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@ TW, you may find this interesting ….page 2
http://www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au/newsletter/2012/2012_32.pdf
The AFL's great Israel Folau flop
International Australian football …. this time Steve Waugh is involved, as Patron.
http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20121123164007812
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
I think that would have been precisely the case, the English played rugby, and i have no doubt that instinct would have made them revert to rugby type play inadvertently.
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
Ivanhoe grammar …. are you John Brumby ?, Floyd
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
You are more than welcome to prove it, you claim it, but i see no proof.
Raiders filthy at free-to-air allocation
If you call all the nations that play RU at a high level the world ….. then IMO you must be a bit confused, soccer is the only really big international football code, and usuing your theory, perhaps people should be just be made to play soccer.
Most Australian football fans are quite happy with our native brand of football being played at a high level in Australia, sure grow it O/S as best we can, but i don’t think anyone thinks it will a big code internationally.
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
GCFC are aiming for 20,000 members next season … very ambitious …. but i guess you gotta aim big.
I actually see them doing very well on the GC.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/151636/default.aspx
GWS or Suns to win the first flag?
If you call field days, big day outs, trade days, the Royal Easter show, Exhibitions, trade shows, conferences and of course GWS AFL team home games, a waste of the Sydney Showground being upgraded, and empty for most of the year … then you are welcome to your opinion.
i would argue that you are wrong, and really don’t have the facts.
Raiders filthy at free-to-air allocation
If your spot on, then i must be close as well …it’s all good 🙂
When the 'football' war really began
@ the Don … thats fine, you are entitled to your opinion, however i don’t think you can claim with out doubt, that the majority of Canberrans disagree with it at all ……. it is just your opinion.
When the 'football' war really began
@ the Don …… the 5,000 + Canberran fans who partitoned for GWS to play in Canberra, and the thousands that turn up and spend their money, dont have a problem.
As a ex Canberran i know plenty of people who still live in Canberra who think it is a great initiative.
I guess those thousands don’t feel the need to send letters to the editor like other do, for their various agendas !.
When the 'football' war really began
If we use La X as an example, it came to this country on the back of gold miners from California heading to the Victorian diggings, to this day it a minor sport that only has competetions in 3 states, and the Australian team is comprised of Victorians, South Australians and Western Australians solely, there is no La X comps in NSW and QLD..
Why is this so ….. ??. because there was enough critical mass of players, to enable players to take La X to those states and sustain the game, it also shows the strong emmigration pattern between Vic, SA and eventually WA.
An initial critical mass of numbers playing AF went to NZ from Vic for their gold rush, but was not followed up, and NZ recieved many many more thousands of British immigrants who bought their own football games with them, shuffling AF down the totem pole.
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
IMO, there is plenty of reasons, but the main one, in my mind, is the lack of, and small numbers of Australians taking the game as immigrants to new countries, compared with the millions of British immigrants who have immgrated world wide.
It is as simple, and as hard as that.
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
Yes, i am aware of that, i guess my point was that this game between NZ and England, prior to England playing some VFA and Goldfield teams was probably AF’s first international …… and Australia was not even a part.
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
Interesting article.
I note that touring English team actually played a match of Australian football in NZ against NZ before coming to Australia.
Although in the following article the game is referred to as Victorian football under Australasian Rules.
There is a very good reason for that, the men who bought AF to NZ were nearly 100% Victorians involved in the gold mining industry.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18880508.2.34&srpos=19&e=——-10–11—-0victorian+rules+football+kicking
International football: Carlton vs England, 1888
Working class phenomenon……….
On 21 April 1856, a group of stonemasons – led by James Stephens – walked off the job at Melbourne University. They marched to the Belvedere Hotel in Fitzroy, with other stonemason joining them along the way. They ended the march with a banquet at the hotel to enjoy some well-deserved recreation time, and celebrate their shared goals.
