THE latest round of the AFL North Coast season was a casualty of the recent deluge, with all senior matches postponed last weekend. The AFL North Coast season resumes this weekend with Round 7 matches in Coffs Harbour and Sawtell, weather permitting. The Coffs Harbour Breakers go for their third win in a row when […]

COFFS Harbour Breakers and Sawtell/Toormina Saints players have been selected to the initial AFL North Coast representative squad. The initial 40-man squad will be cut down to the 22 who will represent the AFL North Coast in the league’s first men’s representative match since 2018. The North Coast Force team will take on the North […]

THE countdown is on for one of the most unique and exciting endurance events in the world, as the Coffs Backyard Ultra returns to the Coffs Harbour Showground on Saturday, 7 June. With 580 runners registered, this year’s event is set to be officially the largest Backyard Ultra ever, drawing participants from across Australia and […]

A LAST-MINUTE stunner from Katie Thorn rescued a point for reigning champions Urunga in a pulsating 2-2 draw with a resurgent Coffs United Lionesses on Sunday night at the Coffs Coast Synthetics. In the last minute of the Women’s Premier League match, Thorn danced across the Lionesses’ backline before curling a rocket into the top […]

THREE of the AFL North Coast’s top juniors have earned selection to a State school representative team. Reese Legend, Chloe Murphy, and Zoe Tarlinton were selected to the NSW Combined High Schools Australian Football Girls team. They earned state selection after outstanding performances representing the North Coast, at the NSW Combined High Schools Sports Association- […]

The Coffs Stingrays won their game against the Port Macquarie Rollers. Photos: Sue Stephenson. The Coffs Stingrays won their game against the Port Macquarie Rollers. Photos: Sue Stephenson. Allen Wilmen was one of the day’s MVPs. Port Macquarie Hub leader Meredith Evans with four-time Paralympian Gerry Hewson. THE Coffs Harbour Stingrays have wrapped up the […]

MORE than a month into the season, and the cream is rising to the top of the AFL North Coast junior competition. The Bellingen Bulldogs sit at the top of the Youth Girls 17s competition, undefeated, as they look to defend their premiership. Port Macquarie Magpies lead the way in the Under 16 Boys, with […]

AUSTRALIA’s finest touch footballers are set to play off for national titles in Coffs Harbour next week. Touch Football Australia’s ‘The Championships’ will be held over three huge days of representative touch football from Friday, 30 May to Sunday, 1 June, at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium and surrounding fields. Originally scheduled for early March, […]

COFFS City United have lifted the 2025 Tony Barselaar Memorial Shield, but it was Woolgoolga United who walked away with major bragging rights, after a fierce three-day football showdown at the Coffs Coast Synthetics. While Coffs claimed the shield by winning four of the six fixtures, Woolgoolga delivered in the two top tier competitions – […]

BOAMBEE and Sawtell shared the spoils in a jaw-dropping 4-4 draw in the Men’s Premier League under the floodlights on the synthetics last Saturday night. Sawtell looked home and hosed at 4-1 with just six minutes to play. But Lachie Moye’s Boambee Bombers had other ideas. In an extraordinary finish, Boambee banged in three late […]