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The ultimate aim of establishing Aussie Rules in the Philippines was to put a team together to at least compete with the other teams in Asia, namely the more established clubs in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Jakarta and Bali. Brunei also have a team but do not travel all too often whilst Japan have a long established league. So the question was, how do we establish a team or league here? The first hurdle that confronted us was getting the numbers together on a regular basis. The second and more difficult hurdle, was maintaining them. |
It was then that the co-founders came up with the
idea to set up a mini league with modified rules
on a smaller ground and adapting the rules so that
the game could be played by teams of at least 6
players, as we knew getting 36 or more people to
turn up week after week to sport 2 full teams was
too big a challenge. On top of that, we knew that
having plain old training week after week would
become monotonous very quickly and Aussie Rules
in the Philippines would die just as soon as it
started. We felt that having a regular competition
going, even if only on a small scale, would attract
more attention and get the competitive juices flowing
for the participants, hence helping to maintain
the regularity and keep the momentum going. By combining
our 2 regular teams, the Dingoes and the Eurekas,
we end up with our goal being achieved - a national
team, the Philippine Eagles.
The Philippine Eagles made their international debut
on Oct 30, 2004 against the Hong Kong Dragons. For
more details on the game, please click
here. |
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