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Registrations for Swans Academy trials now open

TALENTED athletes from across the Sydney Swans Academy Zone are invited to attend the trials for selection in the 2025 Academy program. This year there will be no trials held in Coffs Harbour so Northern NSW athletes are advised to register

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Force women return to rep footy scene

THE AFL North Coast women have played a representative match for the first time since before COVID. Saturday saw the North Coast Force women travel down to Newcastle to face an AFL North West outfit. Captained by Northern Beaches player

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North Coast’s talented juniors a Force to be reckoned with

THE Northern NSW Championship has the AFL North Coast region set to once again become a hub of top-level junior AFL talent from Wednesday. The junior representative carnival will see both boys and girls representative teams from the Illawarra, Hunter,

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AFLW match to be played in Coffs Harbour

An AFLW match for premiership points is going to be played at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium in September. The Sydney Swans AFLW team will be playing against Richmond on Saturday, September 14. The fixture for the 2024 NAB AFL

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North Coast Force Junior teams announced

THE AFL North Coast has announced the North Coast Force representative teams that will compete at the Northern NSW representative carnival in Coffs Harbour on July 18, 19 and 20. The Force will again be fielding boys and girls teams

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Women’s rep football returns

It has been confirmed today that AFL Hunter Central Coast will host AFL North West NSW, AFL North Coast and AFL South Coast in a three-match program of senior representative football. The Hunter Central Coast will play host to the

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Ins and Outs in the Seniors

SOME clubs have been busy with transfers over the pre-season. A look at who has transferred in and out of each of the AFL North Coast’s senior competition makes for some interesting reading. Players have come into the region from

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Record number of teams in junior fixture

THE release of the AFL North Coast’s junior fixture shows that there will be 50 teams playing on Sunday’s in 2024. That’s an 11% rise on last year’s number of teams with most of the growth coming from the introduction

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Heat turned up at Coolangatta

THE Northern Heat Development Program for the 2023/24 summer wrapped up with the boys and girls playing a match in Coolangatta against the Blues. This was the first time the Heat program had a girls group and the hard work

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North Coast Force is looking for junior rep players

NOMINATIONS are now open for all players wanting to be involved in the North Coast Force representative program which also doubles as the first step in the Sydney Swans Academy talent pathway. Age groups in 2024 for both boys and

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