France win inaugural "World 9s" in Catalonia

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France win inaugural "World 9s" in Catalonia

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Monday, September 22 2008 @ 12:10 pm ACST

The other day I suggested elsewhere - - that 9 aside footy could yet become an Olympic sport (within 50-100 years). (in half seriousness).

One thing I ponder is that in Australia we are steadfastly locked into full 18 a side footy. Why? After all, the old VFA was 16 aside. We'd often play lightning premiership comps with shortened quarters. The format IS negotiable, is it not?

Why is there no Aussie9s tournament let alone regular competitions? Many country towns that can't sustain full teams or even reserves teams could perhaps still engage the game via a 9's format. [I'd rathter that than a 11 a side 'soccer-football' team simply by virtue of lack of numbers for 18 aside footy]. And in for example, the VAFA - a little '9s' season could help sides with surplus players make sure they get a run where they don't have enough for a full ClubXVIII side. You could run little round robin comps over 6-8 weeks.

And so, back to the Olympics - - a 9's format overseas may yet out grow it's 'links' to Australia.

btw - I'd love to play for Australia even in 9's vs Senegal in Spain..........even if mainly in the rain (or especially!).

France win inaugural "World 9s" in Catalonia

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 12:30 pm ACST

Some leagues do play (or at least have played) 9s in Australia - the Sapphire Coast AFL around Merimbula and Eden used to play 9-a-side in reserves (if I remember correctly). A mate of mine played ressies there sometimes, he said they played on a full-size ground and it tended to turn into corridor footy.

The Omeo DFL in Gippsland also plays 16-a-side (or possibly 14-a-side, not sure), plus they don't have reserve grade. For this reason, struggling clubs from other nearby leagues sometimes move to the Omeo league, even if it means driving a few hours for a game on occasions.

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