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Saturday, March 7 will see the first-ever Aussie Rules football match played in Phuket with the country’s oldest club, the Thailand Tigers, taking on the Malaysian Warriors. The first Aussie Rules international game in Phuket will take place at the Alan Cooke Ground on March 7. The game starts at 1pm and is preceded by […]

Port Adelaide has released a video on Team China’s IC 14 campaign as well as its own strategy for China.

Today (7 October 2014), ABC News’ website has published an article titled, ‘The Big Rooster’ taking Australian rules football to a whole new level by Tony Doman. An excerpt of the original article (which can be viewed in its entirety here) is reproduced below. For most of people the Australian rules football season is over […]

Before last weekend’s AFL Grand Final on 27 September 2014, the Australia Network aired a story titled, From junior Auskickers to mighty Dragons: AFL in Hong Kong. The official blurb “Hong Kong is home to one of Asia’s oldest Australian Rules football clubs – the Hong Kong Dragons – and the team is in the […]

After last weekend’s AFL Grand Final on 27 September 2014, the Australia Network aired a story titled, Home away from home: Singapore’s AFL family. The official blurb “The Singapore Wombats Club was started by 10 footy deprived Australian expats who were missing a kick on the field and toughing it out in the tropical balm […]

Yesterday, the South China Morning Post published an article by Sam Agars titled, Team China show their AFL spirit by playing Hong Kong Dragons. The original article can be viewed by clicking here. It is also reproduced below. On the biggest day of the Australian Rules Football calendar, the Australian Football League’s grand final day, […]

On Grand Final Eve, the then Australia Network posted a story on the Jakarta Bintangs. It posted: “The Jakarta Bintangs Football Club team in Indonesia has an almost equal membership of Aussie expats and Indonesian locals. The competition is being led by an enthusiastic Australian who now calls Jakarta home, and is keen to spread […]

The Shanghai Daily has this morning, 25 September 2014, published an article by Emma Armstrong titled, Aussie football final a day to kick back for fun. The article looks at AFL Asia club, the Shanghai Tigers as well as the 2014 AFL Grand Final. Below is an excerpt. AS Australians around the world steel themselves […]

Julian Clark, passionate supporter of Aussie Rules in every country outside of Australia, is the Biog Rooster. Earlier this month, on 16 September 2014, the Myanmar Times published an article by Thomas Kean titled, The Big Rooster brings Aussie Rules football to Myanmar. Below is an extract. “This is my advertisement, mate,” says Julian Clark. […]

Tim Harcourt is the Airport Economist and here in his Footynomics series, he writes that the “big men fly in Dubai, Dalian and Delhi: the international dimensions of Aussie Rules Football”. He also refers to several AFL Asia in the article. I’ve been very lucky in my life. I’ve been lucky to watch a lot […]