No mention of it being telecast on the ABC site
All Stars game to play in Alice SpringsThe AFL has decided the Indigenous All Stars game against Richmond will be played at Traeger Park in Alice Springs on Friday.
The game was scheduled to take place a week from Saturday at Darwin's Marrara Oval, but the ground was deemed too wet after an inspection by the AFL yesterday.
AFL officials visited Darwin's Gardens Oval at lunchtime today to see if it was good enough, but the ground was also decided to be too soggy.
Before today's announcement, the heavyweights of Northern Territory cricket spoke out against moving the All Stars game to Traeger Park.
NT Cricket's Andrew Ramsay told the ABC that the game was scheduled within two days of the start of the National Indigenous Cricket Carnival.
"There's a very serious risk that if during the game it happens to rain, if the water gets into the ground while the match is being played, then the centre wicket will be chopped up and we won't be able to play cricket on it," Mr Ramsay said.
He said around 400 players travel to Alice Springs for the competition.
"I just would hate to see that jeopardised by a knee jerk decision to move an AFL game to our ground two days prior to our event," he said.
AFL Central Australia supported the All Stars coming to Traeger Park.
Bev Ellis from AFL Central Australia said the game could draw the same crowds in Alice Springs as in Darwin.
AFLNT said anyone in Darwin who bought a ticket would get a full refund.
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