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FOOTY22 magazine on sale now

The Daily Telegraph’s annual glossy footy bible is back and bigger than ever! Get 132 pages packed with must-read player stories, SuperCoach tips plus every player and every club rated for 2022. It even features a page on the state

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From Auskick to AFL: Parks’ pathway to the big time

Luke Parks’ first footy experience came as a six-year-old when he laced up his boots for Auskick. Fourteen years later, he was running around at Marvel Stadium wearing a Carlton Blues jumper thumping Freo in Round 3 2021. Parks is

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Community Football Manager departs AFL NSW/ACT

AFL NSW/ACT wishes to advise that its Community Football Manager, Emma Highwood, has accepted a role with Hockey NSW as its Chief Executive Officer and will depart the AFL on Friday, 11 March 2022 to take up her new appointment.

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Players to watch: Women’s Summer Series Round 2

Round two of the Women’s Summer Series gets underway this weekend. This week it’s GIANTS v GIANTS, Swans v Swans and it will be an enthralling battle. Here are four of the 120 players we think you should keep your

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NSW/ACT to field standalone side at NAB AFLW National Champs

The AFL has recently communicated with all AFLW recruiting and list management teams to confirm a revised model for the girls’ national Talent Pathway Program in 2022.   The reshaped program structure ensures that the future stars of the women’s

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Four footy venues benefit from NSW Government grants

Congratulations to four Sydney venues which have received a cumulative total of more than $2.5 million from the NSW Government’s  Greater Cities Sports Facilities Fund. Two ovals will see improved lighting installed to allow for evening training and matches. The

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20 teams benefit from Toyota gear grant

Women’s footy in NSW and the ACT will be looking sharper than ever in 2022 thanks to the Toyota Good For Footy Gear Grant. For the third year running, Toyota is providing 100 female football teams around the country the

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Schoolgirl competition introduces next crop of AFLW stars

On Saturday, 12 February students at Sydney’s independent girls’ schools will commence their 2022 AFL season. First contested in 2019 by six schools collectively fielding 32 teams, the Independent Girls Schools competition has rocketed to more than 72 teams from

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Players to watch: Women’s Summer Series Round 1

The first round of the Women’s Summer Series for some of NSW and the ACT’s most promising unsigned talent kicks off this Saturday. With more than 120 players listed for selection across four teams (GIANTS Charcoal, GIANTS Orange, Swans Red,

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Witts no longer a deer in the headlights

When Gold Coast captain, Jarrod Witts, walked through Collingwood’s doors after being taken at number 67 in the 2011 draft, he didn’t know what had hit him. “To be honest I was a deer in the headlights…I’d played maybe 30

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