{"id":360280,"date":"2025-05-01T21:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=360280"},"modified":"2025-05-01T21:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:30:46","slug":"afl-season-gets-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/05\/01\/afl-season-gets-under-way\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Season Gets Under Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May 1, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Round 1 of the Darling Downs AFL competition was played in Toowoomba last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Saints&#8217; men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams came up against teams from the University of Southern Queensland, who were playing at home.<\/p>\n<p>The men were defeated 9.6-60 to 2.0-12. 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