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…
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…
THE Under 12 Grand Final needed Extra Time to separate Inverell/Glen Innes and Gunnedah/Tamworth after the nail-biter ended in a draw at the end of four quarters. Inverell/Glen Innes held on to a slender lead late in the last quarter…
The hard work promoting the SuperKick program throughout Glen Innes that Nikki Lee has done has been recognised. Nikki has been named as the NSW/ACT winner of the NAB AFL Superkick Volunteer of the Year category. As much as the…
