Kevin Hillier: In the Doghouse
■ I was star-struck last Sunday at Etihad Stadium when the Bulldogs had organised a ’70s player reunion in the past players room I...
Equalisation remains WRFL’s hottest topic
Western Region Football League president Bruce Mildenhall used his season launch speech to acknowledge the challenges ahead for his league, but was rather bullish...
Bye allows Western Jets to review mixed start
The Western Jets went into last week’s bye having already experienced the highs and lows of TAC Cup football.
In the first round, the Jets...
New Lakers star will ‘always be a Panther’
There were a lot of factors drawing Mathew Sutton to the Caroline Springs Football Club during the off-season.
He lives locally and his son dons...
WRFL WRAP: Deer Park recruit kicks nine
Nine goals from debutant Jase Perkins lifted Deer Park to an impressive win over Sunshine in the first round of the Western Region Football...
WRFL kicks off this weekend
The Western Region Football League division 1 season kicks off this weekend with all four Brimbank-based teams in action.
Albion will have a great chance...
Kevin Hillier: In the Doghouse
■ With local footy back in full swing, everyone in the west is expecting Deer Park to take the major prize again in the...
Rebuilding Sharks circle for season’s opening
Hillside coach Steve Burns knows there is no easing into the Essendon District Football League’s division 1 competition.
The Sharks have a monster first month...
Roos aim for more of the same
Sunshine is keen to pick up where its 2015 Western Region Football League campaign left off.
The Kangaroos were one of the form sides of...
Laker guns fire big time
The Brian Lake/Mathew Sutton forward line, talked up through the pre-season as having explosive potential, has wasted no time delivering for Caroline Springs.
The Lakers...
Kevin Hillier: In the Doghouse
■ I am one very happy Bulldogs supporter but I am also a realist. We are still in the month of March not September....
Lions will be the hunted
In the 85-year history of the Western Region Football League, no side has ever won four division 1 premierships in a row … that...
West Footscray lives to fight another day
The future of the West Footscray Football Club was on the line at a hastily arranged meeting on Tuesday night.
Last year’s Western Region Football League...
Kevin Hillier: In the Doghouse
■ You have to love the first week of any AFL season, when the real stuff starts and the expectations of all supporters are...
Big sister Holly brings on the kids as Auskick coach
Holly Bauerle-Olsen describes herself as being surrounded by football fanatics.
Her younger brother plays in the under- 10s for Keilor Park Football Club, while her...