THE fixture for the 2026 AFL North West NSW senior competition has been finalised to begin the countdown until the season begins. When the first bounce of the season takes place on April 11, the AFL North West will definitely…
IT’S been a long wait for the New England Nomads but now they can train and play under lights. In a ceremony attended by Brendan Moylan, the State member for Northern Tablelands, several Sport UNE dignataries, members of the Armidale…
A RECORD number of AFL North West players have been selected by the QBE Sydney Swans Academy to be in their squads for 2026. Sullivan Pine from the New England Nomads has again been picked by the Swans to be…
DATES for both the junior and senior representative teams for 2026 have been finalised. The Northern NSW Championship for junior players is being held in Coffs Harbour during the second week of the July school holidays. Matches will be played…
HAVING lost the past four Grand Finals, the Tamworth Swans proved the fifth time is a charm after overcoming Inverell in the 2025 decider played at Varley Oval. For the Swans it was the club’s first premiership since 2009. Having…
IT WAS a typically tight tussle between Inverell and Gunnedah but it was the Saints who prevailed to win the Grand Final and back-to-back premierships. The match turned out to be a dour contest with both teams only scoring one…
THE finest players in the region have been recognised with the naming of the AFL North West’s 2025 Teams of the Year. The teams were announced on social media on Friday and all players named in the two very strong…
TAMWORTH Kangaroos utility Matthew Hall has joined AFL North West royalty after winning his second Tony Gillies Medal. The 26 year-old won the Medal for the first time in 2023 and tonight won the copunt by just one vote from…
IT wasn’t until the final votes of the count were read out before Anna George from the Tamworth Swans could be declared the winer of the AFL North West’s Women’s Best & Fairest award. George was locked in a battle…
THE combatants for the 2025 AFL North West Grand Finals have been locked in. Inverell will be playing both the men’s and women’s Grand Finals on home soil with the season climax being played at Varley Oval. The men’s team…
