Contributed by: Troy Thompson Saturday, May 21 2016 @ 11:42 pm ACST
AFL Canada's first National Championships kick off today in Burnaby at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West (3677 Kensington Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia V5B 4Z6).
Players have travelled from across Canada for this historic footy event that looks set to change the footy landscape for the positive in Canada going forward. You can watch the matches from 9am Vancouver time at the following link - https://www.ustream.tv/embed/10290903?html5ui[*1]
Games will be 18-a-side.
MATCH SCHEDULE
Saturday
9.00am
Men
Alberta 4.2 vs Ontario 3.2
10.00am
Women
Alberta 1.3 vs Ontario 0.4
11.00am
Men
Atlantic* 3.2 Vs BC 2.3
12.00pm
Women
Atlantic 1.8 Vs BC 0.2
1.00pm
Men
Alberta 1.4 Vs Atlantic* 5.7
2.00pm
Women
Alberta 3.6 Vs Atlantic 0.3
3.00pm
Men
Ontario 5.3 Vs BC 7.6
4.00pm
Women
Ontario 8.4 Vs BC 3.1
5.00pm
Finish
Sunday
9.00am
Women
Alberta 4.6 Vs BC 0.4
10.00am
Men
Alberta 2.1 Vs BC 6.4
11.00am
Women
Ontario 4.2 Vs Atlantic 1.0
12.00pm
Men
Ontario 6.7 Vs Atlantic 3.3
1.00pm
Women 3vs4
Atlantic 5.4 vs B.C 0.4
2.00pm
Men 3vs4
Ontario 5.2 vs Atlantic 5.8
3.00pm
Women's Final
Alberta 5.5 defeated Ontario 1.0
4.00pm
Men's Final
BC vs Alberta
Half time Alberta 3.0 to BC 0.4
Full time BC 4.8 def Alberta 3.0
5.00pm
Presentations
*Reports have filtered back to us that the Atlantic (or East) team were unable to compete under the rules and had 2 Australians play for them. This means that the team could take part in the tournament but they would receive no points for a win.