World Footy News

The Greater Western Sydney GIANTS are pleased to announce their first AFL match in Canberra against the Western Bulldogs this Saturday will be played for the Prime Minister’s Cup.

GIANTS Chief Executive David Matthews said the GIANTS’ first match in Canberra each year would be played for the Prime Minister’s Cup and celebrate the contribution of Australian football to the nation’s capital.

“The GIANTS are delighted to be part of something we hope will become an iconic event for Canberra and I want to sincerely thank the Prime Minister Julia Gillard for supporting this concept,” Matthews said.

An annual Anzac Day Match is an important event held near the start of the Philippine AFL season.  The match has been held on or around Anzac Day since 2007,  and is contested for "The PAFL ANZAC Day Match Sands Of Gallipoli Trophy" which was donated by the Defence Attache to the Philippines. The Defence Attache also donates and awards the 'Anzac Medal' each year to the player who best typifies the Anzac spirit - courage, tenacity, initiative and teamwork.

This year the official season kicks off on 5th May 2012 with matches now played at the Nomad Sports Club in Manila.

 

SARFL HAGGIS CUP 2012

In Association with Malones Irish Bar and MacBackpakers Hostels and tours
 
This weekend sees 12 teams from 4 different countries compete for the 8th Haggis cup at Peffermill Playing fields Edinburgh. This year there will be a men’s section and a ladies section, with ten competing men’s teams and two for the women.

Mens

Glasgow Sharks (Scotland) - defending champions
Milano Eagles (Italy)
Edinburgh Bloods (Scotland)
Dublin Demons (Ireland)
Aberdeen Eagles (Scotland)
Wimbledon Hawks (England)
Manchester Mossquitos (England)
Huddersfield Rams (England)
Southampton Titans (England)
Wimbledon Hawks B (England)

Ladies

Dublin Angels (Ireland)
Kilrea Kukaburaas (Ireland)
 

Melbourne Football Club Media Release

This Sunday, the Melbourne Football Club and The Reach Foundation will together celebrate Jim’s life at the MCG,leading into the Demons’ Round 4 clash against the Western Bulldogs.

 

The Jim Stynes Tribute Game provides a chance for all Victorians to gather in celebration of his contributions to football, the Reach Foundation and the greater community.

For the first time since its inception, four provinces attended the tournament held in Christchurch during March. A fantastic development was Otago fielding its first ever regional team. 2009 winners Auckland, 2010 winners Canterbury and Wellington were the other provinces present. Importantly the province of Northland provided some players to the Auckland team as Otago did during their development phase to Wellington.

2011 winners, New Zealand Under 16's were in attendance but are no longer eligible to compete for the NPC Championship. They instead played two representative matches against a South Island combination (Otago and Canterbury) on Saturday and a North Island combination (Auckland and Wellington ) on the Sunday.

New Zealand Hawks Under 16 players also represented their respective provinces in normal NPC matches. Their involvement was monitored on a restricted basis to ensure adequate rest time for the individuals concerned.

 

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 4 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 20 April – Sunday 22 April

 

GAME	DATE	TIMESLOT	MATCH	VENUE	STATE	LOCAL TIME	EST	CST	WST	GMT	NETWORK	SD/HD
1	Friday 20 April	Night (N)	St Kilda vs. Fremantle	Etihad Stadium	VIC	19:50	19:50	19:20	17:50	9:50	SEVEN	SD
2	Saturday 21 April	Day (D)	Carlton vs. Essendon	MCG	VIC	13:45	13:45	13:15	11:45	3:45	SEVEN	SD
3	Saturday 21 April	Day (D)	Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide	Etihad Stadium	VIC	14:10	14:10	13:40	12:10	4:10	FOX	HD
4	Saturday 21 April	Twilight (T)	Adelaide Crows vs. GWS GIANTS	AAMI Stadium	SA	16:10	16:40	16:10	14:40	6:40	FOX	HD
5	Saturday 21 April	Night (N)	West Coast Eagles vs. Hawthorn	Patersons Stadium	WA	17:40	19:40	19:10	17:40	9:40	SEVEN	SD
6	Saturday 21 April	Night (N)	Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast SUNS	Gabba	QLD	19:40	19:40	19:10	17:40	9:40	FOX	HD
7	Sunday 22 April	Early (E)	Geelong Cats vs. Richmond	Simonds Stadium	VIC	13:10	13:10	12:40	11:10	3:10	FOX	HD
8	Sunday 22 April	Day (D)	Sydney Swans vs. North Melbourne	SCG	NSW	15:15	15:15	14:45	13:15	5:15	SEVEN	SD
9	Sunday 22 April	Twilight (T)	Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs	MCG	VIC	16:40	16:40	16:10	14:40	6:40	FOX	HD

