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VFL Round 114 - 17 April 2017
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GPO Box 4337, Melbourne, VIC 3001
Phone: (03) 8341 6000 | Fax: (03) 9380 1076
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Editor: Ben Pollard ben.pollard@afl.com.au
Contributors: Anthony Stanguts, Kirstie Fitzgerald
Design & Print: Mystique
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Advertising: Rosanna Butler (03) 8341 6021
Cover: Footscray players with the 2016 VFL premiership trophy aft er defeating Casey in September’s
Grand Final
New VFL season beginsWelcome to season 2017 in the Peter Jackson VFL.
Contents 3 45 2017 VFL season preview
46 Get Social
47 VFL News
48 AFL Vic News
49 The Big League
50 Events
51 Club Notes
72 Quiz
Plenty has happened since last September when Footscray was crowned premier.
We have seen 13 VFL players provided with an AFL opportunity, selected in the 2016 NAB AFL national and rookie draft s. Casey and Geelong both produced three draft ees, with Coburg, Footscray and North Ballarat providing two draft ees each. The pleasing aspect has been seeing the likes of Tom Stewart, Mitch Hannan, Robbie Fox and Tim Smith debut in the early rounds of the AFL season.
The competition this year will feature 14 clubs, with Frankston not provided a VFL licence for the 2017 season. The club has had a rich history of providing a pathway and opportunities for footballers in the region – none more evident than the debut for Sydney in recent weeks of 2014 Fothergill-Round Medal winner Nic Newman. However, it was decided at the end of last year that without the necessary off -field structures in place, AFL Victoria was not confident financial projections provided by the club could be met. We have a strong willingness to ensure there is a VFL presence in the region into the future, but it must be viable and sustainable both on and off the field in the long term. This has been highlighted in the regular communication AFL Victoria has had with the new board at the club.
In other pre-season news, at the VFL Season Launch last week we revealed there will be a triple-header of matches for the 2017 Victorian state league Grand Final day at Etihad Stadium on Sunday September 24.
Not only will the traditional VFL and TAC Cup season deciders be played, but they will be joined by the Swisse Wellness VFL Women’s Grand Final in a feast of state league football. As an added bonus, our VFL broadcast partner Channel 7 will provide TV coverage of both the men’s and women’s Grand Finals.
The ratings for the VFL increased by 8% (53,000 viewers per week) last year across the home-and-away season and 47% (131,000) during finals, with games to be broadcast aft er 2pm each Saturday aft ernoon in 2017.
We look forward to the coverage returning with Coburg versus Collingwood this weekend.
Steven ReaperAFL Victoria CEO
Who’s playing who 56 57 Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks
58 59 Sandringham vs Essendon
60 61 Coburg vs Collingwood
62 63 Richmond vs North Ballarat
64 65 Werribee vs Geelong
66 67 Williamstown vs Casey Demons
TAC Cup Development Weekend
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Television
Radio
OnlineVFL Online
Website: www.vfl.com.au
Twitter: @VFL #PJVFL #VFLWomens
Facebook: www.facebook.com/vflfooty
TAC Cup Online
Website: www.taccup.com.au
Twitter: @TACCup #TACCup #TACCupGirls
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taccupfooty
Saturday April 15 – 2.30pm
Coburg vs Collingwood
Download the PLUS7 Live app to stream games live or watch a replay at au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/vfl
Next week: Northern Blues vs Williamstown
TAC Cup Radio
Next games (Sunday April 23): Northern Knights vs Murray Bushrangers / Calder Cannons vs GWV Rebels from 11.45am
Listen live on the Red Time Sport iPhone app or via taccup.com.au
RADIO
Casey Radio
Monday April 17: Williamstown vs Casey Demons from 1pmTune to 97.7FM in Melbourne, online at www.caseyradio.com.au
or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone.Next week: Casey Demons vs North Ballarat
Calder Cannons Radio
Listen to ‘Pathway to the Top’ with Tim Michellon North West FM each Wednesday from 5-6pm.
Tune to 98.9FM or stream the program online at www.northwestfm.org
VFL Live
Next game (Sunday April 23): Essendon vs Collingwood from 12.45pm
Live on the Red Time Sport iPhone and Android apps,plus online via vfl.com.au
LIVE
VFL Rewind
Listen to VFL Rewind each Monday night from 7-8pm, covering the Peter Jackson VFL and Swisse VFL Women’s.
Tune to 94.1FM 3WBC, online at www.3wbc.org.au or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone.
Previous shows are available at www.soundcloud.com/afl-victoriaor subscribe to the podcast via iTunes by searching for ‘AFL Victoria’.
Video StreamingVisit vfl.com.au on Sunday April 23 for a live stream of:
Essendon vs Collingwood from 1pmWatch the action and listen to the call from the VFL Live team.
Visit taccup.com.au on Sunday April 23 for a live stream of:Northern Knights vs Murray Bushrangers / Calder Cannons vs GWV Rebels from 12pm
Watch the action and listen to the call from the TAC Cup Radio team.
3WBC
Friday April 14: Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks from 11amTune to 94.1FM, online at www.3wbc.org.au
or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone.Next week: Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg
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VFL season preview
The AFL Victoria Record has chatted to the senior coaches of all 14 Peter Jackson VFL clubs about how their teams are shaping up
for the race to the 2017 premiership.
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(Comments from new senior coach Chris Newman)
FACT FILE:
AFL ALIGNMENT: Hawthorn
2016 FINISH: 10th (7-11)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. David Mirra / 2. Sam Iles / 3. Teia Miles
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Billy Evans (Brisbane AFL) / Will Hams (Essendon AFL) / Andrew Moore (Richmond AFL)
- Out: Tom Gordon (Doncaster East) / Sam Iles / Liam Kidd (Coburg) / Patrick Lawlor (Coburg) / Marc Lock (Old Carey) / Jake Summers (Doncaster East)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Experienced leaders: “Sam Iles was really respected within the organisation and the way he went about it set the example. He was a real leader around the group and Marc Lock was the same. He was just a really good person to have around the group and he has a good football brain. Tom Gordon is also in the same category.”
Young forwards: “Pat Lawlor and Jake Summers are both quality players so their departure leaves a bit of a void for us in the forward line. I think we’ve managed to recruit fairly well in the off -season though, and we’ve got some smaller forwards that can play down there as well as some bigger guys that can take a catch.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Andrew Moore (55 AFL games for Port Adelaide from 2010-15 and five AFL games for Richmond in 2016): “Andrew’s a really physical player, he’s a good size, he’s a natural leader and his fitness and his work rate is second to none. He’ll get some opportunity in the midfield but also with the flexibility of going back and forward if we need it.”
Billy Evans (seven AFL games for Brisbane from 2015-16): “Billy is another bigger on-baller. He’s a bit of a work horse and he loves to get the contested footy. We also want to add a string to his bow in potentially throwing him forward to have an impact there. I think he needs to have that flexibility.”
Will Hams (13 AFL games for Essendon from 2013-16): “Will is another who can play as an inside midfielder, but we’re really keen for him to explore roles both inside and outside the contest this year. He might potentially roll through the wings and the forward line at times.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“We know how consistent David Mirra is. I’ve only been at Box Hill for a brief amount of time but the amount of passion he plays with and the amount of care he shows for his teammates and anyone that’s associated with Box Hill is outstanding. That passion filters through the team too. He’ll look to have a really strong season.
“I also wouldn’t put it past any of the guys that get an opportunity to play consistent footy (in the wake of experienced players leaving) to progress their own performance (see below).”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
“With forwards like Pat Lawlor and Jake Summers leaving, it gives guys like Chris Jones a bit more of an opportunity and he’s been training the house down this pre-season. His work rate has really lift ed and so has the way he’s marking the ball and demanding the footy. I’m really excited to see what he can bring this year.
“Some of those experienced guys that have left the club will open up opportunities for guys like Sam Switkowski, Nick Evans and Anthony Brolic too.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“We’re hoping we can really compete – it’s been a bit of a theme throughout the pre-season. We want to be competitive in all games, and we felt like we were last year but probably not consistently enough throughout four quarters.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“I don’t think it’s a secret that our contested ball probably needs to improve. That might not correlate to being the best in the competition this year, but we certainly have to be better-ranked than we were last year (ranked 14th in the VFL for contested possessions per game during the H&A season). We feel like some of the personnel we’ve brought into the group might help with that and we’ve had a bit of a focus this pre-season of putting our guys in situations where they feel comfortable for it to be more of a contested game. In saying that, we don’t want to lose our ability to move the ball and play a really exciting brand of footy as well.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“At Development League level, (former Northern Knights head coach) Andrew Shakespeare will be the senior coach and we’ve managed to retain Michael Shmerling, David Knight and Damien Yze as assistants under Andrew. At senior level, we’ve had a pretty high turnover. Matt Adolph – who was the coach of our Development League team last year – will be our forwards coach this year, Max Bailey – who is in the development department at Hawthorn along with myself – will be the midfield coach and Ricky Petterd will be the back line coach.”
