Four years on from the cancelled 2020 International Cup, Queensland will play host to Australian rules football with an international flavour when around 500 people representing teams from across the Pacific region descend on Maroochydore in November.

The AFL International Cup was first staged in 2002 and held every three years through to 2017. The 2020 event was cancelled because of the pandemic and then the AFL announced that the 2023 edition would not be held.

The AFL decided to split the event into three regional championships to be played this year – and the Pacific Cup along with the Transatlantic Cup (Canada, August) and the Asia Cup (location TBC, November) – is the resulting replacement for the beloved worldwide format.

In this week's team podcast we recap scores from around world the past two weeks and preview the upcoming matches. Valerie Mai join our team from PNG as our special guest.

Adam, Greg and Troy look at recent footy around the world, and are joined by Jarrod Landells from AFL South Pacific to discuss the recent camps and matches against the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns academy teams in Australia.

On the podcast this week we recap scores from around the world last weekend including from USAFL, AFL Canada, AFL Europe, Bali Masters, AFL PNG and AFL Nauru.

On this weeks show we recap last week's footy scores from around the world. We recap scores from AFL Quebec, USAFL, AFL South Africa, AFL PNG, AFL China and AFL Europe as well as news from AFL Vanuatu, AFL Pakistan, AFLW and the AFL Grand Final.

On this week's shows we check out the footy scores from games played around the world. For many it's finals time, for other's its just getting underway. Scores this week from USAFL, AFL Canada, AFL Asia, AFL PNG, NZAFL, and AFL Europe.

Round 6 of the AFL PNG competiton was completed last weekend with Concept Koboni defeating the Alavana Swans by 12 goals on Saturday and the Lamana Dockers held onto second place on the ladder when they defeated the Gereka Bombers on Sunday by 65 points.

In the reserves Concept Koboni were also winners, while it was the Gereka Bombers who took the four points aginst the Lamana Dockers..

In the Women's Divsion, on the Saturday West Eagles were eight point winners over the 13 PLUS Marlins, and the Alavana Swans forfeited to Concept Koboni.  On Sunday Lamana Dockers were 62 point winners over the scoreless Gereka Bombers.  The three winners from the weekend are tied on 12-points in the first three places on the ladder.

 

In another Covid-19 dominated year that has played havoc with footy competitions around the world, it was pleasing that the AFL Nauru season was completed with the finals of all three grades completed last weekend. 

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The Lions won the A-Grade Division of the Digicel Cup defeating the Tigers by 53 points at Linkbelt Oval.   Tiiana Waidabu, veteran of Nauru footy and national representative with the Nauru Chiefs at the 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017 International Cups, was best on ground in the Grand Final. 

Panzer were B-Grade Premiers and Tigers took out the C Grade.

AFL Nauru is now calling for players to register for this year's AFL Nauru Women's Digicel Cup competiton which will begin on September 25th.