Clubs and players from across the state will come together to say no to violence on and off the field and support a foundation started after a footy player died from a coward punch nine years ago. More here.
Local footy clubs looking for a new home from next season will have until the end of next month to lodge an application as part of AFL Vic’s stringent new transfer guidelines. Latest here.
Talk about having the ball on a string. One Mulgrave young gun is amassing the possessions in Division 2 this season, propelling his side to an unbeaten start. But he’s not the only standout …
It has played just two games in a month in an unorthodox start to life in Eastern’s Division 1 – not that it has impacted Boronia’s win-loss ratio. Here’s what the Hawks have learnt.
Two of Doncaster East’s prized recruits turned heads on Saturday – one fresh out of the AFL, another as a last-minute gift from a rival league.
Ex-AFL forward Sam Weideman quickly rediscovered an unbridled enjoyment of Aussie rules on Sunday in his return to the grassroots game for childhood club Vermont. The added bonus? A bag of seven.
A former AFL forward had a day out in front of goal with seven majors in his first senior appearance for his local while the 2015 number two pick impressed on debut. See our local footy talking points.
One local footballer’s love life caught up with him in round 1 while a star ex-AFL recruit was injured on his way to the game. Plus, another ex-Eastern league gun on MAFS. It’s all in Quick Kicks.
“Young and enthusiastic” and with some handy inclusions, Berwick coach Andrew Williams isn’t setting a limit on what his group could achieve this season in Eastern’s Premier Division.
On the ropes ticking into time-on, the Waverley Blues — led by a new coach — “found a way” amid the deja vu of last September, saluting in an opening-round Division 2 nail-biter on Saturday.
Don’t let age fool you – the plucky, young Mustangs, aided by experience, fired to an 11-goal masterclass on Saturday in its Division 1 season-opener under a new coach. Here’s who starred.
Promoted outfit Surrey Park found plenty out about Eastern’s Division 2 on Saturday as it survived a late opposition charge – with one of the league’s brightest young talents kicking a bag.
The enormity of the occasion didn’t faze the Magpies on Saturday, pitted against new-look Ferntree Gully flush with recruit Jaidyn Stephenson on a night two premiership flags were unfurled.
Premiership pals turned adversaries on Saturday as two of Eastern Division 2’s fancied teams locked horns, with Templestowe making a statement against a rejuvenated Heathmont.
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