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 David Mirra (C) 20-Mar-91 186 90 St Simons/Scoresby/Eastern U182 Andrew Moore 30-May-91 189 87 Eastern U18/Port Adelaide (AFL)/Richmond (AFL)3 William Murphy 21-Jun-96 173 67 Kew Comets JFC/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U184 Mitchell O’Donnell 24-Apr-94 178 79 Seville JFC/Seville/Eastern U185 Max Warren 29-Jan-93 181 80 Healesville/Eastern U18/North Melbourne6 Stuart Horner 04-Oct-97 182 77 Olinda-Ferny Creek/Eastern U187 Anthony Brolic 12-Sep-96 183 86 Rowville/Eastern U188 Aaron Bond 25-Apr-95 172 66 Rowville/Eastern U189 Billy Evans 19-Oct-96 187 87 Bendigo U18/Brisbane
10 Will Hams 14-Jul-94 180 80 Sale/Gippsland U18/Essendon (AFL)11 Brayden Kilpatrick 23-Sep-97 181 76 Ramsgate Rams/St George12 Chris Jones 18-Mar-95 196 87 Emerald/Eastern U1813 Nick Evans 01-Jun-95 178 75 Norwood/Eastern U1814 Matthew Traynor 12-Dec-96 181 77 Rowville/Eastern U1815 Xavier Dimasi 14-Nov-96 186 88 Seymour/Assumption/Calder U1816 Lachlan Williams 25-Feb-97 180 72 Somerville/Dandenong U1817 Ayden Kennedy 30-Oct-91 192 87 Wantirna South/Eastern U18/North Melbourne18 Liam Jeff s 30-Mar-97 192 78 East Ringwood/Eastern U1819 Connor O’Sullivan 25-Dec-94 198 95 Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U18/Norwood (VIC)20 Jack Codd-Miller 06-Feb-95 191 85 Western Suburbs AFC21 Joseph Fisher 26-Jan-95 189 82 Vermont/Eastern U1822 Zach Monkhorst 03-Feb-94 194 90 Woori Yallock/Eastern U18/Woori Yallock23 Jordan Walker 30-Dec-94 185 80 Donvale/Eastern U1824 Sam Switkowski 20-Nov-96 178 68 Research JFC/Lower Plenty/Northern U1825 Jack Firns 09-Sep-97 195 93 Ashburton Redbacks/Camberwell Sharks/Oakleigh U1826 Ben McIntyre 17-Feb-92 180 82 Naracoorte/Glenelg/Penola27 Max Canfield 10-Jul-96 195 81 Yarrawonga/Murray U1828 Liam Cox 10-Jul-94 178 73 South Croydon29 Sam Gibson 09-Jan-95 185 85 Ferntree Gully/Eastern U1830 Kaiden Brand * 08-Apr-94 198 92 Berri/West Adelaide31 Ricky Henderson * 11-Sep-98 188 91 Trentham/Adelaide32 Jack Fitzpatrick # 26-Jun-91 200 94 Wyndham Vale/Western U18/Melbourne33 Dale Hehir 14-Apr-95 184 67 Scoresby34 Kurt Heatherley * 01-Jan-95 193 89 New Zealand/Sandringham U1835 Harry Morrison * 12-Nov-98 180 73 Benalla Saints/Murray U1836 Kieran Lovell * 16-May-97 174 80 Kingsborough37 Blake Hardwick * 05-Feb-97 181 78 Doncaster East/Eastern U1838 Luke Surman # 07-Dec-97 195 85 Rostrevor/Norwood (SA)39 Mitchell Lewis * 14-Oct-98 198 92 Wallan/Whittlesea/Calder U1840 Kade Stewart * 16-Jan-97 180 67 Kataning/South Fremantle41 Oliver Hanrahan # 27-Aug-98 181 70 East Brighton/St Kevin’s College42 Teia Miles * 02-Nov-96 180 70 Barwon Heads/St Joseph’s College/Geelong U1843 Tom Hollins 06-Jan-98 190 74 Heathmont/Eastern U1844 Jordan Lynch 01-Jan-98 180 79 Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U1845 Nelson Lane 14-Feb-98 179 74 Heathmont/Eastern U1846 Thomas Maloney 12-May-98 178 74 South Melbourne Districts/Sandringham U1847 Harrison Burt 16-Sep-98 183 74 Ormond/Sandringham U1848 Sam Parsons 28-Jun-97 191 82 Collegians/Oakleigh U1849 Lachlan Walker 05-Jun-97 188 84 De La Salle/Oakleigh U1850 Jordan Haynes 31-Jul-98 178 67 Heathmont/Eastern U1851 Vincent Adduci 09-Mar-98 177 74 St Kevin’s College/Oakleigh U1852 Jake Godwin 07-Oct-98 184 82 Boronia/Eastern U1853 Trent Castledine 11-Nov-96 191 83 Narre Warren/Dandenong U18/Scoresby54 Tommy Horne 07-Mar-97 188 85 Maldon/Castlemaine55 Thomas Jacotine 06-Mar-98 184 75 Park Orchards/Eastern U1856 Robert Rusan 24-Dec-96 183 83 Dingley57 Tristan Davies 20-Aug-98 182 74 Lilydale/Eastern U1858 Michael Knoll 27-Feb-93 205 10059 Jake McCormack 01-Jul-98 184 82 Donvale/Eastern U1860 Jeremy Woodley 10-May-96 179 80 Subiaco61 Brendan Whitecross * 25-Jan-90 183 85 Zillmere62 Conor Nash # 28-Jul-98 197 92 County Meath (Ireland)63 Jonathan O’Rourke * 21-Apr-94 184 80 Gisborne/Calder U18/GWS64 Conor Glass # 28-Sep-97 189 84 County Derry (Ireland)65 Ryan Burton * 31-Jan-97 191 90 PHOS-Camden/North Adelaide66 James Cousins # 19-Mar-98 185 80 Mansfield/Murray U1867 Daniel Howe * 04-Dec-95 191 83 Rennie/Xavier College/Murray U1868 Taylor Duryea * 24-Apr-91 179 80 Wahgunyah/Caulfield Grammar/Murray U1869 Will Langford * 03-Jul-92 187 83 East Sydney/NSW-ACT U1870 Dallas Willsmore * 29-May-95 191 83 Walpeup-Underbool/St Patrick’s College/North Ballarat U1871 James Sicily * 06-Jan-95 186 79 Keilor/Western U1872 Marc Pittonet * 03-Jun-96 202 101 Xavier College/Oakleigh U1873 Tim O’Brien * 28-Mar-94 193 84 West Gambier/Glenelg 74 Billy Hartung * 24-Jan-95 177 76 Mornington/Dandenong U1875 Ryan Schoenmakers * 08-Nov-90 195 91 Tea Tree Gully/Norwood (SA)76 Tom Mitchell * 31-May-93 182 84 Ashburton/Claremont/Sydney77 Tyrone Vickery * 31-May-90 200 99 Haileybury College/Sandringham U18/Richmond (AFL)78 Paul Puopolo * 02-Dec-87 173 78 Hope Valley/Norwood (SA)79 Luke Hodge * 15-Jun-84 185 88 Colac/Geelong U1880 Jaeger O’Meara * 23-Feb-94 183 84 Dongara/Perth/Gold Coast81 Jonathon Ceglar * 14-Feb-91 204 98 Wodonga Raiders/Murray U18/Collingwood (AFL)82 Luke Breust * 11-Nov-90 184 84 Temora/NSW-ACT U1883 Liam Shiels * 29-Apr-91 183 84 The Basin/Eastern U18
Grant Birchall * 28-Jan-88 193 89 Devonport/Tasmania U18Shaun Burgoyne * 21-Oct-82 186 89 Mallee Park/Port Adelaide (SANFL)/Port AdelaideJames Frawley * 20-Sep-88 193 94 East Point/North Ballarat U18/MelbourneJosh Gibson * 13-Mar-84 189 93 Port Melbourne/North MelbourneJack Gunston * 16-Oct-91 193 85 Beaumaris/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18/AdelaideBen McEvoy * 11-Jul-89 200 102 Dederang-Mt Beauty/Murray U18/St KildaCyril Rioli * 14-Jul-89 177 80 St Marys (NT)/Scotch CollegeJarryd Roughead * 23-Jan-87 193 98 Leongatha/Gippsland U18Isaac Smith * 30-Dec-88 188 81 Wagga Tigers/NSW-ACT U18/Redan/North Ballarat (VFL) Ben Stratton * 01-Mar-89 189 88 Margaret River/East Perth
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 Jack Hutchins (C) 03-Feb-94 192 96 Haileybury College/Sandringham U18/Gold Coast2 Bayley Fritsch 06-Dec-96 186 74 Coldstream3 Connor Ambler 05-Apr-97 174 72 Traralgon/Gippsland U184 James Freeman 14-Feb-96 189 81 Dandenong U185 Dylan Collis 23-Oct-93 176 74 Garfield6 James Munro 22-Nov-94 184 84 Beaconsfield/Sandringham U18/Sandringham (VFL)7 Yllber Zijai 02-Apr-94 179 78 Sandringham (VFL)/Noble Park8 Todd Vander Haar 18-Oct-95 187 83 Old Xavierians 9 Mitch Gent 05-Feb-92 186 82 Dandenong U18/Noble Park
10 Aaron Cotte 12-Dec-96 181 76 Eastern U1811 Tom Glen 07-May-97 187 75 Dandenong U18/Beaconsfield12 Jake Lovett 09-Jan-97 183 83 Dandenong U1813 Clayton Oliver * 22-Jul-97 187 86 Mooroopna/Bendigo U18/Murray U1814 Mitch Lewis 21-Jul-98 180 74 Dandenong U18/Doveton/Haileybury College15 Billy Stretch * 08-Sep-96 180 71 Henley/Glenelg16 Jake Gains 06-Aug-95 193 81 Berwick17 Edward Morris 20-Aug-95 180 74 Garfield/Gippsland U1818 Brenton Hillard 25-Nov-94 184 80 Rythdale Off icer Cardinia/Gippsland U1819 Mitch Hannan * 09-Mar-94 189 84 St Bernard’s/Footscray20 Nathan Gardiner 15-May-95 190 95 Frankston21 Jordan Kingi 25-Sep-92 183 85 Drouin22 Goy Lok 28-Aug-97 181 87 Sandringham U1823 Mitch Cox 24-Mar-97 183 80 Dandenong U1824 Jordan Moncrieff 24-Jul-92 197 92 Haileybury College/Dandenong U18/Mt Eliza25 Dylan Gordon 21-Jul-95 193 86 Warburton26 Sam Weideman * 26-Jun-97 196 91 Vermont/Xavier College/Eastern U1827 Angus Scott 18-Jun-95 176 72 Edithvale-Aspendale/Dandenong U1828 Oscar McDonald * 18-Mar-96 196 82 Edenhope-Apsley/North Ballarat City/North Ballarat U1829 Jai Rout 21-Jul-95 193 86 Warburton30 Alex Neal-Bullen * 09-Jan-96 182 76 Glenelg31 Tom Baker 26-Feb-92 195 100 Rosebud32 Jaxon Briggs 05-Dec-97 176 68 Sandringham U1833 Cory Machaya 27-Mar-97 178 69 Dandenong U1834 Mitch King * 01-Jan-97 199 88 Wodonga/Murray U1835 Aloysio Ferreira 11-Mar-96 177 84 Gippsland U1836 Daniel Johnston 31-Mar-93 183 80 Beaconsfield37 Dion Johnstone * 1-Jun-98 179 73 North Warrnambool/Oakleigh U1838 Timothy Smith # 20-Feb-91 192 88 Upper Ferntree Gully/Casey Scorpions39 Jake Dipasquale 15-Apr-97 177 73 Dandenong U1840 Pat McKenna * 12-Aug-96 186 82 Gisborne/GWS41 Mitch White # 10-Apr-96 188 88 Seaford/St Peter’s College/Dandenong U1842 Josh Wagner * 24-Jun-94 189 84 Aspley43 James Harmes * 05-Oct-95 185 80 Devon Meadows/Dandenong U1844 Joel Smith # 25-Feb-96 190 85 Maribyrnong Park45 Declan Keilty # 08-May-95 194 88 Moe/Gippsland U18/Casey Scorpions46 Damien Johnston 31-Mar-93 187 80 Beaconsfield47 Lachlan Filipovic # 29-Aug-98 200 92 Ormond/Sandringham U1848 Cory Maynard # 07-Oct-91 185 91 Hampton Rovers49 Nathan Foote 13-Dec-95 180 76 Frankston50 Colin Garland * 28-Apr-88 191 92 North Hobart/Tasmania U18/Tasmania (VFL)51 Ben Giobbi 04-Apr-96 182 85 Noble Park52 Blake McGrath 24-Apr-90 211 98 St Kilda/Fish Creek53 Will Collis 20-Sep-96 176 74 Garfield54 Jack Trengove * 02-Sep-91 185 86 Sturt55 Liam Hulett * 17-Mar-97 194 90 Bonbeach/Dandenong U1856 