(06-17-2015, 09:42 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Billy Slater is possibly one knock on his shoulder away from being out for the rest of the year but chooses to play in a match that, in terms of his club season, means nothing.
Who doesn't get it, us or them???
We both get it
It's just different.
The difference is to us interstate games (when we bother to play them) are basically exhibition matches.
To the league followers they mean almost as much as a premiership...to some of the poorer sides they mean more to the supporter because while there's little chance their side will win a premiership they can always have the thrill of their state winning.
The players no doubt feel the same and embrace it in a away our guys never did (apart from perhaps a period when Teddy Whitten was giving it a boost)
You could never get that passion amongst AFL supporters.... the flag will always mean more.....as it should.
(plus we have three strong states so you'd never get that us vs them thing that exists between NSW and QLD)