The Barassi Youth Tournament is an international Australian Rules Football tournament for junior players. In conjunction with the Australian Football International Cup senior competition, the youth cup is an important event for the development of Aussie Rules internationally giving the opportunity for junior players to compete and share a cultural experience. Australian Football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... The Australian Football International Cup is an international Australian Rules Football competition hosted by the Australian Football League. ...

The tournament is endorsed by the Australian Football League as part of its International Policy. This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ...

The tournament began in 1998 as the Jim Stynes international tournament, named after a player who had a fairytale football career, converting from Gaelic Football to Aussie Rules, moved from Ireland to play with the Melbourne Football Club and later awarded the Brownlow medal as the best player in the elite Australian Football League. The tournament is currently held every 2-3 years in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. Recently, the competition was renamed to honour the football legend Ron Barassi a player with Italian origins that is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest ever Aussie Rules identities as both player and coach. Jim Stynes (born April 23, 1966) is an Irish Australian rules football player. ... Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons since 1933, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ... Canberra is the capital city of Australia and, with a population of just over 323,000, is also Australias largest inland city. ... Ronald Dale Barassi (born 27 February 1936) is one of the greatest Australian rules football players and coaches of all time. ...

Subsequent tournaments have been held in 2001, 2003. As well as Australian amateur teams from the Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia and the Northern Territory other countries (depending on availability) including New Zealand, South Africa, Samoa, Denmark, New Zealand and Nauru have participated. Motto: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the Queen, the Law and the People) Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... Motto: None Nickname: ? Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ...

The next Barassi Youth Tournament will be held in 2006 in Canberra, with lead-up games in both Sydney and Melbourne and up to 8 junior teams represented. Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... City of Melbourne Local Government Area State Victoria Lord Mayor John So (since 2001) Area 36 km² Population (2001) 57,960 Density 1,601/km² (1999) Greater Melbourne Subdivisions Local Government Areas Area 7,694 km² (1999) Population 2001 census (2nd in Australia) 3,555,321 Density 462. ...

Barassi International Australian Football Youth Tournament