cableguy said:
i saw that televised on espn or discovery... not sure which... it was a couple years back, but quite a hoot...
does anyone know if the afl has any web simulcast available??? it seems to be about the only way i can think of to watch more than a week in review... i would much rather watch an entire game... thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide...
Sorry bringing up an old thread, but I found a cool AFL torrent site if anyone's interested. You might need to register to see anything...
http://aussietorrents.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=7
you'll probably find the most seeders early in the week.
At the moment it's only the pre-season knockout cup - this weekend is quarter finals, so the players skills arent up to scratch yet, and many coaches use this cup to trial new players/rookies (up to almost half a team in some cases) and new strategies. The real season starts in a few weeks time.
There's also a forum here dedicated to AFL...
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/
If you don't have a team to follow I recommend Geelong Cats
(obviously who I follow). We were knocked out of the finals last year with the opposition (who went on to win the grand final) kicking a goal to take the lead with about 3 seconds left in the match, but we also had the youngest average aged team last year (plus the most injuries in the league), so I'm hoping for big things over the next 3-5 years. That loss was heartbreaking for them - one they reckon they wont forget for the rest of their lives, especially considering they were winning for the whole match except the last second, and hopefully it will fire them up for this year.
Looking back over this thread we were talking about Nathan Brown snapping his leg - yeah he may be playing his first game back this weekend (for Richmond).
Speaking of brutal injuries - there was another one in the finals last year. Geelongs captain (Steven King) accidentally kicked a guy (Jeff White) in the face. You could hear his face crack on tv when it happened. He now had 4 or 5 plates permanently in his face and a shitload of screws - but anyway, he played his first game since then last night too.