AFL Sydney 2024 - What's the Buzz

[Norris Lurker]

A few changes. South-West Sydney go into Mens Prems. St George to Womens Prems.
Platinum is gone, divisionalisation is back. And no doubt plenty of coach & player movement.

Any news? Hot goss? Who will be tbe contenders in 2024?

[justabaraker]

Norris, we heard on this forum that your Bombers are on the lookout for a new coach - any news yet ?

[mrns]

Looks like it was announced a few days ago
North Shore Mens Premier Division Coaches for 2024 Announced – North Shore Bombers Australian Football Club

[Norris Lurker]

Ryan Meldrum is back at the helm at North Shore, and he's joined by Danny Roberts as co-coach. Both have been around North Shore for a long time.

[Blinkers28]

St George announced their Men’s and Women’s Premier Division coaches. They’ve done well to get Abe Caroca from the Swans Academy

[Pekay]

New division structure seems to be balanced well. Good for footy below the Premier level.

[Tom Wills]

PK - anyone else. Can you share the new division structure for those not in the know?

[Blinkers28]

Reverting back to the old divisional structure that was in place up until 2018.

Men’s Div 1 through 4 will be 9/10 team competitions, which is surprising to me in a positive manner. As anticipated, Men’s Div 5 is loaded with 14 teams - good luck doing up a fair and equitable draw across 17 rounds!

If you have Facebook, look up the Wollondilly Knights page and they have published the teams that have nominated for each division, male and female. This excludes the new U20’s competition.

[mrns]

Jets with two teams, as much as I dislike them on the field, good to see them revive their numbers back for 2024, congrats to those involved.

With some teams having more than at least 2 divisions between their 1s and 2s, it will make for some interesting player movements across the year.
Balmain D1(1) & D5(2)
Randwick D2(1) & D5(2)
Penrith D2(1) & D5(2)

Out of the loop with WPD, I could have sworn Inner West were in Prems a minute ago, what's happened there in the last few years?

[Norris Lurker]

Jets with two teams, as much as I dislike them on the field, good to see them revive their numbers back for 2024, congrats to those involved.

And a womens team as well for the first time. Things are looking good in the north-west.

Out of the loop with WPD, I could have sworn Inner West were in Prems a minute ago, what's happened there in the last few years?

They didn't field a team in Prems this year - their only team was in Div 2, and weren't anywhere near the finals.

[Pekay]

Jets with two teams, as much as I dislike them on the field, good to see them revive their numbers back for 2024, congrats to those involved.

Well, did we do something to hurt you?

We have nominated extra teams and have some work to do, but the intention is there and the league are being very supportive.

[saviour01]

Interesting to see power dropping to womens div 2. I thought they wanted to stay in prems? Obviously that made no sense, but I would have thought they pushed for div 1.

Are Balmain, Camden and Parra the pick of the platinum teams (apart from SWS who go to prems)? Mustve been a few years ago Power were doing well because they will have their firsts in div 2. I thought penrith was decent too?

Ece get another mens team. SWS get 4 mens teams. Did North shore have 7 last year or always 6? Nothing else really jumps at me.

[saviour01]

Just had a quick look at Platinum ladder. Camden and SWS easy top 2. Balmain and Parra similar level to North Shore 3rds. Now in a comp with their 2nds.

Manly, Uts, East coast and SWS have their 2nds playing in div 2 while the other 6 prems teams have them in div 1.

[Tom Wills]

I love the new structure and separation of teams - I don't care what the gap is as long as teams play against opposition of the same standard.

The only club I have ever thought rorts this has been UTS but it has often been about playing players in lower Divisions than they should to win a lower division flag.

Also a couple of observations and questions to the forum
* Western Magic - WTF - 2 teams, with one Men's team in Div 4 and one Women's team in Div 3? What happened there?
* Parra / Mac Uni Womens - 5 teams in 4 Divisions. What's the point of a Merger - at that size surely they revert to being 2 separate clubs again
* Mac Uni's top team in Div 3 - it wasn't that long ago they were nearly a Mens Premier Division club - what happened there?
* St Geoge in Prems Womens and 3 Female teams a great growth program for them

This should reinvigorate the whole comp - an exciting 2024 ahead of us.

[WomblingFree]

Mac Uni's top team in Div 3 - it wasn't that long ago they were nearly a Mens Premier Division club - what happened there?

Long serving president has stepped down.

Huge issues with the University there that go back a long time. They get no funding at all and actually have to pay rent to the Uni for their ground.

There's been talk for many years about them stepping away from the Uni but the only local team (North Ryde juniors) are terribly weak. And whether they like it or not the facilities there are their best asset.

To all intents and purposes just a women's club now, will definitely struggle to get two teams on the paddock in 2024.

Very very sad as they were a very well run and successful club in the ;ate 90s and early nawties...