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Outside 50 - US Footy NewsKatie Klatt - USA FreedomOn Outside 50's Ep30 we talked with Katie Klatt a Sacramento Sun, San Francisco Iron Maiden, Vice Captain of the USA Freedom, a Melbourne Uni Mugar and now a potential Boston Lady Demon. Katie was one of the first U.S. women to travel to Australia to try and make it in the AFLW. Since then, she’s back in the States obtaining her Master’s Degree at Harvard while looking to take a more relaxed approach to the game. The women’s game has grown so much over the years, and Katie loves seeing the co...
2020-05-2823 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsColin Smith - Boston DemonsEp29 of Outside 50 we sat down with Colin Smith, President of the Boston Demons. The theme of the episode kept revolving around camaraderie and how much of a close-knit group the Demons truly are, especially being one of the oldest clubs in the USAFL. Over the years, the club has managed to be successful because of the bond shared by its players. As President, Colin really explains how he really wants to push for more recruitment in the coming seasons, and to continue to develop local areas to play metro games as well as continuing to strengthen...
2020-05-2540 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsSimon Ansell - LA Dragons FCOn this Episode 28 of the Outside 50 podcast, we have a chat with Simon Ansell from the LA Dragons Football Club. Simon arrived in Los Angeles from Sydney a few years back and got involved with the Dragons pretty soon thereafter. Simmo talks candidly with us about the positive welcome that he's received so far, the growth of the game in the States, and his own unique perspective growing up in the rugby league-dominant Sydney suburbs. Simmo also relates how the LA is probably the best place in the USA to play footy with weather that...
2020-05-2245 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsDonnie Hess - Des Moines RoostersEp27 of Outside 50 changes gears a little as we chat about the coaching side of footy with Des Moines Rooster, Donnie Hess. Being in “America’s Heartland,” there are a different breed of players who are predominately American and have a love for the physical side of the sport. Donnie recently transitioned over into the head coach for the Roosters, but has a strong background in coaching his local youth basketball team. Donnie also discusses the fate of the 80/35 tournament that the club hosts yearly and how he hopes the women’s side can grow from the...
2020-05-1531 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsBob DeGemmis - Detroit Aussie Rules FCThis Outside 50 podcast, we talk with Bob DeGemmis of the Detroit Australian Rules Football Club. Bob is a footy veteran who played with both the New York Magpies and the former Baltimore Washington Eagles combination, (before they split into two separate teams) then relocated with his family to the Motor City, Detroit Michigan, a few years ago. Bob shares with the US Footy News team the various aspects of recruiting Aussie Rules footballers in a city that has had its challenges in recent years, as well as various strategies for how to grow the game...
2020-05-1240 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsDrea Casillas - New York MagpiesEp25 of Outside 50 has one of the most involved footy players in the United States, NY Magpie's Drea Casillas. Some might even call her Wonder Woman, Drea talks all things women’s footy from her many roles with starting the NY Lady Magpies to playing on the US Freedom team to being a founder of the Women’s Association and a former board member of the league and now President of the NY Magpies club itself. Wow. Drea's impressive athletic background also lends her to be a role model and leader on the off the field for wome...
2020-05-0835 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsRobbie Scarallo - Tampa Bay Tiger SharksEp24 of the Outside 50 podcast features traveler Robbie Scarallo, a former Tampa Bay Tiger Shark and recently a new member of the New York Magpies. Robbie a dual citizen shares his unique perspective as a co-founder of the Tiger Sharks in Tampa and talks about how the team has a bright future ahead. Robbie also chats what he hopes is in store for his time with the Magpies in NY once the USAFL season is finally underway and shares with us what the game of footy means to him as a dual citizen of the USA and A...
