{"id":363611,"date":"2025-08-14T17:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=363611"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:55:47","slug":"saints-salute-past-glories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/08\/14\/saints-salute-past-glories\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Salute Past Glories"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_363612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363612\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-363612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was a topsy-turvy game for the Saints who eventually went down by just two goals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 14, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Saints&#8217; men&#8217;s team resurrected their old Kingaroy Bulldogs&#8217; strip for their annual nod to the past last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s annual Heritage Day at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy &#8211; their last home game for 2025 &#8211; also recognised the 10th anniversary of the Saints&#8217; historic first premiership win in the Darling Downs AFL competition in September 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Players from that side gathered together for a special 10-year reunion.<\/p>\n<p>All three South Burnett teams faced tough opposition on the paddock from the Toowoomba Tigers, with just two goals in it for the men&#8217;s clash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under 13.5s Mixed: Tigers 8.13-61 def. Saints 0.3-3<\/li>\n<li>Women: Tigers 4.6-30 def. Saints 1.2-8<\/li>\n<li>Men: Tigers 10.9-69 def. Saints 8.8-56<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Saturday, all three teams will be facing Coolaroo in the last round of the regular season at Rockville Park in Toowoomba.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the last for 2025 for the men&#8217;s and junior teams, although the Saints&#8217; women look to have earned a berth in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363613\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-363613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The red, white and blue jerseys honour the Kingaroy Bulldogs, the Kingaroy Jets and the history of Australian Rules in the South Burnett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363614\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-363614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl3.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809afl3-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Burnett Saints&#8217; women are currently in third place on the competition ladder after notching up eight wins during the season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Burnett Saints&#8217; men&#8217;s team resurrected their old Kingaroy Bulldogs&#8217; strip for their annual nod to the past last Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":363612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[219,3,6],"tags":[1146],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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