World Footy News

On the Sunday footy show, Game Day, North Melbourne’s star ruckman, Todd Goldstein, was asked about the difference it makes playing against the bigger and more mobile ruckmen in the AFL. Apart from pointing out players like Max Gawn (Melbourne) and Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) as examples of taller, influential ruckman he also responded to the impact of players like Mason Cox (Collingwood) and Jason Holmes (St Kilda) by suggesting there might be more on their way.

In fact, Goldstein suggested that with the successes and developments of the American players coming to the AFL, he hopes they give him five or six years so he can retire and not have to face the onslaught.

The Paris Cockerels made a huge statement in their Round 8 match against the Toulouse Hawks, downing the team many felt would challenge for this year’s flag by a commanding 84 points. The final margin of 107 to 23 certainly indicates a gulf between the sides that for most of the season have been seen as one and two on the pecking order. Now the Cockerels can set course for back to back flags with the confidence they can more than match the Hawks.

The match also sets up a fascinating final round clash where the Hawks are again Paris-bound to take on the Cergy-Pontoise Coyotes. A win will restore the Hawks standing as a premiership threat, but a loss to the Coyotes will see them drop as low as fourth place if the Paris Cockatoos win as expected against the Strasbourg Kangourous.

Just four rounds in to the new AFLCNE season and it is becoming clear that again the Manchester Mozzies will be the team to beat for the 2016 flag as they hope to continue their dynasty. But this year they have a new rival with the Wolverhampton Wolverines equally impressive, and equally damaging. Both sides sit undefeated and so far both have been devastating.

Last weekend the Wolverines took on last year’s grand finalists, the Sheffield Thunder crew. Depleted since last year, the Thunder were no match for the rejuvenated Wolverines – a team benefitting from improved numbers and to some degree the addition of former Birmingham Bears players. The result was a 197 point win in a lopsided game.

Round 8 gets underway tonight with Adelaide hosting Geelong at Adelaide Oval.  The return of Geelong's Patrick Dangerfield to play against his former club is eagerly awaited by Adelaide fans and will be watched with interest by the neutral fans. 

The Richmond v Sydney Swans match will be broadcast on delay on CCTV5 this week however an exact time is still to be confirmed.

If you want to know when you can see the footy on TV in your part of the world, check out the schedule below. As always schedules are subject to change at the discretion of the local broadcaster so please check local guides for updates.

 For those in the US looking to watch American Mason Cox in his fourth AFL match with Collingwood, you will need to watch via subscription service WATCHAFL.AFL.COM.AU as it will not be shown on any of the three US TV broadcast channels. 

GAME	DATE	TIMESLOT	MATCH	VENUE	STATE	LOCAL	GMT	NETWORK
1	13-May	Night	Adelaide Crows vs. Geelong	Adelaide Oval	SA	19:20	09:50	SEVEN
2	14-May	Day	Essendon vs. North Melbourne	Etihad Stadium	VIC	13:45	03:45	SEVEN
3	14-May	Day	Hawthorn vs. Fremantle	Aurora Stadium	TAS	14:10	04:10	FOX
4	14-May	Twilight	GWS GIANTS vs. Gold Coast SUNS	Spotless Stadium	NSW	16:35	06:35	FOX
5	14-May	Night	Richmond vs. Sydney Swans	MCG	VIC	19:25	09:25	SEVEN
6	14-May	Night	Brisbane vs. Collingwood	The Gabba	QLD	19:25	09:25	FOX
7	15-May	Early	Carlton vs. Port Adelaide	Etihad Stadium	VIC	13:10	03:10	FOX
8	15-May	Day	Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs	MCG	VIC	15:20	05:20	SEVEN
9	15-May	Twilight	West Coast Eagles vs. St Kilda	Domain Stadium	WA	14:40	06:40	FOX

Thanks to AFL Asia for this update on footy in China.

On the back of the massive headlines to come out of Port Adelaide’s China strategy, grassroots footy right across Greater China continues to grow strongly.

Record numbers at South China AFL games, a new “Greater China Cup” tournament and the re-emergence of the Beijing Australian Football League (BAFL) show efforts by AFL Asia’s China Clubs are bearing fruit.

