USAFL News

Mar 17, 2008

Celebrate Australian Football 150 years

THE AFL today announced it was aiming for up to two million people across Australia to attend an Australian Football match on the Community Football Weekend as part of the Australian Football 150 Years celebrations.

Mar 10, 2008

Ex-Atlanta Kookaburra TOP 11 on American Idol

Ex-Atlanta Kookaburra TOP 10 on American Idol:

Feb 27, 2008

Invitation from Coolamon Rovers

The Coolamon Rovers invite players from the US looking for a unique Australian experience to consider playing with their club this year.  The Rovers are part of the Riverina Football League which is in New South Wales and one of the stronger leagues outside the metropolitan area.

Accomodation would not be a problem and work would probably depend on what skills the players had but they do their best to find some type of employment.

Feb 25, 2008

USFooty Store to close for several weeks

The USFooty Store is being relocated and as a result it will not be possible to place orders for several weeks after Wednesday, February 27.

To ensure timely delivery of USFooty store merchance please get your orders in before Wednesday.

- Office Manager
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Feb 22, 2008

Updated Nationals Seeding system for 2008:

Many clubs have expressed concern in the process to develop the seedings for the Nationals. Issues raised included:

- clubs would develop their schedules to avoid difficult travel that may result in a loss to a lower ranked team
- it appeared that previous Nationals performance did not count to a given years seeding
- seedings were announced late and no clubs understood their likely division.  

Feb 20, 2008

Aussie Rules continues to grow on college campuses

Aussie Rules Football tries to build its membership

Often mistaken for rugby, the Australian rules football team is building its following at N.C. State.

For those who frequent Miller Fields, it is a familiar sight -- a group of men have marked off a large section of the field and are playing an unfamiliar game with an oval-shaped ball. They are the N.C. State rugby team.

Feb 15, 2008

USFooty: Good Match for Springs

This is one of several ads being used to help promote Australian football in America.

If you're old enough to have watched sports on television during the 1980s, chances are you spent more than a time transfixed by one game in particular on ESPN.

That game was, and still is, Australian Rules football.