AFL PARTICIPATION RATES SURGE THANKS TO GWS!!!!!

[TLPG]

You live in Sydney right, Eliagh? I guess it depends on when the next time TLPG will be in Sydney, but meeting you while he's there? After you saying "I wouldn't mind meeting ol LG and taking him down with a swift left hook, he'd be a smarter man afterwards" I doubt it unless he wants to deck you first!

And who says he has alternative accounts? That's Dave standard of fantasyland moronics, unless you got cast iron proof!

I actually missed this, and I just realised I didn't look at the page before.

That IS a threat, and for that reason alone I won't meet up with KE. And I'll tell you this for the record, KE - a left hook wouldn't "smarten me up" on your terms. When I get socked by the likes of you - you would actually prove me right and it would solidify my views as correct. As well as have you before the NSW Local Court for assault!

He's also lying about alternate accounts. I only have one - this one. Beau can back this up.

For the record, I have no plans at this point to come to Sydney anyway. Most of what I need to do up this way can be done in Canberra and it's what I'm doing. The closest I will be getting at this point will be Wollongong but I have no idea when at this point.

[King-Eliagh]

Aww I'd only do it if we planned to go 3 rounds in the ring lg, like how me and swines organised.

We could have a bonox or something instead?

As for the alternate accounts. Yeah suuuuuurre you don't guess you won't be telling beaussie anymore of ur secrets from now on huh, arcadenut?

[AFLcrap1]

You live in Sydney right, Eliagh? I guess it depends on when the next time TLPG will be in Sydney, but meeting you while he's there? After you saying "I wouldn't mind meeting ol LG and taking him down with a swift left hook, he'd be a smarter man afterwards" I doubt it unless he wants to deck you first!

And who says he has alternative accounts? That's Dave standard of fantasyland moronics, unless you got cast iron proof!

I actually missed this, and I just realised I didn't look at the page before.

That IS a threat, and for that reason alone I won't meet up with KE. And I'll tell you this for the record, KE - a left hook wouldn't "smarten me up" on your terms. When I get socked by the likes of you - you would actually prove me right and it would solidify my views as correct. As well as have you before the NSW Local Court for assault!

He's also lying about alternate accounts. I only have one - this one. Beau can back this up.

For the record, I have no plans at this point to come to Sydney anyway. Most of what I need to do up this way can be done in Canberra and it's what I'm doing. The closest I will be getting at this point will be Wollongong but I have no idea when at this point.

Quick ring ASADA ,they might be able to get (if they take time out of their busy RaiderDave investigation)the ACC on to it

By the way ,how is that investigation going? :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>

[ParraEelsNRL]

You live in Sydney right, Eliagh? I guess it depends on when the next time TLPG will be in Sydney, but meeting you while he's there? After you saying "I wouldn't mind meeting ol LG and taking him down with a swift left hook, he'd be a smarter man afterwards" I doubt it unless he wants to deck you first!

And who says he has alternative accounts? That's Dave standard of fantasyland moronics, unless you got cast iron proof!

I actually missed this, and I just realised I didn't look at the page before.

That IS a threat, and for that reason alone I won't meet up with KE. And I'll tell you this for the record, KE - a left hook wouldn't "smarten me up" on your terms. When I get socked by the likes of you - you would actually prove me right and it would solidify my views as correct. As well as have you before the NSW Local Court for assault!

He's also lying about alternate accounts. I only have one - this one. Beau can back this up.

For the record, I have no plans at this point to come to Sydney anyway. Most of what I need to do up this way can be done in Canberra and it's what I'm doing. The closest I will be getting at this point will be Wollongong but I have no idea when at this point.

Wollongong eh?

[NRLCrap1]

Aww I'd only do it if we planned to go 3 rounds in the ring lg, like how me and swines organised.

We could have a bonox or something instead?

As for the alternate accounts. Yeah suuuuuurre you don't guess you won't be telling beaussie anymore of ur secrets from now on huh, arcadenut?

