The West Sydney Pirates Week 6 game against the Sydney University Lions marked a milestone in the coaching career of Head Coach, Ian Taylor. Coach Taylor became the first person in Gridiron NSW League history to have coached 200 Division 1 games. Congratulations to Coach Taylor who begun coaching in 1993.
The International Federation of American Football has completed the coaching staff that will lead the IFAF World Team against Team USA in USA Football’s International Bowl in Texas on February 1.
The state capital of Austin will host the third annual game – formerly known as USA vs. The World – on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. The international competition will feature an IFAF World Team of teenage football players selected from as many as five continents playing against American’s Under-19 National Team, composed of current high school seniors (class of 2012). Both teams will field a 50-player roster.
Last year Manera served as the IFAF World Team offensive coordinator. In 2007 he was the head coach of the Australia Outback senior national team and as a player, was a three-year letterman at the University Of Hawaii from 1989 to 1991 playing at offensive tackle and was an Academic All Western Athletic Conference selection in 1991. He served as a student assistant coach at Hawaii and has also coached in the Japanese X League with the Recruit Seagulls in Tokyo and extensively in his native Australia.
“It is a real honor and a privilege to be selected again as part of the World Team coaching staff, it means a lot to me and I am really looking forward to working with the coaches, players and support staff. Every time you participate in this kind of event you learn new things as well as share things with other coaches and players and that’s what makes it really special.”
Coach Country Position
Greg Marshall Canada Head Coach
Warren Craney Canada Defensive Coordinator
Edgar Zapata Mexico Offensive Coordinator
Shinzo Yamada Japan Special Teams Coordinator
Masato Itai Japan Quarterbacks
Max Von Garnier Germany Running Backs
Jakob Dieplinger Austria Wide Receivers
Paul Manera Australia Offensive Line
Sause “Pooch” Ta’ase American Samoa Linebackers
Tuomas Heikkinen Finland Defensive Backs
John Leijten Australia Defensive Line
Giorgio Longhi Italy Defensive Assistant
Niclas Carlson Sweden Strength & Conditioning
NSW Wolfpack and Bondi Raiders Offensive Lineman Ernest Christensen talks with the Telegraph about the Senior Outback team that will represent Australia at the 2011 IFAF World Championship of American Football which are being held in Austria from July 8 – 16.
Due to the large amount of rain we have had this week the university has closed the ground for this weekend.
The new date is Sunday the 19th of June. We hope you can all still attend and enjoy the day.
For further details check out the Facebook page
The Gridiron community is deeply saddened at the tragic loss of Chris Bennett over the weekend, who played for the Penrith City Chiefs and Outlaws. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends. Chris was a member of the Penrith city club for 5 years playing Quarterback and Wide Receiver and represented the NSW Wolverines in 2008.
We also extend our condolences to the Penrith City Gridiron Club who are a tight group and are devastated by the loss of one of their own.
For anyone who has played with or knew Chris and wishes to attend his funeral, it will be on Friday 11am at Pinegrove Cemetery, Minchinbury in the North Chapel.
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