Stateside Footy presents two more Australian Rules Football matches, played on October 8-9, 2011 at the USAFL Nationals Tournament in Austin, TX. The first half of the show features the Boston Demons "A" team taking on the hometown Austin Crows in a 2x20 Footy match. The second half features a 2x20 Division 2 match between the Demons "A" team and the Chicago United club.

 

 

Former Geelong Football Club captain Ben Graham continues his NFL punting odyssey tour of the US this week, having signed on with the Detroit Lions.

Having punted in USAFL states of New York (Magpies), Arizona (Hawks) and Louisiana (Baton Rouge Tigers), Graham now finds himself in the footy-barren state of Michigan after the Lions sacked Robert Malone the fill in punter for the injured Ryan Donahue.

If Donahue does not come up from injury this week Graham will punt with his fourth NFL club.

Bill Robert has his latest Stateside Footy Episode 14 now online. The Boston Demons host the New York Magpies in Lexington, MA. In the Keegan Heavey Memorial Game, dedicated to the memory of a recently deceased club member.

Bill Robert has his latest Stateside Footy Episodes 11-13 now online, and these episodes feature two Aussie Football matches: the first being Womens Footy and the inaugural home game of the Boston Lady Demons as they take on the New York Lady Magpies. The second match is a match between the New York and Boston men's reserves.

 

Youtube footage of the program can be seen below.

The Etobicoke Kangaroos Australian Football Club based in Toronto have established themselves as a local powerhouse after becoming AFL Ontario Premiers in 2 of their 3 Grand Finals they participated in recently.

Their Division 1 and 2 teams are 2011 AFL Ontario Premiers while their Women’s team are Runners Up in their inaugural season. The Kangaroos are the 1st club to have all 3 teams in Grand Finals in the same year.

This is Etobicoke's 2nd Division 1 Premiership after winning in 2008, while the Division 2 team clinched their 1st Premiership.

Below are the game write ups for each Grand Final, admittedly from an Etobicoke perspective.

The Denver Lady Bulldogs have defeated a joint New York Lady Magpies-Montreal Angels team by 3.7(25) to 0.1(1) to become the 2011 USAFL National Tournament Women’s Division Champions. The Lady Bulldogs are now back to back USAFL Women’s Champions, having also won the Women’s National Tournament the previous year in Louisville, Kentucky.

Earlier on Day 2, the Denver Lady Bulldogs overcame the Minnesota Freeze by 7.3(45) to 1.2(8) in Semi Final 1, and the New York-Montreal team overcame the Arizona Lady Hawks by 2.7(19) to 1.0(6) in Semi Final 2.

Congratulations are also due to the Denver Bulldogs men’s team who are the USAFL Men’s Champions, defeating Calgary Kangaroos by 3.2(20) to 0.5(5) in the Men’s Division 1 Grand Final.

Division 1 Champions Denver Bulldogs - Calgary Kangaroos 0.5 (5) def by Denver Bulldogs 3.2 (20)

Division 2 Champions Dallas Magpies - Austin Crows 1.3 (9) def by Dallas Magpies 8.6 (54)

Division 3 Champions - Arizona Hawks - Arizona Hawks 5.2 (32) def Atlanta Kookaburras 3.1 (19)

The Women’s Division results for Day 1 and the draw for the semi finals has now been announced by the USAFL.

Women's Div I:
Pool A:	Team	W	D	L	PF	PA	Percentage	Points
Denver Bulldogs	34	2	0	0	90	12	750.00%	8
New York Lady magpies/Montreal	35	1	0	1	59	36	163.89%	4
Sacramento Screamers	36	0	0	2	0	101	0.00%	0
Pool B:	Team	W	D	L	PF	PA	Percentage	Points
Arizona Lady Hawks/Calgary Kookaburras	37	1	0	1	54	53	101.89%	4
Minnesota Freeze	38	1	0	1	46	46	100.00%	4
Boston/Columbus/BWE/Toronto	39	1	0	1	48	49	97.96%	4