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Teams trying to make sure of a good long weekend

It’s the last round before the general bye for the Queen’s Birthday long weekend and all four clubs will be desperate to rack up a win before the break. For teams that win they can go into the break feeling

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Saints continue to set the pace

You win some, you lose some is the mantra that Port Macquarie Magpies and Sawtell Toormina Saints will both be quoting after the weekend’s fixtures. Whilst the Saints Men continued merrily on their winning way, Port Women became the first

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Footy Show’s new star

Mitch Ede makes his highly anticipated debut Footy Show, joining PT and Crawls to talk about North Coast Force, the Senior comp, Women’s footy in Grafton, and Indigenous Round. To watch this week’s episode click here.

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Historic day for the Grafton Tigers

  The Grafton Tigers are on the dawn of a new era when a Women’s team takes to the field for the first time on Saturday. Although a Women’s match was played at Ellem Oval last year the players in

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Festival of footy at Port and Grafton

Port Macquarie Magpies will host a huge day of footy action at Wayne Richards Park on Saturday when they take on Sawtell Toormina Saints in four grades, followed by a Masters (Over 35) match to be played under lights. Port

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Saints are on a roll, Port bounces back

Sawtell Toormina Saints surprising season of success keeps on rolling on! The Saints kept their unbeaten record in tact when they claimed the honours in the second local derby of the season. The win extends the gap on the ladder

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The Footy Show covers the big issues

In this edition PT and Crawls look back to last week’s Under 11 and Under 13 Cross Over rounds, preview the weekend’s footy, the ongoing rise of the Women’s game, and the North Coast Force Junior rep program. The boys

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Nominate now for North Coast Force Junior Teams

It’s nearly time for the North Coast Force selection trials! The trials are being held on Friday 25 May at Fitzroy Oval in Coffs Harbour and on Monday 28 May at Wayne Richards Park in Port Macquarie. Teams will be selected in the Under

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Women’s footy is taking off in Grafton

Women’s AFL is rapidly building momentum in the Clarence ahead of the planned introduction of a Grafton Tigers team into the AFL North Coast Women’s Competition in 2019. Three ‘demonstration’ matches are planned in the coming weeks and, with strong

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Who will step up in round 5 of the Senior Comp?

This Saturday’s round of matches will go a long way towards shaping the season. The second local derby of the season between Sawtell Toormina Saints and Coffs Harbour Breakers sees bragging rights up for grabs. Far more importantly though, this

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