IC17 Womens Grand Final Qtr by Qtr play by play - Ireland come from behind
No weather concerns for the AFL IC17 Women's Grand Final. Under the closed roof of Etihad Stadium. Pre game both sides warm up with no worries of a torrential down pour as blighted the men at the MCG...
View Article2017 AFL International Cup Men's World Team
The 2017 AFL International Cup World Team was announced last night at Crown Palladium. The full team is listed below. IC17World Team FBGreg Paul AkiJosip HabljakRyan Gartright (PNG #30)(CRO #32)(USA...
View Article2017 AFL International Cup Women's World Team
The 2017 AFL International Cup Women's World Team was announced last night at Crown Palladium. The full team is listed below. IC17 World Team Women's FBMatelita TuilevukaColine DuquetElma Emil (FIJ...
View ArticleRoos To Historic First Grand Final
The Kingdom Kangaroos have made it into their first ever grand final by downing the Edinburgh Bloods by 15 points in their preliminary final. It is a great occasion for the club, having joined the...
View ArticleFinal ladder positions at 2017 AFL International Cup
At the completion of the 2017 AFL International Cup here are the final positions of all the competing nations across the Men's and Women's competitions.In the Men's Papua New Guinea now level their...
View ArticleFab Finals Friday - Mark of the Day - Morgan Whyte - North Wind
First quarter action in the 7th place play off at Ransford oval saw North Wind player Morgan Whyte launch from behind over a couple of Fiji Tribe opponents to pull down a super contested mark -...
View ArticleBanshees put out the Northern Lights in a nail biter Grand Final
The Women’s International Grand Final between the Alfa Ireland Banshees and the Canada Northern Lights was held at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday the 20th August at 4:30pm.On paper this Grand...
View ArticleWomen's Grand Final Post Match Player Interviews from Canada and Ireland...
Post Match Player Interviews:I interviewed Hilary Perry the Canada Northern Lights Vice Captain, because Aimee Legault the Captain had possibly broken her right hand and was on her way to the hospital...
View ArticleAFL International Cup Grand Final 2017: Why did the Mozzies win?
Why in the Battle of Opposites Papua New Guinea Mosquitoes defeated New Zealand Hawks PNG 4.5 (29)NZ 4.4 (28)A Cup of Mosquito EuphoriaWhy did the Mosquitoes win? How was this battle between a small,...
View ArticleFab Finals Friday Goal of the Day - Malibongwe Mlamli - South Africa Lions
Nearing half time in the early game on Ransford oval on Friday - South Africa had controlled general play but only had a 2 goal lead to show for it. Kicking to what appeared to be the scoring end -...
View ArticleGB Swans skipper reviews IC17
GB Swans captain Laura Turner shares her thoughts in review of the IC17 tournamentAnd that's a wrap! IC17 is over and true to form it culminated in two nail biting finals which both went down to the...
View ArticleAFL clubs look at fresh new crop of Irish talent
With the recent success of a new wave of Irish recruits into the AFL system, what major Gaelic football prospects are on the horizon for a code switch to Aussie rules? This year would seem to be a ripe...
View ArticleIC17 Grand Final photos
We had some great photos of the action from across the 2017 AFL International Cup, courtesy of our many contributing writers - and thankyou to you all. A large collection of those pictures can be...
View ArticleIC17 Gala Night - love it to the moon and back.
The fabulous Finals final Friday is one of the best days of IC footy - evenly matched teams playing for rankings - but there is also slowly building atmosphere is levity as the games reach their...
View ArticlePNG prodigy in 2017-18 NAB AFL Academy Squad
The AFL has released the twenty-first intake into Level One of the NAB AFL Academy. Of World Footy interest is the inclusion of 15 year old Hewago "Ace" Paul Oea. Ace comes to the Academy via PNG's...
View ArticlePort Moresby footy season to resume this weekend
The Port Moresby senior competition in Port Moresby is resuming this weekend. The season did stall after Round 8 due to the high number of IC representatives coming out of the competition and also...
View ArticleWFN World Rankings - decision time on hybrids and B teams
worldfootynews.com has been publishing unofficial Men's World Rankings since 2006 and has been using a consistent methodology since 2010. In establishing that methodology we consulted with our...
View ArticleAFLW State of Origin kicks off tonight
The inaugural NAB AFL Women’s State of Origin match will be played at Etihad Stadium tonight.Entry to the match is FREE of charge. It will be streamed here (we assume worldwide).The AFL and Etihad...
View ArticleSt.Petersburg Cats Take Russian Box Seat
The third round of the Australian Rules Football Russian Championship for 2017 took place on 2nd September at the Moscow State University stadium. This round, called the Concrete & Steel Cup, was...
View ArticleCox a Magpie for three more years
Mason Cox will remain a Magpie after signing a three-year contract extension with the club which brought him from the United States to Australia.The 211cm American first began honing his AFL skills at...
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