Nauru national Australian rules football team
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The Chiefs are Nauru's national Australian rules football team competing at the sport in various international competitions.
Australian rules football is the national sport of Nauru, and the country is very strong for a nation with less than 10,000 inhabitants.
Chiefs players are selected from the best Nauru-born players from the club teams across the country.
The team wears a composition based on the national flag, a yellow sash on blue with a white star.
Nauru first participated in the 1995 Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia. The team, coached by former Geelong Football Club's Mark Yates finished third, winning the Bronze medal.
In 2000, the Chiefs travelled to Queensland to compete in the inaugural Web Sports Cup to compete against teams from Samoa and the Robina Roos from Australia. The Chiefs won both matches.
In 2001, the Chiefs again travelled to Queensland winning another two matches, one against the Gold Coast Old Boys.
In the same year the Chiefs won the gold medal at the 2001 Arafura Games, defeating the Japanese national side.
At the Australian Football International Cup in 2002, the Chiefs finished in 8th place, ranking Nauru the 9th strongest Aussie Rules nation in the world.
For financial reasons, Nauru was unable to compete in the 2005 International Cup.
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