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‘Religion’ of Aussie Rules football draws thousands to Tiwi Islands grand final

As the dust settles from the Tiwi Islands grand final on Sunday, Pumarali Thunder and Lightning coach Kevin Pilakui consoles his shattered team. “Be proud…

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Pakistan achieves Aussie Rules glory with a little help from the outback

A teacher from the Western Australian outback has helped lead Pakistan to an unlikely sporting triumph. Key points: Pakistan overcame a pair of WAFL stars…

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Australia’s most remote Aussie rules football and softball league a feast of ‘hangers’

The A?angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands is home to the most remote Australian rules football competition in the country, spanning more than 200,000 square kilometres…

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Meet the Rockets, the all-abilities Aussie rules team changing lives and a community

If it’s Wednesday in the winter, Peter Keath is going to be talking footy at work. A lot. “I like training day,” he says. “Yeah,…

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For this Kiwi, Aussie Rules was a “foreign” sport. But now he is about to reach a rare 300-game milestone

It was the “money and the work” that lured Kevin Walsh from New Zealand to Australia in the 1990s. Key points: Kevin Walsh will play…

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This Port Lincoln women’s Aussie Rules team may be new but it’s got solid roots in football history

On the team sheet for a footy match in Port Lincoln last week were some big names — Johncock, Miller, Wells, Betts and Burgoyne. But…

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