USAFL News

May 27, 2011

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

The USAFL Board and Staff members would like to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable long Memorial Day weekend as we welcome the unofficial start of summer.

"And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave". — Joseph Rodman Drake, To the Defenders of New Orleans

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May 23, 2011

Stateside Footy - Episode 11-02: Boston Demons vs. New York Magpies

Stateside Footy presents an Australian Rules Football match between the Boston Demons and New York Magpies, played on April 30, 2011 in Yonkers, N.Y. Stateside Footy is a cable access TV show produced at WCTV - Wilmington Community Television in Wilmington, MA. It features Aussie Rules Football as it is played in the U.S.A.

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May 23, 2011

Grilla: The Voice of the USAFL

Grilla

Rod "Grilla" Grljusich has pioneered play by play announcing for the United States Australian Football League first bringing his market specific brand commentary to the USAFL Nationals in Kansas City back in 2003 and this year's National in Austin to be his ninth consecutive year behind the MIC.

Grilla’s dynamic and colorful style has influences dating way back to his adolescent years from an infatuation with American sports presentation, ignited through an involvement with baseball as a State player and keen spectator. In 1995, after 12 years as a semi professional football player in the Western Australian Football League (Triple A equivalent), Grljusich evolved on a career as play by play announcer for minor community through to major commercial Radio and TV networks calling and covering Australian Rules.

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May 20, 2011

Stateside Footy - Episode 11-01: 2011 Season Preview & Women's Footy

Stateside Footy presents another two-part episode to kick off its second season. The first part is a preview of the Boston Demons 2011 Australian Rules Football season including interviews and highlight footage. The second part presents a Women's Footy match played in Yonkers, N.Y., featuring female footballers from the Boston, New York, and Baltimore-Washington teams. Stateside Footy is a cable access TV show produced at WCTV - Wilmington Community Television in Wilmington, MA. It features Aussie Rules Football as it is played in the U.S.A.

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May 19, 2011

Coaches - Managing Yourself

By Peter Schwab
AFL Director of Coaching

I believe before you can coach others you need to manage your own behaviour and show leadership.

Leadership is a lot of things but good leaders make good decisions every day. They also make a few critical decisions in major areas of their life and then manage those decisions on a day by day basis.

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May 15, 2011

Captain Kirk to join the Mile High Club!

Brett Kirk

Former AFL player and Sydney Swans captain, Brett Kirk will be in Denver for the "2011 USAFL - Mile High Challenge" on Saturday June 25th. Kirk will be in Denver as part of his Captain Kirk’s Odyssey world tour.

Denver is one of only three US stops on his groundbreaking tour across the world where he will be visiting many of the countries that are going to take part in the AFL’s International Cup in Sydney and Melbourn during August.

To mark the occasion the Denver Bulldogs Australian Football Club will be staging the 2011 USAFL - Mile High Challenge.

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