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AFL Fiji
The sport of Australian rules football has been played in Fiji since at least 1963, when an exhibition was held in Suva. Fiji has produced several professional players for the Australian Football League, however organised Australian rules did not begin there until 2009. The governing body for the sport on the islands is AFL Fiji, created in 2009. Fiji's national teams include the junior team which debuted in the 2005 Oceania Cup (Australian rules football), Oceania Cup (which Fiji has the designated host country for most of the tournamen'ts history), men's team which debuted internationally at the 2011 Australian Football International Cup (where they were crowned Division 2 champions) and the women's at the 2014 Australian Football International Cup. History An Australian rules exhibition was held at Suva in 1963. In 1965, St Kilda Football Club returned to Fiji as part of a proposed biennial end of season trip, but declined to further promote the game there. The first televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Football International Cup
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 professional AFL competition and an abundance of semi-professional leagues). More than 26 nations have participated and the competition has expanded into multiple pools and both men and women's divisions. At the time of the last tournament in 2017, the sport had a record 170,744 registered players outside Australia (upwards of 23 per cent of total registered players worldwide) growing at a rate of 25 per cent per annum (as compared to an Australian participation growth rate of 10 per cent). The 2020 event was postponed and then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and after multiple subsequent postponements for both the 2020 and 2023 tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Fellowes
Wesley 'Wes' Fellowes (born 7 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Australian National Football Leagues (SANFL). Originally from Bulleen-Templestowe Football Club, Fellowes was a tall ruckman and son of former Collingwood Football Club player Graeme Fellowes. Collingwood recruited Fellowes and he made his senior VFL debut in Round 13 1981 VFL season, 1981. He was quite a skillful and mobile ruckman, but his work rate was always questioned by the football public. He played some consistent football after an improving start to his career, and in 1986 VFL season, 1986 he stunned people, winning Collingwood's Best and Fairest award, the Copeland Trophy. Fellowes would fade away late in his 102-game career, finishing at Collingwood in 1989 VFL season, 1989. Fellowes played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL in 1991. External links * 1961 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rodan
David Rodan (born 8 October 1983) is an Australian rules football goal umpire and a retired professional footballer who played for the Richmond Tigers, Port Adelaide Power and the Melbourne Demons. Of Tongan heritage, Rodan is the first Fijian-born player to reach 100 AFL games. He is currently an AFL goal umpire. Early life David Rodan was born in Fiji to mother Amelia and father David Snr, both of Tongan heritage. He spent his first year in the town of Lami near Suva. When he was three years old, his family moved to Australia. His father wanted him to play rugby union, but there were no rugby clubs for juniors in his area. Instead, he tried Aussie Rules, beginning junior football with Oak Park and the Holy Child Football Club in Broadmeadows, and he developed a passion for the sport. Rodan rose through the junior ranks until dominating in the TAC Cup competition, winning back to back Morrish Medals (2000 and 2001). AFL career Richmond (2001–2006) Rodan was recrui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisake Ó HAilpín
Aisake is a Melanesian name. Notable people with this name include: * Aisake Nadolo (1964–2009), Fijian rugby union player * Aisake Tarogi (born 1981), Fijian rugby union player * Aisake Ó hAilpín (born 1985), Fijian-Irish sportsperson * Lusiano Aisake, king of Uvea * ʻAisake Eke, Tongan politician {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setanta Ó HAilpín
Setanta Ó hAilpín (born 18 March 1983) is a Fijian-Irish sportsman. He played hurling at senior level for the Cork county team before becoming a professional Australian rules footballer. Ó hAilpín is of mixed Irish and Rotuman background. His brothers Seán Óg, Teu and Aisake are also noted sportsmen. Early life and Gaelic games Ó hAilpín was born in Australia to an Irish father and a mother from the Fijian dependency of Rotuma. The family moved to Cork in Ireland in 1988 and Ó hAilpín played both hurling and Gaelic football for Na Piarsaigh, eventually concentrating on hurling. In 2000, he was selected for the Cork minor team. He studied at Waterford Institute of Technology and starred on its Fitzgibbon Cup-winning side in March 2003. Ó hAilpín joined his elder brother, Seán Óg, on the Cork county team for the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, with the team losing the final to Kilkenny that September. His contribution to the campaign ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipate Carlile
