Football

  • Physio urges players to be wary of injury

    A Colac physiotherapist and former football coach says footballers and netballers could risk injury if the sports return, even with a “mini pre-season” under their belts.

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  • Training restrictions still in place

    CDFNL clubs and the Colac Tigers will have to wait to start training, despite some  coronavirus restrictions easing in Victoria yesterday.

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  • League boss says health comes first

    CDFNL boss Peter Hickey says the community must come first when deciding on the outcome of football and netball at local level during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • 2010: Alvie unleashes forward power

    Premiership hopeful Alvie unleashed the awesome firepower it hopes will front the club’s charge to September during a second-half blitz against Colac Imperials.

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  • Umpires take pay cut

    Colac district umpires will reach into their own pockets if football returns in 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Cunnington calls on clubs to accept challenge

    Cobden AFL export Ben Cunnington is the face of an online initiative aimed to keep local footballers and netballers connected during coronavirus.

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  • Premiership coach eyes fairytale finish

    Two-time Birregurra premiership coach Ben Boseley says he would love nothing more than one last hurrah at the Saints after eyeing a return to football.

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  • The very best of Birregurra

    Birregurra’s 2016 and ’17 premiership sides might go down as one of the CDFNL’s most formidable outfits. The Saints lost just two games across both seasons with a blend of homegrown talent from its successful junior program mixing with a host of big-name and underrated recruits. Herald readers voted Birregurra’s back-to-back premiership outfit as the best of the decade in an online poll, so we decided to look back on the club’s glory years with Ben Boseley, the man who led the Saints to the top of Colac district footy.

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