Western Australia weekly wrap: WAFL pre-season fixtures announced
FANS will get their first taste of West Australian Football League (WAFL) footy for 2018 with pre-season fixtures kicking off on Saturday March 10. Recently released fixtures will see all nine WAFL clubs warm up for the regular season in a three-round format, with matches to be played in four 25-minute quarters with no time on. […]
Tasmania weekly wrap: Coaches forum and new talent pathway
TASMANIAN coaches will have the rare opportunity to hear from some of the AFL’s top mentors in a series of free coaching workshops held in Ulverstone, Launceston and Hobart on Sunday, February 25. Four-time AFL premiership coach Alistair Clarkson will speak to Launceston coaches at the Windsor Park from 2.30pm with any coaches in the […]
South Australia weekly wrap: Prospects shine and Panthers prevail in SANFL Fast Footy
LAST weekend saw the inaugural SANFL Fast Footy competition played at Norwood Oval. Fast Footy is a modified version of the game, played with 12 per-side across 3 zones and Supergoals able to be scored from outside 50m. Introduced a week before AFLX, this footy format is geared towards fast paced high scoring games. It […]
Queensland weekly wrap: Curtain raisers and community camps
AN exciting month of Queensland football is coming up, with the announcement of the Alpha Sport Pre-Season Cup fixture, a curtain raiser at Cazaly Stadium late next month and the junior umpiring program taking place once again. Alpha Sport Pre-Season Cup Fixture Announced: AFL Queensland has announced the fixture for the upcoming Alpha Sport Pre-Season […]
Western Australia weekly wrap: WAFL teams recruit big for 2018
SEVERAL West Australian Football League (WAFL) clubs have recruited former AFL-listed players in a bid to end Peel Thunder’s two-year premiership winning era. Headlining a raft of signings for 2018 are former Carlton players Rhys Palmer and Blaine Boekhorst. Delisted after playing only one game for the Blues, Palmer will look to re-launch his footballing […]
Swapping the wicket keeping gloves for an AFL dream
CRICKET in the summer, footy in the winter. It’s pretty simple isn’t it? For talented 17-year-old Nathan Murphy, it was a realistic experience with one having to give way in his final year of schooling. This time last year, Murphy was gearing up for the wicket-keeping job in the Vic Metro Under 19 team at […]
SANFL and TAC Cup Finals: Live streaming links
FINALS footy in the TAC Cup continues on Sunday and you can watch every second of the games live on YouTube. Called by the TAC Cup Radio team, led by Phillip Crooks and Rick Morris – they’ll be at every finals game so you don’t miss out on seeing Victoria’s best players fight it out […]
SANFL Finals – Week 2 Draft Prospects Update
AFL Draft Central South Australian correspondent David Chapman cast his eyes over the top young prospects in South Australia. With SANFL Finals commencing, a number of draft propsects have now finished their footy season. We look at the second round of finals and we look at the top performances across the weekend. Reserves: There were two games this […]
Finals first priority for dedicated Higgins
FEW under 18 players have a football resume quite like Jack Higgins. The Oakleigh Chargers’ midfielder/forward added a Morrish Medal to his already bulky CV to go with two Vic Metro best and fairests (at under 16s and under 18s level), an All-Australian nod, a Kevin Sheahan Medallist as the best under 16s player at […]
Personal growth in 2017 important for Chloe Molloy
AFTER turning down a basketball scholarship in the USA, it was always going to be all or nothing for teenager Chloe Molloy when it came to football. Named as the TAC Cup Girls’ league best and fairest, sharing the award alongside Dandenong Stingrays’ Bride Kennedy, the Calder Cannons’ forward was a clear standout in the inaugural […]