Prove he's this arcadenut, Eliagh! Show us the fricking evidence!

[Roomforallcodes]

The claims of AFL participation surging are irrelevant - and if a particular sport is growing at a faster rate, rather than engaging in public spats we should be looking at what that code is doing well and learning from them. Sports that don't learn from best practices in other codes will ultimately lag in growth. A good example of this is Union, certainly in NSW. In the halcyon days of John Eales and NFJ etc when Australia dominated World Rugby the coffers were full but there was an appalling lack of time and effort developing juniors and that is an issue where they are feeling the pain right now. The ARU is now broke and has put a levy on every club in Australia this year to bail them out. By not adopting a grass roots approach when times are good ultimately there is a chance kids will get involved in other sports and this has a huge effect 20 years down the track. Youngsters take up the game, understand the rules, parents get involved, etc. This then starts a lifelong love for the sport which hopefully means the child follows that code for life, goes to games, buys merchandise, watches broadcast games on TV etc. The investment by the code at the grassroots ultimately pays off with revenue from tv rights, royalties, advertising etc. Its a simple plan with a 20 year lag.
There is room for all 4 codes in this country and the derisive comments on this thread achieve nothing. I would not be using GWS as the reason for a surge in participation but my observation is that the AFL has done the school PSSA programs etc very well and have engaged the kids at a very early age in following the sport, encouraging them to play etc. A big focus in junior AFL is participation for everybody regardless of ability.
My neighbour took his child to a club in Sydney South last year for the first time. The thing that they do very well is create an experience for the child, the parents and the siblings. This is actually their Mission Statement -making sure that everybody feels welcome at the club, the child gets a game regardless of talent, ball skills are developed through training and match day and the parents are also part of the experience. AFL can do this because the code is much smaller than League or Soccer and to try and compare the codes is in my view foolish. Lilli Pilli Soccer for example has over 1000 juniors playing soccer and it is just a suburban soccer club - hell of an achievement in anybody's words!
Winning a premiership or getting promoted to another division does not mean that a particualr code is stronger than others. Look at ARU! Each code has its own set of strengths - I don't think anything can beat going to a State of Origin and seeing NSW win after so many years. The atmosphere was electric - it was like being in a Roman colloseum waiting for the lions to come into the arena.
What NRL has to make sure that it continues to do is focus on the youngsters...school development, clinics etc. If it doesn't then the codes that do will achieve growth at their detriment but it will not become evident for a very long time (again, the 20 year lag effect).

[Roomforallcodes]

The claims of AFL participation surging are irrelevant - and if a particular sport is growing at a faster rate, rather than engaging in public spats we should be looking at what that code is doing well and learning from them. Sports that don't learn from best practices in other codes will ultimately lag in growth. A good example of this is Union, certainly in NSW. In the halcyon days of John Eales and NFJ etc when Australia dominated World Rugby the coffers were full but there was an appalling lack of time and effort developing juniors and that is an issue where they are feeling the pain right now. The ARU is now broke and has put a levy on every club in Australia this year to bail them out. By not adopting a grass roots approach when times are good ultimately there is a chance kids will get involved in other sports and this has a huge effect 20 years down the track. Youngsters take up the game, understand the rules, parents get involved, etc. This then starts a lifelong love for the sport which hopefully means the child follows that code for life, goes to games, buys merchandise, watches broadcast games on TV etc. The investment by the code at the grassroots ultimately pays off with revenue from tv rights, royalties, advertising etc. Its a simple plan with a 20 year lag.
There is room for all 4 codes in this country and the derisive comments on this thread achieve nothing. I would not be using GWS as the reason for a surge in participation but my observation is that the AFL has done the school PSSA programs etc very well and have engaged the kids at a very early age in following the sport, encouraging them to play etc. A big focus in junior AFL is participation for everybody regardless of ability.
My neighbour took his child to a club in Sydney South last year for the first time. The thing that they do very well is create an experience for the child, the parents and the siblings. This is actually their Mission Statement -making sure that everybody feels welcome at the club, the child gets a game regardless of talent, ball skills are developed through training and match day and the parents are also part of the experience. AFL can do this because the code is much smaller than League or Soccer and to try and compare the codes is in my view foolish. Lilli Pilli Soccer for example has over 1000 juniors playing soccer and it is just a suburban soccer club - hell of an achievement in anybody's words!
Winning a premiership or getting promoted to another division does not mean that a particualr code is stronger than others. Look at ARU! Each code has its own set of strengths - I don't think anything can beat going to a State of Origin and seeing NSW win after so many years. The atmosphere was electric - it was like being in a Roman colloseum waiting for the lions to come into the arena.
What NRL has to make sure that it continues to do is focus on the youngsters...school development, clinics etc. If it doesn't then the codes that do will achieve growth at their detriment but it will not become evident for a very long time (again, the 20 year lag effect).

