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Sudan’s Reuben William To Debut For Lions
Majak Daw may have kicked open the door for future Sudanese players, and others from a variety of African countries, but this year has seen first Aliir Aliir debut for the Sydney Swans and now this...
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AFL Heads To The Top End
The following media release from the AFLNT details the upcoming clash in Darwin this weekend between the Melbourne Demons, part of their agreement to play matches in the Northern Territory, and the...
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Book – “The Game Of Their Lives”
I have just finished ready a new book by author Nick Richardson which looks at an amazing football match played at Queens in London in 1916 where two teams of Australian soldiers faced off against...
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Cox chairs new Mulitcultural Players' Advisory Board
The AFL Players’ Association has established its inaugural Multicultural Players’ Advisory Board to better understand the needs and issues affecting the current 122 players with multicultural...
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Multicultural Clubs – Look Closer
A group of us were chatting online after training this week about each player’s multicultural heritage. The club is Pyramid Power in Cairns – my team – and we are a club already renowned for having a...
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AFL Territory Deal Extended Two More Years
Territory football fans will be able to see four more AFL matches on home turf following a new deal between the NT Government and AFL to stage two premiership matches in each of the 2017 and 2018...
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Russian Combine Success
The first ever AFL National Combine In Russia has been deemed a great success by co-organiser, Slava Belov, president and founder of the St Petersburg Cats. Designed to attract more athletes in the...
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Blagnac Aviators Taking Off
A new team in France is taking to the air with the new Toulouse-based Blagnac Aviators set to make an impact in the CNFA as early as next season (later this year) if they get their way. Whilst the...
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Womens footy to stand alone at Whitten Oval in final exhibition match
The AFL today announced VU Whitten Oval will host the final AFL Women’s Exhibition Match on Saturday, September 3 at 7.20pm.The match will be broadcast live in Australia on the Seven Network and...
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Finals Time Is Here Again – AFLCNE
The final round of the AFLCNE home and away competition was played last weekend with final places determined ready for next weekend’s finals series. Once again, thee Manchester Mozzies have taken out...
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AFL 2016 International Broadcast Schedule - Round 17
Round 17 kicks off in Sydney on Thursday night with Sydney hosting Hawthorn at the SCG. If you want to know when you can see the footy on TV in your part of the world, check out the full schedule...
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Central European Australian Football League – Round 2
Our intrepid writers in Austria - Michael Jud, Martin Schittegg and Oliver Krajacic from the Styrian DownUnderDogs - have provided this update from the CEAFL competition so far in 2016. The 2nd round...
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Bulldog Wallis’ Love Affair With Cairns
“I love coming up to Cairns. It is a break from Melbourne. We get to wear t-shirts and shorts which we can’t do down in Melbourne.” Western Bulldogs’ champion Mitch Wallis has just created one of the...
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Wimbledon Hawks Gathering Finals Momentum
Last year the North London Lions were on a roll in the lead-up to the finals and went all the way to win the 2015 flag. It’s a very long bow but the Wimbledon Hawks are playing themselves into form at...
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Will Thiego go?
We're all familiar with players trying to raise money to head Down Under for the International Cup so this one is a little different.Porto Alegro's Thiago Vacile has quickly become a keen Adelaide...
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Rehearsals For The Big Dance – AFL London
The home and away season is now done and dusted in the AFL London competition and now the finals series is set to start. There are plenty of questions to be asked now as teams jostle for their spot on...
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WFN readers will likely remember the name Jaye Macumber. Jaye was formerly coach of AFL Canada club the Central Blues and in 2011 coached the Canadian national team, the Northwind at IC11.Jaye is now...
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Melbourne Uni’s Irish recruit Sinead Omahony
With the 2017 AFL International Cup just over a year away the Irish Banshees team might want to sound out Sinead Omahony when they put together their squad. Omahony is a rising star in the VFL women's...
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A Young Girl’s Journey
This is not a unique experience. Girls and women have been playing footy for many, many years. To see a team of girls running around as part of the half time entertainment at an AFL venue has been...
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PNG's JJ Peni to star in The Recruit Season 2
Out there, playing somewhere in Australia right now, is a weekend warrior the AFL recruiters have either never seen or missed, a man dreaming of an AFL career. He is ‘The Recruit’ and he will win...
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