World Footy News

Since its launch in 2010, Stateside Footy has been aired on 69 Local Access cable TV channels in 19 states of America and viewed online almost 14,000 times in a true grass roots effort to raise awareness of the game.

Today we have two episodes below from the 2012 Boston's Metro Footy season.

The Atlanta Sounds program recently featured Jim Batten from the Atlanta Kookaburras accompanied by the sounds of a game and photos of match action.  The video can be seen below.

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Further to the media statement this morning the Port Adelaide Football Club confirmed the death of player John McCarthy in Las Vegas in the following statement. Our condolences to John's family and friends and the PAFC.

The following statement has just been released by the Port Adelaide Football Club. 

The Port Adelaide Football Club has been informed that an Australian man who has died in Las Vegas is believed to be one of its players.

 

At this point, the club is unable to confirm the identity of the player involved in this tragedy as family members are still being informed.

 

A group from the Port Adelaide playing group left Adelaide on Saturday for a holiday.

 

The club is in contact with members of the travelling group and is working with U.S. authorities while investigations continue.

 

Port Adelaide general manager (football) Peter Rohde is on his way to the United States to be with the players.

 

The club has also made contact with its other players still in Australia.

 

The Port Adelaide Football Club is attempting to ascertain more information and is unable to make any further comment.
 

Stateside Footy presents coverage of the inaugural Boston Lady Demons Womens' Footy Tournament. This episode features three "Metro-style" modified Australian Rules Football matches played in June 2012. These games consist of two 15-minute halves each and feature round-robin action between the Montreal Angels and the New York Lady Magpies as well as the host club, the Boston Lady Demons.

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The Komazawa Magpies Australian Football team in Japan has links to Buddhism, as all the team’s players are either students studying at, or are graduates from Komazawa University in Tokyo, Japan. 

Komazawa University is one of the oldest universities in Japan, established in 1592 as a seminary and a centre of learning for young monks of the Soto sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.

The USAFL today announced the venues for the 2013 and 2014 USAFL National Championships.

The Nationals will be held in Austin, Texas again in 2013 after previously being held there last year (2011). "We are extremely excited to return to Austin, it was clearly the favorite amongst the players we surveyed" said USAFL President, Andy Vanica, "the city of Austin were able to offer significant financial support to the league for the 2011 tournament which has made returning to the city possible", he concluded.

The 2014 Nationals will be held in Dublin, Ohio at Daree Fields, the site of the successful 2012 '49th Parallel' Cup. "The Dublin community were extremely supportive and helpful during the (49th Parallell Cup) tournament and are really excited to host the Nationals" said USAFL Operations Manager, Doren James.

For more see the USAFL wesite.

 Please note that these details are correct at the time of publishing. WFN accepts no responsibility for any changes to these times by broadcasters. Please check local guides or afl.com.au. 

2012 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – AFL Finals Week 1 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 7 September  – Sunday 9 September.

GAME	DATE	DAY/NIGHT	MATCH	VENUE	STATE	LOCAL TIME	EST	CST	WST	GMT	NETWORK
QF1	Friday 7 September	Night (N)	Hawthorn vs. Collingwood	MCG	VIC	19:50	19:50	19:20	17:50	9:50	Channel 7
QF2	Saturday 8 September	Day (D)	Adelaide Crows vs. Sydney Swans	AAMI Stadium	SA	14:45	15:15	14:45	13:15	5:15	Channel 7
EF2	Saturday 8 September	Night (N)	Geelong Cats vs. Fremantle	MCG	VIC	19:45	19:45	19:15	17:45	9:45	Channel 7
EF1	Sunday 9 September	Day (D)	West Coast Eagles vs. North Melbourne	Patersons Stadium	WA	13:15	15:15	14:45	13:15	5:15	Channel 7

The 2012 Solomon Islands AFL season has concluded with a hard fought ‘classic’ grand final at King George school oval in Honiara. The Rove Magpies ran out winners of the inaugural SIAFL club competition.

Scott Harding played 50 games over 5 seasons for the Brisbane Lions (48) and finally Port Adelaide Power (2). With limited success both personally, 15 goals, and team wise with Brisbane in the post 'Threepeat' era with only one finals appearance to his name. A somewhat unspectacular career. However, now at age 26, Harding has just scored a 'major' in front of 93,000 football fans - well, a touchdown actually.

The Annual Australian Rules Football British Tri-Nations Championship is coming to Cardiff this weekend, as Wales play host to the best British Aussie Rules players. The Welsh Australian Rules Football Leagues hosts the 9-a-side event which was first held last year in Worksop, England, and sees the Cymru Red Dragons, English Dragonslayers and Scottish Clansmen come together to play a series of 'Lightning' matches, of 15 minute halves.

The series is a warm up for all three teams as they prepare for the EuroCup, where the Red Dragons have finished 7th for the last two years.

The British Tri-Nations Championship will be held on September 8th at the Welsh Institute of Sport, behind the Swalec Stadium, with the first game kicking off at 12pm. The day will see 6 games in all as the three teams play each other twice in a round robin format, with the team top of the table at the end of the day, being declared winners.

Former UNF basketball Matt Sauey was one of the 26 athletes to take part in the AFL's US combine last week. In the video below he talks about his experience at the combine. 21 years old, Sauey at 6'7" and 92kg also played soccer in high school.

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