NSW/ACT is delighted to announce the launch of the first ever Female AFL Academies in the region, giving 200 females the opportunity to hone their skills ahead of the National Female competition in 2017. The female academies will be based…
The 2015 AFL Indigenous Woomeras team, including NSW pair Brahe Reid and Tyeisha Tighe, departed for their tour of NZ on Sunday, December 6. Currently in its second year, the AFL Indigenous Woomeras program focusses on personal development and leadership…
Those who say the academy recruiting pool is too large need to understand the positive effects the system is having on the AFL as a whole, according to GIANTS coach Leon Cameron. This article originally appeared on the GWS GIANTS’…
After eight NSW/ACT players were taken in Tuesday’s National Draft, a further five local products have been added in today’s rookie Draft. Kyle Galloway and Sam Murray went to the Sydney Swans, GWS GIANTS committed to Daniel Lloyd, Wagga’s Jock…
Talented quartet Callum Mills, Jacob Hopper, Matt Kennedy and Harrison Himmelberg have produced New South Wales’ best ever result at the AFL national draft in Adelaide after they were all picked in the first round and within the first 16…
Eight NSW/ACT products were drafted, including an unprecedented four players in the top 20 selections, at Tuesday’s NAB AFL National Draft in Adelaide. The AFL National Draft began in 1986, and until this year NSW/ACT has had just 13 players in…
For the first time in its history, the national draft has descended upon Adelaide and the City of Churches – along with the best young football talent in the country – is buzzing with excitement. NSW/ACT has had just five…
There have been plenty of large crowds at Allianz Stadium in Sydney for a range of sporting blockbusters, but on Take Heart Australia Day people are urged to flock to the ground for a different reason. On Monday November 30,…
Training sessions at the Sydney Swans’ academy last year were unmissable. Not only were the top-two draft prospects — Isaac Heeney and Callum Mills — on display, they were testing themselves against each other. And not holding back. This article…
A number of northern academy kids should become high picks at next week’s draft, as the AFL’s live bidding system is used for the first time. The four northern clubs will need to come up with enough draft ‘points’ to…
