Talking Footy

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:52 pm

few points i like to raise>>

NAURU has a population of 13k lol
there are not even worth mentioning >>

PNG has a population of 8.3mill

regards to AFL being popular in parts of Sydney or NSW over other sports.. No way in the world..

yes they have a following in the north shore of sydney and parts of the east..

But Union, League and Cricket are all stronger than AFL in these Areas.


(also with the Origin figure in Melbourne for the 250k that watched.
Yes Storm would like to achieve this figure>
Quite Frankly Storms figures have been quite $hit..
i like to see there Average when compared with Swans

but AFL only ever achieve any like this figure come G.F day.. in Sydney..

Rugby league are able to achieve this figure at least 4 times a year.

AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 6:24 pm

It's the same old afl view . Everything is compared to their domestic comp because that's all they have .
Insular myopic view of the sporting landscape in Aust.
You can't count that it's Soo
You can't count that
Blah blah
Yes we can ..no matter how much you stamp your feet & spit the dummy .
It's a major part of our season .
Good news for the fumblers

It's only another 10 months till meltdown again

AngloFootballLeague wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:41 pm

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:00 am

Sydney Swans are the most popular football club in Sydney and have been for a while.
Rugby League is the most popular code in Sydney and has been for many decades.
The most popular NRL clubs are not in Sydney.
Australian Rules dominates west of the Barrassi line and that line is moving slowly but surely eastward, with some islands of popularity in previously rugby league territory and those islands will grow.
Rugby league is the national game of PNG and Australian Rules is the national game of Nauru. Australian Rules is growing in PNG with several PNG players in Queensland Leagues, in Nauru Rugby League isn’t.
Yes, New rugby league Stadiums are being built in Sydney, unless they reduce the capacity greatly they will rarely be filled, just as the ones they are replacing struggled.
And as for being a dominant code in several countries? New Guinea and a few island nations perhaps.
The below table has the attendance figures for the top rugby league competitions based on complete rounds closest to 29-30 June. I chose date this because the Attendance for the next AFL round (last weekend) was very good even with 3 of the normally low attracting games (GWS, Suns and Roos in tasty).
I may have been generous with Elite 1 got the totals from a few French regional sources, if any one has the exact figures for round16 please post

League———- Attendance
Super league 60842
NRL———— 95266
Championship 19991
Elite 1 France 6000
Total 182099
AFL 27888

And these figures are for the 4 top rugby leagues in the world.
Australian Rules is not a dominant sport world wide but neither is league, to argue otherwise is Not Really Logical.

BTW another great crowd tonight, put on a good game and they will come.

Using Nauru, a country with a population of about 10,000, to boast about international game is so lame!

AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:47 pm

All of you
I explained why above

Fred wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:06 pm

So Australian Rules football is the major sport in Nauru .... so it’s not technically confined to 1 country? It has expanded to Nauru. So can Rl claim to be the biggest sport in two countries ?

AngloFootballLeague wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:22 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:06 pm

So Australian Rules football is the major sport in Nauru .... so it’s not technically confined to 1 country? It has expanded to Nauru. So can Rl claim to be the biggest sport in two countries ?

Cook Islands & PNG

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:29 pm

AngloFootballLeague wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:22 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:06 pm

So Australian Rules football is the major sport in Nauru .... so it’s not technically confined to 1 country? It has expanded to Nauru. So can Rl claim to be the biggest sport in two countries ?

Cook Islands & PNG

At least you realise That the Afl is tops in Australia!!

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:17 pm

Isn’t this a football thread? That’s just not cricket Old boy!!

Fred wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:56 pm

AngloFootballLeague wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:41 pm

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:00 am

Sydney Swans are the most popular football club in Sydney and have been for a while.
Rugby League is the most popular code in Sydney and has been for many decades.
The most popular NRL clubs are not in Sydney.
Australian Rules dominates west of the Barrassi line and that line is moving slowly but surely eastward, with some islands of popularity in previously rugby league territory and those islands will grow.
Rugby league is the national game of PNG and Australian Rules is the national game of Nauru. Australian Rules is growing in PNG with several PNG players in Queensland Leagues, in Nauru Rugby League isn’t.
Yes, New rugby league Stadiums are being built in Sydney, unless they reduce the capacity greatly they will rarely be filled, just as the ones they are replacing struggled.
And as for being a dominant code in several countries? New Guinea and a few island nations perhaps.
The below table has the attendance figures for the top rugby league competitions based on complete rounds closest to 29-30 June. I chose date this because the Attendance for the next AFL round (last weekend) was very good even with 3 of the normally low attracting games (GWS, Suns and Roos in tasty).
I may have been generous with Elite 1 got the totals from a few French regional sources, if any one has the exact figures for round16 please post

League———- Attendance
Super league 60842
NRL———— 95266
Championship 19991
Elite 1 France 6000
Total 182099
AFL 27888

And these figures are for the 4 top rugby leagues in the world.
Australian Rules is not a dominant sport world wide but neither is league, to argue otherwise is Not Really Logical.

BTW another great crowd tonight, put on a good game and they will come.

Using Nauru, a country with a population of about 10,000, to boast about international game is so lame!

But true ... two countries where afl is the biggest football code .

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:11 pm

you haven’t seen the figures for this year ? Despite concurrent games. And I would argue that their is more to biggest then just tv ratings. Finances, merchandise, grassroots, spread, crowds.... etc.