Australian Football Club

The pre-season Tigers in the Park training continues this Saturday, 2/9. 10am at the Umstead Park Visitors Center parking lot. Come challenge Coach Shane in our 5k run through the lovely State Park. Everyone welcome!

The North Carolina Tigers will be hosting their annual Australia Day event this Saturday, 1/26, from 1 until 4pm at the Hibernian Pub Green Room. Meat tray and other prizes will be raffled off to benefit the NC Tigers.

Tigers in the Park fitness series continues this Saturday, 1/26. 10AM at Umstead Park Visitors Center. Light run and some skills work afterward. All comers welcome!

The Tigers in the Park series continues this Saturday, 1/19, at 10am. Meeting place is the Umstead Park Visitors Center parking log on the HW 70 side of the park. Join the Tigers for a 5K run then a little skills and kicking work afterwards.

Tigers in the Park will continue this Saturday at 10am. Umstead Park Visitors Center parking lot.

2019 Tigers Annual General Meeting will also be held this Saturday at 1pm at the Hibernian Pub, Green Room.

Agenda: 2018 Year in Review, Financial Report, Nomination and Election of 2019 Board of Directors.

It’s time to start the run up to the 2019 Footy Season! Knock off the rust and get a head start on getting into fighting shape. Tigers in the Park begins January 5th with a light run followed by a kick. Meeting place is Umstead Park Visitors Center main parking lot. Use the Glenwood Ave./HW 70 entrance. 8801 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27617. Time: 10am

The Tigers will host the Atlanta Kookaburras on Saturday, September 22nd. The match will return to the lovely MAC where the Tigers host the 2017 USAFL Eastern Regional Tournament. Join us as two of the oldest clubs in the competition line up to do battle. This will conclude the Tigers’ regular season as they prepare to travel to Racine, Wisconsin for the 2018 USAFL National Tournament.

Game Start: 2 PM
MAC Sports & Entertainment (The MAC)
8924 Midway West Rd, Raleigh, NC 27617

Social: 730PM
Hibernian Pub
311 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27603

The 2018 season continues to roll on with the Tigers traveling north to face the Baltimore Dockers on July 28th. The Tigers were able to take a victory over the Dockers in the first annual Carolina Cup played in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Dockers will be out to even the score as they host the Might Tigers on their home turf.

http://usafl.com/match/july-28-2018-100pm/nc-tigers-vs-baltimore

This Saturday at 10 AM the NC Tigers will be hosting the Raleigh GAA for a special event at the NC State Miller Fields! The local teams will be competing in an international rules game where a round ball instead of a footy is used. The sport was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players. Come join us for a great time and learn more about this special sport. The details are as follows:

Game Start: 10 AM
NC State Miller Fields
821 Dan Allen Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606

Social: After the game and continued throughout the day
Hibernian Pub
311 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27603

The 2018 season started on a gorgeous, 70-degree Saturday afternoon in Wilmington, North Carolina where one of Tigers greatest rivals The Baltimore Dockers showed in abundance and hungry for Tigers’s blood! With the wind at their backs, the Dockers fired one through within the first couple of minutes and a second goal shortly after leading the end of the first quarter 14-9. Heading into the second quarter and having the wind to their favor, the Tigers had many shots on goal, but could not capitalize through the middle allowing the Dockers to continue their lead of 22-11.

However, some adjustments and words of encouragement at the start of the third quarter prove to be best for the Mighty Tigers as a new member Jake Aulner, formerly a Golden Gate Roo, was aggressive to the ball to allow shots on goal. Big Dave Seymour rucked the majority of the game and kept the middle on lockdown against the Dockers while managing to punch one through. Our trusty defenders, Andrew Wesche, Matt Sherman, and Dennis Kurtz stopped the Dockers in their tracks to end the quarter at 22-22. At the start of the fourth, the momentum of the Tigers and help from the wind was too much for the Dockers and the Tigers began to pull away. Tom Sheldon, a former UNC punter, used his big kick to keep the ball on the Dockers’s side, which led to more opportunities for the Tigers to seal-the-deal at 41-34! A large turnout from both teams led to a fantastic match and social gathering to follow.