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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now we know, a massive weekend of football in the
Northern Territory. And joining me on the line for a
wrap up is the head of AFL in the Northern Territory,
Sam Gibson. Good morning to you, Sam.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good morning Caddy. Thanks for me on.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Yeah, good to have you on the show mate. A
massive weekend, there's no other way to put it. How
many people did we end up getting through the gates
on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Saturday six two hundred and a few more? I think so, yeah,
big crowd. I think I've got a number late in
the women's game which was four thousand, which is great,
and then yeah, a couple of extra thousand come on
for the men's game. So yeah, big crowd, well behaved
and a great atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Do you reckon that there was an increase in the
number of spectators for the women's final like I've been
the last few years, and I felt like there was
a lot of people there to watch the women, which
I thought was awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I think so that sort of typifies women's football in
the North. I think it's such a massive part of
the game here and we saw it with the AFLW
Dreamtime Game in October late last year, and then yeah,
I think we saw it again today, sorry yesterday, big crowd.
(01:15):
The standard of competition is always on the increase, and
it's got a massive following in terms.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Of the number of people through the gates over the
course of the week, because I know there was plenty
of senior and junior games held as well, lots of
junior games. Do we know how many we had through
the gates over the course of the week.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, last weekend where we had the junior Grand Finals,
some senior Grand Finals, obviously the preliminary finals in the
Premier footy, it was about eleven thousand, so that was
last weekend obviously six this weekend I think I think
it was around fifteen hundred Friday night for the under
eight Eighten Grand Finals, which is really strong. And across
(02:01):
the finals, I'd say it's around thirty thousand across the
four week final period. So that's that's up on previous years.
And obviously it's sort of we thank everyone's support for
the clubs and the players and everyone had put on
the show because it's you know, it's their hard work
which brings those those crowds through the gates, and you know,
(02:22):
hopefully they enjoyed the atmosphere and being able to play
in front of friends and family. It's it's it's a
really important part of it.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Well, I mean those games were nailed by shows. The
women's Premier League game coming down to a penalty kick
after the siren. It was pretty exciting stuff, wasn't it.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, look it was, And the atmosphere for that whole
last quarter of the women's game was phenomenal. You know,
obviously kick after the siren the side of it, which
which was which was unique. But yeah, if you if
you were to, if anyone was at the steam stands
on on Saturday for that game, they would have thought, wow,
(03:02):
this is a huge thing, this Grand Final, and obviously
carried on for the next two and a half hours
with the men's game, which was an electric contest but
also a great atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah it was. I mean they were both phenomenal games.
I didn't get there, you know, for the DIV two
games or any of the others that were on earlier
in the day, but I was told that they were
all so awesome. I got told every time when Banks
were playing, you know, every time someone said who let
the dogs out? Then the whole crowd was marking it
sounds like it would have been plenty of fun.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, well, Banks and played off in the Men's Premier
League Reserves and their old rivals, one of the best
rivalries in the NCFL. Probably quite a distinct blue and
white crowd at one end and Grand and the other
at the other. So yeah, great atmosphere for the reserves
and it just ramped up from there.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Hey, just going back to the Women's Premier League game,
young gun Chequela Gardner Dunn taking out the Best on Ground,
wasn't she in the women's game?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah she did. Sheelviously won the Rising Star this year.
