Third time lucky, as the Lions ROAR to their first AFLW flag
Third time lucky for the Lions.They broke the Adelaide Crows hearts, the same way the Crows did to them way back in 2017. Brisbane Lions have secured their maiden AFLW premiership, after they went down...
View ArticleObsessed In NYC - Rosanna's Love Affair With Footy
Over the past twelve months, as the world has come to grips with the ravages of COVID-19 and its fallout, Australian Rules Football has had its own journey. Whilst on the home front, footy continued...
View ArticleGame Changer - A Swan In Iowa
Donnie Hess is already well known to American audiences for AFL social media outlets. His YouTube clips, podcasts, tweets and myriad other promotions of our game have helped enormously to propel the...
View ArticleFooty hearts still beating in South Africa
Footy in South Africa, like most parts of the world shut down when Covid-19 hit early in 2020. Despite the efforts of citizens and authorities there are still around 110 deaths a day (7 day average)...
View ArticleCrows are the minor premiers in 2021, after a classy win
What a superb performance from the Adelaide Crows, they were too strong for Collingwood, winning by 14-points to take top spot and the minor premiership in 2021. The Crows will have a week off next...
View ArticleRound 9 AFLW Wrap Up:
Round nine was a great round of footy to bring an end to the 2021 home and away season. It was a round filled with finals intensity matches from start to finish. In the top of the table clash to...
View ArticleWeek 1 Finals Wrap Up:
The first week of the AFLW finals series was enthralling to watch and from the two elimination finals, Melbourne and Collingwood advanced to preliminary finals week. Melbourne showed that they mean...
View ArticleWeek 2 Finals Wrap Up:
In the second week of the AFLW finals series, the week off given to the two top sides, the Adelaide Crows and Brisbane Lions proved invaluable. Also, the experience of the two sides in AFLW finals...
View ArticleThird time lucky, as the Lions ROAR to their first AFLW flag
Third time lucky for the Lions.They broke the Adelaide Crows hearts, the same way the Crows did to them way back in 2017. Brisbane Lions have secured their maiden AFLW premiership, after they went down...
View ArticleObsessed In NYC - Rosanna's Love Affair With Footy
<img width="250" height="130" class="floatleft" src="http://www.worldfootynews.com/images/...5671_1.jpg" alt="">Over the past twelve months, as the world has come to grips with the ravages of...
View ArticleGame Changer - A Swan In Iowa
Donnie Hess is already well known to American audiences for AFL social media outlets. His YouTube clips, podcasts, tweets and myriad other promotions of our game have helped enormously to propel the...
View ArticleBrian Barrish – A Hawk on the Streets of Philadelphia
<img width="225" height="225" class="floatleft" src="http://www.worldfootynews.com/images/...7940_1.jpg" alt="">Whether as a commentator, player, fan, media maestro for the USAFL or any of a...
View ArticleSite upgrade
Please note that WFN is undergoing a major site upgrade. It is expected that parts of the site will not be fully functional for some time. Apologies for any inconvenien ...
View ArticleThe Game Cairns Had To Have
Make no mistake. For Cairns to remain a viable AFL destination it needed a catalyst match to build a future on. It came last night when their 2021 AFL premiership match saw St Kilda hosting the...
View ArticleBulldogs AFLW delist Marshall, lose Spark
After two AFLW seasons where she played 11 games, Dani Marshall has been informed she will not be offered a contract next season at the Western Bulldogs. The long kicking American has a proven goal...
View ArticleRacism In Footy And The Battle To Remove It
The past couple of weeks have seen racial slurs through social media against high profile AFL players. The latest target has been Port Adelaide’s Aliir Aliir. Before that St Kilda’s Brad Hill and...
View ArticleRetiring Rockliff A Genuine Journeyman
Tom Rockliff's retirement from AFL footy, announced today, might otherwise be just another name in the end-of-year lists of players from all clubs hanging up their boots. However, Rockliff will say...
View ArticleAFLW expansion to occur for 2022-2023 season
The AFL Commission today announced all 18 clubs will field a NAB AFL Women’s team from the 2022-2023 season onwards, with the final four AFL clubs Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and the Sydney Swans...
View ArticleSwitzerland AFL Restart
Australian Football in Switzerland is back! Round one this weekendJuly 1, 2021With the latest easing of the COVID-19 restrictions, AFL Switzerland have been able to go ahead and confirm the fixtures...
View ArticleBulgaria Footy Back On The Park
First Match of Inaugural Bulgarian AFL SeasonThe Bulgarian AFL has officially begun with the round one match played between Sofia Magpies and Varna Demons on Saturday 26th June 2021, in Aksakovo with...
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