Eric Bana’s Favorite Aussie Football Team is the Buffalo Bills of “Down Under” |The Rich Eisen Show

Actor Eric Bana visits the Rich Eisen Studio and reveals that he’s been a lifelong fan of the Australian Football League' s St. Kilda Saints who could be seen as the equivalent to the Buffalo Bills because of their inability to win championship games. Eric also plays a game with Rich and the guys trying to find the other American sports teams who are the equivalents to Saints and the Bills.
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[@davidlogan6139]

The Milne Bounce. Brutal.

[@zippyspinifex]

the Shaw smother on N Riewoldt.

[@chookywookiee3924]

I love Bana. As a Bills fan, and watching the Saints vs Collingwood draw....the Saints are the Bills. I have 4 in a row losses, but that draw the getting blow out in the replay was brutal. I feel for Saints fans.

[@answeris4217]

Kind of similar to the 13sec game. I can't watch that game. It still hurts. Bet they can't watch that draw knowing that they lost.

[@duanecameronson]

Saints fans' pain is tonic for the soul

[@WeirsBeard]

I love Eric Bana and know nothing of the AFL but definitely know all about the pain his team engenders in him. I would think most of us do!🤣

[@tonyl6520]

Should check out Australia's number 1 sport.. it'll blow you away

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

It's a feeling that transcends football codes.

[@Percadu]

Eric is the greatest supporter. He bleeds red white and black. He's one of us. One thing he didn't mention. Is not only have Saints won the least premierships, they also have the most wooden spoons by a very long way. They have almost double the spoons of the team with the second most spoons (Nth Melbourne, but they're on track to get another one this year)

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Looks like the Bills are my boys. 4 losses in a row, thats brutal 😢. Just for perspective Saints were founded in 1873.

[@thattassiewargamer]

I’m a Fremantle Dockers fan and feel Eric’s pain. We started in the AFL in 1994 and have yet to win a premiership, so following them has been a roller coaster of emotions. To put the Saint Kilda misery into proper perspective though, remember that their club has been around since 1876 and back then there was only 8 teams but they’ve still only won a premiership once!😮

[@thequartersfooty]

Amen mate, same boat. When we played Hawthorn in the Grand Final in 2013, it was a game that on the stats outplayed The Hawks throughout the game which Fremantle could have won, but couldn't capitalize on the scoring. Very confident that this year in the 30th Anniversary of the club, the Freo boys are on their way on creating something special. So far so good.

[@petermcculloch4933]

Even the one final St. Kilda did win, was won by one single point in a heart stopper finish.

[@ericatkinson4477]

As a Bills fan. I'd rather it be close. I hold the loss to the Giants in higher esteem now than the others.

[@answeris4217]

But I can rewatch Bebe running down Lett in a blowout loss. That Giants game still has a scar. The Music City Miracle scared me for 20 years.

[@fleshconfetti]

Watching my team not even turn up and put in a half-arsed effort is way more infuriating than losing a close one where they've given it a good crack.

[@michaeldipaola1313]

One of my favorite actors!

[@jackwitcombe765]

I hope he gets to see them win a flag in his lifetime. There is no greater feeling in the world when you team raises that cup. I’ve been lucky enough to see my eagles do it twice in my lifetime.

[@armyadam007]

The four St Kilda losses - 1997: Up for 3 quarters only for one player to kick 5 goals (semi-equivalent to touchdowns) in the last quarter. 2008: Best side all season, bombed numerous chances in the Grand FInal (Superbowl equivalent). 2010 (Draw): As Eric mentioned, 5 more minutes and we win. 2010 (replay): Totally outplayed, players were shot mentally from the draw. I haven't since gone back to watch any of these games until we finally win one - which isn't guaranteed in my lifetime! I'm 43 by the way haha.

[@TheFoss04]

This was awesome mate! 😂

[@kieranbullock02]

If you want a taste of Australia's Superbowl, put aside ten minutes and watch the highlights of the 2018 Grand Final. Heck, skip to five minutes in, but watch it to the end. One of the greatest games of all time

[@jesseyoung9654]

I’m not sure any game would top 2023!

[@peterfromgw4615]

@@jesseyoung9654 Mate, 2022 was an absolute ripper!!!!