[cos789]

The claims of AFL participation surging are irrelevant .

Not at all.

There is room for all 4 codes in this country .

Yes, at different levels.

I would not be using GWS as the reason for a surge in participation .

Well, it is a factor.

it is just a suburban soccer club .

The equivalent of AFL participation rates. Why the excitement? We all know soccer is the dominant code in NSW.

I don't think anything can beat going to a State of Origin and seeing NSW win after so many years. .

The Swans winning a premiership after 72 years comes quickly to mind.
WA beating Victoria in SOO comes quickly to mind.
watching most Dockers games comes quickly to mind.
Buddy propping and goaling from 70m comes quickly to mind.

What NRL has to make sure that it continues to do is focus on the youngsters.

I for one hope it continues on it's same path, the path towards reverting back to the NSWRL.

[AFLcrap1]

The claims of AFL participation surging are irrelevant .

Not at all.

There is room for all 4 codes in this country .

Yes, at different levels.

I would not be using GWS as the reason for a surge in participation .

Well, it is a factor.

it is just a suburban soccer club .

The equivalent of AFL participation rates. Why the excitement? We all know soccer is the dominant code in NSW.

I don't think anything can beat going to a State of Origin and seeing NSW win after so many years. .

The Swans winning a premiership after 72 years comes quickly to mind.
WA beating Victoria in SOO comes quickly to mind.
watching most Dockers games comes quickly to mind.
Buddy propping and goaling from 70m comes quickly to mind.

What NRL has to make sure that it continues to do is focus on the youngsters.

I for one hope it continues on it's same path, the path towards reverting back to the NSWRL.

Nurse !!!!!!
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[cos789]

Seems crapper wants the nurse to remove the urine from his eye as he continues to bubble with discontent!!

[AFLcrap1]

Seems crapper wants the nurse to remove the urine from his eye as he continues to bubble with discontent!!

[Raiderdave]

The claims of AFL participation surging are irrelevant .

Not at all.

There is room for all 4 codes in this country .

Yes, at different levels.

I would not be using GWS as the reason for a surge in participation .

Well, it is a factor.

it is just a suburban soccer club .

The equivalent of AFL participation rates. Why the excitement? We all know soccer is the dominant code in NSW.

I don't think anything can beat going to a State of Origin and seeing NSW win after so many years. .

The Swans winning a premiership after 72 years comes quickly to mind.
WA beating Victoria in SOO comes quickly to mind.
watching most Dockers games comes quickly to mind.
Buddy propping and goaling from 70m comes quickly to mind.

What NRL has to make sure that it continues to do is focus on the youngsters.

I for one hope it continues on it's same path, the path towards reverting back to the NSWRL.

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[Swans4ever]

The claims of AFL participation surging are irrelevant .

Not at all.

There is room for all 4 codes in this country .

Yes, at different levels.

I would not be using GWS as the reason for a surge in participation .

Well, it is a factor.

it is just a suburban soccer club .

The equivalent of AFL participation rates. Why the excitement? We all know soccer is the dominant code in NSW.