2020-05-0542 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsStu Nichol - Al MacGlashan - Chicago SwansGreat Ep23 today with guests Stu Nicol and Al MacGlashan of the Chicago Swans FC. Both Stu and Al have a long history to talk about with footy here in the USA, Al especially who first starting seeking out sports to play in Chicago in 1999 after originally coming over from Geelong Victoria, for a 6 month working holiday. Stu is more recent but a true Chicago legend already, reports also an unusual path to footy in Chicago as being a native Scotsman he has been able to represent Scotland in the Euro Cup on two occasions. Stu has...
2020-05-0243 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsCaitlin O'Malley - Wisconsin WombatsOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani, Tara Cilke and Ben Martinez Ep22 of Outside 50 showcases newly appointed President of the Wisconsin Wombats, Caitlin O’Malley and her efforts to increase recognition of the club and recruitment efforts in the coming year. Caitlin is one of the few women Presidents across the USAFL and has a unique perspective on how to best grow her club as she takes a more active role on the administration side of footy. Currently a Division 4 club, she sees the Wombats moving up divisions in just a few years’ time with the...
2020-04-2931 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsPaddy Smallwood - Bogota BulldogsOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani, Tara Cilke and Ben Martinez Ep21 of Outside 50 is a fantastic chat with Paddy Smallwood of the Bogota Bulldogs in Colombia Sth America. Paddy originally from Bairnsdale 3 hrs south east of Melbourne, tells of his journey to establishing one of the first teams in Sth America and certainly the first team to play games against USA teams. The Bogota Bulldogs hit the world footy news recently when they played games against the reigning USAFL National Champions the Austin Crows and then the Crows main adversaries the Denver Bulldogs.
2020-04-2440 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsMax DePina - Seattle GrizzliesOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani, Tara Cilke and Ben Martinez Ep20 coming atcha with expat Max DePina of the USA Revolution and Seattle Grizzlies. Max is currently playing in Melbourne Australia but we discuss his start with footy on the Seattle Grizzlies and USA Revolution teams. The Seattle Grizzlies have come a long way since Max joined them several years back and continue to gain momentum in the footy community. He has watched his team grow from having to borrow players from other teams, to having two full men’s and one women’s team...
2020-04-2235 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsJames Waddell - Denver BulldogsOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani, Tara Cilke & Ben Martinez A fantastic chat with James Waddell from Denver Colorado, a truly interesting footy story. James tells us about being an International Baseball Scout after finishing his baseball career in Australia. An avid footy player through even his baseball career, James currently still plays with the Denver Bulldogs when he can. Add being Honorary Consul General of Australia in Denver, he continues to help develop youth Aussie Rules Footy and is truly a 'Renaissance Man' when it comes to athletics in the United States and Australia...
2020-04-1645 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsDani Marshall - Western Bulldogs AFLWEp18 of the Outside 50 podcast is back with some new co-hosts and with Dani Marshall, the first U.S. woman player to make it in the AFLW. From Colorado to Arizona to Melbourne, we got an inside look at her footy journey to stardom with the Western Bulldogs and her new life in Melbourne Australia. Dani shares with us the feeling of her first goal in the AFLW and what it takes to keep up with training when not on the field. As a leader in the advancement of women’s footy in the United St...
2020-04-1235 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsThe Meeting Behind The BarnOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. In 1997 an end of year tournament was held in Cincinnati Ohio with teams from the USA and one from Toronto. At the after party held in a far away barn across the state line in Indiana, a meeting was held late'ish in the evening, out the back of the barn from the rowdy crowd. "The Meeting Behind the Barn". That meeting lit by one overhead light and with a group of about 10 footy lovers from around the country, became the birth of the USAFL as we know it today...
2020-04-071h 04
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsSuch Is Life - EditorialOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. In this episode we discuss in some detail the USAFL, among other things, it's apparent blackballing of our podcast even though we have only been spreading the news of Aussie Rules footy in the USA, talking to its players, administrators, supporters and even the USAFL's own umpires. We have been disturbed by the lack of acknowledgment by the USAFL's Media Department and the USAFL itself, in ignoring a great coverage of Aussie Rules footy in the USA for no cost or resource strain to them. And also...
