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Laura Corrigan (Co. Cavan, Ireland.) played in her 4th VWFL grand final with Diamond Creek last weekend. She is the only Irish player in the premier division of the VWFL and now has made Irish history again by being the first to secure a VWFL Grand Final medal. Laura was also a key player in the winning Irish Banshees International Cup side and also made the ‘World Team’ of the competition. Laura has also represented the Victorian Country team.
Now finally she has the VFWL Premiership Cup aka ‘the holy grail’ in her hands too.
Although it was not televised, it was streamed on you tube so a few of us were able to get up early on Saturday morning to watch it!
I was lucky enough to get an EXCLUSIVE interview with her, well done to her and the ‘Creekers’ on a historic Grand Final win:
The Cardiff Panthers made history as they won the Welsh Australian Rules Football League for the 4th year in a row.
Having finished second the table at the end of the Home & Away season, the Panthers were forced to travel to the home of the Minor Premiership winners, the Bristol Dockers, for a repeat of last year's Grand Final. The Cardiff Panthers took on the Bristol Dockers at Dings RFC.
Thanks to Josh Davey from the WARFL for this report.
Swedish rock band 8Stone have written a theme song titled "Break them bones" for the Helsingborg Saints - we present for you the film clip featuring both the band and the Helsingborg Saints in action.
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The AFL today announced number of changes have been made to the rookie rules to continue to enhance the opportunities available to development players. This continues the successful innovations made in previous years to the Rookie List such as the introduction of Nominated Rookies and mature age Rookies.
Clubs may now list one Irish player under the Rule that allows for three extra rookies for development players. Irish players (unlike other International players) previously took a spot on the main rookie list and this change recognises the risk Clubs take in recruiting and retaining Irish players relative to local talent.
In a nail biting finale, the Manchester Mosquitoes defeated rivals Nottingham Scorpions to take home the 2012 AFL Central and Northern England Premiership title.
The event was held at the fantastic Lockwood Park in Huddersfield, under bright sunshine, with supporters taking to the grandstand to cheer on their teams.
The two final contenders this year, the Mosquitoes and the Scorpions, have been deadly rivals for years, both top level teams with a healthy number of talented squad men to choose between. This year the two teams finished first and second in the league with very little between them. The Mozzies were undefeated in the home and away season, but Nottingham came extremely close during their last league meeting.
Kevin Bartlett (pictured) and Patrick Smith become the Glasgow sharks number 1 and 2 season ticket holders and club patrons.
Richmond and AFL Legend Kevin Bartlett who played the second highest number of games in VFL/AFL history at 403 games scoring 778 goals in a glittering career that saw him win 5 premierships with Richmond from 1967 to 1980 works with Patrick Smith on SEN’s Hungry For Sport programme, Patrick is one of Australia’s leading sports journalists.
A long standing interest and promotion from the pair was thanked and rewarded recently by the Sharks when they sent over new training guernseys. Patrick and Kevin both frequently mention and wish good luck to the Glasgow Sharks as well as occasionally taking credit for their wins.