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Bankwest Stadium could host next AFLX pre-season showpiece
By Vince Rugari
April 1, 2019

The AFL is looking at bringing their new pre-season extravaganza to the heartland of rugby league and soccer in Sydney by staging next year's AFLX tournament at Bankwest Stadium.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has confirmed the league is considering moving the event to a non-traditional market, where the 10-a-side format of the game has a much larger role to play at a grassroots level.

There were mixed reviews of the revamped AFLX when it was played under an all-star format this year at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne – purists viewed it as an abomination and the attendance was an underwhelming 23,828, but it appeared to be popular among children and younger audiences and it seems likely the AFL will persist with it.

McLachlan told the Herald he believed there was merit in bringing the event to Sydney or Brisbane, given the shortage of suitable oval grounds in those cities was one of the reasons the condensed format of the game was created specifically to be played on rectangular fields.

"It's certainly an option to bring AFLX to Sydney or Brisbane but we haven't finalised our plans for next year," McLachlan said.

"We've raised it with the [club] presidents, we're doing a review with the clubs and others and we'll make that decision mid-year.

"We think it was successful, it rated well, there was a strong crowd, players loved playing it. The elite level, we're not sure where we go next – we're talking to the clubs about that.

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X factor: Team Rampage celebrate after winning the AFLX grand final against the Flyers.CREDIT:AAP

"In Queensland and NSW, certainly at the junior levels, the credibility and opportunity for kids to play with less than 18 on rectangular pitches is a huge part of the solution. We'd like to compliment that, potentially, at the elite level."

A crowd just under 10,000 came to Allianz Stadium as it hosted one of three AFLX tournaments during the 2018 pre-season. But with that venue currently being demolished, there is really only one logical option if the event comes to Sydney.

The finishing touches are currently being put on Bankwest Stadium, the new permanent home of the NRL's Parramatta Eels and the A-League's Western Sydney Wanderers. The boutique 30,000-seat arena has the steepest grandstands of any stadium in Australia and is scheduled to host its first match on April 22.

AFL NSW chief executive Sam Graham has already received confirmation from Infrastructure NSW that it is able to accommodate AFLX fixtures and is doing what he can behind the scenes to make it happen. Graham believes the event could also help stimulate the growth of the GWS Giants, who attracted their highest non-derby crowd for a regular-season match against Essendon in round one.

"That's going to be a world-class stadium, from what I've seen," Graham said of Bankwest. "Like anything, I'm big on bringing those type of events like the draft to Sydney, and Sydney loves a big event. How that plays out, that's certainly a question for the AFL."

AFLX itself remains in a "concept phase", Graham said, with the state federation in the process of conducting a number of trials and collating feedback before deciding how to roll it out to the game's participation base.

"We really see the potential in it," he said. "At a local level here, one of our core issues which has been well documented is our lack of facilities. We're really challenged at the moment to accommodate the demand for our game with the supply of quality ovals.

"The general feedback is players love playing the game, it sort of feels like the traditional format but it's a little more open and it's high-scoring, fun to play and good to watch."

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bank west and should be suncorp stadium! only to have the traditional bogan nrl fans in a spin of rage of fear of the afl coming to wipe their pathetic game out
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Oh dear .
The circus freaks are coming .
Lol yes we are so scared of aflxcretment.
Wait on "SHOWPIECE"
Lol X1,000,000,000
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AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:40 pm
Oh dear .
The circus freaks are coming .
Lol yes we are so scared of aflxcretment.
Wait on "SHOWPIECE"
Lol X1,000,000,000
Several threads in the lead up to the aflx created by the nrlol fold in a state of panic & fear
Whilst the afl fans take it as a meaningless shits and giggles comp like nab challenge
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What is wrong with your brain .
Pointing & laughing at the pathetic freak show is not being in a state of panic and fear .

Get help .
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AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:11 am
What is wrong with your brain .
Pointing & laughing at the pathetic freak show is not being in a state of panic and fear .

Get help .
More of a point obsessed and fearful!

Afl fans take it as a shits and giggle joke!
You loons take it as a threat! :(/
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Can you show where anyone takes it as a threat . Stop posting bullshit
We laugh at it .
High octane excretement .
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AFL X is a running joke. Even amongst AFL fans. Everyone's bagging it it on youtube.
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NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:36 pm
AFL X is a running joke. Even amongst AFL fans. Everyone's bagging it it on youtube.
It had you loons in a trigger of fear!
Those endless threads gave it away :wave: :cheers:
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AFLX is close to being as hilarious as your posting .
Both comedy gold .
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Looks like the video forgot to show AFL X in it. Only shows Soccer at the start and Rugby League at the end.

I guess they only put in real sports and not pretend ones like AFL :lol:
All the best venues in Sydney will be for the rectangular codes.

This venue knocks the SCG out of the ball park. And to think Allianz in Moore park will be even better than this.

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AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:18 pm
AFLX is close to being as hilarious as your posting .
Both comedy gold .
The paranoia from you lot is even better :cheers:
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Nrlolol wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:33 pm
AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:18 pm
AFLX is close to being as hilarious as your posting .
Both comedy gold .
The paranoia from you lot is even better :cheers:
Paranoia at a sport AFL fans make fun of. :lol: ..

Yep that is AFL x
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NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:39 pm
Nrlolol wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:33 pm
AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:18 pm
AFLX is close to being as hilarious as your posting .
Both comedy gold .
The paranoia from you lot is even better :cheers:
Paranoia at a sport AFL fans make fun of. :lol: ..

Yep that is AFL x
Says the one who was one of the culprits making threads and regularly posting the updates of the aflx

Your on fear of the afl using your shitty rectangular venues!

Getting bums on cobweb coveted seats due to the inability to do so!
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Nrlolol wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:23 pm
NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:39 pm
Nrlolol wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:33 pm


The paranoia from you lot is even better :cheers:
Paranoia at a sport AFL fans make fun of. :lol: ..

Yep that is AFL x
Says the one who was one of the culprits making threads and regularly posting the updates of the aflx

Your on fear of the afl using your shitty rectangular venues!

Getting bums on cobweb coveted seats due to the inability to do so!
Does anyone here speak Metho gibberish .
If so please translate the above bolded bit please .
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