Round 1 of new format AFLG a success
The Stuttgart Emus played host to the first game of the new tournament style format of the AFLG at their home ground in Esslingen. Esslingen is a short drive from Stuttgart and quite picturesque with...
View ArticleNational Diversity Championships – Cairns
Today marked the end of the round robin preliminary matches for both the Kickstart state indigenous teams as well as the All Nations multicultural teams. The three days to date have seen a...
View Article2015 AFL Round 3 - International TV schedules
AFL Round 3 kicks off with Collingwood hosting St Kilda at the MCG in Melbourne Friday night.Once again viewers around the world can access matches live or delayed on a number of TV networks or stream...
View ArticleKahu vs Breeze and Woomeras review and looking toward IC17 then 2020
Thanks to Lisa Roper who stepped up to coach the NZ Kahu team late last year for her thoughts on the series and what might be to come for the future of NZ women's players and teams. Living in Oz, we...
View ArticleAll Nations Team An Incredibly Diverse Squad
The Under 15 players in cairns competing in the National Diversity Championships certainly present an amazing spread of heritage and culture. Whilst the Kickstart squad is comprised of players with...
View ArticleNational Diversity Championships Done And Dusted
The 2015 AFL National Diversity Championships have been completed in Cairns with western Australia being crowned Kickstart champions whilst Queensland made history to win their first cup at any of...
View ArticleOn The Bench
During the semi-finals stage of the National Diversity Cup held here in Cairns over the past week, thee Queensland Kickstart team allowed me to sit with them in the coaching bench to watch and hear...
View ArticleAmerican Footy Stars land in Temora
American Footy Star program players Carl Winston III and Torrey Harkness have moved on from VFL club Port Melbourne where they missed the final list cut and have headed to the southern NSW team Temora...
View ArticleByrne to debut for Blues
If it’s the luck of the Irish that’s required to turn Carlton’s season around (currently nought and two), then surely two Irish heads are better than one. The ever reliable backman and sometimes long...
View ArticleAnzac Day Footy Spectacular in Wellington
Sure, most people who follow AFL know that Carlton Blues are the St Kilda Saints third opponent in the Saints’ annual Anzac Day Fixture at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.But for the first time ever a...
View ArticleBrasch American looking to make an impact at Dimboola
Best known in footy circles as the place where Essendon legend Tim Watson grew up, Dimboola is a small country town in the Wimmera region of Victoria about 330kms west of Melbourne. It is a traditional...
View ArticleUS Combine set for Florida April 26-29
The USAFL-AFL Combine is back. But this year the location has moved from Los Angeles to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL. This is the same venue that the AFL held their 10-day high performance training...
View ArticleMerseyside Saints Continue Liverpool Legend
The world has a lot to thank the city of Liverpool for. This Lancashire city on the Mersey River estuary, some 280 kilometres to the north-west of London has touched people’s lives in some way. From...
View ArticleCanadian hopefuls nominated for today's draft
The 2015 AFL Women’s Draft will be held in Melbourne today, Monday, April 20 at 7pm in the Limelight Room at Etihad Stadium. The Draft will be live streamed:...
View Article2015 AFL Round 4 - International TV schedules
AFL Round 4 kicks off with Richmond hosting Melbourne at the MCG in Melbourne, Friday night. Five matches will be played across ANZAC Day on Saturday including the St Kilda vs Carlton match in...
View ArticleWomen's Draft 2015 Results - No Canuck luck.
The third AFL Women’s Draft was held at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne last night. The event was streamed live on the internet (although we had one report of the stream dropping out in Canada for around...
View ArticleRams Run Riot North of the Border
Report courtesy of Matt Jaggar, AFLCNEAfter six years of trying, the Huddersfield Rams Australian Rules Football Club finally triumphed in the Haggis Cup last weekend.Edinburgh played host to this...
View Article2015 USAFL season kicks off in the East
The United States Australian Football League officially got the 2015 season under way this past weekend with the Eastern regional tournament being held at the Central Broward Park Cricket Stadium in...
View ArticleInternationals in Round 1 VFL action
Irishman Padraig Lucey made his VFL debut for Geelong on the weekend. As backup ruckman Lucey registered three hitouts, one tackle in their 18 point win over Werribee. Sudanese born Majak Daw...
View ArticleAFLCNE Season Fires Up For 2015
The new footy season for AFL in central and northern England (AFLCNE) got underway last weekend with a settled group of teams ready and waiting. Whilst in previous seasons there has been the addition...
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