The Meanings Of National Youth Carnivals
By and large, junior and youth football carnivals do not get the airplay or associated press that goes with the higher level national leagues. That is probably fair in the sense that there are only so...
View ArticleTravelling With Queensland
One of the great benefits of being at a footy carnival such as the National Diversity Championships in Townsville is just how close to the action and the people you can get. Routinely chatting to some...
View ArticleInternationals playing in Australia as season gets underway
Preseason is over and it's time to get serious, we take a look at the Internationals plying their footy trade across Australia from the AFL, VFL, WAFL and more. And wait there is more, we also have...
View ArticleNew Banff Football Club
Tuesday night at 6pm saw the first hit out in 2016 for the fledgling football team in Banff. Looking for motor vehicles I thought something was amiss but soon realised that players were arriving by...
View ArticleThe West Coast Eagles have your worldwide Derby viewing venues
If you are from "over east" then you probably just don't get it. But for Western Australians "The Derby" is their Aussie rules Christmas Day. With that in mind the West Coast Eagles have a good list of...
View ArticleWestern Australian Double Diversity Glory
The National Diversity Championships in Townsville wrapped up today after five hotly contested days of at times scintillating football. Whilst there were many great teams, and some definite prospects...
View ArticleAmerican Hemenway makes history in clinical Swans victory
Our thanks to Girls Play Footy and Kristy Williams for the match write up of the NSW Academy match played today at the SCG. The match featured Americans Kim Hemenway (who played for the Sydney Swans...
View ArticleGame two stats for Josip 'Pain Train' Habljak
Croatian international, Josip Habljak, playing at Sturt SANFL club was named to lead the ruck in his second game for the Sturt reserves on Sunday 10th April.Sturt lost this match against Central...
View Article2016 AFL Boomerangs and World Team Squads Announced
MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE The AFL is pleased to announce the 2016 Boomerangs and World Team squads to compete at the 2016 NAB AFL Under-16 Championships on the Gold Coast in...
View ArticleAFL 2016 International Broadcast Schedule - Round 4
The 2016 AFL season rolls into Round 4 Friday night with Richmond travelling to Perth to take on the West Coast Eagles at Domain Stadium. If you want to know when you can see the footy on TV in your...
View ArticlePort Adelaide set to play premiership season game in China in 2017
The AFL and Port Adelaide Football Club are one step closer to playing an AFL game for premiership points in China after both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding this morning in Shanghai with...
View ArticlePort Adelaide and Shanghai Cred Power Australian Football into China
The Port Adelaide Football Club is proud and delighted to welcome Shanghai Cred as a new partner under a three-year, multimillion-dollar agreement connecting one of China’s leading property developers...
View ArticleEssendon Upgade Irish Rookie For Geelong Clash
The Essendon Bombers have upgraded their Irish International Rookie, Conor McKenna for their Round 4 clash against Geelong in the “Country Game”, a new idea from Bomber legend Kevin Sheedy. In...
View ArticleAnd then there were two....Cox to debut?
In 2015 it was the debut of Jason Holmes and now the second full graduate of the AFL's US Combines looks set to debut in the AFL for Collingwood. After Mason Cox attended the 2014 AFL Combine in Los...
View ArticleHaggis, Storms & Pre-Season Cups – What A Menu!
There has been plenty happening of late across England and Scotland as local competitions gradually build towards the start of their respective 2016 seasons. The Haggis Cup was played last weekend at...
View ArticleInside The Northern Territory
At the recent National Diversity Championships in Townsville, I was allowed access to the Northern Territory Kickstart teams coach’s bench during their Preliminary Final against the Victoria/Tasmania...
View ArticleFrench Finalists Become Clearer
With the completion of Round 7 in the CNFA competition in France, results have effectively seen a separation between the top four teams and the bottom four. Barring something quite miraculous in the...
View ArticleWildcats, GB Swans & Demons Take Pre-Season Honours
The games are done and dusted at the 2016 AFL London Pre-Season Cup, and the warning bells would already be ringing for AFL London teams as the powerhouse West London Wildcats won the Men’s title. The...
View ArticlePortland Snapshot
Portland is one of those teams that we haven't heard too much about. This year in the USAFL the Steelheads move from third to second division and are looking to maintain momemtum. Portland's womens...
View ArticleCroatian Josip Habljak amasses 31 hitouts in game three
Croatian international, Josip Habljak playing at Sturt SANFL dominated the ruck against West Adelaide reserves with a 31 hit-outs perfomance in a side that lost 18-8 (116) to 10-19 (79).Champion Data...
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