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Re: Rugby League Surpasses AFL
- Subject: Re: Rugby League Surpasses AFL
- From: "WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 22:03:07 +1000
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Jeremy Grey <jegster@labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message
news:7t7083$a0d$1@arachne.labyrinth.net.au...
> Yes, the government came in on the side of the MCC, so it wasn't for lack
of
> trying by the then VFL.
>
> If done properly, ie with transport infrastructure in place, etc, Waverly
> would still be with us - so it's not really a fair comparison.
Agreed - one of the beauties of Stadium Australia is its proximity to the
railway - 200 metres from a railway station which can send trains to EVERY
railway station in Sydney.
If Waverley had had a branch line built to service it (like Flemington
Racecourse) with a station right next to it, it would have been far more
successful.
DaveP