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Gibbke wrote:
Wasn't specifically aiming that at you (it just looks that way!)...many have before, that's who I meant...
And I'm sure you already realise I was also in disagreement about the likelihood of Aussie Rules swamping SA...we're pretty much on the same side here...!
I like the idea of foreigners following our game, but other than that I just don't care, for the reason I put above...at best, I can see Aussie Rules occupying a similar place to Gridiron in Australia...it would be cool to see a thread on a site from SA completely written in Afrikaans about this upcoming AFL season, like we do down here with the NFL, but that's as big as it will get, alongside a few local clubs (the same as we see with gridiron in Aus)...but that's fine...bit of a w@nk to suggest it will be the force that repairs post-Apartheid South Africa...!
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Gibbke wrote:
Wasn't specifically aiming that at you (it just looks that way!)...many have before, that's who I meant...
And I'm sure you already realise I was also in disagreement about the likelihood of Aussie Rules swamping SA...we're pretty much on the same side here...!
I like the idea of foreigners following our game, but other than that I just don't care, for the reason I put above...at best, I can see Aussie Rules occupying a similar place to Gridiron in Australia...it would be cool to see a thread on a site from SA completely written in Afrikaans about this upcoming AFL season, like we do down here with the NFL, but that's as big as it will get, alongside a few local clubs (the same as we see with gridiron in Aus)...but that's fine...bit of a w@nk to suggest it will be the force that repairs post-Apartheid South Africa...!
... and just like we follow the English Soccer... ... and 10 years of Auskick clinics in S.A. is nothing, Sydney has had an embedded AFL team for 25 years, and is only just starting to invest in proper developement of local talent (but not for the local competition). In saying all of that, it probably will never get better than it is now on an international level - a hybrid game against the Irish is all our elite players can aspire to so far as representing their country. The NRL gives lip service to encouraging overseas markets, but worked out long ago that State of Origin is the answer ... of course that is another thread ...
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If FFA did the same thing in remote Aboriginal communities of Australia they would most likely start following soccer instead of football as it currently is. It is the same in all of Africa.
As for the after school clinics. There were touch football clinics in strong football areas of Australia which barely even knew about league or rugby, starting about 10 years ago. There are now very strong touch football competitions going on in those areas.
50 years ago, would you have believed that soccer in Australia would have a club with an average of 25k? No of course not, not even Johnny Warren would have dreamt that.
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geelongAREfootball wrote:If FFA did the same thing in remote Aboriginal communities of Australia they would most likely start following soccer instead of football as it currently is. It is the same in all of Africa.
As for the after school clinics. There were touch football clinics in strong football areas of Australia which barely even knew about league or rugby, starting about 10 years ago. There are now very strong touch football competitions going on in those areas.
50 years ago, would you have believed that soccer in Australia would have a club with an average of 25k? No of course not, not even Johnny Warren would have dreamt that. i think they're currently trying to do that after travid dodd was the first aboriginal to score for aus but since then it has died down
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geelongAREfootball wrote:If FFA did the same thing in remote Aboriginal communities of Australia they would most likely start following soccer instead of football as it currently is. It is the same in all of Africa.
As for the after school clinics. There were touch football clinics in strong football areas of Australia which barely even knew about league or rugby, starting about 10 years ago. There are now very strong touch football competitions going on in those areas.
50 years ago, would you have believed that soccer in Australia would have a club with an average of 25k? No of course not, not even Johnny Warren would have dreamt that. no one wood have of even thought of that shows how much it has come along
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t_dogga#11 wrote:
no one wood have of even thought of that shows how much it has come along
Although it does have to thank the multiculturalism policy as a major catalyst for this.
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t_dogga#11 wrote:
i think they're currently trying to do that after travid dodd was the first aboriginal to score for aus but since then it has died down
This is because it’s a waste of money and time. 50 kids in a remote area of Australia are not going to win you a world cup and there not even going to go to the games. The AFL do this because there staring to exhaust over avenues.
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More South African news: http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=54793http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/the-race-is-on-into-africa/2008/01/25/1201157671443.htmlHere is a summary from World Footy News: Quote:
The RealFooty website is reporting that the South African government will fund AFL South Africa to the tune of AUD$250,000 as part of an anti-smoking campaign. Hopefully they've got their numbers right and it really is Australian dollars, not Rand (worth about one fifth of an Aussie dollar). If true, it marks another impressive step forward for the game's acceptance there, with the national government obviously impressed with the AFL's commitment and their ability, with AFLSA, to deliver healthy messages to local children. The article values the AFL's annual funding to footy in the African country at AUD$400,000 per annum, with an additional approximately AUD$600,000 coming in sponsorship and other sources, making for a million dollar annual program.
You can also see the tv ad for the South African game, here http://bigpondvideo.com/AFL/43150 just scroll down the list and select it. The official website for AFLSA is http://www.aflsouthafrica.org/ which is the governing body for football in SA.
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The national sport of south africa is soccer.
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roffletroffle wrote:The national sport of south africa is soccer. Really? Thanks so much for your devastatingly incisive input.
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Yet another over-hyped, ridiculous move by the AFL to try to prove the worth of its game.
AFL's strength is its narrow appeal.
It is not and never will be an international sport because no-one else cares.
It's only irrational Victorians who keep playing with themselves under the covers at night thinking world domination is just one step away.
Go back to your little game - it works fine as it is.
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FC Fan wrote:Yet another over-hyped, ridiculous move by the AFL to try to prove the worth of its game.
AFL's strength is its narrow appeal.
It is not and never will be an international sport because no-one else cares.
It's only irrational Victorians who keep playing with themselves under the covers at night thinking world domination is just one step away.
Go back to your little game - it works fine as it is. Why do supporters of other codes feel the need to constantly post snide little comments in this thread? Maybe you should learn something about the game and its history before posting anything else.
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geelongAREfootball wrote:
Why do supporters of other codes feel the need to constantly post snide little comments in this thread?
Maybe you should learn something about the game and its history before posting anything else.
... be careful not to incite the bomb throwers!
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Probably should have put this in here lol NatTheRat1 wrote:Sports Tonight on Channel 10 had a report from Sth Africa saying their version of Auskick will have 30,000 kids involved by 2009.
Yep, 30,000.
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Lets move mine as well NatTheRat1 wrote:Sports Tonight on Channel 10 had a report from Sth Africa saying their version of Auskick will have 30,000 kids involved by 2009.
Yep, 30,000. Thats bloody good! That is more than Tasmania isnt it. And i think their previous goal was 20,000 by 2009! Sounds pretty good but as many soccer people have constantly reminded us, we need to keep up the work during and after the soccer world cup to keep those numbers.
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soccer took well over 200 years before it got truelly global
give it another 50 years and im sure there will be half decent teams from nz, usa, uk and sth africa
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NatTheRat1 wrote:http://afl.com.au/InternationalCupNews/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=54917
Boomerangs off to flying start! Thats a pretty good score for the Buffaloes. Considering the indigenous team would have been playing their whole lives.
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well being sth african myself i reckon we should stick to rugby and cricket cos afl really does suck.
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