Hawthorn tassie future
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Hawk leaders have been on record saying they want to maintain a presence in Tassie. Will no doubt try and turn it into a bit of a grudge match with the Devils in future years (possibly pencil in 2 games a year initially). At least the Gov tap will be turned off for them but the games will be sellouts
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I think a game in both Hobart and Launceston would be the way to go.
Think it logically makes sense to keep the presence there somehow, if we can.
I’ve made the trip down a number of times and the support we get down there is great - and I can’t wait to see the Tassie team in action!
I think in an ideal world, we’d play 2 home games a year in Launceston, with 1 guaranteed to be vs the Devils to try to create a bit of a rivalry in the early years.
I’ve made the trip down a number of times and the support we get down there is great - and I can’t wait to see the Tassie team in action!
I think in an ideal world, we’d play 2 home games a year in Launceston, with 1 guaranteed to be vs the Devils to try to create a bit of a rivalry in the early years.
An away game v Hawks in Launceston and an away game v North in Hobart make sense in terms of using the upgraded York Park and the new Hobart stadium to the max. With a gather round every 2 years in Tassie too we could see 13/14 games a season for the Devils in Tassie.
This I doubt very much. The AFL have wanted to move Hawthorn out of Launceston before. Now we are actually getting a team they'll not want them taking money away from the Devils program. The AFL make the fixture, so I fail to see how/why they'll allow any financial relationship to continue to benefit Hawthorn post 2028.
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I've been hearing rumours that Hawthorn want to play two home games a year in Cairns once Tassie is in.
Well that'll impress their Victorian members.
Reports suggest Hawks have asked to play two games in Cairns along with some kind of academy/priority access to players from that region.
Gowers has said that we want an ongoing presence in Tassie, which could be a home game or an annual away game.
Given that we have no chance of any academy access to Queensland players, I can see us shooting for one game in Cairns and maybe one game in Launceston hosting the Devils. Once the club realises that playing the Devils gives up all home ground advantage, I don’t reckon that will last.
In the interim, with York Park being redeveloped in 25 and/or 26, and North being on the nose in Hobart, I would like to see North gone from Hobart and Hawks to play two games in each of Launceston and Hobart until 2027.
Gowers has said that we want an ongoing presence in Tassie, which could be a home game or an annual away game.
Given that we have no chance of any academy access to Queensland players, I can see us shooting for one game in Cairns and maybe one game in Launceston hosting the Devils. Once the club realises that playing the Devils gives up all home ground advantage, I don’t reckon that will last.
In the interim, with York Park being redeveloped in 25 and/or 26, and North being on the nose in Hobart, I would like to see North gone from Hobart and Hawks to play two games in each of Launceston and Hobart until 2027.
Hawthorn may have competition from North for Cairns home games once their Hobart venture ends. However I've always wondered why with the Dogs in Ballarat why a smaller Vic side hasen't ventured into another central Victorian hub like Bendigo or Shepperton for some home matches. Albury could be an option as well.
No region is going to choose North over Hawthorn. Unless that is what the AFL wants. Unlike Albury, there is no suitable venue in Bendigo or Shep.
Stadium will need paying for. Why people aren't adopting the attitude "fill that stadium every week" is beyond me. It should be the 21st century's equivalent of VFL Park and a major part of the government's tourism budget...
24 weeks, 7 Devils matches...then get clever and work out a costing for each match, taking into account likely crowd and interstate visitor numbers, more easily achieved when the deal stipulates the teams (e.g they already have a mandatory "half of the Hawks opposition must be Vics" rule - easily defined). Underwrite the cost, work with local business, and keep Tassie open for business during winter, which was the entire point of the 2001 Hawks deal in the first place. It is and always has been a tourism deal, not a footy deal...AFL Tas never had any control over the Hawks, it was always the state govt and Launceston's CBD talking to the Hawks, with the AFL enabling and occasionally shafting it all...
It's Tassie. You don't have to promote footy, you just have to provide it. Support for the Devils won't falter because you get the added bonus of watching your old AFL team once or twice on off weeks. Membership proved that. Plenty of room for footy in every part of the state, except ironically, and in this case pointedly, the actual stadium...
24 weeks, 7 Devils matches...then get clever and work out a costing for each match, taking into account likely crowd and interstate visitor numbers, more easily achieved when the deal stipulates the teams (e.g they already have a mandatory "half of the Hawks opposition must be Vics" rule - easily defined). Underwrite the cost, work with local business, and keep Tassie open for business during winter, which was the entire point of the 2001 Hawks deal in the first place. It is and always has been a tourism deal, not a footy deal...AFL Tas never had any control over the Hawks, it was always the state govt and Launceston's CBD talking to the Hawks, with the AFL enabling and occasionally shafting it all...
It's Tassie. You don't have to promote footy, you just have to provide it. Support for the Devils won't falter because you get the added bonus of watching your old AFL team once or twice on off weeks. Membership proved that. Plenty of room for footy in every part of the state, except ironically, and in this case pointedly, the actual stadium...
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i am not fussed if other clubs play there, so long as the gov’t doesn’t subsidise them as they now do.
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Would love to start an annual rivalry with the Devils to keep a presence in TAS but I think the rest of our work is done now that you guys have finally got your own team.
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It would help to pay off the stadiums though, extra games. It won’t be done for charity though
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the jack jumpers have shown how important the whole state getting wholeheartedly behind a new franchise is.
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So you dont even want a Tassie version of ‘gather round’?
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i’m not sure what the connection is. the state is heavily subsiding the hawk and north bizo, divert those funds to the devils.
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