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USAFL Weekly Report streaming US Nationals coverage

  • Monday, October 14 2013 @ 07:27 am ACDT
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Alex Benjamin will again be broadcasting from the US Nationals this year in Austin. You can access his UStream channel at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/usafl-weekly. He tells us he will actually be broadcasting 40 shows and approximately 56 hours coverage of the 2013 Nationals starting this past Sunday afternoon US time. For the full schedule check out his blog at http://usaflweeklyreport.com/
Below is the schedule for his broadcasts at the Nationals in Austin. Please note that some streaming of events in the past year e.g the 49th Parallel Cup and the Euro Cup have had difficulties in providing a stream as scheduled. Please keep this in mind when looking to catch any live streams online.

AFL names head to US Nationals

  • Monday, October 14 2013 @ 06:02 am ACDT
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The following story courtesy usafl.com

The USAFL is excited to announce there will be an AFL contingent attending the 2013 Nationals.  St. Kilda Saints Captain Nick Riewoldt will be in Austin on Sunday, October 20 for the finals and participate in pre-game ceremonies and awards presentations.

Riewoldt’s newest teammate American Jason Holmes who signed a 2-year international rookie contract with the Saints earlier this month, will also make the trip to Austin.  Holmes journey to the AFL began in April at the secondAFL US Combine in Los Angeles.  After the combine Holmes returned home to Chicago where he began training with the Chicago Swans in hopes the AFL would call and he would be prepared to take advantage of the opportunity.  His hard work has paid off and he is excited to begin his AFL career.

American born O'Neal becomes Richmond President

  • Thursday, October 03 2013 @ 07:25 am ACST
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Richmond will be the first club in AFL /VFL history to have a female president after Peggy O’Neal was voted into the role at a board meeting this morning.

O’Neal has spent the past eight years on the Richmond board. She takes over from Gary March, who officially stood down as president at the Jack Dyer Medal last Monday night.

O’Neal, who was born in Virginia in the United States, has spent the past 24 years in Australia. She currently chairs the Club’s risk and compliance committee, is a member of the governance committee, and also chairs the Tigers in Community Foundation.

Saints snap up American

  • Wednesday, October 02 2013 @ 07:30 am ACST
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American Jason Holmes is described at the AFL Draft combine in Melbourne this week as 203cm, 104kg , born 28/10/89 - Potential key position player/ruckman from Moorehead State in Kentucky ( the Ohio Valley Conference of the NCAA Division I-AA) with a multiple sports background in basketball, soccer, NFL, baseball and golf. Was introduced to AFL at the USA Combine in April 2013. Left-footer who looked natural with the ball by hand and foot. 

 
It doesn't mention he has been on the track this year learning the game with the Chicago Swans and playing in their Metro league competition.  But for Holmes the rest of the Draft Combine won't be under too much pressure to impress.  St Kilda today announced that they have signed him as an International Rookie.   With internationals it is a case of you snooze you lose.  But it's not like other teams haven't had a chance to sign him.  He has already paraded in front of club recruiters at the USA Combine and during a few weeks earlier this year under the wing of Paul Roos in Sydney and his signature could have been secured at any of those times.  And now the Saints have got in first.
 
Fellow American at the Draft Combine Mark Cisco however will be keen to keep pushing his case before clubs and if signed will be the third International Rookie to make it to an AFL list from this year's US Combine after Patrick Mitchell signed with the Sydney Swans earlier this year.
 
Other internationals at this year's Draft combine are the returning NZ Kurt Heatherley (already signed by Hawthorn), and first timers Jeconiah Peni (PNG) and Daniel Flynn (Ireland).   Also worth mentioning from an international point of view is Kenyan born Sudanese player Aliir Aliir. 

USAFL 2013 Nationals men's pools announced

  • Sunday, September 29 2013 @ 08:40 pm ACST
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The USAFL has released the pools for the men's 2013 National Championship Divisions. Division 1 has no reigning champion as the Dallas Magpies who won the 2012 title and were subsequently stripped of the title have been suspended from competition at the National Championships this season. Canadian team the Calgary Kookaburras will again compete in Division 1 at this year's US Nationals.

 

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Americans named among Draft Combine ruckmen

  • Wednesday, September 18 2013 @ 12:44 am ACST
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The AFL today announced the final group of players in position that will attend the 2013 NAB AFL Draft Combines in October.
 
The Ruckmen group comprises of 19 players who are between198 and 207cm in height and includes two players from the United States combine.  They are Jason Holmes and Mark Cisco who trialled with the Sydney Swans alongside Patrick Mitchell (who was signed as an international rookie by the Swans).  New Melbourne coach Paul Roos worked closely with the three athletes during their time in Australia and if they are likely to make the transition to Australian rules we would expect to see Melbourne list one of these two as an international rookie.
 
Further internationals invited to the combine are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Northern Lights Player Shares Her IC14 Dream For Athletic Health Prize

  • Friday, August 23 2013 @ 12:19 pm ACST
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Toronto based Northern Lights player Renee Tong has found a novel way to help raise so money to compete in next year’s International Cup: A contest where the winner is awarded $10,000 towards their athletic dream.

The competition is being run by Canadian wellbeing and supplements company Genuine Health. Each entrant writes about their athletic dream and the $10,000 prize is awarded to the athlete with the highest number of votes. The competition ends on August 31st.

Renee hopes that with help from the international football community she will win the competition and be able to travel to Australia to compete in the International Cup. As well as travel and accommodation costs for Australia, also hopes to use the money to travel across Canada to national competitions so she can gain more experience and become a more competitive player. The prize money will also cover the training, nutrition and physio programme she has set to lead up to IC14.

If you would like to help Tong achieve her dream of playing for her country, please click here to vote for her and read her story here.

More information about Tong’s aspirations and her Australian Football journey so far can be found in this article in local newspaper Inside Toronto.

VWFL’s VU St Albans Spurs to tour America

  • Monday, August 12 2013 @ 05:32 pm ACST
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Melbourne based women’s football club VU St Albans Spurs have announced that they will undertake an international tour in 2014. For next year’s end of season trip, the team will head to America to play against local teams, including the New York Lady Magpies, the Boston Lady Demons and the Baltimore/Washington Lady Eagles.

The club will be the first senior women’s team in Australia to play in an international setting. By doing this, they hope to further challenge the boundaries of women’s football in their own country, as well as help promote and develop the women’s game overseas.

Wallace a chance to step up

  • Friday, August 09 2013 @ 12:41 am ACST
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American Eric Wallace is a chance to step up to the North Ballarat VFL senior team this weekend. Wallace has been named on an extended ten man bench for Sunday's clash against the Collingwood VFL team.

Wallace showed good form last week against Coburg (see video below) and with 10 games under his belt in the development league this would be a huge step up in his monumental climb to one day play in the AFL.

Some of Wallace's countrymen attended training with North Melbourne yesterday as crew from the USS Lassen learnt about Australian football from the North Melbourne players.

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