The AFL wishes to advise Round Three matches of the 2014 AFL International Cup will be played tomorrow, Saturday, August 16.
In a first for the competition, matches will be played as curtain-raisers or curtain-closers to VFL, country, suburban and amateur matches.
Details are as follows:
Men’s
Ireland v Nauru 5:30pm Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo
2.20pm Castlemaine v South Bendigo (BFNL)
GB v Fiji 11:40am Koonung Reserve, Bulleen
2pm Manningham v Dragons (VAFA)
France v Indonesia12:00pm Diggers Rest Reserve, Diggers Rest
2pm Digger’s Rest v Rupertswood (RDFL)
PNG v South Africa 12pm St Mary's Oval, Geelong
2.10pm St Mary’s v North Shore (GFL)
Tonga v Japan 12:50pm Elgar Park, Box Hill North
2pm Box Hill North v Hawthorn (VAFA)
India v Pakistan 4pm Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn
1pm Richmond v Essendon (VFL)
New Zealand v USA 12:30pm Montrose Recreation Reserve, Montrose
2.30pm Montrose v Blackburn (EFL)
Canada v Sweden 11:45am Ben Kavanagh Reserve, Mordialloc
2.30pm Mordialloc v Skye (SFL)
China v Finland 11:10am Eureka Stadium, Ballarat
2pm North Ballart v Williamstown (VFL)
Women's
Ireland v USA Liberty 2pm Plenty Park, Plenty
12pm Diamond Creek v Melbourne Uni (VWFL)
USA Freedom v Tonga 4:30pm Kings Park Reserve, St Albans
2pm VU Albans v Darebin (VWFL)
Canada N Lights v Fiji 10am Mulgrave Reserve, Wheelers Hill
12pm Eastern Devils v Cranbourne (VWFL)
The 2014 International Cup will be played in Melbourne from August 9 to 23.
Men’s teams: Canada, China, Fiji, Finland, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Great Britain, India, Japan, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sweden, Tonga, USA.
Women’s teams: Canada – Northern Lights, Canada – Midnight Suns, Ireland, Fiji, Tonga, USA – Freedom, USA – Liberty.
The women’s grand final will be played at Punt Road Oval and the men’s grand final will be the curtain-raiser to the Round 22 AFL match between Hawthorn and the Geelong Cats at the MCG.
The full IC14 fixture and resullts: www.aflic14.com.au
Expatriate Australians are ineligible to play in the International Cup. Teams are comprised solely of amateurs who must be nationals of the country they represent. All players must have lived the majority of the years aged between 10 and 16 as a citizen of their nation.
The International Cup is played every three years. Previous International Cup winners are; Ireland (2002 & 2011), New Zealand (2005) and Papua New Guinea (2008).
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