Northern NSW

From PKC to the MVE and now the national stage

Macleay Valley Eagles

  Over the past two years, the number of Indigenous players coming from the Kempsey region to represent New South Wales and the ACT at the AFL Female Diversity Championships, has become an expected positive to the team. The Female

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Posted in AFL Women's, Featured News, Front page news, Indigenous news, Northern NSW, Slider, Talent news, Uncategorised, Youth Girls

Female footy numbers heading North on the Coast

North Coast first women's AFL match

  AFL North Coast has completed an historic step in their continued growth, with the first ever senior women’s match played over the weekend. The region’s Youth Girls program has swelled in the past year, with 20 players registered in

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Posted in Featured News, Front page news, Northern NSW, Slider

Youth Girls take over Bateau Bay

Youth Girls

The AFL NSW/ACT Youth Girls State Cup was held on the weekend of October 24 and 25 in Bateau Bay, NSW. Nine teams from across all regions of NSW and the ACT travelled to the Central Coast town, to participate in

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Posted in ACT/South Coast, Central West, Featured News, Female News, Front page news, Hunter/Central Coast, Northern NSW, Slider, Sydney Harbour, Talent news, Western Sydney

Neil Dunn: 2016 State Volunteer of the Year

Instrumental in creating the junior Tamworth AFL competition, Neil Dunn was awarded NSW/ACT state volunteer of the year. In 2015, Neil engaged a number of interested parties to see the formation of a working group to create the junior Tamworth

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Posted in Community, Featured News, Front page news, Northern NSW

Tyrepower Powering Football in Northern NSW

Tyrepower have come on board to partner with selected Leagues across Northern NSW including AFL North Coast, Tamworth AFL and AFL Hunter Coast for 2016. Recognising that AFL is a growing sport across the region, with a strong brand and

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Posted in Featured News, Front page news, Northern NSW

Sky’s the limit for Indigenous footballers

The Adam Goodes Talent Program has produced two exciting prospects who will feature in the Sydney Swans Academy after Indigenous footballers Shaydon Close and Chris Holten relocated from Kempsey to Sydney to pursue their AFL dream.   The talented players

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Posted in Community, Featured News, Front page news, Indigenous news, Northern NSW, Talent news

MANNING VALLEY MUSTANGS Est. 2016

After four successful years of Auskick in the Manning Valley area, the local community finally has its own junior AFL club.  The mighty Manning Valley Mustangs! The occasion was marked with a launch event last Sunday with around 70 people

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Posted in Featured News, Front page news, Northern NSW

Sydney Swans Coffs Harbour Bound

The Sydney Swans will return to Coffs Harbour in February for a four day pre-season training camp. This article originally appeared on the Sydney Swans website. By Sydney Swans Media For the fourth straight year, the Swans will set up camp

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Posted in Community, Featured News, Front page news, Northern NSW

Swans, GIANTS set for Community Camps in February

GWS GIANTS and Sydney Swans superstars will take the game to regional and rural communities around NSW/ACT as part of the 2016 Australia Post AFL Community Camp. The Sydney Swans will hold their community camp on Monday February 8 and

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Posted in ACT/South Coast, Central West, Community, Featured News, Front page news, Hunter/Central Coast, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Sydney Harbour, Sydney South/Illawarra, Western Sydney

First Female Academies to be launched

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

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Posted in ACT/South Coast, Community, Featured News, Female News, Hunter/Central Coast, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Sydney Harbour, Sydney South/Illawarra, Talent news, Western Sydney