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Bullants back as a stand-alone as AFL hands out licences for revamped VFL.
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Bullants bite back!!
@NBullantsFC
is ready to launch its comeback bid ahead of the 2021
@VFL
season.
#bringbacktheants
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Done deal🤝
@stbernardsfc
have signed a former AFL premiership star as its new senior coach for season 2023. Details:
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Well played to Collingwood VFL captain Jack Hellier. Was a fine state league player. He's heading bush.
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It's time to salute a champion of the
@VFL
. David Mirra plays his 150th senior game for
@BoxHillHawks
this weekend, as a
@HawthornFC
player. He's had a tremendous career.
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Ricky Dyson is back at the Bombers, departing
@BundooraFNC
to join
@EssendonVFL
's coaching staff -
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One suburban football club is relocating its pre-season camp to a bushfire-ravaged region to inject some money in its local economy:
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Vale former AFL player Harley Balic.
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The VAFA could be about to break from tradition and allow alcohol to be consumed at its games:
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“Bring on 2021.”
@DoncasterSharks
' Marcus Alessi is itching to take the footy field again after overcoming the odds to beat aggressive brain cancer. The gun Shark tells his remarkable story in a revealing interview.
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There was only one name appropriate as the
@NBullantsFC
first official signing as a standalone
@VFL
club and Tom Wilson had no hesitation jumping on board.
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'He'll die with his boots on'. Russell Barnes has achieved so much in the
@VAFA_HQ
but at the age of 60 he's still pushing, as reserves coach for
@Ormond_AFC
. He's a legend of local football.
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The true Battle of Bell Street is back!
@CoburgFC
and
@NBullantsFC
renew hostilities as standalone
@VFL
clubs for the first time since 2000 on Sunday.
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Port Melbourne started the season rattling tins and ended it raising the VFL premiership cup:
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An update on Eli Templeton
The
@BalwynFC
star suffered severe head injuries but is expected to make a full recovery >>>
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It's the end of an era at the VFL Borough with Gary Ayres to finish up at Port Melbourne.
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Jackson Kornberg started coaching when he was in Year 11. Now at age 27 he's the new coach of Sandringham Dragons. Good luck to "Jacko''.
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1
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RDFL I
@rockbankfsc
rocking after recording 1st win of
@RDFNL
season over
@SKFNC
Story, pics:
http://t.co/EaOsw61ORB
http://t.co/Nbx2HU454U
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Look who's back ... Returning to the field after 15 months out, Brent Harvey made a magical return for
@NorthHeidelberg
, booting seven goals in a thrilling come-from-behind win.
@northernfnl
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He plays
@vicpremcricket
for Prahran - but at age 26 Nick Morrey has landed a senior coaching role in the Southern Football Netball League.
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Darebin Falcons have confirmed they are "not going anywhere", locking in a VFL Women's berth:
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44
From unwanted VFL Bomber to an Anzac Day debut.
@tim_michell
charts the rise of
@EssendonFC
debutant Ben McNiece:
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43
The son of
@EssendonFC
great Dustin Fletcher starred on
@TACCup
debut for
@CalderCannonsFC
on Friday. REPORT:
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Cheltenham captain Jack Worrell will honour his late mother this weekend as part of TAC’s Towards Zero round to promote road safety.
@PaulAmy375
reports:
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Breaking: Sandy Dragons coach Jackson Kornberg lands VFL job.
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The Eastern Football League is now the No.1 ranked competition in the state after ending Geelong's reign in the
@aflvic
Community Championships:
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AFL draft smokey and St Kevin's star Billy Kanakis will make his VFL debut this weekend:
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43
After a two-year losing streak that included some record defeats, Nunawading has had reason for celebration:
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South Croydon stuns Vermont to complete flag fairytale and claim maiden Division 1 premiership:
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Coldstream has rallied around Lawson Appleton, the son of assistant coach Leam Doughty, after he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia:
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After nine drafts and "1489 picks", Box Hill captain David Mirra is finally on an AFL list:
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Kyneton has parted ways with coach Mark Adamson despite being on the cusp of finals for the first time since 2003
http://t.co/apj52qFfxS
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Feature: How the Northern Bullants got rolling again after being dropped by Carlton. Keep pushing, Ants.
