Gazza warns 'Roos of Carrara boogeyman

You forgot to add the superior femininity.

Superior athleticism my ass. Each sport is different. What defines athleticism in your books? Speed (let’s throw a Matt Bowen or Lote into the mix), strength (Lote again, maybe a Shane Webcke). Comparing the football codes is like apples v oranges. Each has their own defining skills.

If Manuka cant be filled for 3 games a year its a waste of time…and I went to a couple of the games. Raiders can continue to function with roughly 10K per game, and the Brumbies with 15-20K. TV rights drive them.

AFL as a large scale spectator sport in Canberra is up there with the dodo. Its a shame but its the truth

No need to go on. I’ve buckled under the sheer weight of your argument. Sadly I haven’t been spending enough time doing arm-weights to keep up with minimum AFL requirements. After all, you need a lot of upper body strength to hold a one kilo ball.

I’ll stick to my pathetic, inferior football codes and leave the elite stuff to the blokes in tight shorts.

superior athleticism, skills, tactical awareness of individual players.

superior place in national psyche as a home-grown game.

superior sporting code in oz in terms of spectator attendance AT MATCHES.

superior sportinh code by TV audience figures.

shall i go on ?

We might trade the Brumbies for the ‘Roos. Could potentially double suicide rates amongst private school boys, but hey, that’s life…

“i couldn’t give a rat’s arse….stupid game.”

Well that saves me from writing a rebuttal to bonfire’s comment that AFL is a “superior” game. Lest this discussion falls into a bout of insult slinging.

Back on topic though, I was previously going to mention the Carnellification of Canberra Stadium as a nail in the coffin of AFL in the ACT. But lets face facts, you’re not going to get 20,000 punters to watch 3 AFL games a year, even if you were handing free Crownies.

We simply don’t have the population, location, or corporate dollars to support numerous sports at the national level. Cosmos, Bushrangers, Cannons, et al.

i couldn’t give a rat’s arse….stupid game.

I’ll be there on Sunday! AFL rocks!

carnell deliberately killed afl by developing bruce stadium as a rugby only zone.

prior to this redesign, it could happily accommodate superior codes like afl.

the afl need to signal to the act that even if the roos go to carrara, that act will still get three games a year.

im not a roos supporter, but i go to each game to support afl in the act.

Agreed. Well said JB. You might need a job in people magazine me thinks.

The Raiders will probably hitch a ride on the Roo’s coat tails and head to the Central Coast if their poor form and local turnstyle figures don’t improve.