Clarence bottom-agers steer Guilford Young to first SATIS title in 18 years
CLARENCE bottom-age talents, Noah Holmes, Sam Banks and Darcy Gardner have dominated the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (SATIS) Grand Final, steering their school Guilford Young College to a memorable come-from-behind 22-point victory over St Patrick’s College at Twin Ovals, the college’s first title since 2002. Whilst St Patrick’s was missing bustling key forward […]
TSL Women’s weekend wrap: Round 9 – Magpies and Roos secure top three spots
GLENORCHY and Clarence have secured their top three spots in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s finals series with impressive wins over bottom two sides, Tigers and North Launceston. While the existing 12-point difference was all but certain to be enough, the wins allowed the sides to move 16 points clear, rather than have that […]
TSL Women’s weekend preview: Round 9 – Top three sides lock to officially secure spots
GLENORCHY and Clarence can officially rule out finishing outside the expected top three spots with Round 9 wins in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s competition. Whilst dropping outside the top three would nearly be impossible as is, victories to the Magpies and Roos just make it mathematically impossible, especially given the matches are against […]
TSL weekend preview: Round 10 – Top four square off in finals-defining weekend
ROUND 10 of the 2020 TSL got underway on Wednesday, as Tigers got one over North Hobart with a tight four-point win. The likes of Sam Collins, Jye Menzie, and Jake Steele could not quite help drag the Demons home, but a host of other Tasmanian young guns will be hoping to go one better […]
TSL scouting notes and wrap: Round 9 – Top two make statement
TASMANIAN State League (TSL) heavyweights, Launceston and North Launceston have enjoyed huge wins in Round 9 of the competition, having more than 30 scoring shots to all but lock up the top two spots with four rounds remaining. Clarence had a crucial 20-point win over Lauderdale in the other game to draw level in equal […]
Draft Central Power Rankings: September 2020
THE VERDICT is in after another terrific month of football from the latest crop of budding AFL draftees. Victorian prospects remain starved of action, but the best and brightest from around the nation have been stamping their claims, making for some interesting movers and sliders. In Draft Central‘s third Power Rankings edition for 2020, we […]
TSL Women’s weekly wrap: Magpies find a way to give Launceston the Blues with 10-point win
THEY are the only side to have done it in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s competition. Now, just to show it was not a fluke the first time, Glenorchy has doubled down on its ability to knock off top of the table Launceston with a second victory in the 2020 season. The third placed […]
TSL weekend preview: Round 9 – Form Devils to face off
AFTER their respective Round 8 performances, Tasmania Devils talents, Patrick Walker and Jackson Callow come into Round 9 as two of the in-form players. Their sides, North Hobart and North Launceston go head-to-head in a last chance saloon effort for the Demons, and a chance to extend their lead in the top two for the […]
TSL Women’s weekly preview: Round 8 – Can lightning strike twice for the Magpies?
THE last time Launceston took on Glenorchy in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s competition, it was the Magpies who caused a boil-over to shock the ladder leaders and premiership favourites. At that stage the Blues had been undefeated, and actually surrendered top spot following the loss. They bounced back by knocking their incumbents Clarence […]
TSL Player focus: Jared Dakin
FOLLOWING on from yesterday’s Tasmanian State League (TSL) notes, Fraser Stewart took a look at Jared Dakin‘s performance for Launceston against Tigers during their huge win on Sunday. Dakin tested at the Rookie Me Combine last year after gaining club interest, and ran a 2.99-second 20m sprint and 21.3 yo-yo test showing his nice balance […]
