ParraEelsNRL wrote:So bloody what, it wasn't formed and codified in those places was it.
If the codification of Australian Football in May, 1859, in Victoria demands the code be called Victorian Football, then shouldn't the codification of Rugby League in England in 1897 demand that code be called English Rugby?
Tom Wills, the original architect of Aussie Rules came from NSW.
H.C.A. Harrison, a founder of the VFL was born at Picton just outside Sydney.
And if you research deeply enough you can find a copy of the Sydney Illustrated News, September 13, 1890. On page 3 you'll find an interesting story about the early history of 'Australian football' in Sydney and its origins dating back to 1877.
You leagues ought to do your homework, you know.