The North London Lions have kept their perfect start to the 2016 season intact with a solid 28 point victory over the Wimbledon Hawks. They now have two wins from two starts to share top billing with the Wandsworth Demons. It is a great way to begin their title defence after taking out the 2015 premiership.

The West London Wildcats were pounced on last weekend by the Demons, but they made amends this round with a huge 132 point trouncing of the Putney Magpies. The win sees them sitting in third place on the ladder, but with the best for and against percentage in the league.

The AFL Japan 2016 season kicked off on Sunday 8th May with two matches played at the Akigase Park Rugby Field.

The first match was played between R246 Lions and Senshu Powers with the Powers taking the honours 19 point victors. 12.14 (86) - 10.7 (67).

The match was won in the last Quarter when the Powers kicked 7 goals to 2. Goal kickers for Powers were Shoki Mokudaka 5. Riku Tokutake, Yoshiharu Sasaki 2. Ito Junpei, Kyoto Nakagawa, Shota Horiguchi 1.

Round 7 gets underway tonight with Richmond hosting Hawthorn at the MCG. 

If you want to know when you can see the footy on TV in your part of the world, check out the schedule below. As always schedules are subject to change at the discretion of the local broadcaster so please check local guides for updates.

 For those in the US looking to watch American Mason Cox in his third AFL match with Collingwood, you will need to watch via subscription service WATCHAFL.AFL.COM.AU as it will not be shown on any of the three TV networks.

 

GAME	DATE	TIMESLOT	MATCH	VENUE	STATE	LOCAL TIME	GMT	NETWORK
1	6-May	Night	Richmond vs. Hawthorn	MCG	VIC	19:50	09:50	SEVEN
2	7-May	Day	Collingwood vs. Carlton	MCG	VIC	13:45	03:45	SEVEN
3	7-May	Day	Geelong Cats vs. West Coast Eagles	Simonds	VIC	14:10	04:10	FOX
4	7-May	Twilight	Sydney Swans vs. Essendon	SCG	NSW	16:35	06:35	FOX
5	7-May	Twilight	Gold Coast SUNS vs. Melbourne	Metricon	QLD	17:10	07:10	FOX
6	7-May	Night	Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide Crows	Etihad	VIC	19:40	09:40	SEVEN
7	7-May	Night	Fremantle vs. GWS GIANTS	Domain	WA	18:10	10:10	FOX
8	8-May	Day	St Kilda vs. North Melbourne	Etihad	VIC	15:20	05:20	SEVEN
9	8-May	Twilight	Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane Lions	Adelaide Oval	SA	16:10	06:40	FOX

 

In the following story published on the RugbyFinity website, the latest in a continuing line of Irish recruits in the AFL, Conor Glass, spoke about his views on the differences in Gaelic football and Australian Rules football and pondered his prospects as a Hawk.

HAWTHORN’S Irish recruit Conor Glass says he doesn’t have issues kicking an AFL football but predicts it will be some time before he debuts.

As reported by www.worldfootynews.com in 2014, the Hawks were long interested in bringing Glass to the club as an international category B rookie.

 

 

It has been all, action across Central and Northern England as the new 2016 AFLCNE season has begun with the opening rounds and Lightning Rounds played over the past two weekends. Despite losing the Birmingham Bears prior to the season, but gaining the new Merseyside Saints, the competition is already intense. The following article from the AFLCNE website gives a brief look at the new season along with the scores to date.

 

With Lightening Rounds and the first full round of the season undertaken last Saturday we’ve seen some big scores posted early in 2016.  With the Huddersfield Rams winning by 148 pts against the Tyne Tees Tigers you’d have thought it would be biggest winning margin of the round not the smallest!   The Manchester Mosquitoes chalked up an astonishing 165pt victory over last year’s Grand Finalists in the Sheffield Thunder. But even they were outdone by Wolverhampton’s win over league new boys the Merseyside Saints, with the Wolverines winning by 289pts - 50.23.323 to 5.4.34.

Over the last week the AFL South Pacific squad has battled it out in the Queensland Under 16 State Championships. Sides from across Queensland including Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, North Queensland, Brisbane South and Brisbane North. In the past we’ve seen sides from PNG participate in various levels of QLD regional/state championships. The standard continues to improve and the task for the South Pacific side was a tough one.