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Ararat rats to make Wimmera league debut

1:02 PM | ARARAT pair Jake Williamson and Jake Robinson are two of Wimmera Football League’s up and comers, who are set to make their Big W debut tomorrow.

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Heavyweight battle at Heyfield

12:00 PM | HEYFIELD will host Sale City in a battle between two of North Gippsland football’s heavyweights.

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Plenty for Swans to play for

12:00 PM | STRATFORD will have plenty to play for when it takes on Lakes Entrance in round seven of East Gippsland football. Victory will keep the Swans in touch with the top four, while a loss will see it slip two games in arrears of the fifth-placed Seagulls.

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Gippsland League players join forces

12:00 PM | THE Gippsland interleague side will head to Bendigo, keen to avenge its loss two years ago, while also improve its ranking. | Gippsland League team announced

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Long time coming for Tiger legend

8:02 AM | FEW people – if any – could claim such a proud history wearing the yellow-and-black of the Macorna Football Club as Marsh Long.

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Close contests expected

8:01 AM | TOMORROW’S seventh round of the Golden Rivers Football League promises a set of closer games than last week.

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Small, young, fast

8:01 AM | THE Central Murray Football/Netball League’s interleague team will this year place a heavy reliance on youth and speed when they host the Yarra Valley Mountain District League tomorrow at Swan Hill.

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Saints march up the ladder

6:13 AM | The Trentham Saints took out an important win against Navarre, one of last year’s grand final teams, and now move to fifth spot on the ladder.

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Blues register opening win

6:12 AM | In a sparkling round of RDFL, all teams in the competition are finally on the winners’ list for the first time since 2009 when Lancefield and Kilmore registered their first wins of the season. Kilmore is celebrating after a heart-thumping one-point victory over Macedon, a team that is on the rise and getting better by the week.

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Tigers break 26-game drought

6:10 AM | It’s a rare occasion when two football clubs in the same district but in different leagues, bearing the same monikers, exhibit parallel performances.

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Tigers lose by a whisker

6:09 AM | The Kyneton Tiger’s losing streak has extended to 27 after a heart-breaking two-point loss to Eaglehawk on Saturday. After leading for most of the game, they succumbed to the reigning grand finalists in an exciting finish.

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Dogs down Pies

6:08 AM | Gisborne bounced back from a disappointing loss last round to smash Castlemaine by 120 points at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday.

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Port Fairy recruits named in big clash

4:00 AM | ALLANSFORD has named Port Fairy duo Sam Burchell and Louis Fary for tomorrow’s match against Kolora-Noorat.

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Hampden, Ovens and Murray opt for pace in interleague clash

4:00 AM | INTERLEAGUE combatants Hampden and Ovens and Murray last night opted for pace over height for Sunday’s country championships clash at Princes Park, Carlton.

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O'Connor, Goodall on the Hampden league frontline

4:00 AM | TERANG Mortlake star Damian O’Connor last night declared himself fit to lead the Hampden interleague side on Sunday after overcoming illness and injury in the past week.

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Bendigo Football League greats reflect on country championships glory

4:00 AM | GOING into tomorrow’s inter-league clash with Gippsland, Bendigo is seventh on the Victorian Country Football League rankings. While Bendigo is working its way back towards the top of the ratings, there was a time not that long ago that the BFL was the envy of rival country football leagues. From 1988 to 1990 the BFL played in three-straight VCFL Country Championship grand finals, winning the 1989 decider over Geelong.

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Mee rises to challenge with Bendigo Pioneers

4:00 AM | FOR the second time in as many weeks, Bendigo Pioneers wingman Nick Mee will tomorrow grace the field where Collingwood Football Legends legends such as Peter Daicos, the Coventrys, Bob Rose and many more made their mark at Victoria Park. Mee and his Pioneers team-mates head to the Magpies’ spiritual home to take on Queensland in the TAC Cup under-18s country round.

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Gippsland coach issues ominous warning to Bendigo rivals

4:00 AM | GIPPSLAND coach Hayden Burgiel is confident his side is well-placed to upset Bendigo in tomorrow’s inter-league clash at the QEO. Two years ago the leagues played out a thrilling enncounter at the QEO, with Bendigo prevailing by nine points. “We’re a fair bit stronger than last time we were in Bendigo,’’ Burgiel, who is non-playing coach this year, said.

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Six weeks for strike

4:00 AM | A WOORINEN colts player has been suspended for six weeks after appearing before the Central Murray Football Netball League tribunal on Wednesday night.

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