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Australian rules football was played sporadically in Senegal during the 1990s, after Darwin-based Mark Moretti visited Dakar for two months in 1991.
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Moretti had introduced the sport to local children originally as an example of overseas culture, but there was interest from both the children and some local soccer administrators in continuing the sport.
When Moretti returned in 1997 there had not been any progress, so he organised some footballs and other material to be sent to Senegal and the country was represented at the International Australian Football Council AGM in Darwin in 1999.
Around this time, two teams were established, named The Crocodiles and The Hares, making Senegal the second African country to take up the sport.
Two local enthusiasts, Papa Amadou Sow and Abdoul Souleye Sow, were behind the formation of the two teams, and there were plans to contact the Minister of Sports in Senegal in order to form a Federation.
Unfortunately it now seems that the sport has since disappeared in the country.
A team representing Senegal appeared at the "World 9s" in Catalonia in 2008, consisting of Senegalese nationals resident in Spain and competing in the Catalan AFL.
Here's hoping the original interest in the Greatest Game in the World can be re-ignited in the future. There are nearly 14 million people in this country who are being deprived of our great game and someone needs to do something about it.
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Posted on Dec 16, 2010 22:42pm by admin
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