Bush and ‘Burbs is gearing up to the start of another season in the country and amateur footy leagues, with three former West Coast players changing clubs for this year.
Jackson Barrett
The remarkable Premier Cricket season of Perth star Joel Curtis has continued with a century to steer his side to a one-day premiership.
West Australian off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli has snared five crucial wickets to send University into a Premier Cricket one-day grand final.
A Perth teenager has scored a stunning double-century in junior cricket, just days before she becomes one of the youngest players at a Women’s Under-19 World Cup.
Sheffield Shield wicket-keeper and Perth batter Joel Curtis has scored five tons and two half-centuries so far this season and is on track to have the best first-grade season ever seen by a batter.
West Australian spinner Ashton Agar played Premier Cricket at the weekend for the first time since 2019 as he firms for a Sheffield Shield return later this week.
A former Australian World Cup gun is playing country cricket for a tiny South West town this season and started the summer with a decent haul.
Melbourne star Kysaiah Pickett, who was linked to a move home to Western Australia during this month’s trade period, has played a football carnival in the South West.
A wicket-keeper who has played one first-class game for Western Australia has made a compelling case for a recall, racing to two centuries in the opening games of the Premier Cricket season.
A former Fremantle player has turned out for Premier Cricket club Claremont-Nedlands to start the summer - and took two big wickets in a first-up win.
A State-contracted quick and a Big Bash League-winner are set to boost University’s hopes of a Premier Cricket title this season, among the big names to move before the season starts on Saturday.
A country footy club, led by former Essendon player Ben Howlett, are chasing a fairytale South West Football League premiership, while a South Fremantle flag hero has won another title down south.
Former Fremantle ruckman Zac Clarke has won a prestigious medal in the country, while Quairading have broken through for a first premiership since 2008 to complete one of Bush and Burbs’ fairytale stories.
Kingsway are Perth Football League A-Grade premiers for the second time in four years.
Trinity-Aquinas coach Adam Pickering says he doesn’t need to use last year’s grand final heartbreak to motivate his players ahead of another crack at a decider.
It’s flag season here at Bush and ‘Burbs! A host of country and amateur premiers have been crowned and Fremantle legend David Mundy has won one … but not where you’d expect.
A former West Coast player has won a league best-and-fairest, a premiership and a best-on-ground medal in two days, while an ex-Subiaco gun was crowned the top amateur footballer this season.
Australian white-ball star Marcus Stoinis is making a move this summer, switching Premier Cricket teams to rejoin his former club and a few Perth Scorchers guns, Bush and ‘Burbs can reveal.
A Broome club has broken a premiership drought in WA country’s first major grand final and it’s finals time in the Perth Football League’s A-grade competition. All that and more in Bush and ‘Burbs.
A former West Coast player has led his team to a minor premiership and is part of a push for back-to-back premierships, while Harry Taylor has kicked another bag in the bush.
Two Premier Cricket clubs already stacked full of domestic talent will be boosted this summer by the signings of Western Australia’s two new recruits. Bush and ‘Burbs has the details.
A South West powerhouse is storming towards a premiership, a Broome club is already locked in to play a grand final and the Perth Football League title race is getting clearer.
Western Australia’s State country team has gone down to South Australia at the Adelaide Oval, while a former Eagle made a one-off appearance at a country club.
In a special edition of Bush and ‘Burbs, we have taken a look at the fairytale story in every Perth Football League grade and who you should get behind to win premierships this season.
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