Groundbreaking at new footy facility in PNG
Below is the EMTV story from last month's ground breaking ceremony for AFL PNG ahead of the construction of the new footy facility including the field. The construction of the new dedicated footy...
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Tigers Fine Tuning New Season
Like all teams that mean to make a statement, the Tyne Tees Tigers in the AFLCNE (Australian Football League Central & Northern England) competition are about to embark on a rigorous pre-season...
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AFL PNG completes Level 1 coaching accreditation
The following is a story from EMTV in PNG. It details the great work being done by AFL PNG staff along with development officers from Australia as they conducted coaching clinics this week in Port...
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Darwin Bombing Commemorated By AFLNT
To recognise and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin during World War Two, the AFLNT dedicated the final round of the NTFL season to the memory of one of the blackest days in...
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Hawks Of Old Dent Cockerels Finals Hopes
The good, old-fashioned local derby appeared in Toulouse on the weekend with a double-header featuring both Toulouse teams facing both Paris teams. In a sense it was a battle of the split teams with...
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French Lock In IC17 Touring Squad
Back in December the initial French squad for this year’s IC17 in Melbourne was announced. But that list has now been trimmed and sorted and the official men’s team from France has been announced....
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Nauru All Stars defeat Zillmere eagle in first tour match
The Nauru All Stars have started their two match tour with a big win over the The Zillmere Eagles by 12 goals. The young Stars stood out with their speed and agility around the field, which became too...
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Laura Corrigan Duryea reprimanded by MRP
Irish defender for the Melbourne Demons Laura Duryea was charged by the match review panel with engaging in rough conduct against Ellie Blackburn of the Western Bulldogs, during the fourth quarter of...
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PNG Mosquitoes to defend International Cup title
Australian Community Football Operations Manager, Andrew Hughes, told EMTV Sports that the 2014 AFL International Cup Champions, the PNG Mosquitoes, are looking forward to defending their International...
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GC SUNS welcome Tourism Australia
Gold Coast SUNS CEO Andrew Travis today welcomed Tourism Australia’s partnership of the SUN’S game against Port Adelaide to be played in Shanghai in May.“We are thrilled to welcome Tourism Australia as...
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Footy Around the World: Fiji
We welcome new contributor Frederick Shaibani. We recommend you check out Frederick's Blog Letters from Las Cruces to read more. The original post for this article can be seen here. Frederick is a...
View Article4 Banshees, 7 Bulldogs and 50 Hawks
With a little over 5 months until the tournament kicks off, International Cup teams continue to shape up with more announcements this week. The Irish Banshees this week announced the first four women...
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GB Swans selection weekend round up
We welcome Laura Turner (pictured below) as our newest contributor to World Footy News. Laura is Captain of the GB Swans and England Vixens and an avid women's football fan.This weekend 29 Women...
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North Melbourne women's make history with American on board
North Melbourne Football Club launched their women's team at Arden St yesterday. The team was made up of ten Tasmanian women and the balance made up of players from Melbourne University Womens Football...
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Great Britain add a dozen new Swans
Great Britain today added 12 more women to their International Cup squad that will play in Melbourne in August. The selections followed the successful camp held in London on the weekend and were...
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Bulls v Dragons In Grand Final
For the third consecutive season the Dubai Dragons will meet the Multiplex Bulls in the AFL Middle East decider. For the Dragons it is a chance to take their current dynasty to an unprecedented third...
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Bombers & Tigers Go Down Fighting
The Bordeaux Bombers and Perpignan Tigers both fought gallantly in matches on the weekend as each were determined to keep their finals chances alive. The grim reality for both is that they are both in...
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Footy Around the World: Papua New Guinea
This profile of footy in PNG is the second in the series from Frederick Shaibani. We recommend you check out Frederick's Blog Letters from Las Cruces to read more. The original post for this article...
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Heritage of the Game: an American perspective
We welcome our newest writer Joe Woodyard to the site. Joe is based in the United States in the state of Georgia. We hope he will become a long term correspondent for us. His footy interests lie with...
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Mackay Shines As Draftees Sizzle
The North Queensland city of Mackay finally got to host its highly anticipated AFL match, almost a year after having had a scheduled match between St Kilda and Brisbane washed out. Instead, Harrup...
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