Fourteen-year-old Barkinji girl, Amber Evans grew up in the remote town of Ivanhoe, about six hours west of the South Australian in the middle of New South Wales. Having never played AFL before, it was not until Evans and…
This week, Pittwater Tigers Youth Girls player, Ellie Shefts will represent her state at the 2017 AFL Female Diversity Championships in Byron Bay. Here, Youth Girls footballers of Multicultural and Indigenous backgrounds from across Australia, will participate in a week-long,…
Fifteen-year-old Wiradjuri girl, Alessia Haberecht says she feels honoured to be representing her Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community at the 2017 Female Diversity Championships, kicking off tonight in Byron Bay. During the event, the best Indigenous and Multicultural Youth Girls…
The AFL NSW/ACT squad for the 2017 Female Diversity Championships have been announced. The All Nations and Kickstart teams, consisting of girls aged between 13-15 years, were selected after last Sunday’s testing day held in Western Sydney. The day saw players participate…
Chris Lear from the Wyong Lakes Junior Football Club has been named as the 2017 AFL NSW/ACT Volunteer of the Year. Joining the Central Coast based junior club in 2016, Lear became immediately involved with his son’s team, and it did…
The AFL is pleased to advise a total of 6,732,601 fans have attended an AFL match during the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership season, breaking the all-time attendance record set in 2011. AFL Chief Executive Gill McLachlan has thanked fans and…
The AFL has confirmed the fixture for week one of the 2017 Toyota AFL Finals Series, to be as follows (all times are local): Thursday, September 7 First Qualifying Final, Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants at Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm ACST /…
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…
Footy fans will be thanked for their support during the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership Season at Round 23 matches this weekend through an assortment of activities including kids in free at selected matches. For the second consecutive year and an…
The AFL has confirmed the squads to play in the 2017 NAB AFL Women’s State of Origin match. Sydney bred AFL NSW/ACT Female Football Ambassador, Erin McKinnon will join her GWS GIANTS teammate, Penrith’s Renee Tomkins in the Allies squad.…
