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14 internationals on AFL lists

Authored by: tinka13
on Tuesday, December 09 2008 @ 05:24 pm ACDT

When you look at the draft, you can see that there is a long way to go in NSW, Not 1 person drafted yet we have a AFL team based there. If it's taking 30 years to get NSW going , how long will it take overseas.

14 internationals on AFL lists

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Tuesday, December 09 2008 @ 05:41 pm ACDT

True, there remains a lack of NSW players coming through.

Although there were I think 5 NSW scholarship players elevated to AFL rookie lists in the last couple of weeks, and last year some were elevated to full lists.

Sydney people do always argue that Sydney is the toughest football market in the world, with so many professional Rugby League teams (it's the heart of Australia's National Rugby League competition), Rugby Union Super 14 teams, A-League soccer and of course the Sydney Swans.

And probably the biggest issue is the ingrained resentment of our sport in private schools n Sydney.

But the reality is that there are generally a few Sydney boys coming through the system each year, and all we're looking for currently is 1 or 2 internationals to come through. But similar issues exist with their own dominant sports, e.g. if a young player is brilliant at footy but also not bad at a local sport, there's always a likelihood he'll drop footy for his local sport when the time comes to make a choice. That's why scholarships are so important, to try to get young talent into the Aussie system as soon as possible and show them an exciting and financially promising pathway.

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