Kickoff for Cambodia's Women's Aussie Rules team

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:03 am

Women make history with Asian Aussie Rules

Photo Steve Porte.
After nearly two months of intensive training, the newly formed Cambodian Apsaras, the kingdoms first women’s Australian Rules Football team, will face off against the Vietnamese Gaels tomorrow in the first game of its kind in the region.

The Apsaras formed early last month in conjunction with the men’s team with a huge amount of community support that has grown, captain Hannah Slaughter says.

Training ramped up in the lead up to tomorrow’s game at the International School of Phnom Penh sports fields, with theory sessions being accompanied by physical training almost every night in the past week, according to Slaughter.

Despite the team knowing Vietnamese Gaels will be a strong force,[co-captain Neat] Khin said her Cambodian team-mates will use their small size and agility to their advantage.
“Khmer girls, we all make jokes to barang saying we’re not scared because they are tall and big, because we’re short and quick,” she said with a laugh. “So even though the foreigners are tall and big, we can just go around them.”

With the players on the team being involved in forging the identity of the new team every step of the way, Mason said win or lose, the game will be a triumph for the Apsaras.

http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36819/ ... sie-rules/

SinnSisamouth · Post by **SinnSisamouth** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:58 am

what about a blokes team?

women playing footy ffs

Post by **Username Taken** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 12:05 pm

^^ The blokes are busy learning synchronized swimming.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 12:14 pm

SinnSisamouth wrote: what about a blokes team?

women playing footy ffs

Well, there is...

The Apsaras formed early last month in conjunction with the men’s team

...but as news goes, blokes playing footy = dog bites man. ( Or even dog bites dog .)

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:16 am

And it's the blokes turn to gloat as Cambodia beat Vietnam at Aussie Rules last weekend ...
[No - for the confused non-Australians reading this - Aussie Rules is not just for the sheilas]

Eagles down the Swans in Aussie rules thriller
Wed, 13 September 2017
Cambodian Eagles recorded a thrilling three-point victory over Vietnam Swans in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday to help give Australian rules football a big boost in the region.

After leading by as many as six goals in the first half, the Eagles were swamped late in the match. They fell behind and looked beaten until Scotsman Duncan Smith pounced on a loose ball in the middle of the pitch to score the winner from 50 metres out.

After being routed by the Swans in the final of the Indochine Cup in Saigon last month, it was sweet revenge for the Eagles...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sport/eagl ... s-thriller