THE Northern Beaches boys know how tight the race for second spot on the ladder has become. Just ask their coach Rory Evans. “We can fall as low as fourth potentially but we can also take second,” Evans said. And…
REIGNING premier Grafton won’t be competing in the 2021 AFL North Coast finals series. Even before the Tigers match against the top of the ladder Coffs Breakers they needed to win all of their remaining matches and have other results…
IT wasn’t pretty by any stretch of the imagination but dogged determination by Sawtell/Toormina has them sitting inside the top four for the first time in 2021. Sawtell/Toormina coach Bec Minichilli admits the result means that the Saints are now…
REIGNING premier Grafton simply has to win on Saturday if the Tigers are going to be any chance of reaching the finals. Tigers coach Adi Campbell summed the situation Grafton finds itself in as simply “do or die”. The Tigers…
FOR the second time this season there will be three women’s matches played on the one day. And all of them have high stakes attached to them. Lismore Swans coach Ken McPherson summed up his team’s meeting against Northern Beaches on…
IT doesn’t matter what age you are, Hal Pearce said you’re never too old to be an umpire. “Give it a go,” Pearce urged. “I think it can be quite fulfilling and it’s good to see kids playing sport. And…
NORTHERN Beaches bounced back from its last start loss to Sawtell/Toormina with a comfortable victory at home over Nambucca Valley. The Blues were never threatened by the opposition and scored a percentage boost with an 84-point win. Northern Beaches jumped…
IT was a win eight matches in the making but it was worth the wait for Grafton. The Tigers recorded their first ever win in the women’s competition with a hard fought 11-point victory over Port Macquarie at Ellem Oval.…
ON paper the assignments of Northern Beaches and Sawtell/Toormina look easy enough but neither of their coaches believe what’s on paper. Still smarting from last week’s loss to the Saints, Northern Beaches will be looking to bounce back at home…
THE combination of Grafton’s improved form and a home game where the Tigers will be able to field close to a full strength team could result in the team’s first win in AFL North Coast women’s ranks. Last week the…
