The AFL GF vs the NRL GF, entertainment | Andrew Voss - Across The Divide!
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How do the AFL and NRL compare during Grand Final week?
All right, it's NRL grand final week. Very exciting time. The Roosters in the night, Sunday night, seven thirty, the kickoff. Let's get up to Andrew Volse.
Look, the AFL have always looked at uh down their nose at rugby league. They treat us as second class citizens. It's obvious we've got them rattled. And the figures and the facts speak for themselves.
We measure ourselves on traditional metrics like people turning up to games, um, people watching, how long they watch for.
They can huff, they can puff, but they won't blow our house down. Um it's solid brick. We're gonna get stronger and we're gonna take some of their fans.
Well, they've spent a lot of time talking about us, JJ. Now it's time to walk the walk and not just talk the talk, yes?
Just let me don't include me in your I spent five years in Townsville, so a big fan of the NQ Cowboys. I love both sports, so don't bring me into the us versus them. I'm in both camps. It's called across the divide.
Boys, boys, what's this?
We're fighting amongst ourselves down here. You're supposed to be involved in this.
Well, we heard Peter Vellandis yesterday, Gave. Great credit, T you did a good job. Um, and may I say right off the top, outstanding presentation. Great ratings, beat the uh origin from this year, all the origin games. Not quite as good as the NRL grand final ratings were last year, but you've done a great job. We've had the entree, now we get to the main course on Sunday night.
What entertainment is planned for the NRL Grand Final?
Doesn't that set it up, uh, folks? You know, mystery entertainment before the grand final, mystery act. Mystery
Act. Yeah, wow. Jeez, if it was any good you'd be promoting it though, wouldn't you? Um
sometimes it's good to have a surprise. Surprises are good. What what
do you think it's gonna be? Everyone turn your iPhone torches on or what do you what do you think it's gonna be? Or something a bit more substantial?
Balloons, parachuters, marching bands, uh doves, um yeah, it'd be just fantastic. The text line today is sort of saying that um Icehouse might be the act. They're performing on the Opera House steps uh tomorrow night, apparently. There's a there's a gig there and they're doing a bit of a tour. So so maybe that's the mail from the text line here. I need to go back and and check something with you guys. Haven't really discussed it because we've been so um, you know, so much on our plate round the NRL grand final.
How are the Norm Smith and Clive Churchill medals voted on?
But from the AFL grand final, are you telling me, because I used to be Privy to the voting of the Clive Churchill medal in the rugby league. And I remember a grand final where they came into the um radio commentary box where I worked, Bob Fulton, the late Bob Fulton, was one of the judges, one of the immortals, and he was on air with us. And they came in with 20 minutes to go to get Bob's vote for man of the match. Twenty minutes of a game to go. Is that still happening in the AFL in light of
what happened on Saturday? No, no, it's not um it's it's not quite to that extent. There's still there is a an avenue to change your votes at the very, very end. They do um now this is coming from people who have voted, Vossi, that the the AFL does try and hustle them along and ask for the votes. Come on, we want the votes, we want the votes, but you've always got the right to change your vote. So I just think that we no longer should be uh using people who aren't either working on the game or in a controlled environment so that they can use statistics and use the feel of the game and and make sure that they are locked in, not necessarily having a beer during the game.
W w win loss shouldn't count. That's the first thing. The first the best player is the best player. But will Ashcroft I I am not the AFL expert, but I look at the numbers last quarter alone.
Yeah.
That is like a few years back we had Nathan Cleary take a game, take you know, take the by the scruff of the neck and win it for his side. Well, surely Ashcroft is those areas.
Yeah. He well he was.
What happened in the hip drop tackle on Nathan Cleary?
I mean, it's probably the most dominant chunk of of time we've ever seen in a grand final from any player given the the game was on the line or in fact the game was almost lost.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How do the AFL and NRL compare during Grand Final week?
0:00–1:21
2
What entertainment is planned for the NRL Grand Final?
1:21–2:09
3
How are the Norm Smith and Clive Churchill medals voted on?
2:09–3:40
4
What happened in the hip drop tackle on Nathan Cleary?
3:40–5:37
5
How did Nathan Cleary respond to online abuse of Phoenix Crossland?
5:37–8:29
6
Can the Knights and Roosters deliver an epic NRL Grand Final?
8:29–10:38
7
Should the NRL Grand Final be played at night?
10:38–12:34
8
Who does Andrew Voss tip to win the NRL Grand Final?
12:34–14:32
Speakers
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