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Speaker 1 (00:00):
But I tell you what. If you are a football lover,
well you'll know that the nt AFL season kicks off today,
so October two at TiO Stadium. Now I believe that
the Nightcliff Tigers are taking on the tee Wee Bombers.
I think that's the first round kicking off tonight. Then
tomorrow it's going to be the Grand Final rematch. But
(00:23):
I'll tell you what. The person who knows more than
I do is the AFL chair here in the Northern Territory,
Sean Bowden, Good morning to you. Hang on, I better
make sure I've got him through the desk properly. No,
my phone, As luck would have it, my phone is
freezing up. Now I think I've got him. Good morning Sean.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Good morning from you gave you.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Gave you a big pump up mate, and the phone
line didn't work.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Perfect.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Oh it's well the season kicking off tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, yeah, it's a new start to night. It's a
cracking game tee we versus Nightcliff Thursday Night footy and
available through the streaming services and that it's going to
be a great game. And you know the tea we
are up and about Nightcliff they've got a bit to
prove from last year, so you know, it's a great start.
(01:16):
And then I think, as you did say in the intros,
the Grand Final replay Friday night on top of all
this Master's footy, so it's just footy footy. Ever it
really is seems to be into it at the moment.
It's come on us pretty quick. We're at this sort
of boring little game last Saturday and now we've got
the big stuff starting up here in the top ends.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
So you don't have you don't have Snoop Dogg there though,
singing at the at the opening game though, do you No, We.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Couldn't convince him. But but we'll work on that. We'll
work for next year.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I tell you what, it's fantastic. It's so good when
the footy season starts back up. Have we ever had
games on a Thursday night before?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Is that a first? This is this is I believe first,
and it's a I think it's a great way to
open the year. And you've seen that territories will come
out any day of the week if you put on
the right event. I saw that with the fantastic cricket
that was on a month or so ago. People are
back good sport and good, good community interaction, and I
think that let's let's see how we go tonight. But
(02:15):
I think it's a good slot to be in and
it just extends that little bit of footy for people.
We all live busy lives, so we're trying to get
it so you know, there's plenty of opportunities for people
to get the games they want to see and get
to the games they want to be out.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah, I agree, hopefully, Like I feel as though it'll
be a good thing and hopefully, you know, it rolls
out really smoothly. Talk us through in the in the
remaining games for the men's prems this weekend. Who else
have we got playing?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, obviously Southern Districts in Saint Mary's there that's the
big grand final replay and both teams a muscling up
for the season and that's going to be a ripper.
And then Wanderers and dar which is going to be
a good game. They're both building clubs and I've got
super impressed by the work done by their committees and
(03:07):
their presidents and the leadership they're both clubs. Over the
off season. They've really worked hard and put their shoulder
of the wheel. They're going to put competitive teams on
the field this year, and the club's clubs are building,
which is great. And then on Sunday Pints and Wartah,
which is another really evenly matched competition. Pints are a
(03:28):
bit of an unknown sort of team this year, but
they've got their coaches back from the year before and
Warta of course have been very very solid over the
last decade. So ye, Rick Nolan coached and that's going
to be a that's going to be another really good guy.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
And it's always, I suppose interesting, isn't it. At the
start of the season. You know, on paper, your teams
can look really really sort of strong, you know, you
start the season fresh, no injuries, all that kind of thing.
But then seeing how well those teams gel together as well,
sometimes for the first time.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Very true. And I'm told we had a terrific opening
last night up in the Nimble Room in Parliament House
and thanks to Jins and Charles and Robin Carl and
the team Loriza who seed the event. It was a
really really good event with everyone there and really interesting
stuff coming out of the chats I was having. We've
(04:19):
got five hundred interstate players registered already and in Darwin.
Now last year we had fifteen hundred by the end,
so that's the turn across the year that we've got
five hundred already and a couple of the coaches spokes
I an't known, but they're quietly saying we're looking for
early season wins and that's a bit of a sort
of a turnaround from the old saying up here it
(04:41):
doesn't start till after Christmas. I think clubs are realizing
it is competitive and you need to get your wins
in when you can get them. And once you're in
the finals, as Sa Mary showed last year finishing fifth,
you're in reach. And now we've opened up the flying
rule again Weld this year, and so you know, clubs
(05:01):
have got more options. The people coming in have to stay.
This is really important because these people contribute to our
community and our economy. Of course, but you can there's
no limit on the flyings. So that's if people want
to come and play, we're going to have. You know.
