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Another great turnout for this category
Hmmmm, perhaps my next comp could be a spin-off of a spin-off?
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In an alternate timeline, this happened....
Our Timeline: South Sydney Rabbitohs only play rugby league in the NRL
Altered Timeline: South Sydney Rabbitohs add 'Australian Rules' to their active departments and submit an AFL team
Poll will run for 3 days
The winner picks the next team from the list below
Winner has 48 hours to choose or one will be chosen at random
Hmmmm, perhaps my next comp could be a spin-off of a spin-off?
Insert Inception horn
In an alternate timeline, this happened....
Our Timeline: South Sydney Rabbitohs only play rugby league in the NRL
Altered Timeline: South Sydney Rabbitohs add 'Australian Rules' to their active departments and submit an AFL team
Poll will run for 3 days
The winner picks the next team from the list below
Winner has 48 hours to choose or one will be chosen at random
Entry 1 Sam Hall
"Dumped by the NRL after the 1999 season for failing to find a club to merge with, the South Sydney Rabbitohs decide that instead of taking the NRL to the high court they will apply to be the AFL's 17th team. The bid is successful as the AFL is keen to take on the NRL's "Oldest, Loudest, Proudest" club in a bid to gain Rugby Leagues largest market of fans in NSW. To appease old school fans who think the classic hoops design is sacred to Rugby League, the Rabbitohs design a new guernsey specifically for AFL which incorporates arguably Aussie rules most iconic design, the sash, with Souths extremely popular Rugby Sevens jersey from the 1990's, known affectionately as the "Minties jersey"."
Entry 2 terrybull
"South Sydney one of the biggest rugby club in Australia wanting to bank in on the success of AFL in Sydney decided to put in a club. The South Sydney Rodents.
Their slogan “why follow a rebranded Melbourne club or a franchise team when you can follow a Sydney original”.
They went for their classic jumper"
Entry 3 troybe
"South Sydney have plans on becoming an all encompassing sports club. With the South Sydney brand having a netball team, cricket team, basketball team. Next on their agenda was to form an AFL club, not wanting to dilute the Rabbitohs name, Redferns was chosen as a nod to their spiritual home. The Myrtle and Cardinal Hoops synonymous with South Sydney was translated to the AFL jumper giving it the traditional feel the club wanted to convey to its fans."
Entry 4 Mac Ropod
Entry 5 rabbitoh21
"So I should probably preface this by saying I was actually around when there was a non-zero chance we wouldn't play in the NRL again, so I've gone for what a jump to the AFL in 2000 would have looked like based off of our 1999 and 2002 uniforms.
I was actually among the tens of thousands marching through George Street as a 5-year-old with my mum and dad and you can actually spot us sometimes if you see the footage.
It wouldn't have been that farfetched and funnily enough we may as well have played elsewhere - most of us stopped watching the NRL altogether. We started watching the Swans and Wallabies instead, until we came back in 2002.
The clash is based off of our 2002 away - our first win came in R2 in that guernsey/jersey down at Canberra. The home is based off the 1999 home which is also where the Downtown Duty Free sponsorship comes in.
The Rabbitohs logo used is a recreation of our pre-1977 badge which the NSWRL/ARL/NRL had no claim to, which we used on fightback merch and our exhibition match jerseys. I kept Classic under the assumption that, had we somehow been given a franchise that quickly, they'd just cut up some jerseys and stitch some cuffs and a collar on for us."
Entry 6 BigChippa52
Entry 7 KBLT
Entry 8 cannavo
"The Rabbitoh's venture across footy codes saw a revolutionary design opposed to the usual hoops. Sekem reached out to a few clubs with a 'hooped side panels' design which was used by Fitzroy and declined by East Fremantle. South Sydney took the opportunity and opted for an Aussie Rules style design but kept their iconic hoops for the shoulders. It was later dubbed 'The Minties Wrapper 2.0' which references the side panels having a similar look to the twisted ends of a Minties wrapper and a reference to their 80's NSWRL jersey"
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Mergers
- Melbourne - St Kilda merger (1995)
- Tasmania - Fitzroy Merger
- Sydney - Fitzroy Merger
- Gold Coast Suns seek merger with Sharks to stay alive
- Fitzroy - Brisbane (Fitzroy Bears)
- Tasmania agree to merger with North Melbourne
- Port Melbourne granted VFL licensed but only if they merge with Fitzroy
- Williamstown merge with Footscray – 1989
- Norwood / Port Adelaide AFL merger (1991)
- South Melbourne - Footscray merger
- South Melbourne and North Melbourne merger
- Saints relocate to NZ
- Essendon relocate to NT to become Alice Springs
- Hawthorn relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy relocate to Brisbane in the 80s (Prior to the Bears existing)
- South Melbourne relocate to Tasmania
- South Melbourne relocate to Canberra
- Fitzroy complete move to North Sydney - 1980
- Footscray relocate to Queensland - 1981
- Fitzroy relocate to Perth - 1981
- GWS relocate to Canberra
- Melbourne relocate to Mars
- Fitzroy relocate to South Africa - 1997
- West Coast Eagles to the SANFL
- Brisbane Bears to the SANFL
- Fitzroy to the SANFL - 1981
- Footscray to the SANFL - 1981
- Adelaide Uni to the SANFL - 1991 (cannot use only black and white)
- Collingwood to the SANFL - 1997
- East Perth to the VFL - 1980
- Norwood to the AFL
- Launceston to the AFL
- Essendon to the WAFL
- Perth to the AFL (Merger of Perth, East Perth & West Perth)
- Glenelg to the AFL - 1997
- Geelong West to the VFL - 1976
- Swan Districts to the AFL - 1991
- Port Adelaide crows join the AFL - 1991
- Papua New Guinea enter the AFL
- Limestone Coast join the SANFL
- Mount Gambier join the SANFL
- Sydney enter as a separate team (Bloods stay in Vic)
- Darwin join the AFL - 1991
- Public Service Football Club join the VFL
- Gold Coast fold, new North Queensland team take their place - 2030
- NZ enter 90's State of Origin
- Broome become the 2nd WA AFL team
- Gold Coast hijack Brisbane Bears VFL entry - 1986
- Hobart to the AFL (Can't use Devils branding)
- Newcastle team to the AFL
- Southwest of WA to the AFL
- Tea Tree Gully & Modbury merge to make tenth SANFL team (2014)
- West Coast Eagles VFL kits altered due to Williamstown sharing the same colours
- GWS keep their 'Team GWS' colours
- Port Adelaide retain their Magenta
- Adelaide's hurried concept
(Adelaide board hastily attain clothes from local sport store and use the 5 colours to design their new AFL team) - Fremantle keep Red & Green, remove Purple & White
- Williamstown join the VFL in 1925 - design a late '90s/early '00s clash/away guernsey for them (1995-2005)
- Hawthorn release Ochre jumper - 2000
- Skittle's sponsor Essendon and release special guernsey
- Heidelberg Warriors align with Collingwood for 1 season - 1996
- Melbourne remain as 'The Invincible Whites'
- Collingwood remain as 'Britannia'
- Carlton remain as 'The Cockatoos'
- Hawthorn remain as 'The Mayblooms'
- BigFooty becomes the majority stakeholder, and primary sponsor of Gold Coast, requesting a new jumper set with the deal
- Newcastle Knights to the VFL - 1988
- Cronulla Sharks to the AFL - 1998
- South Sydney Rabbitohs to the AFL
