Australian rules football in New Zealand

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Australian rules football in New Zealand
Congalton mark against india international cup 2008.jpg
New Zealand player takes a mark in a 2008 International Cup match
CountryNew Zealand
Governing bodyNew Zealand AFL
National team(s)New Zealand
First played1871, Wellington
Registered players30,000[1]
Clubs19
Club competitions
Auckland AFL
Canterbury AFL
Wellington AFL
Waikato AFL
Otago AFL
Audience records
Single match22,546 – 2013 St Kilda vs Sydney. Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Australian rules football is a sport first introduced to New Zealand in the 1860s and after a half century hiatus of organised competition, has grown rapidly in participation.[2] Today there are more than five organised competitions located in various regions across the country including Auckland; Canterbury; Wellington; Waikato; Otago, Queenstown and a four-team national competition with a national draft has been contested at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland since 2016. The national team, The Falcons, have competed against Australian representatives sides at junior level and were crowned International champions in 2005.

Several New Zealanders are now playing professionally in the Australian Football League including descendants of both Māori and European New Zealanders.[3][4] The first AFL premiership match played outside of Australia was held in Wellington between the Sydney Swans and St Kilda.[5] Since the first AFL match in New Zealand in 1991, AFL clubs have played further premiership matches[6] and the sport's athletes from New Zealand have become a major talent pool for both professional Australian rules and rugby football competitions.

History of Australian rules football in New Zealand[]

Beginnings[]

The Christchurch Football club, founded in 1863,[7] played football according to its own rules,[8] one of which was to bounce the ball every 4 yards, very similar to the modern game of Australian Football. The club adopted rugby rules in 1876.[7][9]

Australian Football was introduced to New Zealand around 1868. The Nelson Football Club was formed this year and played a hybrid version of Victorian and Association (soccer) rules in its first two seasons.[10][11][12] By the 1860s, there was regular trade between New Zealand ports and Melbourne, and the Victorian (or Melbourne) rules would have been known by some of the immigrants.[13] The Nelson Club was the first club in New Zealand to adopt Rugby rules, in 1870.[14]

The Wellington Football Club was formed on 12 May 1871.[15] The club initially adopted Melbourne rules, but it soon switched to Rugby rules "principally for the reason that the clubs in adjoining provinces play under those rules, and as the club contemplate playing a match with the Nelson club before long the necessity of such a course is apparent." The last match played under Melbourne rules was on 24 June 1871.[16] This was not the end of the matter, however, with the club for a short period in 1875 adding the Melbourne rule of bouncing the ball. The club reverted to full Rugby rules soon thereafter.[17]

The Dunedin Football Club, formed in 1872, initially played under its own rules. Shortly thereafter, a second club in Dunedin, the Union Club, was formed; it is thought to have adopted Victorian rules. Poor weather meant that few games were played in both the 1873 and 1874 seasons. The Dunedin Club adopted Association (soccer) rules in 1875, while the Union club retained Victorian rules.[18] The clubs were able to compromise, and the first match between the clubs that year was played under Victorian rules on 19 June 1875.[19] The return match was played under Association rules a few weeks later. In 1876, a hybrid match was played between the two clubs. The first half was played according to rugby rules, and the second half according to Victorian Rules.[20] By 1877, both clubs had adopted Rugby rules.[18]

"At the annual meeting of the Union Club in 1877 it was decided by 17 votes to five to adopt the Rugby Union Laws, the club in all its matches with the D.F.C. previous to that date having stipulated for one spell of every game being under Victorian rules."[21]

The first games of football in Auckland were played in 1870 with the rules being a mix of Victorian and Association. In 1873, the Auckland Football Club adopted Rugby rules following a visit by two members of the Wellington Club.[12] At the 1874 AGM of the Auckland Football Club, discussion continued around rules, with motions put to either adopt the Victorian Rules of 1866, or form a committee to consider other rules. These motions were defeated in favour of continuing with Rugby rules.[22]

