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New Zealand Hawks to take on Australia

Authored by: Harley Vague
on Wednesday, December 14 2011 @ 11:42 am ACDT

I think it's time to set the record straight. Australian Football started in NZ in much the same way as Australian colonies. The first NZ teams were established in the 1860s and a Moari team travelled to Melbourne where it defeated the premier side South Melbourne. Like NSW the height of Australian Football was the new 20th century with leagues being created and a maximum of 131 teams being in existance. The national council changed it's name to Australasian Football Council to reflect this involvement. NZ travelled to the Australian National Football Championships where it defeated both NSW and QLD. Unfortunately WWI decimated football in NZ as did in Australia and never recovered there. Today we can be seen as attempting to re-establish football in NZ similar to that which has occured in NSW and QLD. Hopefully we can achieve the same result by using recent models. By comparison PNG's history extends back to WWII and does not share the same colonial link as NZ.

Rory, you have mounted an argument that AR is "easy" to learn. Well let's hope that is indeed true and all New Zealanders give AR a go and we have the beginnings of an AFL(Australasian) side.

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