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Calder Cannons vote comes down to final round

Ben Ronke won a two-way battle with Zach Guthrie to take out the Calder Cannons Robert Hyde Medal on Friday night. Ronke and Guthrie were...

‘Unreal’ deal for Demon Deanna Berry

  New Melbourne recruit Deanna Berry didn’t have long to let the realisation she’d achieved her AFL dream sink in. Having been taken with pick nine,...

Joy as footy becomes more than a side project for Kirsty Lamb

Kirsty Lamb had stopped watching the inaugural AFL women’s draft after about pick 120. For her, football had always been a side project to playing...

Jacana out of the blocks

Jacana Football Club has wasted no time preparing for next year’s Essendon District Football League division 2 season. Just weeks after completing their 2016 campaign,...

Ben Chapman to coach Thomastown

Ben Chapman’s plans to take a year off coaching were quickly thrown out the window when his former club Thomastown came calling. Chapman, who was...

Ricky Dyson to pilot Bundoora

Bundoora didn’t need to look far for the right man to take on the club’s senior coaching role. The Northern Football League division one club...

Craigieburn coach stays, by popular demand

Peter Bugden will remain at Craigieburn Football Club after a push from players saw him change his mind and stay at the Essendon District...

Three flags for Rupertswood

Rupertswood’s reign in the under-18.5 Riddell District Football League continues with the club having won its third straight premiership on Sunday. Red-hot favourites going into...

Grassroots footy gives Daniel Burton that winning feeling

When Daniel Burton was 17, Bacchus Marsh president Adam Sutherland came to his house and asked him to play for the Cobras. “Suther, came down...

Lachlan Murphy wins Brent Harvey best and fairest

Having played only 10 games this season for the Northern Knights, Lachlan Murphy didn’t think he was a chance to win the club’s best...

Cobras strike down Sunbury Lions’ dream

Sunbury Lions’ premiership dream turned into a nightmare in the second half of the Ballarat Football League grand final against Bacchus Marsh. Hoping to reverse...

Bulls ruckman Matthew Dennis finds consistency, with medal to prove it

Bundoora’s Matthew Dennis was the runaway winner of the Northern Football League’s Frank Rosbrook Medal on Wednesday night. The Bulls ruckman, a previous winner of...

Craigieburn hunt fresh talent

A new coach will lead Craigieburn in its return to Essendon District Football League premier division next season. After three years at the helm, Peter...

Photos: RDFL Preliminary Final Broadford v Riddell 10-09-2016

Photos: RDFL Preliminary Final Broadford v Riddell 10-09-2016

Tullamarine need top-end talent to swing tide upwards

It was a gutsy performance from Tullamarine, but it fell just short in the Essendon District Football League division 1 grand final. The Demons pushed...

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Batting collapse proves costly for Kangaroos

Greenvale Kangaroos’ continue to show good patches of cricket but can’t put it together enough in Victorian Premier Cricket. The Kangaroos got themselves in...