The Australian National Championships was a touch football competition between the

Australian states The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing p ...

which ran from 1980 to 1995. The finals of this competition were almost always played between

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and

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, the two most dominant touch playing states, with the

Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. I ...

also performing strongly. The 'one sided' nature of the competition was the major reason for its replacement by the

National Touch League The National Touch League is a national-wide domestic competition for the sport of Touch Football in Australia. The annual four-day competition allows thirteen regional permits from across Australia to compete in twelve divisions including Open, ...

format from 1997.

Results of the National Championships - 1980 to 1995

References

External links

Official site
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