Jon Tuxworth

When former North Launceston coach Brad Cox-Goodyer confirmed they’d lured Michael Stingel back to the club, he warned he’d be bigger and more durable.

A third former Tasmania Devil has made her AFLW debut this season after Mackenzie Ford featured in Richmond’s 11-point win over Greater Western Sydney on Sunday.

Outgoing Scottsdale coach Joel Hayes hopes an improved month of results which culminated in a first senior win of the season will help the Magpies retention and recruitment campaign for the start of the NTFA Premier League next year.

Paris is just days away, but the Tasmanian Institute of Sport is already taking a long-term view to ensure the state’s representation will only increase for a home Olympics and Paralympics in 2032.

The presidents of two leading North West Football League clubs have distanced themselves from a breakaway competition being mooted by Launceston’s TSL clubs, with AFL Tasmania also adamant they have explored the possibility on multiple occasions.

Burnie product Seth Campbell will make his AFL debut for Richmond on Thursday night after overcoming a tumultuous 2023 ruined by injury.

Mackenzie Ford and her family were too shocked to celebrate immediately when she was snapped up by Richmond in Monday’s AFL Draft.

Around the same time each week for the past month, Laurie Banks’ phone has buzzed with son Sam’s name lit up on screen.

HE grew up playing on a paddock at the tiny Tasmania suburb of Woodsdale, but Sam Banks will step it up a notch when he makes his AFL debut for Richmond at the MCG on Thursday night.

South Launceston finally have claimed the big scalp required to signify they’re an NTFA flag threat after holding off Rocherlea in a grinding 5.17 (47) to 6.0 (36) win at Youngtown Oval on Saturday.