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In 2012, the Australian Gridiron League was established by Gridiron Australia. Organised gridiron has been played in Australia since 1983 and is always referred to as gridiron or American football rather than football to distinguish it from the other football codes such as rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football or soccer. There is ...
The Australian Gridiron League (AGL) is a gridiron competition that forms the highest level of American Football in Australia. The league consists of six state teams from New South Wales , Queensland , Victoria , The Australian Capital Territory , South Australia and Western Australia .
American football, known locally as "gridiron", is a participation and spectator sport in Australia.The sport is represented by Gridiron Australia, a member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), and also Gridiron Victoria, which operates independent of Gridiron Australia [2]
In Australia, American football is often referred to as "gridiron" or (in more formal contexts) "American football", as "football" usually refers to Australian rules football, rugby league, or rugby union, similar to how association football is usually called "soccer" in Australian English.
The Australia national team represent Australia in international American football (gridiron) competitions. The team is organised by Gridiron Australia, the national governing body for the sport. IFAF World Championship record Year Position GP W L PF PA 1999 5th 3 1 2 16 83 2003 Did Not Participate 2007 2011 8th 4 0 4 30 204 2015 5th 4 3 1 108 81 The 2019 IFAF World Championship was to be held ...
The teams from the NSW Premier State Gridiron League returned to the NSW Gridiron Football League prior to the commencement of the 1997 season and since that time, Gridiron NSW has continued to expand as the sport has enjoyed increasing popularity both in New South Wales and Australia generally. Gridiron NSW currently consists of four divisions ...
The National Gridiron League (NGL) was a proposed professional American football league in Australia. The inaugural season was scheduled to begin in October 2018. It was originally to begin in 2016, however it was postponed for two years. [1] The League and its teams went silent in 2017 and was presumed defunct from that date.
The Female Gridiron League of Queensland (FGLQ), the first league of its kind in Australia, is a full kit, women's tackle American nine-a-side football competition that commenced on 24 August 2012. The FGLQ was founded by the Logan City Gridiron Football Club and is sanctioned by Gridiron Queensland. [ 1 ]