Talking Footy

AFL may spike NRL season launch in NSW with early fixture

Tyson Otto
The Daily Telegraph
April 10, 2013 12:00AM

THE AFL is considering launching the 2014 season at least two weeks earlier with a blockbuster clash between the Giants and Swans at Skoda Stadium.

GWS chief executive David Matthews yesterday said he will submit a fixture request to the AFL to host the Swans at Skoda Stadium in round one - and has preliminary support from AFL boss Andrew Demetriou.

The AFL has already declared its intent to start the season earlier to go head to head with the NRL in NSW and Queensland, giving fledgling clubs Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney more hype and commercial muscle in their competitive sporting markets.

However, in an audacious move, the AFL is hoping to go head to head with the NRL season launch in Sydney with a Giants clash against the Swans, Collingwood, Carlton, Geelong or Hawthorn.

It follows a series of dramatic developments for AFL in NSW yesterday, including:

A REVELATION from Matthews the Giants are looking to open the 2014 Sydney Royal Easter Show with an historic match at Skoda Stadium or ANZ Stadium on a Thursday, April 10;

SWANS boss Andrew Ireland throwing his support behind a ground breaking plan to completely overhaul the AFL season structure by scrapping the NAB Cup and extending the regular season to 24 matches and two byes before the finals series;

THE potential showdown between the Swans and Cricket Australia over access to the SCG, when the AFL's season is moved forward as expected;

THE revelation Ireland would consider hosting a Swans home game at Skoda Stadium; and

COACH Kevin Sheedy declaring the Giants should take a home game to South Africa or China as early as next season.

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Beaussie wrote:

However, in an audacious move, the AFL is hoping to go head to head with the NRL season launch in Sydney with a Giants clash against the Swans, Collingwood, Carlton, Geelong or Hawthorn.

Raiderdave wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

However, in an audacious move, the AFL is hoping to go head to head with the NRL season launch in Sydney with a Giants clash against the Swans, Collingwood, Carlton, Geelong or Hawthorn.

ahhhhh..... hasn't this been done before ?


yeah
the NRL would be shitting its pants with a 20K crowd for this season opening game next year

& thats against the swines

if it were against any of the other world famous melbourne suburbs
they'd be lucky to get 10K

a Panthers V Sharks game would round that up
seriously why do they embarras themselves with this rot

And bout time the Swans/AFL took on Cricket Australia regarding the SCG. Bring it on Vlad.

Drac wrote:

Swans bring in more people each year than cricket. I agree that cricket still takes priority at the SCG, but it won't be as quick a dismissal as you're alluding to.

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

Swans bring in more people each year than cricket. I agree that cricket still takes priority at the SCG, but it won't be as quick a dismissal as you're alluding to.

you can't even get on the MCG as early as you want .... in a city that actually gives 2 frog farts about vicky kicky

but of course it makes sense that in a city that couldn't give a dingos barfed up road kill about the victorian game
that there'll be more chance of success there



& this one is serious too folks

Stewie wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

Swans bring in more people each year than cricket. I agree that cricket still takes priority at the SCG, but it won't be as quick a dismissal as you're alluding to.

you can't even get on the MCG as early as you want .... in a city that actually gives 2 frog farts about vicky kicky

but of course it makes sense that in a city that couldn't give a dingos barfed up road kill about the victorian game
that there'll be more chance of success there



& this one is serious too folks

All it's going to take is a few million $ to turn Junction Oval into a first class (domestic cricket standards) oval and the AFL will have access to the MCG at leasst 2 weeks earlier than what they currently do. Adelaide Oval is all football's from March 15 each year, so if the Redbacks make the Sheffield Shield Grand Final they will be forced to move it to somewhere like Glenelg Oval.

Raiderdave wrote:

Stewie wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

you can't even get on the MCG as early as you want .... in a city that actually gives 2 frog farts about vicky kicky

but of course it makes sense that in a city that couldn't give a dingos barfed up road kill about the victorian game
that there'll be more chance of success there



& this one is serious too folks

All it's going to take is a few million $ to turn Junction Oval into a first class (domestic cricket standards) oval and the AFL will have access to the MCG at leasst 2 weeks earlier than what they currently do. Adelaide Oval is all football's from March 15 each year, so if the Redbacks make the Sheffield Shield Grand Final they will be forced to move it to somewhere like Glenelg Oval.

yes
the Victorian Cricket association has never had an alternative to housing 300 people to a shield game before
it never crossed their mind to go to another venue

oh wait


it just keeps getting stupider & studpier with this lot

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

Swans bring in more people each year than cricket. I agree that cricket still takes priority at the SCG, but it won't be as quick a dismissal as you're alluding to.

you can't even get on the MCG as early as you want .... in a city that actually gives 2 frog farts about vicky kicky

but of course it makes sense that in a city that couldn't give a dingos barfed up road kill about the victorian game
that there'll be more chance of success there



& this one is serious too folks

Rabbit wrote:

Sounds like desperation. They feel GWS is not making inroads fast enough and need to do something to bolster the effort.

Drac wrote:

Rabbit wrote:

Sounds like desperation. They feel GWS is not making inroads fast enough and need to do something to bolster the effort.

desperation is 'bring a friend for free to see the premiers.' This is just sensible exposure management.

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

Rabbit wrote:

Sounds like desperation. They feel GWS is not making inroads fast enough and need to do something to bolster the effort.

desperation is 'bring a friend for free to see the premiers.' This is just sensible exposure management.

19K turned up on a Monday Night, only about 4K of the Storms 13K members took up the bring a friend offer according to Storm officials

the midgets could play any team other then the swines & have a ... bring your family & all their friends night .... & not get a 3rd of that
if the swines didn't have SCG members to pad their crowd last week ... they would have been lucky to get 16K

that sorta puts it in perspective eh dickhead

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

desperation is 'bring a friend for free to see the premiers.' This is just sensible exposure management.

19K turned up on a Monday Night, only about 4K of the Storms 13K members took up the bring a friend offer according to Storm officials

the midgets could play any team other then the swines & have a ... bring your family & all their friends night .... & not get a 3rd of that
if the swines didn't have SCG members to pad their crowd last week ... they would have been lucky to get 16K

that sorta puts it in perspective eh dickhead

So they actually only had a crowd of 15k, 4k were free.

What a surprise!