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  2. Australian national sports team nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Harry Beitzel's 1967 Australian Football World Tour team was unofficially nicknamed the Galahs from their flashy uniform. Though this side was a precursor of subsequent Australian international rules football teams, the nickname has not been retained. Australian Tennis magazine invited readers to suggest a nickname for the Davis Cup team in ...

  3. List of Australian sporting mascots - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, the Australian Football League standardised the club mascots into the Mascot Manor theme. [1] Some, however, have since been replaced. [2] Adelaide - Claude "Curls" Crow; Brisbane Lions - Roy the Lion (Former: The Brisbane Bear 1987-96) Carlton - Captain Carlton; Collingwood - Jock "One Eye" McPie; Essendon - Moz "Skeeta" Reynolds

  4. List of Australian rules football clubs in Australia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of clubs that play Australian rules football in Australia at the senior level. Guide to abbreviations: FC = Football Club; AFC = Australian Football Club (mainly used if in Queensland or NSW or outside Australia) / Amateur Football Club (mainly used in the other Australian States) ARFC = Australian Rules Football Club

  5. What's in a nickname? For some in girls' sports, a lot - AOL

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    The two girls basketball coaches have always wondered why some high school athletics teams use the "ette" suffix to feminize their mascots. ... 29.6% said schools should have a universal nickname ...

  6. Women's soccer in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The Young Matildas finished fifth, the highest finish place in a FIFA sanctioned competition of any Australian women's national soccer team ever. [24] The Mini Matildas are Australia's women's national under-17 team. [31] The team was established when FIFA announced that the U-17 Women's World Cup would be launched in 2008. Australia has yet to ...

  7. Australia women's national soccer team - Wikipedia

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    The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.

  8. Australia women's national under-20 soccer team - Wikipedia

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    The Australian women's national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-20 soccer.The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC ...

  9. Names of Australian rules football - Wikipedia

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    Today, the common names for the sport are "Australian Football" and "Australian rules football" and it is referred to as "football", "footy", "Aussie rules" or sometimes as "AFL" (a genericised abbreviation of Australian Football League, the sport's pre-eminent and professional competition). [3]