Montana Harvey is one of the new generation of young umpires enjoying the role. The 18 year-old now has a few years of experience behind her after first taking up the role in Glen Innes where her family is heavily…
Love community footy? Get involved! Register to play, coach, umpire, volunteer or administer AFL Community Footy or NAB AFL Auskick and you’re in the draw! Every Australian woman, man, girl, and boy who registers to play, coach, umpire, volunteer or…
With grounds across the region closed due to the wet weather, the Northern Heat and North Coast Academy of Sport (NCAS) squads became the first AFL users of Coffs Harbour City Council’s new synthetic fields. Only recently opened, the synthetic…
Angus Anderson has been named as a member of the Sydney Swans team to play the GWS Giants in an AFL pre-season match in Albury tonight. The Swans have named a strong team for the first hit out of the…
The North Coast Force is preparing to make its mark on the representative footy landscape once more, and will launch into the 2022 season with the support of the QBE Sydney Swans Academy. Nominations are now open for all players…
THREE long serving umpires are approaching the incredible milestone of officiating a combined 1,500 AFL North Coast matches. Rod MacPherson, Scott Bellamy and George Massaad have all been umpiring for more than two decades. Trying to recall when he first…
As the 2022 community footy season edges closer and closer, CoachAFL is excited to announce the return of their AFL Community Camp Coaching Webinar Series! Introduced last year, the series gave local coaches unprecedented access to their elite counterparts. Following…
Northern NSW has had five clubs benefit from the 2022 Toyota Good for Footy Gear Grant program. For the third year running, Toyota is providing 100 female football teams around the country the funding required to supply new uniforms to…
Work is underway to build the Sydney Swans AFLW list ahead of their introduction to the competition next season, and six Northern NSW women are front and centre, pushing their claim for consideration. The Swans and Giants have kicked off…
A summer of doing the tough slog while no-one was watching has paid dividends for the players in the Northern Heat squads based on testing results achieved in Saturday’s first session of 2022. The two squads were put through their…