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A mate of mine umpired in the South China League a couple of years back. He still receives the league newsletter and said the change in the composition of the teams from most expat Aussies to China locals has surprised him. He said quite a few of the locals are Daniel Flynn sized athletes too. Could be a possible international recruit there. Would be a handy marketing strategy.
 

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looking forward to seeing how this China venture may work, I'll probably consider going over for the game - China is a great place to travel through.

the AFL needs to take the same direction that the Big 4 banks are taking - asia.

Australia only has a certain sized AFL market however there are 300 million just above Darwin and another 1 billion further north!
 
raman said:
Is his name seriously Mao Ying? Because that's hilarious.
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I think I'll string this along a little further whilst doing a Sergeant Schultz.
 
Okay our next Cat. B. rookie needs to be from China then. We need to stake good claims to China well before the other 17 bozos figure out what's going on.

You can scratch Adelaide and Carlton off the list of clubs we need to worry about though!
 

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I've just amended the thread title - the Chinese AFL tourists will compete at IC14 as TEAM CHINA.

We've gone sophisticated as well as international. ;):):p:D:eek:
 
KT mentioned on 5aa yesterday that the Team China boys are leading the March from the Mall tomorrow and that the plan was for them to 'have a ball.'

Their Cathay Pacific flight landed at 5:00 a.m. and they have a ten-hour schedule today. A few already look exhausted.
 
Now I can put the OP media release back up :

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2014-08-08/port-adelaide-supports-team-china

Team China will join 22 other nations in Melbourne when the competition commences on Sunday 10th August.

Port Adelaide has brought the full team into Adelaide prior to this for a training camp and a range of cultural and promotional events. Team China will be special guests of Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval for the club’s blockbuster against Sydney tomorrow night.

The club is also working in partnership with the Williamstown Football Club (VFL) who will be Team China’s official hosts when they are in Melbourne.

Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas affirmed the club’s commitment to Team China and to ensuring their participation in the 2014 AFL International Cup.

“When we heard that participation of Team China was in serious doubt due to their funding requirements we asked how we could help and what support was needed,” Mr Thomas said.

“We felt it was important to take away any uncertainty and do what was needed to ensure the team could get to Australia to compete. Therefore we have agreed to effectively underwrite their participation in the AFL International Cup.”

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2014-08-08/port-adelaide-supports-team-china
 
Lockhart Road said:
KT mentioned on 5aa yesterday that the Team China boys are leading the March from the Mall tomorrow and that the plan was for them to 'have a ball.'

Their Cathay Pacific flight landed at 5:00 a.m. and they have a ten-hour schedule today. A few already look exhausted.
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Hope the day has been going well for the guys at the club and Team China.
 
This piece by Andrew Faulkner in today's Weekend Australian :

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...g-china-into-afl/story-fnca0u4y-1227018508184

“As a brand in a small market in South Australia we’ve got to be a bit creative about how we grow our market, both from a fan base and commercially,” Koch said.

“You can’t be all things to all markets but there are great synergies between us and China. It’s an easily digestible step forward for us.”

So this is about more than taking the working class club from the Adelaide wharves to the world; it is about a host of disparate factors converging almost by accident.

Adelaide is a “campus town”, as Koch calls it, so has a large cohort of Chinese students. Port wants to bring them into the Australian football fold — wearing black and teal, of course.

Sport has a way of breaking down cultural barriers and making all equal under the club flag. “You put a scarf on somebody and all of a sudden it’s not strange anymore,” Koch said.

“They become part of a tribe. All those differences go away.”

When they go home the students would then act as emissaries for the code and the club.

Conversely, Koch wants Port to be a medium for Chinese businesspeople seeking a toehold in Australia.

“It’s our biggest trading partner. There are a lot of Chinese businesses setting up here in Australia.

“We think we can be a really powerful conduit for them to set up here.”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...g-china-into-afl/story-fnca0u4y-1227018508184
 
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