Australian Convicts
The Australian Convicts are a touring amateur team of Australian rules football players and officials from Australia.
The Convicts were formed in 2003 to help promote Australian rules football internationally, by playing matches against international amateur sides.
The Convicts are the official development team of Australian Football International.
Tours
The Convicts have conducted development tours to Europe, South Africa, United States, Canada and South America.
The first Convicts travelled to Europe in 2003. Three matches were played - against the Sussex Swans (London), Madrid Bears (Madrid) and Germany (Frankfurt).
In South Africa the Convicts played matches against the national representative side the South African Buffaloes and ran coaching clinics for children in conjunction with AFL South Africa.
In October 2007 the Convicts toured Canada and the USA, participating in the Canadian grand final day and at the USAFL championships in Louisville, Kentucky. These exhibition games were played against the Canadian Northwind and the USA Revolution.
In October 2010 the Convicts became the first Australian Rules football team to tour South America, visiting Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
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