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2014 Axios Euro Cup Women's Draw

  • Tuesday, September 30 2014 @ 07:45 am ACST
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Europe

 

The draw for the women's competition for the 2014 Axios Euro Cup in London has been released. This year the women's draw features a record five teams competing across 10 matches for the title. This is an enormous increase on the women's draw in Bordeax, France last year when just the French team and a combined Crusaders team locked horns. The Crusaders won by 19 points.

 

The women's teams for the event this year are:

 

England Vixens

France Les Gauloises

Irish Banshees

Scotland

Danish Valkyries

2014 Axios Euro Cup Men's Draw

  • Tuesday, September 30 2014 @ 07:09 am ACST
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Europe

 

The full draw for this weekend's Axios Euro Cup was released earlier this week. The men's draw features 16 nations for 2014, separated into four groups. 
 
 
The Prince Charles Group will feature: Italy, France Germany and the Netherlands
 
The Winston Churchill Group will feature: Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Norway
 
The Captain Cook Group will feature: England, Crusaders, Spain and Wales
 
The Adam Goodes Group will feature: Croatia, Catalunya, Denmark and Austria
 
 
The event will be held at the London Irish Rugby Club. matches will kick off at 9.00am, with the grand final scheduled for a 6.00pm start.
 
(See next page for full draw)
 
 

AFL Commission head recalls PNG's IC victory

  • Saturday, September 27 2014 @ 10:52 pm ACST
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General News

AFL Commission Chairman Mike Fitzpatrick was an onlooker at the 2014 International Cup (pictured here at the Women's Grand Final with fellow commissioners Linda Dessau and Sam Mostyn) and it's pleasing he took the time to mention it during his AFL Grand Final pre-match address.

The full speech can be read here, and although it was only one sentence, it was good that the IC got a mention, as it shows he's not ashamed to spruik the international development of the game.

"The International Cup won by Papua New Guinea was again a great success, and goes from strength to strength. Our game really has no boundaries."

Fans of growing the women's side of the sport, as we all should be, would also be pleased to read Fitzpatrick say (speaking about women's football although no doubt primarily within Australia):

"Women’s football is on the march, and the AFL is going to support it."

Dynasties, Cycles and Golden Eras

  • Saturday, September 27 2014 @ 09:19 pm ACST
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Australia
Watching the 2014 AFL Grand Final was an absolute treat. Whilst the result was lopsided with Hawthorn giving Sydney a hiding, it was a pleasure to be watching two of the three clubs who have enjoyed great success in recent years. It is debatable whether these two teams, and Geelong, are in the eye of a great era or dynasty, but we are all very privileged to watch.
 
For the record, Hawthorn’s win today sees them with an impressive sequence of four grand finals for three premierships in seven years (2008-2014). That must be something special. Sydney is also in a run of 4 grand finals for two premierships in ten years (2005-2014).
 
Sitting alongside these two current leviathans are Geelong with four grand finals for three premierships over five years (2007-2011).
 
These clubs have won an amazing 8 premierships between them in 10 years (2005-2014), only interrupted by cameos from Collingwood (2010) and West Coast (2006). Prior to that, the Brisbane Lions era from 2001-2004 claimed four grand finals and three premierships.

North Queensland premierships decided for 2014

  • Friday, September 26 2014 @ 05:24 pm ACST
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Australia

 

The seasons have been completed in AFL competitions across northern and central Queensland over the past few weekends. Following is a brief rundown on each of the major competitions. For the victors, they are still quite possibly celebrating whilst other clubs will take a break from the game for a short while before plotting their assaults on the 2015 seasons.

 

AFL Cairns

The Port Douglas Crocs won their fifth senior premiership when they defied recent history, and the patterns of the home and away season, when they dispatched the Cairns Saints. History says that Cairns Saints have been to eight consecutive grand finals for five flags since 2007. They finished the home and away rounds in second place behind the much improved South Cairns Cutters.

 

But Port Douglas was not deterred as they defeated both teams in the preliminary and grand finals to surprise many. The season was memorable for the Crocs as they also won the Reserve grade flag and the Under 17 Colts flag.

Timor Leste footy may rise again – All it needs is…YOU!

