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Legion vs AIS-AFL coverage on AFL website

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, April 25 2011 @ 11:35 am ACST

Given that the AIS squad typically play warm up matches against men such as Geelong's VFL squad (defeating them by a point), then I suspect it may have been more appropriate for Europe to field an open age squad first up. I know we want to encourage the younger guys, but open age would provide a more competitive match, and it isn't just about measuring the juniors but Europe as a whole, whilst giving the AIS a solid workout.

What this does show again is the need to support juniors more in Europe. There are very few 16 year olds playing the game, whereas we've seen tremendous AFL support across Oceania in recent years and real talent coming through. It's time to deliver in Europe. It's harder to achieve for many reasons, so we can't expect the same kinds of results straight away, but perhaps three or four targetted countries initially need to be focussed on in the Northern Hemisphere, obvious ones being the UK with its broad footy base already, Canada with some good juniors already, the US for its size, and perhaps one more European country.

It'll be controversial to pick just a few, but if the resources are not there to help everyone yet then better for the AFL to focus on real achievements with a few, whilst providing the structures through e.g. AFL Europe for the other Leagues to help themselves.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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