Submitted by Brian Barrish on April 24, 2017 - 11:47am
RUGGLES CUP @ HOUSTON
Houston Lonestars 10.12.82 def Tulsa Buffaloes/OKC Flyers 2.0.12
Houston 12.7.79 def Baton Rouge Tigers 2.2.14
Baton Rouge 7.7.49 def Tulsa/OKC 3.5.23
The Houston Lonestars kicked off their 2017 campaign with two convincing wins over the Tigers and Tulsa/OKC, looking in midseason form already. Baton Rouge notched a split for the day with a 16 point triumph over the Buffaloes/Flyers combination in the nightcap. (Recap)
Submitted by Brian Barrish on April 21, 2017 - 5:54pm
The emergence of women’s Aussie Rules football into the sporting consciousness of Australia has been a sight to behold. It emerged from the precipice and into the white hot spotlight in February when, after years of talk and planning, the first AFL Women’s season came and went in a resounding success.
Following nearly in lockstep, the growth of the women’s game in the USA has been tremendous in the past two seasons. 2017 will see fourteen clubs field sides, and at least three more, Chicago, Des Moines, and Wisconsin, in development.
Submitted by Brian Barrish on April 18, 2017 - 8:52pm
We’ve saved the largest grouping of men’s teams in the USAFL for last. It’s the biggest, the most expansive, and full of some of the best footy in the country.
Since the first USAFL tournament in 1997, sixteen Division 1 Grand Finals have had at least one team from this region, and five deciders were all-Western affairs. The Denver Bulldogs have their names stamped all over the division, with a total of eight titles, including four on the trot from 2002-2005, and the San Diego Lions, winners in 2001 and 2006.
Submitted by Brian Barrish on April 17, 2017 - 6:17pm
Just like their Northern brethren, the southern part of the USAFL’s Central region has teams at the top echelon of talent, and others that are on the way up with constant improvement.
At the top of the heap are the Austin Crows, two time defending Division 1 champion. Whether anyone can knock them off this year is up for a round table type debate. But teams like Dallas and Houston will be nipping at their heels, and always put together entertaining footy matches during the Texas Cup series.
Submitted by Brian Barrish on April 16, 2017 - 2:40pm
They come from the land of the ice and snow, or at least that’s what the weather is like until April.
The Northern part of the USAFL’s Central Region has benefited from the fact that there are a number of teams in the upper Midwest, and their relative proximity to them. That has forged some of the league’s greatest rivalries, friendly and otherwise, over the past 20 years.
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