MELBOURNE : Tasmania declared victory in its decades-long battle to join the Australian Football League (AFL) on Wednesday as officials confirmed the island state will have a team in the nation's dominant sporting competition by the end of the decade.The state government signed off on commitments to secur
MELBOURNE : Tasmania declared victory in its decades-long battle to join the Australian Football League on Wednesday as officials confirmed the island state will have a team in the nation's dominant sporting competition by the end of the decade.
"I want to pay tribute to the believers - the people at the grass roots, footy clubs, the young players that believed ... in Tasmania." Richmond Tigers forward Jack Riewoldt has carried on Hudson's legacy, with 769 goals and counting in his 17th season for the side. AFL clubs relying on league distributions balked at the prospect of another drain on the league's coffers.
Tasmania's Labor opposition decried the development as a waste of money that could be better spent elsewhere and protesters heckled Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he announced the federal government's contribution.
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