Taco Pope Autographs a ball for a young fan after the game
(photo Mike Jackson)

The Sydney Daily Telegraph has run a story on Jacksonvilles own Taco and Apple Pope that was printed beside the story about Tiger Woods winning the Australia Open Golf Tournament. The Daily Telegraph is one of the major and most popular print productions in Australia and having the Popes, the Atlantic Cup and the City of Jacksonville on the front page of the sports section beside Tiger Woods is about as big as coverage can get in the land downunder.

AMNRL President, David Niu was instrumental in getting the article rolling via his contacts at the newspaper and both Taco and Apple did e-mail interviews and a photo from Axemen photographer Allene Rachel was used for the story.

In addition there was also a TV Crew from Channel 7 TV in Australia as the game who will prepare a story to run on Australian TV about the event as well.

There has also been great coverage in other countries about the event as well as some superb stories here in the local market. To some of the exposure that Jacksonville is getting click on the links below

Sydney Daily Telegraph

Florida Times Union #1

Florida Times Union #2

Rugby League.com

European Rugby Football League