Talk:All-star game

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"In the United Kingdom, all-star teams (both real and fantasy) are usually denoted with the Roman numeral corresponding to the number of players allowed on the field - for example, a soccer or cricket XI, a rugby league XIII and a rugby union XV."

I live in the UK and I've never heard of this! Does anybody have any examples? If not I think it should be removed. 161.12.7.4 (talk) 16:06, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * It might be common at lower levels of the sport (both in Britain and Australia). We'd probably know them in Australia as Rep (or representative) sides. The best I can think of above Queensland Country XIs (representing the rural parts of a state, which stretches the all-star tag a bit...) is President's/Prime Minister's/Chairman's XIs, XIIIs and XVs, which strictly AREN'T All-Star teams (as they are invitational sides, and usually represent a reserves side for a state or country). I'd support removal based on this. 121.208.19.160 (talk) 04:36, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Just a thought - if you are going to consider irregular AFL rep matches, the Australian Rugby League State Of Origin needs to be in there. An AFL variant occassionally exists. I'd probably rule the Super 10/12/14/15 out, on the grounds its contested in a similar fashion (and even more so with the new conferencing system due soon) to an American professional league, albeit spread across two continents and a couple of islands. 121.208.19.160 (talk) 04:36, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

I added the Canadian Football League all star game, which has long been dead after a few years in the 1980's (I'm not so how long though). While the game is gone, there are still east adn west all star teams that are made at the end of each season. There is small talk on forums such as the main forum on the CFL website about bringing it back, but no serious movement or attempt has been made to do so, as most fans are content without a game. Still, it should be listed here for historical reasons, although I hope that someone fixes my timeline as I'm reall not sure.

snice some minor leagues are in the pro league section, I also added some pro minor leagues too, the AHL and ECHL. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.23.5.9 (talk) 02:11, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Minor-League all-star games ...
...are both incorrect and incomplete. Each of the three AA leagues now has an internal all-star game; the National-American format hasn't been used in years if ever. I'll let you research it, if you want to make this "article" accurate. I remember when AAA was done that way, because there were three leagues, but it is now Pacific Coast League v. International League. In High (or Advanced) A, until this season the California and Carolina leagues played against each other in one all-star game while the same-level Florida State League played an internal one; however, the Cal-Car series was discontinued after the 2016 game, the 20th. Both regular-A leagues, the Midwest and the South Atlantic, hold an internal all-star game. Among the short-season leagues: - the A-Short Season New York-Penn League plays an internal all-star game - the Advanced-Rookie Appalachian League does not play any all-star game - uniquely, the A-Short Season Northwest League and the Advanced-Rookie Pioneer League play an all-star game against each other - the first and so far only such game that cuts across hierarchical levels - none of the regular Rookie leagues, which just this season slipped from four to three, has an all-star game — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.31.46 (talk) 15:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Inaccurate
As the article on the NHL all star game states, its first all star game took place in 1908, a one time fundraiser for Hod Stuart's family. This predates the MLB game by 25 years. 70.51.139.239 (talk) 08:35, 26 June 2023 (UTC)