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Message: [QUOTE="john1420, post: 3576377, member: 2077"] Exactly what I was going to say, tries, and even line breaks, are exciting because they happen reasonably infrequently but still often enough to keep you interested/entertained/engaged. I'm a born and bred South Aussie, lived here all my life, and grew up loving and playing AFL. But the core of the game isn't exciting. It's not hard to kick a ball through two sticks, and over someone's head. What is exciting about an AFL goal is if you are emotionally invested in a team, and your team kicks a goal. (OK I know there can be the very occasional snap on the run from the corner pocket, but this is the outlier, not the norm). Rugby League is exciting to watch (granted moreso prior to PVL) even without having an emotional investment in the teams you are watching. OK so how does a born and bred South Aussie whose family treated AFL like a religion, become a League tragic? Well it all started with HG Nelson and Rampaging Roy Slaven. A friend turned me on to their sports show on JJJ I think it was, way back in 90. Always gave me a good laugh so he suggested I watch the AFL and ARL (back then) grand finals and State of Origin with HG and Roy doing the commentary. After a year or 2 of doing this I came to see how much I loved the League and how AFL just wasn't doing it for me anymore. [/QUOTE]

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