Geelong Cougars

Home grown talent wants to make the most of her time at Geelong

EVERYTHING was telling Kiahna Fallon to play basketball. Her dad played, and her auntie played for Australia, so it made sense. Coming from a sporty background, Fallon was spoilt for choices with her mum also playing netball growing up. Fallon first picked up a netball at 5-years-old then took a hiatus to pursue her original […]

Express claw their way into grand final over Cougars

BOROONDARA Express have secured their way into the 2023 Victorian Netball League (VNL) grand final after a tight two goal win over the Geelong Cougars. Last time these two sides met was not long ago only back in Round 15 where the Cougars took the game convincingly taking the win by 15-goals. This time around, […]

2023 VNL | Preliminary Final preview: Cougars and Express face off for grand final spot

GEELONG Cougars and Boroondara Express will face off tonight for a spot in the 2023 Victorian Netball League (VNL) Grand Final. The match takes place from 7pm and will be streamed via the Netball Victoria Facebook page as well as KommunityTV, to determine which side will take on the red-hot City West Falcons. The Cougars […]

Express fall to in-form Cougars

GEELONG Cougars got their third win in a row and overtook opponents Boroondara Express with a 15-goal defeat heading into the pointy end of the regular Victorian Netball league (VNL) season. A strong start by the Cougars quickly set the pace of the 56-41 game with the help of the accurate moving circle which was […]

Lightning strikes over Cougars in hard-fought win

DESPITE a third quarter fight back from the Geelong Cougars, the Melbourne University Lightning added another victory to their Victorian Netball League (VNL) tally, winning 51-46 last night. Many expected this to be a convincing win for the Cougars, but a first half push by the Lightning proved otherwise. Lightning went off to an early […]

Cougars bounce back to move through to GF

IT is the Geelong Cougars who will face the City West Falcons in next weekend’s VNL Grand Final, after they defeated Melbourne Uni 57 to 39 in the Preliminary Final. Both teams traded blows in the opening few minutes, and the pressure and intensity as was up as many would have expected. However, it was […]

Falcons stun Cougars in major VNL upset

WEEK 1 of the Victorian Netball League (VNL) finals was certainly entertaining, as there was an upset in the major semi-final, with City West Falcons upstaging the minor premiers Geelong Cougars. The Cougars will now face Melbourne University Lightning next week, after the Lightning down North East Blaze. Falcons stage almighty comeback in the Major […]

Cougars and Falcons to battle for VNL GF spot

FINALS have arrived in the Victorian Netball League (VNL) Championship division, as four teams are left in the race for the 2022 title. Two matches take place tonight, with the Geelong Cougars and City West Falcons playing off for a spot in the grand final, while there is no turning back for third and fourth […]

Cougars crash Waves, Diamond can’t save the Demons

THIS week’s VNL match of the round went about as it was expected to on paper, with the Geelong Cougars absolutely dominating the Peninsula Waves to win 85-42. Although the beginning of the game was a close affair, Geelong blew the Waves out of the park in the third quarter, and the Waves were unable […]