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Mr Canterbury

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Do the Western Bulldogs come from Ballarat?

26 August 2019 - 06:55 PM

In the sports section of today’s (26/8/19) Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), page 35 was devoted to the AFL. Half of page 35 contained the article “Spirited Dogs set date with Giants as echoes of 2016 sound for finals” which featured a photo of Western Bulldogs player Bailey Dale. The SMH’s sister paper in Melbourne (The Age) probably has the same article in it.

 

In much the same way that a lot of people living in Melbourne (and Adelaide and Perth) are generally ignorant about the NRL, a lot of people living in Sydney (and Brisbane) are generally ignorant about the AFL.

 

Now “AFL ignorant” Sydneysiders (or for that matter people from overseas presently in Sydney on business or holiday who know nothing about AFL) after reading the above mentioned article about the Western Bulldogs in today’s (26/8/19) SMH may be curious and ask “where do the Western Bulldogs come from?” They would not be able to glean anything from the text of the article. Then they would notice on the photo of Bailey Dale the word “BALLARAT” on the right hand side of his shorts and come to the erroneous conclusion that the Western Bulldogs are a club from Ballarat!!!