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CibbuanoNo Origin in 2009: Demetriou
May 16th 2008 03:59
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has ruled out the reutn of State of Origin football next season.
“It won’t happen next year I can assure you of that,” Demetriou said today.
Despite support shown for the return of representative football with a 70,000 strong crowd attending last weekend's Hall of Fame Tribute match, Demetriou said the league needed time to decide on what form representative football would take in the future.
“I don’t think we can kill it off,” he said.
“I think we’ve got to consider how it can be best used, how effective it can be if we have it, perhaps, on a cycle, but I’ll be interested in getting feedback from all our stake holders to see what ideas they’ve got,” he said.
“We certainly wouldn’t do it every year, we certainly wouldn’t do it every second year.”
“What format it takes, we’ll wait and see”
“It won’t happen next year I can assure you of that,” Demetriou said today.
Despite support shown for the return of representative football with a 70,000 strong crowd attending last weekend's Hall of Fame Tribute match, Demetriou said the league needed time to decide on what form representative football would take in the future.
“I don’t think we can kill it off,” he said.
“I think we’ve got to consider how it can be best used, how effective it can be if we have it, perhaps, on a cycle, but I’ll be interested in getting feedback from all our stake holders to see what ideas they’ve got,” he said.
“We certainly wouldn’t do it every year, we certainly wouldn’t do it every second year.”
“What format it takes, we’ll wait and see”
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