Adelaide Advertiser. AFL in Indonseia.

[Covertackle]

Adam Bray, right, with young Indonesian football player Lukman at Adelaide Oval. Picture: Bianca DeMarchi. Source: News Limited
SOME arrive without boots.
Others are slightly weary after having travelled six hours just to be there.
But every member of the Jakarta Bintangs Aussie Rules team beams with excitement - and tonight is only training.
"The level of enthusiasm and the love these kids have for Australian Rules is pretty phenomenal,'' team coach and Adelaide expat Adam Bray says.
Bray moved to Indonesia with his wife 18 months ago and, as a former amateur level player in Adelaide, decided to join the Bintangs to stay involved in footy.
Today, he finds himself not only coaching the Bintangs but helping drive the growth of AFL among 12-23-year-old Indonesians.

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[Cmarsh]

We have one of the larger countries in the world on our doorstep, so it's surprising the AFL don't put more effort in promoting the game there.

 

[Covertackle]

We have one of the larger countries in the world on our doorstep, so it's surprising the AFL don't put more effort in promoting the game there.

Agree absolutely. I think on a regional level you will start to see some relationships bulid. Smaller leagues may go over for end of season trips to Bali for games against Indonesian Indigenous/expat sides. At least, that's what im trying to start here in out area. I think the holliday/end of season concept works well with Bali as the venue.
Who knows, Bali in the NEAFL in 20 years?

 

[kid_a]

SE Asia is defo's a market worth at least doing some research into possible growth/development.
-Close to 'home'
-huge population
-not many countries in the region excel at many international sports