Jayden Hunt * 03-Apr-95 187 76 East Sandringham/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham U1857 Jay Kennedy-Harris * 21-Mar-95 173 84 Kew/Oakleigh U1858 Gach Nyuon 19-Mar-97 198 83 Dandenong U18/Essendon (AFL)59 Jake Spencer * 09-Oct-89 203 108 Redland/Cairns60 Jeff Garlett * 03-Aug-89 180 75 Burracoppin/Swan Districts/Carlton61 Liam Hiscock 10-Aug-97 189 84 Sandringham U18/Sandringham (VFL)62 Lachlan Gill-Renouf 20-Jan-98 173 73 Dandenong U1863 Kieren Byers 05-Feb-97 203 97 Gippsland U1864 Angus Brayshaw * 09-Jan-96 187 88 Hampton/Sandringham U1865 Cameron Pedersen * 17-Mar-87 193 98 Mooroolbark/Box Hill Hawks/North Melbourne66 Perry Lewis-Smith 26-Sep-98 181 80 Sandringham U1867 Aaron Vandenberg * 03-Mar-92 188 90 Tarthra/Ainslie68 Ethan East 22-Oct-98 191 94 Bairnsdale/Gippsland U1869 Ben Kennedy * 03-Mar-94 175 76 Brighton District/Glenelg/Collingwood (AFL)70 Trent Armour 14-Nov-98 184 74 Gippsland U18/Nar Nar Goon71 Dom Tyson * 08-Jun-93 186 85 Camberwell/Trinity Grammar/Oakleigh U18/GWS72 Mykelti Lefau 22-Jun-98 182 76 St Kilda City73 Sam Frost * 28-Aug-93 194 93 Ormond/Wesley College/Sandringham U18/GWS74 Jake Melksham * 29-Aug-91 186 82 Essendon (AFL)75 Sean Dwyer 31-Oct-89 174 80 Lang Lang76 Dean Kent * 24-Feb-94 179 73 Federals/Perth 77 Max Gawn * 30-Dec-91 208 111 Ormond/Sandringham U1878 Christian Petracca * 04-Jan-96 186 94 Beverley Hills/Whitefriars/Eastern U1879 Keenan Hughes 14-May-98 191 82 Gippsland U1880 Danny Allsop 23-Mar-98 175 67 Dandenong U1881 Kirk Dickson 20-Aug-98 185 77 Dandenong U18/Cranbourne/Mazenod SC82 Bernie Vince * 02-Oct-85 186 89 CMS Crows/Woodville-West Torrens/Adelaide83 Thomas Bugg * 05-Apr-93 184 82 Gembrook/Caulfield Grammar/Gippsland U18/GWS84 Neville Jetta * 12-Feb-90 180 81 Swan Districts85 Christian Salem * 15-Jul-95 183 83 Hampton Rovers/Sandringham U1886 Jack Watts * 26-Mar-91 196 93 East Sandringham/Sandringham U1887 Jack Viney * 13-Apr-94 186 87 Ashburton/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18/Casey Scorpions88 Jordan Lewis * 24-Apr-96 185 79 Hawthorn89 Jesse Hogan * 12-Feb-95 195 100 Claremont90 Nathan Jones * 20-Jan-88 180 87 Mt Eliza/Dandenong U1891 Michael Hibberd * 03-Jan-90 186 90 Essendon (AFL)92 Tom McDonald * 18-Sep-92 194 101 Edenhope-Apsley/North Ballarat U18
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(Comments from senior coach Justin Plapp)
FACT FILE:
AFL ALIGNMENT: Melbourne
2016 FINISH: 2nd (16-5)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Jack Hutchins / 2. Alex Neal-Bullen / 3. Declan Keilty
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Jack Hutchins / Declan Keilty / Tim Smith
2016 DRAFTEES: Tim Smith (rookie pick no.25 to Melbourne) / Oscar McInerney (rookie pick no.37 to Brisbane) / Declan Keilty (rookie pick no.41 to Melbourne)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Dan Allsop (Dandenong Stingrays) / Nathan Gardiner (Frankston) / Mitch Gent (Noble Park) / Tom Glen (Dandenong Stingrays) / Liam Hiscock (Sandringham) / Goy Lok (Sandringham Dragons) / Yilber Zijai (Sandringham)
- Out: Declan Keilty (Melbourne AFL) / Oscar McInerney (Brisbane AFL) / Paul Pattison / Tim Smith (Melbourne AFL)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Tim Smith, Oscar McInerney and Declan Keilty: “We sort of retain Tim and Declan in our system because they were rookie-listed to Melbourne, but they’re part of the AFL team now. I was absolutely rapt those three were rookie-listed, because when you’re doing this job you want to create opportunities for players to reach their full potential.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Mitch Gent: “Mitch previously played 60 VFL games for us and is coming back to the club aft er a year at Noble Park (in the Eastern FL). He was pretty keen to give the VFL another go, and given he’s a quality player we certainly weren’t going to knock him back. He’s a big-bodied midfielder who can play a number of positions. He’s had a really strong pre-season and I’d argue he’s in better shape than he’s ever been.”
Yilber Zijai: “Yilber played 27 VFL games for Sandringham over a four-year period. He’s a small forward/midfielder who’s hard at it and a clever player who seems to make things happen every time he touches the ball. We think he’s a big in for us.”
Nathan Gardiner: “Nathan’s an ex-Frankston player who kicked 52 goals over the last two years at VFL level. He’s a medium-sized forward with really strong hands and he’s going to be important for our forward-line depth.”
Goy Lok: “Goy is a 19-year-old big-bodied midfielder we’ve recruited from the Sandringham Dragons who
played three VFL games for the Sandringham Zebras last
year and performed really well. We think he’s going to
have an instant impact.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“Jack Hutchins springs to mind pretty quickly. He won
our best-and-fairest last year, he’s our captain and he
gets the big jobs in defence most weeks. Ed Morris has
played just about every game for us the last two years
but he was unfortunate to miss out on selection for
the Grand Final last year. He’s gone away and worked
really hard on his general fitness and has come back in
amazing condition.
“Mitch Gent’s going to play a pretty big role for us
around the middle of the ground and he wins a lot of his
own ball. He has really good leadership qualities too.
Angus Scott’s another one – he played every VFL game
last year and had some really significant improvement
in his running ability. He generally makes something
happen when he has the ball.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATE:
Dylan Gordon: “Dylan’s a defender who reads the ball
and intercepts really well. We recruited him from the
Northern Territory two years ago and he’s really matured
physically. He played one VFL game last year but is
tracking like he’ll become a really important player for
us. His pre-season’s indicating that he’s really developed
and we’re expecting he’s going to come on in leaps and
bounds.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“With the list changes at Melbourne, we’re probably not
going to have the midfield depth we had last year but
we’re going to be better off with key-position players.
We probably had a lack of key-position players last year
but our strength this year is probably going to be our tall
backs and forwards.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“We were ranked first for inside-50s (per game during
the H&A season) last year but we weren’t able to hit the
scoreboard as much as we would have liked, so we’ve
tried to tighten that up. We’ve certainly got a big focus on
being able to score more consistently.
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“Unfortunately we lost Brett Allison and Daniel
McPherson who were both line coaches for our VFL
team, but we’ve got Max Rooke in from Gold Coast’s AFL
team – he’s a Melbourne development coach and will do
midfield stoppages for us – and Mick Stinear – who was
Melbourne’s AFL Women’s coach and will be doing our
off ence. Sam Radford – who was an assistant coach with
Melbourne’s AFLW team – will do defence and Danny
Ryan will become our midfield coach. He was previously
second-in-charge to Jeremy Barnard at the Sandringham
Dragons in the TAC Cup. We feel we’ve lost a couple of
very good people but we’ve also gained some really
capable people.”
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Angus Scott
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Liam Hunt
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(Comments from senior coach Peter German)
FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 12th (6-12)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Tom Goodwin / 2. Ozgur Uysal / 3. Ahmed Saad
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Robbie Fox / Luke Ryan / Ahmed Saad
2016 DRAFTEES: Luke Ryan (pick no.66 to Fremantle) / Robbie Fox (rookie pick no.34 to Sydney)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Connor Byrne (UWS Giants, NSW) / Christian Burgess (Myrtleford) / Tom Cleary (Glenorchy, TAS) / Tyler Curtis (Williamstown) / Nick Dodge (Lauderdale, TAS) / Ryan Exon (Frankston) / Hisham Kerbatieh (Northern Blues) / Liam Kidd (Box Hill Hawks) / Patrick Lawlor (Box Hill Hawks) / Nick Mellington (Richmond VFL) / Tom Wallis (Essendon AFL) / Darrean Wyatt (Collingwood AFL)
- Out: Lech Featherstone / Robbie Fox (Sydney AFL) / Dion Hill / Lachlan Johns (Vermont) / Luke Ryan (Fremantle AFL) / Ahmed Saad (West Preston-Lakeside) / Nathan Thomas / Ozgur Uysal (Essendon VFL) / Daniel Younan (Essendon VFL)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Daniel Younan: “Danny was an outstanding leader and he’ll certainly be missed. He’s just one of those real upbeat, quality young men who added so much to our footy club. But now he’s gone, the best part is that someone else steps up.”
