page_title: Australian rules football in Africa
hierarchical_section_title: Australian rules football in Africa
caption_attribution_description: English: South African player executes a drop punt kick during a match against Ireland in the 2008 Australian Football International Cup
context_page_description: Australian rules football in Africa is only played at an organised level in South Africa, although there are programs under development in Ghana, Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and there have been attempts to introduce the sport in other African nations.
  The first African born person to play Australian rules football professionally in the VFL/AFL was South African born Stephen Lawrence, while the first indigenous African born in Africa to play in the AFL was South African born Damien Cupido. Majak Daw, born in Sudan, was the first African to be born outside South Africa drafted into the AFL.
context_section_description: Australian rules football in Africa is only played at an organised level in South Africa, although there are programs under development in Ghana, Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and there have been attempts to introduce the sport in other African nations.
  The first African born person to play Australian rules football professionally in the VFL/AFL was South African born Stephen Lawrence, while the first indigenous African born in Africa to play in the AFL was South African born Damien Cupido.  Majak Daw, born in Sudan, was the first African to be born outside South Africa drafted into the AFL.
caption: The South African Lions in action against Ireland during the 2008 Australian Football International Cup in Melbourne
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