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Johannisen from Jo'burg

  • Tuesday, July 24 2012 @ 08:42 pm ACST
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Africa
The Western Bulldogs today confirmed exciting rookie defender Jason Johannisen has been elevated to the Club’s primary list, replacing James Mulligan who was placed on the long term injury list a fortnight ago.
 
Johannisen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and according to the AFL his father was born in South Africa and his mother in Zambia. He moved from South Africa to Perth when he was eight years old.
 

Cambodia Eagles undefeated in Vietnam

  • Tuesday, July 24 2012 @ 06:30 pm ACST
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Asia

The Cambodian Eagles leave Vietnam unbeaten, after defeating both the Saigon Whites Swans and the Hanoi Reds Swans in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, on Saturday. The Saigon Whites beat the Hanoi Reds in the third and final match of the day.

Each game was played with two halves of fifteen minutes and consisted of fourteen players on each team. The tournament was played in a round robin format at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) International University in Saigon South.

AFL Round 18 - International TV Broadcast schedule

  • Tuesday, July 24 2012 @ 05:22 pm ACST
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General News

 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 – ROUND 18 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 27 July  – Sunday 29 July.

China home to new AFL Academy

  • Monday, July 23 2012 @ 01:40 am ACST
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Asia
The AFL is pleased to advise the first Chinese Academy has been launched in Guangzhou.
 
Located at a Guangzhou Sports University campus in the Guangzhou, Guangdong province, north of Hong Kong, the academy is designed to introduce athletes to Australian football and help identify and develop potential elite players who have the ability to transition into Australia and the AFL.
 
The two-week pilot program commenced with 27 athletes aged between 17 and 22 who are from basketball, soccer and rugby backgrounds. The academy program will be conducted annually.

South Pacific vs Flying Boomerangs U16 war cries

  • Sunday, July 22 2012 @ 08:32 pm ACST
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Oceania

The pre-match war cry has quickly become a tradition in footy internationals involving the Oceania nations and also with the Flying Boomerangs.

See below for the recent face off between the South Pacific team and the Flying Boomerangs from the recent Under 16 National Championships.

London footy clubs in Down Under Olympics spot

  • Friday, July 20 2012 @ 08:11 am ACST
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Europe

Members of AFL London clubs the Wandworth Demons and London Swans will feature in an ad for Australian telecommunications company Telstra, to air on Australian TV during the London Olympics.

The ad features the song "Down Under" by Men At Work, which is being re-released as a solo project by the song's co-writer member Colin Hay. Besides the Demons and Swans, the new recording features expat Aussies singing on a boat on the Thames and in a London pub.

"Down Under is ultimately a song about celebration, and in the case of the 2012 Olympics, a mass calling of sorts to inspire our Olympians so they know they are not alone," Hay said.

"For my part, to travel around Australia and to London singing ‘Down Under’ and leading the chorus was a great honour. Hopefully our athletes will feel connected by the voices of many."

For more, read here.

Five years on and footy is flying in the French-Canadian province of Quebec

  • Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 09:25 pm ACST
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North America

Montréal celebrates five years of Aussie Rules this year, and the prospects for French-Canadian footy have never looked better.

After an initial three years of promising growth, the Montréal based Québec Saints slipped backward in 2011. The team withdrew from the Toronto based OAFL division 2 competition, their 9-a-side development league was reduced to just two teams and the women’s program failed to play a single stand alone game for the year. The impressive individual performances of the eight Québec players and coaches at IC11 (with both Canada and France) would offer up the only shining light in what was a disappointingly dark year.

But just as footy in Montréal seemed destined to spiral down further, the four remaining committee members; Margo Legault, Neil Koch, Tim Nixon and Frenchman William Teissier drafted a bold new plan for 2012.   
 

AFL exhibition match in London this November

  • Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 09:04 pm ACST
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Europe
AFL Football will return to the KIA Oval this year after the Australian Football League (AFL) today confirmed the Western Bulldogs would meet Port Adelaide on Saturday November 3.

 

AFL General Manager National and International Development and General Counsel Andrew Dillon said elite AFL teams would return to London for the first time since Port Adelaide played Geelong at the ground in 2006  to continue to support the development work of AFL Europe in building the profile of the game outside Australia.

“There are now 21 countries affiliated under AFL Europe with more than 4600players competing in regular competitions across Europe while a large Australian expatriate community in England, primarily centred in London, retains strong links to their clubs at home,” Mr Dillon said.

 

Khan he get back to the AFL?

  • Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 01:43 pm ACST
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Oceania

NEW Zealand-raised forward Khan Haretuku may be earmarked to be one of the most sought-after mature-age prospects heading into this year's AFL draft. Already this year he has represented New Zealand against the AIS-AFL Academy at Wellington Stadium and was selected in the VFL state team.

Mature age players have continued to fill gaps and become key players in recent times, notably James Podsiadly at Geelong, Stewart Crameri and Michael Hibberd at Essendon, Michael Barlow at Fremantle and even Ian Callinan at Adelaide.

AFL Round 17 - International TV Broadcast schedule

  • Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 08:04 am ACST
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General News

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2012 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 17 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 20 July  – Sunday 22 July.

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