I think she kicked Saint Mary's first three goals on
the weekend, just electric around the contest. Clearly got a
big future in the game. Yeah, judged Best on on Ground,
which is pretty amazing really someone of her age. Yeah,
she was terrific. And look it was both teams really
(04:27):
quitted themselves well, not not just yesterday sorry Saturday, but
also throughout the year and it was it was a
great Grand Final, quite fitting in.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
The men's prems who ended up winning Best on Ground
in that game.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Southern districts ruckman White Ryan so he had had a
big year obviously, pold quite well in the in the
Nichols Medal, and yeah, it had a big impact. It
was quite quite an even spread I think across the
ground for Southern districts and Saint Mary's a lot of
really good contrub this. But yeah, why it took the
(05:02):
Chainey metal home.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Hey, a couple of people sort of questioning why the
why you guys have made the decision to not allow
people on the ground sort of during halftime and when
those presentations were happening as well. Was that something that
hasn't happened in the past.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
No, that's consistent with previous years, and it's just it's
a sheer volume of people matter. Obviously, after after each
of the Grand Finals, people come on and celebrate with
their teams or commiserate, but quarter time halftime, it's just
just that sheer volume of people. It's a pretty standard
practice across ground finals across the country for that to occur. Obviously,
(05:45):
this is a little bit from from the year round
games and having a la season where people are able
to come on. But yeah, with four thousand people there
during the women's game, as I said, it's it's just
not quite that easy to control. So it's it's a
decision which is consistent we've got's been done in the past.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Now, Sam, we know, you know obviously it's the end
of the season, but it's not the end really for
AFL in the Northern Territory. I mean, what's the wash
up now and what's next?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, look we are we're a twelve month sport as
in Okadi. It's you know, it doesn't stop now. We've
will quickly go into a review of the season and
make sure that everybody in clubs, administrators, everybody gets a
bit of time off as well, which is important. But
we'll kick off. We've got the rep matches between the
(06:38):
ANTIFL and the Central Straine League early in April, so
that that's a good thing to be bringing back for
the first time in forty odd years. I think it
is that those games be down at Trega Park in
our Springs. Obviously the AFL games in May, which which
promised to be pretty big contests. You know, you look
(06:59):
at it. Even over the weekend you got Hawthorne absolutely
flying and they'll be up here to take on the Suns,
who haven't lost in a fair while here in Darwin.
So that's that's a great match on fifteenth to May,
and it also playing the Bulldogs who are going okay
and to the territory kickoff soon and in addition to
(07:22):
everything else around the talent season, so it's a big
dry season for us. Obviously, the NCFL is a big
highlight on the calendar and to watch people enjoy the
weekend was fantastic, but we get on with the rest
of the year now.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Well. Sam, good to catch up with you. I hope
you all get a couple of hours to maybe calm
down slightly this morning. I don't know whether you will, though.
Good to catch up with you, mate, Thanks so much
for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Thanks Katich pray, thank you.
Now we know, a massive weekend of football in the
Northern Territory. And joining me on the line for a
wrap up is the head of AFL in the Northern Territory,
Sam Gibson. Good morning to you, Sam.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good morning Caddy. Thanks for me on.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Yeah, good to have you on the show mate. A
massive weekend, there's no other way to put it. How
many people did we end up getting through the gates
on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Saturday six two hundred and a few more? I think so, yeah,
big crowd. I think I've got a number late in
the women's game which was four thousand, which is great,
and then yeah, a couple of extra thousand come on
for the men's game. So yeah, big crowd, well behaved
and a great atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Do you reckon that there was an increase in the
number of spectators for the women's final like I've been
the last few years, and I felt like there was
a lot of people there to watch the women, which
I thought was awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I think so that sort of typifies women's football in
the North. I think it's such a massive part of
the game here and we saw it with the AFLW
Dreamtime Game in October late last year, and then yeah,
I think we saw it again today, sorry yesterday, big crowd.
(01:15):
The standard of competition is always on the increase, and
it's got a massive following in terms.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Of the number of people through the gates over the
course of the week, because I know there was plenty
of senior and junior games held as well, lots of
junior games. Do we know how many we had through
the gates over the course of the week.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, last weekend where we had the junior Grand Finals,
some senior Grand Finals, obviously the preliminary finals in the
Premier footy, it was about eleven thousand, so that was
last weekend obviously six this weekend I think I think
it was around fifteen hundred Friday night for the under
eight Eighten Grand Finals, which is really strong. And across
(02:01):
the finals, I'd say it's around thirty thousand across the
four week final period. So that's that's up on previous years.
