Weekly Advertiser | Hope springs eternal as the Horsham District Football Netball League flips its calendar to 2026, with footballers and netballers across the region hoping to claim their own slice of history.

K Rock Football | Leopold and St Joseph’s will both unveil numerous recruits and under-18 graduates when they do battle to open the 2026 GFNL season at Lorne’s Stribling Reserve.

K Rock Football | Excitement is continuing to build at Summertime Pools Oval, with Surf Coast last night confirming its historic first Bellarine senior team ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Torquay.

Geelong Times | THE Bellarine Football League is back this weekend, with 11 clubs primed and eyeing a tilt at premiership glory in 2026.

Weekly Advertiser | All eyes will be on the Good Friday clash between Stawell and Ararat, marking the start of the Wimmera Football Netball League season.

Geelong Times | A NEW cross-town rivalry will begin in Torquay next weekend when the Surf Coast Suns take on the Torquay Tigers at Banyul Warri Fields.

K Rock Football | Feeling as good as he has since calling time on his AFL career, Devon Smith will extend his commitment to GDFNL club Thomson in 2026.

K Rock | Thomson has sacked co-coach Jacob Knight four weeks from the start of the new GDFNL season after what the club has labelled “a review of an off-field matter”.

ABC | Women have come forward with allegations of rape, assault and drink spiking, as concerns escalate about the culture surrounding a football club in Western Victoria.

 K Rock | After 12 months of training with Ocean Grove while playing in the state’s southwest, Geelong premiership player Gary Rohan has joined the Bellarine club.