HALF a dozen AFL North Coast players are in Sydney this weekend as part of the AFL NSW/ACT’s Youth Leadership Program. The best First Nations and multicultural Australian rules footballers from across NSW and the ACT Edward Redfern, Oto Ryan,…
NORTHERN Beaches and Nambucca Valley have formed a joint venture for the 2024 season. The Blues and the Lions will join together to field teams in all four senior grades this season. This development as well as Byron Bay returning…
Nambucca Valley proved far too strong in the Reserves Grand Final, winning by a massive 121-points over Port Macquarie. The Lions had 29 scoring shots, almost one scoring shot per two minutes, and had the result sewn up before half…
HISTORY will be made on Grand Final Day at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium on Saturday. In the women’s Grand Final which starts at 12.10pm, either Northern Beaches or the Coffs Breakers will become the first club to win a…
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…
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…
The new Northern Heat program literally hit the ground running at the first training session in Armidale on Saturday. To establish a baseline on players’ fitness, the entire squad was put through their paces in a gruelling session that featured…
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…
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…
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…