10 May 2008
Talking Footy
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Well this weekend is quite unusual for millions across this land and those who receive the spectacle via television in our region.
Because there'll only be one game of Australian Rules football played in the main competition, it's at the MCG in Melbourne tonight.
It's the best Victoria can muster versus what's called the "dream team", the best that everyone else who plays the game can field.
Yet despite the anticipation, state of origin is very much the poor cousin to the club game.
And in football, no club is king.
That's how its been throughout the 150 years of its life, which is being acknowledged this weekend.
It is a long time for one country's code to not only survive but thrive, so why has it?
Guests
Warwick Hadfield
Sports journalist and author
David Parkin
Premiership winning coach and Lecturer in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sceinces at Deakin University
Presenter
Geraldine Doogue
Story Researcher and Producer
Scott Wales
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