South Africa national Australian rules football team

South Africa
Nickname(s)The Lions
Governing bodyAFL South Africa
Rankings
Current 9th (as of October 2022[1])
First international
New Zealand 163 – 1 South Africa (2002)[2]
International Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2002)
Best result3rd (2008)

The South African national Australian rules football team (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse nasionale Australiese voetbalspan; nicknamed the Lions)[a] represents South Africa in international Australian rules football.

South Africa is the only African country that currently competes in international Australian rules football. Although South Africa has never won the Australian Football International Cup, they are one of the better teams in the tournament, and they have competed in all six International Cups to date. Their best performance at the International Cup was when they finished third in 2008.

  • Australian rules football in South Africa

Notes

  1. Zulu: Amabhubesi, Xhosa: Iingonyama, Afrikaans: Leeus, Sotho: Litau, Tsonga: Tinghala

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Men's World Rankings Matches - World Footy News". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2023-11-07.