NAB League Girls Round 1 preview: Undefeated 2020 sides to face off in huge round of action
AT least one of the three undefeated sides from the 2020 NAB League Girls season will extend their winning run to 18 months or more, when the competition returns this weekend. Starting tomorrow, the NAB League Girls will have six games across four different venues – including one double-header – in a new footballing landscape […]
Bourne eyes team success with Devils
ZOE Bourne enjoyed her experience with Tasmania Devils in the NAB League Girls last season, however brief it might have been. The team lost both its games, but it was a memorable time for the talented teenager who now has a team-oriented goal for the 2021 season. “As a team goal I think just to […]
TSL Women’s Semi-finals preview: Blues and Magpies host do-or-die matches
THERE is no turning back for any of the four Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s sides when the four finalists battle it out in two do-or-die semi-finals. Last year’s runners-up Launceston host the fourth placed North Launceston at Windsor Park, before the classic contest between big improvers Glenorchy and reigning premiers Clarence. The Magpies have […]
TSL Women’s wrap: Glenorchy snatches second by 0.16 per cent
GLENORCHY snuck home by a whisker. Not in terms of their final round match result against North Launceston, the Magpies won that by 63 points. But in terms of their overall season finish, Glenorchy won by enough in the final round of the season to sneak past Clarence and grab second spot on the Tasmanian […]
TSL Women’s weekend preview: Round 12 – Bombers and Magpies to close out season
A STANDALONE match between two finalists will close out the 2020 Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s season. Fourth placed North Launceston hosts third placed Glenorchy in a nice tune-up for finals in the only game of the round from 11.30am on Saturday at UTAS Stadium. Realistically there is not a great deal on the line […]
TSL Women’s Round 11 wrap: Blues secure minor premiership with penultimate round win
LAUNCESTON has secured top spot in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s competition with a crucial win over Clarence in both sides’ final matches of the regular season. In the other of two matches played, North Launceston sentenced Tigers to the wooden spoon handed the Tigers an eighth loss and see the Bombers lock up […]
TSL Women’s weekend preview: Round 11 – Top two battle for minor premiership
THE Tasmanian State League (TSL) Women’s minor premiership will be decided on the weekend when top of the table Clarence locks horns with second placed Launceston in a potential Grand Final preview. Indeed, those teams were last year’s grand finalists, with the Roos upsetting the Blues on the big day after Launceston had gone undefeated […]
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 […]
Tasmanian weekly preview: Round 8 – Blues look to atone for Wednesday night defeat
REIGNING premiers North Launceston have joined Launceston at the top of the table in a rare Wednesday night fixture, defeating the Blues to kick off Round 8 last night. The Bombers won by 18 points, defeating the Blues 8.4 (52) to 5.4 (34) heading into a bye, and reversing the result from earlier in the […]
Tasmanian weekend preview: Devils galore at North Hobart
IN this week’s Tasmanian State League (TSL) weekend preview, we take a look at a couple of head-to-heads across the weekend as the six sides go at it through the midway point of the season. The match of the round should be the battle between third placed North Hobart and fourth placed Clarence, two sides that […]
