World Footy News

The Hamilton Wildcats, one the clubs in Canada's biggest footy league, the Ontario AFL, recently had a good write up about them in their local press, The Hamilton Spectator. Wildcats President Charles Thompson is hopeful the coverage will help them recruit a few new players and maybe even supporters. The reporter does a good job of describing the level of awareness of the sport in North America, with its rise in profile through marketng and the notorious Jacko adverts of the 1980s.

Reporter Scott Radley makes a couple of errors, as is usually the case when writers new to the sport have to learn about marks, handballs, goals and all the other rules, but overall a good article. It does dwell on the violent side of the game, though it notes that this has been overplayed in the past and is not so much a reality of Australian Football.

Read the full story in Wizard of Aussie in the Hamilton Spectator.