Australia v Rest of the World in Santiago, Chile

Los Santos Saints Fundraiser

AFL is establishing footholds in South America. The Los Santos Saints in Santiago has 20 Australian expats and 20 Chileans who train and play a scratch match every weekend.

"We play a full game once a month, mostly amongst ourselves but we also try and play a Buenos Aires team and a Rio team once a year," Australian expat Colin Phillips said.

The Saints are also active in the community. They recently held a fundraiser match to assist a school in Conception (located 600kms south of Santiago) that was damaged by an earthquake that struck earlier this year.
 
The match between Australia v Rest of the World was attended by 300 people and raised $5000.

The day included a clinic for 25 children and a barbeque.

Appropriately a guernsey signed by Saint Leigh Montagna was auctioned.