Euro Cup 2021 Cancelled
2021 Euro Cup Cancelled.The AFL Europe Commission has reluctantly taken the decision to cancel the Euro Cup 2021 tournament that was provisionally to be played on October 16th in the...
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Passing The Baton – Cairns Finds More Talent
It was certainly a bittersweet day at the Gold Coast Suns today. Trounced by 87 points by a rampant Sydney Swans, the club had no choice but to wear the defeat and then put 2021 behind them – reset for...
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AFL Confirms Committment to 2023 International Cup
After postponing the originally scheduled IC20 tournament to 2021 and then later indicating the tournament would be likely held in 2022 or 2023, the AFL has now confirmed they have set their sites on...
View ArticleTohill returns to Ireland to resume studies
Collingwood defender Anton Tohill has made the decision to part ways with Collingwood to resume his medical degree. Tohill put his medical studies on hold to see out three campaigns in the black and...
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Aliir Aliir Is Well And Truly Here
When Port Adelaide defender, Aliir Aliir, was named as Centre Half Back in the 2021 All-Australian team last week, it signalled a new dawn in footy. Not only had the brilliant defender arrived as an...
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Perth to host the 2021 AFL Grand Final, time TBD
The AFL has today announced that Optus Stadium in Perth will host the 2021 Toyota AFL Grand Final. However the start time is yet to be determined. While he timeslot is likely to be determined by the...
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For The Greater Good
Toby Greene just has to go down for six weeks (at the very least) after his deliberate bump on umpire Matt Stevic in last weekend’s Elimination Final between the Greater Western Sydney Giants and the...
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Lions Rule Nauru Footy
In another Covid-19 dominated year that has played havoc with footy competitions around the world, it was pleasing that the AFL Nauru season was completed with the finals of all three grades completed...
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Concept Koboni and Lamana Dockers big Round 6 winners
Round 6 of the AFL PNG competiton was completed last weekend with Concept Koboni defeating the Alavana Swans by 12 goals on Saturday and the Lamana Dockers held onto second place on the ladder when...
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The 21st Century A Drought Breaker
Whilst the term "drought breaker" has a far more serious meaning across the world in these times of global warming, the 21st has been a drought-breaker so far for a large number of AFL clubs. A brief...
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From Despair to Triumph – A Story About a Pride of Lions
Yesterday in the AFL Cairns competition, the Cairns City Lions defeated the Cairns Saints by 11 points. It was their first flag for a little less that 13,000 days (for those who like to count such...
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Ben’s Road To Freedom
Life has a habit of presenting second chances to people. Not all are taken, but there are many cases of people believing their chance to do something has passed only to be given a second chance and...
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Defining Inclusive – The Quandary of Girls v Boys
A furore has broken out in Queensland with the state U18 Netball Championships won by an all-boys team in an otherwise girl’s competition. There are rabid arguments flying through media, families and...
View ArticleFirst AFL Match Played In Hungary.
History Made In Hungary-First Aussie Rules Match Played In HungaryHistory was made on 28th August 2021 when the Budapest Bats AFL club hosted the Sesvete Double Blues from Croatia in the city of...
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EVERY Heart Beats True
It is one of the AFL/VFL’s most stirring theme songs – Melbourne’s song being belted out by the faithful at Optus Stadium in Perth after claiming the club’s thirteenth premiership after a 57-year...
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Interview With a Dragon - Rick Shaibani
In the second series of interviews with people and personalities involved in Australian Football across the United States, Rick Shaibani from the Los Angeles Dragons shares his unique journey. Rick is...
View ArticleAustralian Football is now an official Canadian sport.
Due to a lot of targeted work over a number of years AFL Canada Australian Football is now an official Canadian sport.After a lengthy application and verification process, AFL Canada has been approved...
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2021 USAFL Nationals back n Austin this weekend
The USAFL National Championships tournament is back this weekend in Austin, Texas (October 15-17) at the Onion Creek Soccer Fields.after the 2020 nationals in California had to be cancelled due to...
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2021 USAFL Nationals Day 1 Results
Despite almost two years of footy lost the USAFL showed Aussie rules is alive and well in the USA. Even without their Canadian neighbours to the north this year due to border restrictions Day 1 showed...
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Is The “Gender Divide” In Footy Diminishing – A Case Study
Yesterday, on a small school oval in far North Queensland, a team of girls played against a team of boys in our school’s first ever match which pitted one gender against another. Our boys and girls had...
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