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Canberra/Sydney rep game: Coaching panel announcement

AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra are pleased to advise the following key updates ahead of the much-anticipated Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s representative football matches to be played between a combined AFL Sydney & AFL Canberra team against Tasmania on

NSW HoF Legend inducted into AFL Hall of Fame

By Ashley Browne, originally for afl.com.au . The induction of Ralph Robertson into the Australian Football Hall of Fame matters a great deal to the Australian football community of Sydney and in particular, those whose passion for the game predates

Senior Schools Plate winners crowned

Endeavour Sports High Schools clenched the Senior Schools Plate for girls and Hunter Sports High won the boys in a great day of footy. Players adapted well to the wild and windy conditions across the 25 matches. The second-tier competition

GIANTS AFLW return to Canberra for first Community Camp

The GIANTS’ AFLW list is heading to Canberra on 4-5 July to meet the footy community and inspire the next generation of footy superstars as part of the first-ever, league wide AFLW Community Camp program. Around two months out from

Ray’s millenary makes him one of our greats

Photos by Nat Sports Media . Ken Ray is the perennial milestone man. Google the Sydney-based goal umpire and you’ll see a plethora of articles relating to his 500th Premier Division match, his 600th match, his 800th game and his

Andre Chung chuffed to join Team NAB AFL Auskick

Team NAB AFL Auskick has its fifth recruit of the year, with seven-year-old Andre Chung from the East Sydney Bulldogs Auskick centre joining the team. The 2024 Team NAB AFL Auskick coaches Nick Daicos and Katie Brennan encourage all registered

Mid-year grants, awards and recognition

Now winter is here, Australian rules football is in full swing across the ACT and NSW, with school programs, NAB AFL Auskick and local footy competitions firing! This time of the year also brings a lot of offerings from the

Introducing your NSW/ACT boys Allies 2024

The 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys is halfway through, with the Allies sitting at 1-1 following a narrow loss to SA and a tough win against WA. There are 11 Allies from NSW/ACT for this campaign, with

AFL launches $250K funding program for junior girls uniforms

The AFL has launched a program to fund new uniforms for junior and youth girls in community football . Community leagues, clubs and umpire associations across Australia can apply for funding to go towards uniforms through a new program launched

Head of AFL NSW/ACT, Tiffany Robertson, to depart AFL

Head of AFL NSW/ACT, Tiffany Robertson, has decided to finish with the AFL at the end of June after seven years with the game’s governing body, including more than four leading the state and territory. Tiffany has overseen the code