A COUPLE of hours before the Senior Men’s Grand Final was due to start, you could’ve forgiven Port Macquarie players for thinking their preparation for the big match had been thrown into disarray. The team bus had broken down on…
A DOMINANT first half that saw Sawtell/Toormina have eight scoring shots to zero paved the way for the Saints winning the Women’s premiership. If it hadn’t been for inaccurate kicking in front of goal the margin at half time would’ve…
THE Joint Venture between the Northern Beaches Blues and the Nambucca Valley Lions proved a good marriage during the 2024 AFL North Coast season but unfortunately the Blue Lions were unable to consummate their connection with a premiership on Grand…
PORT Macquarie midfielder Luke Hodoniczky capped off a prolific season with a runaway win in the 2024 Brian Saville Medal. The 21 year-old polled five best-on-grounds during the counting of the votes on his way to an impressive tally of…
TEENAGER Amaia Wain won a thrilling Women’s Best & Fairest vote count polling three votes in the final round to claim victory. Wain, who doesn’t turn 17 until next week, finished just one vote ahead of Ellie Ryan from Port…
A COACH from the northern end of the AFL North Coast football community has been recognised on the list of NSW/ACT winners in the Toyota AFL National Volunteer Awards for 2024. Simon MacGregor from the Lower Clarence Suns has been…
A BIG weekend of football will see 10 grand finals played across two days. The action at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium starts on Saturday with the Senior Grand Finals while the younger age groups will be playing on Sunday…
ATHLETES born in 2009 and 2010 can now apply to try out for the QBE Sydney Swans Academy. The Academy is testing for elite athletes and/or footballers who have not yet entered the Swans Academy in the younger age groups and…
IT’S a spot in the AFL North Coast Grand Final or bust when the Senior Preliminary Finals are played at Woolgoolga on Saturday. The stakes are enormous at this stage of the season and the giant gulf in reward between…
THE North Coast Force representative program will be stronger in 2025 thanks to the Hoey Moey partnering with the AFL North Coast as a representative program sponsor. The Hoey Moey has been a long time supporter of community sport and…