NORTH Coast Force have won their first representative game in seven years in emphatic style.
AFL North Coast’s best men’s players beat the North West Blue Heelers by 66 points in Gunnedah.
The North Coast Force had a convincing win against the Blue Heelers in their first representative game since 2018.
The North Coast Force men regained the Challenge Shield for the first time since 2016, after the Blue Heelers had won their previous two encounters in 2017 and 2018.
The North Coast vs North West representative game had been played 13 times previously between 1998 and 2018.
North Coast Force women split their two matches, in their tri-series against AFL North West and AFL Central West teams.
The Force won by 24 points in their opening match against the North West Blue Heelers, then went down by 11 points to the Central West Eagles.
Central West Eagles won the Regional Australia Bank Cup by virtue of winning both their games.
By Aiden BURGESS
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