NEAFL to reshape Aussie Rules second tier landscape

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NEAFL to reshape Aussie Rules second tier landscape

Authored by: Mister Football
on Friday, November 12 2010 @ 08:39 am ACDT

Michael

I've read elsewhere that the Sydney teams aren't quite ready for this level of competition (that's why the Swans reserves have been playing in the ACT comp) - ACTAFL is a surprisingly strong comp, despite having only five Canberra based teams, actually, only four if you exclude Queanbeyan.

But yes, the idea will be to add Sydney teams into the future.

The AFL has basically killed two birds with the one stone here, giving the four Northern AFL teams a good comp for there reserves, and effectively creating a second tier comp that might one day be the equal of SANFL, WAFL, VFL, etc.

It also opens the door for one day allowing Cairns and PNG to enter the comp, and even teams from Wagga and Albury.

The other thing to remember is that a few of the Canberra and QAFL teams are quite cashed up, and they will be able to attract good players to play in a comp that will have a very high standing. There are also broadcasting opportunities here, especially with local ABC and secondary TV stations.

The AFL sees this as a big step, make no mistake, and it all slots in nicely with the expansion to 18 teams, and also the recent announcement that the ACT Govt will pay good money to have 3 home GWS games per annum for the next 10 years.

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