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Feature: Kyle Martin hasn't stopped running since he walked away from
@CollingwoodFC
to return to
@NobleParkFC
. What a player.
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A group of suburban footballers saved the life of a teenage boy with autism from drowning while on a pre-season camp on Saturday:
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Hearts are heavy in the
@VAFA_HQ
after the death of Elsternwick legend Gary 'Lumpy' Rosewarne.
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Put
@BoxHillHawks
forward Fergus Greene in the list of state league draft prospects. He can really play.
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FEATURE: The rise and rise of Marty Hore from growing up on a Leitchville dairy farm to the AFL draft radar:
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No regrets for
@CollingwoodFC
AFLW convert
@chloemollloy
as former basketball teammates prepare for
#WNBL18
GF. Her chance in the spotlight will come on Feb 2 -
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North Heidelberg champion Shane Harvey achieved another career milestone on Saturday when he booted his 900th goal at the Bulldogs:
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Paul Roos calls for battling AFL clubs to be given a "free hit" at state league talent and pumps up
@WilliamstownFC
star Michael Gibbons -
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6
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Eastern Ranges talent manager Len Villani is on the move after a 13-year association with the TAC Cup:
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FEATURE: How
@Walkytalky1
is helping
@CarltonFC
emerging stars adapt to life as an AFL player:
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Port Melbourne great Toby Pinwill will play without pay after it was announced he was returning to his junior club Waverley Blues:
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Vermont spearhead and former Port Adelaide player Brett Eddy has created a slice of EFL history after being crowned the Chandler medallist as the Premier Division best and fairest for 2019:
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Why
@EssendonVFL
speedster Nick Hind is considered one of the top
#pjvfl
#afldraft
prospects -
@tim_michell
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Josh Begley has transformed himself from a suburban young gun to AFL footballer in less than 12 months:
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Western Bulldogs draft VFL star Ben Cavarra...a story of persistence.
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Sam Gibson's emotional return for Montrose on Saturday could be one of the most inspiring local football stories you read this year:
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Diamond Creek will field three women’s teams this year after more than doubling its player numbers over the summer:
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Kyle Martin! The
@NobleParkFC
legend has done it again, winning his 12th best and fairest in 13 seasons.
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33
Vic footy great calls for the VFL to go back to being called the VFA.
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1
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Sam Rowe will return to Doncaster East to honour the contract he signed before St Kilda offered him an AFL lifeline:
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Jack Watts plays his part as
@oldbrightonFC
holds out
@oldmelbfc
in a tough
@VAFA_HQ
encounter to go to the top of the Premier ladder.
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From Beaconsfield to Bendigo to Richmond ... the unlikely rise of tenacious Tiger Jake Aarts from the
@VFL
to the AFL.
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Blackburn's under-16s girls dedicate their premiership to their late coach, who even close to death was planning for season 2018:
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“They said thanks but no thanks, it’s time to move on.’’ VFL champ Ben Jolley on his move from
@williamstownfc
to great rival
@portmelbournefc
. The Borough are thrilled to have him.
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Overlooked in the AFL drafts, Williamstown VFL star Michael Gibbons vows to 'prove some people wrong’
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Glen Iris junior Nick Bryan looms as one of Oakleigh Chargers’ feel-good stories this year after emerging over the summer as an AFL draft fancy:
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Matt Rowell was touted as a future AFL player when he was in the under-10s at Canterbury Cobras. His parents discuss the expectations their son has carried during his junior career ahead of the
#AFLDraft
:
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Simon Richards, the last of ‘Bevo’s boys’ at St Bede's/Mentone Tigers, to play on.
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‘The best player I’ve seen at local level’ ...
@NobleParkFC
coach Mick Fogarty on ex-Magpie Kyle Martin. He's on course for his 10th best and fairest in 11 seasons.
