For the Love of the Game’s Week 18, 2026 in Review
Jason Bennett, Matthew Donald & Brayden May unpack another crazy weekend of VAFA action as teams strive to make finals and avoid relegation, with desperate races all over the competition
Anytime Fitness Rising Star Nominee: Round 1
Congratulations to SKOB Saints’ Tayla Nichols who has been named the Round 1 Women’s Rising Star nominee after her outstanding performance in the Saints’ comeback victory over Fitzroy-ACU on the weekend.
What the club said:
“Tayla has joined us from Ashy Redback junior football club. She has had a long and distinguished junior career culminating in captaining at Redbacks in 2017.
Renowned for her big kicking and leadership, Tayla has been a standout since joining the Saints and has an extremely promising career ahead of her.”
– St Kevin’s OB
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