Western Sydney will host the 2018 National Male Diversity Championships for the second year running next month. Over 300 players from all the states and territories will attend the five day tournament being held at Blacktown International Sportspark between April…
Last week, AFL NSW/ACT hosted the inaugural Male Diversity Cup at Gannons Park in Peakhurst. Players from three schools – Kingsgrove High School, Chatswood High School and Granville High School – came together to form four teams, inclusive of over…
In 2017, 26 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from the seven high schools connected to the AFL NSW/ACT Western Sydney Indigenous Academies, graduated from Year 12. Established in 2006, the AFL NSW/ACT Western Sydney Indigenous Academies deliver specific…
Originally published by AFL Media. She was born to be a GIANT. She just didn’t know it. Growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Haneen Zreika didn’t understand the rules of AFL. The NSW/ACT under-18 representative, who is aiming to…
For the first time in the popular tournament’s history, AFL 9s was added to the line up of the Super Sikh Cup, played this year in Western Sydney. AFL 9s is the AFL’s social version of the game. It’s a fast, free-flowing game…
Ahead of the first ever NAB AFL Women’s Draft Combine taking place this week at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, we are chatting with AFL NSW/ACT’s three representatives. Here we have Haneen Zreika– a midfielder from Sydney’s West who converted to AFL after years of playing Rugby League.…
L-Fresh the Lion and the GWS GIANTS’ Tom Downie will hold their next Come and Try AFL session this Sunday at Wright Reserve in Quakers Hill. Aimed at encouraging the Sikh community to get involved in AFL, the session will involve a Sikh community gathering, where…
At the beginning of 2017, Western Sydney’s Amy Sligar had next to no Aussie Rules experience. By July, she had made the All Schools AFL Under 15s All Australian squad. Taking to the game like a duck to water, Sligar and…
Written by Leyla Kaya. A group of young boys and girls remain unfazed by the weather as they run around Endeavour Reserve in Fairfield on an icy Friday night, practicing their kicking skills before the weekend’s match. Here you will…
AFL NSW/ACT hosted the annual Intensive English Centre Cup (IEC Cup) on Tuesday, which saw over 200 students from seven IEC’s in Sydney and Wollongong come together at Blacktown International Sportspark. The IEC Cup is an opportunity for all students…
