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| Formerly | Welsh Australian Football League (Aussie Rules Wales) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| First season | 2007 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Country | Wales |
| Most recent champion(s) | South Cardiff Panthers |
| Most titles | South Cardiff Panthers (3) |
| Official website | warfl.org.uk |
Australian rules football has been played on an organised basis in Wales since 2007.[1] The sport is played by both men and women and there are clubs in Cardiff, Swansea, Bridgend, Cwmbran and Penarth. The main competition is the Welsh and England Australian Rules Football League (WARFL, Welsh: Cynghrair Pêl-droed Rheolau Awstralaidd Cymru) who is also the controlling body of the sport in the country. The WARFL runs a senior men's competition and a 3 team women's WWEAFL 9-a-side competition.
The original six WARFL teams were named after clubs in the South Australian National Football League. Prior to 2007 some clubs played in the BARFL though the proximity of these English clubs to the Welsh clubs helped facilitate the Welsh league.
Internationally Wales has fielded a standalone team at the Euro Cup achieving its best results for the women's with 4th place in 2022 and runners up in the men's in 2023 for all other international tournaments Wales is represented by composite the Great Britain team.
- ^ Eliot Raman Jones. "From New South Wales to South Wales: The rise of Aussie Rules". The Cardiffian. Retrieved 7 June 2022.