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Back in 1907, Sean Fagan tells us, Australian Football was doing okay business in Sydney and was looking set to ‘swamp’ the amateur rugby union.
Along came rugby league and the “rugby union authorities refused to give the NSWRL access to the SCG or Sports Ground, and Australian rules officials graciously vacated the Agricultural Ground for two weekends, allowing rugby league to kick-off. It was a fatal mistake for Australian rules.”
Interesting then to read Roy Masters’ article in the Monday SMH about the possible playing of the NRL Grand Final outside of Sydney, or NSW for that matter.
He puts the MCG as an option for consideration, but then Stephen Gough from the MCG indicates that the AFL has a standing booking for the week after should there be a drawn Grand Final and subsequent ‘replay’.
Gough stated: “The AFL would have to change the rule for the NRL to have its grand final at the MCG.”
Masters observes: “The chances of the AFL denying itself another $15 million gate, while giving a break to a rival, are zero.”
Students of history would suggest the AFL would be raving lunatics to give another code a ‘break’ like that!
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