BC Footy is thrilled to announce Burnaby lakes will host the Canadian nationals this year on May 21-22.
The innaugural installment of the tournament will feature men's and women's teams from across Canada competing for national bragging rights. The Canadian Nationals will be a competition between provinces rather than clubs.
Selection trials have already been carried out across Canada to determine selection of the men's and women's teams. British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Atlantic will be the competing teams - with the Atlantic team being made up of players from Ottawa, Montreal, Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
The new setup should be able to bring together the geographically isolated players from across the country and improve the setup and cohesion of the national team ahead of next year's 2017 International Cup.
Adam Kelly, BC Footy President said he was delighted with the outcome. "It's very difficult securing quality fields for games and tournaments in BC - there just aren't that many around that are big enough for footy" Kelly said. "With the Burnaby deal we not only have one but two top quality grass fields with great access and ammenities."
Kelly added he was grateful to Burnaby City for playing such a critical role making the fields available and supporting Australian Rules Football in BC. "We've been working with Burnaby City now for more than ten years and we couldn't be more impressed with their professionalism and open mindedness to a sport many folks here are unfamiliar with."
There will be no repeat of the scenes in 2010 when Collingwood and St Kilda played out a draw in the first Grand Final that year. Players collapsed and fans scrambled as everyone realised they would all be back to do it again the following week. 
The 2016 Southern California Australian Football league will kick-off this weekend in Los Angeles. This year's league will feature two teams split from the LA Dragons team the Dragons Black (South Bay Outlaws) and Dragons Blue (Beachside Sharks), two teams split from the OC Bombers (OC White and OC Black) as well as Riverside and San Diego.
ANZAC Round (Round 5) gets underway on Friday night with Adelaide travelling to Melbourne to take on the reigning Premiers Hawthorn at the MCG. All match start times have been pushed back 5 minutes this week to accommodate pre-match Observance Ceremonies prior to each match.
ANZAC Day is always well commemorated by AFL Asia clubs and 2016 is no different - the following preview comes courtesy of AFL Asia and first appeared 
Last week Collingwood upgraded American Mason Cox to the senior list for the injured Matt Scharenberg. They then named him on an extended interchange bench for their match against Melbourne at the MCG last Sunday, but when the final 22 were named on Friday afternoon he did not make the cut. So it was another week in the VFL. He had 51 hit outs, kicked a goal, and had eight disposals and two marks. 
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Mason Cox was presented with his first Collingwood AFL jumper pre match today by Darcy Moore. It was a big jumper with the number 46 for the 211cm giant. The first presented to an American.
Three years ago it was Jason Holmes at the AFL’s US Combine that caught the eye of talent scouts at St Kilda and then subsequently locked him in at the National Draft Combine in Melbourne.
2015 saw Carlton take Matt Korcheck (pictured left) after his performances at the AFL held their US combine in Florida.
We would like to tell you who is attending this year. But it is a secret until after the combine. The National Draft Combine in Australia announces attendees months out, but apparently this information is too hot to handle. Although we have seen that there is at least one player (pictured right) there that is reportedly 213cm, 2cm taller than Mason Cox.
The first day at the AFL's US combine in Los Angeles has been completed. All the guys here are big. That's what AFL clubs have told the AFL they want them to find.
The 2016 US Combine in LA has wrapped up. The AFL will now bring a number of athletes down to Australia in July (likely 3) to prepare for the National Draft Combine, although the possibility exists that they could bring one or more earlier at the request of AFL clubs as they did with Mason Cox in 2014.
