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Lions on track for three-peat

Deer Park booked its place in the Western Region Football League grand final in emphatic fashion on Saturday, smashing Werribee Districts by 46 points. The...

Year’s highs and lows revisited

While the best of the best chase finals glory, some Melton football clubs are already looking ahead to next year. Star Weekly sports reporter...

A busy season’s stocktake

While the best of the best are chasing finals glory, some Brimbank football clubs are already looking ahead to next year. Star Weekly sports reporter...

Sunshine looks to lift batting

Sunshine YCW is hoping a top-order makeover will be the catalyst for a rise up the Victorian Turf Cricket Association ladder. The Kangaroos finished a...

Fired-up Jets fade away

The Western Jets continue to battle through the TAC Cup season, with Sunday delivering another hefty loss. The Jets went down to finals-bound Dandenong 20.16...

Cobras strike but it’s too little, too late

One quarter of brilliance wasn’t enough for Albanvale to overcome three quarters of struggle in its Western Region Football League qualifying final against Parkside...

Lakers seek new coach

  Caroline Springs is on the hunt for a new coach after Paul Growcott and the club agreed to part ways. Growcott had been at the...

WRFL finals form guide

Division 1 Deer Park (54 points, 182%): The two-time defending champions are looking at their most vulnerable in three years after two heavy losses to...

In the Doghouse: WRFL wide open

Senior footy finals kick off this weekend in the west, and the WRFL’s three divisions are very open affairs. The once-invincible Deer Park has stumbled...

Cobras spit comeback venom

  In 2012 an emergency meeting was called at the Albanvale Football Club ... after 34 years, the doors were closing at Robert Bruce Reserve. Having...

Junior revolution at Werribee Giants

  Werribee Giants are revolutionising the way junior baseball competitions are structured. Cricketers, basketballers, footballers – in fact all sports-mad youngsters from the ages of nine...

Kangas’ 400-game club just doubled its number

One of Sunshine’s most exclusive clubs welcomed its second member on Saturday. When Brad Connor ran onto Kinder Smith Reserve for the Western Region Football...
Kevin Hillier

In the Doghouse: Auskick continues to shine

■ There’s no doubt Auskick is a very good program, and while it has its flaws they are really minor in the big picture....

Cats take positives from WRFL season

Despite being at the wrong end of the Western Region Football League ladder, Albion is taking a number of positives from its 2015 season. While...

Tigers save best for last

  It’s pretty simple for Westmeadows ... win this weekend and the Tigers play finals, lose and they have to rely on other results going...

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