NSW/ACT Notebook: Round 5 Review
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Mixed fortunes for NSW/ACT products in Round 5 of the AFL Premiership season – Zac Williams debuts for the GWS GIANTS and Taylor Walker injured.
Mixed fortunes for NSW/ACT products in Round 5 of the AFL Premiership season – Zac Williams debuts for the GWS GIANTS and Taylor Walker injured.
The Greater Western Sydney GIANTS have promoted former NSW/ACT RAMS player Zac Williams to make his debut against the Gold Coast Suns this weekend.
The Swans will play an historic match in New Zealand on Anzac Day against Lenny Hayes’ St Kilda side, and the GIANTS head to the ACT to play the Suns.
Sydney Swans Academy member Lloyd Perris has just returned from a tour of Europe with the AIS-AFL Academy Squad as he hopes to fulfil his AFL dream in 2013.
The northern city of Townsville became a major hub of football action once again after hosting the 2013 indigenous Kickstart Championships.
Hawthorn forward and Temora product Luke Breust has re-signed with the club that took him on in 2009 when he was just “a skinny kid from New South Wales.”
Tom Hawkins was the star of the show on Friday as the Cats delivered the Swans their first defeat of the season, while the GIANTS lost to the Demons at the MCG.
The Sydney Swans reserves have continued their undefeated start to the NEAFL season with a strong 62-point win over Sydney Hills Eagles at the SCG.
It’s a huge round of footy this weekend! Tom Hawkins returns to his home state to take on the Swans, while the GIANTS are looking for their first win of 2013.
The GIANTS and Swans junior academies did battle with the junior GIANTS sweeping the first legs of both academy series in Under-16s and Under-18s competition.