More and more the game is becoming a commercial entertainment exercise.

Slightly off topic and I guess it will never happen because AFL would lose some revenue……reduce the home and away season so that each team only plays each other once (and have some byes to pad out the time between March and September)

Of course it will still be a ‘fixture’, but hopefully it would become less of a contrived and biased fixture. And of course this will never happen

Selfishly I hope Max doesn't play...though I know he will want to

On 14/09/2025 at 19:32, Diamond_Jim said:

Ok... would we play Gawn for example

He’s from NZ isn’t he? 😁

1 hour ago, hardtack said:

He’s from NZ isn’t he? 😁

I never knew that, HT (Gawn born in NZ)

And the best sprinter in the world (horse) Ka Ying Rising, also hails from NZ

They are good at Rowing too

Oh ... and Rugby

My only interest is that no MFC players get injured or suspended.

12 minutes ago, Macca said:

I never knew that, HT (Gawn born in NZ)

And the best sprinter in the world (horse) Ka Ying Rising, also hails from NZ

They are good at Rowing too

Oh ... and Rugby

Actually my bad Macca…turns out he was born in Victoria and then went to NZ.

Grew up loving rep football but as soon as the game went national, the general interest died. EJ kept it going for a while

Went to one of the last Vic/Allies matches at the MCG (2008) and the crowd seemed to be more interested in the Mexican wave (and it was a close finish) Still, a decent crowd of 69,000 attended

Oddly enough, Rugby League copied the then Aussie rules Origin concept way back when, and now that version is incredibly popular. Some say the Rugby League Origin is now bigger than the NRL GF (it certainly gets a massive TV audience

It helps enormously that there are really only 2 States that play the sport and the rivalry is as intense as it gets

So who is going to be compelled to watch WA vs Vic in February? Top level sport needs a bragging rights component. And it needs to be fair-dinkum. It can't be bruise-free

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6 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Actually my bad Macca…turns out he was born in Victoria and then went to NZ.

Righto, parents were Kiwi's though and there's not many Kiwi's that prefer footy over Union (are there any?)

Played Rugby for Powerhouse as a little (big) tacker so he might have been lost to Union

6 hours ago, Hellfire Dub said:

I know we're worried about injuries but as someone who loves football and Victoria, I'm delighted that state of origin is back.

I loved watching the international rules growing up in Dublin. The Aussies looked like gods and the punch ups were mighty. However, for all the Aussie strength, fitness and professionalism, often they just couldn't kick straight!

It was great to see a version of the wonderful AMATEUR sport of Gaelic Football played internationally and celebrate the links between the countries.

I admit it was a bit harsh seeing our best players getting poached out here but a good opportunity for them and to be fair it's definitely one of the greatest possible places to make your new home.

So as a new proud Victorian I'll be watching these games with my family.

I'll be teaching my children that when it comes to the other states there's nothing more satisfying than squashing cockroaches!

Would you be if Gawn did an ACL?

15 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Would you be if Gawn did an ACL?

I can't think of anything more distressing or disastrous (regarding my footy team that hasn't already happened)!