Talking Footy

Bbear wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:28 pm

Get out !
Hook up a caravan and travel right around Australia.
It will soon be apparent to you that most of the country has not embraced RL.
Australia ( most of ) has rejected Rugby League !

Fred wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:55 pm

AFL has clearly a greater national foot print then rl. To argue otherwise is simply to show you ignorance.

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:48 am

Fred wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:55 pm

AFL has clearly a greater national foot print then rl. To argue otherwise is simply to show you ignorance.

The quote wasn't greater national footprint. It was saying the rest of Australia rejected Rugby League.
When this is clearly not the case when you look at the turnouts matches have gotten when playing in AFL states like Victoria and W.A.

Saying that, we leave AFL for dead where it really counts with the global footprint.

28 FIRST GRADE CLUBS IN 5 COUNTRIES

10 more first grade clubs than AFL and teams in 4 more countries.
Let's be honest, that is a footprint ass kicking.

Mate we are even more global than AFL in reserve grade with feeder clubs with in PNG, France and Fiji soon too.

That is not even counting all our rep teams in Pacific cup. Samoa, Tonga, Fiji.

But wait, we are in the process of a possible professional team in New York too.

That could possibly one day make it 6 countries with 1st grade Rugby League clubs while AFL is still yet to get a team outside Australia.

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:48 am

Fred wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:55 pm

AFL has clearly a greater national foot print then rl. To argue otherwise is simply to show you ignorance.

The quote wasn't greater national footprint. It was saying the rest of Australia rejected Rugby League.
When this is clearly not the case when you look at the turnouts matches have gotten when playing in AFL states like Victoria and W.A.

Saying that, we leave AFL for dead where it really counts with the global footprint.

28 FIRST GRADE CLUBS IN 5 COUNTRIES

10 more first grade clubs than AFL and teams in 4 more countries.
Let's be honest, that is a footprint ass kicking.

Mate we are even more global than AFL in reserve grade with feeder clubs with in PNG, France and Fiji soon too.

That is not even counting all our rep teams in Pacific cup. Samoa, Tonga, Fiji.

But wait, we are in the process of a possible professional team in New York too.

That could possibly one day make it 6 countries with 1st grade Rugby League clubs while AFL is still yet to get a team outside Australia.

Fred wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:40 pm

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:48 am

Fred wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:55 pm

AFL has clearly a greater national foot print then rl. To argue otherwise is simply to show you ignorance.

The quote wasn't greater national footprint. It was saying the rest of Australia rejected Rugby League.
When this is clearly not the case when you look at the turnouts matches have gotten when playing in AFL states like Victoria and W.A.

Saying that, we leave AFL for dead where it really counts with the global footprint.

28 FIRST GRADE CLUBS IN 5 COUNTRIES

10 more first grade clubs than AFL and teams in 4 more countries.
Let's be honest, that is a footprint ass kicking.

Mate we are even more global than AFL in reserve grade with feeder clubs with in PNG, France and Fiji soon too.

That is not even counting all our rep teams in Pacific cup. Samoa, Tonga, Fiji.

But wait, we are in the process of a possible professional team in New York too.

That could possibly one day make it 6 countries with 1st grade Rugby League clubs while AFL is still yet to get a team outside Australia.

Rl far bigger internationally than AFL no doubt. But rl is a very minor sport Outside nsw and qld you would agree. The novelty factor is there for sure but as far as grassroots go very very small.