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AFL draft: Junior Western Jets groomed for the top flight

Western Jets region manager Shane Sexton says AFL draft night marks the end of a five-year transformation – from local footballers to full-time professionals...
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Gisborne appoints a new coach

Gisborne has wasted no time in appointing a new coach for next year’s Bendigo Football League season. Just two days after publicly announcing that Clinton...

Killer year for Emma Kearney

Western Bulldogs midfield star Emma Kearney was told at the age of 12 that she had no future in football as a player, but...

Player retention focus for Williamstown Seagulls

Williamstown has retained the bulk of the playing list that swooped on a VFL and AFL Victoria development league premiership double last season. The Seagulls...

Growcott ready to lead Laverton back to finals

At a past players’ function in August, Paul Growcott suddenly got the urge to return to the Laverton Magpies. The 42-year-old pulled on the boots...

From Keilor junior to AFL flag joy

In only his 15th AFL game, Daniel Venables got to experience the exhilaration of winning an AFL premiership. The Keilor junior and Western Jets product...

WRFL: Altona Viking defence earns a ‘lucky’ win in WRFL

New Altona coach Josh Russo says his side was lucky to get away with a win against Albion in the opening round of the...

Bacchus Marsh’s flag bid on track

Bacchus Marsh is in a prime position to make a second straight Ballarat Football League grand final after a convincing win against Lake Wendouree...

Young Bulldog Buku Khamis thrives

Exciting young defender Buku Khamis was one of a number of Western Bulldogs players out and about in the west conducting Auskick clinics for...

Melton Jet star a hot prospect for Seagulls

Melton young gun Liam Carter has signed with Williamstown for the 2016 VFL season. The defender put pen to paper on a deal with the...

Crushing end to season for Williamstown

Williamstown has suffered a cruel elimination from the Victorian Football League finals. The Seagulls were centimetres away from playing in this year’s grand final, but...

WRFL div 2: Crofts Reserve ‘hard, windy, unsafe’ for finals

Parkside player-coach Nathan Juegan has called on the Western Region Football League to re-think its scheduling of division 2 finals at Crofts Reserve. Juegan has...

Pole position back in North Footscray’s hands

The tug-of-war for top spot has swung back in favour of North Footscray in the WRFL division 2. The Devils took advantage of Yarraville-Seddon’s slip-up...

Lalor grabs the points on a special day

Lalor has been rewarded for hard pre-season work with its first win of the Northern Football League division 3 season. Having had a bye in...

All the momentum is with Williamstown

Williamstown is the form team of the Victorian Football League. The Seagulls made it five successive wins after accounting for Sandringham Zebras by 24 points...

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Trans Day of Remembrance marked with open letter

On Wednesday, November 20, Equality Minister Harriet Shing wrote an open letter to Victoria’s trans and gender diverse community to mark Trans Day of...