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  Ricky June 27, 2011 at 5:25pm

  It will be years before the GWS AFL side even gets close to the magnitude of juniors that the areas in Penrith and Parramatta have - and I literally mean, years.

   

  The NRL's taking the necessary steps to stamp out future domination in the Westen Sydney region of the AFL, but even then, the likelihood of that is minimal to say the least. 
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  1Eyed Eel June 27, 2011 at 5:32pm

  My kid's primary school did a movie night to raise money for the Year Six end-of-year trip. So there was an entire cinema filled with children in the Rouse Hill area waiting to watch Kung Fu Panda, and what ad gets shown. An AFL clinic ad - which actually seemed to be an NAB ad. Now that may be a national NAB/AFL ad running everywhere, but if it was targetted, they sure got their targeting right. Most kids make their sporting decisions in primary school, you do have to get to them that early. And I totally agree with Muttman, get the players out to schools - its best, most simple marketing.
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  the daniel June 27, 2011 at 5:34pm

  the afl have been doing this for years i remeber when i was in primary school 10 years ago theyd have coaching clinics come out every month at least and this was on magpies turf
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  the daniel June 27, 2011 at 5:45pm

  the dumbest thing i can see them facing is the swans support will die in the ass most fans live out this way and they will way up travelling to see gws or taking that assy trek to moore park and spending 6 years in traffic
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  Ricky June 27, 2011 at 5:49pm

  What I've never actually understood about all this, and following on from my previous post in this thread - is that the GWS side see themselves a legitimate threat to not only the NRL sides in the Western Sydney region, but also to the Sydney Swans themselves - as evidenced by their desire to play home games out of ANZ Stadium.
  
  This in spite of the fact that they had a custom made AFL venue made for them at the Blacktown Olympic Centre in Rooty Hill, which I live about 10 minutes walk from.
  From what I've seen, and heard - long-term, perhaps they have a future, but in the short-term, there will be no dividends for them, and I very rarely see any real AFL action happening at the Blacktown venue, at least in the times that I have been there.
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  Mawso June 27, 2011 at 5:59pm

  My son went to that 2 weeks ago, and the NRL should be alerted.
  They were very smart to hold it on a weekend with no league that weekend.
  Around 400-500 kids showed up, and I'll say most had a ball.
  
  My son is enjoying AFL more and more and rugby league never worried about the team he use to play in.
  Whereas with his Auskick he has giants players as his coaches.
  I've been very impressed from the AFL and the effort they put into making sure the young kids have fun.
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  Mawso June 27, 2011 at 6:04pm

  Ricky I'm there every other weekend, and for their first season in any competition they're doing a superb job.
  Decent turnouts every game, good interaction with players.
  
  The NRL will be looking over their shoulder slot quicker than most think.
  I'm a die hard Eel, but my kids are loving AFL at the moment and he's so happy doing it.
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  Ricky June 27, 2011 at 6:15pm

  I love AFL too Shane - don't get me wrong.
  I just think some of their expectations, are a bit too early to have.
  
  As has been raised above however, it's all about money, and how much is willing to be spent by those in charge on their respective sports.
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  SuperEel 22 June 27, 2011 at 7:54pm

  When I was in year 7 I did AFL for sport for an entire term. We were given free merchandise and told where we could register. I have never seen a RL player at my school it has either been AFL or soccer. Last year I was involved in an AFL coaching clinic and were given AFL coaching accreditation and we had to teach primary school kids about AFL. The best part was when 1 of the kids told me that AFL was a girl's sport and that RL was a real sport. The NRL does need to begin interacting with the kids in the local area and show the kids that RL is the best sport.