2021 NAB League team preview: Gippsland Power
GIPPSLAND Power talent pathways coach Rhett McLennan says his Under 19 boys side is back up to speed after over 550 days away from competitive action, ahead of their Round 1 NAB League meeting with Dandenong Stingrays on Saturday afternoon. Having created a spark though strong preseason performances and the girls’ first win for 2021 […]
Fantastic Five: Memorable moments from the weekend
AFTER a week off, the TAC Cup Girls returned to competition with some exciting results, while there were plenty of upsets and emotions attached to the AFLW final round. Here are five moments which made the weekend memorable. Gippsland Power Girls recording their first win Very few things are more special than the photos following […]
TAC Cup preview: Gippsland Power
GIPPSLAND Power produced some impressive football throughout 2017, doing enough to secure a finals spot with a seventh-placed finish. The Power had many contributors across the board throughout the season, but finished the year with just one AFL draftee – Callum Porter to the Western Bulldogs – while a number of others could consider themselves […]
The final frontier: TAC Cup sides jostle for finals spots
WITH just two rounds remaining, the top two sides are locked in, the third to sixth sides cannot move from those four positions, seventh is almost secured, and eighth is up for grabs. Eleven teams are still in the hunt with a fortnight to go, but that can all change this weekend, with several crucial […]
Weekend That Was – Round 6
A STERLING victory by Bendigo Pioneers over Sandringham Dragons has helped the Pioneers move within percentage of a top eight spot. Bendigo led throughout the game, but it was a six goals to three third term which saw the Pioneers move 19 points clear, before holding on in a dour final term to win 11.13 […]
Scouting notes: TAC Cup bottom four round
Northern Knights 11.12 (78) def Western Jets 10.4 (64) Josh Poulter’s scouting notes: Northern Knights #4 – Chas Roberts Spent the majority of the game in the ruck for the Knights with a strong work-rate and second efforts being notable. Roberts looked like he easily outmuscled both Walters and McGregor at the ruck contest, and followed […]
Top talent on offer in bottom four final show
WHILE they might not have made finals, the unique last round will give players of bottom four sides a chance to impress in front of recruiters at Ikon Park. It is a first for 2016, allowing TAC Cup finalists to have a week’s bye in between the final round of the regular season and the […]
Final hurdle for finals-bound clubs
FIVE of the six TAC Cup games remaining in the home and away season will have bearing on the finals order. As it stands the four country teams will earn the double chance and the four metropolitan teams will face off in the elimination rounds. But, that can change with a couple of results, as […]
Weekend That Was – Round 15
THE 2016 TAC Cup finalists were officially decided in a round that could prove to shape the eight. In arguably the two most important games for determining the eight sides competing in finals, Oakleigh Chargers won and Bendigo Pioneers lost, meaning anything short of a disaster/miracle would turn the teams’ retrospective seasons around. Oakleigh […]
Pioneers rely on Knights in last gasp finals hope
THE top eight of the TAC Cup is not yet sealed, but the lid is quickly closing. After Bendigo Pioneers’ upset of Oakleigh Chargers last weekend, the Pioneers and to a lesser extent the Western Jets, still have a chance of making the eight. But for the Pioneers, their finals hopes lie with the Northern […]
