Riddell District Football Netball League
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Blowouts in most games
The five senior footy matches in round 12 of the Riddell League on Saturday were all won by healthy margins. Fine conditions encouraged good football. In a strange match at Riddell, the Bombers trailed Kyneton at half-time, before taking complete control to win by 52 points. The first half was a battle of the defences,…
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Kyneton win — Bombers await
Kyneton’s defenders restricted neighbouring rivals Woodend-Hesket to just 10 scoring shots at the Showgrounds on Saturday. This paved the way for the Tigers’ seventh win of the season. Now Kyneton face a round 13 trip to Bomberland this weekend, with in-form opponent Riddell coming off a runaway 83-point victory over sixth-placed Macedon. The Bombers will…
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Netball, and footy for Mady
Riddell teenager Mady Brown has found a way to combine her undoubted netball skills with football this season, and juggling the two sports is a challenge she is enjoying. A home-grown Riddell product, Mady is a swift-moving mid-courter who often features among the Bombers’ A-grade netball best players. So why tackle football? And which is…
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Late rally crucial
With plenty at stake, Kyneton senior footballers rallied in the last quarter on Saturday to defeat Romsey by 18 points. The clash at the Showgrounds after the King’s Birthday weekend holiday was important to both sides as far as securing a favourable ladder position entering the finals. It’s a Final Six this season, and Kyneton…
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Transgender ban follows club’s threat
The Riddell District Football Netball League is in the spotlight for a gender dispute once again after its board removed two transgender athletes from its senior netball competition. League CEO Jordan Doyle sent an email to all clubs after Melton South Football Netball Club threatened to forfeit matches if two players competed. The email cited…
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Surprises in the RDFNL
With Kyneton, Riddell and Macedon all having byes, there seemed to be few chances for surprises in the four football matches in the Riddell League on Saturday. But surprises there were, in more ways than one. Woodend-Hesket recovered from kicking a meagre six goals against Romsey on May 16 to seven days later run riot…
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Hawks clear in netball
Two sides were unbeaten in Riddell League A-grade netball going into last Saturday’s seventh round, and Woodend-Hesket soon showed its depth of ability with a systematic 57-35 victory against Lancefield. The Hawks took control in the second term, and ace recruit goal shooter Rebecca Hicks showed her class with 37 goals, backed up by Charlee…
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Kyneton on top of the ladder
In an extremely good and high-scoring sixth round contest at the Showgrounds, Kyneton senior footballers trailed entering the last quarter but rose to defeat Macedon by 16 points on Saturday. After six rounds, the Tigers now find themselves on top of the Riddell League ladder as a result of a surprise loss by previously unbeaten…
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Riddell go down
Riddell’s position as 2025 football premiership favourite is on shaky ground after the Bombers were overrun by six goals to one in the last quarter against an extremely well organised Diggers Rest on Saturday. The 10.8 (68) to 6.9 (45) sixth round upset means Riddell’s prospects for three flags in a row are still very…
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Ex-AFL star to play for Tigers
Former AFL star Michael Hibberd will line up in a one-off appearance for Kyneton against Macedon at the Showgrounds on Saturday. With a stellar 197-game career behind him with Melbourne and Essendon, Hibberd should receive an enthusiastic welcome from Kyneton’s players and supporters. An All-Australian in 2017, the talented defender was a member of Melbourne’s…
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Record day for Giants
Saturday, May 10, has gone into the record books as the most momentous on-field/court day yet for the Gisborne Giants Football Netball Club. The Giants, in their first season in Riddell League senior ranks, won their first-ever match by overcoming Lancefield by 15 points in a high-scoring contest at Tigerland. It was a great day…
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Bombers hand out a lesson
“They’re the benchmark …. They’ve just given us a football lesson,” was how Kyneton Football Netball Club president Guy Nelson summed up Riddell senior footballers doubling Kyneton’s score at the Showgrounds on Saturday. The fourth round drawcard match between the two unbeaten teams left the Bombers feeling pleased with the way they are travelling, and…