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

Calgary are the standout Division 1 team in the USAFL after Day 1 in Pool A. They seem likely to defeat Orange County on form tomorrow morning and would then play the top team from Pool B, Orange County of course will be looking to try to put paid to those plans.  Pool B is a battle between Seattle and Denver who were both undefeated on Day 1 and will play each other tomorrow morning with the winner to go to the final.  Denver will go in favourites but Seattle will always be a chance if they can defend well in the short format.

Division 2 is dominated by the Texan teams in Austin and Dallas undefeated in their pools and in Division 3 Atlanta leads it's pool undefeated while Arizona and Florida are undefeated in the other pool.  You can follow tomorrow's matches as USFootyNews

All mens division results follow:

Division 1

POOL A
Saturday
Golden Gate 4.0 v Orange County 7.5
New York 2.5 v Calgary 4.4
New York 5.7 v Orange County 2.2
Golden Gate 2.2 v Calgary 5.4

POOL B
Saturday
Denver 5.4 v San Diego 3.1
Seattle 4.2 v Baltimore DC 0.5
Denver 9.3 v Baltimore DC 0.1
Seattle 3.9 v San Diego 2.1

The Arizona Cardinals have re-signed Ben Graham after cutting him at the NFL season's start. The former Geelong captain has been recalled due to injury to his replacement, Dave Zastudil. Zastudil remains on the roster though so Graham's return could be short lived.

Other former Aussie rules players in the NFL are Matt McBriar who continues his long career with the Dallas Cowboys (and hit a 68 yard punt this week) and Sav Rocca who has moved to the Washington Redskins for this season and may be having his best season so far.

Former Brisbane and Port Adelaide player Scott Harding has also recently debuted in college gridiron football for University of Hawaii as a wide receiver.

The following release from the USAFL today details the 2011 Nationals Divisions to be played in Austin, TX next week.

The USAFL is pleased to announce the 2011 Nationals Divisions have been set.  The National Tournament Committee has finalized the pools for Divisions I, II, III and Women’s. Division IV still requires some final revisions and Region Vice Presidents will be following up with clubs (listed below) to confirm player numbers and pairings in the coming days.

We are pleased to note that a record number of teams are playing at Nationals this year.  Unfortunately, this makes our task even more difficult, and will inevitably lead to some disappointment.

Stateside Footy presents more of the 2011 Boston Demons "Zaidee's Rainbow" Metro Competition. This episode features a "Metro-style" modified Australian Rules Football match played on August 16, 2011 in Woburn, MA. This match is between the River Rats and the Lobstermen. Stateside Footy is a cable access TV show produced with the assistance of WCTV - Wilmington Community Television in Wilmington, MA. It features Aussie Rules Football as it is played in the U.S.A.

Stateside Footy presents a two-part Aussie Rules extravaganza. The show begins with a game from the 2011 Boston Demons Metro Competition, played on July 23 2011 in Woburn, MA. This match features a Mixed Metro modified Australian Rules Football match featuring players from both the Boston Demons and the Boston Lady Demons.

Shae McNamara has led the way for Americans to switch sports and try their luck in Aussie rules in Australia. He has been successful at VFL level so far and did play in the NAB cup for the Collingwood club, but has not been elevated to the senior list in his first two seasons.

Today's NT News reported that two more American basketballers have come to Australian football in Australia (never playing the game in their own country first). Andre Moss from Anchorage Alaska and Buster Perkins from Little Rock Arkansas, have been playing basketball in Darwin and have been recruited by the Darwin Buffaloes in the NTFL and are reported to be 195cm in height.

"Stateside Footy" is the Public Access Program that brings you Australian Rules Football played in the
United States. New episodes are still on the way, not to mention including coverage of the Boston Demons
and Lady Demons in the upcoming USAFL Nationals Tournament.

The latest episode of "Stateside Footy" features the Demons playing host to the Philadelphia Hawks in one
of the most exciting, fast-paced matches of the season.
 

The Canadian Wolfpack Under 19 team played against Healesville on Friday night under lights.  The conditions being cold and a little wet.  Coach Mike McFarlane tells us "We had a great game against Healesville...the boys had learned from the game against St.Pats. They came out hard from the opening bounce and even led at one point in the first quarter."

At half time the Wolfpack were in a position to possibly get their first win on Australian soil. In the end the boys just fell short but gave a great account of themselves losing 9.4.(57) to 4.5 (29). "The Healesville group commented on how much the skill level has improved since our last trip in  2008" McFarlane said.   

Best players were Andrew Roosdahl, Jason Silen, Chris Harbour and Darren Ledoux.