Sean Tighe hit rock bottom. Then in the depths of the toughest time of his life, the former VFL star was challenged to take up jiu jitsu. PAUL AMY finds out how the gruelling sport has changed — and saved — Tighe.
A VFL club says it is open to meeting with former North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas after the AFL paved the way for his return to state league football.
In a first, a VFLW team will join the VFL representative side in heading to Adelaide for this year’s Gather Round. The men will tackle the SANFL in the Barossa Valley.
Steve Hamill was a much respected player and leader at Frankston. He wore No. 9 – and 30 years later his son, coming off a six-year stint at Adelaide, will wear the same jumper with pride.
Richmond top-order player Jonathan D’Rozario credits his defence with his rapid rise up the Victorian Premier Cricket run charts this season. He’s hit three centuries and is hungry for more.
Carlton VFL senior assistant coach Tom Langford says Will White’s football is much like his personality – full of energy. And the Blues may have a need for the speed of the Warrnambool dasher, writes PAUL AMY.
Old Scotch premiership player Jack Polkinghorne is the latest Cardinal to land a VFL contract. And Sandringham and Sydney have made new signings for the 2025 season.
Born deaf, Keith ‘Rowdy’ Mark made light of his disability in his aspects of his life. And in Melbourne suburban football he made his reputation as a top goal umpire and a champion of after-match functions.
Harnessing swing and seam, Sam Kenny has become an all-time great at Hampton Cricket Club. This week he adds to his legend by playing his 500th match for the Seahorses.
Chris Thewlis has done the maths – he has suffered 58 injuries playing Premier and Sub-District cricket, and now he knows why. The master batter and bat-maker tells his story to PAUL AMY.