Country Footy
Country footy goes techno
COUNTRY football leagues are turning to modern media technologies to help connect with their supporters and bridge the gap between the AFL and grassroots football.
Footy rescue row kicks off
THE fight to keep Kermandie Football Club in Tasmania alive and kicking has taken a surprise turn, dividing the small community.
Your money down the drain
KEVIN Rudd is in more hot water after revelations that a country footy club was given almost as many hot water systems as it has players.
Capper picks Kermandie
WARWICK Capper is set to make a comeback for Tasmania's embattled Kermandie Football Club.
Country footy kicks off
THE days of shaking out the summer cobwebs in the opening rounds of the season are long gone for country footballers.
Victim 'unsteady' before death
A SUBURBAN footballer who died during grand final celebrations in Geelong was "very very drunk" and unsteady on his feet before the incident, a court heard today.
Clubs reject Port merger
PORT Adelaide's presence in the SANFL is doomed, ending a 140-year football tradition, after rival clubs have rejected the cash-strapped Magpies' merger with the AFL-based Power.
Leitchville still kicking goals
IT WAS business as usual for the Leitchville/Gunbower netball and football players, despite news that Murray Goulburn had shut its Leitchville cheese plant.
Motlop heads to Robinvale
FORMER North Melbourne AFL premiership player Shannon Motlop has signed on with Robinvale for the 2010 Season.
Boost for dry footy ovals
DROUGHT-stricken footy grounds in the Murray Darling Basin have received a $160,000 Federal Government boost to ensure their viability.
Liquor licence fee hike
THE Victorian Government has hit country football and cricket clubs with a massive 400 per cent hike in their liquor licence fees.
Footy teams tackle helmet issue head on
AUSSIE rules causes almost a third of sport-related head injuries that send children to hospital, research has found.
Rookie draft selections
SIX more country TAC Cup players were given the chance to fulfil their dreams in yesterday's AFL Rookie Draft.
Young guns head to AFL
COUNTRY Victorian talent was in high demand at last week's AFL national draft.
Country Vic's AFL draft hopes
FOR every Tom Scully and Jack Trengrove in tomorrow's AFL national draft, there's also an Andrew Hooper.
Gary Rohan eyes AFL draft
WHEN it comes to drafting players nowadays, no stone is left unturned by AFL clubs in the search for the next big thing.
Coaches awards go bush
COUNTRY coaches have scooped the pool at this year's Victorian Australian Football Coaches Association awards.
Butcher stakes future on footy
IT'S been a long wait, but in just over a week, John Butcher's childhood dream will finally come true.
Silvan move likely
THE Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League has until Friday to lodge an appeal against Silvan Football Club's transfer to the Eastern Football League.
Country football leagues are turning to social networking sites, the internet and video to help connect with their supporters.
Kevin Rudd's water plan has been called a water waster for handing country football clubs hot water services they don't need.
Warwick Capper is set to make a comeback for Tasmania's embattled Kermandie Football Club.
Wait for hay demand to lift
A CONSISTENT flow of hay trucks into southwest Victoria and the southern Wimmera is an encouraging sign for the market.
Fill the HAC void
HORTICULTURE Australia Council failed because it did not listen growers, but now the industry must move forward, writes IAN McALISTER