I think that might explain some of the extra numbers,
but yeah, it's the teams will build you. We won't
(05:23):
know till Christmas, but I think the message I'm getting
it's going to be super competitive into Christmas, which is great.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
And Sean in the women's camp, what can we expect
this weekend and and how are they looking?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Uh similar similar games the tea Wee women I've got
a close eye on. They've been training hard, I'm told
and a couple of couple of new co coaches, Mary
Dune oversees them from on high and I think she's
whispering to people that she's got a bit of confidence
up awesome and out of Southern districts. They've got bursting
numbers again in the women and the girls. But you know,
(06:00):
Pints perennial really strong st Mary is really strong and
hopefully and hopefully looking for the muckmucks, the wanderers and
the buffs to really lift into it as well. So,
you know, the women and girls Catie, I think, as
we've talked about before, is absolutely a duel in our competition.
(06:21):
We just love it. And the numbers continue to grow.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Yeah, it's phenomenal. I mean you touched on crops there.
I know in those junior girls age groups, like in
some of the age groups they've got sort of three
four teams they do.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
And look, I was told many years ago a group
of girls turned up at CROCS and they didn't have
any junior under fifteen girls teams and then unders team
and the girls turned up thirteen fourteen I was and
they demanded a team, and they got a team. And
to their credit, I'm not sure that they I'd like
(06:53):
to find them really to gratulate it, because they burst
through that committee room door and demanded bed so they
got it. Tracks has gone for strength to strength and
the women since well sewna.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
It's a brave person telling a group of teenage girls
that they can't play sport.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
So I hear, but look it is. It's going to
be a great year. Last year, Codie, there were five
three hundred people who played football registered players are down
to your film. That's a big number when you think
about the population of Darwin. We're on trend to increase
that a little bit. And you know two hundred and
(07:30):
sey umpires. We've got out there really good mix of
girls coming into the umpiring as well, and I think
people saw the big numbers once we get to the
end of the season, people coming in the guards watching
watching quality footy, and of course I do want to
shout out to the n ten years have built this
partnership with us again this year and and the team
(07:51):
in there. You know, we're live streaming, but we've got
a Match of the day that is open access and
we've really got some big ideas around what do with
that and how to build the content around it. So
this is projecting us to the rest of the country
and I think that's what we want. We want to
get into suburban Melbourne. We want to get into suburban Adelaide.
(08:13):
Not just like we've got very strong coverage in the
country country leagues, but these things that are very exciting
and I think it's good for you know, the kids
can watch and the men and the women can watch
themselves on TV, and people down south can see what
we've got up here in the territory.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Well, and you do you know, if you know somebody
who's playing and you live into state, I do that
with the footy, you know, with the league in Queensland
as well. That's it is what you do and it's
wonderful to be able to do that. Sean, tell me
in terms of the juniors, when do they get underway
and across the board. I mean you touched on those
numbers five three hundred people playing footy. Do we have
(08:49):
a bit of a breakdown between the male and female components?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
One hundred and seventy five teams was the information I
had last night wo and that they're going to play
eleven hundred games or around a mark forty plus percent
of edging over forty as women and girls and territory
wide forty thousand people participating in footy. That's including the
Alla Springs Leagues and the Barkley League and the Big
(09:17):
Rivers League. So it's it's it's big buying at a
at a grassroots level. And of course I mean we
saw Zach Bailey on the Grand final, one of our
local guys running a MUK on the Grand Final. Very
unlucky not to get the norm Smith. We've got territory
players play at the highest level across the clubs. Charlie Cameron,
(09:38):
I'll hear one of his younger brothers is here in
daw and there's young tickets turned up in darw And
so you know, we've got at the community level and
we're also keep pushing up into the elite level, which
is which is terrific.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, it is wonderful to see well, and kicking off
with a massive few days of footy all beginning tonight.
What time is it kicking off if anybody wants.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
To head along, I think of seven doing tonight is
the men's game and it's a late one tomorrow night.
It's an eight pm Grand Final replay. Because we've got that,
we're slotting the Masters in. Oh well, so.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Probably a bit cooler as well, might.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Be because the boys are a bit that are a
bit out of it, out of the change rooms a
bit later in the evening. That's probably a good thing
for them as well. Yeah, get them home to bed
and they can get ready for next week.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yep, absolutely well, Sean, it is going to be a
massive season, there is no doubt about that. Good to
speak with you this morning, and no doubt we'll catch
up with you regularly across the season.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Thanks Codie, and thanks for all your support as well,
and all the best for the NRL Grand Final next week.
You've got an interest there.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Well do, but you know the Dolphins aren't in there, mate,
so my interest in sways a little bit. I'm sure
you're a bit you know. You love the footy. I
love the footy all codes, no matter what I.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Love the sport. I get that. You know, Richmond went
playing last week. It was like, who do you care?
