World Footy News

The Toulouse Crocodiles have recently aligned with AFL club Hawthorn, in the process changing their name to the Toulouse Hawks. Hawthorn have relationships with a number of international clubs and leagues, with the Zagreb Giants becoming the Zagreb Hawks and the Phoenix Scorpions rebranding as the Arizona Hawks a few years ago, and more recently the New Zealand AFL taking on the Hawks moniker for their national team.

As part of the arrangement, the Toulouse Hawks will play their future matches in the silver jumpers of the New Zealand Hawks.

The six-team French National League recently kicked off their 2010-11 season, with a Northern Division comprising Paris, Strasbourg and Bordeaux, and a Southern Division with Toulouse, Perpignan and newcomers the Marseille Dockers.

Pictured at left are Cyril Mahamad and Quentin Delaville from Toulouse in their club's new gear. For more on the new partnership between Toulouse and Hawthorn, visit this article on the Hawthorn FC website.