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Action from the Blackwood v Echunga HFL round eight clash. Picture: Supplied, Fi Zev Photography
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Blackwood face must-win clash to make HFL finals

Blackwood is fighting for a spot in the Hills Football League top five. This weekend’s final minor round is likely to decide the Woods’ fate but it was helped by a big win on Saturday. Check out all the action from round eight in our match wraps.

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Daniel Nobes kicks his 100th goal for Waikerie against Barmera-Monash in the Riverland Football League. MUST CREDIT: GRANT SCHWARTZKOPFF

Seven games you can’t miss this weekend

Waikerie’s superboot closes in on the half ton after just four games, KI teams Reconciliation Round, Willaston celebrate their last premiership and a rematch of last year’s Adelaide Footy League division two grand final.

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Amateur footy: Brighton v Adelaide University at Brighton Oval. University Coach Craig Smith makes a point at three quarter time. 13 April 2019. (AAP Image/Dean Martin)

Seven local footy games to watch this weekend

A big Great Southern league Indigenous Game, fierce rivals fight for Kernewek Lowender Shield on Yorkes, a top-of-the-table clash in the KNTFL and battle of the battlers in Adelaide. Here’s some of the standout matches to watch across the state this weekend.

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Virginia reserves footballer Ricky Russo and, inset, the injury he caused by biting an opponent in his first game back following suspension for a previous biting incident. Pictures supplied and from Facebook.

Serial biter banned from footy for life

A northern suburbs footballer and father-of-two has been banned for life after biting an opposition player — in his return game after serving a suspension for an earlier biting offence.

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