Thousands of young aspiring footballers have gathered in the nation's capital for one of Australia's biggest sporting tournaments, the Kanga Cup. Clubs from around the country and the globe are braving the cold for this week-long annual sporting festival.
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00:00United by football, there's no beating around the bush capital for these young players.
00:09How many goals are you going to kick this week?
00:13A thousand.
00:14Winning all the games.
00:15Taking corners and pretty much destroying kids.
00:18Drawing more than five and a half thousand children to Canberra,
00:22it's enough to almost rival last year's World Cup.
00:26The Kanga Cup is the biggest junior football tournament in the southern hemisphere.
00:31We've got 355 teams in total.
00:33130 ACT teams, 223 interstate teams, two international teams.
00:38We will be playing approximately 1,250 games in the coming week.
00:44It's an annual highlight on the family calendar.
00:47It's awesome. We've been looking forward to it just as much as the kids.
00:50They're excited, so are we. We're not sleeping.
00:52It gives them the bonding experience with all the girls
00:55and to help female football get bigger in Australia.
00:58With many travelling far and wide, it's a welcome boost for local tourism.
01:03We try to finish our games by four so they have the evening to just relax, go out, explore Canberra.
01:08We are expecting anywhere more than $10 million into the ACT economy.
01:14While most are looking forward to getting onto the field...
01:17I'm going to play Kanga Cup and I'm going to score more than two goals.
01:20Go to play with your friends.
01:26Passing to my teammates and scoring bangers.
01:28..others have different priorities.
01:31We're going go-karting and we're having a team lunch.