VICTORIA’S 17-point loss to Western Australia in Northam on Saturday was the first time the Vics lost to WA since 1991. Frankston coach Simon Goosey, who was an assistant to head coach Gary Ayres, said Victoria was disappointed in the end result, knowing that it led the match for most of the day. “It was disappointing.

PORT Melbourne warriors Toby Pinwill and Shane Valenti will miss the next four to six weeks with calf injuries in what is described as a challenge for the Borough to overcome. The Borough face Box Hill, Frankston, Sandringham and the Northern Blues over the next month and going by their performance against Werribee on the

PORT Melbourne coach Gary Ayres believes the VFL is set for a bumper 2013 season with more elite players and more premiership contenders. “The competition looks like it’s recruited a lot of really good ex-AFL players. All clubs seem to be quite aggressive in their recruiting and it obviously means it’s going to be harder

SOME coaches are tough to get in contact with, others have all the time in the day for metropolitan and local media. We thought we would compile a top five of those coaches in the VFL that are diligently promoting the competition and their respective clubs

PORT Melbourne coach Gary Ayres says the club is in a better position than it was this time last year as the grand finalists look to improve to go one step further in 2013. Speaking on the recently launched Borough TV, Ayres admitted there was a “lot of issues” after the clubs’ breakthrough premiership win

PORT Melbourne coach Gary Ayres says the club needs to bolster its ruck stocks over the pre-season if it is going to continue to compete for VFL glory, after the Borough lost Sunday’s pulsating VFL grand final to Geelong by 33-points at Etihad Stadium. Ayres said Geelong’s talls – Orren Stephenson and Dawson Simpson –

GEELONG VFL coach Matthew Knights says the Cats need to play “four quality quarters” to beat reigning premier Port Melbourne in Sunday’s VFL grand final at Etihad Stadium. Speaking at the VFL grand final press conference at Etihad Stadium today, Knights said his team needed to match Port in the midfield and contain it for

GEELONG VFL coach Matthew Knights says he wants to stay at the Cats in his development role next season despite speculation leading up to this week’s VFL grand final that he may move elsewhere. Knights said that he is enjoying his role in his first season at the helm, while developing the next breed of

PORT Melbourne is into its third grand in five years and will aim to go back-to-back after an impressive 34-point win in a VFL preliminary final against a gutsy Williamstown at North Port Oval yesterday. The Borough clicked into top gear, perhaps instigated by Williamstown’s frenetic tackling early on, and put together their most lethal

PORT Melbourne coach Gary Ayres watched on aware of perhaps a new threat to its chances of back-to-back flags when Williamstown ran out convincing winners by 37-points over the Casey Scorpions at Casey Fields on Saturday. The Borough will meet Williamstown in a preliminary final this week. Ayres believes the youthful looking Seagulls appear to

RELIEF. Gary Ayres felt it, the entire playing group felt it and so did those loyal Port Melbourne fans. Certainly this Geelong team was the biggest obstacle in the reigning premier’s way of another grand final berth. Sure, it will have to get over the winner of Casey and Williamstown in a preliminary final but

PORT Melbourne coach Gary Ayres believes going back-to-back in the current VFL environment would be a massive achievement for the stand-alone VFL club. It will host Geelong in a qualifying final at North Port Oval today in what may be a grand final preview. “We were a great side last year, well if you are

PORT Melbourne skipper John Baird has been named captain of the Victorian state team to take on Tasmania in Hobart on Saturday. Baird has arguably been in almost career best form for the Borough this season and has clearly been its best player to date. “His form this year has certainly been ‘blue chip’ as