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Dasher39

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Apr 26, 2003
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Australia
AFL Club
Geelong
Other Teams
MVFC, Storm, Arsenal
This has probably been done before, so I apologise if it has. I was wanting to know people's favourite sporting teams in different sporting codes around Australia and the world.

Here are mine

AFL: Geelong
NRL: Melbourne Storm
NSL: Perth Glory
Super 12's: ACT Brumbies
ING/Pura Cup: Victoria
NBL: Melbourne Tigers
Domestic Netball: Melbourne Phoenix
English Premier League: Arsenal
NBA: Phoenix Suns
NHL: Coyotes
NFL: San Francisco 49ers/Atlanta Falcons
MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks
V8 Supercars: Holden Racing Team
Formula One: BMW Williams
Cart World Series: Paul Tracy
Men's Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt
Womens Tennis: The Belgians, Clijsters and Henin-Hardene
 
AFL: Western Bulldogs
MLB: Anaheim Angels, Cincinnati Reds
NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs
NFL: Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers

Minor League Baseball: Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Major League Soccer: LA Galaxy
 

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AFL: North Melbourne Kangaroos
NRL: Parramatta Eels
QRL: Redcliffe Dolphins
NSL: Parramatta Power
Super 12's: ACT Brumbies
ING/Pura Cup: New South Wales
WNBL: Canberra Capitals
English Soccer: Carlisle United & West Ham United
Scottish Soccer: Ross County & Aberdeen
Spanish Soccer: Deportivo La Coruna
French Soccer: Olympique de Marseille
Italian Soccer: Fiorentina
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers
NHL: Atlanta Thrashers
NFL: Atlanta Falcons
MLB: Atlanta Braves
V8 Supercars: Mark Skaife
Formula One: Michael Schumacher
Womens Tennis: Justine Henin-Hardene
 
AFL: Western Bulldogs
NBL: Melbourne Tigers
NBA: (don't laugh) NY Knicks
NFL: Philly Eagles
ING/Pura Cup: Victoria
passing interest in the NRL's Storm, and the Premier League's Newcastle United

Prefer individual sports, so my favourite individual sportspeople right now are probably Haile Gebrasalisse and Jana Pittman
 
Here are mine

AFL: Essendon
NRL: Melbourne Storm i suppose
NSL: Melbourne Knights
Super 12's: Any Australian team
ING/Pura Cup: Victoria
NBL: Melbourne Tigers
Domestic Netball: Any Vic team I suppose
English Premier League: Manchester United and Lincoln City
Scottish Soccer: Celtic
Spanish Soccer: Athletico Madrid
French Soccer: PSG
Italian Soccer: Internazionale
NBA: LA Lakers
NHL: Red Wings
NFL: Cowboys
MLB: Dodgers
V8 Supercars: don't care
Formula One: Mark Webber
Cart World Series: don't care
Men's Tennis: was Pat Rafter, now any Aussie, and Federer
Womens Tennis: any, so long as they're hot ;)
 
NFL: Cincinnati Bengals
EPL: Chelsea
NBA: Utah Jazz
 
AFL: Essendon
NRL: Melbourne Storm
NSL: Glory
Super 12's: Brumbies
ING/Pura Cup: Victoria ( although pretty close to the Tassie team at the mo' )
English Football: Peterborough ( The Posh )
NBA: Are Golden State still playing??
V8 Supercars: Holden
Formula One: Williams
Men's Tennis: Lley Lley, Scud
Womens Tennis: Irena Smashnova
 
AFL: Adelaide Crows
SANFL: South Adelaide Panthers
Cricket: SA Redbacks, SA Scorpions (and very loosely Southern Districts in Adelaide grade; Sydney Uni in Sydney grade)
NRL: Canberra Raiders 1992-1996, Adelaide Rams 1997-1998 d'oh
S12: NSW Waratahs [would switch to an SA team in a flash - not gonna happen though] (and very loosely Sydney Uni)
NSL: Adelaide United
NBL: Adelaide 36ers

NFL: Baltimore Ravens
MLB: Undecided
NHL: Undecided
NBA: Undecided. Used to wear a Knicks cap when I was 14.

EPL: Undecided. Tend to have a soft spot for sides with Aussies; which changes all the time.
County Cricket: Yorkshire - cos of Lehmann.

Formula One: McLaren
 

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Will simply copy-and-paste my info from that old thread, but with one bit of an update...

