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Tom Robertson signing another win for the AFL

Written by Sam Burge, AFL Canberra Media From a Canberra Raiders pre-season last year to an Eastlake Demons pre-season this year? Yes it seems bizarre, but why not! That’s Tom Robertson’s attitude anyway. The rugby league prop has switched codes

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History created with the launch of the inaugural interstate ‘Challenge Cup’

This weekend, the Manly Warringah Australian Football Club women’s squad will travel to Gungahlin Enclosed Oval, Canberra to take on the Gungahlin Jets in the inaugural ‘Challenge Cup’. After putting plans on hold in 2020 due to COVID-19, the two

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Ticketing Information – AFLW returns to Canberra

It’s a massive weekend of football across NSW and the ACT with the GIANTS’ AFLW team returning to Canberra before the GIANTS’ AFL side host the Sydney Swans at GIANTS Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The GIANTS’ AFLW team are set

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Highmore’s unconventional path to St Kilda

Tom Highmore’s unconventional journey to the AFL is one of persistence, perseverance and determination. First nominating for the draft in 2016, Highmore was overlooked, and then overlooked again, and again, and then again. A product of the GIANTS Academy Program

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Canberra to host GIANTS in pre-season opener

The AFL announced earlier this month that the 2021 AAMI Community Series will consist of just one match to limit travel and issues with border restrictions ahead of the AFL’s opening round. The revised pre-season fixture will see the GIANTS

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Evans named for AFL Women’s debut

The GIANTS have named their team for their opening round clash of season five of the NAB AFL Women’s competition. In what has been a big month for the GIANTS, the club enters round one full of mixed emotions. The

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Hannah Dunn Named Gold Coast AFLW Captain

The Gold Coast SUNS AFLW squad will enter their second NAB AFLW Premiership campaign with a new-look leadership group, headlined by the appointment of Queanbeyan’s Hannah Dunn as captain alongside Sam Virgo. In her debut season, Dunn established herself as one

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Evans and Pease named in GIANTS’ AFLW Practice Match Squad

The GIANTS’ AFLW side will put boot to ball for the first time this year in a practice match against the Adelaide Crows in Adelaide this Sunday. A squad of 27 has been named, including uncapped Canberra draftees Tarni Evans

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Canberra pair feeling at home in Sydney’s West

Relocating from Canberra to Sydney was always going to be a challenge for Tarni Evans, but three months on the GIANTS draftee could not be happier with life at the elite level. After finishing second in their conference and appearing

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Canberra to host GIANT double header in 2021

The 2021 AFL Community Series fixture has been released, with GIANTS fans able to get up close to the club’s preparations for the 2021 season. The GIANTS will take on the Swans at Blacktown International Sportspark on Saturday, February 20

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