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Teams For JLT Group All Star Game Finalised

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The teams for next saturday’s curtain raiser at the Kia Oval have been finalised. As anticipated a number of players have had to withdraw due to study, work or injury, but that has hardly diminished the quality of the teams with well established players who were unlucky to miss out called up in their place. The team’s contesting the JLT Group All Star Game are as follows.

JLT Group has come on board to sponsor the All-Stars curtain raiser match prior to the AFL European Challenge. We are proud to announce the following players have been selected to represent either the Islands team or Continent team.

European Islands:

Head Coach – Shaun McElhone – Ireland

Asst Coach – Pall Finsson – Iceland

1. Luke Booth – England

2. Ryan McCloskey – Ireland

3. Gerard Walls – Ireland

4. James Flavin – Ireland

5. Matt Kilheeny – England

6. Liam Corbett – Wales

7. Alasdair Lindop – Scotland

8. Kevin O’ Brien – Ireland

9. Eoin O Suileabhain – Ireland

10. Levi Fernandez – England

11. Andy Smith – Scotland

12. Ian Mitchell – England

13. Leifur Bjarnason – Iceland

14. Pall Finnsson – Iceland

15. David Lally – Ireland

16. David Saunders – Wales

17. Tom Exton – Scotland

18. Kevin McSorley – Ireland

19. John O’ Regan – Ireland

21. Sean Walton – England

23. Martyn Hinchey – England

35. Sam Brunton – England

 

Continental Europe:

Head Coach – Daniel McClaer – Sweden

Asst Coach – Nicola Giampaolo

1. Zvonimir Murkovic – Croatia

2. Wilfried Houvion – France

3. Joost Van Der Hulst – The Netherlands

4. Johan Lantz – Sweden

5. Jakob Jung – Germany

6. Tom Browne – Finland

7. Joe Durling – The Netherlands

8. Rene Damborg – Norway

9. Jonas Nielsen – Denmark

10. Giovanni Alloisio – Italy

11. Niccolo Di Giorgi – Italy

12. Fillippo Alloisio – Italy

13. Josip Kravar – Croatia

14. Chris Martensson – Sweden

17. Troels Ottesen – Denmark

18. Aksel Bang – Denmark

19. Matthias Klusermann – Germany

20. Alban Schieber – France

21. Natis Johansson – Sweden

23. Gregoire Patacq – France

24. Tommaso Arnulfo – Italy

55. Tomislav Cvetko – Croatia

 

AFL Grand Final Party Finder Europe

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Following its success over the past three years, the AFL have again set up an Overseas Grand Final Party Finder on the AFL website for all of the international fans to register the details of their Grand Final celebrations – including where and when they’ll watch the broadcasts of the big game!

The link is http://www.afl.com.au/TVRadio/OverseasGFPartyFinder/tabid/14881/Default.aspx

Everyone who registers will go into a database where the details of their event will become visible on our map-finder feature. The map-finder enables fans to zoom in on their area of the globe and be given details of all the parties being held in their area.

As per 2011, everyone who registers their event in the Party Finder will go into the draw to win a fantastic 2012 AFL Premiers Lithograph, signed by the captain and coach of the winning team and valued at $595.00 AUD.

Danish young gun heads to Australian National U/16 Championships

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Young Danish star Mikkel Kjoege is currently on his way to Australia to play for the World XVIII in the National Championships from the 4th – 14th July. Mikkel was identified through the fantastic junior development program in Denmark that has been leading the way in producing young European talent. His inclusion in the recent European Legion squad that played against the touring AIS AFL Academy was another major step in his development and he sure impressed coaches Tadhg Kennelly and Peter Schwab with his athletic wares. Although slight of frame this lad can really explode with pace and has an incredible vertical leap which is sure to impress during the carnival.

AFL Europe would like to wish Mikkel all the best on his adventure and will be posting a daily diary from Mikkel to show what it is like in the elite talent programs within Australia. Hopefully many more Europeans can follow this path and continue to put their names in front of AFL club recruiters. Maybe a European developed footballer being listed at an AFL club is not that far away…