An Auckland team undertook the first inter-provincial Rugby tour in late 1875. This sparked additional interest in Rugby in regions such as Canterbury and Dunedin where several codes were being played. Ultimately, the success of this led to further representative tours, and proved to be a catalyst for Rugby to become the dominant code in the main regions.[12][18]

Brief Revivals[]

The Reform Football Club was formed in Wellington in 1879 to "play under the Victorian rules".[23] In the same article, several clubs are also reported to have been formed in Dunedin as well as one in Nelson. The Reform club's first practice match was held in the Hon. J. Sheehan's paddock, Hobson St, on 5 April 1879 in front of a "considerable number of spectators".[23] The Reform club enjoyed a reasonable amount of press coverage throughout 1879. From 1880, there is very little mention of the club, and how long it was in existence is unknown.[24]

The 1888-1889 New Zealand Native football team matches saw a Māori team visit Victoria, as part of a year long tour of the UK and Australia, to play a program of Victorian Rules games. The team played eight games, winning three and losing five. It defeated South Melbourne Football Club,[25] which at that stage was Victoria's premier club.

New Century[]

After being virtually nonexistent since the 1880s, interest in Australian football was rekindled on the back of a wave of immigration from Australia in the first decade of the 20th century.[26] In 1903, the 'New Zealand Association of Australian Football' was formed in Christchurch by a committee of expat Victorians.[27] The league had 4 clubs (City Wanderers, Sydenham, Woolston, and Imperial with a fifth, Carlton, formed a year later). By 1904, a number of leagues were being established throughout the country. In Wellington, a league of five clubs was formed (City, Newtown, Petone, Wanderers, and Federal),[28] and Auckland had three clubs in the new league (Auckland Imperial, Victoria, and Austral football clubs).[29] Other centres also had clubs form in 1904, including Dunedin (Australian Pioneer Football Club[30]), Kaitangata (Wanderers[31]), Waihi and Waikino.

Additional clubs were to join the Auckland league in the following years, including the Eden Football Club, who won back-to-back Auckland Australian Football League premierships in 1907 & 1908.[32]

In 1905, two New Zealand representatives (one from the North Island and one from the South) attended the Australasian Football Conference where the Australasian Football Council was formed.[33] The North and South Islands did not receive separate representation.[34]

The New Zealand team that played against South Australian state football team on the Adelaide Oval on 1st of September 1908

In 1908, New Zealand defeated both New South Wales and Queensland at the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival an event held in Melbourne, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, to celebrate 50 years of Australian Football.[33] The Australasian Football Council allocated just 20% of its game promotion fund to New Zealand, with the majority going to New South Wales (50%) and Queensland (30%).[35] It is generally believed that interest and support for Australian rules football died following World War I, though there is evidence of a small continuous supporter base spanning several decades and there is evidence that the administrators of the game, at least in Victoria, had showed very little if any interest in promoting the sport there. In 1907, then Australasian Football Council president Con Hickey declared that despite the game being played overseas the primary focus should be on inter-state competition and that there was no intention to attempt to "oust rugby" in places where it was growing in popularity.[36]

Hiatus[]

Already in decline, the outbreak of World War I and the popularity of rugby union signalled a hiatus in the game in New Zealand.

No New Zealand delegates attended Australasian Football Council meetings after 1910. Motions to exclude New Zealand from the council were raised and defeated in 1910[37] In 1911, the Council decided to grant New Zealand administrators the sum of £50 for development of the game there (compared to £225 for New South Wales and for £125 for Queensland).[38] When New Zealand failed to provide details on how its 1912 propaganda funds were spent, no subsequent funds were provided in 1913.[39] The council again moved to exclude New Zealand in 1914.[40] Ultimately, New Zealand withdrew itself from the council after World War I.[41] New Zealand was no longer represented and without any overseas delegates, the council reverted to the Australian Football Council.

