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AFL Great Britain / England National Conference 2011

Authored by: Ian Mitchell
on Tuesday, January 24 2012 @ 11:11 pm ACDT

I think people need to look at the GB squad list from the IC to see that there were plenty of players from outside London represented.

AFL Great Britain / England National Conference 2011

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Wednesday, January 25 2012 @ 09:00 am ACDT

If the squad list we got is correct, the 27-man squad as listed in the official IC11 guide had:

8 from regional England

12 from London

5 playing in Australia

2 from the WARFL

From memory, some of the guys playing in the English clubs were Welshmen or Scotsmen.

So the balance between London and regional England isn't too bad in the case of the Bulldogs' squad. In Adam's preview I think he mentioned that the regional players are becoming more and more represented in the national team.

A standalone English side wouldn't be very different to the current GB Bulldogs in terms of squad, and would do fine in Div 1 at the next IC.

AFL Great Britain / England National Conference 2011

Authored by: kaswain
on Wednesday, February 08 2012 @ 03:53 am ACDT

G'day all,

Have been following World Footy but haven't post many messages. Been fascinating reading the comments from all. Firstly, I should introduce myself to those that don't know me, my name is Kim and I am the Head Coach of Wales (as well as the Cardiff Panthers).

I do agree with Darren_C comments, I was under the same impression that in the past the funding that went to AFL GB never filtered out to Scotland or Wales (or maybe even out of London). This was in the past, and was at the early infancy of Aussie rules (in Wales at least).

In Wales, we are slowly growing in players' numbers but I believe we are still a few years of from competing in a full 18 aside matches for a couple of reasons, a) we only have a few players that has experienced playing 18 aside footy and b) we haven't got the depth to be competitive to play 18 aside.

One of the 6 teams in the WARFL is Bristol who don't have any Welsh players (from memory) and in the Panthers team 3 of the players play for Scotland. I think Ian Mitchell raised a very good point - we need start looking at players outside London representative. Yes a few of the Welsh players do play in English clubs and have represented Wales.

Just to note, in the recent EU Cup Scotland came 6th and Wales came 7th so there is very little to choose between the two teams.

AFL Great Britain / England National Conference 2011

Authored by: kaswain
on Wednesday, February 08 2012 @ 03:56 am ACDT

Forgot to say, G'day Bryce, nice to see you still keeping a close tab of WARFL and Aussie Rules in UK. Hope all is well with you.

From freezing cold Cardiff, Kim

AFL Great Britain / England National Conference 2011

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Wednesday, February 08 2012 @ 09:05 am ACDT

Hi Kim,

At the 2008 International Cup, my wife got chatting to Ed Doe's dad who had come out from Wales to watch the young man playing for Great Britain.

What ever happened to Ed? He was into Rugby Union too I gather, but a useful footy player. Is the Ed Doe at Blackheath Rugby club the one and the same?

AFL Great Britain / England National Conference 2011

Authored by: kaswain
on Thursday, February 09 2012 @ 03:31 am ACDT

Hi Michael,

Year after the 2008 IC Ed started university. He's based in London nowdays. I am hopeful he will came back to playing footy afterwards as he was indeed a very good young player. Very gifted with natural talent. Not sure what rugby club he used to play for but can't imagine there are many players name Ed Doe!

Kim

AFL Great Britain / England National Conference 2011

Authored by: Tobietta Rhyman
on Thursday, February 09 2012 @ 09:23 am ACDT

There's a guy named Ed Doe at Blackheath rugby club and this is his facebook http://www.facebook.com/ed.doe1. Seems like the right one cos he's got lots of Aussie rules mates and he's a member of GB Bulldogs facebook page *datamole*

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