Women's Australian Football Association

The Dublin Angels and the Kilrea Kookaburras flew over to Edinburgh, Scotland, last weekend for what would turn out to be a thrilling Haggis Cup match. This was the first match of the year for both teams and it was heavily anticipated too as it had been almost a 7 months since these sides last met. It was another historic day for women’s football in Europe, with the first time the Haggis Cup included a ladies section. read more »

TV Show on the first SA State Women's side initiated organized and captained by Jenny Williams whose team went on to beat Victoria back in 1990.

Location

Fitness through Footy will be returning bigger and better for 2012! We'll be meeting 10 times starting with this session and continuing through mid April.  The full schedule will be published soon.

For our first session, we're returning to the dome at Central Middle School in Wayzata (near I-494 and I-394).  We recommend getting there about 15 minutes early so that we can be ready for the workout right at the start time. read more »

Angels win Haggis Cup 2012!!!!

Dublin Angels News Feb 13th 2012 read more »

In a hard fought match, the visiting Irish women defeated the Italian squad by a score of 6.14.50 to 6.4.40. 

In Parabiago (Milan), a crowd of about 700 gathered with good spirit, loud choruses and respectful support. They were treated to a game in which Ireland always led, though the Azzurre remained close.

Half Time
Italy 3.2.20
Ireland 6.5.41 read more »

The Kilrea Kookaburras are the first women's football club in Ireland and were founded in 2010.  They will be playing in the first women's Australian Football match in Europe in October, 2010.

For more information, please visit them at Aussie Rules Football Ireland or on the Kilrea Kookaburras Facebook page.

Photo Album

This article courtesy of Nic Townsend, photos courtesy of Daniela Scalia.

The notion of Aussie Rules being played in Europe is no longer new but until now it has been an entirely male environment. This weekend Milan will host the continent’s first ever women’s international match of Australian Football.

The Euro Cup, an annual 9-a-side tournament, has been going since 2005. Every year Aussie Rules continues to expand, and that growth is reflected in the increasing numbers of teams taking part. read more »

The US Freedom traveled to Toronto, Canada to play the Canada Northern Lights for the first time since their initial meetings in 2007. The teams were not entirely unknown to each other since the Canadian clubs have been competing at the USAFL National Championship tournament since 2007. The Canadian team was strongly represented by the Calgary Kookaburras who won the 2008 USAFL championship by narrowly defeating the Atlanta Kookaburras and lost the 2009 Championship to the Milwaukee Bombers. read more »

Bianca Rinaldi talks about the development of women's footy in Bendigo including the impact that the US Freedom match in August 2009 has had.