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McCloud to lead Eagles’ northern assault

Dubbo Demons premiership-winning assistant coach Tim McCloud will coach the AFL Central West Eagles Women’s Representative Team in 2025. As announced earlier this year, the side will play representative football for the first time since 2021, competing in a tri-series

Eagles set to fly North in June for representative series

Fresh off celebrating the AFL Central West Women’s Team of the Decade last season, representative football will return for the Central West Eagles in 2025.   Venturing to the North West of NSW, the Eagles women’s side will play two reduced

Young Bathurst Giants Star, Callum Munns Selected in 2024 Flying Boomerangs Program  

Photo: Callum Munns (Bathurst Giants) pictured receiving his Flying Boomerangs guernsey from former Hawthorn and Port Adelaide player Chad Wingard  Earlier last month, Callum Munns of the Bathurst Giants was one of ninety players aged 15 or under to take

Top First Nations and multicultural talent comes to town

The best First Nations and multicultural Australian rules footballers from across NSW and the ACT will converge in Sydney this week as part of AFL NSW/ACT’s Youth Leadership Program. Forty-three boys aged 13-15 years are spending three days during their

Bathurst Giants wins Community Club of the Year

Bathurst President, Kathy Sloan, receiving her club’s Community Club of the Year plaque from the Hon Jodie Harrison MP. Photo: Sport NSW . Sports NSW has awarded Bathurst Giants the top gong at its annual NSW Community Sport Awards, at

Pride on display for inaugural AFL CW Round

Article originally published to Good Sports by Tahlia Sinclair For years, members of the Orange Tigers women’s football club had been calling for a Pride Taking matters into their own hands in 2023, the Tigers ran the first AFL Central

Bathurst’s GIANT year shortlisted for club award

On Thursday May 23, Sport NSW recognised Bathurst GIANTS outstanding year on and off the field as a shortlisted finalist for the 2024 Sports Foyer NSW Community Sports Awards. The GIANTS were one of six clubs shortlisted as a finalist

Culture comes first, with Demons’ Indigenous Round celebrations

South Dubbo Oval plays host Saturday to three Dubbo Demons and Bathurst Bushrangers contests as the first of several Indigenous Round celebrations kick off across the region. Dubbo, a club with strong connections to the local Indigenous Community debuted their

Accessing NSW Active Kids vouchers in 2024

The following Memo to Clubs was sent to all AFL NSW/ACT clubs by Community Football Manager, John Boulous, on 31 January 2024. . As announced by the NSW Government in June 2023, the Active Kids Voucher (‘AKV’) program will expire

Play your way! A guide to playing footy in 2024

Footy season is just around the corner and with SO many options, here is a guide to playing NAB AFL Auskick or local footy in 2024. . Don’t forget there are tonnes more offerings including NAB AFL Superkick and AFL