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WAFL International Round a huge success.

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Saturday, February 16 2013 @ 09:12 pm ACDT

Certainly an interesting concept...

I seem to remember it being deliberate that the original Freo jumper had the colours of the Italian flag across the chest (as well as the green/red of port and starboard). Or was that just an urban footy legend?

Central Districts in the SANFL also I think chose their colours and mascot (Bulldogs) in the 60s at least partly due to the large number of British migrants in the area. Might google that to see if my memory's playing tricks on me...

WAFL International Round a huge success.

Authored by: Harley Vague
on Sunday, February 17 2013 @ 12:29 am ACDT

The Red and Green of the original Fremantle (Dockers) jumper was to signify port and starboard lights . The white was purely incidental to allow purple be the main colour. Fremantle is more known for it's Slavic community involvement. West Perth was known as the "garlic munchers". A newspaper article did mention Central Districts in the SANFL who are the highly successful red/white/blue Bulldogs. It wasn't a big step for West Perth as they are red&blue..

The AFL has all these theme rounds so they will be asking whether an International round will be a winner for them. I can see the Carlton Azure Blues being a hit.

WAFL International Round a huge success.

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Sunday, February 17 2013 @ 06:40 am ACDT

Carlton would probably be up for it - Troy and I met with someone from the Blues a few years back (prominent Italian-Australian sports writer Tony Di Bolfo) about how they could increase their international profile. Plus there are the obvious connections with the Italian team of the century etc.

So go the Azzuri!

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