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NZ TV footy three year deal announced
In great news for footy viewers in NZ the Australian Football League today to announced Sommet Sports and SKY Sport have renewed their international rights for the next three years. New Zealand sports...
View ArticleSheehan speaks to Radio Sport NZ ahead of combine
The AFL's Kevin Sheehan spoke to Radio Sport in New Zealand ahead of yesterday's talent combine in Wellington, the audio can be heard below. (Direct link) ...
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School Sports Australia v South Africa – Game 2.
The second of three matches for the School Sports Australia Under 15 team in South Africa was played on Tuesday at the Mohadin Cricket Ground in Potchefstroom. After the first game, won by the visiting...
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Kiwis take it to AIS
Contributed by Rod Shaw. The Kiwis very nearly defeated the AIS AFL Academy in Wellington last Saturday.Though it is a game of mainly men (NZ Hawks) against boys (AIS) this aspect has not changed and...
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Welcome to the Tribe
Advertising FeatureWorld Footy News welcomes aboard a new sponsor - Tribal Sport, headed by David Lake, International Cup coach of Papua New Guinea as well as QAFL club Morningside and previously coach...
View ArticleAFL 9s kicks of Midsumma Festival
The AFL will hold an AFL 9s skills session and game next Saturday (1 February) at the Midsumma Festival, Victoria’s annual arts and culture festival for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and...
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School Sport Australia goes through South Africa series undefeated
The touring School Sport Australia Under 15’s team have completed their tour of South Africa earlier this week by whitewashing the series against the South Africa Lions. But, although the results might...
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AFL “Pre-Season Roadshow” rolls into northern states
Northern Territory football fans, and particularly the excited fans in Alice Springs, are gearing up for one of their biggest matches of the year when the Melbourne Demons take on the Geelong Cats at...
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Aussie Rules IS for GIRLS!
Article courtesy of Anthony Nolan of the Tyne Tees TigersThe old saying that “Aussie Rules is a man’s game with no rules” was well and truly kicked over the boundary line by Newcastle based Aussie...
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AFL premiers Hawthorn fly into South Africa
The following story is a little late in arriving, but courtesy of AFL Footywild in South Africa we can now share their account of the recent visit late last year (2013) of the newly crowned AFL...
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Asian footy kicks off for 2014
The Asian football year has kicked off with simultaneous games being played around the region in the East Asian Australian Football League (EAAFL) and the South China Australian Football League (SCAFL)...
View ArticleAussie rules in Jakarta - Indonesian lads are loving our footy
The following article was written by Kym Morgan, published in Adelaide's Sunday Mail and is reproduced below.SOME arrive without boots. Others are slightly weary after having travelled six hours just...
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Footy went Wild In the Zulu Kingdom
The following article, written by Sikhona Vesi , the Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) Provincial Development Manager, has been reproduced courtesy of AFL Footywild. It focuses on the national championships held...
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Australia Day Weekend around the USAFL
We welcome Alex as our first dedicated US reporter for some years to WFN. Alex is a long time servant of the Nashville Kangaroos and in 2014 begins his 10th season as goal umpire including numerous...
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Triumph over adversity – The spirit of our game.
Sometimes we can look at a sport or activity we enjoy and wonder why it doesn’t just automatically catch on and happen elsewhere. In the case of Australian Rules football, many of us see the glam and...
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From The Footy Almanac: Footy Islands
Mickey Randall writes for The Footy Almanac - a great piece written around the modern international world of Auskick on Australia day with the Singapore Sharks and taking Mickey back to his own junior...
View ArticleGB Bulldogs talk footy with Wasps rugby
The lads from the Great Britain Bulldogs got together with some of the players from Wasps rugby club to talk about the differences and similarities of their chosen sports. And former WFN scribe Adam...
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Slavonski Brod Tigers set to roar in Croatia
Tomislav Vlaović is the current president of the newly founded Aussie Rules club, the Slavonski Brod Tigers, from Croatia. Hot on the heels of the current drive in Croatia to have a full sized field...
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Heatherley named for Hawks in NAB Challenge
Hawthorn will field a strong team when it takes on Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium on Thursday night in the NAB Challenge. Of the 29 player squad, 13 premiership players from 2013 have been...
View ArticleNAB Challenge International Broadcast schedule Feb 12-16
This year a carnival of football will headline the return of Australia’s game as the 2014 NAB Challenge rolls into every Australian state and territory with 18 games in 18 days.The 2014 NAB Challenge...
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