NZ PM "We Want an AFL Team"

[cos789]

That's correct.
The New Zealand prime Minister wants an AFL team in his country. =D>

[Swans4ever]

Yep heres the link http://m.theage.com.au/AFL/AFL-news/we- ... 2ihk7.html.

The relevant part is
"Earlier in the night, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key firmly placed a New Zealand-based AFL team on the agenda.
Speaking at an official pre-game function, Key, who was seated alongside Australia's Minister for Sport, Kate Lundy, and Demetriou, said the unique relationship between the countries, coupled with a fierce mutual sporting rivalry, made the concept a perfect platform for the Australian game.
''Let's get real,'' he said. ''We've got to get a New Zealand side in the AFL. We've got the Breakers and we've got the Warriors - well, they've been struggling a bit lately - we need our own AFL team.''

May happen but not for another 5 years - no doubt it will involve a Tassy side coming in as well.

[Fred]

You'll get teams playing there like hawthorn do for a while yet. Test the waters .

[Stewie]

Once he saw how much superior football is over both thugbies it was an easy call to make.

[adamj1300]

You'll get teams playing there like hawthorn do for a while yet. Test the waters .

exactly, play some more games over there on a regular basis then assess how the figures are, crowds, interests ect,

[Raiderdave]

what
they have about 400 club players there ...... thats right

we don't inlude the 3000 at schools who are forced to do a 30 minute training drill called Kiwifudge
at this rate
they'll produce a player with the ability to fumble , bumble & miss at VFL level by about 2042
& the TV audiences are in the hundreds I hear
if the VFL didn't pay the kiwis to put on their games .. on a 2nd string community station I believe
it would never see the light of day


but
oh I sincerely hope they do this .... & the sooner the better
it will make their venture into western sydney look like a pure stroke of genius

[Raiderdave]

how easily this mob blow their loads

Keys was just being a politcian
in a room full of Aussies .. hes hardly going to say what he actually thinks

that the game is .. " utter shut"

Keys is a huge RL fan & will be in attendance at the Warriors V Bulldogs game at Westpac Stadium in a few weeks
he'll no doubt attend a dinner

& demand that Wellington get its own team in the NRL
but of course
there'll be no pants down willy wubbing action from RL supporters ... like this embarrasing display in here from fans of a code that is so very desperate for someone


anyone .... to pay attention to them overseas

[King-Eliagh]

how easily this mob blow their loads

Keys was just being a politcian
in a room full of Aussies .. hes hardly going to say what he actually thinks

that the game is .. " utter shut"

Keys is a huge RL fan & will be in attendance at the Warriors V Bulldogs game at Westpac Stadium in a few weeks
he'll no doubt attend a dinner

& demand that Wellington get its own team in the NRL
but of course
there'll be no pants down willy wubbing action from RL supporters ... like this embarrasing display in here from fans of a code that is so very desperate for someone


anyone .... to pay attention to them overseas

[Swans4ever]

He said what he said Raiderdave, he would have known that reporters were in the room, he would have known that his comments would be broadcasted! Maybe the NZ prime minister is not a narrow minded, immature, delusional moron. Maybe he has no hang ups with AF being successful, maybe with the amount of people that live in NZ there is room for all codes. Maybe he is not stupid! Raiderdave don't worry no one will ever accuse you of not having these qualities. PS AF has been played in NZ since 1860 with a re-emergence since 1974. So you really are stupid!

[Swans4ever]

Its good to see Assraiders clone has woken up good morning Queen-Eliagh, does polly want a cracker?

[King-Eliagh]

Its good to see Assraiders clone has woken up good morning Queen-Eliagh, does polly want a cracker?

A good post is a good post swines.

Tell me, seeing you suggest the NZ pm is a wise knowledgeable chap, do you support his stance on legalising gay marriage?

[eelofwest]

International Rules: a new frontier for the All Blacks?

http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/04/28/in ... ll-blacks/

In my last Roar article I alluded, in an off-handed way, to the intriguing notion of the All Blacks representing New Zealand in international Australian Rules.

When I say All Blacks, I don’t mean the star players, but the All Blacks brand, used under licence granted by the New Zealand Rugby Union, with all the prowess and prestige that comes with it (I’ll refer to the team hereafter as “The AFL All Blacks”).

The AFL All Blacks would be run by the New Zealand Rugby Union, in a joint venture type arrangement with the AFL, adding to the stable of teams it operates, such as the Black Ferns, the Maori All Blacks and All Blacks Sevens.

Could the expertise, brand loyalty and outstanding history of success of the All Blacks be transplanted into another code? Before I answer this question, I must first answer, why?

