Great Western Sydney AFL Supporters - Even One Supporter (At least) From Mount Druitt!

We do not talk about this sport much, maybe because we have many codes of 'football' running around in Australia and Mount Druitt. AFL (Australian Football League) also known as 'Aussie Rules' is an up and coming sport in the Greater Western Sydney that is competing against other football codes.

Although, it is not a sport that has a wide world competition and fame, it is one of the winter sports that has the highest amount of spectators in total at each game. 

Originally a Melbourne based sport, with promotion of the VFL turned to AFLsport on commercial based black and white TV in the early days, the expansion of clubs in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. Now the expansion of the sport, in Sydney's Greater West after 30 years of establishing a Sydney Swans Team is a litmus test against other sports, to see what sports will survive and grow.

So the new AFL Team in Sydney for the last 4 years, GWS Giants  (Greater Western Sydney Giants) is now spreading it's good fortune to the people of  Mount Druitt and Greater Western Sydney. Players that were unknown are being known. 

Myself, I have switched my support from Sydney Swans to GWS Giants as a spectator and am enjoying it. I've always liked 'the underdog'! This year, so far winning 11 games - I had never thought they would win past 8 games this year. The Coach, Leon Cameron has a great gift to make these young men  be the best of the best, with training grounds at Rooty Hill, we are so close to the  playing club. Although the crowds are reasonable at average 18,716 per game 2015, compared to 15,903 in 2012 Check here .

So here is a small example of a GWS Promotion released recently, where a Mount Druitt community member shows his pride in his team:

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