Nevertheless, some efforts were made to rekindle interest in the code during these years. For instance, in 1930 a call was put out through The Sporting Globe for Australians in New Zealand to restart the sport there.[42] An opinion piece in The Argus in Melbourne's 1935 also proposed that the Australian Football Council might be remiss not to put some effort into promoting the game there.[43]

In 1961, the Melbourne Football Club toured New Zealand during its off season, becoming the first VFL/AFL club to do so.[44]

In 1965 Sydney club Western Suburbs Magpies AFC toured New Zealand an played an exhibition match in Auckland which attracted more than 700 spectators, prompting calls for a local club to compete against visiting sides.[45]

Modern Competition[]

In 1974, senior competitions began in Christchurch (The Canterbury Australian Rules Football Association),[46] Auckland (Auckland Australian Football League)[47] and Wellington.

In 1978 New Zealand sent a representative team to play against a representative test against the South West Gippsland Football Association.[48]

In 1995, the competition had grown sufficiently strong to field a national team, the Falcons.

The Arafura Games gave the side the first opportunity to compete at an international level. In 1995, 1997 and 1999, New Zealand took the silver medal in Australian Football at the event in Darwin, Northern Territory, running second to Papua New Guinea.

In 1997, the New Zealand Australian Football Development Foundation (NZAFDF) was formed.

1998 saw the debut of New Zealand born Trent Croad into the Australian Football League, the beginnings of what is a successful career at elite level.

In 1999, NZAFDF incorporated as governing body and was renamed New Zealand AFL.

2016 saw the successful introduction of a high-level four-team national competition, featuring a national draft with games played out of North Harbour stadium.

Exhibition Matches[]

The years of 1991, 1998, 2000 and 2001 saw official Australian Football League exhibition matches staged in New Zealand so that the AFL could gauge local support.

International Success[]

Richard Bradley takes a spectacular mark against India in the 2008 International Cup

In the inaugural Australian Football International Cup in 2002, New Zealand finished 3rd.

In 2003, local Aussie Rules convert Nick Evans debuted for the famous All Blacks rugby union side against England.[49]

Since 2004, there have been talks of a New Zealand Australian Football League franchise or club relocation as a possible expansion plan for the league. New Zealand fields teams in several Australian competitions in other football codes including the National Rugby League and A-League.

The country came to be regarded as an Australian state by the Australian Football League's international development department.

2005 was a huge year for Australian Football in New Zealand. The national team, the Falcons defeated Papua New Guinea to win the International Cup and were later invited to send a team to the Australian Country Championships.

2006 saw the first-ever live regular season AFL matches on television, which were shown by SKY Network Television.[50]

In November 2008, 17-year-old Liam Ackland was invited to the AIS/AFL academy.[51]

The Hawthorn Football Club, which had been involved in New Zealand since about 2004 and at one point in 2009 had 3 players from New Zealand on its senior list,[52] stepped up its involvement in 2009 with development funding to set up a school competition, the "Hawks Cup", for recruiting and talent identification.[53] The sport boomed at junior levels after approved by the New Zealand Secondary Sports Council.[54] Kurt Heatherley of Tauranga accepted an AFL scholarship in 2010.[52]

In 2016, a four

Participation[]

Map of New Zealand showing regions where Australian rules football in 2007 was organised in green

The New Zealand AFL currently has around 600 senior players.[55] In 2010, the AFL hoped to increase registered secondary school participants with the introduction of in-school programs.[54] This introduction was highly successful and at the end of 2012, 25,000 Kiwikick participants had been recorded.

By 2016 the number of registered participants had increased to 35,000.[citation needed]

Leagues & Competitions[]

Competition Commenced Clubs National Provincial Championship (NPC) side
Auckland 1974 6 Auckland Buccaneers
Canterbury 1974 4 Canterbury Cobras
Wellington 1974 4 Wellington Tigers
Waikato 2004 3 Waikato Thunder
Otago 2018 2 Otago Riot

National team[]

The national team (dubbed with the moniker of the New Zealand Falcons in 1995), is the Falcons. The team intercolonial tests were for the 1908 tour to Australia, when it competed in the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival and travelled throughout Australia playing regional sides. However the team was dormant for three quarters of a century until the first internationals at the Arafura Games where they were Silver medallists in 1995 and 1997. The side has competed internationally since the inaugural Australian Football International Cup in 2002, and was crowned International champions in 2005.

