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Sports update Rocci fires but Venom lack bite without star import Geelong Venom failed to spoil Tasmania Jewels’ party in their long-awaited WNBL return. But while one star recruit stood up, another’s absence was sizeable as the Venom face early ... READ MORE   AFLW Draft Guide: Who every club could take with first pick The missing premiership piece or a generational talent to kickstart a rebuild – which way will your club go in the AFLW Draft? Eliza Reilly has the names and all the intel on every... READ MORE   Why early season ‘tough decisions’ loom for GCA premier A Geelong Cricket Association premier has opened up on the tough calls it will have to make to replace a star who departed this summer while a promoted club talks of its challenges... READ MORE   Ex-AFL player meeting that helped country club secure new coach A former coach in metro Melbourne has joined a country club after being pointed in the right direction by an ex-AFL player. READ MORE   The Top 40 Colac South West Cricket players to watch From returning and new UK imports, emerging young guns and established stars, these are the cricketers set to have a big impact this summer. READ MORE   News update Barefoot pickaxe shoe robber learns fate over ‘strange’ hold up A barefoot armed bandit who forced a terrified chicken shop customer to hand over his Nike sneakers at pickaxe-point has learned his fate. READ MORE   ‘No symptoms’: Mum diagnosed with one-in-a-million cancer A Colac mother-of-two has been diagnosed with a one-in-a-million cancer and now faces a $16,000-a-year drug bill for medication not covered by the PBS. READ MORE