World Footy News

The premier Australian Rules football event in the US each year is the Nationals. First held in 1997 in Cincinnati, the 2004 series in Atlanta should see the best Division One standard in the game's American history.

After probably the closest preliminary final weekend on record, the two dominant sides of recent years have advanced to the 2004 AFL Grand Final.

In breaking news, US Footy have announced that legendary Essendon Bombers coach Kevin Sheedy will speak at the 2004 US Nationals banquet. The full story follows, and worldfootynews.com will have all the details of the Nationals in a pending story, once divisional seedings have been completed.

The Pittsburgh Wallabies have successfully staged the 2004 Steel City Boomerang Cup, and in doing so taken home the silverware.

An indifferent Danish AFL season came to a pulsating climax yesterday with easily the most exciting Grand Final in the league's 14 year history.

The NC Cudas emerged victorious but despite leading for almost the entire match could never shake off the Farum Cats who several times reeled in deficits which looked fatal.

This weekend New Zealand's best footballers will descend upon Christchurch in the hope of winning their country's highest prize - the National Provincial Championship (NPC).

Leulumoega Fou College (LFC) recently defeated rival school Nu'uausala College to take out back-to-back titles at the Samoa Aussie Rules Football Association secondary school championships at Tuanaimato Oval.

After many years of dreaming of an AFL match being played in the United States, 2005 was firming as a big chance, as part of Australia Week celebrations in LA. The latest news is that the game looks unlikely.

The first ever US Collegiate Championships for Australian Rules football were held in Nashville over the weekend September 10th to 12th 2004. A huge effort was put in to ensure its success, for what will hopefully be the start of a new era for Aussie Rules in the United States.

Junior development programmes in northern Papua New Guinea have gained momentum with the inaugural Northern Zone Regional Championships recently showcasing PNG’s next generation of Australian football talent.

The Australian Rules amateur footy players touring South Africa, dubbed the Convicts, will now travel in early 2005, numbers permitting. Organiser Brian Clarke is still looking for a few more amateur football players interested in the tour. Players can be from anywhere in Australia, or arrangements can be made for those overseas. The details follow.

This year's Papua New Guinean NCD Grand Final saw a repeat of the 2002 final when the University Bulldogs smashed Wests 13.14 (92) to 4.4 (20) at Port Moresby's Amini Park.