A national women's side, the New Zealand Kahu, formed in 2019 with the aim of debuting internationally for the Australian Football International Cup women's division.[56]

AFL games[]

AFL club St Kilda signed a historic agreement with, the AFL and Wellington City Council, the Saints will play in New Zealand on Anzac Day each year from 2013 through 2015.[57] They play for the Simpson-Henderson Trophy.

Round/Date Host Score Guest Score Winner and Margin Venue Attendance
April 25, 2013 St Kilda 9.9 (63) Sydney 11.13 (79) Sydney by 16 points Westpac Stadium, Wellington 22,546
April 25, 2014 St Kilda 11.13 (79) Brisbane Lions 12.10 (82) Brisbane by 3 points Westpac Stadium, Wellington 13,409
April 25, 2015 St Kilda 12.9 (81) Carlton 18.13 (121) Carlton by 40 Points Westpac Stadium, Wellington 12,125

Source: Footy Wire

Principal venues[]

Wellington Auckland
Wellington Regional Stadium (AFL standard) Outer Oval, North Harbour Stadium
Capacity: 34,500 Capacity: 5,000
Westpacnight.jpg North Harbour Stadium East Side.jpg

Audience[]

AFL Exhibition Matches[]

Date/Year Location Stadium Teams Crowd Media
5 October 1991 Auckland Western Springs Stadium Geelong v. St Kilda 8,500 Video on YouTube
1 March 1998 Wellington Basin Reserve Melbourne v. Sydney 7,820
29 January 2000 Wellington Westpac Stadium Western Bulldogs v. Hawthorn 11,666
2001 Wellington Westpac Stadium Brisbane Lions v. Adelaide 7,500

Television[]

  • SKY Network Television (one delayed AFL match per week and Highlights)
  • Sommet Sports (six live games each week, the remaining matches broadcast on delayed coverage)[58]

Notable players[]

