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Senior Grand Final tickets are on sale

Tickets for Saturday’s Grand Finals of the AFL North Coast Senior Competition are on sale now via the Eventbrite platform. After a thrilling day of Preliminary Final action, the full line-up for the Grand Finals are now confirmed: 10:00am Under

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Lions shine brightest under lights

SEVEN goals to one in the second half paved the way for Nambucca Valley to turn a dominant season into an under-15s premiership. The Lions led by just 8 points at half time against the Port Swoopers but when the

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Thrilling finish to Youth Girls 17s final

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

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Flyers hold Lions at bay

AS Nambucca Valley was coming home at a rate of knots in the last quarter, the nerves of the Port Flyers coach were on edge. Mark Proctor admitted after a tense finish that saw the Flyers hold on for a

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Bulldogs claim inaugural Youth Girls 14s crown

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

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Flyers top of the Port Macquarie tree

THE battle of Port Macquarie’s under-11s saw the Flyers prove too strong for the Swoopers. It was a case of Flyers by name, Flyers by nature in the first term with the team wearing their jumpers inside out to avoid

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Juniors on footy’s biggest stage

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

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Unsung heroes: Displaced umpires soldiering on through the pandemic

  The following article by Vince Rugari was published on Wednesday (22 Sept) in the Sydney Morning Herald and provides a great insight to the sacrifices people make to be involved in an AFL Grand Final. Michael Barlow remembers it

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