On the face of it, the idea of the All Blacks brand and ethos being used in another code sounds like something out of Frankenstein, especially to the many passionate supporters of New Zealand’s national team.

But the more I thought about it, I wondered if instead it could be the opposite, namely the epitome of professional sports administration and entrepreneurship.

From a purely commercial perspective, the venture has the potential to be a financial bonanza both for the AFL and the New Zealand Rugby Union.

The All Blacks are among Australasia’a most widely recognised sports properties, both within the region and globally.

If Manchester United, for example, entered a rugby league team into the European Super League, there is no doubt that would have a huge economic impact both for Manchester United as a football club, but also for the sport of rugby league in England – and globally given the clout of Manchester United.

While the All Blacks are not Man U, the brand has a significant global following, and the commercial impact would be enormous in the Australasian context.

The brand would win over many tens of thousands new fans and put the New Zealand Rugby Union at the forefront of sports innovation.

The AFL All Blacks would place the brand before a new and lucrative audience in Victoria, and the southern states.

Most Australians know the All Blacks, but this has not translated into revenue or any form of commercial benefit for the New Zealand Rugby Union, mainly because rugby union cannot, and probably never will, break into the AFL dominated states.

From a purely self-centred, capitalist perspective the AFL All Blacks represent an unequivocal message to the ARU that the New Zealand Rugby Union is tired of waiting for it to crack this lucrative market and may as well take matters into its own hands.

The AFL All Blacks would be a vehicle for the New Zealand Rugby Union to generate revenue from a local market in which it has no hope of making money from through rugby union.

On a crude calculation, based on say a three match annual series and other events, the AFL All Blacks could potentially double the revenue earned from the All Blacks in the Australian market, perhaps increasing annual turnover for the union by as much as ten to fifteen percent.

You could conceivably have the original All Blacks playing a Bledisloe Cup in Sydney in front of 80,000 people on a Saturday, while the AFL All Blacks playing the Sunday at the MCG in front of 100,000. The commercial benefits, in terms of shared gate-takings, sponsorship, television revenue and other income streams are obvious.

Of course there is risk involved, but it is good risk that I am sure the AFL and New Zealand Rugby Union could jointly manage. In my view, the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan poses far more commercial risk to the sport of rugby union than any AFL-New Zealand Rugby Union joint venture ever could.

The AFL All Blacks would not damage or otherwise adversely affect the All Blacks image globally because their focus would be Australasia.

The All Blacks have a huge following in France and the UK in particular, but this would be entirely unaffected by a radical and revolutionary re-drawing of the Barassi Line.

Could the mystique and success of the All Blacks organisation translate to another code? Yes it could.

The principles by which the All Blacks achieve their success – respect for the jersey, teamwork, physicality, physical conditioning, strong training ethic, pride, heritage, and technical superiority, could easily translate into success in another code.

I don’t envisage Dan Carter turning out for the team, but whoever does will, like their rugby union counterparts, be willing to die for the jersey and be acutely aware of the responsibility they have as ‘All Blacks’ to succeed.

To many readers the above would be nothing more than a bit of light-hearted, fanciful sports-fiction writing.

But thirty years ago, the idea of a rugby league player swapping codes, or of rugby becoming an Olympic sport, or that rugby would one day pay its players large salaries would have been similarly dismissed. Professional sport is an extension of the business world, and in this world the face of commerce changes rapidly from year to year.

New alliances and entities borne of commercial necessity are being made and re-made constantly as companies strive for economic viability, sustainability and growth. To believe sports organisations are immune to these forces is wrong.

Who knows what the next 30 years in Australian sport will bring, but one thing is for certain, it will be radically different from what we know it is today, so much so, that the notion of the AFL All Blacks might well be quite mundane.





Have you ever seen a bigger bunch of delusional idiots in your life.......................


The All Blacks associating them selves with the Aussssiieee rules.,.......................bahahahahahahaha


Were is Coslettuce.........................................NZ ripe and gagging for AFL..........................quick strike while the iron is hot hey Cos.........

[King-Eliagh]

Cussy did you write this piece?



i quite like the touch 'the AFL All Blacks' i.e. the australian football league all blacks. Just doesnt quite roll off the tongue now does it.

[Raiderdave]

International Rules: a new frontier for the All Blacks?


The principles by which the All Blacks achieve their success – respect for the jersey, teamwork, physicality, physical conditioning, strong training ethic, pride, heritage, and technical superiority, could easily translate into success in another code.
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It has already

they're called the Kiwis & they won a World Cup against enormous odds only 5 years ago

[ParraEelsNRL]