Currently on an AFL senior list
Player VFL/AFL Years* VFL/AFL Matches* Clubs played for/plays for Connections to New Zealand, References
2021- - Brisbane (AFL) Born New Zealand[59]
Connor Ballenden 2018– 2 Brisbane (AFL) Born[60]
Rowan Marshall 2017– 52 St Kilda (AFL) Born Taranaki[61][62]
Callum Moore 2016-2020 10 Richmond (AFL) Parents[63][64][65]
Rupert Wills 2016–2020 23 Collingwood (AFL) Born and raised[61][62]
Joe Baker-Thomas 2014–2017 - New Zealand / St Kilda (AFL) Born and raised[66] (international scholarship)
Kurt Heatherley 2014–2018 5 Hawthorn (AFL) Born and raised in Tauranga[67] (international rookie)
Shem Tatupu 2013–2016 - Hawthorn (VFL + AFL) / Melbourne Storm (NRL) Born and raised[68] (rookie)
Siopi Ngata 2013–2015 - Hawthorn (AFL) Born and raised[69] (international scholarship)
Barclay Miller 2013–2018 - New Zealand / St Kilda (AFL) Born and raised[70] (international scholarship)
Mark Blicavs 2013– 179 Geelong (AFL) Father[71][72][73]
Marley Williams 2012–2020 81 North Melbourne (AFL) Father (Maori)[74]
Daniel Pearce 2012–2015 6 Western Bulldogs (AFL) Father[74]
Jasper Pittard 2011–2020 115 Port Adelaide (AFL) Mother[74]
Karmichael Hunt 2011–2014 44 Gold Coast (AFL) Born Auckland, father from Cook Islands, mother from Samoa[75]
Max Gawn 2010– 74 Melbourne (AFL) Raised in Greymouth[76][77]
Dustin Martin 2010– 178 Richmond (AFL) Father (Maori)[78]
Shane Savage 2009–2020 56 St Kilda (AFL) Born Auckland; Father (Maori)[79][80]
Jay van Berlo 2009–2012 32 Fremantle (AFL) Both parents[81]
Greg Broughton 2009–2015 110 Fremantle / Gold Coast (AFL) Father (Maori)[82]
Brent Renouf 2008–2014 68 Hawthorn (AFL) Born, both parents[80][83]
Paul Bower 2006–2012 70 Carlton (AFL) Maori mother[84]
Adam Campbell 2006–2009 13 Fremantle (AFL) Born Christchurch, Parents[85]
Heath Grundy 2005–2019 139 Sydney (AFL) Mother[86]
Nathan Van Berlo 2005–2016 182 Adelaide (AFL) Both parents[81]
Jordan Russell[74] 2005–2013 125 Carlton / Collingwood (AFL) Mother[81]
Brett Peake 2005–2012 118 Fremantle / St Kilda (AFL) Maori[84]
Beau Maister 2005–2014 44 West Coast / St Kilda (AFL) Mother from Christchurch[87]
Aaron Edwards 2003–2014 91 Kangaroos (AFL) Father, Samoan mother[88]
Ben Rutten 2003–2014 229 Adelaide (AFL) Mother[74]
Trent Croad 1998–2009 222 Hawthorn (AFL) Born, Parents[89]
Simon Black 1998–2013 322 Brisbane (AFL) Father (born)[74]
Daniel McAlister 1997–2002 6 Essendon (AFL) Born, part Maori[84]
Danny Dickfos 1996–1999 65 Brisbane (AFL) Part Maori[90]
Donald Dickie 1996–2000 55 Port Adelaide (AFL) Born, part Maori
Wayne Schwass 1988–2002 282 North Melbourne/Kangaroos (VFL/AFL) / Sydney (AFL) Born, part Maori[91]
Warren Jones 1978–1988 123 Carlton (VFL/AFL) Born Wellington[92]
Brian Peake 1974-1977 66 Geelong (VFL/AFL) Maori[84]
Peter Bennett 1944–1954 103 Hawthorn / Essendon (VFL/AFL) Born
Marty McDonnell 1939–1950 92 Footscray (VFL/AFL) Born
Joe Sellwood 1930–1945 181 Geelong (VFL/AFL) Born
Thomas O'Halloran 1925–1934 142 Richmond (VFL/AFL) Born
Harry Haughton 1912–19 113 Carlton (VFL/AFL) Born Whanganui[93]
Charlie Meadway 1879 4 Carlton / Collingwood (VFL/AFL) Born Dunedin[94]
Jim Cowcher 1898 5 Carlton (VFL/AFL) Born Napier[92]
Currently on an AFLW senior list
Player AFLW Years* AFLW Matches* Clubs played for/plays for Connections to New Zealand, References
2021– - Fremantle Born and raised[95]
Indy Tahau 2021– 8 Brisbane Family[96]
Vaomua Laloifi 2020– 15 Carlton Born in Samoa, raised in New Zealand[97][98]
Dee Heslop 2020– 16 Gold Coast Born and raised in Auckland[99]
Mhicca Carter 2020-2021 1 West Coast Raised in Blenheim[100]
Brooke Walker 2019– 16 Carlton Born and raised in Christchurch[101]
Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw 2019– 25 Brisbane Born and raised in Ashburton to Aucklander mother and Christchurch father[102]
Stevie-Lee Thompson 2017– 41 Adelaide Maori parents, raised in Hawke's Bay from age of 4[103]
Lauren Pearce 2017– 33 Melbourne Father[104]
Jacinda Barclay 2017–2020 23 GWS Both parents[105]
Moana Hope 2017–2019 20 Collingwood / North Melbourne Maori mother[106]

See also[]

  • New Zealand AFL
  • List of New Zealand born AFL players

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