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The Columbus Jackaroos are an all male Australian Rules Football team in Columbus, Ohio and active member of United States Australian Football League.

Name Unlike many other teams in North America, the Jackaroos are not associated with specific team in Australia. The name was chosen by the team's founder and the logos are all unique to the club.

History

Competition The Jackaroos compete in the Mid American Australian Football League with perennial rivals of the Cincinatti Dockers, Louisville Kings, St. Louis Blues, Chicago United, Nashville Kangaroos, and Milwaukee Bombers.

Yearly record: 2011: 4-5 2010: 6-9-1 2009: 2008:

USAFL National Championships The Jackaroos have played as an individual team at USAFL National Championships every year since 2009. Beginning in 2010 they have competed in the Division III tournament.

International Rules Football The Jackaroos were the first team in the United States to play International Rules Football in August, 2010 at the Dublin Irish Festival. This game was played again at the festival in 2011 and in October of that year, the team branched out to play against the Columbus Naghten Street, the gaelic football team of Columbus that was founded in 2011.

Snow Bowl The Jackaroos were the first team in the United States to play a snow bowl.

Future Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, will be the 2012 host of the 49th Parallel Cup. Dublin will also host the 2013 or 2014 US National Championships.

Sources http://www.usafl.com http://www.usafl.com/schedule-results http://midfooty.com/ http://www.usfootynews.com http://www.columbusalive.com/ http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2011/07/08/dublin-nabs-host-status-for-australian.html