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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
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Medal is just the tonic

FORMER South Mildura player Sam Davidson will hope a recent trend will see him live out his AFL dream. The 22-year-old had an outstanding season at VFL level for Richmond, leading the Tigers’ goal kicking with 26 majors and earning the...

16 Nov 2024
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Eagles land big fish Magro

UPON signing on as Robinvale Euston co-coaches, Don Falvo and Vince Iudica knew Jayden Magro had to be on their radar. As Sunraysia interleague coaches, they saw first-hand the havoc he could wreak when the exciting goalkicker booted five and was...

16 Nov 2024
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Cumming makes academy grade

WENTWORTH football export Sam Cumming has taken a big step towards realising his AFL dream next year. The 17-year-old has been selected for next year’s AFL National Academy boys’ squad, alongside some of the highest-rated potential players in the...

13 Nov 2024
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Meet the Roos coaches

MERINGUR’S new era on the football field has been ushered in with the appointment of new coaches. Ex-Merbein duo Karl Farquharson and Mark East will be joint coaches of the men’s Millewa Football Netball League side, while Andrew Kay...

09 Nov 2024
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FNCs get TAC grants

CLUBS in the Sunraysia Football Netball League have been included in a Victoria-wide program backed by the Transport Accident Commission and the State Government aimed at improving road safety. Known as the TAC-AFL Victoria Club...

04 Nov 2024
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McGlynn to lead Roos

BEN McGlynn is excited for the opportunity to continue as Wentworth coach for the next two Sunraysia Football & Netball League seasons. The former Hawthorn and Sydney AFL player and elite-level assistant coach, who worked alongside Wade Hancock...

25 Oct 2024
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Priest has family ties to Pies

SAM Priest’s long family connection with the Werrimull Football Netball Club helps make him an ideal coach for the Magpies’ centenary next year. A former senior captain for Imperials, his black-and-white bloodline runs deep, going as far back as the...

23 Oct 2024
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Alvey joins Kerridge as Mildura coaches

SFNL premiership coach Mark Alvey said he felt refreshed and re-energised as he returns to the coaching hot seat after a five-year break. He joins fellow ex-AFL footballer Sam Kerridge as co-coach of Mildura, a side aiming to build on consecutive...

19 Oct 2024