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South Pacific defeat Tasmania in U16s

Authored by: grimnekrosmurf
on Sunday, July 10 2011 @ 11:10 pm ACST

Has anyone considered the possibility that NT and Tasmania had a bad day out while the World XVII and Pacific Island teams may have played out of their skins? I'm sure there's a bit more inconisistency at the under 16 level. And in comparison to soccer, Australian under-age teams have made it to more world championships than the senior Socceroos have.

South Pacific defeat Tasmania in U16s

Authored by: grimnekrosmurf
on Sunday, July 10 2011 @ 11:14 pm ACST

Adding to that Australia were runners-up in the 1999 under 17 soccer world cup! (doesn't really compare to the game at the senior level does it?)

South Pacific defeat Tasmania in U16s

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, July 10 2011 @ 11:24 pm ACST

Quite right. These results by no means say that those teams are better than Tassie and NT. But what it says is that they are in the ballpark, which is the exciting result for international footy fans.

Remove the age allowances and SP and World probably lose by a few goals. And that's probably how the rules will go over the next few years, which is fine. And hopefully these squads will improve fast enough to maintain their competitiveness. Then perhaps in 3 or 4 years we might see PNG go it alone, or alternatively SP might move up to Div 1 if they are good enough.

And like I said, to really get the public and draft scout attention, graduate to having a side or sides in the U18s.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

South Pacific defeat Tasmania in U16s

Authored by: grimnekrosmurf
on Monday, July 11 2011 @ 12:12 am ACST

Australian football is also the national sport of Nauru isn't it? Small population but they've been footy mad for a long, long time. I'd imagine a local kid perhaps making it to the AFL eventually will be a national hero!

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

South Pacific defeat Tasmania in U16s

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, July 11 2011 @ 11:22 am ACST

Maybe that hero will be Yoshi Harris. See the story we published last night that GWS Giants has signed up 3 international scholarship players, including Yoshi from Nauru.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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