AFL Wales

AFL Europe – Full Member (since 2018)

About

AFL has been played on an organised basis in Wales since 2007. The sport is played by both men and women and there are clubs Bristol, Cardiff, Chippenham and Penarth. The  main competition is the Welsh and England Australian Rules Football League (WARFL)  Cynghrair Pêl-droed Rheolau Awstralaidd Cymru.  The WARFL runs a 9 a side senior men’s competition and a 3 team women’s WWEAFL 9-a-side competition.

The original six WARFL teams were named after clubs in the South Australian National Football League. Prior to 2007 some clubs played in the BARFL though the proximity of these English clubs to the Welsh clubs helped facilitate the Welsh league.

Internationally, Wales has fielded a standalone team at the Euro Cup achieving its best results for the women’s with 4th place in 2022 and runners up in the men’s in 2023 for all other international tournaments Wales is represented by Great Britain