardly "hilarious".

[TLPG]

While I delve further into the o/s stuff (unless Topper beats me to it) here are the Australian stats. Now I want to point out that the 249 club figure I gave for New South Wales included the ACT and also included the junior clubs (that is, the ones not attached directly by name to a senior club - and there are plenty of those in metro Sydney alone). The actual raw figures are as follows - and these are SENIOR clubs only, and also include the AFL clubs under their state of origin and area of origin in the case of Victoria;

Code: Select all

MELBOURNE            245
VICTORIA             426 (671)
ADELAIDE              80
SOUTH AUSTRALIA      184 (264)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA    221
TASMANIA              95
NEW SOUTH WALES/ACT  150
QUEENSLAND            82
NORTHERN TERRITORY    31+
NATIONAL TOTAL:     1614

(It should be pointed out that I have not included the summer clubs in the Northern Territory due to not really following them as much - hence the plus sign on NT. I have also not included the senior clubs that play amongst a majority of reserve grade sides, and this also affects metro Sydney)

I make this absolute guarantee. Thugby league can not possibly have that many clubs nationwide. Heck, the reality is that 99 percent of thugby clubs are in New South Wales and Queensland and I think I saw someone claim something like 450 (a number I dispute when it comes to senior clubs because I think that person is counting the juniors associated with the Sydney based NRL clubs and they should NOT be - yes I shouldn't have either if we want to go that way). That means that there are about a third of thugby league clubs in this country compared to AFL clubs.

(Final note - I am NOT back in TFC. I am merely providing statistics and facts on this subject and that is all.)

[enarelle]

Its funny how in all other sports when it comes to international representation it is all about those countries having at least semi professional players, a formal sponsored competition and an international team that plays other countries.

It seems this approach does not apply to the AFL. A few guys kicking ball around seems to be the criteria

Anyway when do we expect to see the first international AFL match between the Australian team and any of these other countries named?

Why does the AFL play that strange hybrid game with Ireland every so often if such robust international opposition awaits?

[Topper]

All the leagues that are affiliated with the AFL HAVE to be semi professional, enarelle. They wouldn't be affiliated if they weren't. Anyway, would you honestly think for example that University Blues or Blacks could get anywhere near Collingwood or even Port Adelaide? That's why at least for now that Australia could not play a national team against a national team from say the United States or New Zealand. All the best players in the world play in the AFL. It's why most of the Socceroos don't play in the A-League. They play in the best league in the world, the English competition.

TLPG, until I saw your website I had no idea that there were that many clubs Australia wide. It's also impressive that New South Wales has more senior clubs than Tasmania, in spite of the fact that the population would have a lot to do with that. I admit that my knowledge of numbers was limited to the VAFA until your website was added to my bookmarks.

[Raiderdave]

No sir you're wrong again. I played in three different competitions including an international game held in Amsterdam. I represented Holland quite proudly and have been a fine example of how easy the transition from rugby league to aussie rules can be. :D

oh well you can enlighten us E , tipsy that dalton destroying expeller of gasses tells us that overseas players of giggleball receive remuneration for their efforts
afterall he summises ... " people wouldn't play for nothing would they ?"

so what did you pocket ?... being a representative of the Dutch national team it must have been 30 or 40 thousand dollars
not enough to live on , but being semi -professional .... like every AFL player is in every AFL league abroad according to that f@rting clown tipsy ... what you'd expect to earn .. right ?

Hahaha, as if KE was ever a representative of the Dutch national team.

I could probably represent every country outside of Aust in flogball
so could you beaussie , Tipsy even you , you f@rting wombat .. warrior .. grim .. hell my nannna might get a singlet

& this is international giggleball .... a freaking joke

[King-Eliagh]

No sir you're wrong again. I played in three different competitions including an international game held in Amsterdam. I represented Holland quite proudly and have been a fine example of how easy the transition from rugby league to aussie rules can be. :D

Rubbish. Stop lying.

Really Beaussie? This is not what you told me you told TLPG in a reply to a pm from him asking whether I really played in the Netherlands

I played for westies FC in Central Australia 1 season, Sydney Uni FC 1.5 seasons and The flying Dutchman (one international match). Who's the liar?

[AFL Warrior]

I doubt whether you played in Central Australia King-Chiefprotector as the Natives would have refused to play with a know all about Natives. Also I know Central Australia well and I did not see any Tulips playing in the NTAFL.

[Beaussie]

No sir you're wrong again. I played in three different competitions including an international game held in Amsterdam. I represented Holland quite proudly and have been a fine example of how easy the transition from rugby league to aussie rules can be. :D

Rubbish. Stop lying.

Really Beaussie? This is not what you told me you told TLPG in a reply to a pm from him asking whether I really played in the Netherlands

I played for westies FC in Central Australia 1 season, Sydney Uni FC 1.5 seasons and The flying Dutchman (one international match). Who's the liar?

You are.

[AFL Warrior]

fcking liar :****

[AFL Warrior]

So King-Tulip did any Natives play for Westies?

[TLPG]

I'll answer that because I know better - Yes. In fact there is a heavy Aboriginal presence throughout the CAFL, with the community clubs 100 percent Aboriginal (ie Yuendumu, Ltyente Apurte etc).

Haven't got any more for you all for the moment. I was at the library all day doing my historical research.