Tandy
Norm Smith Medallist
I seem to remember a St Kilda V Brisbane game in 2004? Rd12-13? Highly anticipated, big build up.
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Round 17 1999 Essendon v NM. Best H&A game I’ve been to. Carey 10, Lloyd 7.
The two best teams all yeargoing at each other full tilt.
Sydney vs gws 2012
It was the day the tide in nsw turned to football becoming the dominant force in nsw.
Since that day. Nsw crowds for nrl have been on decline.
That game was the death of nrl
Geelong v Hawthorn rd 17, 2008. The only comparable game in regards to hype and significance in the past decade that I can think of is the Geelong v St Kilda game the following year.
I think people may forget just how ludicrously hyped up this game was. Those two and the Bulldogs had barely lost a game all season between them up to that point.
Yeah that one in R6 2004 almost rivals the St Kilda v Geelong game of 2009, but it seems to have been largely forgotten by the general public.I seem to remember a St Kilda V Brisbane game in 2004? Rd12-13? Highly anticipated, big build up.
Hawthorn vs Geelong 2013 prelim.
And it delivered. Was an all time classic from start to finish. The real deal.Geelong St Kilda battle of the undefeated teams is the greatest game of footy this century. You almost never see a match with that much hype deliver on it.
The 1999 international rules series.
Big hype to see the best AFL players in the one team. That was before the series turned into something nobody cares about.
The 1989 state of origin Vic vs SA.
Dunstall and Lockett playing together ensured a 90k+ crowd. Tony Hall breaking teammate Andy Collins' knee in a tackle.
1987 Prelim
Dees v Hawks
Dees needed to win their last 6-7 H&A games to sneak into the top5 back then. Last H&A round had to beat Footscray at the Western oval to clinch a finals spot. Won that game by 2 goals from memory to break a long finals drought. Smashed Sydney & North in the first 2 finals which no one other than Dees fans would probably even remember, but the Prelim against the reigning premiers Hawthorn was highly anticipated and ended up being an arm wrestle all day with the Dees in front right up to the very end before poor Jim Synes (RIP) stepped over the mark thus giving away a 15 metre penalty which put Buccy within scoring distance and the rest is history.
That was a great gameRound 17 1999 Essendon v NM. Best H&A game I’ve been to. Carey 10, Lloyd 7.
The two best teams all yeargoing at each other full tilt.
Round 16, 2001: Essendon v. North Melbourne. Certainly one of the biggest comebacks of all time.
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There's even more to the last H&A round. Geelong needed to beat Hawthorn to stay in the five as it was then. Melbourne needed Geelong to lose. With 90 seconds to go Geelong were 9 points up after being 35 points up during the game. Jason Dunstall kicked two goals to pinch the game away from the Cats and put Melbourne into the finals. With that win, Hawthorn would have taken top spot. But Stephen Kernahan had a kick after the siren to give Carlton the win, which gave them top spot. Their opponent was North Melbourne who would have got the double chance if they'd beaten Carlton.
A fresher Carlton beat Hawthorn in the second semi which was probably where the premiership was won. Melbourne were on fire in the finals and whoever played them were in for a fight. Rod Grinter delivered the hardest hip and shoulder I've seen to my fave player, Chris Mew. A beaten up Hawthorn meekly submitted to Carlton in the Grand Final.
I think several games in those couple of years were a goal or less.Can't remember two more evenly matched teams home and away and finals.Unbelievable that in both years the margins in the QF were reversed in the GF, and I think the scores were as well. Crazy how good those teams were, people forget that.
Sydney vs gws 2012
It was the day the tide in nsw turned to football becoming the dominant force in nsw.
Since that day. Nsw crowds for nrl have been on decline.
That game was the death of nrl
Correct, AFL isn’t even close to being top dog in Sydney and it never will be in any of our lifetimes, as you said it’s never been high drawing because they have a different culture then the southern states, they still watch it religiously and pubs are absolutely packed out to watch it especially the leagues clubs when that particular team is playing.That's bullshit mate. Nrl crowds have been, in comparison to historical levels, barely down since then.
I follow both codes - aside from actually playing league and not afl, I don't really have a leaning towards one or the other.
But league crowds are fairly steady and have been for some time. They will never match afl crowds. Does it matter if they don't? It's the fourth biggest domestic league on the planet ffs - and league still manages to get good ratings on tv. Afl will never match rugby league's small but still much larger international presence. And if you look back to the turn of the century they're actually significantly up, as illustrated below:
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