By Paul Daffey In the decade from the mid-1970s to the mid-’80s, University Blues lost four grand finals to De La Salle. The Blues featured talented players from all over the state who formed a brilliant but brittle alliance. The De Salle team was formed by players from a tightly knit community in Melbourne’s eastern [Read more]

By Paul Daffey Fergus Watts, the Collegians forward who recently put aside a debilitating foot injury to come out of retirement, yesterday cursed his foot when he missed an opportunity to bring his team level with A-section rival De La Salle late in their match at Elsternwick Park. pauldaffey

By Paul Daffey Old Xaverians and De La Salle have stamped themselves as clearly the best two A-section teams at the season’s halfway mark after notching further impressive victories at the weekend. Xavs demolished Collegians by 100 points at Toorak Park in a match that said as much about the losers as the winners. On [Read more]

By Paul Daffey The De La Salle Old Collegians Football Club’s decision to place its faith entirely with former students of the college is in stark contrast to its A-section rival Old Brighton, whose ranks feature several big names from beyond the Brighton Grammar community. If the weekend’s game between the clubs at Waverley Park [Read more]

By Paul Daffey In the final round last year, Old Xaverians defeated Old Brighton in what many spectators said was the best game of amateur footy they’d seen for years. Yesterday’s A-section match at Elsternwick Park didn’t quite reach those heights, but it did have a similar intensity to the 2008 classic at the Brighton [Read more]

By Paul Daffey The St Bede’s Mentone juggernaut rolls on, with the Beders defeating Collegians by 53 points at the Harry Trott Oval in a rematch of the 2008 A-section grand final. As with most St Bede’s wins, a couple of families played key roles as their team kicked eight goals in the last quarter [Read more]