The Local

The Campbells Creek Magpies ended the longest losing streak in Victorian footy on the weekend, defeating Avoca by six points in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League to break a 55-game drought!Harf speaks to the coach Matthew Manning on our latest edition of Local Heroes and we hear about the club's revival from two periods of recess and why he's confident there are more wins on the way for the club.

Whilst only initially into his local footy journey, Collingwood premiership player Oleg Markov is already enjoying the impact of playing a role in the community as he suits up for Diggers Rest in Season 2026!Leggy sits down with Harf to go through the role that local footy played in his upbringing and why he's back playing with his mates!

It was another extraordinary weekend of local football around the country, highlighted by insane performances that saw season and all-time Premier Data records shattered!Harf goes through a wrap of everything you may have missed from the weekend's action, including Travis Cloke's 18-goal effort, Dustin Martin's return to local football and we need help to see what the best club nicknames are flying around at community football.

Brett Bewley is averaging over 40 disposals and 10 clearances in local footy this season while playing for Darley in the Ballarat Football Netball League, which is no surprise given his achievements at community level in recent years.Brett joins us on our latest episode of Local Heroes, chatting through the secrets behind his brilliant performances and why Darley was the only club he was going to return to after playing AFL and state football.

Lots of school footy and junior footy made its return on the weekend which gave us lots to talk about on the latest edition of the Local!Harf provides all the usual key performances and highlights from the weekend that was, plus we want to know what rewards you got as a junior player after a best on ground performance? Was it a simple canteen voucher or maybe a meal at McDonalds. Let us know!

After his 64-disposal effort playing for Epping in the NFNL last week, it was only right to get 2010 Collingwood premiership player Brent Macaffer to chat through his local footy journey!Caff speaks about the transition from AFL to local football, some of the best players he's played with at the level, how he deals with being tagged after a being an AFL tagger himself, and how his huge 64-disposal game came about.

Imagine a weekend where Australian cricketer Matthew Wade scores more goals in a local footy match than Lance Franklin? Well that's exactly what happened plus many more as we look back on the weekend in community footy!Harf chats through all the key stats and discussion topics from the weekend that was, including a callout to any obscure sportsman to suit up in local footy, plus who were the big performers from another great round of action around the nation.

The Surf Coast Suns, a brand new senior football team out in the Bellarine Football Netball League picked up their first win of the season over the weekend, which came after a devastating 148-point loss in their opening seniors match in club history.Today we speak to coach Trent Rogers, who has premiership winning experience during his time at Airport West, and chats through the complexities of getting a brand new side up in the Torquay region. Plus he tells us why its finals or bust in season one!