Speaker 1 (10:58):
That's what happens. What happened to have a great exactly
exactly Sean. Great to speak with you. We'll catch up
with you again soon.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Thank you,
But I tell you what. If you are a football lover,
well you'll know that the nt AFL season kicks off today,
so October two at TiO Stadium. Now I believe that
the Nightcliff Tigers are taking on the tee Wee Bombers.
I think that's the first round kicking off tonight. Then
tomorrow it's going to be the Grand Final rematch. But
(00:23):
I'll tell you what. The person who knows more than
I do is the AFL chair here in the Northern Territory,
Sean Bowden, Good morning to you. Hang on, I better
make sure I've got him through the desk properly. No,
my phone, As luck would have it, my phone is
freezing up. Now I think I've got him. Good morning Sean.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Good morning from you gave you.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Gave you a big pump up mate, and the phone
line didn't work.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Perfect.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Oh it's well the season kicking off tonight.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, yeah, it's a new start to night. It's a
cracking game tee we versus Nightcliff Thursday Night footy and
available through the streaming services and that it's going to
be a great game. And you know the tea we
are up and about Nightcliff they've got a bit to
prove from last year, so you know, it's a great start.
(01:16):
And then I think, as you did say in the intros,
the Grand Final replay Friday night on top of all
this Master's footy, so it's just footy footy. Ever it
really is seems to be into it at the moment.
It's come on us pretty quick. We're at this sort
of boring little game last Saturday and now we've got
the big stuff starting up here in the top ends.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
So you don't have you don't have Snoop Dogg there though,
singing at the at the opening game though, do you No, We.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Couldn't convince him. But but we'll work on that. We'll
work for next year.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I tell you what, it's fantastic. It's so good when
the footy season starts back up. Have we ever had
games on a Thursday night before?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Is that a first? This is this is I believe first,
and it's a I think it's a great way to
open the year. And you've seen that territories will come
out any day of the week if you put on
the right event. I saw that with the fantastic cricket
that was on a month or so ago. People are
back good sport and good, good community interaction, and I
think that let's let's see how we go tonight. But
(02:15):
I think it's a good slot to be in and
it just extends that little bit of footy for people.
We all live busy lives, so we're trying to get
it so you know, there's plenty of opportunities for people
to get the games they want to see and get
to the games they want to be out.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah, I agree, hopefully, Like I feel as though it'll
be a good thing and hopefully, you know, it rolls
out really smoothly. Talk us through in the in the
remaining games for the men's prems this weekend. Who else
have we got playing?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, obviously Southern Districts in Saint Mary's there that's the
big grand final replay and both teams a muscling up
for the season and that's going to be a ripper.
And then Wanderers and dar which is going to be
a good game. They're both building clubs and I've got
super impressed by the work done by their committees and
(03:07):
their presidents and the leadership they're both clubs. Over the
off season. They've really worked hard and put their shoulder
of the wheel. They're going to put competitive teams on
the field this year, and the club's clubs are building,
which is great. And then on Sunday Pints and Wartah,
which is another really evenly matched competition. Pints are a
(03:28):
bit of an unknown sort of team this year, but
they've got their coaches back from the year before and
Warta of course have been very very solid over the
last decade. So ye, Rick Nolan coached and that's going
to be a that's going to be another really good guy.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
And it's always, I suppose interesting, isn't it. At the
start of the season. You know, on paper, your teams
can look really really sort of strong, you know, you
start the season fresh, no injuries, all that kind of thing.
But then seeing how well those teams gel together as well,
sometimes for the first time.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Very true. And I'm told we had a terrific opening
last night up in the Nimble Room in Parliament House
and thanks to Jins and Charles and Robin Carl and
the team Loriza who seed the event. It was a
really really good event with everyone there and really interesting
stuff coming out of the chats I was having. We've
(04:19):
got five hundred interstate players registered already and in Darwin.
Now last year we had fifteen hundred by the end,
so that's the turn across the year that we've got
five hundred already and a couple of the coaches spokes
I an't known, but they're quietly saying we're looking for
early season wins and that's a bit of a sort
of a turnaround from the old saying up here it
(04:41):
doesn't start till after Christmas. I think clubs are realizing
it is competitive and you need to get your wins
in when you can get them. And once you're in
the finals, as Sa Mary showed last year finishing fifth,
you're in reach. And now we've opened up the flying
rule again Weld this year, and so you know, clubs
(05:01):
have got more options. The people coming in have to stay.
This is really important because these people contribute to our
community and our economy. Of course, but you can there's
no limit on the flyings. So that's if people want
to come and play, we're going to have. You know.
