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People tuning into Sydney’s match against GWS could have been forgiven for thinking Maitland’s Isaac Heeney had replaced himself when he was given the red sub’s vest.

The second blonde terror was James Rose who made his debut for the Swans and replaced Heeney at three-quarter-time. Rose admitted in a SwansTV post-match interview that he had a few nerves.

“I was actually pretty shocking to be honest,” Rose said. “I had to run to the toilet at three-quarter-time before I got the vest taken off … I wasn’t going well.”

The AFL and NRL are rolling in money after successfully negotiating record TV deals, but one of the unlikeliest sporting success stories is darts.

The international dart circuit including Cessnock’s Simon “The Wizard” Whitlock has been drawing in huge crowds around Australia and playing out to millions of fans across the world.

It is probably the last of the every-man sports where even hair challenged,  pot-bellied, lager-drinking unfit individuals can aspire to international stardom.

The combination of these non-athletic stars, Ross “The Voice” Bray’s high-decibel gravel call, the crowd in fancy-dress, chanting songs and 

cutting odd dance moves in the aisles for some strange reason is appealing.

There is only one thing stopping you from reaching the very top and that is a Pommy grandfather in his 50s called Phil “The Power” Taylor.

In the semi-final of a recent Aussie tournament he scored a nine darter. Which is as good as it gets. 

But when it comes to TV sports audiences, football is still king.

The combined pool of the regular European competitions, chiefly the EPL and Champions League and locally the A-League and new FFA Cup is extraordinary.

And while some may complain that there are not enough goals scored, the answer really is in the numbers.

Football is a great TV sport, incredible skills, constant action and high-drama because of the close contests.

We searched youtube and found two more reasons for our love of the world game – outlandish but highly entertaining goal celebrations and outrageous dives which belie belief and rightly earned yellow cards.