This phenomenon was dubbed “the Barassi Line” in 1978, describing a cultural dividing line based on football preference proposed to run from Eden, NSW, through Canberra and up to Arnhem Land.

academic Ian Turner coined the term the "Barassi Line" to describe the geographical boundary and "cultural rift" that divides Australia’s loyalties between the codes of football and rugby league.

How big of a problem is concussion in the AFL? (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) The Barassi line is a construct of Australian sporting culture wars: it is historically a geographical line that separated ...

By Rory Smith Rory Smith reported from Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, on both sides of Australia’s (imaginary) Barassi Line. Inside the vast sweep of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, almost nobody ...

But arguably the biggest cultural divide is delineated by the famous Barassi Line. Coined by the late academic Ian Turner in 1978, the Barassi Line is the imaginary line splitting Australia ...

The Barassi Line - highlighting the division between states where Australian rules football and the rugby codes are most popular - was named after the football legend; but was one he fought to ...

The Barassi Line became the name for the imaginary border between AFL and NRL.Credit: Kathleen Adele “It meant a great deal to him, that cup, and to name it after him is an appropriate and ...

The “Barassi Line” – a divider separating the AFL states of Victoria and the south and west of Australia from the rugby codes in NSW and Queensland – has moved significantly north.

This phenomenon was dubbed “the Barassi Line” in 1978, describing a cultural dividing line based on football preference proposed to run from Eden, NSW, through Canberra and up to Arnhem Land.

How big of a problem is concussion in the AFL? (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) The Barassi line is a construct of Australian sporting culture wars: it is historically a geographical line that separated ...