Ahmed Saad: “We’ll miss Ahmed’s scoreboard contribution – he kicked 49 goals (and won the ‘Frosty’ Miller Medal) last year. We think that rather than one player covering ‘Saady’ this year, we’ll have a totally diff erent forward set-up.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
New forwards: “We’ve had Lech Featherstone (23 goals in 2016) move on as well as Ahmed Saad, but we think Nick Dodge from Tasmania is a quality medium half forward and we got Hisham Kerbatieh from the Northern Blues who kicked five goals in a game (against Werribee in Round 17) last year. We also think Tyler Curtis from Williamstown is going to add a fair bit to our height up forward.”
High-level experience: “I think the recruitment of Nick Mellington from Richmond’s VFL team and Tom Wallis from Essendon’s AFL rookie list will certainly give us good coverage in the midfield. Down back, we’ve recruited Tom Cleary from Tasmania and Darrean
Wyatt’s another one – he’s come off Collingwood’s
rookie list and we think he’ll be a quality defender for
us.”
Youngsters: “We’ve got some really good young kids to
our club who have probably just missed out at the draft s
previously. Connor Byrne from NSW, Luke Bunker
from the Northern Knights and Christian Burgess from
Myrtleford. Jack Reaper and Jaidyn Owen are a couple
of tall players from the Calder Cannons and they’re really
exciting.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“You’d expect the players who were up there last year
– Tom Goodwin and Liam Hunt – to be there again. I
think Tom’s game will only continue to get better in the
ruck and I think Liam showed last year as the season
went on that he’s a top-line midfielder. If Peter McEvoy
plays a full season, he could be one of our key players.
He had a terrific year (16 goals in 10 games) up until he
broke his leg (in Round 11) but he’s fully fit now.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
“We think Mark Kovacevic will make inroads with his
ruck work and be able to work in tandem with Tom
Goodwin. Josh Iacobaccio in the back line – he’s grown
in terms of his maturity and he’s a leader at the club
now. We think he’ll be more impactful this year. Michael
Mattingly in his second year – we think he’s taken big
steps over the pre-season and he’s going to be a better
player in 2017.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“I think our depth is going to be a strength. There could
easily be 30 or 32 players pushing for Round 1 senior
spots and that keeps everyone on their toes.
“Our defence was probably our strongest line last year
and we’ve been able to add to that with Tom Cleary and
Darrean Wyatt. We think our back line can hold up – it’s
whether we can stay consistent throughout the year in
our midfield and our forwards can hit the scoreboard.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FROM 2016:
“I think up until halfway through last year our stoppages
and contested ball were pretty good but in the second
half of the year we really dropped away there.
“We lost five of our first seven games last year by 11
points or less, and if you win three of them all of sudden
you’re talking about maybe having a run at the finals.
The start of our season’s going to be really important.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“Paul Kennedy’s been fantastic – he’s going to be our
Development League coach and VFL assistant coach
this year. We lost (former Melbourne and Richmond
player) Ricky Petterd, but Andrew Sturgess has come
on board as our midfield coach. We’ve also got Lachlan
Waterman in as our forwards coach and Tony Regan is
our defensive coach.”
Coburg
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Ben Allan 04-Jun-96 180 77 Pascoe Vale/Calder Cannons
2 Patrick Lawlor 04-Mar-93 180 80 Vermont/Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks
3 Hisham Kerbatieh 16-May-97 177 78 Hadfield/Calder Cannons/Northern Blues
4 Keenan Posar 08-Aug-94 187 82 St Marys GJFC/Northern Knights/Northern Blues
5 Ryan Exon 08-Jan-94 182 84 Oakleigh Chargers/Box Hill Hawks/Frankston
6 Mark Orr 18-Feb-95 198 100 Melton/Western Jets
7 Christian Burgess 17-Mar-94 173 73 Bendigo Pioneers/Williamstown/Myrtleford
8 Nick Mellington 22-May-96 186 88 Benalla/Murray Bushrangers/Richmond (VFL)
9 Nathan Blair 05-Jul-95 187 86 Romsey/Calder Cannons
10 Sean Gregory 20-Jan-94 197 81 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons/Essendon (AFL)
11 Blake Mullane 18-Apr-95 185 87 Mt Eliza/Dandenong Stingrays/Frankston
12 Peter McEvoy 27-Jul-91 195 92 Wodonga Raiders/Tasmanian University/Box Hill Hawks
13 Tom Wallis 14-Feb-97 182 80 Essendon Doutta Stars/Calder Cannons/Essendon (AFL)
14 Michael Ercolano 23-Jan-97 173 76 West Preston-Lakeside/Northern Knights
15 Joshua Iacobaccio 15-Aug-96 177 78 Bundoora/Northern Knights
16 Mitchell Betson 20-Nov-91 198 94 Terrigal-Avoca
17 Stuart Donnelly 29-Apr-95 186 84 Kingborough/Southport/Gold Coast (NEAFL)
18 Matthew Merlo 14-Mar-95 184 87 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons/Williamstown
19 Michael Mattingly 25-Jun-96 184 78 Corowa-Rutherglen/Northern Knights
20 Liam Kidd 22-Apr-96 180 83 Knox/Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks
21 Nick Dodge 06-Feb-97 183 84 Lauderdale/Tassie Mariners
22 Darrean Wyatt 01-Dec-92 201 97 Sandringham College/College of Coastal Georgia (USA)/Collingwood (AFL)
23 Jackson McDonald 24-Apr-98 183 77 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons
24 Zak Wunhym 22-Aug-97 171 75 Keilor/Calder Cannons
25 Thomas Cleary 18-Dec-92 196 91 New Norfolk/Launceston/Glenorchy
26 Liam Hunt 03-Feb-95 187 83 Eltham/Northern Knights
27 Luke Bunker 12-May-98 185 79 St Marys GJFC/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern Knights
28 Connor Byrne 16-Jun-98 183 78 Lavington/North Ballarat Rebels/UWS Giants
29 Tom Goodwin (C) 02-Oct-91 201 112 East Ringwood/Port Adelaide (SANFL)/Box Hill Hawks
30 Jack James 29-Oct-96 182 80 Gisborne/Calder Cannons
31 Rhys Free 08-Feb-97 194 91 Cohuna Kangas/Bendigo Pioneers
32 Ricky Schraven 08-Feb-96 174 77 Wallan/Greenvale/Calder Cannons
33 Brandon Bailey 18-Nov-95 180 75 Gippsland Power/Morwell
34 Tyler Curtis 30-Mar-93 197 94 South Mildura/Williamstown
35 Cameron Holdsworth 23-Jul-96 188 82 Albion/Avondale Heights/Western Jets
36 Matthew Perry 30-Apr-97 187 79 Northcote Park/Northern Knights
37 Jesse Corigliano 30-Apr-96 183 82 Strathmore/Calder Cannons
38 Damandeep Aujla 25-Feb-96 179 78 Bundoora/Northern Knights/Northern Blues
39 Dylan Tarczon 27-Aug-97 183 83 Sunbury/Calder Cannons
40 James El-Moussalli 18-Jun-97 191 87 Northern Knights/Eltham/Essendon (VFL)
41 Mark Kovacevic 23-Jan-96 204 112 Greenvale/Calder Cannons
42 Hayden Blythe 05-Feb-98 181 78 Glenroy/Calder Cannons
43 Karl Brown 05-Dec-97 194 93 Essendon Doutta Stars/Calder Cannons
44 Chas Roberts 25-Jan-97 201 86 Old Trinity/West Preston-Lakeside/Northern Knights
45 Jaidyn Owen 07-Feb-98 198 90 Woodend-Hesket/Calder Cannons
46 James Svarc 02-Feb-95 188 88 Corowa-Rutherglen
47 Mitchell Conn 19-May-97 177 76 Sunbury/Calder Cannons
48 Angelo Rambaldi 13-Apr-94 183 81 Donvale/Doncaster/Collingwood (VFL)
49 Rivva Karpany 17-Mar-95 173 76 Port Adelaide (SANFL)/Fitzroy Stars
50 Jack Reaper 05-Apr-98 191 89 Gisborne/Calder Cannons
51 Corey McKay 16-Oct-98 179 81 Northcote Park/Northern Knights
52 Cassidy Haberfield 02-Jan-96 172 77 Gold Coast (NEAFL)/Surfers Paradise
53 Billy Cannolo 07-Dec-98 179 70 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons
54 Cameron McRorie 02-Jan-97 180 77 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons
55 George Romios 11-Aug-97 194 93 Essendon Doutta Stars/Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons
56 Joshua Formosa 05-May-98 164 70 Heathcote/Strathfieldsaye/Bendigo Pioneers
57 Lachlan Waite 09-Nov-98 191 83 Seymour/Murray Bushrangers
58 Sam Lowson 24-Oct-95 181 84 East Ringwood
59 Ben Barton 16-Jun-98 194 77 Kilmore/Broadford/Calder Cannons
60 Alex Mioni 06-Apr-96 190 81 Norwood/Oakleigh Chargers/Port Melbourne
62 Jack Sandric 26-Feb-96 186 90 Hobart City/Box Hill Hawks
Coburg
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Alex Fasolo * 08-Jun-92 181 84 Attadale/East Fremantle2 Jordan De Goey * 15-Mar-96 191 91 Ashburton/St Kevin’s College/Oakleigh U183 Daniel Wells * 03-Feb-85 181 85 Kwinana/Peel Thunder/North Melbourne4 Brodie Grundy * 15-Apr-94 203 102 Unley/Sturt5 Jamie Elliott * 21-Aug-92 178 81 Euroa/Murray U186 Tyson Goldsack * 22-May-87 193 93 Pakenham/Gippsland U187 Adam Treloar * 09-Mar-93 182 85 Noble Park/Dandenong U18/GWS8 Tom Langdon * 09-Jun-94 190 86 Old Melburnians/Sandringham U189 Jesse White * 09-Jan-88 196 102 Surfers Paradise/Southport/Sydney
