It’s rarely been easy to be an AFL fan in the NRL-dominated sunshine state – but now Queenslanders can’t get enough
Lions megafan David Farrell is travelling down to Melbourne to cheer on his team in the grand final. ‘We had a cracking time last year,’ he says.Lions megafan David Farrell is travelling down to Melbourne to cheer on his team in the grand final. ‘We had a cracking time last year,’ he says.
The Lions’ performances haven’t always helped. After taking home its final flag in 2003 and a hard-fought loss in 2004, the club fell into two-decade slump, hitting rock bottom in 2017 with the wooden spoon.Queensland’s NRL clubs have not done well in 2024, with the Broncos not even making the finals. So for Queenslanders, the only game in town this year is the Lions.“In fact, I had a couple of mates who come back to the fold this week looking for tickets.
His daughter, Michaela describes the NRL as “the code that must not be named”. She’s been there for the Lions through thick and thin for the last decades. Many described the weekend’s match as a “State of Origin” contest – a battle between NSW and Queensland. It’s the first time in two decades that there won’t be a Victorian side at the grand final. But plenty of Victorians will be cheering on the Brisbane side on Saturday.
“That personifies Victoria Football Club, two old wags sitting at the pub in the Napier hotel – the model for the fictional “Prince of Prussia” from Jack Irish books – which is only a dropkick away from our old historical ground, that’s fantastic,” he says.
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