Australia national American football team

Name	Australia
Founded	1996
Head Coach	John Leijten
First international
Australia 6–22  Sweden (Palermo, Italy; 25 June 1999)
Biggest win
Australia 47–6  South Korea (Canton, Ohio, United States; 9 July 2015)
Biggest defeat
Australia 0–65  Mexico (Innsbruck, Austria; 10 July 2011)

The Australia national American football team, nicknamed the Australian Outback, represent Australia in international American football (gridiron) competitions. The team is organised by Gridiron Australia, the national governing body for the sport.

IFAF World Championship record

Year	Position	GP	W	L	PF	PA
1999	5th	3	1	2	16	83
2003	Did Not Participate
2007
2011	8th	4	0	4	30	204
2015	5th	4	3	1	108	81

History

Organised gridiron football in Australia dates to 1983, with the national governing body, Gridiron Australia, being formed in 1996. Australia was a charter member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), and competed in the inaugural 1999 IFAF World Cup. They have since competed in the Oceania Bowl in 2005 and the Samoa Bowl in 2011, among other international competitions.^[1][2] Australia competed in the 2011 IFAF World Cup, to be held in Austria in July 2011.^[3][4] On 20 May 2011, it was announced that Arizona Cardinals punter Ben Graham would be the punter for their 2011 World Cup appearance. In early 2015 it was announced that the 2015 IFAF World Cup would be held in Canton, Ohio in July 2015.

Roster

Australia National Football Team roster
Quarterbacks 11 Kiernan Dorney 14 Nicholas Bodanac Running Backs 33 Matthew Croasdaile 21 Luke Jackson 37 Nathan Lansdell FB 35 Paul Mason FB Wide Receivers 84 Tristan Cauhepe 89 Ryan Dwyer 17 Liam Erby TE/K 83 Luke Fredericks WR/P 36 Tyson Garnham 34 Locklan Gilbert TE/K 26 Lewis Wyten		Offensive Linemen 60 Aaron Carbury OL 58 Ernest Christensen OL 72 James Gifford OL 70 Adam Gotsis OL 74 Dom Radman OL 56 John Radman OL 76 Kurt Schulte-Schrepping OL 71 Jon Tostovin OL Defensive Linemen 91 Chris Bondin DL 84 Nathan Brown DL 75 Kelvin Howsan DL 55 Leon Latulipe DL 50 Shannon Lynch DL 69 Christian O'Dea DL 90 John Tolsher DL		Linebackers 80 Bradley Bennett 27 James McFadzean 24 Ryan Ottens 51 Layke Rossiello  9 Daniel Sharp 13 Warren Zirkler Defensive Backs  1 Steve Baker DB/P 22 Damien Donaldson DB 18 Kieran Lansdell DB  2 Tautinoga Masaga Faletaogo DB  8 Christian McCarty DB 43 Ben Middleton DB 88 Bryn Nightingale DB 25 Chris Pearce DB 47 Scott Wolfe DB 28 Andrew Yeung DB Special Teams None		Inactive List Roster updated 2011-07-08

References

1. "American Samoa Defeats Australia in International All-Star Game". Samoa News. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
2. Worrad, Sam (14 July 2005). "Give 'em a hand: Australia rules". The Glebe. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
3. "Participants". americanfootball2011.com. 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
4. "americanfootball2011.com". americanfootball2011.com. 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.