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Country Overview National team Major teams/clubs Governing Body Main league competition(s) Main cup competition(s) Best Men's International performance (tournament) Best Women's International performance (tournament) South Africa: Overview [2] Lions (formerly Buffaloes) AFL South Africa: North West Province Gauteng Province: 3rd,
At the 2002 International Cup, meetings held between the AFL, IAFC, and international teams saw a unanimous vote amongst member countries that the AFL become the de facto world governing body for the sport, with the leagues linked to the teams affiliating with the AFL. The IAFC's public relations officer, Brian Clarke, disputed this move and ...
Regions / Countries Years of International Competition Frequency Website 49th Parallel Cup: USA vs Canada: 1999-2015: Held in the intermediary years between the Australian Football International Cup, currently on hiatus. Arafura Games (only a demonstration sport) Asia Pacific: 1999-2019: Defunct: Asian Australian Football Championships ...
The Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup or simply the IC) was an triennial international tournament in Australian rules football. It was the biggest international tournament in the sport that is open to all nations (it is not called a World Cup as Australia does not compete due to the presence of the ...
Action from the second Test of the 2005 International Rules Series. The International Rules Series has been broadcast on television in Australia and Ireland since the late 1990s. In Ireland it has usually been broadcast on RTÉ Two; from 2010 to 2014 the series was broadcast live by Irish-language channel TG4.
The country is a source of professional talent for the Australian Football League (AFL) with clubs began taking interest in converting American athletes, particularly amateur college basketball, college football and soccer players with an AFL International Combine being held since 2010.
The last country I visited on the trip, Brazil, blew my mind. Locals in Rio de Janeiro, where I celebrated Carnaval in 2013, said I was just like a "carioca" — what locals call themselves.
Ireland's All-International Mike Finn takes a mark over a pack of South African opponents in the 2008 AFL International Cup. Australian rules football is a fairly recently introduced team sport in Ireland but the country has a long history of interaction with Australian rules leagues.