World Footy News

Newcomer to WFN World Ranks - Le Bleus

France will become the newest Fully Fanked Nation on WFN World Rankings when Germany hosts France in an international match in Berlin this weekend. Regardless of the outcome France will be the 21st nation to have been fully ranked on WFN World Rankings (the official, unofficial Australian Football World Rankings)

Currently France is provisionally ranked with 38.23 rating points whilst Germany is fully ranked at 15th with 35.73 rating points. A fully ranked nation will more often than not defeat a provisional nation, so an Eagles Home win of less than 40 points (rating gap of 0.50) will result in a rate change of +/- 1.43 and see Germany climb to 14th (from 15th) with 37.15 Rating Points.

A week ago the AFLPNG Under 14 Binatangs set off headed for sunny Queensland for the Queensland State Championships.

It is with tremendous pride that AFL PNG announced that their Coca-Cola Under 14 Binatangs had successfully won their way into the tournament Grand Final.

The AFLPNG press release below :

Full match coverage of the AFL Japan Round 3 match between the Tokyo Goannas and the Eastern Hawks.

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Edited footage from last weekend's clash between the Huddersfield Rams and Wolverhampton Wolverines.

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WSMV Channel 4

Susan Chuot is the first African player to make the Western Australia state women’s team. She was originally born in South Sudan but her family soon moved to Kenya to escape the war.

After her family moved to Australia, Chuot first played Australian Football at school, but her main passion was always soccer until she got involved at the Edmund Rice Centre, for young people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, coaching their Indigenous soccer team. Chout was then invited to become the first female to play for the Lions, the boys’ football team, in 2011 and she even captained the team in 2012.

After four days of gladiatorial combat at Cazaly’s in Cairns, the cream rose to the top in today’s grand finals. The glorious weather held firm for the entire event, showcasing Cairns itself for the visiting teams, but also showcasing the tremendous talent on show for the crowds that came along.

The Division Two final between the ACT and South Australia was a tight affair throughout the first half. Neither side could break away in a low scoring game. There was a touch of sparring for much of the half with both sides playing within themselves. Going in at the main break, scores were level.

Despite the local EPL team sharing the moniker, colours and notoriety of AFL’s Collingwood Magpies, many sports fans are unaware of Newcastle United.

However, local Aussie Rules team Tyne Tees Tigers are on a mission to introduce Newcastle to the Australian code of football. And they have the support of Sky News Tyne and Wear who came down to North Shields Rugby Club, where the Tigers train, to film the AFL Central and Northern England League's lightning round there.

Another great day in Cairns saw the final matches of the round robin fixtures in both Division 1 and Division 2. All is now set for the finals tomorrow at Cazaly’s Stadium.

DIVISION 2:
South Australia 11 6 72 d Tasmania 5 6 36
ACT 19 18 132 d Arafura 0 2 2

DIVISION 1:
Victoria 13 14 92 d NSW 4 1 25
Western Aust 12 10 82 d Queensland 3 5 23

Brilliant weather has greeted the teams in Cairns as over 250 women battle it out for the 2013 women’s titles.

So far, after two days of intense competition, Victoria dominates the division one pool with two powerful wins. In the Division Two pool it is the ACT team who holds sway with two wins from two starts. After a rest day yesterday, the women are back in action today.

Day One Results:

ACT 7.11 (53) d Tasmania 4.2 (26)
South Australia 17.9 (111) d Arafura 1.0 (6)
Western Australia 13.17 (95) d NSW 1.2 (8)
Victoria 19.10 (124) d Queensland 2.1 (13)

Day Two Results:

Tasmania 12.7 (79) d Arafura 1.6 (12)
ACT 7.7 (49) d South Australia 6.4 (40)
Victoria 14.6 (90) d Western Australia 5.2 (32)
Queensland 6.8 (44) d New South Wales 3.6 (24)

Division grand finals and presentations will be held tomorrow (Saturday 22nd June) at Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns to wrap up what has already been an exciting and thoroughly entertaining carnival.

The AFL today announced the 2013 World Team squad which will compete at the Under 16 NAB AFL Under 16 Championships in Sydney in July.

The 2013 squad will showcase the skills of talented international youngsters from South Africa, England, Ireland and Denmark, as well the best upcoming AFL multicultural players from across the nation. Disappointingly no international representatives from the US, Canada or Asian nations will be part of the team this year.

Premiership player and former Carlton captain Anthony Koutoufides has been named head coach of the World Team. "The World Team provides international and multicultural AFL players with elite training, personal development and AFL talent pathway opportunities," said Koutoufides.

“We were in a Newcastle bar… the Shark Bar... at what was supposed to be a sports networking event: free food/free beer. We'd previously discussed the possibility of a club via email over the preceding few months but got nowhere. Hardly anyone else turned up to this networking event so we got stuck in to the free beer! By the end of the night we had agreed to start the club, picked a training venue and date to start training and the Tigers were officially born.”

Such is the story of the birth of the Tyne Tees Tigers Australian Rules football club in the north east of England. The gathering of Ian Baxter, Anthony Nolan and Shaun Bulmer to pursue a means to keep their favourite sport alive in the region has led to the Tigers having served a local “social club” apprenticeship, and they are ready to join the AFLCNE (Australian Football League Central & Northern England) for the 2014 season.

Whilst not technically a “new” team, as they have been in existence in one form or other since 2007, they are quite definitely a new club in a variety of ways.