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Do We Need Bubble Wrap?

  • Friday, June 09 2023 @ 06:22 pm ACST
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General News Since I last wrote an article for this website, the footy landscape has changed. On social media, there are pages and pages of debate about what has been happening to our great game - in particular the world of tackling. Conversations have been ignited the world over, along the lines of "back in my day...". The following is my take on where we might go in the future, not really debating the argument as it exists, but looking forward to a football world full of unicorns, mermaids and a tackle-less footy world.

World Footy Podcast June 8th 2023

  • Thursday, June 08 2023 @ 10:29 pm ACST
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North America This week we round up scores from around the footy grounds around the world. Scores and news this week from USAFL, AFL Vanuatu, AFL Canada and AFL Europe.

World Footy Podcast May 25th 2023

  • Thursday, May 25 2023 @ 05:47 pm ACST
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Asia This week's show recaps footy scores and news from matches played last weekend all around the world, including from the USA, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Austria, Poland, Austria, PNG, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.

World Footy Podcast 18th May 2023

  • Thursday, May 18 2023 @ 09:09 pm ACST
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North America Recapping this past week's footy scores from around the grounds outside Australia including the AFL Canada Cup, AFL PNG, AFL Europe, AFL Asia and the USAFL.

World Footy Podcast 12th May 2023

  • Saturday, May 13 2023 @ 11:11 am ACST
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Europe On this week's show we recap footy scores from the around the world including USAFL, AFL Canada, AFL Poland, AFL Germany, AFL PNG, and International Rules from Sweden.

AFL Japan Warriors - Land of the Rising Sherrin

  • Wednesday, December 14 2022 @ 04:49 pm ACDT
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Asia

In the wake of turbulent pandemic-induced isolation and geopolitical unease the topic of the cultural relationship between Japan and Australia remains an intriguing sub-issue that has arguably only scratched the surface of its potential, despite the now 70 years of formally re-established relations and centuries of informal ties.

While the mostly staid and rigidly defined roles of trade and military might have defined the prominent narrative of how countries act, it is the altogether unsophisticated yet labyrinthine expressions of society (food, art, sport) that really explain how we get along...or don’t. Some of them are a bit more interesting or unusual than others.

Conor McKenna returns to AFL with Brisbane Lions

  • Friday, November 18 2022 @ 11:44 am ACDT
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Europe

The Brisbane Lions have signed Conor McKenna ahead of the 2023 season, with the Irishman joining the Club on a one-year deal.

McKenna, who played 79 games for Essendon between 2015 and 2020, returns to the AFL after spending the past two seasons playing Gaelic football in Ireland.

World Footy News World Rankings post 2022 European Championships

  • Sunday, October 23 2022 @ 04:56 pm ACDT
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Europe

World Footy News World Rankings 
    European Championships 2022
              Zagreb, Croatia
           12th October 2022

       Country                     Points   Last   Played    
1    Australia                                   1            
2    Papua New Guinea     61.99    2        39    
3    New Zealand               57.88    3        43    
4    Ireland                         53.84    4        71    
5    Nauru                          52.97    5        32    
6    United States            50.77    6        51    
7    Denmark                     47.45    8        51    
8    Great Britain               46.90    7        74    
9    South Africa                46.61    9        32    
10    France                      45.84    11       27    
11    Canada                    44.41    10        49    
12    Croatia                     39.87    12        23    
13    China                       39.91    13        24    
14    Fiji                            38.01    14        19    
15    Germany                  35.50    15        32    
16    Japan                       35.06    16        34    
17    Sweden                    34.18    17       39    
18    Indonesia                 30.94    18        12    
19    Pakistan                   29.14    19        10    
20    India                         27.45    20        21    
                        
                        
P1    Sri Lanka                 37.41    P1        5    
P2    Indo China              34.00    P2        7    
                        
D    Tonga                        41.93            14    
D    Finland                     27.45            15    
                        
P- Provisional as less than (8) eight qualifying matches played.
D- Dormant as (7) seven years since last played

Ireland gained 2.17 rating points enough to climb to 4th place over Nauru.
Great Britain’s losses to France (-2.02 rating points) in the semi-final and (-3.00 rating points) were instrumental in them sliding to 8th place below United States and Denmark.
France’s wins over Great Britain, Germany and Croatia (+7.22 rating points) saw France leap over China, Croatia and Canada into 10th place from 13th prior to the Championships.
Croatia slipped to 12th place losing 3.53 rating points in their campaign during the Championships.
 

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