What if your A-League club was a Russell Crowe movie

With the news Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe is thinking of buying a stake in battling English club Leeds United, we at The World Game put our thinking caps on to figure out which Crowe movie best suits each A-League club. This is what we came up with.

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Graham Arnold is a natural fit for Russell Crowe's heroic Maximus. (SBS) Source: SBS

Adelaide United:

"He saw A-League football in a way no one could have imagined."
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Brisbane Roar:

 

After Brisbane Roar relocated its AFC Champions League matches to the Gold Coast, Crowe's 3:10 to Yuma, with a slight tweak, seemed only fitting.
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Central Coast Mariners:

 

Crowe's romp through the high seas was a natural fit for our nautical A-Leaguers on the Central Coast, not to mention the rough seas in the poster.
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Melbourne City:

 

Crowe's little-known action flick Broken City gets a big TWG makeover... kinda like the A-League's Melbourne City. Best supporting actor goes to Aaron Mooy. 

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Melbourne Victory:

 

Fleet-footed Victory seemed a near-perfect fit for Quick And The Dead. And Muscat's men have left a few teams dead in the water this season.
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Newcastle Jets:

 

Machivellian club owner Nathan Tinkler gets the lead role in Jets Miserable, as the Newcastle club lurches towards the statistically worst season in A-League history.
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Perth Glory

 

Perth may well have No Way Back to the top of the table. At least if Kenny Lowe's team continues not to win. Look, this was really just an excuse to pop Lowe's head on a gun-toting younger Crowe, as if pointing at his eastern state critics...
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Sydney FC

 

Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold loves an underdog, is a proven success in the A-League and isn't afraid to put up his dukes in a press conference. He's a natural to take on the role of Maximus in TWG's special A-League 10th anniversary edition poster.
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Wellington Phoenix

 

Top of the table and gaining more fans than a wool shed in summer, it certianly has been A Good Year for Ernie Merrick and his Wellington Phoenix.
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Western Sydney Wanderers

 

Western Sydney Wanderers's season has flatlined, and now it's up to heroic coach Tony Popovic to give the club's notorious Red and Black Bloc suppert group signs the team has some fight left in it. Or, Proof Of Life.
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Published 20 March 2015 4:11pm
Updated 20 March 2015 4:22pm
By Tom Findlay
Source: SBS

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