 

Reader submitted story from Ireland's Australian Rules Football League season 2012 Round 1 contest between Leeside Lions and Midwest Magpies.

In their first game of the season, the Leeside Lions continued their excellent league form from last year, beating the Midwest Magpies by a score of 9.12 (65) to 4.9 (33).

The Leesiders brought up 12 men, and were missing a number of key players for a variety of reasons. Crucially though, the three Lions who represented the European Titans a mere days previous in Paris made the long trip back to the West in time. The match was the highlight of the week, contested between two teams with genuine Premiership title hopes for the coming year. After a narrow loss in the Grand Final last year, the Lions were out to set the record straight with a number of new recruits in their ranks, who played a major role in the win.

The Pies chose to avail of the stiff breeze coming in off the Atlantic, and took an early lead, pinning the Lions into their own half but unable to convert the full six on many occasions. Good defensive work and pressure from the Southern side gave the home team no inch, and although down 15 points, the gap was attainable in the strong wind.

As reported in the local Dominion Post newspaper , Wellington is in the boxseat to host the first AFL competition game outside Australia, perhaps as soon as next year, as St Kilda search for a home away from home.

This has been previously reported on WFN arousing much debate about the merits of playing a game for Premiership points internationally but it seems what was once a pipe dream now seems as Elvis would say "On the edge of reality".

The USAFL has received a small number of applications for the league roles of Treasurer and Account and are seeking further expressions of interest for the two positions.

The roles will begin June 2012 when the Board position of Treasurer will be vacated along with the contracted position of Accountant. The period for both positions will be from June 2012 until October 2012, when the new Board is elected at the Annual General Meeting. For full details on the two positions please click here.

The USAFL Board would like to have both positions filled by May 30, 2012. Applications should be submitted A.S.A.P. via email to Andy Vanica, USAFL President.

In the first ever AFL representative match played on French soil, the Australia Under 18's team provided a great exhibition of exciting football to overwhelm the enthusiastic European Titans by 167 points in France on Thursday, April 12.

Played at the picturesque Chantilly Polo Club, just outside of Paris, on a manicured oval field, the young Australian side had great mobile marking targets up forward in Jake Stringer and James Stewart.

The team received great supply from its exciting midfield lead by Nick Vlastuin, Emmanuel Irra and Jason Pongracic. When the Titans went forward it found it almost impossible to get past the Aussie defense with tall defender Lachie Plowman and the versatile Lachie Whitfield reading the play superbly and setting up many forward thrusts.

The Dublin Demons men’s team are regulars to the Haggis Cup each year. This year their sister team ‘Dublin Angels’ are heading to the tournament in what will be the first time any women’s teams have participated. The Kilrea Kookaburra’s will also be travelling to Edinburgh with Irish Banshees coach Andrew Hickey in tow.

The two teams played against each other last year only a couple of times, the Angels remaining undefeated. Last year the executive committee were more focused on the International Cup, so this year they want to shift their focus on building and cementing the local teams in the women’s league. They are hoping for a big increase in numbers and more opportunities to play matches, as well as also hoping to have a Cork team up and running this year. Already the Dublin Angels have 6 new players, 3 of which will play their first match at the Haggis cup.

Western Australia have won back to back titles in the National Indigenous U15 Kickstart Championships, held again on the Gold Coast this week. After a slow start to the Championships with a one point loss to South Australia on day one, the team from the West won all remaining games and finished off with a convincing win over South Australia today by 20 goals.

The full score was Western Australia 23.16.154 to South Australia 3.7.25.  Best on Ground in today’s Grand Final was awarded to Darnell Morrison from WA.