New season, new age groups, new clubs, a new venue, and there will soon be a new Community Football and Competition Manager with news that Paul Taylor is moving into a new role within AFL NSW/ACT. After nearly eight years…
Bellingen Bulldogs player Deja Barlow is one of just 21 players from across NSW and the ACT to be selected in the 2023 AFL Diversity Academies. The 17 year-old has been picked in the AFL Indigenous Academy for Girls. The…
THE release of the AFL North Coast’s junior fixture shows that the young players in the region are in for an exciting 2023 with enormous growth in the number of teams playing. Last year the AFL North Coast junior competition…
AFL NSW/ACT is excited to announce the appointment of the Northern NSW region’s first ever Young Leader, Emily Sutherland. Emily started last month in the full-time role and will be working with Matt Crawley, Paul Taylor and Brad Greenshields, to…
Three stars of local footy have taken the next step forward in their careers, having made the cut to gain inclusion in the Sydney Swans Academy NAB League squads. Will Kelly (17, Port Macquarie) and Beau Guthrie (16, Coffs Harbour)…
Three of the North Coast’s brightest young footy prospects have been included in the Sydney Swans summer Benchmarking program, giving them the chance to press for inclusion in Swans underage teams. Will Kelly (17, Port Macquarie), Beau Guthrie (16, Coffs…
THE Youth Girls 17s grand final wasn’t just the best match of an action packed Grand Final Day, it was the best match of the season. In front of what became the loudest crowd of 2022 during what turned out…
TRIVIA question: Which team won the first Youth Girls 14s premiership? The answer is the Bellingen Bulldogs who overcame the Coffs Breakers by 23 points in the Grand Final. The Breakers were first on the board in the opening term…
THE culmination of the junior season will see five grand finals played on Sunday. The teams earned the right to play on Sunday after coming through cut-throat semi finals last week. Five clubs have teams playing in a marathon football…
Finals fever goes into overdrive this weekend at C.ex Coffs International Stadium with the Senior Preliminary Finals on Saturday and the Grand Finals of the Junior Competition on Sunday. Saturday’s final round of the Senior Competition confirmed ladder positions in…
