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Senior fixture for 2026 released

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

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Lights turned on at Bellevue

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

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Crawls honoured in AFL ‘Speccy Awards’

CONTINUOUSLY striving to do the right thing and make a positive difference has seen Northern New South Wales’ Participation Lead Matt Crawley honoured during the AFL’s 2025 ‘Speccy Awards’.  The ‘Speccy Awards’ are the AFL’s Recognition and Reward program that acknowledges

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Dates for rep footy in 2026 locked in

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

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Swans break hoodoo to claim long awaited premiership

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

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North West’s finest in Teams of the Year

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

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Hall wins his second Tony Gillies Medal

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

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A great day of Grand Final action awaits

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

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Nikki a state winner in AFL Volunteer Awards

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

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Make money for your club with Regional Australia Bank

YOU can make money for your football club by simply opening a Community Partnership Account with Regional Australia Bank. Regional Australia Bank, which is the AFL North West’s Representative Program Partner, has a Community Partnership Program that allows Partnership Account

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