2010 Training Underway

Come out to Zilker at 11:00 AM on Sat or 6 pm on Tuesday. Make sure to sign up on the yahoo list for updates.

Maybe you have seen Australian Rules football or you are just looking to see what it is all about you have come to the right place. You can get in contact with one of our team representatives for more information so email us today.
You can also keep up with the team at our yahoo group. It is a common misconception that that playing AFL will get you hurt. No more then any other sport and if you are worried about that it then it isn't for you. It is a physical game but rewards skill and strategy as much or more then toughness. We'll teach you all the basics no matter your athletic ability or fitness level. Because there are many positions to fill from the big guys in the middle the quick guys on the wings we need players of all sizes. We also have players with a variety of sports backgrounds basketball, American Football, and some of our best players have college soccer experience. For those that like the physical part of the game we can make sure you are in a position to use that. The main thing is giving it a shot like many of us you'll find that it is one of the greatest games you've ever played.

For an explanation of the rules check out this video on YouTube:

Crows Participate in Austin Toros Basketball Exhibition

The Austin Crows were invited by the NBA Development League team, the Austin Toros to put on a halftime show at a recent game. Twelve Austin Crows players donned the Crows guernseys (and shorts) and played a kick and handball scrimmage on the basketball court during half time of the Toros game. Highlights of the night were seeing Noor and Lalo spray kicks into the speakers on the roof, the odd hard tackle or hit that got the crowd excited, and of course the photo session with the Toros girls. Well done to Mark Bedford for spearheading this event.

Austin Crows Support Movember

November in Australia is famous for the time of the year when all men get to leave the Gillette razor in the drawer and against the wishes of girlfriends and wives, men get to grow out their moustaches and celebrate the month of “Movember”. With Movember now having worldwide significance, many of this year's Austin Crows players participated and helped raise nearly $1000 for men's prostate cancer research.

Crows president Mat King went with the Chopper Read style Trucker Mo, much to his wife Bec's dismay. Although we do notice some grey patches in there Mat. Lalo Herrera organized the event for the Crows and by the end of the month had enough upper lip hair to pull of the Dirty Sanchez look. Alex Corones, fresh from 2 months of backpacking around the US and Europe had a moustache that looked as if he had been backpacking around the globe for 2 months. Don Garcia, one of the Crows best fundraisers, looked quite terrifying. He was banned from dropping off his children at school and hanging around playgrounds as other parents were terrified he would steal their children. Karl Morgan was very excited to participate in Movember and added some flair to his duties as the Karl Morgan Band frontman. His band members contemplated renaming the band “The Porn Stars” but apparently the name was already taken. Noor Jehangir pulled off the Pakistani cricketer look without trying very hard and actually finished runner up in the Best Mo in Character Award at the Movember Awards Gala held at Six Lounge in Austin on December 3.

Well done to all those who participated in this year's Movember event and the Austin Crows look forward to supporting the event in future years. For more information you can go to http://us.movember.com/ .

On Saturday November 13, the Austin Crows players, their families and supporters gathered to celebrate another successful season on the field. The first item of business for the night was the best and fairest medal count.

After tallying 13 votes throughout the season, ruckman Ryan Minnick was awarded his first Crows Best and Fairest trophy. Minnick polled consistently in 6 games and was followed closely by runner up, Jeremiah Dawson who polled 10 votes, with Grant Campbell coming in third with 9 votes.

The Best First Year Player was a tie between Jeremiah Dawson and Jesse Leos. Andres Campo took out the Clubman of the Year Award.

The Austin Crows finished the year with a record of 8 wins, 3 losses and a runner up finish in Division 3 at the national tournament. The Crows will resume training in March of 2010.

The Crows started out strongly with ruckman Ryan Minnick winning the ruck contests and providing on ballers Jesse Leos, Lalo Herrera and Noor Jehangir first use of the ball. Dangerous small forward Rene Gloria marked strongly and slotted the first two goals of the game to get the Crows going. Revo player Ninja Jehangir followed suit to give the Crows a 21 point quarter time buffer.

With the large bench, the Crows were able to rotate its midfield and this worked well as players remained fresh. "Pizza" Dan Brooks came onto the field and immediately has his hand in several goals. Despite losing his bearings at one stage and missing a gimme goal, Brooks was one of the many solid players for Crows on the day. Jeremiah Dawson was his usual scrappy self, laying huge bumps and tackles on bigger, stronger opponents.

Crows first gamers Blake McLean and Brett Emerson came onto the ground and had an immediate effect with "Casper" McLean kicking the goal of the day with a 55 meter bomb during the second term. The Crows defense remained solid all day through the likes of Chad Benninghoff, captain Dave Enslow, Joe Long, Trey Gebhardt and Andres Campo. "Hitman" Ray Silva was putting his body on the line as usual and along with Gebhardt and Long, the defense worked well to repel all Tigers forward thrusts.

During the third term, the Crows put the game away with "Big" Jon Samuelson and Deren Wilcox (before being hurt) getting there hands on everything and kicking 3 majors between them. Phil Brereton and Stuey Davidson added clever goals and the Crows ended up running out comfortable winners in the end. The Austin Crows are now 5 wins and 2 losses for the year and move into 5th place on the US Footy ladder. The Crows will now put in a month of hard training in the lead up to US Footy Nationals in Mason, Ohio in mid October.
 
Final score:
Austin Crows- 15 goals, 16 behinds, 106
Baton Rouge Tigers- 2 goals, 3 behinds, 15
 
Austin Goals: Gloria 2, Samuelson 2, Brereton 2, Brooks 2, McLean 2, Boyce 1, Jehangir 1, Wilcox 1, Davidson 1, Dawson 1
Austin Best: Jeremiah Dawson (3 votes), Ryan Minnick (2 votes), Jesse Leos (1 vote), Lalo herrera, Trey Gebhardt, Joe Long, Jon Samuelson, Dan Brooks
Umpires: Adam Coleman, Glen Crisera, Justin Raiti, Don Modde, Bernie Lancaster

The Dallas Magpies groundsmen had the Celebration Park oval in pristine condition for the June 20 weekend tourney involving the Kansas City Power, the Dallas Magpies, and the top of the USAFL ladder Austin Crows. In sweltering conditions in Allen, TX, the Crows took a strong squad of 26 players to Dallas for the days action.
 
Against the KC Power, a powerful Austin effort allowed for the Crows to extract revenge on the team who took the USAFL Division 3 trophy from their grasp last year in Colorado Springs. Dedicated Deren Wilcox was elected captain for the day and chose to kick into the strong breeze at Celebration Park, which has quickly become known as the premier footy ground in all of North America. Despite kicking into the wind, the Dallas midfield led by Cambo and Eddie Kiel, moved the ball forward to create scoring opportunities for captain Wilcox, Phil Brereton, Ford Shanley, Noor Jehangir, and Mark Drinnan. Early goals to Wilcox, Kiel and Cambo had the Crows comfortably up at half time. Down back, "solid" Sam Harris and "Dirty" Dave Enslow gave the KC Power forwards nothing.
 
Kicking with the wind, Austin continued to dominate the middle and pile on the score. "Bomber" Smith came onto the ground and put the Power defense into immediate fright with his loud, barnstorming forward movement. Alex Corones did a fantastic job tagging the Power's best onballer and with an overall strong effort from the Crows they ran out 44 point winners.
 
Final Score:
 
Austin 7.8.50
 
KC 1.0.6
 
Goals: Kiel 3, Boyce 2, Wilcox 2
 
Best: Kiel (3 votes), Corones (2 votes), Harris (1 vote), Campbell, Minnick, Bomber Smith,