Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Dr Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Doug Priest to the New South Wales Australian Football Hall of…
To our AFL Footy Family, As we wrap up a season of community football like no other this weekend, I’d like to take the opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank you to our Community Football network across the State and…
The 2020 NAB AFL Women’s Draft was conducted last tonight in a virtual format with all AFLW clubs participating in the historic Draft remotely. 57 girls were selected by the 14 AFLW Clubs ahead of the 2021 NAB AFLW Season…
To commemorate the 140th anniversary of Australian Football in New South Wales in 2020, 140 coaches, players, umpires, administrators and media personalities will be inducted into the inaugural New South Wales Australian Football Hall of Fame. Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of…
2020, the year unlike no other! It started with volunteer fire fighters risking their lives to protect others. Then amidst the COVID-19 crisis, we saw people volunteering their time to look after the vulnerable in then community by taking on…
South Sydney Rabbitoh, South Sydney premiership captain-coach, NSW player, captain and coach, Rat of Tobruk, Senior-Vice President NSW ANFL, Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Frank Dixon did it all in a remarkable career in sporting and civic life stretching from…
The AFL has today released the names of the 82 female players and 96 male players invited to the 2020 NAB AFLW and AFL National Draft Combines to be held across multiple locations across Australia in the coming months. While…
Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Neil Cordy to the NSW Australian Football Hall of Fame. Neil Cordy has established an impressive record as a “breaking news” sports journalist across the media landscape in Sydney over the past twenty-seven years.…
The Office of Sport Local Sport Grant Program (LSGP) aims to increase regular and on-going participation opportunities in sport in NSW. Through this program we are working towards our goals to achieve: Participation: Everyone in NSW participating in Sport and active recreation…
Sir Doug Nicholls learnt to play football on the oval at the Cummeragunja aboriginal mission on the banks of the Murray River in NSW. The Cummeragunja footy team was so successful in the local competition in the 1920s they were…