Coaches named for Blue Heelers rep teams

THE leaders of the AFL North West’s three representative teams have been named.

When the mens and womens Blue Heelers teams play in Gunnedah on June 28, the women will once again be coached by Jakob Vearing.

Vearing coached the Blue Heelers women in 2024. A team that won its match against North Coast.

There will be two North West teams returning to the representative scene in 2025.

The mens team will be playing its first match since 2018 while the Boys Under 13s team will be playing in the junior representative carnival that is being played in Coffs Harbour during the July school holidays.

The mens team will be led by Dick Gleeson while the emerging junior players will have Matt Pine and Alan Martin showing the way.

There’s now little more than five weeks to go until the senior match day in Gunnedah and seven weeks to go until Coffs Harbour.

Squads for the three teams will be announced shortly.