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Pottsville wins Northern Rivers AFL9s

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The final was to determine the best mixed AFL9s social team in the northern rivers in a cross competition format.

Winners of the Byron Bay, Lismore and Pottsville competitions played off for the 2016 cup.

The games were competitive but played in good spirit.

 


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