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Sydney Swans lock in local talent for East Coast VFL Competition

The Sydney Swans have announced the signing of 11 players for the club’s inaugural East Coast VFL competition team. The newly-created competition is made up of 22 teams from NSW, Victoria and Queensland, including AFL standalone teams, ex-Victorian Football League

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Peschke and Graham named in GIANTS’ AFLW Practice Match Squad

The GIANTS’ AFLW side will put boot to ball for the first time this year in a practice match against the Adelaide Crows in Adelaide this Sunday. A squad of 27 has been named, including uncapped NSW/ACT draftees Tarni Evans,

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Footy’s back in NSW

The 2021 AFL Community Series fixture has been released, with GIANTS and Sydney Swans fans able to get up close to the club’s preparations for the 2021 season. The GIANTS will take on the Swans at Blacktown International Sportspark on

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Brenna Tarrant set for AFLW debut against West Coast

Western Sydney’s Brenna Tarrant will make her long awaited NAB AFL Women’s debut when Melbourne take on West Coast this weekend. Having been drafted with the 72nd pick last year, Tarrant will finally get her shot at senior level having

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Green to debut as GIANTS, Swans name strong squads for Marsh Series opener

Canberra’s Tom Green has been named to play his first match for the GIANTS when they take to Blacktown International Sportspark for the first Marsh Community Series match on Saturday afternoon. Green is the latest GIANTS Academy graduate to join the

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AFL Sydney to launch new representative fixture in 2020

AFL Sydney has announced it will launch a new representative fixture in 2020 with an Under 22 AFL Sydney team to take on the QBE Sydney Swans Academy Under 18 squad. The match will take place on the 7th of

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From AFL Sydney to Geelong and Back – Inside the footballing journey of Ranga Ediriwickrama

Born in Griffith, Ranga Ediriwickrama moved to the Sydney suburb of Pennant Hills when he was three with his parents, who were born in Sri Lanka. He played his junior football for Pennant Hills before representing the NSW/ACT Rams in

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Four more AFL Sydney players join AFL lists in 2018

Nick Shipley St George

  Four players from the AFL Sydney competition have been drafted into the AFL following the 2017 NAB AFL Draft Period. Nick Shipley became the first AFL Sydney player to be drafted in 2017, called at Pick 64 at the

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Four more AFL Sydney players join GWS GIANTS

Phoebe Monahan

The 2018 GWS GIANTS AFL Women’s squad will be rich with AFL Sydney players once more, with a total of 13 players from the local competition set to don the orange and charcoal next year. Following last week’s AFL Women’s

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Button’s bounce into Community Umpiring Week

Button Family

Written by Leyla Kaya. With record numbers of boys, girls, men, and women playing AFL across the AFL NSW/ACT region, community Umpires have never been more important. For without the men and women in teams of bright green, there are

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