The Game
If you are not familiar with Australian Football, it is a high energy, fast paced, contact sport, requiring many attributes and physical components of a number of American sports. Having said this, it is quite unlike any other sport in the world. The basic aim of the game is to score as many goals as possible by kicking the ball between a set of posts at either end of the field. Players may move the ball around the field, either by kicking, handballing (punching the ball off your hand), or running with the ball. There are no pads and players are ...
About the Magpies
Who are the New York Magpies? We're an amateur Australian Football Club dedicated to establishing and growing our great Australian sport in the New York metropolitan area and across the USA. Established in March of '98 the club continues to experience great success both on and off the field, making it a premier organization within the US Australian Football community. We are always looking for new players and supporters, so click here to join the Magpies community. The Magpies are a New York Not-for-Profit Corporation and a qualified public charity under the Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Donations ...
Latest New York Magpie News
Grand Final Tickets on Sale Now!
Join the New York Magpies for another huge event. It’s the battle of the year, the AFL Grand Final 2010, as the top two AFL teams in Australia fight for the ultimate prize. Doors to the event open at 10pm just as the live telecast of pre-game entertainment from Melbourne begins on a 12′x9′ HD projection screen and 14 plasma TVs on two floors! Date: Friday, September 24 Time: 10pm... [Read more]
Magpies featured in The Wall Street Journal
Recently, the New York Magpies made headlines with their first appearance as a team in The Wall Street Journal. Read the full article below or pick up your own copy in the July 15th edition of The NY Wall Street Journal. It’s a Different Kind of Football A Hard-Core Group of 70 New Yorkers Has Embraced the Rough and Ready Australian Rules Game By ADITI KINKHABWALA For Doug Lewis, the hook of... [Read more]
NY overcome a determined Philly in wet weather
New York travelled to Philadelphia to take on the much improved Philly Hawks. With heavy, persistent rain throughout the day, the pies could tell early it was going to be a tough game. In old fashioned wet weather footy, the Hawks jumped out of the blocks early while the Magpies had another slow start. This saw the Pies down by a few goals at 1/4 time, which was equivalent to about 5 goals on a dry... [Read more]
Consul-General Welcomes Magpies
After a successful ANZAC day celebration in which the Magpies organized one of the largest Australian gatherings in New York, Phillip Scanlan, the Australian Consul-General in New York, invited some of the event organizers and team leadership to his home for drinks. With a beautiful view of the river as a background Mr. Scanlan thanked the larger Magpie organizations for their efforts in supporting... [Read more]
2010 NYCAFL Draft Huge Success
The recent NYCAFL Draft saw the strongest and deepest turnout in Magpies history. In all, 34 players with a significant amount of talent participated in the 2010 draft. There was much speculation and hype on who would be taken No.1. with many analysts predicting either Dave Wittmer or Greg Smith to be the first pick. However Dave’s planned holiday in the middle of the season and Greg’s... [Read more]
