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Boomerangs Squad flies high
The AFL has announced the 2013 Boomerang squad to compete at the NAB AFL Under 16 Championships in July, followed by international tour.
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2013 AFL Season Preview
Can Sydney go back-to-back? Will Lewis Jetta reproduce his magical 2012 form? Can Buddy win a third Coleman Medal? And who will be the dark horses to provide the big surprises of the year? All will be revealed in another scintillating year of AFL footy. Speedster Travis Varcoe was sorely missed by Geelong in 2012 as he […]
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Little big men
Hometown heroes Cyril comes from a talented football family. Related to AFL legends Maurice Rioli and Michael Long, his grandfather, Cyril Snr, was also a legend of Northern Territory football. Chris grew up in the South East Queensland Aboriginal community of Cherbourg, the home of a long line of proud Indigenous sporting champions, including cricketer […]
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Best defence
You need only look to the remarkable success Chris Yarran enjoyed in 2011 after being moved from a forward role to the backline to see that there is well and truly life after a major positional shift in AFL – particularly when you’re talking about players with exceptional talents, like for example, 23 year-old Leroy […]
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Top prospects
Gerrick Weedon Originally from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Gerrick played for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL before being recruited by West Coast with the 22nd pick overall in the 2009 Draft. He made his senior debut for the Eagles in round seven last year. A hard tackling forward who is also […]
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2012 AFL pre-season headlines
Goodes hungry for more success With two Brownlows, two premiership medallions and multiple All Australian honours, there isn’t anything that 12-year Sydney veteran Adam Goodes hasn’t achieved on the AFL paddock, but don’t let that fool you into thinking the 32-year-old has lost an ounce of competitiveness. In fact, Adam says he’s coming into the […]
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Michael O’Loughlin revisits his roots
Throughout his 14 year AFL career, Michael O’Loughlin was a master of preparation. From his training to his diet, analysing an opposition’s strengths and weaknesses and managing injuries, there was no stone left unturned. So when Michael recently travelled to South Australia to trace his family history as part of the SBS series Who Do […]
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When opportunity knocks
In professional football, one man’s loss is usually another man’s gain, which is precisely the case over at West Coast where a season-ending injury to goalsneak Mark Le Cras has opened the door for 23 year-old Josh Hill to stake his claim on a forward spot. Josh, originally from Broome, was drafted by the Bulldogs […]
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Fighting Fit
If there’s one player in the AFL who deserves to have a good year in 2012, it’s North Melbourne’s Daniel Wells. The talented midfielder endured a horror 2011 after being felled by a sudden illness. While recovering from shoulder surgery at home, Daniel began to feel sharp pains in the chest and lower back, followed […]
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Barefoot Sports hops to it
In the Barefoot Rugby League and the Marngrook Footy shows, NITV proved its chops in producing sports programming equal to and even surpassing that of mainstream counterparts. Marngrook became so popular in fact that it earned itself a gig on SBS television, and Barefoot is well regarded as A place league fans go to for […]
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High Flyers: 2011 AFL highlights
Looking at the full-year statistics, the huge impact of Indigenous players on the ladder is obvious. For starters, Aboriginal players accounted for over 10 per cent of senior players’ lists, which is incredible for a community that represents only 2–3 per cent of the Australian population. Put it another way: Indigenous players are four times […]
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ACHIEVEMENT IN AFL
CYRIL RIOLI Cyril was drafted by Hawthorn with the 12th pick in the 2007 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in Round 1 of the 2008 season and went on to play 25 games in what was a close to perfect debut year, playing in every game of the season, winning the Premiership Flag, […]
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Austin eyes AFL return
Not long ago, Austin Wonaeamirri was one of the AFL’s most promising developing stars, but after enduring the toughest year of his life in which his father passed away, the 22 year old now faces the challenge of rebooting his footy career. The good news is that Austin has already taken the first step in […]
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Indigenous All-Australian AFL team in 2011?
2011 is shaping up to be the best season ever for Aboriginal AFL footballers. With stars like Chris Yarran, Leon Davis, and Cyril Rioli all playing out of their skins, the possibility of this season’s All-Australian team being packed with Aboriginal players is looking more likely with every passing round. At the moment, the record […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Outstanding Achievement in AFL
Andrew Walker – Carlton Young midfielder Andrew Walker is having a deadly 2011, eight years after being drafted by Carlton and given their No. 1 guernsey. As of Round 16, he was Carlton’s leading goal-kicker, the fifth-highest in the AFL – and he’s been dubbed “the matchwinner” by fans and media for rising above the […]
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Krakouer! on national tour
Touring nationally until 21 September 2011, the Deckchair Theatre’s production of Krakouer! takes an honest, entertaining look at the legend of AFL superstars, the Krakouer brothers. Growing up on farming land in Mt Barker, Western Australia in the early 1970s, Jim and Phil Krakouer made local headlines in their early teens. The pair developed a […]
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