World Footy News

From the British Australian Rules Football League (BARFL) website, comes disappointing news.

Last weekend the US national side, the Revolution, took on the pride of Canada, the Northwind, in the 49th Parallel Cup, named after the latitude that marks much of the border between the countries. The US continued it's winning run. The following report is from US Footy and gives the American perspective

Ireland has been a great recent success in Australian football, but a few cracks have appeared in the past year.

A lightning premiership attracting teams from across Denmark, Sweden and the rest of Europe, the annual DAFL Sheep Station Cup will be played on the weekend of September 25th and 26th.

The Japanese national side, the Samurai, are touring Melbourne, Australia, in August. The following is a press release from their site.

The Denver Bulldogs and Vancouver Cougars have organised half time demonstrations of footy at major sporting events.

July the 10th was an important date for Aussie Rules in Central Europe. In Düsseldorf, Germany, five sides representing Belgium, Austria, Germany, France and Spain met to contest the second annual Central European championships.

As has been a trend with Australian football national bodies around the world recently, the top level organisation for footy in Canada has been rebadged. The following is from Mike Travers, AFL Canada President.

Irishman Setanta O'hAilpin is on the rise for AFL club Carlton.

The Tongan Australian Football Association (TAFA) has announced a significant partnership with the local Rugby League association.

Lousiana\'s first footy club is being formed in Baton Rouge, called the Tigers after the mascot of Louisiana State University.

A year with more footy played in Germany than ever before, one that saw the Düsseldorf Lions enter the competition as club number five and a season culminating in a finals carnival in Berlin, 2004 was a year of consolidation for the AFL Germany.