World Footy News

When you are over 211cm tall you probably have plenty of squeeze in moments. Be it airline seats, doorways or beds things shorter mortals take for granted take some adjusting to fit as best as possible.

This week Mason Cox has come out from the US to trial with four Melbourne AFL clubs (and interview with Fremantle from Melbourne) squeezing in his trails between his college graduation as an engineer and beginning a career offered by Exxon Mobil back in the US.

Images courtesy AFL Media.

(Full audio of Mason's press conference at AFL House below)

This week's international broadcast networks and airing times below. This is the last week of the bye rounds where there are only six matches played. Round 11 returns to the 9 match per round schedule.

All but the most fervent Melbourne and Port Adelaide supporters probably saw the scheduling of the Demons/Power encounter at TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs, as a lesser match in the upcoming Indigenous Round. 

With a round that starts with a clash between Sydney and Geelong on Thursday 29th May, and then features the showcase “Dreamtime at the ‘G” clash between Essendon and Richmond on the Saturday night, one could be excused for missing the Demons v Power clash crammed in between.

We conclude this six part series of the 2014 USAFL Season Preview with a preview of the Women's Division.

The Pakistan Shaheens, based mainly on expat Pakistanis living in Melbourne, are continuing to gather their numbers as the 2014 AFL International Cup approaches.  An article by Zain Nabi recently appeared in the Express Tribune.

After gaining impressive numbers early on it seems there was a drop off but the Shaheens are now rebuilding ready for IC14.

Once selection was complete, the players were trained rigorously including workouts and sessions on the technicalities of the game. However, many of them started dropping out and there came a time when the number of available players was barely 10. “I think it was good for us.” (Kashif) Bouns recalls. “It showed us how many of them were genuinely interested and we then built on from there to reach the stage where we have a bunch of dedicated players, some of whom will feature in the international cup.”

See Austraian football: Kick start for more.

The Great Britain Bulldogs have named their squad for the 2014 International Cup, featuring a large contingent of UK nationals who are currently playing Down Under.

Of the 27 members in the primary squad, 13 are presently playing league football in Australia - 10 in Victoria and one each in Queensland, South Australia and NSW.

A number of players will be familiar to WFN readers from previous cups, including Anthony Trigg and Adam Ballard, who were offered places training with VFL clubs Preston and Port Melbourne respectively after the IC 2011 and have remained in Australia.

The squad's British-based component is mainly a mix of London and regional England players. No players from the Scottish league were selected, although two players from Welsh club the South Cardiff Panthers made the cut.

Read on for the full squad list.

This is the fifth part of the six part series of the 2014 USAFL Season Preview as we conclude the Men's Division in the Western Regional.

This is the continuation of the six part series on the 2014 USAFL Season Preview as we preview the South Central Region.

This is part three of the six part USAFL Season Preview Series as we preview the North Central Regional.

This is part two of the six part series on the USAFL Season Preview as we preview the Southeast Division.

Southeast Region

The southeast regional has the most dynamic teams in the nation as three of the top ten teams in the nation Nashville (#5), North Carolina (#9) and Fort Lauderdale (#10) are in this region. This is a potent region and will have a big say in the Divisional makeup on the road to Columbus.

This week we run a special 6 part series as Alex Benjamin looks across the whole of the US and back at their 2013 season and gives his predictions on the 2014 season.   Looking at each team you will see a summary with their final 2013 record, points and where they finished in the unofficial standings last year, Alex then gives his prediction where he thinks teams will be ranked ahead of the 2014 Nationals based on how he thinks they might perform this year.  The summary for each team begins as follows:-

Team (Win-Loss record 2013, Points for 2013 based on wins, Finish Rank: Where the team finished 2013 on Alex's USAFL Weekly Report unofficial ladder)

Over to you Alex...

This week's international broadcast networks and airing times below.