“Physical fitness, you get to improve your communication, managing people, making decisions, leadership, and they pay you to do it!” Six great reasons to get into umpiring local AFL that were given by “Razor” Ray Chamberlain when asked what’s…
The Northern Heat program took a huge leap forward at Saturday’s training session in Armidale with the players putting together the basics from earlier hit outs as the Heat style of play started to emerge. When players had the ball…
THE AFL’s commitment to growth in the North West has been further evidenced with a newly created Development Coordinator role to concentrate solely on the region. The full time position will have the task of further developing footy across the…
Three of the North West’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. Dusty Hagon (17, Tamworth), Ruby Spark (17, Tamworth), and…
The second session of the Northern Heat program raised its own bar of expectations, building on what had already been an exhausting first session to continue to push the players beyond their comfort zones. The session continued the focus on…
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…
With Grand Finals having been played across Northern NSW you could be forgiven for thinking that local footy is now on an extended break, but for the 28 players that have been named in the Northern Heat program, the “off-season”…
AFL NSW/ACT is seeking casual Development Officers to work in every town across the region, where the focus will be on recruiting school aged children to our great game. The role is particularly suited to school leavers who are looking…
THE finest players in the region have been recognised with the naming of the AFL North West’s 2022 Teams of the Year. The teams were announced on social media on Friday and all players named in the two very strong…
