Exhibition Series Brings NLL to Australia
from press release
The National Lacrosse League has entered into an agreement to bring
professional indoor lacrosse and the world's best players to
Australia for the first time ever.
The National Lacrosse League All-Star Series will be a two-game
series to be played on the weekend of October 23-24 at Hisense
Arena in Melbourne. Each team will consist of nine of the
world's best players from the National Lacrosse League and three of
Australia's best home-grown talent. Player announcements will
be made in the coming weeks.
"This series demonstrates the international growth of lacrosse and
the NLL", said NLL Commissioner George Daniel. "We are excited
about bringing the world's best players to Australia."
One of the six Australian players is Keith Nyberg, whose bid to
make the Calgary Roughnecks roster in last year's training camp
went all the way to the final round of cuts. "The NLL players
really are the best in the world and it is amazing to have these
guys play in our country," Nyberg said. "The pace and level of
skills of these athletes is phenomenal, and a huge step up from
anything we have ever seen in Australia."
Nyberg added, "Hopefully the event will showcase our sport to the
Australian public and put it on the radar of young children looking
to take up a new sport."
Tickets for the 2009 NLL All-Star Series are now on sale. For
more information on the series, visit www.nllallstarseries.com.
