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 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…
IN the end a 100 minute slog between two desperate teams was decided by a single moment. Trailing by three points half way through the final term, Port Macquarie had forced a stoppage only 20 metres out from their goal.…
THE day where heroes are made and legends are born is almost upon us. Saturday at C.ex Coffs International Stadium promises to be a drama filled day with a forecast predicting wet weather football will be the order of the…
Fraser Duryea has won the Brian Saville Medal for a third time. His wins in 2016, 2021 and now 2022 sees the Northern Beaches star join Brian Rava, Mark Couzens and Jesse Schmidt as three time winners of the Brian…
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…
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 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…
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…
