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AFL Grand Final Footy Festival comes to Sydney

The excitement of the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final is coming to Henson Park in the heart of Sydney, so friends, families and footy lovers can come together and watch the biggest game on the Australian Rules Football calendar live,

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2024 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador announced

Lina Freyer from the Batemans Bay Seahawks is the 2024 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador. Lina has been involved in the club since her son started Auskick almost a decade ago, but her work with the club’s U16 youth girls

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Local clubs and umpires receive $250K for junior girls uniforms

Ninety-six local clubs and community umpire associations have successfully applied to share in a total of $250,000 to go towards junior and youth girls football uniforms. The announcement confirms distribution of funding for a new grants opportunity launched earlier this

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National accolade for special volunteer

Theresa Taylor (Shortt) with her son, Aengus Taylor who is an AFLW listed goal umpire. . Theresa Taylor (Shortt) is a life member of her family’s junior club, Pennant Hills Demons, for her eight-plus years of volunteering running the club’s

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Congratulations to AFL NSW/ACT’s 2024 Volunteers of the Year

AFL NSW/ACT is delighted to present the NSW/ACT winners in the Toyota AFL National Volunteer Awards for 2024. The NSW/ACT footy community has come together to recognise the outstanding efforts and advocacy of this year’s award recipients. Nominated by their

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Peatling’s giant few years

By Paul Stephen . One day he was working full time at a Christmas tree farm, the next he was on an AFL list. James Peatling’s career path wasn’t quite like all those AFL players who get drafted from school

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Riverview, Waverley crowned premiers in 2024

By Jordan Woods . The Boys’ Independent Schools season concluded on a high note with a Grand Final evening consisting of two exciting matches and giving players and teams the chance to show their on-field skills, while supporters showed their

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A super cool program calls for a superstar ambassador!

Australian rules superstar and icon of the game, Buddy Franklin, will help instil a love of footy into the next generation as the official ambassador for NAB AFL Superkick. The dual premiership player and eight-time All Australian has teamed up

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NAIDOC Cup 2024 wrap

The 15th annual NAIDOC Cup, hosted at Blacktown International Sports Park, was held on 8 August, with more than 100 school students involved in the day. It was the first time AFL NSW/ACT invited primary school students as well as

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NSW/ACT future stars set to shine in Melbourne

L-R: Lachlan Carmichael, Ty Shepherd and Noah Chamberlain will all feature in a trial match for selection in the 2024 March AFL Futures match . This weekend, young footballers from New South Wales and the ACT will take centre stage

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