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  • South Australian National Football League provides another path for AFL hopefuls

    South Australian National Football League provides another path for AFL hopefuls

    THE inside word on taking an alternate pathway to the AFL helped spur a long-time Sunraysia football development coach on to establish stronger links between…

  • Kanga homecoming for son of Mallee

    Kanga homecoming for son of Mallee

    OUYEN United have received a major boost for the 2021 SFNL season with Mallee boy Dallas Willsmore coming home. The former Hawthorn and West Adelaide…

  • Saturday Serve: Changing of young guard

    Saturday Serve: Changing of young guard

    THIS time of the year is often one of great excitement for prospective AFL footballers. The national draft is just around the corner, and for…

  • Happy to be back on track

    Happy to be back on track

    MONTHS away from any 2021 football season, SFNL clubs are back on the training track, dusting off the cobwebs the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced break caused. But…

  • Blues role for O’Shannessy

    Blues role for O’Shannessy

    FORMER Wentworth footballer Luke O’Shannessy has been appointed Carlton’s VFLW coach. O’Shannessy arrives at the Blues having gained nine years of experience in football coaching…

  • Richmond backs Mildura sporting precinct

    Richmond backs Mildura sporting precinct

    RICHMOND has backed playing AFLW or AFL pre-season games at a completed Mildura South Regional Sporting Precinct. The precinct secured the final $10 million it…

  • ‘Eggy’ needs new home

    FORMER Wentworth footballer and joint 2016 McLeod medallist Derek Eggmolesse Smith will not be offered a contract by Richmond for season 2021. Eggmolesse-Smith played six…

  • Saturday Serve: Goalposts keep moving

    FOR the love of the game, AFL. Another year, another tweak to the rules. In rule changes announced on Wednesday by AFL football operations boss…

  • Contact training set to resume

    FOOTBALL and netball clubs will be able to return to contact training from Monday, under COVID-19 protocols. While some clubs have already returned in some…

  • Extra points for SFNL clubs

    SFNL clubs will have an extra two Total Team Points (TTP) to use on match days in 2021 after AFL Sunraysia granted the league’s request…

  • Vallance to co-coach SFNL club Ouyen United

    Vallance to co-coach SFNL club Ouyen United

    DUAL John Groves medallist Brad Vallance will step up to be co-coach of Ouyen United for the 2021 SFNL season. Currently based in Darwin as…

  • Sweet draft ready to blow through Robinvale

    Sweet draft ready to blow through Robinvale

    JUST as Alison and Dean Mitchell were about to sit down for an interview, a scout from the Fremantle Dockers called to get more playing…

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