Named: The top 150 local footballers
The local footy season came to an early finish this year but there was no shortage of star players. We name the best of the best from 2021, with the top 40 ranked.
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Is this Victoria’s best ever junior footy team?
Western Bulldogs’ Anthony Scott is the fifth AFL player to emerge from this under-12 Melbourne footy team. Can you spot the other stars?
CV, government in talks over start of season
October 26 has been earmarked as a return to training but it’s still a waiting game for Victorian cricket for Round 1.
Club great ‘Plugger’ back at St Kevin’s
Premiership captain Anthony ‘Plugger’ Lynch is returning to Skob as senior coach after the VAFA Premier powerhouse moved on Guy Martyn.
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Lions fall whisker short of ending 1134-day losing drought
IT WAS a case of so near yet so far for Nunawading Football Club, after the Lions fell just 12 points short of ending a torturous losing streak.
Stingers end Research hopes
North Balwyn snuffed out Research’s finals hopes with an impressive 11-6 win in their Melbourne Winter Baseball League A Grade clash at Glenauburn Park on Saturday
Long haul flight for Jets again
HEATHMONT will again have to take the long road through finals if it is to replicate last year’s Division 3 grand final appearance a three-point defeat against Templestowe.
Lions score upset of the season
A RESURGENT Mulgrave recorded one of the upsets of the Eastern Football League season after a come-from-behind win over Upper Ferntree Gully, giving its hopes of avoiding relegation a massive boost.
The Hanger: Local footy headlines
WELCOME to The Hanger, your No. 1 source of the latest talking points and headlines from the weekend’s suburban footy.
Moore on the ball for Hawks
EXPERIENCED pair Andrew Moore and David Mirra showed the way as Box Hill Hawks stay in top-four contention by defeating Sandringham.
Tigers keep remote finals hopes alive
BALWYN recorded its eighth victory of the Eastern Football League Division 1 season to keep its slim finals hopes alive on Saturday against East Ringwood.
VAFA clubs feel pinch as stars head overseas on holiday
As winter sets in across Melbourne, an annual problem for VAFA footy clubs raises its ugly head — overseas holidays. One club has had a staggering 107 players at training as a result.
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