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- Sep 29, 2026
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'Close with them': how family ties led to new chapter for first-time coach (opens the original)
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Family connections have helped a Warrnambool and District league club land its latest A-grade netball mentor. Olivia Grundy has been appointed Panmure's playing-coach for the 2027 season, taking over from Lianna Harrison. The 22-year-old, who crosses from North Warrnambool Eagles in the Hampden league, was "pumped" to take on her first coaching role. She has cousins at the Bulldogs, including newly appointed senior football coach Matt Pratt and his brother Nathan. She is also cousins with senior
'Dream come true': star skipper finally gets a flag as Hampden exports shine (opens the original)
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A senior preliminary final with Koroit in 2011 was as deep as he had progressed in a football season. So it was only fitting Marty Gleeson's first grand final and premiership had a distinct Hampden league flavour. The 32-year-old former Essendon AFL player captained University Blues to a thrilling victory in the Victorian Amateur Football Association premier men's decider on Friday, September 25, 2026. An inaccurate Blues, including five Hampden league exports, defeated Old Xaverians 10.26 (86)
How becoming captain benefited this footballer on his way to league's top award (opens the original)
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He was concerned it would negatively affect his game. But as it turns out, captaincy had the opposite effect for Mitch Burgess. The 25-year-old Warrnambool football export won the 2026 Mathieson Medal, awarded to the Geelong league's best and fairest, on Tuesday, September 23. The Leopold skipper polled 23 votes to top the count ahead of South Barwon's Doyle Madigan and Newtown and Chilwell's Ned Harris, who were joint runners-up with 22 votes. He is the second consecutive Hampden league export
Phantom players, terrorism, the shuffle and mates: why this unique club lives on (opens the original)
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It's been 10 years since this club played its last games of football and netball. The Standard caught up with some of the characters, who helped etch it into folklore. From hitch-hiking around Australia to kidnapping a coveted trophy and using aliases for fill-in players, Deakin University Sharks was a football-netball club like no other. Like the many extinct clubs before them, the Sharks were struggling for numbers when they met their demise after the 2016 Warrnambool and District league seaso
'Made me stronger': country kid's resilient road to a new AFL contract (opens the original)
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He is not the first kid from a small country town to land in Melbourne and miss home. Instead of knowing everyone and everyone knowing him, Rhys Unwin was just a face in the big smoke. But as the Cobden export prepares for his third season in the AFL, he is feeling more at home. Landing a new one-year contract for 2027 with Essendon has also helped the 19-year-old. "Coming from a small town in Cobden, there are not many people there and you know everyone," he said. "Everything moves a bit slower
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