Expanding Footy 9s into Kiribati is part of our plan to grow the game in the Pacific.
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 Kiribati, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via info@aflinternational.com.
AUSTRALIA & KIRIBATI
Australia and Kiribati enjoy close and longstanding relations based on regional and international cooperation, trade links, a substantial development assistance program, support for maritime surveillance and broader security cooperation, and people to people contacts.
The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. Kiribati is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island (banaba), dispersed over 3.5 million square km, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line at its easternmost point.
Kiribati is the only country in all four hemispheres.
The name Kiribati is the local pronunciation of “Gilberts”, derived from the main island chain, the Gilbert Islands. The capital of South Tarawa consists of a number of islets connected through a series of causeways, located in the Tarawa archipelago.
Banaba (or Ocean Island) is a raised-coral island which was once a rich source of phosphates, but it was mostly mined out before independence. The rest of the land in Kiribati consists of the sand and reef rock islets of atolls or coral islands which rise but a few metres above sea level.
