Hartung returns to help Stingrays defeat Pioneers
The Dandenong Stingrays got across the line against the Bendigo Pioneers last weekend thanks to the return of top draft prospect Billy Hartung. Dandenong were unconvincing and inaccurate, posting a score of 10.16, but it was enough to see off the gallant Pioneers by 17 points. Hartung, returning for his first game since having surgery in […]
Future stars impress in Victorian trials
(Photo: Nathan Freeman evades a tackler – Rising Stars Head Photographer Christian Hartung) With the first round of the Under 18s Championships beginning in a fortnight, the Victorian sides had a couple of scratch matches for their squads to dust off the cobwebs and begin getting players from across the twelve TAC Cup clubs used […]
TAC Cup: round six review
The TAC Cup round six kicked off with the state teams Queensland and Tasmania entering the fray, but unfortunately suffering heavy losses to Calder and Eastern Ranges respectively. Bendigo Pioneers held on against a fast-finishing Oakleigh Chargers while the Dandenong Stingrays comfortably accounted for the Murray Bushrangers. Geelong Falcons wiped the floor with the Northern […]
TAC Cup: round five review
Photo: Western Jets and Dandenong Stingrays players fly for the mark (BFGN Head Photographer Christian Hartung) The ladder is beginning to shape itself in the early part of the season as round five was completed. Northern Knights started off with a bang, defeating the Bendigo Pioneers by 21 points at Preston. Calder then belted a […]
Future stars light up Visy Park
Photo: Bendigo’s Jordan Mangan flies for a mark against the Northern Knights (BFGN Head Photographer Christian Hartung) The Victorian squads for the Under 18’s championships are beginning to firm as over 120 players from the twelve competing TAC Cup teams took part in an Intra Club match for their respective club. For those players from […]
Freeman’s Dragons ready to roar
(Photo courtesy of Dave Savell) Starved of team success in his junior years and now with the bitter taste of narrow finals defeat, Sandringham Dragon’s Nathan Freeman knows that it is time to make a mark when it counts. “It was pretty tough losing the prelim by only four points, and also going down in […]
TAC Cup review: Metro round four
The TAC Cup Metro round four kicked off with three genuine upsets. First the Western Jets scraped across the line against Oakleigh despite the best effort of Jay Kennedy-Harris. Secondly Eastern Ranges belted the Northern Knights to get its season back on track thanks to five goals to Andreas Roth. To complete the day of […]
Bendigo Pioneers eye off TAC Cup finals
After a disappointing 2012, the Bendigo Pioneers have their eyes set on TAC Cup finals in 2013. The Pioneers registered just three wins and finished 11th last season, just above Eastern Ranges. Despite the results, the Pioneers had two players selected in the top ten of the AFL National Draft in Ollie Wines (#4 – […]
TAC Cup: Season so far
The TAC Cup season is now well and truly underway. There’s been plenty going on, so if you’ve missed the start of the season, this is how the league is panning out at the early stages. Team to beat Geelong Falcons have set the tone early, demolishing an inaccurate Dandenong Stingrays last week. The […]
Bushrangers success to depend on leaders
After a disappointing 40-point loss to the Geelong Falcons in the first Elimination Final last year, the Murray Bushrangers are looking to bounce back this year under the leadership of captain Michael Gibbons and vice-captains Kristian Cary and Nick Holman. “The loss was really painful for us, especially after we had such a good season. […]