I think that might explain some of the extra numbers,
but yeah, it's the teams will build you. We won't
(05:23):
know till Christmas, but I think the message I'm getting
it's going to be super competitive into Christmas, which is great.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
And Sean in the women's camp, what can we expect
this weekend and and how are they looking?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Uh similar similar games the tea Wee women I've got
a close eye on. They've been training hard, I'm told
and a couple of couple of new co coaches, Mary
Dune oversees them from on high and I think she's
whispering to people that she's got a bit of confidence
up awesome and out of Southern districts. They've got bursting
numbers again in the women and the girls. But you know,
(06:00):
Pints perennial really strong st Mary is really strong and
hopefully and hopefully looking for the muckmucks, the wanderers and
the buffs to really lift into it as well. So,
you know, the women and girls Catie, I think, as
we've talked about before, is absolutely a duel in our competition.
(06:21):
We just love it. And the numbers continue to grow.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Yeah, it's phenomenal. I mean you touched on crops there.
I know in those junior girls age groups, like in
some of the age groups they've got sort of three
four teams they do.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
And look, I was told many years ago a group
of girls turned up at CROCS and they didn't have
any junior under fifteen girls teams and then unders team
and the girls turned up thirteen fourteen I was and
they demanded a team, and they got a team. And
to their credit, I'm not sure that they I'd like
(06:53):
to find them really to gratulate it, because they burst
through that committee room door and demanded bed so they
got it. Tracks has gone for strength to strength and
the women since well sewna.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
It's a brave person telling a group of teenage girls
that they can't play sport.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
So I hear, but look it is. It's going to
be a great year. Last year, Codie, there were five
three hundred people who played football registered players are down
to your film. That's a big number when you think
about the population of Darwin. We're on trend to increase
that a little bit. And you know two hundred and
(07:30):
sey umpires. We've got out there really good mix of
girls coming into the umpiring as well, and I think
people saw the big numbers once we get to the
end of the season, people coming in the guards watching
watching quality footy, and of course I do want to
shout out to the n ten years have built this
partnership with us again this year and and the team
(07:51):
in there. You know, we're live streaming, but we've got
a Match of the day that is open access and
we've really got some big ideas around what do with
that and how to build the content around it. So
this is projecting us to the rest of the country
and I think that's what we want. We want to
get into suburban Melbourne. We want to get into suburban Adelaide.
(08:13):
Not just like we've got very strong coverage in the
country country leagues, but these things that are very exciting
and I think it's good for you know, the kids
can watch and the men and the women can watch
themselves on TV, and people down south can see what
we've got up here in the territory.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Well, and you do you know, if you know somebody
who's playing and you live into state, I do that
with the footy, you know, with the league in Queensland
as well. That's it is what you do and it's
wonderful to be able to do that. Sean, tell me
in terms of the juniors, when do they get underway
and across the board. I mean you touched on those
numbers five three hundred people playing footy. Do we have
(08:49):
a bit of a breakdown between the male and female components?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
One hundred and seventy five teams was the information I
had last night wo and that they're going to play
eleven hundred games or around a mark forty plus percent
of edging over forty as women and girls and territory
wide forty thousand people participating in footy. That's including the
Alla Springs Leagues and the Barkley League and the Big
(09:17):
Rivers League. So it's it's it's big buying at a
at a grassroots level. And of course I mean we
saw Zach Bailey on the Grand final, one of our
local guys running a MUK on the Grand Final. Very
unlucky not to get the norm Smith. We've got territory
players play at the highest level across the clubs. Charlie Cameron,
(09:38):
I'll hear one of his younger brothers is here in
daw and there's young tickets turned up in darw And
so you know, we've got at the community level and
we're also keep pushing up into the elite level, which
is which is terrific.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, it is wonderful to see well, and kicking off
with a massive few days of footy all beginning tonight.
What time is it kicking off if anybody wants.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
To head along, I think of seven doing tonight is
the men's game and it's a late one tomorrow night.
It's an eight pm Grand Final replay. Because we've got that,
we're slotting the Masters in. Oh well, so.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Probably a bit cooler as well, might.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Be because the boys are a bit that are a
bit out of it, out of the change rooms a
bit later in the evening. That's probably a good thing
for them as well. Yeah, get them home to bed
and they can get ready for next week.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yep, absolutely well, Sean, it is going to be a
massive season, there is no doubt about that. Good to
speak with you this morning, and no doubt we'll catch
up with you regularly across the season.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Thanks Codie, and thanks for all your support as well,
and all the best for the NRL Grand Final next week.
You've got an interest there.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Well do, but you know the Dolphins aren't in there, mate,
so my interest in sways a little bit. I'm sure
you're a bit you know. You love the footy. I
love the footy all codes, no matter what I.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Love the sport. I get that. You know, Richmond went
playing last week. It was like, who do you care?
Speaker 1 (10:58):
That's what happens. What happened to have a great exactly
exactly Sean. Great to speak with you. We'll catch up
with you again soon.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Thank you,
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