World Footy News

Hawthorn FC's New Zealand venture scored the back page of Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper this morning, with a lengthy article detailing the Hawks Cup and the related "HanzUp!" schools program.

As World Footy News reported earlier, the Hawks in conjunction with the NZAFL are founding a national schools tournament, with the Hawks investing in excess of A$50,000.

The full article is available at Hawks cast recruiting net across Tasman.

While Melbourne footy fans can be notoriously hard to convince that footy's international potential is worth exploring, the comments on the story make for interesting reading. Maybe an AFL side in NZ isn't too far off - or at least a few Hawks games not just in Tasmania, but across the Tasman Sea.