10 Scott Pendlebury * 07-Jan-88 191 91 Sale/Gippsland U1811 Jarryd Blair * 14-Apr-90 174 81 Wonthaggi/Gippsland U1812 Matt Scharenberg * 18-Sep-95 191 88 PHOS Camden/Glenelg13 Taylor Adams * 20-Sep-93 181 83 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18/GWS14 James Aish * 08-Nov-95 183 78 Norwood (SA)/Brisbane15 Lynden Dunn * 14-May-87 192 102 Moonee Valley/Calder U18/Melbourne16 Chris Mayne * 02-Nov-88 188 84 Belmont/Perth/Fremantle17 Callum Brown * 27-Apr-98 178 73 Beverley Hills/ Marcellin/Eastern U1818 Travis Varcoe * 10-Apr-88 180 83 Smithfield/Central District/Geelong19 Levi Greenwood * 19-Feb-89 181 91 North Whyalla/Port Adelaide (SANFL)/North Melbourne20 Ben Reid * 29-Apr-89 196 98 Wangaratta Rovers/Murray U1821 Tom Phillips * 07-May-96 187 79 Beverley Hills/Oakleigh U1822 Steele Sidebottom * 22-Jan-92 184 86 Congupna/Murray U1823 Lachlan Keeff e * 14-Apr-90 204 101 Marist College, Brisbane24 Josh Thomas # 01-Oct-91 178 77 Redland/Gold Coast U1825 Jack Crisp * 02-Oct-93 190 91 Myrtleford/Murray U18/Brisbane26 Josh Daicos * 26-Nov-98 178 72 Greythorn/Bulleen-Templestowe/Oakleigh U1827 Kayle Kirby * 31-Aug-98 182 89 Tyntynder/Bendigo U1828 Ben Sinclair * 01-Oct-91 183 81 Scotch College/Oakleigh U1829 Tim Broomhead * 22-Mar-94 185 80 Port District/Port Adelaide (SANFL) 30 Darcy Moore * 25-Jan-96 201 98 Kew/Oakleigh U1831 Jackson Ramsay * 20-Nov-94 184 82 Coolbinia/East Perth 32 Will Hoskin-Elliott * 02-Sep-93 186 80 North Sunshine/Western U18/GWS33 Rupert Wills * 20-May-93 192 87 Old Scotch/Collingwood (VFL)34 Mitch McCarthy # 10-Oct-97 196 95 Mount Eliza/Dandenong U1835 Sam McLarty * 11-May-98 197 91 Beverley Hills/Yarra Valley GS/Oakleigh U1836 Brayden Sier * 12-Dec-97 191 89 Banyule/Marcellin College/Northern U1837 Brayden Maynard * 20-Sep-96 189 90 Hampton/Sandringham U1838 Jeremy Howe * 29-Jun-90 190 88 Dodges Ferry/Hobart/Melbourne39 Ben Crocker * 19-Feb-97 188 82 Kew Comets/Marcellin College/Oakleigh U1840 Josh Smith * 02-Jan-94 180 80 Redland41 Henry Schade # 08-Oct-93 197 89 Sandy Bay/North Hobart/Gold Coast43 Adam Oxley * 01-Nov-92 193 85 Redland44 Liam Mackie # 24-Aug-98 186 76 Plympton Bulldogs/Glenelg45 Max Lynch # 12-Sep-98 200 97 Jindera Bulldogs/Albury/Murray U1846 Mason Cox # 14-Mar-91 211 108 Oklahoma State University (USA)47 Gus Borthwick 29-Dec-96 180 83 Melbourne Grammar/Old Melburnians48 Lachlan Tardrew 06-Sep-97 183 75 Sandhurst/Bendigo U1849 Michael Chippendale 22-Jun-92 190 85 Tea Tree Gully/Norwood (SA)50 Alex Woodward 11-Jun-93 181 78 Sandringham U18/Hawthorn51 Michael Still 24-Mar-91 194 94 Essendon (VFL)/Werribee/West Adelaide52 Lachlan Wallace 24-Jan-92 176 79 Dandenong U18/Frankston YCW53 Jack Hellier (C) 15-Aug-88 178 85 St Bedes-Mentone Tigers/Sandringham U1854 Jordan Collopy 16-Aug-93 178 77 Oakleigh U18/Collingwood (VFL)/Northcote Park55 Ryan Pendlebury 02-Aug-92 191 85 Sale/Bendigo (VFL)/Norwood (VIC)56 Stephen Tahana 02-Feb-97 183 79 North Adelaide/Gepps Cross57 Ash Close 24-Dec-91 199 84 Ivanhoe Amateurs/Morwell/Northcote Park58 Kye Beveridge 21-Aug-98 178 68 St Peters/De La Salle/Sandringham U1859 Jackson Starcevich 18-Jul-93 195 82 Claremont/Redland/Shepparton United60 Jordan Kelly 27-Jun-93 191 85 Dandenong U18/Hawthorn/Western Bulldogs61 Nick Gray 24-Sep-92 185 78 Mansfield/Northcote Park62 Adrian Indovino 18-Mar-95 182 82 East Malvern/Oakleigh U18/De La Salle63 Marty Hore 05-Mar-96 189 81 Leitchville/Bendigo U1864 Campbell Lane 28-Sep-97 180 76 Oakleigh U18/Old Xaverians65 Lachlan Howe 12-Jun-93 200 100 Geelong (VFL)/Collingwood (VFL)/St Joseph’s66 Dale Hinkley 23-Sep-95 189 82 Birchip-Watchem67 Matthew Smith 11-Jan-91 181 82 Calivil Utd/Port Melbourne/Strathfieldsaye68 Matthew La Fontaine 27-Jul-98 180 78 Frankston YCW/Dandenong U1869 Jack Blair 19-Apr-93 174 71 Wonthaggi Power70 Josh Turner 29-Mar-95 183 82 Northern U18/Lower Plenty71 Alex Mastromanno 28-Jul-98 187 93 Brighton Grammar/Old Brighton
Collingwood
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(Comments from new senior coach Jared Rivers)
FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 3rd (15-5)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Brent Macaff er / 2. Jordan Kelly / 3. Jarrod Witts
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Jordan Kelly / Dale Tapping (coach)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Kye Beveridge (Sandringham Dragons) / Michael Chippendale (Norwood, SA) / Campbell Lane (Oakleigh Chargers) / Jackson Starcevich (Claremont) / Stephen Tahana (North Adelaide, SA) / Alex Woodward (Hawthorn AFL)
- Out: Lachlan Ferguson (Collegians) / Ben Moloney (Geelong VFL) / Angelo Rambaldi (Coburg) / Jackson Viola
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Ben Moloney: “Ben had been at the club for four years (and 66 VFL games). He was part of the leadership group and a senior player for the VFL program. No doubt he’ll be sorely missed for his ability to bring the AFL-listed and VFL-listed players together – he really drove that culture along with our captain Jack Hellier.”
Lachlan Ferguson: “Lachie will be missed for the way he went about his footy and just being a great teammate. He definitely had some skill around goal and those kinds of guys who excel around the feet of the big fellas inside 50 are always hard to find.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Alex Woodward: “Alex has come from Hawthorn’s AFL list. He had some serious knee troubles (three knee reconstructions and only two AFL games since 2012) but he’s been first-class since he arrived at the club. He’s really going to help our midfield depth.”
Michael Chippendale: “Michael plays a third tall defender role and won a premiership with Norwood in the SANFL (in 2012). He’s going to help us down back and is a natural footballer who reads the ball really well.”
Stephen Tahana: “Stephen is from North Adelaide. He’s a young kid (20 years old) but has some raw talent. He played some really good footy at senior SANFL level last year. He’s a defender who’s really good one-on-one, rarely gets beaten and can play on tall and small forwards.”
Kye Beveridge: “Kye is just out of the TAC Cup where he played for the Sandringham Dragons. He’s come
in and looked really positive for us. His endeavour
and hunt to get the ball has been first-class. He’ll be
pushing for a spot in the team coming into Round 1.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“I thought (runner-up) Jordan Kelly was very stiff in
the best-and-fairest last year – he could have won it
along with Brent Macaff er. He was super for us all year
with his consistency down back and on-ball at times.
I’m tipping he’ll probably be up there again this year,
along with Alex Woodward who will spend time in the
midfield. Ryan Pendlebury, who’s in the leadership
group, has been a good player for us for a few years
down back.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Gus Borthwick: “Gus is a real inside midfielder. He’s a
really powerful kid and really attacks the ball – the type
of player teammates love playing with and coaches
love to coach. He’s got a good left foot and was a really
consistent player for us last year (10 goals in 17 VFL
games). He can definitely lift another gear.”
Lachlan Tardrew: “Lachie plays multiple positions –
down back, in the midfield or on a wing. He’s young (19
years old) but definitely developing towards becoming
a really consistent VFL player. Our main focus this year
is trying to get some of these kids draft ed.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“Our strength will probably be the depth we’ve built in
previous years. I feel we’ve got a good core of 10 to 15
blokes that can play every week. Understanding the
alignment we’re in with the AFL team, it’s going to be
tough for some of those blokes to get in the side each
week, but I feel like if we’re all fit, we’re going to have
consistent lines across our forwards, midfielders and
backs.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“We just need to understand that our forward line will
be quite young this year. In previous years our kicking
inside 50 probably let us down on a few occasions, so
we want to move the ball as best we can to give our
forwards every chance. We’ve been working on that
entry kick inside 50 over summer to help us try and
turn that around.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“We’ve had Ryan Power – who coached at Frankston
for a few years – come on board to look aft er the
forwards. Brad Gotch – who coached South Adelaide
in the SANFL over the last couple of years and has
been really successful – will look aft er the midfielders.
He’s going to be really important for myself having had
that coaching experience at AFL, VFL and SANFL level.
We’ve also got Jamie Cassidy-McNamara coaching
the back line. He’s been at Collingwood for a few years
in the skill acquisition area, but he’s had an eye on VFL
footy and wanted to help out.”
Collingwood
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Aaron Heppell
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(Comments from new senior coach Paul Corrigan)
FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 6th (11-9)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Aaron Heppell / 2. Daniel Coghlan / 3. Ben McNiece
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Aaron Heppell
2016 DRAFTEES: Ben McNiece (Next Generation Academy rookie signing to Essendon)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Jock Cornell (Geelong AFL) / Michael Luxford (Geelong AFL) / Nick O’Brien (Woodville-West Torrens, SA) / Ozgur Uysal (Coburg) / Daniel Younan (Coburg)
- Out: Daniel Coghlan / Sam Heavyside / Jack Langford / Ben McNiece (Essendon AFL)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Daniel Coghlan: “Dan had been with us for a number of years and worked his way through to the captaincy last year. He was a fantastic person to have around the club and I think he’ll be sorely missed because he was well respected and well regarded amongst the VFL playing group and also the AFL-listed players who came back to play with him. He was a very good player both inside and outside the contest for us too.”
