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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUyUlEoF6dI
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lol not in china
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Crap ad
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But the ad can't be viewed globally !!!! Lol!!!
Only in Australia
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bloodypassit wrote:But the ad can't be viewed globally !!!! Lol!!!
Only in Australia


:lol: :lol: :lol:


oh the AFL, u have to laugh at their advertising execs....

first they copied the "football" commercial were players would kick the ball to each other....
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bloodypassit wrote:But the ad can't be viewed globally !!!! Lol!!!
Only in Australia
The rights for Acdc song is only allowed to be used in Australia....
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God knows how it's still better than the FFA's :roll: well, more appealing
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Red-4-Life wrote:Crap ad
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the afl thrash that song
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Chip_hellas wrote:the afl thrash that song
They thrash ACDC
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AFL goes global
Your having a laugh
(repeat and keep repeating)

Should at least try going national first
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What I find very ironic about the ad is that it shows the game being viewed around the world and at the end it says "AUSTRALIA'S GAME". Very contradicting IMO
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egg and chips wrote:AFL goes global
Your having a laugh
(repeat and keep repeating)

Should at least try going national first
its more national than the a-league
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ruud wrote:
egg and chips wrote:AFL goes global
Your having a laugh
(repeat and keep repeating)

Should at least try going national first
its more national than the a-league
How so...?
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kingswood wrote:
ruud wrote:
egg and chips wrote:AFL goes global
Your having a laugh
(repeat and keep repeating)

Should at least try going national first
its more national than the a-league
How so...?
how is the afl not national?
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Red-4-Life wrote:What I find very ironic about the ad is that it shows the game being viewed around the world and at the end it says "AUSTRALIA'S GAME". Very contradicting IMO
:lol:
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Still like to know how the afl is more national than the A League...
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kingswood wrote:Still like to know how the afl is more national than the A League...
Afl slightly in front because they have some games played in tas and nt( though no teams based there).
So I suggest they win on penalties .
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kevinkeegan wrote:
kingswood wrote:Still like to know how the afl is more national than the A League...
Afl slightly in front because they have some games played in tas and nt( though no teams based there).
So I suggest they win on penalties .
Yet AFL will probably never play in NZ! So A League actually has a wider scope... A League also expanded (albeit briefly) to north Qld.

AFL initial expansion came from transplanting Melbourne teams to Sydney and Brisbane.. so it is really a much more parochial game. It is basically a Victorian comp, with outposts in Perth and Adelaide. Soccer, whether NSL or A League has always been a more genuine national game. NSL had Australia's first national comp in any code. Both NSL and A League have always included regional centres in a national comp, too.
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kingswood wrote:
kevinkeegan wrote:
kingswood wrote:Still like to know how the afl is more national than the A League...
Afl slightly in front because they have some games played in tas and nt( though no teams based there).
So I suggest they win on penalties .
Yet AFL will probably never play in NZ! So A League actually has a wider scope... A League also expanded (albeit briefly) to north Qld.

AFL initial expansion came from transplanting Melbourne teams to Sydney and Brisbane.. so it is really a much more parochial game. It is basically a Victorian comp, with outposts in Perth and Adelaide. Soccer, whether NSL or A League has always been a more genuine national game. NSL had Australia's first national comp in any code. Both NSL and A League have always included regional centres in a national comp, too.
thats a ridiculous post

it doesnt matter how AFL was expanded, the fact of the matter is that it is played all throughout Australia and is a national competition

its like saying soccer is an english game with outposts throughout the world

afl is currently bigger than the a-league
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ruud wrote: its like saying soccer is an english game with outposts throughout the world
What's wrong with that, clearly football is an English game that is played all round the world.
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I think it does matter how AFL expanded.... it expanded from Melbourne; it is basically a Melbourne game.

The code of Aussie Rules expanded from Melbourne in the 19th century; AFL expanded from the VFL in the 1980's. It is still dominated by a Melbourne based hierarchy.

Sure, it is bigger than the A League in terms of club membership, TV viewing, crowds at matches, sponsorship etc etc. But it is no more "national" than the A League.
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kingswood wrote:I think it does matter how AFL expanded.... it expanded from Melbourne; it is basically a Melbourne game.

The code of Aussie Rules expanded from Melbourne in the 19th century; AFL expanded from the VFL in the 1980's. It is still dominated by a Melbourne based hierarchy.

Sure, it is bigger than the A League in terms of club membership, TV viewing, crowds at matches, sponsorship etc etc. But it is no more "national" than the A League.
i fail to see how it matters that it originated in melbourne

sports have to start somewhere
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God is an Englishman wrote:
ruud wrote: its like saying soccer is an english game with outposts throughout the world
What's wrong with that, clearly football is an English game that is played all round the world.
nothing wrong with it at all

was just making the point that if AFL is not a national game, then soccer isnt either
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ruud wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
ruud wrote: its like saying soccer is an english game with outposts throughout the world
What's wrong with that, clearly football is an English game that is played all round the world.
nothing wrong with it at all

was just making the point that if AFL is not a national game, then soccer isnt either

Fair enough.

Wasn't afl invented in England though (by an australian)?
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kingswood wrote:Still like to know how the afl is more national than the A League...
A match is played in every state of Australia though out the year.

2 in ACT
2 in NT
7-8 in Tassie
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Jay Walking wrote:
kingswood wrote:Still like to know how the afl is more national than the A League...
A match is played in every state of Australia though out the year.

2 in ACT
2 in NT
7-8 in Tassie

What's that got to do with ACT and NT?
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God is an Englishman wrote:
Jay Walking wrote:
kingswood wrote:Still like to know how the afl is more national than the A League...
A match is played in every state of Australia though out the year.

2 in ACT
2 in NT
7-8 in Tassie

What's that got to do with ACT and NT?
The game is played in every state and territory of Australia.
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Jay Walking wrote:What's that got to do with ACT and NT?
The game is played in every state and territory of Australia.[/quote]


that's better :wink:
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incorrect.
(Australia has 10 territories, 3 of them being mainland and 7 of them being external).
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