WARFL News

Grand Final looms large

2nd against 3rd this weekend in what can be the decisive game getting into the 2010 Grand Final. Cardiff Double Blues and Swansea Magpies meet this weekend in a vital clash. Both teams level on points with their season records being 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. The last time these teams met was back in round 1. That game was very physical throughout both teams really battling hard and the result finished a 78-78 draw. Neither team can afford a draw this weekend so both will be looking for a big win. With Panthers unbeaten this year and looking like Grand Finalists yet again the battle comes down to the Blues and Magpies. So who can take a huge step into the Grand Final?

Written by Gareth Sturge

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Panthers do Wales proud, but Wildcats too strong in Cardiff "Clwb" Challenge

Clubs from around England and Wales descended on Cardiff last Saturday for WARFL's British "Clwb" Challenge, now in its third year. It was a perfect day for footy with a sunny Saturday afternoon in the Welsh capital setting the scene for a great day of fast paced action which would be the first competitive football in Wales for 2010.

The clubs this year fighting it out for the cup included last year’s winners Nottingham Scorpions, and the South Cardiff Panthers who were also the first ever Welsh club to enter a team into this tournament. They were joined by newcomers Birmingham Bears, Portsmouth Pirates and European powerhouse West London Wildcats.

The Wildcats went into the tournament as certain favourites, with a squad of 16 that included only one non-Australian, which coincidentally enough was Welsh international Tom Cleary.

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British sides converge on Cardiff for the "Clwb" Challenge

The newly-renamed British "Clwb" Challenge will be kicking off at 12pm this Saturday April 17th, with the 2009 WARFL Grand Finalists South Cardiff Panthers vs Swansea Magpies at the Llandaff Fields in Cardiff's city centre. [...]

Birmingham Uni win on debut over WARFL Red Devils

The University of Birmingham Sharks, one of Britain's newest Australian rules football clubs, last weekend hosted the WARFL Red Devils, the representative side featuring the best players in the Welsh Australian Rules Football Leagues across all nationalities.

In a surprise result, the Sharks' fitness was too much the more-experienced Devils, the home side running out to a comfortable 59-point win, Dan Di-Lieto kicking six goals for the winners.

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15 Nations found European Australian Football Association in Frankfurt

Delegates from 15 Australian football leagues around Europe converged on Frankfurt last weekend to officially found the European Australian Football Association, the long-awaited first pan-European governing body for the sport of Australian rules football. [...]