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Aaron Heppell discusses his
#AFL
hopes after claiming the
@EssendonVFL
best and fairest for the second time in three years -
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Marking machine: Werribee's Sam Collins has taken 165 grabs from 15 matches in the VFL this season. The ex-Fremantle Docker is poised for a return to the AFL.
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Injured-tailed Alex Woodward retires from football. And the VFL Magpie may go out with another JJ Liston Trophy.
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⚫️⚪️ Fasolo back in black & white ⚫️⚪️
@MontyFNC
secures Alex Fasolo full-time for
@northernfnl
2020.
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27
'He's the best local footballer in the country and it's not even close'.
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VFL season ‘looks like it’s a goer’ ... eight teams, no match payments for players, a question over crowds...
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5
27
Western Bulldogs Next Generation Academy prospect Jamarra Ugle-Hagan showed why he will be one of the most exciting players in next year’s AFL draft after four-goal haul in Oakleigh Chargers' preliminary final win:
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‘Gone will be the days of players shopping themselves around’ .. local footy salary cap to be shredded.
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‘Larger than life’: Ronnie James, the footballer who could have been anything. He would have turned 50 this year. What a loss.
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In straight lines he charges, into bodies he barges... Nick Rodda is an old-fashioned footballer. And a damn good one for
@WilliamstownFC
in the VFL.
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He led
@PortMelbourneFC
to a
@VFL
flag this year, but skipper Toby Pinwill is calling time on his decorated career, reports
@PaulAmy375
.
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Falcons legend takes top job 🏉
@DarebinFalcons
four-time premiership great and
@aflwomens
pioneer Kate Tyndall has stepped up to coach the
@VFL
Women's club in 2022.
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6
28
A former Collingwood and Melbourne defender has been left with a broken jaw requiring surgery after he was punched in a local footy game with his opponent receiving a huge ban.
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2
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Balwyn best and fairest Charlie Haley heading back to
@VAFA_HQ
. And Vermont's Brett Eddy a man in demand...
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Xavier at Xaverians: former Sydney Swan joins VAFA Premier.
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Sam Mitchell's stunning
@VFL
JJ Liston Trophy win recalled as
@BoxHillHawks
name 87 players in contention for All Stars team. No shortage of stars for the selectors....
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Eastern Football League champion Kire Talevski opens up on his battle with cancer and the importance of taking nothing for granted:
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WATCH THE GOAL: AFL games record holder Brent Harvey wound back the clock with this impossible matchwinner for North Heidelberg:
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VFL ace Mitch Cox has taken annual leave to go and train with Brisbane Lions. Hopefully he can ring his boss at some stage and say he isn't coming back to work!
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Wow. Champion Ben Jolley to line up for his 17th season in the VFL.
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35 possessions, 14 marks ... what a return to the
@Sandy_Dragons
NAB League team for Angus Hanrahan.
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1
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Corey Rich has emerged as one of Frankston's brightest prospects after moving from Sandringham in the off-season:
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He may be one of the smallest AFL draft prospects, but Dylan Moore's stocks are only growing:
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Former Collingwood midfielder Kyle Martin wins tenth best-and-fairest award in 11 seasons. Champion.
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Big news from the VAFA, with Peter Schwab accepting a coaching role in Premier ranks.
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7
24
Former Essendon utility Mark Baguley says he’s “rapt to be back home” after signing with Langwarrin, reports
@skjto
:
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Hard work is paying off for bubbly
@BoxHillHawks
forward Vincent Adduci, one of the brightest prospects in the
@VFL
.
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Great stuff from
@VFL_Dolphins
, who today snapped a long run of losses in the
@VFL
, Nathan Freeman leading the way.
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Jack Roughsedge shapes as one of the feel-good stories of the draft after suffering a career-threatening leg injury:
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FEATURE: A splash on how South Croydon young gun Frank Anderson overcame a genetic hip condition, why his coach cut him from a junior state team and why AFL clubs are taking note of the rising star:
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