The area I'm in is it's own separate federation.  I think from past posts it's quite high up the rankings of registered players.  I was reading in the paper the other day that most locals clubs have gotten a surge in regos of up to 20% on last years numbers increasing them to all time highs.

Rugby league is pretty big around these parts, AFL is pretty niche, but football is far and away the highest participation sport here.

Just wondering why historically this area has such high numbers given it's not a massive area for what they used to call 'new Australians' or more colloquially 'effniks'.