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Roller Coaster Ride for Danes on the International Front

  • Tuesday, September 19 2006 @ 10:49 am ACST
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It's been an up and down month for resurgent Denmark on the international front recently. A thumping win for the senior team against Germany has been followed by a major surprise in their junior loss to England's Dragonslayers last weekend.

Wildcats thump the Hawks in BARFL Premiership, Raiders top Dees in low-scoring Conference GF

  • Tuesday, September 05 2006 @ 04:24 pm ACST
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In the BARFL Premiership Grand Final played on Saturday, September 2nd, the West London Wildcats slaughtered the Wimbledon Hawks 18.11.119 to 2.6.18. In the London Conference Grand Final the Shepherds Bush Raiders defeated the Clapham Demons in a low-scoring affair, 5.11.41 to 4.3.27.

Results and photos to come, for more details see barfl.co.uk.

BARFL London Grand Finals this Saturday

  • Friday, September 01 2006 @ 09:18 pm ACST
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This Saturday 2nd September 2006, all roads lead to Clapham Common in London for the Grand Finals of the London BARFL Premiership and Conference competitions. The BARFL Premiership teams must have 50% players EU passport holders whilst the Conference teams can have more expat Aussies.

Auskick kicks off in London

  • Friday, September 01 2006 @ 04:44 pm ACST
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Aussie Rules UK is pleased to announce that the AFL's Auskick program will begin in London next month. The first Auskick centre will kick off on Saturday 9 September at Clapham Common. Parents can register their children online via the aussierulesuk.com website.

Victory at last for Finnish Lions

  • Thursday, August 31 2006 @ 04:24 am ACST
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In Finland's third appearance of their first season, with the addition of 3 "experienced" Stockholm recruits they managed an upset first victory against a 24-man mixed squad of the Stockholm Royals and Dynamite, who as always put up a great fight. The game was played in Helsinki, 26th August, 12pm at a full sized Myllypuro oval, to a good "sausages sold out" crowd who gathered for the Footy and then the Rugby which followed.

Irish International Begley hits the bigtime

  • Thursday, August 24 2006 @ 10:06 am ACST
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Europe 19 year old Irishman Colm Begley made his senior debut for the Brisbane Lions on the weekend, capping off a meteoric rise to AFL football. Recruited from amateur Gaelic Football club County Laois, Begley played his first game of Australian rules football this year, and lined up in the NAB Cup quarter-final in just his third game of Australian football.

Young Gaelic football star confirms he will join Collingwood

  • Wednesday, August 23 2006 @ 08:20 pm ACST
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As profiled in a previous story, 18 year old county Down star Martin Clarke had signed with Collingwood. It is now confirmed that he will join Collingwood at the end of this year's Gaelic football season. Clarke captained the under-18 'Minor' county Down team to victory in the 2005 All Ireland Minor Football Championship Final.

The Flying Dutchmen

  • Wednesday, August 23 2006 @ 11:15 am ACST
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Footy in Holland has had a number of false starts in recent years, but a team wearing the national colours finally made an appearance at last year's Eu Cup. Although they haven't had a chance to take on outside opposition since then, a crew have recently been training in The Hague. A temporary website has been created at aussierulesnetherlands.blogspot.com with plans for a permanent webpage in the works.

Interested new players can contact Arnout Brokking via email - arnout27@gmail.com

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