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What are three former AFL players who each played in the Grand Final doing in India?
Well… They’re not there just to take in the sights and grab a good curry.
They’re flying the Team Australia Flag at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup in Ahmedabad, and despite having a worldwide TV audience in the ‘tens-of-millions’ here at home it’s the most addictive sport you’ve never heard about, and guess what? We’ve just had a win.
AFL Grand Finalists Campbell Brown (Hawthorn Hawks), Adam Schneider (St Kilda), and Stephen Milne (St Kilda) have just helped the Australian team to our first ever victory with a 68-45 victory over Argentina.
Wait… rewind… the Kab-what? Kebab world cup? Nope, the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup.
And being a nation that loves to compete in anything, of course we have a team. A team thrown together hastily a few months ago that has never played a competitive game, but a team nonetheless.
You’d be forgiven for thinking we are pulling your leg. It doesn’t sound like a legitimate world cup… nor does it sound like something 15 million people would tune in to watch.
A mix between rugby, bull rush, and ‘schoolyard tip’, Kabaddi is unlike anything we’ve ever played in the western world – especially at a professional level.
Read more: http://tenplay.com.au/news/national/...addi-world-cup
I was watching this on Fox Sports 5 yesterday, unfortunately the game I saw Australia got hammered by South Korea 65-33.
Such a fun sport that we learned about in Singapore last year!
I watched for a few minutes on about Friday. Couldn't figure out WTF was going on and gave up. Worth another go?
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