  • Thursday, September 25 2014 @ 01:03 pm ACST
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Asia

 

Inor da Silva just loves Australian Rules football. A member of the Timor Leste Crocs International Cup team in 2011, Inor still lives the game as much as he can.  His social media pages are littered with photos of the glory days of the Crocs playing against international teams. He is proud to fly the flag and holds the hope that one day Timor Leste footy can come back.

 

Inor says, “Yeah we keep training in Dili every Sunday. We have got many players at training. But we still look for support for our national team, the Crocs, but we can’t find it. We hope to have good support [in the future] to get to the Asian champions tournament in the Philippines Cup. We hope we can get support soon.”

 

Back in 2008 World Footy News wrote a story, Timor-Leste Crocs enter Asian Footy, looking at the start of the Timor Leste Crocs and the development of the game in the nation. Back then it was full steam ahead, but after their IC11 involvement the Aussie Rules footy scene has dropped away.

 

 

 

Domestic footy up and running in NZ

  • Thursday, September 25 2014 @ 11:29 am ACST
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Oceania

Both the Auckland and Canterbury Leagues are well advanced in their seasons whilst the Wellington league will commence the first weekend in October for a short 6 game regular season before a Grand Final in early December.

The Canterbury League sees all 4 teams with a win after Round 4 with both the Eastern Blues and Christchurch Bulldogs on 3 wins each. For more see http://www.cafl.co.nz

The Auckland League after three rounds sees Waitakere Magpies undefeated, one game clear of North Shore Tigers, University Blues and Mt Roskill Saints, Both Pakuranga Panthers and Manurewa Raiders are winless rounding out the competition. For more see http://www.aafl.co.nz

International Broadcast Schedule 2014 AFL Grand Final

  • Thursday, September 25 2014 @ 10:35 am ACST
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General News

The 2014 AFL Grand Final is upon us. Reigning Premiers Hawthorn take on the highly fancied Sydney Swans at the MCG in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon.  We hope you can watch the match wherever you are in the world, one way or another.

The international broadcast details for the match and highlights packages can be seen below.

Harmony in footy action

  • Wednesday, September 24 2014 @ 10:51 pm ACST
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Australia

Celebrate football and cultural harmony later this month as the 2014 AFL season draws to a close.

The whole Perth (WA) football community is invited to attend the Harmony Cup Carnival which aims to unite communities, and showcase talented culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) players.

The carnival will occur on the 30th of September and will see the Edmund Rice Senior Lions take on Nic Naitanui Academy at Barry Britton Reserve at 1pm. 

2014 AFL Grand Final parties around the world

  • Wednesday, September 24 2014 @ 10:46 pm ACST
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General News

Every year since 2005, World Footy News has promoted an extensive list of Grand Final Parties around the world. And with the 2014 AFL Grand Final being played this Saturday in Melbourne between Hawthorn and Sydney we are calling for clubs around the world to send details of your party to us, so that fans of the game in your country/city can watch the big game with you.

You can either post details as a comment below (you must register before you are able to post a comment or login via Facebook) or email troy@worldfootynews.com - all these details will be collated as per previous years.

Following Kurt's VFL Grand Final day out loss to Footscray

  • Wednesday, September 24 2014 @ 10:40 pm ACST
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Oceania

It’s all the usual Grand Final preparations. Warm up on the ground, run through the banner and line up for the national anthem. But for Kurt Heatherley it is a foreign one. Well maybe not that foreign as he has spent a few years in Melbourne at school and another since at Hawthorn learning the ropes.
 
But today it is Box Hill he runs out with. Hawthorn’s VFL affiliate team also known as the Hawks. He has played with Box Hill all season. He spent three games with Box Hill’s Development team during the year and the rest of the games with the Box Hill senior team. Playing as a defender he has not clocked up huge numbers but is always a solid contributor who has a love of the physical contest.
 
His stats show he is a keen tackler, something brought from across the Tasman where he grew up around the dominating game of rugby.

Grand Finals and more in PNG

Oceania

It’s grand final time of year and over the last couple of weeks leagues are wrapping up around Australia – and for that matter in Papua New Guinea. Saturday week ago the Lae Grand Final was held whilst the weekend just gone the big AFL PNG Esiloan Grand Final Day at the Murray Barracks Oval in Port Moresby was run and won.

Esiloan sponsored trophies and medallions.

In Port Moresby a big day of footy was scheduled on Saturday starting off at 11am with the Women’s play off followed by the ‘A’ Reserves; Oldies v Masters and finally at 2.30pm the main game.

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