One hundred and twenty of the best footballers from NSW and the ACT will compete in the first round of the Women’s Summer Series this Saturday, 12 February at Tom Wills Oval, Sydney Olympic Park. Four sides (two representing the…
When AFLX was launched in 2018, it required each of the 18 AFL teams to field a seven-player side to contest region-based round robins over three February nights in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Its second series had a different complexion,…
Players from NSW or the ACT are found in eleven of the AFLW’s 14 clubs in season six of AFLW. In total, there are 39 players who were either born and bred or who have played for a NSW or…
Ally Morphett and Ally Dallaway have each played every game of the AFLW season for 2022. But that is where their similarities end. The second tallest player and the shortest player on the GIANTS’ list have followed vastly different paths…
“I was very shocked, because I didn’t actually know I’d been nominated,” said NSW/ACT’s 2022 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador, Katie Kennedy. “It is really exciting to think that someone would consider me worthy of nomination and then to win…
The GIANTS’ AFLW campaign has started strongly, with a win over the Suns in Round One. Profiled below is the fresh crop of GIANTS hitting the park in 2022, many hailing from NSW or the ACT. This article originally appeared…
Kristy Smith from the Balgowlah Suns is AFL NSW/ACT’s Toyota Community Football Volunteer of the Year for 2021. The club’s Vice President has played multiple roles at the club since 2015. She’s been a key factor in its growth, guiding…
Andrew Pyman is AFL NSW/ACT’s NAB AFL Auskick Volunteer of the Year for 2021. The father of three has been at the Fairfield Falcons JAFC since its 2018 inception as its Auskick coordinator. He loves every minute of his time…
Many of our volunteers of the year in 2021 came from regions where football is a relatively new concept for the community, but for James Sullivan, AFL NSW/ACT’s Senior School Ambassador of the Year, football is a way of life.…
“I’ve played every sport besides golf,” said Ali Abdulatif, AFL NSW/ACT’s Diversity Ambassador of the Year in 2021. “Footy has the team environment, and you get a mixture of skills – kicking, marking, tackling, the celebration at the end, singing…
