Adam 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2003 Do you guys know much about Aussie Rules? I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the game that I hold so dear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alkeiper Report post Posted June 13, 2003 Sorry, its barely covered around here, if at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2003 Yeah, that sucks, you guys are missing a great game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MarvinisaLunatic Report post Posted June 13, 2003 I thought you were talking about Arena Football, considering the Arena Bowl is coming up.. And funny, we don't talk about that either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted June 13, 2003 Yeah, me too. I used to watch some Aussie football on KBL in Pittsburgh (now Fox Sports Net, I think), and they always played the American team that was over there. That team always got creamed. I remember this big bald guy on the U.S. squad, and I would laugh everytime he tried to run. That's all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted June 13, 2003 I remember watching Australian Rules Football on ESPN, Friday night after my brothers football games. That was 17 years ago, but I remember enjoying it, especially the the guy in the white hat and white jacket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted June 13, 2003 Just ask that guy Nanks, who posts here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nanks Report post Posted June 13, 2003 That guy... So glad to have built a solid rep around here. Nah 5-Star, none of the yanks have any real interest in our great game, I've tried a few times to kick off AFL threads, but not even the one about McCarts got any love. It's a lost cause Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2003 I, for one, think Aussie Rules Football kicks ass. I got to see part of a match on FOX Sports World a while back, it was pretty sweet. If I could find it on again, I'd definitely watch. And I'm American too, if that has any relevance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted June 14, 2003 AFL??? Is that rugby, or something completely different Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2003 AFL??? Is that rugby, or something completely different It's Australian Rules Football. Different from Rugby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted June 14, 2003 That guy... So glad to have built a solid rep around here. Nah 5-Star, none of the yanks have any real interest in our great game, I've tried a few times to kick off AFL threads, but not even the one about McCarts got any love. It's a lost cause What can I say? You're like TSM's Outback Jack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conspiracy_Victim 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2003 I used to love watching it. It used to be covered on either ESPN or FoxSports (I think it was FoxSports) a few years ago on a weekly show. That was a long time ago though. Haven't seen much on it in like 5 years or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2003 AFL is a great game, if we get MLB and NFL over here, why shouldn't you guys get AFL in the US? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted June 14, 2003 It might be on FoxSports. But I'm not sure. Nothing different is ever on in this country. That's just the way this country is. It has to be a sport that's popular here, or it won't get any coverage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BobbyWhioux Report post Posted June 14, 2003 I find Rugby and Aussie Football on every now and then. Forget which channel, though. But it's one of those channels that only hardcore sports junkies are going to have, let alone watch. Good games, though. I usually watch when I can find it. Hell, frickin' soccer can barely break into the ESPN lineup. [Overgeneralization] If we aren't kicking the rest of the world's ass at it, it isn't important. [/Overgeneralization] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest welshjerichomark Report post Posted June 14, 2003 [Overgeneralization] If we aren't kicking the rest of the world's ass at it, it isn't important. [/Overgeneralization] That's so true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2003 Well we can beat you at Swimming, do you see that much on TV? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted June 15, 2003 Nope, and the US is a very good swimming team. It's only on during the Summer Olympics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2003 Yeah, when its all AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSIIE OI OI OI! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted June 16, 2003 I love Aussie Rules.... its just so fucking brutal, those guys make NFL playes look like total pussies... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nanks Report post Posted June 17, 2003 They certainly do. No padding or armour here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted June 17, 2003 Nothing different is ever on in this country. That's just the way this country is. It has to be a sport that's popular here, or it won't get any coverage. If it's not football, baseball, basketball, or NASCAR, we don't give a shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2003 Well you would give a shit if you had AFL on TV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mik at Cornell Report post Posted June 17, 2003 I lived in Australia for six months last year. I saw Melbourne play Richmond at the MCG and I was also in Western Australia when Brisbane (I think) beat Collingwood for the championship. I also saw Media Puzzle win the Melbourne Cup...from the fence right by the finish. That was total luck tho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted June 17, 2003 Nothing different is ever on in this country. That's just the way this country is. It has to be a sport that's popular here, or it won't get any coverage. If it's not football, baseball, basketball, or NASCAR, we don't give a shit. Fuck NASCAR, and well, fuck baseball too. It hardly gets less athletic than those two sports. Baseball is all about reflexes and vision, and well any sport in which the average life of a player can extend well beyond 35 doesn't seem too athletic for me. And when did racing CARS become a SPORT? Please. It's a leisurely Sunday activity. *cough(for rednecks)cough* Aren't we also the best in wrestling, err amateur that is? I mean everytime the Olympics come around USA seems to take the gold in everything, yet most of those sports don't get much recognition on TV. I've also heard we're damn good at volleyball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nl5xsk1 Report post Posted June 17, 2003 Nothing different is ever on in this country. That's just the way this country is. It has to be a sport that's popular here, or it won't get any coverage. If it's not football, baseball, basketball, or NASCAR, we don't give a shit. It's funny that of the four sports that you reference as ones we give a shit about, I don't give a shit about three of them. Basketball is getting so bad that even their fans, media and players question the state of the game. (and for me, hasn't been good since Bird hung up his number 33). Baseball is getting to the point that the same half-a-dozen or so teams should have their own league, and everyone else have a different one. Teams like KC or Pittsburgh will never compete, so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy where the fans don't show up, and the team can't afford to pay their good players, so the team gets worse, so the fans don't show up (etc etc etc) And NASCAR is a joke to most of the country. If you live in a place where people care, you care. If you don't then you really don't care. Just because ESPN/FOX is pretending it's mainstream doesn't mean that most of us care. Football is the real national pastime, and I have very few bad things to say about it - and most of my complaints are minor. (but then again, I'm a hockey fan so according to ESPN or FOX I don't know shit or matter enough to cater to) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted June 17, 2003 I have absolutely no idea what Aussie Rules football is. None. If it's anything like Rugby, I might dig it. I love brutality and violence in the name of sport. For what it's worth, I was under the impression that it was similar to soccer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nl5xsk1 Report post Posted June 17, 2003 If it's comparable to anything it's rugby. There are some differences in some of the rules and in the scoring, but forced to pick a sport that it has most in common with I'd choose rugby. And even though I have to admit that most rugby players or AFL players are tougher than most NFL football players, most of them would have limited size/speed to play most positions in the NFL. (too slow to be a defensive back or wide receiver, too small to be a lineman, wouldn't have the experience to quarterback) But put them as a running back or a linebacker, or especially on special teams, and they'd be murder. I think some AFL player was on the Chargers roster a few years ago as a punter and he was awesome, but for visa reasons he couldn't stay with the team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2003 I see some of the hits and spills these guys take and I'm like "daaammnnn!!". Theese guys, would not have a problem going over the middle in an NFL game, no matter who was going to light him up, from the legendary Ronnie Lott on down the line. He will catch the ball, take the hit, hold on to the ball, get up and look at the guy who knocked him down like he's less than nothing, then go back to the huddle. The guys are MEN. Nuff said Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
