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The tournament is endorsed by the Australian Football League as part of its International Policy. The tournament began in 1998 as the ''Jim Stynes Cup'' international tournament, named after Jim Stynes a player who had a fairytale football career, converting from Gaelic Football to Aussie Rules, moved from Ireland to play with the Melbourne Football Club and later awarded the Brownlow Medal as the fairest and best player in the elite Australian Football League . The tournament is currently held every 2-3 years in Canberra , the national capital of Australia . Recently, the competition was renamed to honour the football legend Ron Barassi a player with Italian origins that is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest ever Aussie Rules identities as both player and coach. Subsequent tournaments have been held in 2001, 2003. As well as Australian amateur teams from the Australian Capital Territory , Western Australia and the Northern Territory other countries (depending on availability) including New Zealand , South Africa , Samoa , Denmark , New Zealand and Nauru have participated. The next Barassi Youth Tournament will be held in 2006 in Canberra, with lead-up games in both Sydney and Melbourne and up to 8 junior teams represented. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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