GIRLS INTERLEAGUE WRAP UP
By Matt Fotia It wasn’t all about the boys in the recently completed Worksafe Metro Junior Championships, with the Eastern Region Girls having two sides compete in the Under 15 Girls competition, with the girls winning three games between them. The ERGFL’s first side took on the Northern Football League in their carnival opener and […]
TURNING THE TIDE
By Hugh Fitzpatrick In what has been an up and down season so far on the netball court for Yarra Glen, player/coach Alicia Mortley (aka Hughes) has remained calm to help guide her side to three successive victories. If being a player coach wasn’t hard enough, Mortley’s Yarra Glen kicked off their 2019 season […]
QUIRK – “It’s only going to get better”
By Matt Fotia Narre Warren skipper Dylan Quirk says that the uneven results have not told the full story of this AFL Outer East Premier Division season, after his Magpie side nabbed its eighth win of the 2019 season defeating Woori Yallock away from home by 66 points to remain in equal top spot with […]
CRAIG’S CREW
By Matt Fotia On AFL Grand Final weekend 2010 Craig Bryant, a loving father of two went to hospital with a shortness of breath, most likely caused by asthma. Whilst in the hospital the doctors noticed something strange in the 37 year olds legs, he seemed to have significant muscle wastage. After numerous tests, Craig […]
HAPPY HAWKS
By Matt Fotia From Subiaco to Monbulk. Not many people can say they’ve travelled this journey, but Monbulk’s Senior Coach Andrew Williams has and he’s loving every minute he spends at the Hawks nest. Williams was taken in 1997 National Draft by the West Coast Eagles and played 84 games for the West Australian powerhouse, […]
ERWFL / ERGFL REVIEW
By Alyce Collett Mt Evelyn are back on the Eastern Region Women’s Premier Division winners list, after a seven point win over Blackburn. In a low scoring and tough affair, the scores were even at quarter time before Mt Evelyn lead at every other change and took out the win. Isabella Rennick and Isobel Urquhart […]
PROMOTION / RELEGATION 2019
The AFL Outer East Commission have announced that the League will be adapting the promotion relegation process for the 2019-2020 transition. In order to fast-track improved competition balance, the commission have ratified increased movement between the divisions. The bottom placed side in Premier Division will still be relegated as per competition guidelines, and the Premier […]
ON BALL BRIGADE
By Matt Fotia Prized Yarra Junction recruit David Johnson says that the Eagles on-ball brigade are the reason for their current form – and the key to their chances of repeating their 2018 premiership glory. Fresh off a convincing 88 point victory over the previously undefeated Kinglake, Johnson spoke on Yarra Valley FM 99.1 as […]
VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK – PAUL BRODERICK
VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK | In conjunction with Totally Workwear Berwick and TWW Knoxfield, the AFL Outer East is proud to kick off a new initiative – the Volunteer of the Week. This week we are celebrating the efforts of Paul Broderick who volunteers for the Kinglake FNC. Paul’s son Liam is one […]
SHEPPARD CALLS TIME
Upwey-Tecoma Life Member Blair Sheppard has called time on his football career with the Tigers after this weekend’s loss to Woori Yallock by 16 points. Sheppard informed the Upwey-Tecoma playing group last Thursday, citing that the effort required to be fit for each week had become to much, despite still remaining in good shape to […]