Focus soon to shift to AFL NZ 2017 Premiership
In late 2015 AFL New Zealand broke new ground with their inaugural draft for the 2016 AFL New Zealand Premiership. A four team super league is you will. This time around the draft was held again but...
View ArticleAFL Youth Oceania Cup takes flight from today in Suva
The 2016 AFL Youth Oceania Cup junior football carnival gets under way this morning in Suva, Fiji. Teams and players from 5 South Pacific nations will compete in the most significant tournament for a...
View ArticleWaitakere Magpies complete undefeated season - just.
The Auckland AFL Grand Final was one for the ages - as the Waitakere Magpies held off the reigning premiers - University Blues - for a narrow 7 pt win GoalsBehindsTotalWaitakere Magpies111076University...
View ArticleOceania Youth Cup Day 1 Lightning Premiership results
Day 1 of the 2016 Oceania Youth Cup tournament has again fired up with a round robin Lightning Carnival. The 4 nations able to attend this year have warmed up for the week ahead. The following report...
View ArticleKendra Heil ruptures ACL
Collingwood’s Kendra Heil will miss the inaugural AFLW season with scans confirming a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.Heil was injured innocuously during a training session last...
View ArticleOceania Youth Cup Day 1 4 qtr matches
Again - the below match reports are courtesy of AFL Pacific Development officer Ben Drew.Today saw Day 1 of the Oceania Cup component of the festival. With teams transitioning to 4 x quarter football...
View Article2016 AFL Japan season concludes - the winners.
In slightly late news, the Tokyo Goannas wrapped up the 2016 AFL Japan season with a 40 point win over the Senshu Powers on Sunday November 27, held under lights at the Yokohama Country & Athletic...
View Article2017 AFL preseason has community focus, new sponsor
The Australian Football League (AFL) today announced it would partner with Australia-wide Insurance Broker JLT (Jardine Lloyd Thompson) for the pre-season competition for the next three years, with...
View Article2016 Oceania Youth Cup - Day 2 of 4 qtr games
A reminder that Wednesday was a rest day, so after Tuesdays first day of four quarter championship matches - today saw the 2nd batch of four quarter games. The report below again provided by Ben Drew...
View Article2016 AFL Oceania Cup Grand Final Day
The end of a big week - once again, the following report provided by Ben Drew - AFL South Pacific Development manager.Today was GRAND FINAL Day for the AFL U/15 Youth Oceania Cup in Fiji. The weather...
View ArticleCoupe de France 2016 – Paris Cockerels Claim Title
The Paris Cockerels have taken out the 2016 Coupe de France title, downing the ever-improving Bordeaux Bombers in the Grand Final. The event was hosted by the ASP Perpignan Tigers at the Stade Daniel...
View ArticleBulls Take Top Spot – AFL Middle East
The battle for top spot in the AFL Middle east competition was decided when the Multiplex Bulls journeyed to Abu Dhabi to play the Falcons at Zayed Sports City. Going into the game, the Bulls,...
View ArticleFrench Squad Named For IC17
France is already taking a positive approach to next year’s International Cup with the announcement of their initial squad for the showcase event in Melbourne next August. With a mix of players across...
View ArticleSaints Terrorise Northern Territory Football League
Round Three this year and the Southern Districts Crocs downed St Mary’s by three goals. It was the Saints’ second loss in three rounds, going down in the season opener to Nightcliff, and only a big...
View ArticleAFL Evolution Video game announced for 2017
An AFL Evolution is coming in 2017 when the AFL and the AFL Players’ Association release an exciting new video game featuring the best male players from the Toyota AFL Premiership Season. AFL Evolution...
View ArticleIrish Sun Shining
Michael Whiting from the www.afl.com.au website reports that Ireland’s most successful current AFL player, Pearce Hanley, has adjusted well to his new life with the Gold Coast Suns after being traded...
View ArticleReuben William's Multicultural Journey
Throughout November the AFL celebrated cultural diversity with a series of films focusing on the journey's of players from multicultural backgrounds. The following clip looks at the journey of Reuben...
View ArticlePort Adelaide Well Placed For Shanghai Match
Matthew Agius has reported on the Port Adelaide Power website, www.portadelaidefc.com.au , that a recent visit to China has the club better prepared and well placed ahead of the historic match against...
View ArticleBlagnac Aviators’ Maiden Victory
It took until their second match in the CNFA competition, but the league’s newest team, the Blagnac Aviators have tasted their first victory in the national league downing their Toulouse neighbours,...
View ArticleSri Lankans could make International Cup debut
After debuts by India at IC08 and then Pakistan at IC14 their Sri Lankan neighbours could be next to make their International Cup debut. A talent search and fundraising effort to bring a team from Sri...
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