AFL: Geelong
VFL: Geelong
Soccer: San Jose Earthquakes (MLS-- that's the MLS Cup Champion San Jose Earthquakes!), USA national team and any overseas team with an American on it (just to follow the progress of the "Yanks Abroad", mainly, with a rather secondary interest about the given teams themselves)
NFL: Oakland Raiders
NBA: Golden State Warriors
NHL: San Jose Sharks (soft spot more than anything else, since they're from my hometown and they used to operate the business end of the Quakes)
 
Association Football: Australia
English Premier League: Birmingham City
NSL: Adelaide United
AFL: Port Adelaide
SANFL: Port Adelaide Magpies
State Of Origin: South Australia
NRL: Manly-Warringah (Australia in International RL)
Super 12's: ACT Brumbies (Australia in International RU)
English Club Rugby: Birmingham & Solihull RFC
ING/Pura Cup: South Australia
County Cricket: Warwickshire
International Cricket: Sri Lanka & England
NBL: Adelaide 36ers
WNBL: Adelaide Lightning
Domestic Netball: Adelaide Thunderbirds
NBA: Chicago Bulls
NHL: Montreal Canadiens
NFL: San Francisco 49ers
MLB: Oakland Athletics
V8 Supercars: Driver: Russell Ingall; Make: Holden
Formula One: Mark Webber/Jaguar Racing
Cart World Series: Patrick Carpentier/Forsythe Racing
Men's Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt
Womens Tennis: Alicia Molik
 
AFL: West Coast Eagles
NRL: Melbourne Storm
NSL: nil
Super 12's: Queensland Reds
ING/Pura Cup: Tasmania Tigers
NBL: Melbourne Tigers
Domestic Netball: nil
English Premier League: Manchester City
NBA: Indiana Pacers
NHL: Florida Panthers
NFL: Indiana Colts
MLB: nil
V8 Supercars: Ford
Formula One: All Finnish racers (so currently Kimi Rakkinen as he is the only one)
Cart World Series: Mika Salo
Men's Tennis: Rainer Schuettler, Mark Philipphousis
Womens Tennis: Daniela Hantuchova
 
On a major level:

AFL: Essendon
NFL: Green Bay Packers
NHL: Philadelphia Flyers
MLB: St. Louis Cardinals
NCAA Football: Nebraska Cornhuskers

On a more subdued level:

VFL: Bendigo
League: Melbourne and any NSW team except the Roosters
Union: USA
Cricket: USA (yep, we have one!).
Golf: Tiger Woods. He plays a game with which I am not familiar.

I don't watch soccer, auto racing, or basketball. I was a 76ers fan many moons ago, but I have not had a passing interest in the NBA for more than 10 years.
 
AFL: Sydney Swans
NRL: Melbourne Storm
Super 12's: ACT Brumbies (though I hope a Victorian side joins soon)
ING/Pura Cup: Victoria
NBL: Victoria Giants
Domestic Netball: Melbourne Phoenix
Scottish Premier League: Rangers
English Premier League: Aston Villa
NSL: South Melbourne/Northern Spirit
Other Soccer Teams: Bayern Munich, Marseille, Inter, Real Madrid and Berwick Rangers
MLB: Seattle Mariners
NFL: Seattle Seahawks
NBA: Seattle Sonics
NHL: Detroit Red Wings
V8 Supercars: Holden Racing Team
Formula One: McLaren

National Sides: Australia in all Sports except for Union where I support Scotland for family reasons.
 
I love answering these :D

AFL: Adelaide
SANFL: Woodville West Torrens
NBL: Adelaide 36ers
English Premier League: Arsenal FC
-Italian Serie A: AC Milan
-Dutch Eredivise: Ajax Amsterdam
-Spanish Primera Liga: Atletico Madrid/Real Betis
-Brasil Campeonato: Santos/Atletico Miñero
-Scottish Premier: Heart of Midlothian
-Russian Premier: Dinamo Moskva
-International Football: England
NHL: Montreal Canadiens
NFL: New York Jets
MLB: Cleveland Indians
Formula One: Kimi Raikkonen/McLaren
Cart World Series: Previously: Cristiano Da Matta/Newman Hass
Men's Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt

I think that's it.
 
AFL: West Coast Eagles
NRL: Melbourne Storm
NSL: Perth Glory
ING/Pura Cup: Victoria
NBL: Perth Wildcats
English Premier League: Man Utd
NBA: Chicago Bulls
NHL: Detroit Red Wings
NFL: Greenbay Packers
MLB: NY Yankees
V8 Supercars: Holden Racing Team
Formula One: Ferarri
Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi
 
AFL: Essendon

NFL: Dallas Cowboys

NBA: Used to be Seattle untill Shawn Kemp left now i am a Bulls fan. Or more to the point a Tyson Chandler fan so if he leaves i will follow him to his new team:D

NBL: Melbourne Tigers. Although i was a Titans fan and Giants fan before they merged with the magic.

Serie A: AC Milan

Scottish Premier League: Celtic

NSL: South Melbourne

V8's: Ford Performance Racing/Lowndes and seton

Formula 1: Ferrari

Cricket: Australia/State team:Victoria/District team: Geelong
 
AFL: Essendon
SANFL: Central District
NRL: Canberra Raiders
NSL: Adelaide United
Super 12's: Hurricanes
ING/Pura Cup: South Australia
WNBL: Adelaide
English Soccer: Leeds United....first div West Ham United
Scottish Soccer: Rangers
Spanish Soccer: Deportivo La Coruna
French Soccer: PSG
Italian Soccer: AC Milan
NBA: Orlando Magic
V8 Supercars: Max Wilson
Formula One: Mark Weber
Womens Tennis: Jen Capriati
 
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