AFL London; Putney Magpies want you bad!
Seek Aussie Rules in London and you will find The Putney Magpies, a friendly and social club based in South West London. They are looking for new faces to join their team, ahead of the 2014 season.
Seek Aussie Rules in London and you will find The Putney Magpies, a friendly and social club based in South West London. They are looking for new faces to join their team, ahead of the 2014 season.
North London made arguably the most powerful statement in AFL London’s first weekend of finals, beating West London by 40 points in Sunday’s elimination final at Bounds Green and sending the reigning champs out of the Premiership race.
AFL London have announced this weekend's finals line-up to be played at London's Bounds Green. Table toppers Wandsworth Demons will meet Putney Magpies on the Saturday, before the North London Lions meet the West London Wildcats on the Sunday.
ALL this excitement around London lately can only mean one thing: it’s AFL London finals time.
The AFL London top four is signed and sealed with one home-and-away round remaining after North London Lions belted the Swans to secure the fourth spot.
Putney and Wandsworth all but booked AFL London semi-final berths with wins at the weekend as the London Swans saw their top-four hopes fade.
London Swans have made a last-minute bid to be included in this year’s AFL London finals series action with a stunning 52-point upset over West London Wildcats on Saturday at Ply Park in Shoreditch.
The story of the round was Putney Magpies breaking Wandsworth's unbeaten run to join the Demons at the top of the table and send a powerful message to the competition of their flag potential.
AFL London’s three flag fancies - Wandsworth, West London and Putney - all continued their winning ways in an action-packed Round 5 at the weekend.
Reigning premiers Wildcats fall to rising Magpies while Demons continue their march at the top of the AFL London ladder.
The AFL London competition came alive on the weekend with the Wandsworth Demons downing premiership favourites the West London Wildcats to throw the title race wide open.
The scene is set for a cracking AFL London Grand Final rematch this Saturday at Clapham Common with both West London and Wandsworth going into the Aussie Rules blockbuster undefeated and with a head of steam.
This year will mark the sixth running of the Putney Bridge Animal Costume Race, an AFL Grand Final lead up event staged annually by the Putney Magpies London AFL football club.
The AFL International Cup is on again and the Great Britain Bulldogs will be hoping that lessons learnt from the 2008 cup will see them fighting for a place in the finals.
The West London Wildcats have advanced to their 11th Grand Final in 13 years while the North London Lions kept their season alive after defeating a gallant Putney Magpies outfit.
In a pulsating last round of the 2011 AFL London season, the Putney Magpies knocked out a desperately unlucky London Swans, the North London Lions finished their 2011 campaign in strong fashion and the Wildcats became minor premiers.
The exciting 2011 AFL London season continued its twists and turns on Saturday when the North London Lions ran out winners over the London Swans.
The Putney Magpies have reignited their finals hopes with a timely win over the Lions while the Dees accounted for the Swans and the Wildcats romped home over the Hawks in AFL London.
The title race has been blown wide upon thanks to a big win over the Swans by the Hawks. Wandsworth also won and the Wildcats defeated the Lions in the match of the round!
In yet another amazing round of AFL London footy, Putney booted eight goals straight in the last quarter to overrun the Hawks, while the Lions pipped the Demons.
The Swans are running hot, the Wildcats lose another and the Lions are the silent achievers in AFL London.
AFTER a big win against the North London Lions in the previous round, the London Swans recorded another huge win this week by beating the previously undefeated West London Wildcats.
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