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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#0000FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="3fa285a1egayea.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Aussie Rules Global Invasion</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aussie Rules Global Invasion"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Belgium"><U>Belgium</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Denmark"><U>Denmark</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Germany"><U>Germany</U></A>   |   <B>Great Britain</B>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ireland"><U>Ireland</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id241.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Israel"><U>Israel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scotland"><U>Scotland</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spain"><U>Spain</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sweden"><U>Sweden</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other"><U>Other</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=9.375% BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000" background="3f9d4fe0dvlddx.png"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Great Britain</I></div> <div> <I><B><U> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="278" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 131 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="070807d0.png" border=0 width="128" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Britain"><U><B>International Results</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Britain"><U><B>Photo Gallery</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Britain"><U><B>History</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><U>News</U></B></I></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="723" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#0000FF HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="717"><div> <B>Ireland Defeat Great Britain</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="717"><div> Oct 20 2005</div> <div> Ireland have defeated Great Britain in England by 21 points in a game played ahead of the match between the Fremantle Dockers and the West Coast Eagles. In the match the Dockers defeated the Eagles in a physical encounter.</div> <div> The final score in the international match was Ireland 8.9.(57) <B>d</B> Great Britain 5.6.(36). This was just the second time the 2 nations have met their previous encounter was at the Atlantic Alliance Cup held in London in 2001 in which Ireland won by 109 points so as you can see the Brits have come a long way.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <div> <I><B><U> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="725" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#0000FF HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="719"><div> <B>BULLDOGS to take on IRELAND in AFL Curtain-raiser</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 130 WIDTH="719"><div> Oct 4 2005</div> <div> As a curtain raiser to the AFL Challenge Cup, the British Bulldogs take on the Irish in a one-off fixture. Both sides have not played against each other for a number of years. In both the previous International Cups, they were scheduled in separate pools. This contest will be an interesting one to see as each side tries to set a precedent.</div> <div> Kick off is at 12.40pm and consists of 15 minute quarters. The squad is based on the touring party which represented Great Britain at the International Cup in Melbourne.</div> <div> The AFL game will be between the Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles however it is not expected that the big guns for the Eagles will make the trip.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><U> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="720" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#0000FF HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="714"><div> <B>A most unlikely recruit</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 580 WIDTH="714"><div> Nov 21 2004</div> <div> By KEN PIESSE Sunday Herald Sun </div> <div> A Teenage giant from Shakespeare country in the heart of England, ostracised from playing Australian football at his Gold Coast school, was the "smokey" in yesterday's AFL draft.