Former Collingwood and North Melbourne footballer Sav Rocca looks to be moving NFL clubs.  It has been reported that Rocca will sign with the Washington Redskins Friday (US time) and may take part in the first training camp practice on Friday morning.

This comes after a largely successful transition from Aussie rules to become and NFL punter with the Philadelphia Eagles.  NFL teams are frantically trying to get themselves prepared for the upcoming NFL season after their lockout over a pay dispute recently ended.

Shae McNamara interviews his Collingwood teammates and tests their knowledge on topic of the USA. Shae has also started his own website and video blog at www.shae-mcnamara.com

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Three women in Edmonton tried out Aussie Rules at their local club, the Edmonton Emus. Two of them are now competing in this year’s International Cup Women’s Division with the Canadian Northern Lights.

Karyn Huxley was more familiar with Canadian football - she was a member of the Edmonton Eskimos cheer team for three years. But after marrying her Aussie husband, Cameron, she was introduced to a new kind of football. After becoming bored with dancing, Huxley wanted to try something different and gave footy a go. She accepts that as a contact sport Aussie rules has a physical aspect, but for her footy is fun game, more about stamina and running. There’s also the social and community aspect of football, and she really likes the family vibe at the Emus.

Also playing with Edmonton are Neda Dalili and Lucy Nolan. Nolan was born in Australia but was unfamiliar with the rules and had never played the game before moving to Canada. She started playing out of curiosity after meeting coach Tristan Waldock having a kick about in her local park, and soon found the game addictive. Unlike non-contact sports which she found frustrating, Nolan found the perfect sport in Aussie Rules, and likes how everyone gets to kick, catch, pass and tackle.

Stateside Footy presents a pair of Australian Rules Football matches, played on May 21, 2011 in Fort Washington, MD. The first half of the show features a 2x20 match between the New York Magpies and the Philadelphia Hawks. The second half includes the inaugural game of the Boston Lady Demons as they play a 2x20 Women's Footy match against the New York Lady Magpies. Stateside Footy is a cable access TV show produced at WCTV - Wilmington Community Television in Wilmington, MA. It features Aussie Rules Football as it is played in the U.S.A

American footy made an appearance on Channel 9's Almost Footy Legends segment on The Footy Show last week. The clip (seen below) sent in by Bill Robert of Stateside Footy sees the goal post "obliterated" with Bill's commentary mimicked by the Billy Brownless. The segment can be seen from the 1 minute 36 second mark.

Stateside Footy caught up with Brett Kirk in Boston on his worldwide footy tour. This great interview by Bill Robert can be seen in the video below and covers Brett's tour so far and the upcoming International Cup.  We also get to find out how Bill came to love Aussie rules and find himself broadcasting it.

Stateside Footy presents an Australian Rules Football match between the Boston Demons and Baltimore-Washington Eagles, played on May 21, 2011 in Fort Washington, MD. Stateside Footy is a cable access TV show produced at WCTV - Wilmington Community Television in Wilmington, MA. It features Aussie Rules Football as it is played in the U.S.A. Visit the show's website at http://www.statesidefootytv.com.

 AFL Canada is pleased to announce that four players have been selected by the Australian Football League (AFL) to represent the World XVIII under 18 team in the up coming NAB Australian Under 16's championships to be played in Sydney, Australia in July. This is the 2nd year in a row that four Canadian Juniors have been selected for this honour.

All four players Alex Tivy, Jason Silen, Darren Ledoux, Brennan Lew-Cooke hail from the very successful North Delta Junior Australian Football League (NDJAFL) based in Vancouver, British Columbia that also produced two of the four players selected in the 2010 version of the World XVIII. Vancouver, British Columbia is home of the first Canadian to play professional AFL, Mike Pyke who plays for the Sydney Swans.
 
 

Collingwood football club continues its love for the Arizona altitude this week as Dane Swan, Darren Jolly, Nathan Brown and Brent McCaffer headed back to the US on Monday and were shortly after joined by Dale Thomas.  The theory is that the two weeks at altitude will aid the recovery of these players struggling with injury and fatigue problems.

The Youtube video below interviews the players about the trip and has some footage of the clubs preseason trip to Arizona.