I love Tassie footy and we need a team. But the AFL’s stadium ultimatum takes a special kind of arrogance

I love Tassie footy and we need a team. But the AFL’s stadium ultimatum takes a special kind of arrogance

The still unborn Tasmanian Devils are now front and centre in the island’s culture wars. It didn’t have to be like this.

What exactly would Labor have done different than the government?

Explore Tasmania's AFL side controversy amidst political tensions and budget concerns. Can Labor turn the tide?

Contested possession • Ian McShane

A few ordinary games as a defender with the Tasmanian Football League’s Glenorchy club ended any prospect I had of a footballing career. In those days, football was still a celebrated part of Tasmanian culture. The state team’s historic defeat of Victoria in 1963 at Launceston’s York Park was fondly remembered, and the drafting by Melbourne clubs of Glenorchy’s Rodney Eade and other young talents a source of local pride. The original AFL, the An…