They'll never be able to keep up with the AFL then will they if they are too scared to expand into AFL territories.

Gee, Darwin? Must be getting a Bum sniffing team soon then? lol

The Flippers are an expansion team and guess what they are in QLD which is the Thugby's back yard. Why didn't they put a team in Perth or a 2nd team in Melbourne?

Swans crowd was 36,872. It beat the NRL crowd in Sydney easy!

I don't know why the sniffers are so upset because the same thing can be said about showing more Thugby coverage on Channel 9 instead of Gem down in Melbourne.

AFL gets the bigger crowds and the best atmosphere!

Some people might just have to eat their words or bury their heads back into the sand because the NRL has copied the AFL for years!

Are you dreaming again? lol And where did the state of Origin come from? Who is copying who here?

Even though some of the Gather Round games were played at very small venues, the AFL still beat the Thugby for crowd attendances!

I've even heard that a 3rd team in WA is also being concidered.

AFL: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 2,145,000 vs THURSDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE 1,331,000.

Thursday Night #AFL
Swans/Dees
40,012 at the @scg
. VS Thursday Night #NRL
The Tin Men/Bottom Raiders
22,378 at @MJStadium

Thugby fans still think it was a hit when only 61 thousand Americans tuned into the game. A long way to go yet and a very slow burn for the nRL.

So the games rated well in Australia, but they didn't rate in America? What does that tell you? lol. And all the people that channel 9 and Fox Sports interviewed were Aussies, and so we don't know what the Americans think of Thugby? All we know is that they think Thugby League, Thugby Union and AFL ...

Channel 9 and Fox showed Aussies at the game. Where is the interest from the Americans? Plus the #NRLVegas games haven't even made the US ratings list.