I don't think anything can beat going to a State of Origin and seeing NSW win after so many years. .

The Swans winning a premiership after 72 years comes quickly to mind.
WA beating Victoria in SOO comes quickly to mind.
watching most Dockers games comes quickly to mind.
Buddy propping and goaling from 70m comes quickly to mind.

What NRL has to make sure that it continues to do is focus on the youngsters.

I for one hope it continues on it's same path, the path towards reverting back to the NSWRL.

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Is that what you have for breakfast with your night soil pissy pants??? Hahahaha lol

[ParraEelsNRL]

The claims of AFL participation surging are irrelevant .

Not at all.

There is room for all 4 codes in this country .

Yes, at different levels.

I would not be using GWS as the reason for a surge in participation .

Well, it is a factor.

it is just a suburban soccer club .

The equivalent of AFL participation rates. Why the excitement? We all know soccer is the dominant code in NSW.

I don't think anything can beat going to a State of Origin and seeing NSW win after so many years. .

The Swans winning a premiership after 72 years comes quickly to mind.
WA beating Victoria in SOO comes quickly to mind.
watching most Dockers games comes quickly to mind.
Buddy propping and goaling from 70m comes quickly to mind.

What NRL has to make sure that it continues to do is focus on the youngsters.

I for one hope it continues on it's same path, the path towards reverting back to the NSWRL.

[pussycat]

Aussies Rules participation in NSW/ACT overtakes Victoria
May 8, 2013, 1:06 pm
Yahoo!7

The AFL's bold move into the heart of Sydney may have started to pay dividends for the sport if Auskick participation rates are anything to go by.

Auskick kids in action. Photo: Getty Images

The AFL's bold move into the heart of Sydney's west may have started to pay dividends for the sport if Auskick participation rates are anything to go by.

Australian Rules football's aggressive drive to attract Sydney children is bearing fruit with AFL NSW/ACT now boasting a higher Auskick participation rate than Victoria or any other state.

Boosted by a 27.26 per cent total rise in Sydney, AFL NSW/ACT had a total of 48,965 participants in the football code's national introductory program in 2012.

But the growth wasn't restricted to the AFL's new frontier in the rugby league heartland of western Sydney, where there was 43 per cent growth, with south Sydney more than doubling its number of Auskickers.

The figures include club, school and after-school care Auskick programs.


It's been suggested the latter two have hurt junior clubs, but AFL NSW/ACT chief Tom Harley disagrees.

"Like anyone, we have to have different pathway opportunities for people to be involved," Harley told AAP.

"We are working behind the scenes really aggressively on our competition structures and our transition points from school into club.

"But that can't be our sole participation pathway, because society's telling us that isn't necessarily the way to go."

Harley paid tribute to the addition of Greater Western Sydney to the AFL and the Swans' rise to the 2012 AFL premiership as factors in the uptake.

The addition of a second AFL side has been key to the Australian Football League's attempt to increase its presence in Sydney.

"I think the oldest Auskick graduates have only just turned 18, so it's quite an immature market," former Geelong captain Harley said.

"If you look at our total participation across the board (last year), 70 per cent of those were under the age of 11."

With the Swans near the top of the ladder once again, more growth is expected in 2013.

But Harley knows full well that, unlike rugby league or soccer, the sport could easily lose traction **** youngsters just as quickly as it's gained it.

"We need to work on new ways to retain those participants, while recruiting new ones and, as I've always said to our guys, we're in the sports field in Sydney and we've got to be respectful."


An increase of 27.26% - it's the stuff GiantsRD would have wet dreams over had it been RL - but alas it's AFL and the winner is Sydaneeee!!!!!!!!!
Wow just wow


(GiantsRD slowly rocking backwards and forwards in the feotal position sobbing "It's not fair, it's not fair - why won't anybody baweieve me!")

Interesting article,I wonder if the AFL were using the same statisticians as the ones they were using at birchgrove?