The Dawgs don’t look like a superteam if you’re waiting for familiar names. They look like one if you’ve watched the last two Nines tournaments. A young Dawgs side shook the competition in 2024, falling one game short before turning that run into a premiership in 2025. Coach Jacek McLaurin and the Dawgs learned early … Continue reading From UnderDawgs to Top Dawgs – Now What?
Pool One starts early.8am.8.30am. That’s all it takes for a slow start to turn into a one-way ticket to the Shield Division. These four teams are good. Pool One will still swallow two of them. The Nines rewards fast starters. Teams that execute. Teams that treat the format with professionalism. On paper, pitting last year’s … Continue reading Pool One Doesn’t Wait
The punters said the Sydney Qualifier was meant to expose a bad idea. Teams stacked with players north of thirty do not survive Nines tournaments. We have seen it every year in the Nines Premier League. They tighten up. They start reaching for ice packs. We have got the receipts. Which is why, when Campbelltown … Continue reading Old Legs. Old Lies.
The Sydney and Brisbane Qualifiers are done.32 teams entered.28 teams are finished.Four qualified to meet the 12 Premier League Teams on the Gold Coast.The final 16 are set.And the pools are now locked in for the Gold Coast in January.So let’s have a look. Pool 1: Dawgs, Salty Pigs, Reborn, Indigenous Mana The 2025 grand … Continue reading The Nines Stage is Set
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