Sam Heavyside and Jack Langford: “Sam and Jack played a fair bit of VFL footy with us (Heavyside played 47 VFL games and Langford played 31). Jack’s versatility will be missed. He was able to fill a number of roles with his height, whether it was playing forward or back.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Nick O’Brien: “Nick was previously on Essendon’s AFL list and then went to the SANFL last year but has come back and will captain our side. Hopefully he can fill that void left by Dan Coghlan. Having played at the club before and knowing a lot of the AFL-listed players, I think he’ll be a real glue between the VFL list and the AFL-listed players when they come back on game day.”
Daniel Younan and Ozgur Uysal: “Danny and Ozgur just felt like they wanted a fresh start (having departed Coburg). Danny’s been voted into the leadership group, so he’s brought experience across from Coburg where he was also vice-captain. Same with Ozgur – he’s also played a lot of VFL footy and he’ll add to our midfield strength and depth.”
Michael Luxford and Jock Cornell: “Michael and Jock are handy additions to our group because they’ve
experienced the culture Geelong has at AFL level. I
reckon we’ll see a lot of them through the midfield, but
with their versatility we also have the ability to play
them forward.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“Our best-and-fairest from last year Aaron Heppell
has been really good this pre-season. He was a little
bit disappointed in the fact he didn’t get draft ed or
rookied but he’s really looking forward to backing up
the season he had last year. Hopefully we can again
utilise Aaron down back and through the midfield and
make him an even better player. He’s been voted in as
vice-captain as well, which says a lot about how far his
leadership’s come in the last 12 months.
“I’d also think Nick O’Brien will be up there with the
experience he’s brought back to the club, as well as
guys like Michael Luxford, Danny Younan and Ozgur
Uysal.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
“Alex Boyse and Alex Marklew are two that came
into the system last year. Boyse played three games
last year and Marklew only played a couple, and we’re
really looking for them to progress and play a few more
games this year. Nash Holmes is another one – he
started as a 23rd player, worked his way into the best
22 and played nearly every game towards the end of
the year. Hopefully he can continue to develop as well.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“What I’ve been trying to put together with the other
coaches this year is a list that’s quite versatile with guys
that can play in a number of positions. Given what you
get back from AFL level changes on a week-to-week
basis, if you’ve got VFL-listed players that are adaptable
to a number of positions, you can sort of pick them on
that rather than picking players who are suited to only
one position.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“We’ve had two years in the finals now and
Williamstown (by 12 points in the 2015 preliminary
final) and Footscray (by 19 points in the 2016 semi
final) have got us aft er we led late in the game. If we get
the opportunity to play in the finals again this year, it’s
about making sure we maintain consistency and are
able to win those games instead of giving up leads and
being beaten.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“I’ve come in as the senior coach this year, while
Daniel Jordan and Mark Corrigan – my younger
brother – will be doing similar roles to what they were
last year – Mark looking aft er the forwards and Dan
looking aft er the defenders. Wayne Schultz, who was
a player here and did some work for us as an assistant
coach last year, has also come on as a midfield coach.”
Essendon
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Andrew McGrath * 02-Jun-98 177 77 Brighton/East Brighton/Sandringham U18
2 Tom Bellchambers * 09-Jul-89 202 106 Northern Bombers/Tasmania U18
3 Darcy Parish * 25-Jul-97 180 74 Winchelsea/Geelong U18
4 Jobe Watson * 08-Feb-85 190 94 East Sandringham/Xavier College/Sandringham U18
5 Brent Stanton * 01-May-86 183 81 Banyule/Northern U18
6 Joe Daniher * 04-Mar-94 201 94 Aberfeldie/Calder U18
7 Zach Merrett * 03-Oct-95 180 80 Cobden/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18
8 Martin Gleeson * 25-Aug-94 190 81 Koroit/North Ballarat U18
9 Brendon Goddard * 20-May-85 192 93 Traralgon/Gippsland U18/St Kilda
10 Aaron Francis * 10-Aug-97 194 94 Loxton North/West Adelaide
11 David Zaharakis * 21-Feb-90 182 78 Eltham/Marcellin College/Northern U18
12 Mark Baguley * 21-May-87 180 82 Langwarrin/Frankston
13 Orazio Fantasia * 14-Sep-95 177 76 Payneham Norwood Union/Norwood (SA)
14 Jordan Ridley * 20-Oct-98 192 80 East Burwood/Oakleigh U18
15 Josh Green * 24-Aug-92 178 79 Clarence/Tasmania U18/Brisbane
16 Josh Begley * 03-Jul-98 186 96 Upper Ferntree Gully/Eastern U18
17 James Stewart * 04-Mar-94 196 93 Glen Iris/Scotch College/Sandringham U18/GWS
18 Michael Hurley * 01-Jun-90 193 95 Macleod/Northern U18
19 Kobe Mutch * 18-Mar-98 186 84 North Broken Hill/Wentworth/Bendigo U18/GWS Academy
20 Jackson Merrett * 27-Feb-93 185 83 Cobden/Geelong U18
21 Dyson Heppell * 14-May-92 189 85 Leongatha/Gippsland U18
22 Matthew Leuenberger * 07-Jun-88 203 103 Hale College/East Perth/Brisbane
23 David Myers * 30-Jun-89 191 90 Victoria Park/Perth
24 Craig Bird * 21-Jan-89 179 84 Nelson Bay/NSW-ACT U18/Sydney
25 Alex Morgan * 28-Jan-96 181 79 Forest Hill/Oakleigh U18
26 Cale Hooker * 13-Oct-88 197 100 Melville/East Fremantle
27 Mason Redman * 26-Aug-97 185 77 Millicent/Glenelg
28 Mitch Brown * 28-Aug-90 196 93 Mentone Grammar/Sandringham U18/Geelong (AFL)/Sandringham (VFL)
29 Patrick Ambrose * 01-Sep-91 193 92 Old Xaverians/Essendon (VFL)
30 Kyle Langford * 01-Dec-96 191 80 Macleod/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U18
32 Travis Colyer * 24-Aug-91 174 78 Marist/Claremont
33 Jayden Laverde * 12-Apr-96 190 82 Keilor/PEGS/Western U18
34 Jake Long # 03-Feb-96 186 75 St Marys (NT)/Scotch College
36 Michael Hartley * 07-Jun-93 198 100 Penrith Swans/Sydney University/Collingwood (AFL)/Coburg
37 Dylan Clarke * 06-Sep-98 186 83 Rowville/Melbourne Grammar/Eastern U18
38 Sam Draper # 28-Sep-98 203 105 Reynella/South Adelaide
39 Heath Hocking * 27-Dec-87 186 86 Mooroolbark/Eastern U18
40 Ben Howlett * 21-Oct-88 180 79 Donnybrook/Peel Thunder
41 Ben McNiece # 23-Feb-92 178 77 Northcote Park/Essendon (VFL)
43 Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti * 22-Apr-93 171 77 Tiwi Bombers/Gippsland U18/Essendon (VFL)
44 Shaun McKernan # 01-Sep-90 196 101 Tullamarine/Calder U18/Adelaide
45 Conor McKenna * 28-Mar-96 182 82 Eglish/Tyrone (Ireland)
47 James Kelly * 29-Dec-83 183 86 Rupertswood/Calder U18/Geelong (AFL)
49 Matt Dea * 13-Oct-91 186 85 Ballarat & Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18/Richmond (AFL)
50 James Ferry 09-Nov-94 191 90 Gisborne/Calder U18/Macedon
51 Alex Boyse 16-Nov-93 190 85 Essendon Doutta Stars/St Bernard’s/Essendon Doutta Stars
52 Isaac Muller 08-Jan-96 200 104 North Albury/Murray U18/Bundoora
53 Sam Hooper 15-Nov-95 194 93 North Ballarat U18/North Ballarat (VFL)
54 Nick O’Brien (C) 26-Jun-93 189 88 Essendon (AFL)/Woodville-West Torrens
55 Daniel Younan 18-Aug-92 178 79 Western U18/Coburg
56 James Peters 04-Jun-97 180 77 Aberfeldie/Calder U18
57 Nick Hind 19-Aug-94 180 75 East Point/Keilor
58 Ben Dobson 13-Feb-90 191 91 Koroit/St Mary’s (VIC)
59 Aaron Heppell 13-Jan-95 183 82 Gippsland U18/Strathmore/Leongatha
60 Ben Fennell 08-May-92 181 80 Montmorency/Collingwood (VFL)/Montmorency
61 Wilson Berry 08-Jun-98 192 82 Western U18/Aberfeldie
62 Michael Luxford 23-Feb-95 187 85 Geelong (AFL)/South Barwon
63 Matt Darby 14-Jul-93 194 92 Riddell/Avondale Heights
64 Charles Lill 31-Jan-95 189 88 Mt Lawley/Essendon Doutta Stars
65 Ozgur Uysal 05-Aug-92 181 82 Greenvale/Calder U18/Coburg
66 Kieran Strachan 05-Oct-95 202 86 South Bendigo
67 Eamon Gilbert 02-Jul-95 195 86 Northern Blues/Eltham/Avondale Heights
68 Eamonn Ogden 20-Jan-96 179 77 Bendigo U18/Kyabram/Keilor
69 Alex Marklew 26-Mar-96 190 85 Murray U18/Wangaratta Rovers/Essendon Doutta Stars
70 Alex Carr 04-Feb-95 180 81 Maff ra/Gippsland U18/Williamstown
71 Jock Cornell 02-Apr-97 188 88 NSW Rams U18/Geelong (AFL)
72 Joel Ottavi 21-Mar-96 199 93 Buningyong/Keilor
74 Joel Madden 26-Sep-94 190 91 Aberfeldie/Calder U18/Coburg
77 Nash Holmes 13-Mar-97 184 84 Sale/Gippsland U18/Keilor
79 Bruno Laguda 14-Apr-97 189 77 Essendon Doutta Stars/Calder U18/Essendon Doutta Stars
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1 Matthew Suckling * 25-Jul-88 187 87 East Wagga-Kooringal/Wagga Tigers/Hawthorn
2 Robert Murphy * 09-Jun-82 187 84 Warragul/Gippsland U18
3 Mitch Wallis * 24-Oct-92 186 85 St Bernard’s/Calder U18
4 Marcus Bontempelli * 24-Nov-95 192 90 Eltham/Northern U18
5 Matthew Boyd * 27-Aug-82 184 88 Narre Warren/Dandenong U18/Frankston
6 Luke Dahlhaus * 21-Aug-92 178 77 Leopold/Geelong U18
7 Lachie Hunter * 13-Dec-94 183 80 Williamstown Juniors/St Kevin’s/Western U18
