200 up for James Paul
Jason Bennett James ‘Jim’ Paul grew up around Old Haileybury, given his dad Roger won 6 best-and-fairests for the Bloods in the ‘70s & ‘80s and is regarded as one
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Round 5 Anytime Fitness Women’s Rising Star: Sunday Hollingsworth
The VAFA congratulates Sunday Hollingsworth from Beaumaris FC who has been nominated as the Round 5 Anytime Fitness Rising Star. Sunday comes from an elite sporting family where excellence runs
Old Brighton make it six in a row, whilst Old Xaverians sneak home
Joel Kennedy Round 6 of the Holmesglen Under 19’s Premier Men’s competition delivered a handful of exciting games with close margins; from the winless De La going down to the
A week of surprising upsets and sensational comebacks in Division 2
Jainarayan Tiwari The curtain falls on Round 5 of football in Division 2 Men’s with surprising upsets and thrilling close calls as the competition heats up. The top sides continue
A volatile top four with the only certainty being change
Raj Johnston Round 5 presented many enticing matchups to the casual observer. And all these games indeed delivered on this expectation. Every match contained a different storyline with surprises, shocks,
Parkside win in a thriller as UHS-VU remain on top
Liam Cole Fast starts have given Prahran and Ormond big percentage boosting wins, as the Parkside Devils come from behind to steal the points away from the Old Peninsula Pirates.
Old Ivanhoe stun Beaumaris in final term thriller
Paddy Grindlay Old Ivanhoe’s rapid acclimatisation to Premier B football has continued in Round 5, the ladder-leaders flipping a 26-point third quarter deficit into a stirring six-point victory over Beaumaris at Banksia
Coburg pipped at the post by fast finishing Collegians
Lauren Atkinson Round 5 in the William Buck Premier Women’s competition consisted of mostly one-sided affairs, with one thrilling contest going right down to the wire between Coburg and Collegians.
Div 3’s top six split by just one game after a competitive Round 5
Callum Farquhar The Division 3 Senior competition is evenly poised after five rounds of footy, with just one game separating first to sixth on the ladder. Any team can push
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