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| CATEGORIES ABOUT BRITISH AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL LEAGUE | |
| australian rules football in scotland | |
| australian rules football in england | |
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HISTORY :See Also Australian Rules Football In England The league in its current incarnation was formed in 1989, with efforts from John Jelley and others seeing the formation of eight clubs for an inaugral season in 1990. The founding clubs were the London Hawks , West London Wildcats , North London Lions , Earls Court Kangaroos , Lea Valley Saints , Thames Valley Magpies and Wandsworth Demons in and around London and a club based in Leicester, the East Midland Eagles . Of the foundation teams, four still survive in West London, North London, Wimbledon (former London Hawks) and Wandsworth. Between 1990 and 2001, the league existed as one competition for all clubs, ranging from a high of 10 clubs in 1991 to a low of only 6 in 1998. Divisional Structure 2001-present In an environment where large numbers of Australians could be both a blessing (in terms of experience and teaching ability) and a curse (in terms of new clubs outside London finding it difficult to compete against the Australian expat-based London clubs, the league in 2001 divided teams into two leagues. The first league was the ''London Premiership'', where the powerful London clubs would continue under the same local-content regulations as previously (ie quotas of British players who must be on the field at any time). Beneath the London Premiership would be a ''London Conference'', where the teams could field their 'reserve' sides, including the Clapham and Ealing teams which had been previously entered by Wandsworth and West London repectively. The London Conference has greatly relaxed 'local content' rules, meaning that backpackers and other Australians can compete at a social level. In 2003, with new clubs being formed outside the capital and regional clubs still struggling against the larger numbers of Australians playing for the London sides, it was decided that clubs outside London would compete in a ''Regional Premiership''. This included the Bristol Dockers , St Helens Miners and the two new sides in the Doncaster Saints and Reading Kangaroos . In 2004, a fourth division of the BARFL appeared, with the Scottish Australian Rules Football League forming. Three clubs played each other for the premiership, the Edinburgh Old Town Bloods , the Edinburgh Uni Body Snatchers and the Glasgow Sharks . CLUBS London Premiership Current Teams
Past / Defunct Teams
London Conference
Regional England Current Teams
Past / Defunct Teams
Scotland ''See also Scottish Australian Rules Football League ''
GRAND FINAL RESULTS Pre-Divisional Structure
Divisional Structure NATIONAL TEAM The BARFL co-ordinates a representative team, the British Bulldogs , who have competed at the Australian Football International Cup , in the Atlantic Alliance Cup and against other national sides in European test matches. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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