23 teams set for IC14, AFL 9s scrapped

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23 teams set for IC14, AFL 9s scrapped

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Wednesday, February 26 2014 @ 08:02 pm ACDT

3 years has always looked odd but on the positive side it has allowed the tournament to more rapidly reach the point now of it's 5th incarnation. That has been impressive but we need to be wary of just counting dots on maps and for whose benefit? The AFL is interested in talent potential as that's what clubs care about however the new digital age should see the AFL even more interested in international exposure and expats apart - for the AFL to achieve overnight the level of interest that the international grassroots growth of the game fostered now by the IC has achieved would come at a far greater cost than that that the AFL has had to carry. So I'd love to see the AFL invest back into the international game. The clear difference to say Rugby League is they have BOTH a North Hemisphere professional league and a Southern Hemisphere one. The AFL centred in Melbourne is too far removed from Europe in particular so that's an issue. The notion of regional Rep level is interesting and we've seen European rep sides take the paddock and I like that. Juniors wise we see Oceania feed into South Pacific and compete in Australia. I like that too. The individual national burden can be great so why not a 4 yearly IC with more inter and intra regional competition in between.

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