</div> <div> Brad Moran, 18, has played 14 games of AFL football, having initially moved with his family to Australia to further his promising rugby union career. </div> <div> At 202cm, the Kangaroos were thrilled to snare him. </div> <div> Coach Dean Laidley said Moran had come highly recommended by Norm Dare, coach of the Southport Sharks and a longstanding Kangaroos man. </div> <div> "Brisbane had intended to take him, we were told later, but they went with another ruckman in Cameron Wood (from West Adelaide)," Laidley said. </div> <div> "We're pretty happy with that. We thought they might have snipped us." </div> <div> Last night Moran was celebrating his end of Year 12 exams at the Southport school in Surfers Paradise and beginning what is likely to be a shortened few days holiday, given the Kangaroos' desire to have him in Melbourne as soon as possible. </div> <div> Originally from near Stratford-on-Avon, Moran had represented Midlands County in rugby union, and names most of England's winning World Cup Rugby team among his foremost sporting heroes. </div> <div> "I was a huge rugby player and really we moved here for the better weather and to see if I could pursue a career in rugby," he said. </div> <div> "I love the competition here. In England no one is into sport so much, but no matter what you play here it's a contest." </div> <div> Moran had represented his school in rowing and basketball, but was shunned when asked if the school could introduce AFL. </div> <div> "I love AFL so much, but I even stopped my rowing and that angered the school a bit," he said. </div> <div> His father, Martyn, said young Brad "didn't know the game existed until 16 months ago". </div> <div> "One of the guys at school persuaded him to have a training run at Surfers Paradise and on the second night Roger Merritt (the Brisbane legend) came down and spoke with Brad. It's all been very quick, but we are all loving it here. We had moved to give the kids a better life. The UK is a depressing place right now and rapidly becoming a violent society. </div> <div> "It's very grey and it mirrors the moods of many. Coming here has just been fantastic and while we are losing him to Melbourne, as he says, it's the home of AFL and he's 100 per cent into it." </div> <div> The Kangaroos' recruiting manager, Neville Stibbard, said Dare had rung him earlier this year and said "you've just got to come up and have a look at him -- Moran". </div> <div> "He's been rucking him virtually non-stop and probably would have had a lot more interest from other clubs but for breaking his wrist leading into the other under-18 championships." </div> <div> Moran was chosen with the Kangaroos' No. 2 pick yesterday, No. 58 overall. </div> <div> Also named were Jesse Smith, the son of former backline star Ross, Port Melbourne's Ben Schwarze and former Kangaroo Daniel Pratt who had three games with the Brisbane Lions in 2004. </div> <div> Pratt had been drafted originally drafted by the Roos as a 17-year-old and Stibbard had maintained close contact and believes the 21-year-old is far more mature and ready to make an immediate presence. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="720" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#0000FF HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="714"><div> <B>Cats, Raiders and Roos take honours</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="714"><div> Aug 21 2004</div> <div> The BARFL finals series rapt up this weekend with the London Premiership Grand Final taking place with the Wildcats winning their second flag by defeating the Hawks 96 to 37. In the London Conference the Raiders went back to back when the defeated the Putney Magpies by 56 points. While in the Regional Grand Final the Reading Kangaroos destroyed Bristol kicking a massive 28.20.(188) to Bristol 1.6.(12).</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="721" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#0000FF HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="715"><div> <B>Code convert keen to make the grade</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 616 WIDTH="715"><div> July 7 2004</div> <div> By Emma Quayle - The Age</div> <div> Brad Moran appreciates a good "hanger". Last year, the young Queensland ruckman was underneath a ball when he felt a pair of knees hammer into his back. "It was my second game and I didn't know anything about speccies," he said yesterday. "I didn't really like it. It hurt." </div> <div> Moran knows what a stoppage is, understands what "clearance" means, and is up with most AFL rules. Still, there are times when it is clear the 17- year-old, who moved to Australia from England 18 months ago, and kicked his first football a year ago, has a little to learn. </div> <div> Halfway through the final quarter of yesterday's under-18 match between Queensland and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory at Optus Oval, Moran was on the interchange, and jogging the boundary line, when a teammate fell down injured and was put on a stretcher. He took a few steps on to the field, as if to see what was happening, and was ushered off by a trainer, before the umpires could see there was an extra player on the ground. </div> <div> The former soccer striker, rugby union player and rower is also yet to get all the lingo down pat. "I keep saying 'pitch'," he said. "All my friends keep telling me: 'It's an oval, it's a ground, it's not a pitch'." </div> <div> Moran grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon anticipating a soccer career. His father, Martyn, played in youth teams for Aston Villa before ruining his knee, and Brad wanted to be a centre forward, before realising he was too slow and too tall. </div> <div> "Over here, it's all about big players. Everyone seems to want big guys. This is the game for me, hopefully." </div> <div> The Morans decided to move about two years ago, "mainly," said Brad, "because it was getting too