The Ladies Gridiron League (LGL) is an Australian-based non-for-profit company running a full contact, 7-a-side, women's

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

league. It was created in March 2012 with an overall aim of developing American football upon Australian shores. It is an exclusively run, invite only competition with a focus on professionalism, athleticism and fun. The league aim is “to create a fun and competitive environment that supports the development of females in sport and raises the awareness of Gridiron in Australia. The LGL aims to establish a female Gridiron community that has the ability to mentor people in need, promote fairness, teamwork and respect.”

Background

In its initial stages the LGL was formed with the plan of becoming a feeder league to the previous ''Legends Football League (LFL)'' upon its commencement in Australia that year. Before the start of the 2013/14 LFL season, the agreement formed between the leagues wa
not honoured by the LFL
which in turn led the LGL to cut all ties and form as an entirely new league of its own. In 2014, the Ladies Gridiron League (LGL) officially began with the intention of bringing American Football to the forefront of Women's Sport in Australia. At the request of the players a new uniform was adopted (from the previous LFL 'uniform'), which saw the women in bike pants and sports crop tops as opposed to skimpy lingerie, allowing larger focus on the players sporting talent over a scantily clad attire. Player terms and conditions were also updated ensuring all women became insured during their time with the league and compensated for any related costs.

Current Teams

;Current Ladies Gridiron League teams The Ladies Gridiron League was put into hibernation by Director Christian Ganaban whilst a suitable buyer for the broadcast games and league was pursued. Viva Sports as the LGL's largest creditor assumed control of the LGL in 2017 keeping Christian Ganaban in charge of future operations. Christian is currently working with Vince McMahon's XFL 2020 with a view to relaunch a new incarnation of the league.

LGL Grand Final Results

Tri Nations series

The Ladies Gridiron League have played and aired a teaser Tri Nations series similar to the

Rugby League Tri-Nations The Rugby League Tri-Nations (known as the Gillette Tri-Nations for sponsorship reasons) was a rugby league tournament involving the top three teams in the sport: Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand and is the predecessor of today's Rugby ...

and

Tri Nations (rugby union) The Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. These are the four highest ranked national teams in the Southern Hemisphere; the Six Nations is a s ...

with teams Team Australia, Team New Zealand and Team USA. The LGL was the first women's tackle football league to run an international tri nations competition in Australia. The games were held in Melbourne with New Zealand winning the overall competition, USA second and Australia third. The Tri Nations series and 2013–14 LGL season of Ladies Gridiron League aired on

Aurora Community Channel Aurora Community Channel is an Australian subscription television channel that screens locally produced community television programs. Launched in 2005 on Foxtel, it is currently on channel 173, prior to the launch of Christian channels on Foxte ...

and

Web series A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single i ...

called Gridiron Girl is available on

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LGL Tri Nations series Grand Final Results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ladies Gridiron League Legends Football League Women's American football leagues American football in Australia Gridiron Sports leagues established in 2012 2012 establishments in Australia