Jurrah lights up China match

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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Tuesday, October 19 2010 @ 12:52 pm ACDT

Quite a bit of media in Australia about the match:

here

Video supposedly (wasn't working when I tried it):

here

The following story has some good comments/info:

Dees and Lions bring down great wall

such as:

It was a flat encounter before until Jurrah exploded in the final term, kicking three goals and hauling in the most spectacular mark ever taken on Chinese soil.

He was later swamped by Chinese autograph hunters and Melbourne supporters who made the trip to witness the 12.12 (84) to 11.13 (79) win.

and:

Jurrah, the 22-year-old plucked from the red sand of the central Australian desert, lifted the entire crowd, many of whom spent the first half quiet an confused.

After a request from the clubs, the AFL agreed to make it a 16-a-side encounter. Neither club had enough fit and players to field teams of 22.

The Lions went as far as calling on Adam Spackman, who is a member of the football department staff, but not an officially listed player.

Spackman, formerly rookie listed by the Lions, spent this year focusing on his administrative role and playing in the Lions' twos when his diary permitted.

And in the early going, it was the kind of match you would expect between two rusty teams just 15 days after the premier was finally decided.

The skills were scratchy, even though the pressure was down, but at least there were flashes of brilliance to cheer - courtesy of Jurrah.

With the humidity high and the temperature pushing 30 degrees, it was a searching physical test for two teams at the start of another pre-season campaign.

and:

The locals, revved up by a Chinese commentator over the PA system, looked to be genuinely enjoying themselves - even if they excitedly clapped the first five behinds of the game before experiencing the "real thing", a six pointer.

Just the fact that the day went off seamlessly was enough, and the corporates had a good time in the tents was enough.

But the league knows that the only way to real make an impact is to play for four points.

As the AFL forever attempts to push its boundaries, don't rule it out some time in the next five years.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

Jurrah lights up China match

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Tuesday, October 19 2010 @ 01:38 pm ACDT

I thought the China vs Japan warm up match was pretty exciting.

btw - am reading the "Changi Brownlow" presently. The biggest and best season of footy outside of Australia may well have been on Singapore island back in 1942.

How times have changed that almost 70 years on, we see a Japan vs China game of footy held in mainland China.

Just need Japan to host China and get some form of annual rivalry match going.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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