PREVIEW | Country clashes continue in NAB League
THE 2021 NAB League home-and-away rounds draw to a close on Saturday, with another two all-country clashes making up the extent of this weekend’s fixtures. A recent shake-up in the competition’s finals structure sees the 13 full-time teams split into conferences, and the country placings will now be finalised ahead of a three-week post-season. Dandenong […]
PREVIEW | NAB League goes country in latest return
THE 2021 NAB League season returns once more on Sunday afternoon, with eased lockdown restrictions seeing a quartet of the competition’s Country regions take centre stage. Two games remain for the four teams in action on Sunday, with the added potential for make-up fixtures and a Wildcard Round before finals. Meanwhile, Metro-based programs hope to […]
Young Guns: 2021 VFL Round 12
A BUNCH of the nation’s most promising Under 19 prospects continues to filter through the Victorian Football League (VFL), including a raft of top-ups and academy talents. Many have already made their state league debuts, with more to come and a handful sighted this past weekend. We take a look at how the prominent 19th-year […]
Young Guns: 2021 VFL Round 11
WHILE a bunch of draft eligible prospects earned representative honours on the weekend, some of Victoria’s most promising Under 19 talent continues to filter through the Victorian Football League (VFL). A raft of top-age talents have already made their state league debuts, with more to come, while members of all four Northern Academies also get […]
2021 NAB League Boys Player of the Week: Round 9
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels midfielder Ben Hobbs has taken out the Draft Central NAB League Player of the Week vote for Round 9. The hard-nosed inside ball winner got the nod ahead of Northern Knights jet Josh Ward, with both players co-captaining our Team of the Week. It was a tough week to narrow […]
2021 NAB League Boys snapshot: Round 8
THE 2021 NAB League season is slowly returning to normalcy, with four games played across a pair of double-headers on Saturday. Geelong and Greater Western Victoria (GWV) picked up points in all-country showdowns, while Tasmania returned to the fold with a win over the Sydney Swans Academy, and the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Academy trumped […]
2021 Draft Central NAB League Boys TOTW: Round 4
THE 2021 NAB League season made its return over the weekend after a month-long hiatus, with budding draft prospects coming back with experience across a range of competitions. While the start of school football across Victoria has nabbed a few stars, plenty of talent remains in the competition, which has also been bolstered by the […]
Scouting Notes: 2021 NAB League Boys – Round 4
THE 2021 NAB League season resumed over the weekend after a month-long hiatus, with a handful of Northern Academies entering the fray and making for a bumper nine-game weekend. It meant budding AFL Draft prospects from around the nation were on full show, with some staking their claims for mid-season draft honours. Check out the […]
2021 NAB League Boys snapshot: Round 4
THE 2021 NAB League season returned over the weekend, with five Northern Academies entering the fray across a bumper nine-game round of action. While some of Victoria’s best prospects were plying their trade in the APS Football competition, there was still plenty of high-end talent remaining, including players returning with newfound VFL experience and those […]
2021 NAB League Boys Player of the Week: Round 4
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels midfielder Fraser Marris has taken out the 2021 Draft Central NAB League Boys Player of the Week for Round 4. In a week where there were plenty of enormous individual efforts to pick from, Marris won the nod from Northern Knights’ skipper Joel Trudgeon, following his standout performance against Eastern […]
