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- Thursday, April 14 2005 @ 02:21 am ACST
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The Hamburg Dockers last weekend broke through for their first ever win, travelling to Düsseldorf to give the Lions a 18.7.155 to 3.5.23 thumping in round one of the AFL Germany 2005 season.
The trend of international footy leagues to tweak their system continues in Denmark for the 2005 season as the DAFL has again slightly remodelled its restructure of two years ago.
The new system includes a five-team premier league, with clubs supported by their own local leagues, similar to the 'metro' competitions in the USA.
Italian Alessandro Ciampa has been working hard to start Aussie Rules in the Italian province of Campania since late last year. It seems that there have now been officers delegated to the neighbouring provinces of Lazio and Molise and the number of squads has grown to four - Polosportiva Napoli, San Giorgio Dragons, Salerno Fishmongers and the Barra Fighters.
More news will be presented as it comes to hand, in the meantime visit the Federazione Italiana di Football Australiano for more information.
The Brussels Saints were newcomers to the European scene for 2004, with an impressive mix of experienced footballers and new recruits from a rugby background taking out the Central European AFL championship.
Luke White reviews their 2004 season and tells more about their plans for 2005.