Oceanian team to play in front of Pacific leaders

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Oceanian team to play in front of Pacific leaders

Authored by: 00Bock
on Friday, August 07 2009 @ 05:40 pm ACST

It's amazing how an aussie rules game was planned and and not a rugby league game given the fact that league is more popular in NQ, PNG and NZ. Does anybody know who organized the game? Was it the AFL Q or the Pacific development office or the AFL Cairns?

Oceanian team to play in front of Pacific leaders

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Friday, August 07 2009 @ 06:05 pm ACST

Certainly a great thing to get Aussie Rules up in front of all these officials. It demonstrates that the Australian Government and AFL are working closely together.

It would have been a joint develpment of all 3 of the bodies you suggested. The main guy behind AFL Oceania, Andrew Cadzow, has long been one of the key drivers for AFLPNG, and I believe he has also worked for AFLQ for many years, and of course AFLQ do a great job these days but certainly made easier by significant AFL funding, of which AFL Game Development would be well aware / involved in planning in the international side / setting up AFL Oceania. And a lot of other key people with PNG have close ties with AFLQ as well. GM of AFL National and International Game Development David Matthews is also involved with determining the Gold Coast's draft concessions, and making sure there is enough talent coming into the system overall. And he has been involved with getting government on board. And the match also highlighted indigenous development, a key issue for the AFL and the government. So it's all tied up together. Lot's of synergy that once upon a time would not have been pulled together.

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