International

AFL takes Footy to China

Submitted by USAFL on August 26, 2010 - 1:37am

The Victorian Government has welcomed a new deal that will see AFL football televised into China, showcasing our national game and our state’s world-class sporting stadiums. Premier John Brumby today joined AFL Chief Executive Andrew Demetriou at Melbourne's Etihad Stadium to announce the landmark deal that will see Victoria’s indigenous game beamed into China by Shanghai Media Group (SMG) on International Channel Shanghai (ICS).

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No quarter given in Aussie rules

Submitted by USAFL on August 17, 2010 - 12:00am

GROWING up in the US, I spent a lot of time around the game of football, also known as “gridiron”. I had my first football before I came out of my mum’s womb. It is a sport I grew up watching on television and played with my friends in the front yard.

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IC2011 Set for Divisions and Women's Comp

Submitted by USAFL on August 11, 2010 - 8:28pm

The AFL is planning to host the next International Cup in August 2011 in Melbourne, Sydney and probably the Gold Coast or Brisbane. For the first time in Cup history the competing nations will be split into divisions. The AFL has told potential competitors that "IC11 will be run across multiple divisions - to be determined by the final number of entrants". That suggests that if there are enough teams there could even be three separate divisions.

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Revolution Rally from Halftime Deficit to Defeat Northwind

Submitted by Matthew Bishop on August 4, 2010 - 11:56pm

Humber College’s Lakeshore Campus, situated right on the banks of Lake Ontario near Toronto, provided the picturesque setting for the 2010 49th Parallel Cup between the American Revolution and the Canadian Northwind. A Canadian victory in Vancouver in 2007 and with both teams preparing for the International Cup, in Australia in August of 2011, this promised to be a great game of Australian Football.

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Northern Lights defeat US Freedom

Submitted by USAFL on August 4, 2010 - 12:00am

The US Freedom traveled to Toronto, Canada to play the Canada Northern Lights for the first time since their initial meetings in 2007. The teams were not entirely unknown to each other since the Canadian clubs have been competing at the USAFL National Championship tournament since 2007.

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Downunder: Sarbacker's interview with 'The Age'

Submitted by USAFL on July 25, 2010 - 12:38pm

"Last weekend, Sarbacker was in the thick of the action as Mansfield's reserves took on Kyabram. Boasting a wiry build, he looked among the fittest players on the park. He started in the midfield and charged into the fray from the outset, laying a number of tackles and firing off some accurate handballs." Read the full story from The Age >

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USA Freedom v Canadian Northern Lights

Women's USAFL

Aug 01, 2010 - 11:00am America/Toronto

Humber North

205 Humber College Blvd

Toronto, ON

Canada

	vs
Canada Northern Lights		USA Freedom
10.4.64		6.7.43

Team	Final
Canada Northern Lights	10.4.64
USA Freedom	6.7.43

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USA Revolution v Canadian Northwind

USAFL

Jul 31, 2010 - 05:00pm America/Toronto

Humber South

205 Humber College Blvd

Toronto, ON

Canada

	vs
Canada North Wind		USA Revolution
5.2.32		9.12.66

Team	Final
Canada North Wind	5.2.32
USA Revolution	9.12.66

Goal Kickers: A. Falcioni (3), A. Steir, O. Hayward
Best Players: G. Dimacakos, J. Oertel, K. Minaker, T. Dimacakos, F. Luisser, M. Matata

Goal Kickers: R. Wheelock, D. Jones (3), S. Moore, D. Hansen, J. Levesque, A. Vanica, S. Moore
Best Players: D. Jones, D. Lucero, N. Jehangir, J. Purcell, B. Purcell, S. Tyebjee

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