Tasmania lands AFL expansion franchise

(L-R) Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff; Gillon McLachlan, CEO of the AFL; and Deputy PM Richard Marles (by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)
(L-R) Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff; Gillon McLachlan, CEO of the AFL; and Deputy PM Richard Marles (by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

The Australian Football League (AFL) will expand to Tasmania after the organisation awarded its 19th licence to a club that will play at a new A$715m (€431.7m/$477.2m) stadium in Hobart.

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