Santiago: What’s uniquely Australian but becomes global as soon as a bunch of Aussies get together on the other side of the world?

If you said AFL, welcome to the Chilean capital, where Australian rules is proudly played by expats from all states Down Under, as well as from France, the United States and Colombia. Locals join in too.

The Santiago Saints 2018 team.

Here the Santiago Saints, a local institution since 2000, has been welcoming not only mining and banking employees working for Australian companies in the country, but also their families.

“This year we’ve had a number of foreigners, French players, some Americans, Chileans too,” says club president Jeff Chittock.