Footy 9s is an exciting new sport that is coming to Europe!
Footy 9s is played on rectangular fields, allowing the sport to be played on any soccer or rugby field.
There are 3 great formats to choose from – Men’s Footy, Women’s Footy and Touch Footy.
Get Involved
If you are keen to be involved with the development of the sport in Estonia, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via info@aflinternational.com.
AUSTRALIA & ESTONIA
The first known Estonian migrant to Australia was Alfred Julius Sickler who arrived in 1853 and worked as a doctor in Bendigo, before settling in Dubbo. By 1914, the number of Estonia-born in Australia had risen to 126.
Small numbers of Estonians began to arrive in Australia during and after World War I marking the first wave of Estonian migration to Australia. In 1947, following World War II, 142 refugees from Estonia migrated from European camps together with refugees from other Baltic states.
Australia has the sixth-largest expatriate Estonian community after Finland, Russia, Sweden, Canada and the USA. The 2016 census in Australia recorded over 9,500 people who identified as being of Estonian ancestry.
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Dane Rampe
Estonia is the smallest of the three Baltic Republics covering an area of 45,227 square kilometres. Situated on the northeastern edge of the Baltic Sea, Estonia borders Latvia in the south and Russian in the east. Estonia’s population is approximately 1.3 million. The capital of Estonia is Tallinn.
There is 3,794 km of coastline marked by numerous bays, straits, and inlets. The number of islands and islets is estimated at some 1,500. Two of them are large enough to constitute separate counties: Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.
After centuries of Danish, Swedish and German rule, the native Estonians started to yearn for independence during the period of national awakening while being governed by the Russian Empire. Established on 24 February 1918, the Republic of Estonia came into existence towards the end of World War I.
The Estonian language is closely related to Finnish but not to the languages of either of the other Baltic republics, Latvia and Lithuania, or to Russian.
