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South Pacific defeat Tasmania in U16s

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, July 10 2011 @ 02:51 pm ACST

Playing Devil's advocate or playing the Devil Rory?

Actually last time South Pacific had top up players who were older but this time I think all their players are 15 to 17, I imagine Tassie's are 15 to 16, so that makes this result all the better.

I think it shows that atheleticism is a big part of this game and we're proud of that fact, it isn't pool or bowls. It's also a tribute to the skills of the SP team, as we've reported elsewhere, AFL talent staff have been very impressed by the level being achieved, it isn't just about athleticism. Besides which, PNG has been playing for decades and have kids that have been playing for quite a few years, and Tonga has begun to establish several years of juniors. At age 15, there's a limit to how much footy even an Australian can have played.

Do we know that no such rises occur in the other more athletic sports like Rugby Union and Rugby League? I don't know their history well enough, and perhaps there aren't kids converting to it from Aussie Rules to test the theory. Soccer is different as the skill factor makes up so much of the game to the exclusion of other areas - yes, there are some great athletes in soccer but I don't think that's the key to their success.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

South Pacific defeat Tasmania in U16s

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, July 10 2011 @ 03:08 pm ACST

I should add that obviously on a worldwide scale soccer has far more depth because no one disputes it's got saturation support across most of the globe.

Funny, I read a comment somewhere not that long ago that soccer is THE world game so Aussie Rules should stop trying. Which basically says that the Rugby Union World Cup is apparently a non event, so are the Olympics, so is every sport other than soccer. Doesn't quite make sense does it.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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