IC14 tipping competition winner
worldfootynews.com is pleased to announce the winner of our IC14 tipping competition: Seth McElvaney (USAFL Umpire's Director, Founder of the North Carolina Tigers).Remarkably Seth was runner-up in...
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AFL Cairns makes tough call – but was it the right call?
The lead up to this season’s AFL Cairns finals series has been dogged by a furore behind the scenes which has sadly shifted the attention away somewhat from this weekend’s AFL Cairns Grand Final...
View ArticleAFL's All Australian Team Named
Gold Coast Suns’ captain Gary Ablett tonight became the first man in the game’s history to be selected as an All Australian in eight consecutive seasons when the Virgin Australia 2014 AFL All...
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Geelong Cats sign Irish prospect Padraig Lucey
Irish Australian Rules footballer Padraig Lucey has been snapped up by Geelong for two years as an international rookie. As part of the Ireland Warriors men’s team at this year’s International Cup in...
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International Broadcast Schedule 2014 AFL Preliminary Finals
Sydney host North Melbourne and Hawthorn play Port Adelaide at the MCG in this week's Preliminary finals with the winners headed for the Grand Final and the losers heading to the offseason.The...
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Port signs reality TV Recruit
Port Adelaide tonight selected South Australia's Johann Wagner as the inaugural winner of Fox8’s ‘The Recruit’, guaranteeing him a place on the club’s rookie list for the 2015 Toyota AFL Premiership...
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PNG connections continue to grow in Cairns
Elliott Takolu (left) had held a dream for a very long time. Having fallen in love with the game of Australian Rules football back in his home city of Lae in Papua New Guinea, Elliott always wanted to...
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Football Australien – New Championnat de France almost here
The new 2014/15 season of the CNFA competition in France is almost here with the season to kick off in fine style. The Perpignan Tigers have re-joined the Championship League and they open the season...
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2014 Axios Euro Cup boasts record team numbers
Afl Europe has proudly announced that a record 21 teams are confirmed for the 2014 Axios Euro Cup to be held in London on October 4th at the London Irish Rugby Club. With confirmations now in from...
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Kiwi Kurt defending VFL title with Hawks
Officially joining Hawthorn's list this season Kiwi Kurt Heatherley has at times looked close to selection for an AFL debut. Particularly during periods where Hawthorn's defensive stocks were worn...
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Norway’s Kenguru Cup comes to a dramatic close for 2014
The Norwegian Australian Rules football season came to a close earlier this month with the grand- final of the nation’s Kenguru Cup. This year, Oslo East proudly claimed the title back after the Ås...
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BM Bulls to change AFL Middle East landscape
The new AFL Middle East season will return to a six team competition with the addition of a new club, the BM Bulls. For the past few seasons the Middle East competition has run with just the five...
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AFL Middle East – New teams, new dreams
The new season for AFL Middle East is fast approaching with all clubs currently in pre-season training and making their plans for their assaults on the 2014/15 premiership. Last year the Doha...
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AFL Cape York House in Cairns making dreams a reality
The following article by Paul Daley in The Guardian newspaper looks closely at the work done by Rick Hanlon and his team at AFL Cape York House in Cairns. Having been associated with Rick and his work...
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Brownlow Medal – Pearce Hanley’s stocks continue to rise
Measuring a player’s value solely on their Brownlow Medal votes is a highly inaccurate science and not entirely fair on players. But they can be used as a form of comparison over time, and in this...
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Grand Finals and more in PNG
It’s grand final time of year and over the last couple of weeks leagues are wrapping up around Australia – and for that matter in Papua New Guinea. Saturday week ago the Lae Grand Final was held whilst...
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Following Kurts VFL Grand Final day out loss to Footscray
It’s all the usual Grand Final preparations. Warm up on the ground, run through the banner and line up for the national anthem. But for Kurt Heatherley it is a foreign one. Well maybe not that foreign...
View Article2014 AFL Grand Final parties around the world
Every year since 2005, World Footy News has promoted an extensive list of Grand Final Parties around the world. And with the 2014 AFL Grand Final being played this Saturday in Melbourne between...
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Harmony in footy action
Celebrate football and cultural harmony later this month as the 2014 AFL season draws to a close.The whole community is invited to attend the Harmony Cup Carnival which aims to unite communities, and...
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International Broadcast Schedule 2014 AFL Grand Final
The 2014 AFL Grand Final is upon us. Reigning Premiers Hawthorn take on the highly fancied Sydney Swans at the MCG in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. We hope you can watch the match wherever you are...
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