Football

  • 1980: No fee for former Saint

    Colac-Coragulac and Longford were locked in a clearance dispute involving St Kilda footballer Stephen Theodore, with the Tasmanian club wanting $3500 to clear the former St Kilda footballer.

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  • 2008: Tigers’ seven-year drought comes to an end

    Colac Football Club has finally downed reigning premier South Barwon for the first time in history.

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  • Star Saints to play for free to help club

    Birregurra football officials say two-time Jack Mahoney Medallist Andrew Kelly is among a host of champion Saints who have reportedly volunteered to play for free after salary caps were slashed this month.

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  • Fans back Saint to win first league medal

    Colac district league supporters voted Birregurra’s Mick Davis as the favourite for the Colac district league’s Jack Mahoney Medal this year in the Herald’s new bracket competition on Facebook.

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  • The fans decide… top football team of the decade

    The Colac Herald is calling on the community to find Colac district football’s top premiership side of the past decade.

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  • AFL Victoria not giving up on season

    AFL Victoria hopes to have a detailed update about the return of country football by the end of the month. The state governing body released a statement today, updating players and supporters on the current situation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, which has put football on hold until May 31.

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  • Return to the farm leads to stand-out season

    AFLW export Shelley Scott says a move home to the Colac district helped her find career-best form this season.

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  • Alvie and Apollo Bay 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, starting with Alvie and Apollo Bay. Here’s what the players had to say…

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