World Footy News

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.

 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.

Mike Pyke speaks to SEN Radio about potential AFL talent in Canada, his education in the game, code crossing, how he is followed in Canada, and the Swans performance this year (taking it one week at a time).

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.

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.

AFL media press release :
Eleven Papua New Guinean teenagers who played in the South Pacific AFL team have returned home this week.

Harry Kambuou, #12

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.   
 

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.

 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 17 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 20 July  – Sunday 22 July.

When Karmichael Hunt kicked the much talked about goal after the siren on Saturday night to end the Gold Coasts 21 game losing streak, many of the modern themes of the AFL were in play.  Hunt most famously a code crosser, former NRL star - lured to the game by cash, but also by his childhood memories of playing the game.  Hunt was born in New Zealand and is an immigration success story (his parents were from Samoa and the Cook Islands) and an AFL multicultural ambassador .

The location of the match, Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns was also significant in the constant efforts to expand the game in non traditional locations and Hunt playing for the expansion Gold Coast club.  Playing in Cairns, the third AFL venue in Qld, also brings the game to within a two hour flight of the PNG footy fronteir.