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Injured Brander to miss season

THE challenge for Sunraysia Football Netball League seniors grand-finalist Wentworth to go one better this year has been made harder with Jarrod Brander to miss the season due to injury. The star forward will undergo surgery today after sustaining...

26 Feb 2025
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Expansion for youth girls football

SUNRAYSIA Football and Netball League is set to expand youth girls football for the 2025 season. Executive officer Jason Torney confirmed the league is in the process of drafting fixtures for two separate competition at under-13 and under-16...

21 Feb 2025
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Final five remains in SFNL fixture

LOCKED and loaded, the new Sunraysia Football and Netball League season will begin in just over two month’s time. After returning to a final five in 2024, the same finals format will remain in 2025 with grand final day slated for Saturday, September...

25 Jan 2025
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Centenary celebrations for MFNL

THE centenary season of the Millewa Football and Netball League is set to start with a bang as the traditional Mega Day will be pushed up to round 1. All men’s and women’s football and all netball grades will compete in League Celebration Round at...

25 Jan 2025
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AFL roadshow

SUNRAYSIA and Millewa clubs can take part in a three-day coaching, umpiring and club development roadshow hosted by AFL Victoria in late February. Ange Ballinger, AFL Victoria region manager for Sunraysia and Wimmera Mallee, has curated an extensive...

22 Jan 2025
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Werrimull wonders earn selection

FOUR members of Werrimull’s standout women’s football premiership team have made final selection for the Bendigo Pioneers under-18 girls side for the 2025 Talent League season. Emmerson Lihou, Lottie Adams, Leisi Kirirua-Gill and Ruby Tierney have...

19 Jan 2025
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Kangas gun Gregg named co-coach

OUYEN United best and fairest winner Josh Gregg will join Andy Jardine in coaching the Kangas for the 2025 SFNL season. The star on-baller will take the reins alongside his experienced counterpart for the new campaign after a stellar first year back...

10 Jan 2025
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Imps retain premiership appetite

BECOMING the hunted team in 2025 holds no fears for Imperials coach Brad Vallance. A few months in the wake of Imps amazing turnaround of winning the Sunraysia Football Netball League senior premiership after claiming the wooden spoon the previous...

04 Jan 2025
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Faulkhead finds new home with Roosters

WENTWORTH product and former Gold Coast Suns midfielder Oskar Faulkhead will play SANFL football next season. The 21-year-old has signed on to play with North Adelaide after he was not offered a new contact at the Queensland AFL club. A Wentworth...

18 Dec 2024
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Watson earns high-performance invite

EMERGING Mildura footballer Shaun Watson has earned an invite for Victoria Country AFL high-performance training hub over the summer. The 17-year-old will spend time at Essendon’s high-performance centre at Tullamarine on Monday and Tuesday next...

14 Dec 2024
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Douglas dreaming of AFLW career

EVER since her boot first made contact with a football at Auskick, Jemmika Douglas has dreamed of playing at the top level. Next week that dream could become a reality for the 18-year-old from Sunraysia. Winner of the Southcombe Trophy as...

14 Dec 2024
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Beruldsen finds new home with Tigers

MILDURA football export Montana Beruldsen has a new AFLW home with a finals contender. The 25-year-old forward has landed at Richmond after 14 games and four goals in two seasons with the Sydney Swans. Beruldsen was dealt in a direct swap for former...

13 Dec 2024
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WAFL star joins Demons

MILDURA have pulled off a recruiting coup with the addition of utility Noah Pegoraro from WAFL club West Perth. A premiership player in 2022, the 194cm tall also represented the WAFL state team in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and his addition to the...

07 Dec 2024
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Boulton bleeds red, white and black

AS a fourth-generation Bambill Football Netball Club member, Jane Boulton bleeds red, white and black. She is now following the footsteps of her grandfather and father after being announced as the new Saints president this week after...

30 Nov 2024
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Jack and the Giant draft pick

JACK the Giant. It’s got a nice ring to it for new GWS AFL recruit Jack Ough of the Wentworth District Football Netball Club. The 17-year-old realised his dream of making an AFL list when the Giants selected him at pick 36 on Thursday night during the...

23 Nov 2024
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Local boys to lead Eagles

EAGLES premiership players Don Falvo and Vince Iudica want to lead Robinvale Euston to their next SFNL premiership as coaches. With more than 450 SFNL matches and four McLeod Medals to his name, Falvo is one of the greats of the...

16 Nov 2024
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Ough to the big time

THE excitement is building for Wentworth football export Jack Ough as his dream to make an AFL list could be realised within the next week. The 17-year-old amassed an impressive calendar year, performing brilliantly for GWV Rebels on...

16 Nov 2024