World and South Pacific teams to return for fourth tournament
The AFL has announced the 2013 NAB Under 16 Championships draw. This year's tournament will again include a WA Northwest team as well as a Flying Boomerangs indigenous team who will play against the...
View ArticleSt Kilda to soon join the NZ recruiting bandwagon?
Representatives from St Kilda were in Auckland this week, checking out potential crossover players. A key member of the visitors is Hawthorn’s former list manager Chris Pelchen. Hawthorn have done it...
View ArticleGerman students try their hand at 9s in Sydney
A group of German soccer students from Bamberg University recently took on the Tattersalls Football Club in Sydney in a match of AFL 9s - with the Germans' superior fitness allowing them to run out...
View ArticleIberian Snapshot – Spain, Portugal & Catalonia 2013
As the new Australian Rules season dawns for most European countries, various hibernating footballing leviathans emerge from their winter slumbers. One such region is the Iberian Peninsula where footy...
View ArticleEuro bound AIS-AFL squad to warm up against Collingwood 2s
The inaugural AFL Chairman’s Cup and MCC President’s Medal will be presented at the annual AIS-AFL Academy match this Thursday night. The AIS-AFL Academy level two squad, playing as Australia Under-18s...
View ArticleInternational Broadcast Schedule: Round 1 Week 2
The 2013 AFL season gets underway for the 14 other teams this week. The first match this week is on Thursday night Australian time between the Richmond and Carlton. No matches are played in Australia...
View ArticleSuns to release Arizona Documentary
The Gold Coast SUNS will provide Queensland sports fans with an access all areas pass to the Club this weekend, when a special covering the teams recent high performance altitude training camp in...
View ArticleAn Avalanche of Austrian Talent
“Well, where to start?” begins Oliver Krajacic, captain of the Styrian DownUnder Dogs in Graz, Austria. “Apart from restructuring internally, we finally managed to organise an Australian Football...
View ArticleSo, what might the Anzac Day Game mean for footy in Wellington?
Having had the great good fortune to be in Wellington as a foundation member of the NZAFL Board, formed when the AFL decided to support international football financially rather than in a tokenistic...
View ArticleWomen’s Curtain Raiser to Headline AFL Women’s Round
The AFL has announced that a women’s game will feature as a curtain raiser to the 29th June (Round 14) clash between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs at the MGC. The two teams will wear the geurnseys of...
View ArticleCroatia 2013 – The Power Of Positive Thinking
The first thing that leaps to mind when Josip Kravar, president of the newly formed Association of Australian Football of Croatia (AAF), speaks is his positivism. “AAF is taking big steps now and we...
View ArticleHanley reported but likely to accept reprimand
After a strong preseason performance for the Brisbane Lions, Irishman Pearce Hanley was reported in the Lions loss against the Western Bullldogs on Saturday. The charges are as follows:Pearce Hanley,...
View ArticleInternational Broadcast Schedule: Round 2
The 2013 AFL season moves on to Round 2 this week. The international broadcast schedule can be seen below. All times are correct at the time of publishing and WFN takes no responsibility for changes...
View ArticleU15 National Kickstart Championships – Townsville 2013
On Monday 8th April the northern city of Townsville will again become a major hub of football action as it hosts the 2013 indigenous Kickstart Championships. As stated by Kathleen Newman, Townsville...
View ArticleAFLNT To Tackle Depression & Anxiety
The following media release from the AFLNT details their partnership with beyondblue to tackle depression and anxiety in the Northern Territory.AFLNT HAS THE ‘BALLS’ TO TACKLE DEPRESSION &...
View ArticleTadgh Kennelly discusses AFL Europe squad's progress
Tadgh Kennelly discusses the AFL Europe squad's progress before today's match against the AFL-AIS Australian team at Surrey Sport's Park. ...
View ArticleAussie young guns over European Legion by 86 points
The AIS-AFL Academy, the cream of Australia's young football talent, has defeated the open-age (but focussed on roughly under 23) European Legion side 15.14 (104) to 3.0 (18) at Surrey Sportspark,...
View ArticlePNG Binatangs electrify Cairns
The Papua New Guinea U16 Binatangs arrived in Cairns for two footy matches this weekend en route to their appointment this week in Townsville for the South Pacific Cup, and if the show they put on...
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