Analysis: A tale of two Sydneys: Swans soar, Giants a sore point | Caroline Wilson
towards an Indian summer, and Gold Coast out of intensive care, the Giants have firmly grasped the mantle of the AFL’s elephant in the room.
Not to mention the failure by head office and its Sydney HQ to adequately promote the game in foreign territory at a time when four codes are fighting for air as international blockbuster events loom large.The start of this season was a soft period for attendances generally, but only 25,000 turned up despite the prospect of Lance Franklin’s milestone.
In football terms you can argue whether the Giants under-achieved under Cameron, but for a new club born into a cultural Australian rules wilderness they have been an on-field success, particularly in comparison with Gold Coast, which haven’t looked like making finals. But in terms of TV ratings and column inches and participation, southern Queensland is flying and on good days even matching the NRL.
Long-serving Sydney chairman Richard Colless, who one-quarter of a century ago oversaw the taskforce set with the job of reviewing and improving football’s fortunes in NSW and the ACT, believes that the time has come to reinstate a taskforce. That job came with some personal angst for the then Swans chairman given accusations of conflict of interest. Now there are calls for greater collaboration between the two clubs to attract talent, which seems a tricky prospect.
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