The AFL this week announced the full World18 squad adding the multicultural youths to the already named internationals that make up the 26-man squad.

The team will be coached by former St Kilda and Brisbane player Xavier Clarke. Clarke will benefit from the assistance of triple premiership former Brisbane player Chris Johnson who has been involved with the Under 16 championships the past two years.

The AFL have published a list of multicultural players currently on AFL lists (international scholarship list not included).  A total of 118 players from a multicultural background (i.e. having at least one parent born overseas) are among the 841 players on AFL lists in 2012.  Of those 118, twenty one were born overseas.  See the full list below.

The AFL today announced the Australian multicultural Team of Champions initial squad list of 50 (see table below). To be eligible to be selected the players must either have been born overseas or had at least one parent born overseas.

Jock McHale has already been named coach and Alex Jesaulenko has been named as captain. AFL General Manager National and International Development Andrew Dillon stressed those selected were based on available information and will accept other nominations should other eligible players come to light.  "The AFL will also ask the WAFL and SANFL to put forward its nominations for players who should be considered for selection.  Many records pre-dating 1930 are incomplete and we will welcome any further nominations from the public who can confirm any player heritage from the early years of our game that we may not have been able to confirm."

 

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Only 6 games this week with byes for Colingwood, Essendon, Fremantle, Geelong, Melbourne and Sydney. 

2012 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 12 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Thursday 14 June  – Sunday 17 June.

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Only 6 games this week with byes for Adelaide, Brisbane, GWS, North Melbourne, West Coast and Western Bulldogs. 

2012 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 10 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 8 June  – Monday 11 June.

The AFL this week named the nine players to come from outside Australia to be part of the World 18 team. As in previous years the rest of the team will be made up of multicultural players living and playing footy in Australia.

In addition to the two American players featured previously on WFN, South Africa is represented by four players and one each from Indonesia, Denmark and Hong Kong.

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2012 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 10 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 1 June  – Sunday 3 June.

The AFL helped facilitate the recruitment of Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau from the NRL for obvious promotional reasons. There was an obvious time and place opportunity with new sides in both Queensland and Sydney that made this move viable. The question has remained about what circumstances might deliver another cross code recruit.

Does the AFL need to stump up big money, or are there players out there seeking the challenge? NSW Waratah’s and Wallabies player Lachie Turner has made some interesting comments around a desire to one day play in the AFL.

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2012 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 9 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE Friday 25 May – Sunday 27 May

AFL Media Release

The AFL is pleased to announce a partnership with Cadbury which launches the AFL’s official alternative version of the game – Cadbury AFL 9s.

To showcase the new touch version of AFL, an exhibition Cadbury AFL 9s match will be played on football’s biggest stage, the MCG tonight, Friday, May 18.

 The Cadbury Super Team will take on the Coles All Stars during half-time of the blockbuster between Collingwood and Geelong.

Captaining the Cadbury Super Team will be Alex Davis, partner of Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury and captaining the Coles All Stars will be Geelong Premiership captain Cameron Ling. 

Andrew Dillon, AFL General Manager of Game Development said Cadbury AFL 9s is easy to play, less physically demanding and offers a game where participation, enjoyment and safety are a priority. 

“Cadbury AFL 9s is a central part of our growth strategy that aims to have one million participants playing the game by 2016".