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Euro Continent vs Euro Isles as curtain-raiser to Bulldogs vs Port

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, August 20 2012 @ 07:37 am ACST

Hey Cam you're free to speculate about what the players do or don't want but we're just telling you what we've heard direct from players over the years with the International Cup. You could probably find some differing opinions, but in general players more than anything want to play on the MCG in front of a big crowd - of course they'd love it if the crowd was there purely for them, but they take what they can get at this early stage of the game's growth.

I'm with you that we want the AFL to do more to promote these internationals but at this stage I reckon the players would be pleased to be playing the EC final as a curtain raiser at the Oval as opposed to say retro-fitted polo fields or parklands... effort goes to make such fields as good as possible but it isn't quite the same.

I just don't think it's as simple as put it on and they will turn up, eventually. There are success stories but also plenty of tiny sports that have tried and failed. There's often luck and accidents of history on side, or a lot of hard work and money. We all want to see a lot of the latter from the AFL to support all the grassroots hard work, and hopefully we get some of the luck too.

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