8 Stewart Crameri * 10-Aug-88 190 97 Maryborough/Bendigo (VFL)/Essendon (AFL)
9 Jake Stringer * 25-Apr-94 192 92 Eaglehawk/Bendigo U18
10 Easton Wood * 04-Sep-89 187 87 Camperdown/Geelong U18
11 Jack Macrae * 03-Aug-94 191 83 Kew Rovers/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18
12 Zaine Cordy * 27-Oct-96 192 83 Ocean Grove/Geelong College/Geelong U18
13 Travis Cloke * 05-Mar-87 196 105 Park Orchards/Eastern U18/Collingwood (AFL)
14 Clay Smith * 11-May-93 182 83 Lucknow/Gippsland U18
15 Tom Campbell * 02-Nov-91 200 106 Wesley College/Sandringham U18/Old Scotch/Bendigo (VFL)
16 Toby McLean * 31-Jan-96 180 78 Narre Warren/Western U18
17 Tom Boyd * 22-Aug-95 200 103 Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U18/GWS
18 Fletcher Roberts * 03-Jun-93 196 90 Murrumbeena/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18
19 Lukas Webb * 04-Mar-96 187 85 Lakes Entrance/Caulfield Grammar/Gippsland U18
20 Josh Dunkley * 09-Jan-97 189 85 Sale/Gippsland U18
21 Tom Liberatore * 16-May-92 183 83 St Bernard’s/Calder U18
22 Mitch Honeychurch * 02-Mar-95 176 71 Vermont/Eastern U18
23 Jordan Roughead * 03-Nov-90 200 99 Lake Wendouree/North Ballarat U18
24 Shane Biggs * 05-Aug-91 187 84 East Ringwood/Bendigo (VFL)/Sydney
25 Marcus Adams * 30-Jun-93 192 96 Upper Swan/West Perth
26 Declan Hamilton * 18-Mar-96 182 75 Gaza/Port Adelaide (SANFL)
27 Patrick Lipinski * 17-Jul-98 187 80 Eltham/Northern U18
28 Josh Prudden # 06-Sep-94 182 82 Seymour/Assumption College/Murray U18
29 Tory Dickson * 26-Sep-87 184 85 Beaconsfield/Frankston/Noble Park/Bendigo (VFL)
30 Fergus Greene * 20-Dec-97 187 70 Sandhurst/Bendigo U18
31 Bailey Dale * 22-Jul-96 183 79 Edithvale-Aspendale/Dandenong U18
32 Kieran Collins * 14-Dec-97 194 100 Landwarrin/Haileybury College/Dandenong U18
33 Lewis Young * 20-Dec-98 197 88 Mitcham/Sturt
34 Bailey Williams * 10-Oct-97 187 82 Brighton District Old Scholars/Glenelg
35 Caleb Daniel * 07-Jul-96 168 71 Edwardstown/South Adelaide
36 Brad Lynch # 11-Jul-97 187 76 Mandurah/Swan Districts
37 Roarke Smith # 11-Sep-96 182 80 Sunbury/Valder U18
38 Dale Morris * 29-Dec-82 190 91 Doutta Stars/Werribee
39 Jason Johannisen * 08-Nov-92 180 80 Willetton/East Fremantle
40 Nathan Mullenger-McHugh # 29-May-97 196 82 Heathmont/Eastern U18
42 Liam Picken * 01-Aug-86 184 83 Hamilton/North Ballarat U18/Williamstown
43 Jack Redpath * 13-Dec-90 194 99 North Kyneton/Kyneton
44 Tim English * 10-Aug-97 205 87 Brookton-Pingelly/South Fremantle
45 Tristan Tweedie # 11-Jun-98 190 94 Lilydale/Eastern U18
46 Lin Jong * 04-Jun-93 188 88 Mulgrave/Oakleigh U18
51 Lauchlan Dalgleish 22-Jun-93 185 82 Essendon (AFL)/Essendon (VFL)
52 Joshua Patullo 11-Sep-97 200 94 Warragul/Leongatha/Gippsland U18
53 Billy Gowers 10-Jun-96 188 83 Kew/Xavier College/Oakleigh U18
54 Nick Jamieson 03-May-92 182 80 Old Scotch
55 Alex Greenwood 24-Oct-93 178 78 Western Bulldogs
56 Will Hayes 05-Jun-95 181 80 Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18
57 Jordan Staley 14-Jul-93 195 94 St Kilda/North Ballarat (VFL)
58 Matthew Goodyear 20-Jul-96 185 80 Collingwood (AFL)/Gisborne
59 Shaun Wyatt 01-Nov-93 180 82 Gippsland U18/Williamstown/Maribyrnong Park
60 Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith 18-May-97 185 87 Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18
61 Liam Nash 02-Dec-95 188 84 Gippsland U18/Airport West
62 Bradley Olsson 26-Nov-96 191 85 Gippsland U18/Airport West
63 Nicholas Ryan 03-Jun-97 182 77 Spotswood
64 Jayden Foster 01-Jun-95 195 91 Calder U18/St Bernard’s
65 Jordan Russell (C) 06-Nov-86 188 86 Carlton/Collingwood (AFL)
66 Anthony Bruhn 09-Mar-80 186 80 Dromana/Franston YCW
67 Joshua Wallis 01-Nov-96 186 84 St Bernard’s/Calder U18/St Kevin’s OB
68 Anthony Barry 23-Sep-86 186 84 Frankston YCW
69 Benjamin Dance 30-Apr-98 180 80 St Bedes Mentone
70 Andrew Panayi 10-Aug-91 170 72 Werribee Districts
71 Elijah Wales 22-Jan-96 176 78 Myrtleford/Werribee
72 Gabriel Hamilton 02-Nov-93 180 87 Old Trinity
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(Comments from new senior coach Steve Grace)
FACT FILE:
AFL ALIGNMENT: Western Bulldogs
2016 FINISH: Premier (15-7)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Jordan Russell / 2. Mitch
Honeychurch / 3. Lukas Webb
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Jordan Russell
2016 DRAFTEES: Ben Long (pick no.25 to St Kilda) /
Mitch Hannan (no.46 to Melbourne)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Anthony Bruhn (Frankston YCW) / Jayden Foster
(Carlton AFL) / Matthew Goodyear (Collingwood AFL)
/ Billy Gowers (Carlton AFL) / Josh Patullo (Gippsland
Power)
- Out: Mark Austin / Mitch Hannan (Melbourne AFL) /
Ben Long (St Kilda AFL)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
“Apart from Ben Long and Mitch Hannan, who were
draft ed, there isn’t another VFL-listed player from our
Grand Final team that we’ve lost.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Billy Gowers: “Billy has made a strong start and a strong
impression at the club aft er coming from Carlton. He
was impressive in a practice game against Collingwood
across half back. His aggression at the ball and his ability
to break the lines is something we think will be useful.”
Matthew Goodyear: “Matt came across from
Collingwood’s AFL team with me. He’s an inside
midfielder and played two AFL games last year. He’s a
real impressive character with good hands and power
inside the contest and good leg speed on the outside.”
Jayden Foster: “Jayden came to us from Carlton. He’d
been on their list for the last two years and been used
predominantly as a defender. We’re using him as a
forward and he’s made some good inroads. He kicked
three goals against Collingwood in a practice match.”
Anthony Bruhn: “Anthony’s a more mature player – he’s
27 years old – from Frankston YCW. He has great aerobic
capacity and can get up and down the ground all day.
He’s a forward.”
Josh Patullo: “Josh will probably fill our 23rd player
role. He played as a 19-year-old at Gippsland Power last
year and is a ruckman/forward with powerful hands. He
has a great work rate, is an honest kid, competes well
and covers the ground well for a big guy.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“Lauchlan Dalgleish, Nick Jamieson, Alex Greenwood, Will Hayes, Liam Nash, Anthony Barry, Jordan Russell, Jordan Staley, Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith and Shaun Wyatt are all players who are significant contributors to the team. I’d be loath to split any of those players, because I know they were very close in the best-and-fairest last year.
“Throw in Matt Goodyear as an inside midfielder and Billy Gowers with his power as well.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith: “Andrew is one to watch. He had a strong season last year as a 19-year-old. He mostly played as a running defender but he’s got room to grow as a midfielder, there’s no doubt. He’s had a really strong pre-season and we’re looking for him to significantly grow.”
Will Hayes: “Will played under a bit of duress towards the end of last year and he’s looking to really blossom this year. (He’s kicked 31 goals in 29 games over the last two years as a forward, but) he’s played a fair bit of midfield time over the pre-season.”
Shaun Wyatt: “Shaun is a strong forward. He had a significant foot issue late last year that he’s gotten over. He’s training strongly and we’re looking for him to enter footy in probably the first four rounds. He was a significant player for the club last year with his ability to hit the scoreboard (15 goals in 10 games) and apply significant pressure.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“Our strengths will be our adaptability and our flexibility in having players able to play multiple roles.
“There’s also some ownership from the core group of players who have now played together for two years under a new regime at the Bulldogs with Luke Beveridge (as Western Bulldogs’ senior coach). The game style has become ingrained, so them being able to take that game style to another level should also be a strength of ours.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“It’s always a challenge to improve your eff iciency with your last kick inside 50. That’s something we’ve worked reasonably hard on and we’ll continue to. We’re hoping to get some improvement there, and it’s a reflection of how you move the ball further up the ground.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“Stewart Edge has remained but our other assistant coaches are all diff erent. Greg McLachlan is one of our new assistants – he’s been involved in TAC Cup football with the Oakleigh Chargers for a number of years and coached A-grade amateur football previously. Rohan Smith will help out on game day with our coaching staff , which is a bonus. Stephen Mead – who’s been involved previously in TAC Cup programs and at VFL level with Port Melbourne in their 2011 premiership year – will be a development coach/bench coach. Jordan Russell is the mainstay there as a playing back line coach and development coach.”
