This Sunday Hong Kong will host the China Cup. It is the first time the tournament has been played outside Mainland China.
The tournament's origin can be traced to a match in 2003 when Hong Kong and Shanghai met in the latter's home city. The match almost failed to go ahead due to the outbreak of SARS. Nevertheless the Dragons did make the trip and walked away eighty point winners.
Since then, Hong Kong have competed against China in Shanghai three times and once in Beijing. Beijing and Shanghai have also challenged each other several times. This year five teams will compete for the cup; China Reds, Guangzhou, Macau, Hong Kong Dragons and Pok Fulam Vikings.
Sunday promises to be a big afternoon, and fans can expect a high standard of football. Insiders expect a Hong Kong vs China final. "Guangzhou and Macau will be underdogs as they are developing teams. Pok Fulam are a little out of their depth. The Dragons at home will be hard to beat, but expect the China Reds to give... More...
The Turku Dockers have made it two out of two by claiming their second premiership in the Finland AFL in their second year of existence. The Dockers, coached by Australian ex-pat and two-time EU Cup all star Grant Siermans, beat the all-Finnish Salo Juggernauts 19.17(131) to 8.5(53).
Although the Dockers went into the match as favourites, having beaten the Juggernauts on all three encounters during the home and away season, injuries to several key Dockers players (as a result of EC2010 duty) combined with recent reinforcements to the Juggernauts squad via their high-school recruitment program suggested that the grand final could be a different story. But it wasn’t to be.
Report courtesy of Craig Primmer, photos by Antti Lipsanen.
The Dockers, who fielded an all-Finnish team for the first half of the game, came out hard and had a five goal advantage at half time with on-ballers Tomi Virtanen and Anti Vasemägi proving hard to stop in the middle and linking up wel... More...
Whether it’s the work of the martians or the seagulls, Kevin Sheedy is not often backward in coming forward. For a plumber – he can be somewhat lateral. His latest suggestion is reported in the IrishExaminer Sheedy proposes novel ‘tri-series’ idea.
The following is lifted from the article by Daragh Ó Conchúir, dated August 26. Sheedy also put forward this idea earlier this year in an 'open letter' published here in the Daily Telegraph.
"What I’d really love to see is an international rules tri-series played between indigenous Australia, non-indigenous Australia and Ireland," Sheedy said. "It would be great for the development of the series, if the Australians and the Irish have the courage to do it. It’s an opportunity for indigenous people to be leaders of their ow... More...
Last year it was Sydney Swan Tadgh Kennelly who returned to Ireland and led his county Kerry to the All Ireland GAA Gaelic Football final against Cork – and ultimate victory to win the Sam Maguire Cup.
This year, it remains to be seen if a win can be achieved; however, former Collingwood player Martin Clarke has helped his County Down side to make the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1994.
Last week Clarke was featured in the Belfast Telegraph Martin Clarke goes from Down Under to Down hero in a preview of Sundays cut throat semi-final. Clarke is wrapped tremendously – although, the article falls just short of directly crediting his time at Collingwood and exposure in a pr... More...
Graeme Wilson is a highly qualified and experienced diplomat. He holds a Master of Arts degree in French from the University of Melbourne, and a Master of Arts degree in international relations from the University of Southern California. He speaks French, Spanish and Bislama. He also runs Auskick in the Solomon Islands.
Graeme “the kid” Wilson played 14 games back between 1974 and 1976 at South Melbourne in the then VFL. He’d been recruited from Uni Blues in the VAFA.
Since his football days, Wilson has had a distinguished career in the diplomatic corps that has included a stint as Australian ambassador to Mexico and postings in exotic locations such as Vanuatu, Noumea and Paris. Uni blues life member and sometime preside... More...
The crowd of 315 came together in the 92 degree (farenheit) heat to witness the first ever MAAFL Grand Final on the Kangaroos turf at Heartland Park in Donelson. Chicago came in at 3-2 record and 2-0 in the MAAFL, but their last match was 2 months ago against Milwaukee, in which they won 86-22. The Kangaroos came in at 6-2 and also 2-0 in the MAAFL after the 153-7 massacre against the Ohio Valley River Rats.
As the coin toss went this season, for the fifth time the Kangaroos lost the coin toss and Chicago elected to head to the river side of the field. The first score, however, came to the Kangaroos side of the ledger as Chris "Lawnman" Moerman kicked the opening goal at 4:25 into the quarter. After a massive collision going for the ball that i... More...
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While the other two new sides to the ARFLI this season are clubs that have reformed, the Midwest Magpies are an entirely new identity. This makes their performances so far all the more impressive.
The Galway-based club started the season with three narrow defeats, however their season was turned around when the Magpies defeated the previously unbeaten South Dublin Swans and backed it up by beating the Midland Tigers by 74 to 26. This fine form continued in a 5 point win against the Leeside Lions only for the Magpies to lose their most recent game by three points to fellow new boys the Clare Crows. Despite this loss the Pies are still very much in the mix for a place in the finals.
Worldfootynews spoke to founder member Tony McAfee about the origins of the club, how the season has gone and about playing basketbal... More...
AFL Fiji is still relatively young, but, the mainstream coverage in the Fiji Times – “Great Talent” continues.
In October 2009, AFL FIJI held a Schools Carnival at Corpus Christi, Suva. Four secondary colleges competed in the 15-a-side competition. Laucala Bay defeated Suva Grammar and received the David Rodan Cup. The carnival also served as a selection process for the the Oceania Cup training squad.
Andrew Cadzow, AFL South Pacific Manager, has been in Fiji again helping to arrange the 2010 instalment of the David Rodan Secondary School AFL competition. It will again be held in October.
Particular attention is given to current listed senior players David Rodan, Alipate Carlise and Nic Naitanui. It should be acknowledged that Carlise and Rodan, teammates at Port Power, have been working together since December 2007 both to establish AFL-Fiji and to promote the game in their homeland... More...
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