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AFL game hosts Chinese Vice President

Source: afl.com.au | Adam McNicol | 21 June, 2010

Jamie Pi, a Chinese-born Australian, who plays for the Southern Dragons in suburban Melbourne’s Southern Football League, was on hand to explain the rules in Mandarin ...

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Chinese foray could reach 100 million

Source: afl.com.au | Jennifer Witham | 28 April, 2010

Southern Dragons Jamie Pi to call Demons-Brisbane match in Manadrin...

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Aussie Rules catches on with Asians

Source: Vietnamnews.com.vn | Michael Smith | 01 April, 2010

When Pangnha Chhiev first started playing Australian Rules football in Melbourne...

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Dragons finish with five wins

Source: monashjournal.com.au | Jack Heverin | 24 August, 2009

THE Southern Dragons finished off their first season in the Southern Football League in style...

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Fire in belly as Southern Dragons awake

Source: heraldsun.com.au | Cheryl Critchley | 30 April, 2009

WHEN Tri Thoi arrived as a Vietnamese refugee in the 1970s, his parents thought footy was too dangerous...

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Dandenong leader SFL Division 3 Preview

Source: waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au | Daryl Pitman | 13 April, 2009

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Enter the Dragon

Source: waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au | Paul Amy | 30 March, 2009

CLUBS in the Southern Football League have a new challenge: to slay the Dragons.
The Southern Dragons, made-up, primarily, of players of Asian origin, have been accepted to the league’s third division...

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Asian Comeback Edges Out Africans

Source: www.worldfootynews.com | Brett Northey | 30 August, 2008

There's a growing awareness in Australia of the need to actively encourage immigrant populations to take up the great Australian game of football. In the past it was somewhat taken for granted that people new to the country would slowly embrace Aussie...

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Footy's Dragons take flight

Source: Melbourne Weekly Eastern | Angela Allan | 31 July, 2007

For Tri Thoi, playing Aussie rules football was an intergral part of his involvement in Australian Culture..

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Dragons Break Down Barriers

Source: The Age | Nick Sheridan | June 24, 2007

IN MANY ways, the Elgar Park Dragons are like any other suburban footy team — they have a coach who used to play in the VFL, they train twice a week, and they have guys on their team with nicknames such as Boner, Skids, JP and the Machine...

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