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Women's Footy in the Media

Shorts Rule When Aussie footy is on the box in USA

Shorts rule when Aussie footy is on the box in USA

By LES MUIR, Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser

AMERICAN women like watching Australian football on cable TV because the players wear such short shorts. That’s the opinion of an expatriate Wagga woman living in California.
Leigh Swansborough left Wagga in 1988 and is now a self-employed massage therapist and personal trainer working in famous Orange Country.

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Aussie footys want to start 'A League of Their Own'

Aussie footys want to start 'A League of Their Own'

By John Phane, john@smexaminer.com

Simi Valley Examiner

A women's Australian Rules football team is coming soon to a stadium near you. Jayme Weaver, 41, of Simi Valley, is recently retired from the Los Angeles Police Department. She's also a member of the Orange County Bombshells, the first women's Australian Rules football team in the nation. 

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Australian rules football team fielded by women

Australian rules football team fielded by women

By Carolyn Sinclair
Special to the Daily News

Simi Valley Daily News

Jayme Weaver and her 13-year-old daughter Amanda have found an unusual bonding activity through a sport that is catching on in America.

Early on a Saturday morning in the Rancho Santa Susana Park, they're practicing tossing, punting and volleying what looks like a bloated football with a few other women and one man.

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