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VAFA Podcast – St Kevin’s great escape, a Snowdog thumping as Masala Tigers roar in D4

By Joe Pignataro · April 19, 2023
VAFA Podcast – St Kevin’s great escape, a Snowdog thumping as Masala Tigers roar in D4

The opening round of the VAFA season has been completed, Joey Pignataro and Josh Heriot have all the fallout and big talking points from the seasons first weekend.

  • The youth of Collegians outmuscle the youth of Old Xaverians as ‘King Kenny’ Ong, and ‘Gentleman’ Jim Bazzani ran riot
  • How open is the Old Scotch premiership window?
  • A return to Premier B suited the Snowdogs in their season opener over Williamstown
  • PEGS produce the performance of Premier C
  • West Brunswick overcome Ivanhoe AFC in the Grand Final rematch in Division 1
  • Masala Tigers produce a trouncing over St John’s for the second time in as many matches

Reigning Premiership coach at St Kevin’s, Anthony Lynch is our feature guest this week as they open their account with a 1-point win over reigning Premier B premiers, Old Haileybury.

Also on the agenda with Plugger:

  • How SKOB celebrated the 2022 title in their 75th year
  • Holding out a fast-finishing Old Haileybury on Saturday
  • Leaving the drones behind in 2022
  • The new faces at the footy club in 2023

Plus the world famous tips are back for another year, and a whole lot more.

Subscribe to For the Love of the Game wherever you listen to podcasts, and you’ll never miss a moment of the action, and for the first time in 2023, you can also listen to VAFA Podcasts via the popular FootyLive App.

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VAFA Media Live Coverage – April 18

It’s opening round & hope springs eternal! We’ve got LIVE VAFA MEDIA COVERAGE across 4 Premier Men’s matches, plus TWO Grand Final rematches! The perfect way to kick off the

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William Buck Premier Men’s – Round 1 Preview

The summer sprint sessions are done. The 2k time trials are in the books. The intra-club matches are out of the way, and so are the ‘prackkys’ against other clubs.

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VAFA Gears Up for an Exciting 2026 Season With just one day to go before Round 1, anticipation is building across the VAFA community. Clubs are putting the finishing touches

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