Their courage was rewarded. In the months to come, talks with employers led to a peaceful agreement that stonemason would now work 8 hours for the same wage as they previously were paid for ten:
The historic success of the campaign was celebrated on 12 May 1856 with a grand march from Carlton Gardens to Cremorne Gardens in Richmond, followed by dinner, speeches, games, festivities and fireworks.
Known as the 8 Hours Procession, the march became a major event in Melbourne and was held annually for the next 95 years, becoming a paid public holiday in 1879. However, in 1934, the holiday was renamed ‘Labour Day’ and by the end of World War II there was little public interest in the procession.
The last Labour Day parade was held in 1951, and in 1955, it was replaced by the Melbourne Moomba Festival parade.
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/fight-rights/workers-rights/winning-8-hour-day?quicktabs_1=0
More rec time = more football 🙂
When the 'football' war really began
As someone who was born and lived in NSW, and now lives in WA i concur with TC, IMO Australian football is our national and indigenous game.
Melbourne is the center of the game, the MCG the home of the game, but you could say that for any code with Twickenham, Lords, Wembley, Wimbledon, etc being called essentially the home of those respective codes.
When the 'football' war really began
There are quite a few polynesian kids playing football but nowhere near the amount playing the rugbys, and TBH that does not look like changing, you would have to say that in general the polys build is suited for the rugbys.
But there is a bit happening …. BTW are these guys polynesian or melanesian …..
http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20121118114719151
The AFL's great Israel Folau flop
I was pretty sure, that underneath all the bravado, Macca was a K Hunt and GC fan as well.
The AFL's great Israel Folau flop
I think the cup during the 70/80s was the Escort cup, clubs representing Vic, SA and WA along with rep teams from NSW, ACT, QLD and Tas also competed, it was midweek.
There was also a comp called the Amco-Herald shield that included the same sort of format.
When the 'football' war really began
@ TC, yes i do remember that roar article about Canberra football, perhaps you can link it ?.
When the 'football' war really began
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVH8dgKymU&feature=player_embedded
Here you go then ..watch a bit of Collingwood.
Go to 9.22 onwards ….. Collingwood V Fitzroy at Victoria Park 1910
The crowd shots are great, and it is amazing the amount of female barrackers at the game, perhaps the bloke filming was a bit of a lady’s man, and specifically targeted the lady’s ??.
When the 'football' war really began
Not only that of course … but this statement by Col needs to be looked at …… “Australian Rules was played under very similar rules to early RU. The forward pass and off side rules were different”.
IMO the fact that there was no offside, and forward passing was involved In early Australian Football makes it actually close to the opposite of Rugby rules, and this was actually the intention. Hacking was not allowed, which was also part of early rugby rules.
When the 'football' war really began
2.3 Independent Schools Competition 2013 – an update
We can confirm that we will commence AFL competitions for both age groups, as outlined in the original proposal to a number of schools. The schools below will be involved in the inaugural AFL competition which will commence in May 2013.
YEAR 5/6
Waverley College
Trinity Grammar
Knox Grammar
Cranbrook
St Ignatius College
St Pats Strathfield
Year 7/8
Waverley colleg
Trinity Grammar
Knox grammar
Cranbrook.
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3445-0-0-0&sID=232727&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=21299887
I note that Riverview is not in the 7/8 comp, and i am guessing they would be to strong, for that new comp, as they already field teams in the Sydney North JAFL.
Giants prepare for Tippett coup
@ TC, it is a logical step for football in Sydney, a couple of hours down the road in Canberra, top private schools such as St Eddies and Marist have always had Australian Football clubs, as well as at times Canberra Grammar, the strength has always ebbed and flowed of these Clubs, actually at one stage St Eddies had a old boys team in a lower ACTAFL division.
People in the know are saying this is a really massive step, although, this will not really help the Giants,with most of these kids zoned to the Swans, it may actually create quite a cultural difference between the clubs, and lead to a real derby……… white collar/blue collar.
The AFL's great Israel Folau flop