Football

  • Saints leader suggests junior football carnival

    Birregurra officials have proposed a Colac district junior football lightning carnival to keep young players in the game if the 2020 season fails to go ahead.

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  • 1996: Leigh leads Imps to victory

    Colac Imperials spearhead Leigh Garner kicked seven goals to continue Alvie’s rollercoaster ride in 1996.

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  • Coaches begin planning, but waiting for call

    Colac district football coaches have begun plans for a new-look training structure if 10-player trainings get the green light, but some remain wary that the season may not go ahead at all.

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  • Fears season could be lost

    Colac district league chairman Peter Hickey concedes a football and netball season is looking more unlikely after each week passes without an announcement.

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  • Export copes with life interstate

    Colac’s Frazer O’Gorman took a bold risk and moved interstate when he was just 18 to pursue his football dream in the South Australian state league. Almost two years on, the former Colac Tiger and Colac Imperials junior has settled in Adelaide, luring his high school sweetheart Georgia Hogan across the border and starting an apprenticeship as an electrician. We caught up with O’Gorman about how he is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic living in another state.

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  • Blue’s rise no shock to former housemate

    Carlton footballer Darcy Lang says no one within the club has been surprised by how well Sam Walsh has adjusted to AFL football.

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  • Recruit to play despite broken bone

    A star Birregurra recruit says that despite a broken wrist he still plans to play out the 2020 season if it goes ahead.

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  • Otway Districts and Simpson teammate surveys

    The Colac Herald surveyed footballers and netballers from the 10 Colac District Football Netball Leagues clubs about their teammates ahead of the 2020 season. The results run in Wednesday editions of the Colac Herald. Here’s what the Otway Districts and Simpson players had to say… OTWAY DISTRICTS FOOTBALL Player surveyed: Jordan Craddock, 25 Who will […]

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