International Cup 2014 - with teams listed as confirmed in OP

[sverik25]

For those of you interested, there is a list of teams interested in attending on the AFL Around the World facebook page.

 

[cos789]

For those of you interested, there is a list of teams interested in attending on the AFL Around the World facebook page.

Or you could go to worldfootynews.com for detailed coverage.

 

[HiReception]

It is particularly galling to me when there is probably a dozen irishmen playing the game either at AFL or state league level, who could top up from the irish guys at district and regional clubs to put on a reasonably competitive show against even a state side at the Australian game

Imagine if the AFL brought back State of Origin and fixtured Victoria to play in Dublin, you just might have a riot on Harbour Esplanade

 

[SgtSchulz]

That, once again, opens up the issue of it being ok for one but not others.

As long as the player had played competitive Aussie Rules in their home country before playing in Australia I'm fine with it.

 

[Ulahoopski]

Can't wait for this - I've been to the past two ICs and saw what I consider some of the best examples of what Australian football is all about. Watching India win their first game ever at the tournament and the absolute joy that they showed was amazing. South Africa's post game celebration after beating GB in a semi will always stay with me. It's obviously not the best standard of football but for the passion shown from players who haven't grown up with our game, it's the best football experience of the year. Love it!

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

I've been working with the Indonesian national team for the last year, we've got so many young players that are chomping at the bit to get to Australia and prove themselves.
It's an exciting time. I just hope I can go too...

 

[HiReception]

Does anyone know if the Peres Peace Team is still kicking around/participating in IC14? Haven't heard much about them since 2011, and their Twitter feed hasn't posted anything since the last tournament.

 

[The_Wookie]

ireland have named the first 14 players in its squad

The players selected so far:

Ryan McCloskey (Belfast Redbacks)

Kevin McSorley (Belfast Redbacks)

Sean Paul Henry (Belfast Redbacks)

Benny McDevitt (Belfast Redbacks)

Brendan Kelly (Belfast Redbacks)

David Lally (Dublin Demons)

John O’Regan (Galway Magpies)

Conor O’Halloran (Leeside Lions)

Muiris Bartley (Leeside Lions)

Dominic Joyce (Leeside Lions and Collingullie, NSW)

Mark Leavy (North Leinster Giants)

Tom Browne (Paris Cockerels)

Paul O’Halloran (South Dublin Swans)

Peter Ross (South Dublin Swans)

 

[The_Wookie]

The Danes arent coming, Great Britain are confirmed.

The 9s tournament has apparently been cancelled.

 

[sverik25]

The Danes arent coming, Great Britain are confirmed.

The 9s tournament has apparently been cancelled.

Denmark isn't coming? Wow, they're one of the most established teams and have been at every IC so far. Not good.

 

[The_Wookie]

Denmark isn't coming? Wow, they're one of the most established teams and have been at every IC so far. Not good.

Apparently couldnt get the funding together

 

[The_Wookie]

France is definitely coming. Writeup on that coming soon hopefully.. Good mix of french based, australian based, and quebec based players.
Ireland sending a mens and womens team. Squad of 28, 14 based in Australia.

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

Teams as outlined by the just released IC14 schedule

Men: Canada, China, Croatia, Fiji, Finland, France, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peace Team, PNG, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sweden, Tonga, USA and Vanautu

Women: Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, USA, PNG, Tonga, Ireland and The European Crusaders

 

[The_Wookie]

Oh very nice. Some work cut out for me too

 

[jatz14]

I understood Vanuatu, and the PNG womens team were not coming, and Solomons and Croatia

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

I understood Vanuatu, and the PNG womens team were not coming, and Solomons and Croatia

I've been working with the Indonesian National team (Go Garudas), that was the list that we were sent by the AFL, as well as the schedule for the two weeks.

 

[The_Wookie]

New Zealand squad named. Includes Saints scholarship player Joe Baker Thomas. Looks like only one player based in Australia.
http://aflnz.co.nz/strong-squad-for-2014-international-cup/

 

[The_Wookie]

We'll be doing a special podcast next week to preview the international cup with a view to probably doing one a week until it gets here. If you are interested in being part of it, shoot me a PM.

 

[The_Wookie]

Canadian womens player - renee tong - has just posted on the mainboard that the Canadians are sending a second womens side to replace one of the womens side that dropped out. No official announcement yet on the AFL Canada site though. The USA is apparently also sending two womens teams.

 

[jatz14]

Read on worldfooty news I think, that it took them about 24 Hrs to pull a team together, so it shows the level of interest.

 

[cos789]

Read on worldfooty news I think, that it took them about 24 Hrs to pull a team together, so it shows the level of interest.

Yes, it shows a good level of interest but it miss-represents the situation a little wrt cost.
If you haven't been to Oz before it's a good excuse to spend the money, have a holiday, play football and play for your country. Teams that have played before and want to play again find it very hard to come up money to play every three years. There is a lot of talk of extending the period to fours years and this seems logically reasonable but has the negative of being to long as to retain some players.

 

[*Crash*]

Final (hopefully) teams and dates up at WFN now - http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20140630191029167

 

[The_Wookie]

Croatia couldnt pull the funding together. Indian mens team is confirmed to play Pakistan in their first game. (pretty cool interview with AFL India guy coming up tonight)

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

http://www.afl.com.au/global/AFLIC14/fixture

The fixture in all its glory

FYI The_Wookie india don't play pakistan until the 3rd game, the community round.

 

[The_Wookie]

http://www.afl.com.au/global/AFLIC14/fixture

The fixture in all its glory

FYI The_Wookie india don't play pakistan until the 3rd game, the community round.

hmm i may have misheard him, the line was pretty bad haha. You can hear it for yourself later tonight