American football in Australia
Due to interest in converts from Australian rules football and Rugby League, particularly Ben Graham, Saverio Rocca and Jarryd Hayne, the game is also regularly covered by the Herald Sun and other newspapers.[4] On 1 September 1908, following the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival, Minnesota played Kentucky on the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of a crowd of 5,000.In 1983 the first fully organised gridiron teams in Australia were formed in Melbourne, Victoria and further north, an ad was placed over a Sydney radio station advertising for American football enthusiasts to assemble in early 1984.It was a high-profile team, which the media and sponsors would see as a positive entity to promote the sport, created by Randall Trudgen.The 1st year of competition of the Queensland Gridiron Football League was contested by four clubs, the Brisbane Bulldogs, the Mitchelton Warriors, the Pine Grove Steelers, and the Kenmore Centurions.In January 1986 the inaugural South Australian Gridiron Association season commenced with 4 teams: Eastside Razorbacks, Brighton Breakers, Port Adelaide Spartans and Southern Longhorns playing Saturday double-header games at Norwood Oval which had high standard lighting to play under.[11] Each year individual American States are invited to field High School all-star teams, travel to Australia and spread the growth of the game down under.Trans Tasman competition came to Melbourne in January 1991 when Victoria played the visiting South Auckland Raiders from New Zealand, finishing in a 19–19 draw.After him came Colin Scotts, who went to college in Hawaii before being drafted to play with the Phoenix Cardinals and then the Houston Oilers in the middle to late 1980s.On 31 January 1998 the Bushrangers played Team Hawaii in Honolulu during the National Football League's Pro Bowl week.In 2003 & 2005 the week long Gridiron Australia National Championships were played at the Pines Hockey Stadium in Adelaide, both won by New South Wales.In March 2012, the inaugural Australian Gridiron League series was launched, with state teams from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia participating.Queensland native and wide receiver for the Los Angeles Temptation Chloe Butler served as the ambassador of LFL Football coming to Australia and captained the Western Conference squad.Another successful season culminated in the Gold Coast Stingrays defeating the Logan City Jets in Summerbowl II.In season 2014 the competition looks set to expand again with new teams joining including: the Southern Steelers, Sunshine Coast Spartans and a Moreton Bay/Redcliffe side.
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