China’s Chen back on deck with the Scorpions

August 31, 2021

Fantastic to see The Guangzhou Scorpions continuing to gain momentum as they focus on building the number of their male and female participants. Also brilliant to see former China Dragons AFL International Cup Captain & former Port Adelaide Football Club Academy International signing Chen Shaoliang fit and healthy. Originally a basketballer, Chen’s AFL journey started […]

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Japanese football royalty on the international stage back at IC05

August 19, 2021

As we flicked through the pages of AFL Asia’s history books we stumbled across the 2005 AFL International Cup and the opening Round 1 game of the ‘IC05’ tournament between the Japan Samurais and the Spain Bulls, which was played at the Murphy Reserve in Port Melbourne. The Japan Samurais easily accounted for the Spanish […]

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Asia’s footprints at the AFL International Cup

August 24, 2020

The AFL International Cup (AFL IC) is the pinnacle tournament for internationally-based countries that takes place every 3 years and was scheduled to commence over a 2 week block in the last week of July and the front-end of August on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Unfortunately the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for […]

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AFL Asia’s Jam-packed calendar of events in 2020!

February 20, 2020

If you thought that the AFL Asia 2019 calendar of events was massive, well look out as the 2020 season is going to be an absolute monster year, with more football games, tours, tournaments, local leagues and events spread right throughout an extremely busy and jam-packed 12 months! Tournaments and games have already been played […]

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Simon Highfield – Asia Development Manager (ADM) Position Announced

July 23, 2019

Following the release of the job description in May, we received a huge amount of interest in the position, with over 100 applications received of exceptionally high standard. Following a rigorous process involving two rounds of interviews with a panel of AFL and AFL Asia representatives, we are pleased to announce the successful candidate is […]

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AFL Asia Lions breakthrough on big stage in Shanghai!

June 5, 2019

The 3rd AFL Asia Shanghai Curtain Closer match has seen the AFL Asia Lions have finally break through on the big stage with a comprehensive 21 point victory against the AFL Asia Dragons (Team AFL China Dragons) following the Port Adelaide Football Club and St. Kilda Football Game at Jiangwan Stadium (Adelaide Arena) on Sunday. […]

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Asia’s Best Talent on the Big Stage

May 28, 2019

The best 50 Asian-born footballers will relish the opportunity to play on the big stage during this weekend’s curtain closer clash following the Port Adelaide and St. Kilda game. The Team AFL China Dragons will be looking to build on their previous successes in the annual clash, having beaten the AFL Asia Lions during their […]

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2018 AFL Asia Asian Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia attracted over 500 players and 21 teams!

Volcanoes Erupt on Asia’s Biggest Stage

October 18, 2018

The Indonesian Volcanoes have been crowned the 2018 Asian Champions after triumphantly winning the iflix Asian Championships on the weekend. In culmination with AFL Asia’s biggest ever ‘Asian Champs’, the Volcanoes took out Asia’s most coveted prize as they defeated a gallant Philippine Eagles by 16 points in the Grand Final at the picturesque Bukit […]

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AFL Level 1 Coaching Courses in Jakarta & Guangzhou

April 26, 2018

Written by Matt Gale   AFL Asia’s commitment and focus towards developing Local Development strategies has paid off in spades over the weekend as AFLQ Coaching & Education Manager, Jack Barry, delivered AFL Level 1 Coaching Courses in Jakarta, Indonesia and Guangzhou, China.   AFL Asia first approached the AFL about potentially facilitating the AFL […]

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