NAB League Boys 2019 Preliminary Final preview: Eastern Ranges vs. Gippsland Power
EASTERN RANGES (1st, 12-3) vs. GIPPSLAND POWER (2nd, 11-4) Saturday September 14, 1.30pm Ikon Park, Carlton North Match Preview: Minor premier Eastern Ranges takes on second-ranked regular season side Gippsland Power on Saturday for a spot in the NAB League Grand Final. Comfortable winners in their semi final, the Power come in as one of […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Preliminary Final preview: Oakleigh Chargers vs. Sandringham Dragons
OAKLEIGH CHARGERS (3rd, 11-4) vs. SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS (4th, 9-6) Saturday September 14, 11:00am Ikon Park, Carlton North Match Preview: The Oakleigh Chargers and Sandringham Dragons meet for the fourth time this year with both sides looking to book their tickets to the NAB League Grand Final. These sides have produced two of the highest quality […]
Watson thrives on Aussie rules aggression
ORIGINALLY hailing from the rugby league heartland of Sydney, Serene Watson grew up trying her hand in multiple sporting codes. She was “born and bred” through rugby league, went on to find herself fouled out in her attempts at basketball, but found a true home for her competitive spirit on the football field. It has […]
Caught the Eye: NAB League Boys – Semi-finals
SANDRINGHAM and Gippsland won through to preliminary final week with comfortable wins in trying conditions at Princes Park on Saturday. With only the best of the best left, it was difficult to pick out this week’s Caught the Eye candidates, and we have gone for some less-heralded prospects. Each showed signs of why they earned […]
Dragons fire through to prelims
SANDRINGHAM Dragons set up another meeting with Oakleigh, advancing to the NAB League preliminary finals with a 47-point win over Calder at Ikon Park. Remarkably, Sandringham only had three more scoring shots than their wasteful opponents in the 8.7 (65) to 1.12 (18) result, with their hard-working midfield getting well on top in indifferent conditions. […]
Code-crosser Garnett grateful for the journey
TWO years was all it took for Georgia Garnett to be recognised on football’s national stage. Growing up in the rugby league heartland of Western Sydney, Garnett was naturally taken in and down the rugby path through Oztag and touch footy. But when her footballing father took her out for a kick of the oblong […]
Wide-eyed Newton guns for draft
IT has been a mammoth year for Gabby Newton. Captain of the premiership winning Northern Knights team, a key player in Vic Metro’s undefeated national carnival run, and now a welcome addition to Carlton’s VFLW squad – all while juggling school commitments and national basketball representation. Even still, the potential high draft selection remains humble […]
Caught the Eye: NAB League Boys – Finals Week 1
THE cream of the crop contributed to an exciting first week of NAB League finals, and while we have a fair idea of who to keep an eye on at this point in the year, players still continue to rise in stocks at the pointy end of the year. In this edition of Caught the […]
Cannons fire through to semis
CALDER Cannons advanced through to the NAB League semi-finals, running over the top of Dandenong by 36 points at Ikon Park this afternoon. It was a tightly contested tussle for the most part with Dandenong’s top-end talent unable to take control, while Calder ran home well on the back of their solid unit across the […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Finals Series preview: Gippsland Power vs. Oakleigh Chargers
GIPPSLAND POWER (2nd, 11-4) vs. OAKLEIGH CHARGERS (3rd, 11-4) Sunday September 1, 1:30pm Ikon Park, Carlton North Match Preview: A preliminary final berth is up for grabs when Gippsland Power and Oakleigh Chargers lock horns at Ikon Park on Sunday in the second qualifying final. The Chargers scraped into this bout on the back of […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Finals Series preview: Calder Cannons vs. Dandenong Stingrays
CALDER CANNONS (5th, 9-6) vs. DANDENONG STINGRAYS (8th, 6-8-1) Sunday September 1, 11:00am Ikon Park, Carlton North Match Preview: Knockout finals action hits Ikon Park on Sunday as Calder Cannons and Dandenong Stingrays put it all on the line in the first elimination final. While both sides have been wildly hard to predict throughout the […]
Caught the Eye: NAB League Boys – Wildcard Round
WHILE the wildcards lacked from a team sense, there were plenty of exciting players to have raised their stocks this week in the NAB League Boys Wildcard Round. In this edition of Caught the Eye, we shed light on some of the key performers for some sides, as well as others who showed glimpses of […]
