World Footy News

The China Red Demons squad has been named, with 33 players headed for Australia. Although we knew we should expect a few taller players, with the Chinese not suffering lack of height like countries such as PNG and Japan, it's surprising to find 14 players standing at least 6 foot (183 cm). In fact Ren Xiaoyu (任晓宇) stands 197 cm (nearly 6'6") and Gao Rundong (高润东) is 195 cm (6'5"). In dry conditions and with enough supply, some of these big blokes could provide headaches for the defence of any of their more fancied opponents. With an average age of just over 22 and sporting backgrounds, these guys will also run all day.

With the university sides under development in Tianjin, Suzhou and Beijing and the large juniors program in Suzhou, the overwhelming majority of players to kick a sherrin in China this year will be local Chinese.

The full squad is listed below. Note: may not fully render on all browsers if Chinese character set not available.

The China Red Demons

#	Name	Team Recruited From	Age	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)
1	张作铎 Zhang Zuoduo	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	20	183	76
2	赵永根 Zhao Yong-gen (c)	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	23	175	65
3	周强 Zhou Qiang	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	22	174	64
4	张浩 Zhang Hao	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	22	177	70
5	张磊 Zhang Lei	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	20	180	75
6	皮家明 Pi Jiaming	Elgar Park Dragons (VAFA)	28	180	85
7	何丰 He Feng	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	21	170	65
8	杨论嘉 Yang Lunjia	Beijing Bombers	21	180	70
9	马金山 Ma Jinshan	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	20	182	78
10	刘刚 Liu Gang	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	20	180	75
11	张爱民 Zhang Aimin	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	22	170	65
12	严峰 Yan Feng	Nankai University (Tianjin) 南开大学(天津)	23	183	75
13	卢舰 Lu Jian	Beijing Bombers	30	168	63
14	刘铭 Liu Ming	Elgar Park Dragons (VAFA)	25	184	83
15	宁津 Ning Jin	Nankai University (Tianjin) 南开大学(天津)	32	182	82
16	张飞 Zhang Fei	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	20	184	87
17	张勇 Zhang Yong	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	21	184	82
18	刘世超 Liu Shichao	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	22	186	78
19	李成 Li Cheng	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	24	178	75
20	杨涛 Yang Tao	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	21	175	77
21	刘国臣 Liu Guochen (v/c)	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	21	180	80
22	赵锡雷 Zhao Xilei	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	20	180	73
23	王磊 Wang Lei	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	21	182	80
24	高东亮 Gao Dongliang	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	22	184	65
25	许建 Xu Jian	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	21	179	75
26	秦源宏 Qin Yuanhong	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	20	192	89
27	张巍 Zhang Wei	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	21	191	76
28	任晓宇 Ren Xiaoyu	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	19	197	82
29	高润东 Gao Rundong	Tianjin Normal University 天津师范大学	20	195	100
30	Fang Lei	Elgar Park Dragons (VAFA)	31	188	86
31	高磊 Gao Lei	Tianjin Institute of Electronic Information 天津电子信息学院	19	177	70
36	陶磊 Tao Lei	SuZhou CangLang 苏州市沧浪区	25	183	90
40	寿冠富 Shou Guanfu	Beijing Sport University 北京体育大学	22	183	106

Officials

Name	Association	Position
Darryl Hoffman	Beijing Bombers	Coach
Andrew Sawitsch	AFL China	Assistant Coach/Team Manager
高谊 Gao Yi	Nankai University (Tianjin) 南开大学(天津)	Assistant Coach
张天 Terry Zhang	China National Multi-ball Centre of General Administration of Sport 中国国家体育总局小球 运动管理中心	Team Manager/China Multi- Ball Sports Representative
于洋 Rachel Yu	Melbourne Office Tianjin 墨尔本天津代表处	Assistant/Interpreter
Chris Connolly	MELBOURNEfc 墨尔本澳式足球俱乐部 Specialist Coach

[image2]