VNL
The City West Falcons are bringing back most of their Victorian Netball League championship squad. Eleven players have been confirmed with the Falcons squad for next year so far, 10 who were part of the title winning team. The other addition is multiple championship winner Maddy Romios, nee Gray, who missed this year due to pregnancy.
Draft combine
Western Jets’ Lucca Grego and Keighton Matofai-Forbes were among the standouts at the AFL draft state combines. Grego finished second in the agility test, while Matofai-Forbes finished fourth in the standing vertical jump. The pair were two of the three Western Jets to test at the state combines, with Lucas Impey also testing. The AFL draft is on November 20 and 21, with the pre-season and rookie drafts on November 22.
VFL
Williamstown has announced its first new signing for next year’s Victorian Football League women’s season. Isabelle Khoury is crossing from Carlton having played 30 VFLW games for the Blues and Box Hill Hawks. Last season she averaged six tackles per game. Meanwhile, coach Liam Cavanagh has signed a contract extension, locking him in until at least the end of the 2026 season. On the men’s side. captain Cam Polson has re-signed for next year.
Bowls
The Bowls Victoria weekend pennant season got underway on Saturday. While premier division will start this weekend coming, the rest of the grades kicked off action on Saturday. In division 3, section 2, Newport and Williamstown both started with wins. Newport had a comprehensive win against Moonee Ponds 2, 100 (18)-59 (0), while Williamstown beat Aberfeldie CBC 2, 86 (16)-58 (2). Altona Sports started with a loss to Deer Park, going down 83 (14)-71 (4). Coming this week in premier division, Altona hosts Yarraville Footscray.
