Australian Gridiron League

Australian Gridiron League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015 AGL season
Sport American Football
Founded 2012
No. of teams 5
Countries Australia
Most recent champion(s) Queensland Sundevils
Most titles Western Australian Raiders (1) Queensland Sundevils (1)
Official website www.gridironaustralia.org.au

The Australian Gridiron League is a gridiron competition involving state teams from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory. South Australia and Western Australia participating.

History

The first edition of the competition occurred in March 2012, the inaugural clubs being New South Wales Wolfpack, Queensland Sundevils, Victoria Eagles and Western Australian Raiders.

In the 2013 offseason Gridiron Australia announced that it had suspended operations for the 2013 season and Victoria Eagles but will go ahead with the 2014 season with the inception of Women’s League[1] and new teams the Australian Capital Territory Monarchs and South Australian Swarm for the male competition with the series to be broadcast live via Ascension Sports.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://sportsbusinessinsider.com.au/news/category/events-and-hosting/gridiron-australia-announce-inception-of-womens-league/
  2. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/200355088/Gridiron-Australia-2014-AGL-WAGL

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 12, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.