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AFL NSW/ACT Player Watch – Free Agency and Trade Period

The AFL Free Agency and Trade Period is in full swing, so AFL NSW/ACT provides you with an update on all local talent heading into this year’s national draft, which is set to take place in the second week of December.

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AFL NSW/ACT Draft Preview – Part 1

With the 2020 NAB AFL Draft fast approaching, we take a look at the top AFL NSW/ACT prospects vying for a spot on an AFL list for the 2021 season. Braeden Campbell Campbell, who is tied to the Sydney Swans Academy, looms as

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Doug Priest’s Mentors Led to First Class Honours in Coaching

Australian Football celebrates its 140th anniversary in NSW this year after the founding of the NSW Football Association in Sydney in 1880. Dr Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Doug Priest to the New South Wales Australian Football Hall of

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AFL NSW/ACT Season 2020 Wrap

To our AFL Footy Family, As we wrap up a season of community football like no other this weekend, I’d like to take the opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank you to our Community Football network across the State and

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2020 NAB AFL Women’s Draft Selections

The 2020 NAB AFL Women’s Draft was conducted last tonight in a virtual format with all AFLW clubs participating in the historic Draft remotely. 57 girls were selected by the 14 AFLW Clubs ahead of the 2021 NAB AFLW Season

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Wayne “Wacky” Walker – The Mark Ricciuto of Broken Hill Football

To commemorate the 140th anniversary of Australian Football in New South Wales in 2020, 140 coaches, players, umpires, administrators and media personalities will be inducted into the inaugural New South Wales Australian Football Hall of Fame. Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of

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Volunteer of the Year Award nominations open

2020, the year unlike no other! It started with volunteer fire fighters risking their lives to protect others. Then amidst the COVID-19 crisis, we saw people volunteering their time to look after the vulnerable in then community by taking on

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“Our coach Frank Dixon convinced us we could beat Victoria”

South Sydney Rabbitoh, South Sydney premiership captain-coach, NSW player, captain and coach, Rat of Tobruk, Senior-Vice President NSW ANFL, Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Frank Dixon did it all in a remarkable career in sporting and civic life stretching from

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2020 NAB AFLW & AFL National Draft Combine Nominees

The AFL has today released the names of the 82 female players and 96 male players invited to the 2020 NAB AFLW and AFL National Draft Combines to be held across multiple locations across Australia in the coming months. While

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Neil Cordy – Sydney Footy’s Media Man

Rod Gillett profiles the nomination of Neil Cordy to the NSW  Australian Football Hall of Fame. Neil Cordy has established an impressive record as a “breaking news” sports journalist across the media landscape in Sydney over the past twenty-seven years.

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