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Tippa says GF wasn’t on his radar

By Mitch RoddFEW players generated more intrigue coming into this SFNL season than Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti. An Essendon cult hero freshly retired from the AFL relocating to Mildura to escape the hustle of the city, his signature for Imperials in...

14 Sep 2024
Football

Young wing dares to dream

JUBILATION flowed from Wentworth’s Tristan Parker as he realised he’d actually completed the boyhood dream. Saturday, April 20 this year, the 22-year-old nailed a set shot after the siren to down Imperials by two points at Brian Weightman Oval, and...

14 Sep 2024
Football

Big Roo says it’s time for another flag

A DOZEN years ago Wentworth ruckman Nick Jensen was one of the “young fellas” as the Roos celebrated their sixth SFNL premiership. Fast forward to now and just three players remain from their previous flag in 2012 – Jensen, Matt Cameron, and Andy...

14 Sep 2024
Football

Brander brings winning brand

BRINGING in an AFL forward still in their prime is a godsend for a country club. Having that be one of your own is just the icing on top. After being delisted from the GWS Giants at the end of 2022, a 23-year-old Jarrod Brander was snapped up to...

14 Sep 2024
Football

Galbraith hopes to go one better

ACCOLADES have already come for Ben Galbraith on the biggest stage in the SFNL. Being a John Groves Medal winner as best on ground in a grand final should be a performance that holds a special place in the memory bank. However, for the Imperials...

14 Sep 2024
Football

Green shoots lift Imperials

SIMON Callahan understands the agony and the ecstasy of grand final day as well as anyone. A multiple-time premiership player for Imperials, the staunch defender has collected a few medallions, including from the club’s most recent triumph...

14 Sep 2024
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SFNL stars front and centre

THE top individual awards in the SFNL both went to hard-working players who dominated through the centre of their respective playing surfaces. Imperials recruit Bryce Hards was a runaway winner of the senior football McLeod Medal, while Irymple...

11 Sep 2024
Netball

Kangas leap at the right time

IT’S not that Ouyen United don’t care about the regular season, it’s just that the team from the south would rather save their best for when it really counts, in late August and September. As in recent years, the Kangas hardly set the...

09 Sep 2024
Football

Low-key Wentworth look ahead

TWO more muted changerooms you could hardly find. Yes, Wentworth belted out their club song after an impressive 44-point preliminary victory over Irymple at Mildura Sporting Precinct, which catapulted them into this week’s grand final against...

09 Sep 2024
Football

Power, Phipps fill gaps

IRYMPLE captain Zac Wandin is backing preliminary final inclusions Paddy Power and Brayden Phipps to make an impact against Wentworth on Saturday. The duo replace injured defender Brodie Jackson and Josh Mortiz respectively as the...

07 Sep 2024
Netball

Deja vu in prelim shootout

IT is a bit of a case of deja vu for Ouyen United and Mildura A Grade, who, for the third season in a row, will battle it out in the preliminary final to secure their place in the grand final. Demons coach Ellie Vincent said “reality...

07 Sep 2024
Football

Roos skipper eager to grab chance

WENTWORTH captain Andy Wall still remembers advice passed on to him from Geelong premiership captain Tom Harley. Making representative squads through juniors, the key defender was mentored by the two-time AFL flag winner at under-16...

07 Sep 2024
Netball

Elite field to contest Horkings Medal

A BRILLIANT season of Sunraysia netball has almost been logged, but an A Grade Jackie Horkings Medal winner is still to be named. There is no shortage of star players vying for the competition’s biggest...

07 Sep 2024
Football

SFNL McLeod Medal leading contenders

THE new king of the Sunraysia Football and Netball League will be crowned on Monday night when the 2024 McLeod Medal is awarded. Several stars are well in contention to bring home the competition’s biggest individual award, as voted for by the...

07 Sep 2024
Sport

Next Gen’s deeds rewarded

THE next generation of football and netball talents have been crowned with respective best and fairest awards. Nine new medallists were named following fantastic SFNL seasons at Monday night’s junior vote count at the Mildura Football Netball Club...

04 Sep 2024
Football

Coghlan back with a vengeance

COMETH the moment, cometh the man. Irymple star Dan Coghlan added another chapter in an already storied memoir in blue and gold as his third goal late in Saturday’s qualifying final sealed a two-point come-from-behind win over Wentworth. Despite the...

26 Aug 2024
Football

Demons outwork the Eagles

MILDURA Demons kept their 2024 season alive with a 30-point elimination final win over Robinvale Euston in possibly the windiest conditions the players have played in at Blackburn Park. It was far from the day for clean, slick ball movement, with...

26 Aug 2024