MAXIM Australia

AFL vs NRL

ARTICLE FIRST PUBLISHED: ISSUE 3 OCTOBER 2011

WHY AFL?

by Damian Barrett

“Way up here in the moral high ground, us AFL people are so intoxicated by our own greatness there’s only one thing to do – look down on every other football group. We scoff at soccer because we’re convinced that a match can’t be played without a flare going off or a riot in the stands. And what’s with those “exciting” nil-all draws? We ridicule rugby

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