Australia
National-team selections, camps, results and major international tournaments as Australia builds towards Olympic competition.
FLAG FOOTBALL • AUSTRALIA
The Australian flag football hub.
Follow the national teams, Premier Flag League, schools and grassroots growth, international competition and Australia's pathway towards the LA28 Olympic Games.
AGN ORIGINAL FEATURE · FLAG FOOTBALL
Read the full feature →A new pathway to America
How Tessa Davis and Amelie Prosser-Shaw are breaking into US college flag football.
LATEST FLAG FOOTBALL
Read feature →The NFL is putting footballs into Australian schools. Where do the kids go next?
The school rollout is enormous. The longer-term question is whether students who enjoy it can see where to play next.
THE PILLAR
Flag football deserves its own lane
AGN covers flag as a distinct form of American football — not as a footnote to the NFL or tackle competition.
Domestic elite
AFA launched the Premier Flag League in 2026 at the USANA Rabbitohs Centre, creating a weekly elite competition linked to national-team development.
Schools & clubs
Track the expansion of school, junior and community flag programs and the pathways connecting new players to the sport.
Road to LA28
World competition, Olympic qualification and the performance standards Australia must reach before flag football's LA28 debut.
WHY IT MATTERS
A participation pathway with an Olympic destination
Flag gives American football in Australia a broader entry point: lower equipment barriers, school-friendly formats and a direct connection to international competition.
LA28
Olympic flag football changes the ceiling.
For the first time, Australian players can enter the sport through flag and pursue a pathway that reaches all the way to an Olympic Games. AGN will treat that pathway as a standing beat, not a once-every-four-years novelty.
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FLAG FOOTBALL
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Our current flag-football coverage and the key routes AGN will expand as the Australian game grows.
Primary competition information is checked against American Football Australia and IFAF/IOC sources before publication.
FEATURE
Where do the kids go next?
NFL Flag is reaching hundreds of Australian schools. The next challenge is connecting interested students to the community game.
Read feature → FEATUREThe NFL is putting footballs into Australian schools. Where do the kids go next?
More than 500 schools and around 100,000 participants have encountered NFL Flag. The next question is how the pathway continues.
Read feature → AUSTRALIAAmerican football in Australia
Move between Flag Football, Australians Abroad, the American Football in Australia Hub and NFL Australia.
Explore Australia → TACKLE FOOTBALLAmerican Football in Australia Hub
For tackle competition fixtures, results, ladders and club information, use AGN's dedicated domestic hub.
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