2020-04-0218 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsMichael Ross - San Diego LionsOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. In this episode we head over to the west coast of the USA and a great chat with Michael Ross, Head Coach of the San Diego Lions, a team with a long history in the USAFL. Michael originally from Foster in Victoria, played with the Sale Football Club in the Latrobe Valley League. Michael talks about keeping the San Diego club together during these unexpected times and also some of the highlights of the team. One being a full game versus the crew of the HMAS Brisbane...
2020-03-2536 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsSteve Arnott, Jeff Persson - USAFL UmpiresOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. With footy on hold we continue the conversations switching this time to the men and women in white, well the men and women in orange or green as they are now. On our show, Steve Arnott & Jeff Persson of the USAFL Umpires Association. Combined, Steve and Jeff have umpired somewhere around 700 USAFL games in the past 21 years. Steve was awarded USAFL Legend status in 2019 and has been umpiring here in the USA since 1999. Steve arrived here in the early 90s and prior to that took up umpiring...
2020-03-2345 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsRyan Downey, Atlanta - Wayne Kraska, RomeOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. On today's show we catch up with Ryan Downey of the Atlanta Kookaburras. In his sixth year with the Kookaburras, Ryan like some others came from mainly a rugby background. Of note Ryan talks about the challenges the teams like Atlanta in the South have faced over a long period, where the second closest team to them is in Ohio, a 6 hour drive away, and how the development of closer teams recently can only benefit the future of footy in the South. Also while we...
2020-03-1829 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsBen Martinez , Austin CrowsOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. On today's show we have a fantastic chat with Austin Crows Ben Martinez who has been with the Texas Austin Crows since 2017. Ben along with Tara Cilke and Darren Green, who we have chatted to on recent podcasts, is assisting the promotion of Aussie Rules Football in the USA by using social media groups and also partnering with the USAFL itself in their efforts of reaching corporate entities for greater awareness and sponsorship of USA Aussie Rules Football. Ben of course relates some of the great culture...
2020-03-1343 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsTara Cilke, Denver Lady BulldogsOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. On today's show we were thrilled to chat to Tara Cilke of the Denver Lady Bulldogs. Tara has spent 5 years playing with the Bulldogs and has played in a winning Div 1 women's National Championship team. The Denver Bulldogs led the way for many years in women's footy racking a bunch of National titles and now are focusing on bringing more women to the sport in the Denver area. Tara talks about all things women's footy at the Bulldogs and her enthusiasm for the upcoming 2020 season...
2020-03-1036 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsDarren Green & Ian McCormick RVA LionsOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. Today's show highlights the Richmond Virginia Lions. We chat with club founder Darren Green and new play Ian McCormick, who found the sport whilst teaching in Geelong Victoria. The RVA Lions have and are taking a very different path towards future success by building relationships through community projects, as they have a limited expat community in the Richmond VA area. This approach is certainly worth a listen to anyone involved in growing Aussie Rules Football in the USA. With new and unique local initiatives and...
2020-03-0650 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsMartin Coventry, Portland - Andrew Beh, JacksonvilleOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. On the show today we meet up with Martin Coventry of the Portland Steelheads & Sockeyes, one of the most decorated players in the USAFL with 15 Best & Fairest Award (MVP) wins and a host of other successes. From early days or footy with the North Carolina Tigers to National Championship wins with the Steelheads, Martin's story is certainly worth a listen, with a few amusing anecdotes to go with it. Visit and like the Portland FC Facebook here. We also have on the show...
2020-03-0351 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsPatrick Bilder, Remembrance - Danny Cowser, Wasatch - Mark Piorkowski, MemphisOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. We intro the show with a short remembrance for Patrick Bilder of the Tampa Bay Tiger Sharks. Pat or 'Patty' as he was known to many, was tragically lost in an accident over the weekend. We chat with Danny Cowser of the newly formed Wasatch War Gulls, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and learn how they came to be and a little about Danny's background. Somewhat isolated from many other teams because of distance that hasn't stopped Danny's enthusiasm to have a kick with some friends and...
