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More than four points will be on the line on Saturday when the North Mackay Saints clash with rival Mackay Magpies on Saturday at Zeolla Park.
The two Australian rules sides remain the last two undefeated teams in the Senior Men’s Allied Cup, with the Saints boasting a staggering 2977.78 per cent.
Despite being an early-season clash between the competition’s top sides, there is opportunity for both teams to take the ladder lead and bragging rights within Mackay.
North Mackay won its second consecutive premiership last season, with the Magpies having lost in the semi-final against Eastern Swans.
Whitsunday Sea Eagles women back in the game Whitsunday Sea Eagles player Erica McIntosh takes on the Swans opposition. Picture: AFLQ Mackay Josh Rhodes
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Celebrating the end to a great pre-season, last weekend finally saw the hard work of the Whitsunday Sea Eagles Women’s side pay off with their return to the AFLQ Mackay competition.
Most of the side had never played together as a team, with some never having played a game of AFL at all.
Lead by Coach Ian Hodges and Captain Georgie Carland, the team proceeded to not only enthusiastically take the field against the Eastern Swans but put up quite the challenge.
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Subscriber only The man who has taken on the job of coaching a Northern Rivers Aussie rules team reckons a combination of current talent and new recruits makes the squad a genuine premiership contender. This is no pie in the sky talk, as Ballina Bombers new senior men s coach Dave Edwards, possesses a serious AFL pedigree, including playing and coaching teams over 28 years. Edwards, 46, said he s determined to make a positive difference with the team. Every year that I coach, I want to win the premiership, he said. If as a coach or player you don t want this, then you should give it up and find something else to do.
We don t want to be burying anymore brothers or bike riders . That was the message from Sons of the Southern Cross Mackay president Ken Smiley Hyde who urged motorists to take more care on the roads. The memorial at Handlebar Heaven, Ooralea, created by Sons of the Southern Cross Mackay members for fellow late member Wes Pop Carlton who died in a tragic crash in Kyogle, New South Wales on October 20 last year. Pictured are SOSS members Ted Bubbles Walters, James Knuckle McGovern, President Ken Smiley Hyde and Josh Professor Van Loenen. Picture: Heidi Petith