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Perhaps the most important game of football in Australia played over this last week happened in Cairns, far from the attention of most. It was attended by our PM (who tossed the coin), as well as at least five Pacific Nations leaders.
The game involved a North Queensland All Stars team taking on a Pacific Islands team. The Pacific Islands won 8.12.60 to 7.6.48.
The Islands side included born and bred players from PNG, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Nauru and Samoa.
Recently, Roy Masters reported that the AFL was competing with the NRL for Polynesian players – with Israel Folau the main target.
Perhaps he’s right.
However, the AFL is also focused off-shore where increasingly there’s a better brand of footy being played.
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