From the Armidale Independent, 16/04/2008 A new pathway has been established for early teenage Australian footballers in Armidale.

A close-up view by DMac An under strength New England Nomads have suffered a devastating loss against the Tamworth Kangaroos at Bellevue Oval. The lead changed frequently throughout the game with the Kangaroos ahead by one point as the final siren sounded.

Nomads beaten in first game thriller By Matt McLennan (Armidale Express, 14/04/2008) One behind was all that separated the New England Nomads and the Tamworth Kangaroos in the first round of the Tamworth AFL (TAFL) season at Bellevue Oval on Saturday.

In their first match of the season the Nomads were disappointed to lose 11.9 (75) to 11.10 (76) to the last year’s defeated Grand-finalists the Tamworth Kangaroos.

The team to play the Roos at Bellevue Oval on April 11 is: B Clayton Northway Cupples HB Curran Walsh MacLellan C Dimer Page Frost HF Sinclair W. Whitby Wright F Dennis McGrath Crump R Keogh Maxwell Reid Interchange: Dunlop, Noyer Be at Bellevue by 12:30