Philip I've lived in Australia all my life, most of it in regions with strong support for Aussie Rules (the four football codes - Australian Rules, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Soccer, with American Football VERY MUCH a fringe sport here - have VERY distinct regions of support) and I have NEVER seen a women's Aussie Rules game. At best, it'd be a fringe sport, even in Melbourne and Adelaide which are the heartland of Aussie Rules. My guess is it would be on a par with women's Rugby Union - something played by a very few women, most of whom grew up with fathers who wish they had sons. That's not meant to be misogynist or disparaging in any way, but I think it'd be the fact. That said, you're just as likely to see the same behavior on the court in our WNBL (Women's National Basketball League - pro basketball girls with the best team in Australia's, the Canberra Capitals, home court just 5km from my place) and the National Netball League (which gets Australia-wide free-to-air TV broadcasts for two hours every Sunday afternoon).
Steve ======================================================== Stephen Collins, Technical Consultant - ACIS (Australia) Allaire Certified ColdFusion 5 Developer Work : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ UIN : 56321783 Yahoo! : trib "Before I got into triathlon, I was a normal person." > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2001 6:59 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Aussie Footie RULES > > > > Despite the fact that I don't even understand all the convoluted rules, > > Aussie Footie is still my favorite of the genre. In fact, its probably my > > favorite spectator sport after baseball....and maybe mountain biking (just > > because I do that). > > Actually, better than men's Aussie Rules is Women's Aussie Rules - they are > just nutters - hair pulling, using of nails, punching of breasts... it's > lunacy to watch! > > > Just remember the chain of "macho-ness" for ball games > > American Football players think soccer players are wimps > Rugby players think that American Football players are wimps > Aussie Rules players KNOW everyone else are wimps <g> > > Philip Arnold > Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > > "Websites for the real world" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