[@stickaround]

@@jesseyoung9654 Yep, got to be 2023. One of the best Grand Final's ever - unbelievable game.

[@PjRjHj]

​@@jesseyoung9654 2018

[@Jomo1438]

As a fan, I am happy to be in the same sad boat as Eric, hoping always that the Bills will win it all. Someday.

[@peternut358]

Great actor 👍

[@sentimentalbloke185]

St Kilda FC was founded in 1873 & have won the premiership only once, in 1966, by one single, solitary point. One point. 150 years for one pennant. The Bills, founded in 1959, In terms of pain, they are not even in the same universe as St Kilda. There is not a sporting club in the world that can measure up to the ineptitude of the Sainters.

[@answeris4217]

The Bills definitely fits that description. They blow out their nemesis in the Pats in what is the single most dominating game in NFL history. Then they go to KC punt once in one of the best games in NFL history only to lose in OT. They lost on a blown call on a "lateral" in the Music City Miracle and then go almost 20 years without a playoff birth. I got to tell you blowouts in the SB is better than losing in the last minute. I can watch Bebe stipping the ball from Leon Lett. I still haven't been able to rewatch the 13sec game.

[@christesoriero2203]

About the journey, so a close one thats lost has atleast a few nice memories and they can hold their heads high.

[@jwestphal1978]

Life long Western NY'er. My teams are the Bills and the Leafs! Life long fan of both teams, unwaiveringly so. I was born in '78 so I've seen both teams go from bad to magically good in the 90's to bad to pretty heartbreakingly good again at the same time....again!

[@ross4970]

Followed the saints all my 63 years, born in to it, love em until the day I die. I've never celebrated a premiership but when we were at our worst we celebrated like we won a flag maybe 3 times a year. Seeing those same old grand final celebrations every boring year I almost hope I never see us win one because then the dreams over.

[@paulc5935]

I’m a West Ham supporter for 43 years now in England and know we won’t win the premier league so when we lost the 2006 FA Cup Final on penalties to Liverpool was devastating after leading 3-2 into injury time I chose Buffalo Bills as my NFL team I wanted a team that’s often an underdog Sydney Swans are my AFL team

[@tonyl6520]

I'm a supporter of the team that drew with them and blew them away the next week.. 😂 still grateful 🙏 st kilda isn't a good team, but eric is there loyal fan ❤

[@SteelersNationAustralia]

Gday Eric.... you were great In The Castle

[@Countryfella]

Bloody oath i go for the west coast eagles been devastating couple of seasons for us. And like Eric said its never relaxing. Even if ya up by 42 points in the last qauter which is 30mins in our game thats nothing. You still cant relax. Fastest game on field in the world.

[@rongt859]

Chopper , still his best acting performance

[@christopherharvie8716]

I think that’s generous… St Kilda make the Bills look like winners. 1 premiership in 128 years. They played my team 19 years ago 1 win away from the grand final. With a history like theirs, their fans thought they were a moral (mind you we were 2weeks from ending our own premiership drought of 72 years). You’d think you’d learn to be humble. Ran over them in the last quarter like a semi trailer does to dead rodent on the highway. We used to be local rivals: enjoyed it immensely.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I was at the drawn Grand Final when 106,000 people looked at each other and said what do we do now

[@stickaround]

As a Swans fan I can empathise over being blown away in Grand Finals, but at least I got the joy of seeing us win two (2005 (our first in 72 years) and 2012), but 1996, 2014, and 2022 still sting for how bad we lost. Then we lost close one's in 2006 and 2016... 2006 was very similar to what Eric said about the drawn Grand Final, another minute or so and we would've won. 2016? Umpires reamed us, what a setup. AFL got their fairytale with that one.

[@Deano084]

Onya Eric!

[@tradward]

Go saints! You bloody heartbreakers!

[@xr50ute]

Jimmy Loughnan sitting there in his hawks guernsey. Night Shazzy.

[@JBeremy]

Welcome Mr. Bana to the Bills, Circle the BanaWagons!

[@stevenmaguire5440]

As a die hard Collingwood fan, I wish we hadn't had beaten the Saints in 2010 and it was any other team instead. Always had a soft spot for the Saints. Love that AFL is a topic on a US podcast!

[@Comatosedpeanut]

Nah fk st kilda, luke ball got his revenge.

