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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, August 29 2005 @ 10:46 am ACST

Trouble is if the AFL staged a World Cup in 2011 with a full Australian side it would still trounce everyone else and perhaps make the tournament look a bit silly. Although it seems to be a long way off, we need to be patient. I'd like to see an All-Australian amateur side introduced at some stage but not sure when. I don't believe there are any plans to do that soon.

The AFL are well aware that the Sydney market has yet to be successfully captured to any extent. There are many reasons. Maybe it includes the lack of international dimension - it could only help.

Here's an article from a few months back in which Demetriou discusses the challenges:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12796761%255E2722,00.html

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Brett Northey - Co-founder of WFN, Chief Editor and Editor for North America and Africa

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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