South America still in scouts' sights
- Wednesday, January 26 2011 @ 07:47 am ACDT
- Contributed by: Brett Northey
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Last year AFL talent scouts had their first look at South America, with trials held in Buenos Aires (see Search for talent in Argentina).
The initial outcome was two players featuring in the World XVIII that played in the NAB AFL Under 16 Championships last year. It seems the search may now turn to Brazil.
Jon Pierik in the Sydney Morning Heralds reports that player agent Peter Jess is hoping to interest Collingwood in growing the program in 2011. ''I will be talking to Collingwood next week about holding some camps there [Brazil],'' Jess said. ''There will be a group of people working within Brazil, members of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, who have agreed to act as talent scouts for us.'' See The Boys From Brazil for the full article.
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