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Play your way! A guide to playing footy in 2024

. Footy season is just around the corner and with SO many options, here is a guide to playing NAB AFL Auskick or local footy in 2024. . Don’t forget there are tonnes more offerings including NAB AFL Superkick and

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How to: Become a 2024 accredited coach

Becoming a coach is a fun and rewarding experience. There’s a coaching role for anyone interested, with AFL NSW/ACT clubs requiring coaches from NAB AFL Auskick to first division open teams. Every level of experience is welcome! Check out the

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Submissions now open for Telstra Footy Country Grants

Local footy clubs across the country can now apply for Telstra Footy Country Grants with submissions for the new initiative opening today. Unveiled in September 2023 by the AFL and Telstra, Telstra Footy Country Grants will give local footy clubs an $8 million boost over

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Accessing NSW Active Kids vouchers in 2024

The following Memo to Clubs was sent to all AFL NSW/ACT clubs by Community Football Manager, John Boulous, on 31 January 2024. . As announced by the NSW Government in June 2023, the Active Kids Voucher (‘AKV’) program will expire

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Footy back in school for 2024

While some students may be dreading the return to school, AFL NSW/ACT is pumped! We’re putting our best foot forward to give students a fun and different way to engage in their school day, and also give teachers the best

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Sydney Swans’ Coffs Harbour Community Camp locked in

The Sydney Swans will visit NSW coastal town, Coffs Harbour, for a pre-season training and Community Camp next week. The Swans’ playing group and coaching staff are looking forward to interacting with the local community at events open to the

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Way Out West – 100 years of Northern Riverina FNL

By Rod Gillett . Soaring above the skyline of Ungarie is the Big Footy, a spectacular 800-kilogram fibreglass red Sherrin, proclaiming the village as the “Home of the Danihers”. To find the Big Footy you need to travel north west

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Come and PLAY – it could be your lucky day!

Will it be your lucky day when you discover AFL PLAY? To celebrate the launch of AFL PLAY thousands of lime green Sherrin footballs stamped with a unique QR code will drop at locations around the country, giving fans a

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Holly Cooper a Swan

A week out from the AFLW Draft, there is one name you won’t hear read out: Holly Cooper. Cooper was selected by the Sydney Swans on the final day of the 2023 Expansion U18 Talent Pathway Pre-Signing Period and will

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2023 AFL Draft wrap

Seven players from NSW can call themselves AFL listed players following the 2023 AFL Draft. A week on from what would have been one of the best moments in these players’ lives, they’ve hit the training track, meeting their new

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