Defender Blair manages to juggle dual-sport commitments
A TALENTED dual-sport athlete, Australian rules football defender Jemma Blair knows the toll that travel takes on someone expected to hit the road multiple times a week. Having taken up the sport in the Northern Tasmania Junior Football Association (NTJFA) with East Launceston, Blair balanced her fledgling football career with a netball one that took […]
Versatile Prokopiec enjoying team vibe of football
A FORMER state league soccer player who competed overseas at a tournament, Tasmania’s Amy Prokopiec has found her home with the Australian rules football code. Representing Tasmania Devils over the past two season in the NAB League, as well as Eastern Allies and her home club Clarence, Prokopiec has swiftly moved through the pathway since […]
Crooks loving the football journey
TASMANIAN talent, Aprille Crooks “definitely would take it with two hands” if presented with an opportunity in the AFL Women’s competition, but her main goal for football is to just have fun and push herself to be the best player she can be. The Launceston Football Club talent is into her second year at the […]
2020 NAB League Girls team update: Tasmania Devils
WHILE the NAB League Girls competition is on break, we take a quick recap of each team, how the first three rounds have panned out for them and who has already stood up in the short time. In this edition we look at the league’s newest side, Tasmania Devils who had a tough first-up game […]
Ranges grab first win in 2020 with victory over determined Devils
EASTERN Ranges shook off a determined Tasmania Devils outfit to win by 57 points at the renovated Kilsyth Recreation Reserve in Round 3 of the NAB League Girls competition. In a fiery clash with plenty of fierce tackles, the Devils were much improved on their 102-point loss to Oakleigh Chargers last week, but the Ranges […]
Oakleigh runs away with record-breaking win on historic day
OAKLEIGH Chargers flexed their NAB League Girls title-contending muscles in Tasmania Devils’ inaugural match, winning by a record 102 points at the picturesque North Hobart Oval on Saturday. Despite the Devils never giving up and constantly harassing the opposition with great defensive pressure, the result was never in doubt from the second term when the […]
Devils ready to make mark in 2020
TASMANIA Devils’ NAB League Girls program will enter its inaugural full-time season in 2020 after getting a taste of the previously sole-Victorian competition. While other academies will feature throughout the NAB League Girls season, Tasmania is a permanent fixture in the league having managed three games last season. In 2019, the Devils had a jam-packed […]
King emerges from Apple Isle
FOR 18-year-old Tasmanian Mia King, it has not been a traditional route to this level, but it has certainly found her well with plenty of opportunity once she opted to follow the Australian rules football pathway in high school. “I started (when) one of the PE (physical education) teachers at school came up to me […]
