Philippines national Australian rules football team

The Philippines national Australian rules football team, also known as the Philippine Eagles represents the Philippines internationally in Australian rules football.

Philippines
UnionPhilippine Australian Football League
Nickname(s)Philippine Eagles

They also compete as a club at the Philippine Australian Football League, with the Eurekas and Dingoes and are a full member club of AFL Asia.

History

The national team was established in 2004, the same year the Philippine Australian Football League, a small-scale Australian rules football league, was founded by co-founders Peter Stone and Derek Ackary. The national team would be formed from players of two existing regular teams, the Dingoes and the Eurekas. The three teams, including the national team as the Philippine Eagles, would compete in the Philippine Australian Football League.[1][2]

The Philippine Eagles has competed in at least eleven international tournament.[1] They have also competed in the Asian Australian Football Championships as a club side, winning the tournament in 2016 overcoming the Singapore Wombats in the final[3] and settling for second place in 2013 after losing to the Hong Kong Dragons in the grand final. Their first ever title in an international competition was at the Manila International Cup in 2013.[1]

The Philippines is aiming to make their debut at the Australian Football International Cup in 2020.[4]

References
  1. "Philippine Eagles". Philippine Australian Football League. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. "Philippine Eagles". AFL Asia. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. Thompson, Troy (19 October 2016). "Phillipine (sic) Eagles win 'Best Ever' Asian Championship". World Footy News. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. Martinez, Maridel (26 September 2018). "Filipino-Australian and Australians celebrating grand final weekend in Manila". SBS. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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