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Can Aussies Rule The World?

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Aussies rule the world is a significant film narrated by David Wenham that conveys information, ideas and perspectives about AFL around the world. The film follows Brett Kirk, the AFL superstar of Sydney swans on his international journey to save what he believes to be the best sport in the world from being threatened by various other popular sports. This film exposes individuals and their perspectives in regards to AFL globally, and explores different races, cultures and their beliefs whilst highlighting the financial differences between them and how this may affect their ability to offer a certain sport. Throughout the film, Kirk constantly questions why what he believes to be the “best sport” in the world isn’t as well-known universally as it is in Australia, and does whatever it …show more content…

This raises the question; Can Aussie Rules really rule the world?
Throughout the film various information is portrayed about AFL and its lack of popularity in comparison to other countries sports. AFL is the number one sport in Australia but doesn’t even make the top 25 most popular sports in the world. This shows how one sport can be important in one country but also completely irrelevant in another. This can be attributed to the fact that other worldwide sports are heavily promoted and can be streamed from anywhere in the world, so are easily accessible. For example, in 2006 over 30 million people watched and streamed the Soccer world cup in Germany and only 4.15 million people watched the grand final between West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans in Australia. This really shows the lack of publicity and attention

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