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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Australian rules football in New South Wales has been played since the 1870s, however it has a checkered history in the state and has been generally overshadowed in popularity as a winter sport by the rugby football code. Despite having been played continuously in most areas of the state, Australian Football has been lesser known in Sydney until the last three decades. This phenomenon is sometimes considered as to be behind the Barassi Line. However, Australian Football has been the dominant code in the Riverina region (the part of NSW closest to Victoria), and the dominant code in Broken Hill (located near the South Australian border) for over a century and its popularity is constantly increasing Northward.The code's recent growth in popularity in Sydney (where the majority of the state's population lives) has been partly tied to the success of the Sydney Swans which moved to Sydney in 1982. Since 1996, when it first made the Grand Final and its popularity peaked, the club has generated a greater amount of media hype and public interest as well as much greater participation for the sport. Due to successive finals appearances the interest has been sustained over many seasons and again peaked in 2005 and 2006 with two successive Grand Final appearances and the first premiership since the club's relocation. Another AFL premiership win in 2012 for the Sydney Swans and the introduction of a second AFL team in Sydney, the Greater Western Sydney Giants has increased the momentum behind Australian Football in Sydney. With two AFL teams there is an AFL game every week in Sydney now. At the height of its popularity, Aussie Rules has generated a following among the Sydney working classes where rugby league is most popular, competes heavily with rugby union for support in the middle and upper classes, and faces decreasing competition from football (soccer).Australian regional rivalries have played a large role in the Swans success in a national sporting competition. Ironically, the cultural rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne did significantly hamper the sport's growth in New South Wales. In 2008 the AFL stated their intention to establish a second team in Sydney by 2012, to be an expansion team based in the western suburbs. An Australian Senate enquiry into the Tasmanian AFL Bid concluded that Sydney had "insurmountable cultural barriers" to the establishment of a second AFL team. In spite of this, the second Sydney club was successfully established and commenced AFL competition in 2012. In Sydney, parts of northern New South Wales and to the majority of the state's population, the sport is referred to as "AFL", but in the Riverina region, it is often referred to as "Aussie rules", "Footy" or "Football".. }

• Australian_rules_football_in_New_South_Wales abstract "Australian rules football in New South Wales has been played since the 1870s, however it has a checkered history in the state and has been generally overshadowed in popularity as a winter sport by the rugby football code. Despite having been played continuously in most areas of the state, Australian Football has been lesser known in Sydney until the last three decades. This phenomenon is sometimes considered as to be behind the Barassi Line. However, Australian Football has been the dominant code in the Riverina region (the part of NSW closest to Victoria), and the dominant code in Broken Hill (located near the South Australian border) for over a century and its popularity is constantly increasing Northward.The code's recent growth in popularity in Sydney (where the majority of the state's population lives) has been partly tied to the success of the Sydney Swans which moved to Sydney in 1982. Since 1996, when it first made the Grand Final and its popularity peaked, the club has generated a greater amount of media hype and public interest as well as much greater participation for the sport. Due to successive finals appearances the interest has been sustained over many seasons and again peaked in 2005 and 2006 with two successive Grand Final appearances and the first premiership since the club's relocation. Another AFL premiership win in 2012 for the Sydney Swans and the introduction of a second AFL team in Sydney, the Greater Western Sydney Giants has increased the momentum behind Australian Football in Sydney. With two AFL teams there is an AFL game every week in Sydney now. At the height of its popularity, Aussie Rules has generated a following among the Sydney working classes where rugby league is most popular, competes heavily with rugby union for support in the middle and upper classes, and faces decreasing competition from football (soccer).Australian regional rivalries have played a large role in the Swans success in a national sporting competition. Ironically, the cultural rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne did significantly hamper the sport's growth in New South Wales. In 2008 the AFL stated their intention to establish a second team in Sydney by 2012, to be an expansion team based in the western suburbs. An Australian Senate enquiry into the Tasmanian AFL Bid concluded that Sydney had "insurmountable cultural barriers" to the establishment of a second AFL team. In spite of this, the second Sydney club was successfully established and commenced AFL competition in 2012. In Sydney, parts of northern New South Wales and to the majority of the state's population, the sport is referred to as "AFL", but in the Riverina region, it is often referred to as "Aussie rules", "Footy" or "Football".".