[@dvsaleios]

Not much of a die hard then are you lad.

[@mintoxace5571]

Haha Eric is a legend. 😂

[@lukescanlon6883]

Mayo in Gaelic footy definitely

[@waxerwerris1586]

Uncle Klaus...😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣

[@blazingbattlehawk9626]

*me trying to figure out which AFL team is the Battlehawks of AFL*

[@johnmarlow7959]

Go Bills

[@millertas]

Eric! The Saints are survivors.

[@rossfranklin2782]

As a Demons/Chargers supporter, I know where you’ve come from Eric, hopefully the Saints march in soon 🏆

[@derekseefeld3171]

I hear ya Eric. Being a Saint fan is a hard thing. To put it in American terms.. It's like being a Philly fan in the dry spell or something.

[@Thetennisguy1000]

🔴⚪⚫ Go Saints!

[@thebops4180]

Everybody loves the BILLS :)

[@chriskelly9476]

As an AFL fan I'd rather it be a blow-out. It's such a fast paced, high scoring sport where it's not uncommon to score 100 points a game, so to lose by one or two points (a goal is worth six) is heartbreaking. I keep going over the game in my head thinking things like "if we hadn't given away that free kick we would have won", or "if ______ had nailed that tackle we'd have had another shot on goal" or whatever. In a blowout though, nailing that tackle and not giving away that free kick wouldn't have determined the outcome so I don't stew over it. Close games (less than a goal between them) are too nerve wracking for me. My team lost by 6 points two weeks ago and had a chance to kick a goal to level the game (the ball was in the hands of our best goalkicker) but we gave away a free kick and subsequently possession of the ball. I went over that infraction in my head for hours afterward, I was so angry. We wouldn't have won, but 2 points (for a draw) is better than none. Give me an arse kicking over a close loss any day.

[@jordanharris8338]

Let’s go bills!

[@StuTheDon17]

As a West Coast Eagles fan, the blow out in the Grand Final is much better than a close loss. In 2015, we were blown away and I knew the result early in the 2nd quarter. In 2005, we lost by 4 points and that loss still haunts me til this day. Give me a 10 goal loss any day.

[@vicb5738]

na 2015 sucked I thought we were so much better especially after our 2010-2014 years and to get blown out that year killed me

[@PjRjHj]

1991 sucked too, only down 10 points at ¾ time, but they were cooked

[@casey1505]

The Bills are very close. Especially if you consider the U.S. version of the AFL and their championships in the 60s.

[@Cookieboymonster1962]

A better AFL comparison for the Chicago Cubs are the Western Bulldogs. For decades they were an emblem of futility and then out of the blue in 2016 they won it all. About six weeks later the Cubs won the World Series. As a fan of both I literally could not believe it. I don't know which was the greater shock (probably the Cubs)

[@christopherharvie8716]

Didn’t Cubs pay off the umpires?

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

"The value for money is absolutely second to none. One of the other Sony Walkmans..." "What? With presets?" "Yeah, presets, and mega bass...85 dollars Australian."

[@sadathebeishy3194]

Go bills

[@drbosommd]

I normally hate Saints fans . Being a Demons fan and knowing some really obnoxious Saints fans it’s almost weird that I don’t hate Eric Bana .

[@TheMissiIe]

My AFL team is the team that blew out Eric's team in the rematch after the draw. I love knowing St Kilda fans still have nightmares over it

[@garystrahan4601]

Is this enjoyment of 2010 because St kilda is one of the teams that put you Collingwood supporters through the nightmare of a string of multiple grand final losses between 1958 and 1990?😏😂

[@TheMissiIe]

@@garystrahan4601 you just said Saints beat us multiple times in the grand final... when they only have 1 flag? Are you sure you know anything about AFL?

[@moistie]

His Dad must support Hawthorn. 13 flags since he landed in Australia, there's only one club that has that many flags since the 50's/60s.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

yep. Most successful club of the last 50 years.

[@christopherjackaman7346]

Eric is not off at all, as a port fan, that gf ending in a draw had me stomach in my throat.

[@andrewhall7704]

Poor Saints have had 27 wooden spoons, more than anybody

[@captain_pennsylvania]

In baseball it's definitely the Pirates. I'm tired of hearing about championships before I was born. I'm 40.

