> 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).
I actually saw a game over here in the UK - not sure about how it's played in Oz I used to work with a British guy who played and he introduced me to the women's game - they were COMPLETE lunatics! Gotta love women's sports where they can be violent Philip Arnold Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 "Websites for the real world" ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
