NAB League Girls: Round Eight Preview

Four matches take place in Round Eight of NAB League Girls, the Labour Day long weekend in Victoria, starting with a pair of Thursday night clashes.

With three rounds of matches remaining, the battle for the top two spots in each conference is on, with a number of teams still in contention for finals.

The first battle this weekend brings together two Metro Conference teams with 5-1 records and in the premiership mix, with Calder Cannons (3rd Metro) taking on Western Jets (2nd Metro) in Craigieburn.

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On the same night, unbeaten Dandenong Stingrays (6-0) will look to sure up top spot in the Country-Tassie Conference when they host 2021 premiers Oakleigh Chargers under lights in Seaford. The Chargers (3-4, 5th Metro) look unlikely to contest finals.

Action continues on Sunday when Tassie (3-3, 3rd Country-Tas Conference) will try and keep their finals hopes alive when they travel to Kilsyth to take on the powerful Eastern Ranges (5-1, 1st Metro) in the game to be live streamed via NewsCorp (Herald Sun / Mercury) channels.

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The round concludes on Monday, a public holiday in Victoria, when Northern Knights (1-5, 6th Metro) host Sandringham Dragons (3-3, 3rd Metro) in Bundoora in a game the Dragons want to win to maintain their finals chances.

With the Eastern Ranges - Tassie Devils match on Sunday live streamed on the Herald Sun and Mercury websites and apps, all remaining matches will be live streamed via the NAB League App, available via the Apple and Google app stores.

The 13 team-competition is broken into two conferences - Metro and Country-Tasmania - with the top-two teams in each conference to contest semi-finals.

NAB League Girls Round Eight - Labour Day Weekend

Thursday, March 10
Calder Cannons vs Western Jets - Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn, 7:00pm
Dandenong Stingrays vs Oakleigh Chargers - Linen House Oval, Seaford, 7:30pm

Sunday, March 10
Eastern Rangers vs Tasmania - Kilsyth Recreation Reserve, 1:30pm

Monday, March 14
Northern Knights vs Sandringham Dragons - Parade College, Bundoora, 4:00pm
Bye: Bendigo Pioneers, Gippsland Power, GWV Rebels, Murray Bushrangers, Geelong Falcons 

NAB League Girls – Ladder after Round Seven (each team will play nine home-and-away matches)

Top two from each conference progress to semi-finals