Essendon players found guilty
Essendon players have been found guilty in the Court of Arbitration for Sport for their part in the use banned substance Thymosin Beta-4 after nearly three years of investigations and hearings. It...
View ArticleAFL statements following CAS finding against Essendon players
The AFL was today notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) of the sanctions imposed on 34 past and present Essendon Football Club players for breaches of the AFL’s Anti-Doping Policy. The...
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Davey & Jetta Feel The Pain
Whilst it is clear that events today will have a devastating impact on the Essendon Football Club in the wake of the CAS/WADA decision to ban players for the 2016 season after a guilty verdict was...
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Irish Talent Heads To Florida For AFL Academy Training Camp
The following article from The 42 website by Finlan O’Toole looks at the movement of potential Irish Gaelic footballers and Hurling stars headed to the AFL Training Camp to be held in Florida.Players...
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Sawubona! – South Africa Welcomes School Sport Australia
The 2016 School Sport Australia tour of South Africa is underway with highly talented Australian school footballers taking their wares to towns and villages across South Africa as well as experiencing...
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Croatian “Pain Train” Josip Habljak Reflects On Journey
Recently, World Footy News published an interview with Croatian journeyman, Josip Habljack, who has become a beacon, if you will, for other European players seeking a dream to follow in A Pilgrimage...
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Ploče Eagles Continue Croatian Growth
If enthusiasm is one of the criteria on which success is based then the new Croatian footy team, the Ploče Eagles, is in great hands. A chat with the fledgling club’s president, Johnny Roncevic, tells...
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Wanderers Belief Grows – NTFL
Last year Wanderers pulled off the fairy-tale finish that clubs dream of. From sitting outside the top five to premiers in just a matter of weeks was a remarkable footy story. But lightning rarely...
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International Scholarships, then there were two
A number of hopefuls from Fiji, PNG, Tonga, Nauru, South Africa, NZ and even Denmark have been part of the AFL's International Scholarship scheme over the past eight years without the ultimate success...
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Glass impresses on track and goes home
Irish recruit Conor Glass has completed his first two weeks on the track as a Hawthorn player. He did spend time in Melbourne with the Hawks in January 2014 and 2015, but this time he was officially on...
View Article2016 Australia Post AFL Multicultural Player Ambassadors Announced
The AFL and Australia Post today announced its Multicultural Program will expand to 18 player ambassadors in 2016 and for the first time will include two female players.Female footballers Sabrina...
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School Sport Australia Schoolboys Tour Wrap
The tour of South Africa by the School Sport Australia Under 15's squad has come to an end with a domination across three games against the South African Lions. But the scores are secondary to the...
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Hope Of The Irish
The following article from Ben Guthrie at the www.afl.com.au website looks at the hopes of another Irish talent and their quest to reach the highest levels of AFL football in Australia as the drive to...
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TRAINING FOR SIX: Introduction
We are reproducing Matt Zurbo’s training manual for those that are challenged by small numbers out on the footy track. This series first appeared in The Footy Almanac.While this can happen anywhere in...
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Northern Storm Rolling In
Last year the AFLCNE (Central & Northern England) announced that the 2016 season would see the creation of a new representative team. The new entity would be designed as an 18 per side team,...
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Fitzpatrick Cup 2016 – Birmingham Defends Title
The third instalment if the Fitzpatrick Cup Australian Rules football tournament was played this weekend at the University Of Birmingham fields. The tournament commenced in 2013 with the University...
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Muslim Kids In Cairns On Road To Footy
Whether or not Cairns Muslim kids ever take up Australian Rules footy is a question that can’t yet be answered one way or the other. It’s too early. But one certainty is that the chances of them...
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Ten Years In The Making – NTFL Round 14
It had been ten years since the Darwin Buffaloes had beaten St Mary’s. In between the Buffaloes had experienced some lean times whilst the saints continued to set the bar high year in year out. To...
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Ten Years In The Making – NTFL Round 14
It had been ten years since the Darwin Buffaloes had beaten St Mary’s. In between the Buffaloes had experienced some lean times whilst the Saints continued to set the bar high year in year out. To...
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TRAINING FOR SIX. Chapter 1: Training for One
By Matt Zurbo this originally appeared on The Footy Almanac website here. I love Malcolm Blight. He is an absolute hero of mine. Because he’s a corker bloke, first and foremost. Because his is smart....
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