rough and too miserable in England". "It rained every day pretty much and my parents thought there was no future for kids over there. It's gone downhill very quickly." </div> <div> He started school at Southport, joined the rugby union team, quit that for the rowing squad and gave that away too. At the urging of a friend, "who was pretty much an outcast at our school because he played AFL", Moran went down to the Surfers Paradise club one night, met Roger Merrett, who just happened to be there, and decided to give footy a go. </div> <div> At 200 centimetres, he quickly came to the attention of Queensland talent manager Mark Browning, who enrolled Moran in his athlete rookie search program (which tries to entice players from rival sports) and has watched him become the best trainer in the state squad. </div> <div> Moran is not the only Queensland player who first tried other sports. Tom Williams is being eased back from a broken leg and missed yesterday's match. The 195-centimetre forward, whose father, Steve, co-founded the Brisbane Broncos, had played rugby union and basketball, but not a single game of Australian football until this year. </div> <div> Moran had not even watched any AFL before he was plonked at full-forward for his first match; since starting, he has become a ruckman. </div> <div> Moran's parents have grown to love the quick, unpredictable nature of AFL games. </div> <div> Well beaten in the middle yesterday, Moran watched, frustrated, from the bench, as his team fell short by four points. The hardest part has not been learning the skills, "but knowing where to go, and not feeling lost". "It's annoying because I'm not sure sometimes what the coach wants me to do." </div> <div> He is determined to forge an AFL career, and hopes someone will think he is worth one. Moran plans to train "six or seven times a week" when the carnival is over. "I'm looking just for someone to catch on to me. I'll put my whole life into becoming a better player." </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="722" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#0000FF HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="716"><div> <B>Wildcats down Lions in Final</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 518 WIDTH="716"><div> May 7 2004</div> <div> A large crowd and sunny weather were both in attendance at Gunnersbury Park as 10 teams battled it out for the BARFL's traditional pre-season tournament. Now named the "ANZAC Cup" the tournament attracted players from as far south as Crawley and Brighton and as far north as Nottingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh. </div> <div> As usual it was the big 4 clubs, North, Wandsworth, West and Wimbledon filling the semi final places, however there were still some entertaining groups matches involving the other participants, Sussex Swans, Putney Magpies, Reading Kangaroos, Shepherd's Bush Raiders, Scottish Puffins and the British Bulldogs national squad.</div> <div> In the end the West London Wildcats defeated the North London Lions by 35 points in the final.</div> <bR> <div> Results of Anzac Cup:</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="561" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 81 WIDTH="276"><div> <B>Group A</B></div> <div> Wandsworth Demons (WD)</div> <div> North London Lions (NLL)</div> <div> Sussex Swans (SS)</div> <div> Shepherds Bush Raiders (SBR)</div> <div> Reading Kangaroos (RK)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="266"><div> <B>Group B</B></div> <div> West London Wildcats (WLW)</div> <div> Wimbeldon Hawks (WH)</div> <div> Putney Magpies (PM)</div> <div> Scottish Puffins (SP)</div> <div> British Bulldogs (BB)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="561" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 232 WIDTH="71"><div> <B>Time</B></div> <div> 11.30</div> <div> 12.00</div> <div> 12.30</div> <div> 13.00</div> <div> 13.30</div> <div> 14.00</div> <div> 14.30</div> <div> 15.15</div> <div> 15.45</div> <div> 16.15</div> <bR> <div> 17.15</div> <bR> <div> 18.00</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="199"><div> <B>Oval A</B></div> <div> SBR (0) - WD (34)</div> <div> SS (8) - NLL (30)</div> <div> RK (32) - SBR (6)</div> <div> WD (26) - SS (0)</div> <div> NLL (36) - RK (0)</div> <div> SBR (0) - SS (17)</div> <div> WD (0) - NLL (25)</div> <div> SS (26) - RK (6)</div> <div> NLL (19) - SBR (0)</div> <div> RK (0) - WD (36)     </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Semi-Finals</div> <div> NLL (22) - WH (13)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Final</div> <div> WLW (41) - NLL (6)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="265"><div> <B>Oval B</B></div> <div> PM (0) - WH (39)</div> <div> WLW (59) - BB (0)</div> <div> SP (13) - PM (30)</div> <div> WH (2) - WLW (22)</div> <div> BB (1) - SP (22)</div> <div> PM (6) - WLW (26)</div> <div> WH (28) - BB (0)</div> <div> WLW (74) - SP (1)</div> <div> BB (0) - PM (44)</div> <div> SP (2) - WH (56)</div> <bR> <div> WLW (18) - WD (12)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1b0b31e0.png" border=0 width="435" height="286" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>