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Re: Rugby League Surpasses AFL
- Subject: Re: Rugby League Surpasses AFL
- From: "SunshineCat" <ellen316@NOSPAMprimus.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 00:53:52 +1000
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WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote in message <7t7gom$4s7$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...
>Jeremy Grey <jegster@labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message
>news:7t7083$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
>
>
i agree Waverley is a bitch to get to and the bus companies can charge
whatever they want to get there $10 return to glen Waverley station makes it
too expensive for families to go