[@derekthomas4166]

Mariners for Baseball.

[@PjRjHj]

St Kilda really has no business being in the AFL

[@PeterBalding]

2010 Flagpies ❤️

[@leighsymons5619]

Eric's Premier League could be Tottenham. Did his father barrack for Hawthorn?

[@shaunrobson4278]

Oh Eric, I too was at the MCG on the Grand Final day when COLLINGWOOD drew with the SAINTS and then came back the following week to smashed them silly. But I am bloody WOODSMAN ... soo... my recollections are converse to yours ...

[@zeldredzable]

Pretty sure you meant inverse. Classic pies fan 😂

[@shaunrobson4278]

@@zeldredzable ??? the converse (noun) means "something opposite or contrary" inverse means in the style of rhyme And yeah, baby !

[@axe2grind244]

Leafs fans have it rough….considering many if not most Leafs fans are also Bills fans. They get crushed from multiple angles lol.

[@sal4856]

Amazing his team won in 1966., bills won AFL championship in 64,65,lost 4 straight super bowls,should have beat the Giants

[@nochepatada]

Ask a Brazilian about the match vs Germany

[@benedicthamstring2866]

I think the Canucks for nil.... :(

[@jf13579]

Bills mentioned for two seconds lol

[@leonkechayasdrums]

SAINTS FOREVER ❤️🤍🖤

[@mjames4709]

St Kilda are THE worst team in the 140 years of football. 👎🏻🤣😂😂🤣😂

[@tonyb9560]

Tottenham for Eric.

[@alexanderletzing6705]

Aussie legend, but go the Tiges.

[@CreamyItalian]

If you haven't watched AFL (footy), you owe it to yourself to watch it. What a sport it is! Go GWS Giants!

[@voz3704]

Well, if you know the result for your team is an "L", what's the point watching either way?

[@Comatosedpeanut]

St kilda are historically the worst club in the afl, have finished dead last 27 times and only have one flag, they are also in debt.

[@johno6294]

They got beaten by second bottom side this week .Saints are cursed.

[@Comatosedpeanut]

No they just aren’t very good

[@FreddyJong-co6cb]

Bonza living the dream 😂😂😂😂❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@peternut358]

🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍

[@tjdonohue7469]

Buffalo Braves>>>>L.A. Clippers

[@maverick214]

AFL is basically a modified version of Gaelic Football played with a lighter version of a rugby ball.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

hahaha, no

[@Comatosedpeanut]

Lighter version how, an afl ball is made out of leather, rugby balls are rubber 😂

[@aussiegooner]

Everything in that sentence is wrong lol

[@TCM215]

oh no it's absolutely not. Maybe actually watch both sports and rugby before commenting. Also statistics show way more injuries in AFL than rugby

[@PjRjHj]

Australian Football was influenced by the Irish folk sport of Caid. Later, Australian Football was actually an influence on the codification of Garlic Football

[@darrenkoglin3423]

Take the white away Mr B an u got the DONS u would of known what premiership victory is an im fortunate as I was born in 65 not 66

[@Comatosedpeanut]

Lmao the dons haven’t won a final since 2004 😂😂

[@darrenkoglin3423]

That's wat it is its history but can't help history can only look to the future,saints should of won there 2bd premiership jf it wasn't for the draw extra time should of been allocated anyhow that's history can't change history

[@shaner2221]

NFL waste the last few minutes. NFL doesn’t have exciting finishes.

[@noneofyourbz4007]

that is why NRL > AFL

[@Luminosity7]

Ah. Nope. St Kilda are not even worth speaking of in the same breath as the Bills. For the first 70 years of the league they were bottom most years.

[@christopherharvie8716]

That is St Kilda. They were one of the original 8 team in the competition. (Which started in 1896) They have made the Grand Final 5 times. And finished last 28 times. Bar a good period between the mid 60’s to ‘71 and a couple of fruitless (in regards to premierships) periods in the late 90’s and late 2010’s they have been hopeless.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

@@christopherharvie8716 Saints didn't win a final between 1913 and 1965

[@Comatosedpeanut]

@@christopherharvie8716late 2010’s 😂 brother they made grand finals in 2009 and 2010. What did they do in the late 2010’s 🤔