Alipate Carlile (born 30 April 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Carlile was born in Lautoka to mother Asenaca of Batiki. He was brought to Australia at the age of one. Carlile is a cousin of former Australian rules footballer David Rodan. Carlile often played basketball and soccer as a junior before beginning his Australian rules career in his home town with the Wangaratta Rovers. The big-bodied 192 cm and 98 kg Carlile was selected by Port Adelaide at pick 44 in the 2005 AFL Draft from the Murray Bushrangers. Carlile is married to ex Adelaide Thunderbird netballer Joanna Sutton. AFL career 2006–2007 He made his Australian Football League debut in round 16, 2006 in the match against St Kilda at Aurora Stadium. In 2007, he played his first game for the year in round 14, playing seven consecutive games in a relatively successful Port Adelaide t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nic Naitanui
Nicholas Naitanui (; born 4 May 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was born in Sydney to Fijians, Fijian parents, and his family moved to Perth, Western Australia after his father's death. Growing up in Midvale, Western Australia, Midvale, Naitanui attended Governor Stirling Senior High School, and played football for the Midvale Junior Football Club. After representing Western Australia Australian rules football team, Western Australia in the 2007 and 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, he debuted in 2008 for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Naitanui was drafted by West Coast with the second pick in the 2008 AFL Draft#2008 National Draft, 2008 National Draft. Naitanui made his AFL debut for West Coast in round 12 of the 2009 AFL season, 2009 season, against . He played ten games in his debut season, and received one Brownlow Medal vote for a th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Nicholls
Tom Nicholls is a former professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was one of the club's underage recruits, and played in the Gold Coast's first season. Nicholls made his debut in Round 8 of the 2011 AFL season, against . During that game he played against his girlfriend's brother, Kurt Tippett. Early life Nicholls was born in Yarrawonga in country Victoria to a Fijian mother and an Australian father. He completed his high school studies at St Bede's College (Mentone) and St Kevin's College in Melbourne. Junior football Nicholls attended St Kevin's College in Toorak and began playing his junior football for the Cheltenham Junior Football Club in Melbourne. He later moved to the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup for the 2009 season. At the completion of the 2009 season, Nicholls signed for the newly formed GC17 team that would compete in the VFL for the 2010 season. AFL career Nicholls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Hall (footballer)
Aaron Hall (born 9 November 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns and the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Hall was born in Hobart to a Fijian mother and an Australian father. His mother, Naz, moved to Australia in 1983 as she won a scholarship to study in Tasmania. His father, Dale, was a Hobart Football Club premiership player in 1990 Tasmanian Football League and was drafted by the Sydney Swans in the 1990 AFL Draft as a 21-year-old. Dale played six reserves games and three Ansett Cup games in the seniors but did not play any AFL games for the Swans. While at Sydney he also played for Campbelltown in the Sydney Football League. Dale would return home to Hobart where he led the Southern Football League (Tasmania) goalkicking in 1999. As a child Aaron grew up wanting to be an AFL player like his father. Aaron had explosive speed and however despite his short stature. In grade 10 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Freeman
Nathan Freeman (born 16 June 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted by Collingwood at pick 10 in the 2013 AFL national draft. He was then traded to the Saints in 2015 without having played an AFL game due to repeated injuries. Freeman was delisted at the end of the 2018 season having made his senior debut only weeks earlier against the Western Bulldogs in Round 20. Freeman is currently playing for the SANFL Crows in the South Australian Football League. Freeman previously played for the Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east .... In 2023, Freeman competed on the 11th season of Survivor Australia, placing 20th. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald Sun
The ''Herald Sun'' is a Conservatism, conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the American Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch owned News Corp. The ''Herald Sun'' primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and the South Coast (New South Wales), South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In 2017, the paper had a daily circulation of 350,000 from Monday to Friday. The ''Herald Sun'' newspaper is the product of a Mergers and acquisitions, merger in 1990 of two newspapers owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Limited: the morning tabloid ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
