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Josh looks to follow in the footsteps of brother Tom ahead of 2020 AFL Draft

While the spotlight has been shined squarely on the likes of Braeden Campbell and Errol Gulden in preparation for the 2020 NAB AFL Draft, one player who has taken a backseat through all the commotion has been Canberra’s Josh Green. The

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ACT Return to Play Update – July 10

Dear AFL Canberra Community, On Thursday 9 July 2020,the ACT Government Chief Health Officer announced a postponement to Stage 3 of the Easing of Restrictions Roadmap until following a checkpoint conducted to be held on Thursday 16 July, 2020. Until

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ACT Return to Play Update – June 12

Dear AFL Community Clubs and local stakeholders, AFL NSW/ACT welcomes the ACT Chief Ministers announcement today that from 10 July 2020 contact community sport competitions can restart for participants in the ACT. To ensure players are well-prepared for competition, AFL

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Future AFL Leaders in the Making

Over the school holiday period, 180 youth aged players from across New South Wales and the ACT completed the AFL Future Leaders Community Program, organised by AFL NSWACT. The program was broken into two groups, aspiring leaders (13-15 years old)

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Gorham’s turbulent journey to the AFL Women’s competition

Originally published on gwsgiants.com.au The GIANTS’ top draft pick of the 2019 NAB AFL Women’s Draft, Maggie Gorham, is remarkable. “Looking back at all the stuff that has happened, never did I think I would end up here. I almost

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Career Opportunity | AFL NSW/ACT

The AFL is an extraordinary force in Australia’s sporting, social and cultural landscape and Our Purpose is to ‘progress the game so everyone can share in its heritage and possibilities’. From grassroots and community club football, to the elite competition,

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Two debutants primed for AFLW season opener

The GIANTS’ have named two returning players for their clash against the Gold Coast SUNS on Saturday, with Bec Privitelli and Britt Tully set to pull on the charcoal and orange for the first time since 2018, while Annalyse Lister

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Why Dunn the Sun is the epitome of perseverance | AFLW

Originally published by AFL Women’s. Hannah Dunn is the epitome of perseverance. The 28-year-old was overlooked in three NAB AFL Women’s Drafts and moved states twice in the past 12 months to chase her football dream. Incredibly, the Canberra native

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Tully and Tuggeranong up for CBR Sports Awards

Britt Tully

GWS GIANTS AFL Women’s player, Britt Tully has been nominated for the People’s Sporting Champion Award at the Canberra Sports Awards, which are set to be announced on December 1, 2017. Playing in the local AFL Canberra competition with the

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Briody sisters having a “BALL!”

2017 Community Umpiring Round

  Round 7 of the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership season is set to celebrate Community Umpiring Week – an initiative to encourage people to get involved in umpiring AFL at a grassroots level. AFL National Umpiring Development Manager, Adam Davis said with more

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