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Batemans Bay Seahawks to join AFL Canberra Juniors in 2026

The Batemans Bay Seahawks will join the AFL Canberra Juniors competition from 2026, AFL Canberra and AFL Sapphire Coast has today confirmed.   The Seahawks will move all juniors’ competitive grades to AFL Canberra next year, coinciding with its Seniors

10 Years of Female Footy in the Sapphire Coast

L-R: Katlyn Scott (Bermagui Breakers), Tarni Evans (Tathra Sea Eagles/GWS GIANTS), Cymmon Parker (Tathra Sea Eagles/Bega-Tathra Kangaroos) The 2025 AFL Sapphire Coast season commemorates 10 years since the introduction of Women’s football in the region in 2016. To celebrate this,

2025 ARROW FM Champion of Champions

The ACT and Southern NSW Competition Managers are excited to announce a new & exciting end of season experience for the Boys & Girls Under-17s and Under-16s programs. The ARROW FM ACT/Southern NSW Champion of Champions has been created as

GIANT venue to host 2025 Junior representative football

Junior Representative Football returns in 2025 with the exciting news that Corroboree Group Manuka Oval, Canberra will play host to the interleague matches between AFL Sapphire Coast and AFL Central West. The premier AFL facility of Canberra, and host of

Kangaroos ready to bounce into 2025 season

Ahead of the 2025 AFL South Coast season, the Bega Valley Bombers and Tathra Sea Eagles have finalised an amalgamation to form one entity. The formal amalgamation, twelve months after the clubs joined forces for the 2024 season sees a

Mid-season Girls Auskick Bursts onto the Sapphire Coast!

AFL Sapphire is excited to announce that our clubs are opening up NAB AFL Auskick for girls through our mid-season Burst program! Mid-season entry gives girls the chance to play Auskick for five weeks. Participants will receive the coveted Auskick

Bega & Tathra confirm 2024 partnership

Following several weeks of internal committee level discussion, and conversation with AFL Sapphire Coast, Bega Valley Bombers and Tathra Sea Eagles have made the decision to form a Joint Venture for the 2024 season. Both clubs currently are struggling to

Accessing NSW Active Kids vouchers in 2024

The following Memo to Clubs was sent to all AFL NSW/ACT clubs by Community Football Manager, John Boulous, on 31 January 2024. . As announced by the NSW Government in June 2023, the Active Kids Voucher (‘AKV’) program will expire

Play your way! A guide to playing footy in 2024

Footy season is just around the corner and with SO many options, here is a guide to playing NAB AFL Auskick or local footy in 2024. . Don’t forget there are tonnes more offerings including NAB AFL Superkick and AFL

EOIs Open for Sapphire Coast Representative Coach Positions

AFL Sapphire Coast are excited to announce that all representative coaching positions have been made vacant and are now open to community nominations. In 2023, the AFL Sapphire Coast representative sides travelled to Nowra participating against Central West and South