And obviously it's sort of we thank everyone's support for
the clubs and the players and everyone had put on
the show because it's you know, it's their hard work
which brings those those crowds through the gates, and you know,
(02:22):
hopefully they enjoyed the atmosphere and being able to play
in front of friends and family. It's it's it's a
really important part of it.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Well, I mean those games were nailed by shows. The
women's Premier League game coming down to a penalty kick
after the siren. It was pretty exciting stuff, wasn't it.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, look it was, And the atmosphere for that whole
last quarter of the women's game was phenomenal. You know,
obviously kick after the siren the side of it, which
which was which was unique. But yeah, if you if
you were to, if anyone was at the steam stands
on on Saturday for that game, they would have thought, wow,
(03:02):
this is a huge thing, this Grand Final, and obviously
carried on for the next two and a half hours
with the men's game, which was an electric contest but
also a great atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah it was. I mean they were both phenomenal games.
I didn't get there, you know, for the DIV two
games or any of the others that were on earlier
in the day, but I was told that they were
all so awesome. I got told every time when Banks
were playing, you know, every time someone said who let
the dogs out? Then the whole crowd was marking it
sounds like it would have been plenty of fun.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, well, Banks and played off in the Men's Premier
League Reserves and their old rivals, one of the best
rivalries in the NCFL. Probably quite a distinct blue and
white crowd at one end and Grand and the other
at the other. So yeah, great atmosphere for the reserves
and it just ramped up from there.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Hey, just going back to the Women's Premier League game,
young gun Chequela Gardner Dunn taking out the Best on Ground,
wasn't she in the women's game?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah she did. Sheelviously won the Rising Star this year.
I think she kicked Saint Mary's first three goals on
the weekend, just electric around the contest. Clearly got a
big future in the game. Yeah, judged Best on on Ground,
which is pretty amazing really someone of her age. Yeah,
she was terrific. And look it was both teams really
(04:27):
quitted themselves well, not not just yesterday sorry Saturday, but
also throughout the year and it was it was a
great Grand Final, quite fitting in.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
The men's prems who ended up winning Best on Ground
in that game.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Southern districts ruckman White Ryan so he had had a
big year obviously, pold quite well in the in the
Nichols Medal, and yeah, it had a big impact. It
was quite quite an even spread I think across the
ground for Southern districts and Saint Mary's a lot of
really good contrub this. But yeah, why it took the
(05:02):
Chainey metal home.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Hey, a couple of people sort of questioning why the
why you guys have made the decision to not allow
people on the ground sort of during halftime and when
those presentations were happening as well. Was that something that
hasn't happened in the past.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
No, that's consistent with previous years, and it's just it's
a sheer volume of people matter. Obviously, after after each
of the Grand Finals, people come on and celebrate with
their teams or commiserate, but quarter time halftime, it's just
just that sheer volume of people. It's a pretty standard
practice across ground finals across the country for that to occur. Obviously,
(05:45):
this is a little bit from from the year round
games and having a la season where people are able
to come on. But yeah, with four thousand people there
during the women's game, as I said, it's it's just
not quite that easy to control. So it's it's a
decision which is consistent we've got's been done in the past.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Now, Sam, we know, you know obviously it's the end
of the season, but it's not the end really for
AFL in the Northern Territory. I mean, what's the wash
up now and what's next?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, look we are we're a twelve month sport as
in Okadi. It's you know, it doesn't stop now. We've
will quickly go into a review of the season and
make sure that everybody in clubs, administrators, everybody gets a
bit of time off as well, which is important. But
we'll kick off. We've got the rep matches between the
(06:38):
ANTIFL and the Central Straine League early in April, so
that that's a good thing to be bringing back for
the first time in forty odd years. I think it
is that those games be down at Trega Park in
our Springs. Obviously the AFL games in May, which which
promised to be pretty big contests. You know, you look
(06:59):
at it. Even over the weekend you got Hawthorne absolutely
flying and they'll be up here to take on the Suns,
who haven't lost in a fair while here in Darwin.
So that's that's a great match on fifteenth to May,
and it also playing the Bulldogs who are going okay
and to the territory kickoff soon and in addition to
(07:22):
everything else around the talent season, so it's a big
dry season for us. Obviously, the NCFL is a big
highlight on the calendar and to watch people enjoy the
weekend was fantastic, but we get on with the rest
of the year now.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Well. Sam, good to catch up with you. I hope
you all get a couple of hours to maybe calm
down slightly this morning. I don't know whether you will, though.
Good to catch up with you, mate, Thanks so much
for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Thanks Katich pray, thank you.
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