In an effort to make it easier to get to the 2015 AFL Grand Final Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone will be extended to stops near the MCG for four days. Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan, joined General Manager – Clubs & AFL Operations, Travis Auld, recently announce that services from the CBD to stops…
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AFL Stamp Release
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Australia Post is commemorating Hawthorn’s triumphant win over the Sydney Swans in Saturday’s highly anticipated Toyota AFL Grand Final, with a 2014 AFL Premiers Souvenir Stamp Sheet featuring the winning team. Hawthorn their twelfth AFL Premiership and was a back-to-back win for the club. “The AFL Grand Final is one of Australia’s greatest annual sporting…
Rare Footage of Football Legend John Coleman Preserved
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The National Film and Sound Archive has discovered, preserved and released a rare five-minute film of a 1953 Victorian Football League (VFL – now AFL) final, featuring one of its greatest players, Essendon forward John Coleman. “This film is the last known surviving footage of Coleman, playing in the VFL First Semi-Final on 5 September…
First ever AFL Premiership coin
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The Australian Mint will honour 2012 AFL Premiership winning team with the release of a Premiership coin. “This is the first winning Premiership or Championship Team to have their name appear on a coin, in any sport, in any country, anywhere around the world,” CEO of the Royal Australian Mint, Ross MacDiarmid commented. The release…
Australia Post Team of Champions Squad Named
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In the lead up to up AFL’s Multicultural Round (round 14) the AFL announced that the Australia Post Team of Champions squad has been named. “We’re very proud of the opportunity to celebrate the roles of multicultural AFL players in helping to support diversity in the game and encourage new communities to come together in…