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AFL Ontario returns this weekend

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Wednesday, May 28 2014 @ 08:28 pm ACST

Have to agree with you, Brett, having a reserves grade makes it easier for a new team/club to start up if they join the reserves competition at first thus avoiding regular thrashings by the Div 1 'stars' whilst learning the game (especially since the locals taking up the game haven't had the game bred into them from birth).

It would appear that the Ontario League could well be the most stable(don't want to put the mocha's on them here) league set up outside Aussie. Ten clubs, 18-a-side with a pretty strong reserves competition backing them up and locality/suburbs based to boot. AND a women's comp.

Greater Western Sydney started playng in a lesser grade before they entered the AFL(the league), Central District and Woodville did it in the SANFL and German AFL did it in 2009 with Stuttgart playing their first season in the 2nd Division (the league reverted to a single division the next year).

Still on Kanuck footy, I notice that the newly formed Nova Scotia AFL played a mini season last year (9-a-side) between Halifax Dockers and Halifax Giants. They also hosted the Toronto Dingos in an "exhibition" match (and performed admirably agin seasoned players apparently) in October last year. All encouraging signs of further (all be it slow) growth of footy in Canada.

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