2020-02-2642 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsDallas McCulloch, Hawaii - Justin Ward, SavannahOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. In this episode we recap the first 6 and explain a little why we are here and producing podcasts about USA Aussie Rules. Then we are entertained greatly by Dallas McCulloch VP of the Hawaii Eagles, a brand new club in 2019. Dallas does tell us a little of his background and some of his early experiences with Aussie Rules including some time playing with the Austin Crows and down in Melbourne, but also some of the lighter moments as well and recruiting Punk & Heavy Metal Rock friends, who he often w...
2020-02-2049 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsTom Ellis USA Revolution CoachOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. Today we chat with Tom Ellis the USA Revolution Head Coach and hear about the prep of USA men's team readying for the International Cup in Queensland Australia in late July. Tom who first got involved in Aussie Rules in 1999 with the Denver Bulldogs, has been a player himself in two International Cups and this year will be his second as Head Coach. Tom discusses an exciting development for Revolution team with a swag of the squad coming from USA players now playing down in Australia, mostly...
2020-02-1426 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsChristina Licata USA Freedom CoachOutside 50 with your hosts Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska. Today Krazz talks with Christina Licata the USA Freedom Head Coach and gets the lowdown on the USA women's team build-up to the International Cup in Queensland Australia in late July. Christina who is the USA's sole Level 2 coach, (thats men's as well) tells us some of her history with Aussie Rules dating right back to 2005 where she was attending the last year of College at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. We hear how technology is helping the Freedom coaches and Christina connect and track the 28...
2020-02-1129 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsSara Rohner - Centennial TigersOutside 50 with your host Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska talk with Sara Rohner who has established the 46th team in the USAFL, the Centennial Tigers Australian Rules Football Club, just south of Denver, Colorado. Sara tells Outside 50 some of her decisions on how she thought it was time to leave the Denver Bulldogs team where she had played for many years and start another team closer to where she lived and several other interested people that she knows. Hear about Sara's time with the Bulldogs and her travels to Australia to try out for VWFL teams...
2020-02-0827 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsUSA Footy 2020 - Rob Montanaro BTROutside 50, your host Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska, dive into the 2020 USA footy year discussing all the tournaments that are already on the table. With dates and info on all events from new and established events to the three Regional tournaments and finally to the USAFL National Championships in Norco California. We also chat with guest Rob Montanaro from Baton Rouge. Rob is a founding member for the Baton Rouge Aussie Rules Football Club in Lousianna. Being 4hrs+ from the nearest other USAFL team it has been a challenge to build the club. Rob tells how...
2020-02-0535 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsChris Adams DC Saturday Morning FootyOutside 50 with your host Rick Shaibani & Wayne Kraska talk with Chris Adams who has been running an Auskick type program for kids aged 5-9 years in the Washington DC area since 2006. Chris tells of how he got the program going, the people that helped him and the results, with one player now on the DC Eagles women's team and his son CJ playing successfully with the Minnesota Freeze club. Read more about Saturday Morning Footy on their website. https://satmorningfooty.com Interested in being on the show maybe? Drop us a line at...
2020-02-0319 min
Outside 50 - US Footy NewsThe Welcome ShowThe first ever episode of Outside 50, a show about USA Aussie Rules Football, as we dive into the game and the people that make it happen. On this episode your hosts Wayne Kraska and Rick Shaibani explain their background in the game we all love. Rick from the LA Dragons after just returning from a year in Australia relates his experiences of playing suburban footy Down Under and Wayne a USAFL Life Member, fills us in on what he has been up to during nearly 20 years of US footy playing, coaching and behind the scenes work.
2020-01-2724 min