Expanding Footy 9s into New Caledonia 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 New Caledonia, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via info@aflinternational.com.
AUSTRALIA & NEW CALEDONIA
Australians and New Caledonians have forged longstanding and enduring people-to-people links across business, education, defence, police cooperation and healthcare. Australia is represented in New Caledonia by a Consul-General based in Noumea.
Tourism links are growing with more than 400,000 Australians visiting New Caledonia each year. Australia remains the primary destination for New Caledonians.
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The archipelago includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines and a few remote islets.
The main island, Grande Terre, is ringed by a coral reef. Locals refer to Grand Terre as “Le Caillou”, the rock.
New Caledonia has a land area of 18,576 square kilometres. The capital of the territory is Nouméa.
Named by the British explorer Captain James Cook, who spotted similarities with the Scottish highlands, the territory was annexed by France in 1853 and became a destination for thousands of French convicts.
The archipelago, which lies around 2,000 km from Australia, possesses around a quarter of the world’s nickel deposits.
