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District of origin Preview

By Colin Patterson

The District of Origin is back, now with a tour from top to bottom of our mighty continent. 17 matches between 10 teams. It all kicks of with the launch at the currently under construction Eucalyptus Arena. The ceremony will be live on 305 Sport.

It has been a long time since the District of Origin was introduced and then, cut out. But the FCFL has been preparing and crowds and tv numbers are set to score highly. It was introduced in the off-season of the first ever FCFL season as a few matches between the Rainforest, Bushlands, City and Forest districts. It scored alright with the audience, but not nearly as high as the FCFL home and away season and the finals series. A year after, it was discontinued.

But, The District of Origin is back and with every district with a decent football revenue introduced. All major FCFL venues like The Bowl and Queen’s Palace Stadium and small ones like Rocky Cliffs Reserve in the west and Gumnut Grove in the northern city get featured.

Teams are the following: Mountains, City, Swamp, Bushlands, Rainforest, Plains, Coast, Forest, Desert and River. No matter where your from, there is somewhere you can support.

The first match is at Mountain Ash Arena, between the Mountains and the City.

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Mountain Ash Arena

Premiers set to play at Mountain Ash, Three new teams make their debut.

By Colin Patterson

Your Thundurus Thursday clash is set to be a stunner, with two new teams making their debut under the lights at Waratah Park.

Anybody who has watched even a snippet of the MBFL will know what to expect. The Wattlebirds have been in record form since their announced introduction to the FCFL later last season. In the last MBFL season they finished a slice away from the top spot, only failing to the Cockatoos Reserves. With some great young talent, the Wattlebirds are set to shine on Thursday.

The Emus however, have not had such luck in the PFL. After being destroyed by the Magpies Reserves at Sycamore Farms Oval last week and finishing at the bottom of the ladder, they look to “wipe their slate clean” on Thursday.

Emus players walking dejectly from an PFL match against the Magpies at Sycamore Farms Oval.

On Friday night the reigning premiers play the slowly improving Snakes side. The Cockatoos where meant to kick off their season at Eucalyptus Arena, but due to the unexpected protests last year from the heritage council, the upgrades are still delayed and Eucalyptus Arena is not fit to play. They will instead play at the newly upgraded Mountain Ash Arena as a home game.

The Snakes might still have a chance in competing with the premiers. Their form has been steadily improving in the FFL, and they have some good young talent. They finished second in close competition with the Wombats Reserves, and won the premiership later last week against the Wombats.

The Snakes FFL team celebrating their premiership at Benjo’s Oval.


The final matchup.

By Colin Patterson

The final game of the home and away season will see the Wombats playing the Kookaburras at The Bowl.

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The Bowl

The Wombats have been troubled of late with lots of stars off injured. The veterans Kookaburras team however will have regained their full side. The Kookaburras are already in the finals, but the Wombats need to win to stay in.

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The Echidnas finals chances also depend on the Wombats losing.