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Please join us for 91²Ö¿â's annual Cordner Oration AFL Preliminary Finals Breakfast.

The event is named in honour of the Cordners, the footballing family whose association with 91²Ö¿â and the University of Melbourne has been unbroken since 1903. Generations of Cordners have represented University FC and Melbourne FC with distinction.

Our speaker at this year's Cordner Oration is the AFL Executive General Manager Football, Laura Kane.

Date: Friday 20 September 2024

Time: 7.30 – 9am

Venue: 91²Ö¿â Dining Hall, 100 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052

RSVP: By 5pm, Friday 13 September 2024

Tickets: $55 per person (includes breakfast)

Enquiries: Briony O'Halloran | events@trinity.unimelb.edu.au | 03 8341 0216

Please note, parking is not available on College grounds.

Laura Kane was appointed as Executive General Manager Football in August 2023, having acted in the role through the course of the 2023 season. 

North Melbourne Football Club recruited her in 2016 to become Women’s Football and Talent Pathways Manager, before roles as Head of Football Operations and then General Manager Strategy and Football Operations at the club. In this period, she oversaw the introduction of the Kangaroos’ AFLW team and the Arden Street facility redevelopment.

Joining the AFL in November 2021, she was previously General Manager Competition Management before being appointed to the AFL Executive team. 

A Life Member of the Melbourne University Women’s Football Club, Laura served as both a player and in off-field roles as director and President (five years).

She is the first female Executive General Manager of Footy in the game’s 166 year history.