Talking Footy

Bbear wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:12 pm

Next week we have Brisbane Lions 'vs Geelong Cats to look forward to..
Should pull a big crowd and generate a lot of interest.

Pete__09 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:36 am

I cant believe how big the build up to this Rugby League Derby is tonight.

I am from Brisbane & it is so embarrassing that Rugby League is the most popular sport here. It makes us look like the biggest bogans to everyone else.

I mean imagine going to England or America & a city had Rugby League as their main sport. The rest of the country would laugh & feel sorry for them like most of our great country does.

Pete__09 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:36 am

I cant believe how big the build up to this Rugby League Derby is tonight.

I am from Brisbane & it is so embarrassing that Rugby League is the most popular sport here. It makes us look like the biggest bogans to everyone else.

I mean imagine going to England or America & a city had Rugby League as their main sport. The rest of the country would laugh & feel sorry for them like most of our great country does.

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:00 am

Pete__09 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:36 am

I cant believe how big the build up to this Rugby League Derby is tonight.

I am from Brisbane & it is so embarrassing that Rugby League is the most popular sport here. It makes us look like the biggest bogans to everyone else.

I mean imagine going to England or America & a city had Rugby League as their main sport. The rest of the country would laugh & feel sorry for them like most of our great country does.

I think it is good to have a few sports to go to and follow - shows the maturity of the city. That's the thing about QLD - particularly the south East - you can try many sports and activities- from Nippers, to surfing, to soccer, RL or Aussie Rules - with a lot of people having an interest in many different sports. Go to Victoria and you are hard pressed to play RL in many areas as no teams there - although it is getting that way a little with RU on the Gold Coast must say. You go live in Adelaide or Tassie and you are limited - no RL or Union really to speak of - at least in QLD we can have a feast of different codes to watch locally and to play and many teams to get behind.

I'll be watching tonight - I think a good crowd can make all the difference when attending and viewing re: atmosphere - hopefully a close game.

azif wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:54 am

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:00 am

Pete__09 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:36 am

I cant believe how big the build up to this Rugby League Derby is tonight.

I am from Brisbane & it is so embarrassing that Rugby League is the most popular sport here. It makes us look like the biggest bogans to everyone else.

I mean imagine going to England or America & a city had Rugby League as their main sport. The rest of the country would laugh & feel sorry for them like most of our great country does.

I think it is good to have a few sports to go to and follow - shows the maturity of the city. That's the thing about QLD - particularly the south East - you can try many sports and activities- from Nippers, to surfing, to soccer, RL or Aussie Rules - with a lot of people having an interest in many different sports. Go to Victoria and you are hard pressed to play RL in many areas as no teams there - although it is getting that way a little with RU on the Gold Coast must say. You go live in Adelaide or Tassie and you are limited - no RL or Union really to speak of - at least in QLD we can have a feast of different codes to watch locally and to play and many teams to get behind.

I'll be watching tonight - I think a good crowd can make all the difference when attending and viewing re: atmosphere - hopefully a close game.

afl is only played in qld & nsw because ... your parents or grand parents played it in the sthn states before moving north , or... its a soft safe option
rl is hard to play , there is no harder collision sport on the planet
only the toughest humans play it
but its great to watch & watched it is in ever growing numbers

similar to gridiron in the USA , low participation relative to the size of the country & popularity of the sport there
NRL is the only sport that truly matters in NSW , QLD & the ACT

the others are .. niche.. only & will stay that way

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:10 am

azif wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:54 am

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:00 am

I think it is good to have a few sports to go to and follow - shows the maturity of the city. That's the thing about QLD - particularly the south East - you can try many sports and activities- from Nippers, to surfing, to soccer, RL or Aussie Rules - with a lot of people having an interest in many different sports. Go to Victoria and you are hard pressed to play RL in many areas as no teams there - although it is getting that way a little with RU on the Gold Coast must say. You go live in Adelaide or Tassie and you are limited - no RL or Union really to speak of - at least in QLD we can have a feast of different codes to watch locally and to play and many teams to get behind.

I'll be watching tonight - I think a good crowd can make all the difference when attending and viewing re: atmosphere - hopefully a close game.

afl is only played in qld & nsw because ... your parents or grand parents played it in the sthn states before moving north , or... its a soft safe option
rl is hard to play , there is no harder collision sport on the planet
only the toughest humans play it
but its great to watch & watched it is in ever growing numbers

similar to gridiron in the USA , low participation relative to the size of the country & popularity of the sport there
NRL is the only sport that truly matters in NSW , QLD & the ACT

the others are .. niche.. only & will stay that way

Indeed, niche - which is great - and how great we have so many to choose from and enjoy. I think aussie rules has a pretty long history in Brisbane though but definitely boosted by us immigrants from aussie rule states

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:03 pm

WELL Battle of Brisbane over and done with..

huge press ( on Friday on FTA channels leading into the Game on the news bulletins

channel 9 and channel 7 doing about 4mins plus outside of Sport report on the build up to the game

it felt like ORIGIN HYPE

Bbear wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:22 pm

News Corp for years been the majority shareholder of the Broncos so it is in their interest to excessively hype up and promote major games.
For years NC in Brisbane has only given other sports limited coverage

Eventually when the AFL grows to a bigger percentage of the Brisbane sports market and the media outlets reflect this it's game on.