When Macarthur FC open their season at Campbelltown Stadium on Sunday, November 21, missing from between the sticks will be the tall figure of goalie Adam Federici. In the club’s inaugural A-League season Federici played 28 matches for the Bulls, who went within a whisker of making the grand final. In September he was appointed captain of the club, but a serious knee injury means he will never wear the skipper’s armband. Federici, who will turn 37 next January, and the club, announced his retirement from the game last week. “I have been so fortunate to have the career I’ve… Read more »
The Macarthur Conference rugby league competition will launch in 2022 off the back of substantial growth in junior development in the South Western Sydney region. The Conference set up will have Wests Tigers Macarthur Junior Rugby League, Group 6 Junior Rugby League and Group 6 Senior Rugby League all playRead more »
Adam Federici’s a chilled dude who loves surfing down the South Coast, enjoys a round of golf and relaxing with family and friends. And he is pretty sure that none of these leisurely pursuits will change now that he’s captain of Macarthur FC. The Bulls goalkeeper with a cool headRead more »
New signing Daniel De Silva wearing the away colours of Macarthur FC. TOP: Bulls stars Jordon Mutch and Jake McGing wearing the home strip. Macarthur FC fans mark Sunday, November 21 in your calendars because that’s when the Bulls will kick off their second season in the A-League. The drawRead more »
Michael Maguire isn’t going anywhere, but apparently there’s a raft of changes on the way for the Wests Tigers. That is the final result of the annual review of the club’s football operations, with the club confirming this afternoon in a media statement that Maguire will remain in his positionRead more »
Something’s cooking at the South West Sydney Academy of Sport as it eyes a return to a kind of normalcy before too long. The academy is hopeful that nominations for all of its 2022 sport programs will be released in early October, with trials anticipated to take place in lateRead more »
Winner: Jackson Isakka being presented with his award medallion by Ralph Weise, a stalwart of cricket in the Northern Territory, in whose honour the outstanding achievement award is named. Photos courtesy of NT Cricket. To say that Campbelltown cricketer Jackson Isakka’s second stint in the Northern Territory competition has beenRead more »
It would be so easy to take a cheap shot at the coach and the players after the Wests Tigers copped a humiliating 38-0 flogging at the hands of the 2021 NRL wooden spooners, Canterbury Bulldogs. Just as it would be easy to point out the club has failed toRead more »
Plenty of Wests Tigers fans will be wondering what another coach – for argument’s sake let’s say Tim Sheens – would have done with the talented pool of youngsters who wore the jumper this season. With just one more round before the season is complete – a date with theRead more »
The NSWRL says the new competition for the Macarthur region and Group 6 for 2022 will lay the foundation for growth and improve pathways to unearth rugby league superstars like David Nofoaluma. The formation of the Macarthur Conference competition has been done in consultation with the NSWRL and stakeholders, includingRead more »
Top: Keifer Dotti, the current national Indigenous captain, in New Zealand last year. The oldest soccer club in Macarthur, Camden Tigers FC, have pulled off a ground breaking football first, forming a partnership with Indigenous Football Program (IFP). The IFP Director, Phil Dotti, has applauded the Tigers for their foresightRead more »
New contract: Alex Seyfarth. Having got mauled 50-20 last week and their finals hopes in tatters, the last two games of the season would have been a perfect opportunity for Wests Tigers to blood some youngsters ahead of the 2022 season. Why coach Michael Maguire has named Moses Mbye inRead more »
The Wests Tigers are not leading the premiership and they’re not even likely to make the finals, yet they’re the flavour of the month in the media. A fly on the wall documentary in which the star is coach Michael Maguire and his F bombs is currently showing on payRead more »
