Football

  • Coach laments missed opportunity

    Outgoing Lorne coach Jack Hollmer says the team’s shock loss to Colac Imperials ultimately cost his team a crack at a third-straight premiership this season.

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  • Falcons cherish Tigers champ

    “We’re as proud of Jake McGuane as we are of Luke Hodge.”

    A former Geelong Falcons talent manager says Colac Tigers footballer Jake McGuane could have gone on to a successful career in the AFL if he had only been a couple of centimetres taller.

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  • League set to release finals plans

    CDFNL chairman Peter Hickey says the league is likely to release plans today about how footy and netball finals might look after dates were locked in.

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  • Sports funding welcome

    Colac’s mayor has welcomed recently announced State Government funding for technology upgrades at Colac and Birregurra sports grounds.

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  • Top 20 Tigers of the GFL era #2

    To mark the 20-year anniversary of the Colac Tigers in the GFL, the Colac Herald has given a panel of eight committed Tigers the arduous task of individually voting on their top 20 modern-day Tigers, and the results are in.

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  • Grand final clash no longer in local leagues

    AFL Barwon has released new finals dates tonight, which will mean CDFNL and GFL grand finals will no longer clash due to the Colac district league hosting final-round matches this weekend. 

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  • League officials work through return

    “We’ll get the matches that were supposed to be played on Saturday done and from there we’ll work our way through it.”

    Colac district league chairman Peter Hickey says league officials want 48 hours to digest today’s shock return out of lockdown, before rushing into footy and netball finals plans.  

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  • CDFNL eager to finish season

    CDFNL chairman Peter Hickey says officials are still eager to deliver the community a finals series, despite one country footy and netball league already cancelling its season due to COVID.

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