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FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 7th (11-8)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Tom Atkins / 2. Tom Stewart / 3. James Tsitas
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Tom Atkins / Tom Stewart
2016 DRAFTEES: Tom Stewart (pick no.40 to Geelong) / Timm House (no.68 to Geelong) / Ryan Abbott (no.69 to Geelong)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Jack Blood (Geelong Falcons) / Daniel Capiron (Frankston) / Rob Condy (Newtown & Chilwell) / Ben Moloney (Collingwood VFL) / Ben Reid (Echuca) / Jai Thompson (Leopold)
- Out: Ryan Abbott (Geelong AFL) / Timm House (Geelong AFL) / Ben Raidme / Tom Stewart (Geelong AFL) / Ryan Williams
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Experienced leaders: “Players like Ben Raidme and Ryan Williams had been on our list for a while and were really good VFL players for us. They were also leaders within our team (sharing the captaincy along with Jackson Hollmer and Jackson Sheringham in 2015).”
AFL draft ees (although they haven’t gone far): “Hopefully Tom Stewart, Timm House and Ryan Abbott won’t be playing games in the VFL and are playing in the AFL instead, but it would always be good to welcome those boys back to the VFL team. It was just fantastic that the club backed our VFL program in and saw we’re teaching them right and producing ready-made players.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Ben Moloney: “I’ve only heard good reports about Ben. He’s one of those guys who, when you look at the stats sheet aft er the game, has always had his 30 disposals and played his role. He’s a very consistent player and his leadership is fantastic. He hasn’t been able to train as much as we’d like because he’s coming back from a broken leg, but hopefully he’s right by the start of the season.”
Daniel Capiron: “Dan’s got VFL experience from his time at Frankston and he’s at a good age (20 years old) for our group. He wants to take his footy to another level and can play almost everywhere on the ground.”
Ben Reid: “Ben’s from Echuca. He was a very good junior and just had a fair few injuries from about the age
of 18 to 21. He’s got his body right now and he’s had a
really good pre-season with us. He can also play almost
everywhere.”
Geelong FL recruits: “We’ve been lucky enough to get
from GFL clubs Jai Thompson, who’s a premiership
captain at Leopold, and Rob Condy, who’s been in our
VFL system before and has come back to have another
go at it. I think Rob will be more of a backman for us,
while Jai’s an inside midfielder/high half forward.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“Tom Atkins had a really good season last year. He was
our best-and-fairest winner and I think he can take his
game to another level this year. Sam McLachlan, Will
Sexton, James Tsitas – all those guys have had a year
in our system and know the way we want to play. They
should feel comfortable being regular VFL players now
and hopefully they can have consistent seasons.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Jack Blood: “We’ve recruited Jack, who was the
captain of the Geelong Falcons last year. He’s still only
a young guy finding his way and obviously stepping up
to a higher level, but he’s a very mature young player
when you speak to him. He knows where he’s at and
what he needs to work on. I think he’s pretty driven to
make the most of his opportunity at VFL level and keep
improving.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“Because we’ve got such a young AFL list that could
play the majority of the year in the VFL, I think we’ll have
an exciting mix in the VFL team. Combine the guys in
their second or third year at AFL level with our VFL-listed
players that have had a year or two in the system now
and our mature-aged recruits and we should perform
consistently every week with a good blend of youth and
experience.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“We scored fairly highly (ranked second in the VFL for
goals per game during the H&A season) but I think a lot
of our good work was undone with poor execution at
the end, so that’ll be our focus.
“Our stoppages and contested ball was a bit
inconsistent too (13th for clearances and 12th for
contested possessions per game during the H&A
season), so we’re hoping our experienced VFL guys
like Ben Moloney, Tom Atkins, Sam McLachlan and Jai
Thompson can complement our young AFL boys.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“We’ve got the same assistant coaches this year – Dan
Lowther, Mark Hovey and Glen Wallace – but we’ve
added three guys to complement them who have
experience in the Ballarat FL – Jarrod Edwards, Saul
Grenfell and Eammon Gill. They’ll be our runners
and bench coaches on game day and I think having
those extra guys on board will really complement the
program.”
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Rhys Stanley * 01-Dec-90 200 100 Berri/West Adelaide/St Kilda
2 Zach Tuohy * 10-Dec-89 187 91 County Laois (Ireland)/Carlton
3 Brandan Parfitt * 27-Apr-98 179 79 Nightcliff /NT Thunder/North Adelaide
4 Andrew Mackie * 07-Aug-84 193 82 Sacred Heart College/Glenelg
5 Nakia Cockatoo * 23-Oct-96 186 89 Southern Districts/NT Thunder
6 Lincoln McCarthy * 22-Oct-93 178 82 Bordertown/Glenelg
7 Harry Taylor * 12-Jun-86 195 94 Rovers, Geraldton/East Fremantle
8 Jake Kolodjashnij * 09-Aug-95 193 94 Prospect/Launceston
9 Zac Smith * 22-Feb-90 206 105 Glenmore, Rockhampton/Zillmere/Gold Coast
10 Daniel Menzel * 13-Sep-91 190 90 Golden Grove/Central District
11 Darcy Lang * 21-Nov-95 183 81 Colac/Geelong U18
12 Wylie Buzza * 02-Mar-96 198 102 Mt Gravatt/Redland
13 Tom Lonergan * 17-May-84 197 95 Yarrawonga/Calder U18
14 Joel Selwood * 26-May-88 183 84 Sandhurst/Bendigo U18
15 Matthew Hayball * 12-Sep-97 186 78 Roxby Downs/Sacred Heart College/West Adelaide
16 Scott Selwood * 27-Mar-90 186 88 Sandhurst/Bendigo U18/West Coast
17 Esava Ratugolea * 24-Jul-98 195 98 Cobram/Murray U18
18 Josh Cowan * 16-Mar-91 184 79 Daylesford/North Ballarat U18
19 Quinton Narkle * 03-Dec-97 180 80 Maddington/Wesley College/Perth
20 Ryan Gardner * 01-Jun-97 198 98 Burnie Dockers
21 Jordan Murdoch * 23-Mar-92 190 87 Port MacDonnell/Glenelg
22 Mitch Duncan * 10-Jun-91 188 88 Carine/East Perth
23 Aaron Black * 29-Nov-90 192 92 Kingsley/Peel Thunder/North Melbourne
24 Jed Bews * 14-Dec-93 186 88 Leopold/Geelong U18
25 Lachie Henderson * 14-Dec-89 196 98 Birregurra/Geelong College/Geelong U18/Brisbane/Carlton
26 Tom Hawkins * 21-Jul-88 198 110 Finley/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18
27 Sam Menegola * 07-Mar-92 189 89 Attadale/East Fremantle/Hawthorn/Fremantle/Subiaco
28 Cory Gregson * 04-Sep-96 175 79 Plympton/Sacred Heart College/Glenelg
29 Cameron Guthrie * 19-Aug-92 187 86 Sunbury/Calder U18
30 Timm House * 26-May-95 194 95 Geelong (VFL)/Gnowangerup
31 Jordan Cunico * 07-May-96 184 78 Traralgon/Gippsland U18
32 Steven Motlop * 12-Mar-91 185 85 Wanderers
33 George Horlin-Smith * 22-Dec-92 188 84 Payneham Norwood Union/Sturt
34 James Parsons # 12-Apr-97 189 82 Norwood/Eastern U18
35 Patrick Dangerfield * 05-Apr-90 189 92 Anglesea/Geelong U18/Adelaide
36 Tom Ruggles * 25-Apr-92 186 86 Drysdale/Geelong U18/Werribee/Leopold/Geelong (VFL)
37 Sam Simpson # 14-Jun-98 180 68 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18
38 Jack Henry # 29-Aug-98 191 88 St Mary’s (VIC)/Geelong U18
39 Zach Guthrie # 30-Jun-98 186 74 Sunbury/Calder U18
40 Jackson Thurlow * 28-Mar-94 190 87 Launceston
41 Jamaine Jones # 29-Sep-98 177 79 Heywood/Portland/North Ballarat U18
42 Mark O’Connor # 17-Jan-97 189 82 Country Kerry (Ireland)
44 Tom Stewart * 15-Mar-93 190 88 South Barwon/Geelong (VFL)
45 Ryan Abbott * 25-Jun-91 200 100 Grovedale/Geelong (VFL)
46 Mark Blicavs * 28-Mar-91 198 100 Sunbury
50 Daniel Capiron 14-Jun-96 189 85 St Joseph’s/Frankston
51 James Tsitas 03-Mar-95 181 82 Grovedale/Geelong U18/North Ballarat (VFL)
52 Alex Hickey 06-Jan-95 180 81 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18/Essendon (VFL)
53 Jai Thompson 14-Apr-91 178 82 Leopold
54 Robert Condy 29-Oct-86 190 94 St Mary’s (VIC)/Newtown
55 Simon Close 07-Mar-91 189 85 North Ballarat (VFL)/Leopold
56 Ben Reid 05-Sep-92 184 75 Glenelg/Echuca
57 Josh Guthrie 21-Feb-96 184 74 Sunbury
58 Ben Moloney (C) 07-Feb-91 183 88 St Joseph’s/ Collingwood (VFL)
59 Luke Webb 21-Jan-97 183 82 Glenorchy/St Joseph’s
60 Jack Blood 22-Oct-98 181 76 St Mary’s (VIC)/Geelong U18
61 Marcus Thompson 22-Jun-95 175 81 Leopold
62 Campbell Floyd 12-Jul-96 186 72 Colac/Geelong U18
63 Sam Dobson 03-Jun-93 189 85 North Ballarat U18/Koroit/St Mary’s (VIC)
64 Tom Atkins (C) 18-Sep-95 180 83 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18
65 Sam McLachlan 22-Sep-95 187 84 Colac/North Warrnambool
66 Jake Edwards (C) 06-Jan-88 191 92 Carlton/Port Melbourne/Darley
67 Jye Cross 28-Mar-95 192 93 Leopold
68 Harry Kol 15-May-96 181 69 St Mary’s/Geelong U18
69 Will Sexton 14-May-97 175 75 South Barwon/Geelong U18
70 Matt Inglis 08-Jan-97 178 77 Darley
71 Leigh Spiteri 30-Jun-97 174 72 Darley/Western U18
72 Trent McMullan 24-Feb-97 194 85 Wodonga Bulldogs/Murray U18/St Mary’s (VIC)
74 James Gow 15-Aug-97 175 75 Koroit/North Ballarat U18
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1 Tobias Thoolen 23-Feb-90 195 110 Collingwood (AFL)/Port Melbourne/Swan Hill/Avondale Heights
2 Tony Lockyer 06-Mar-93 186 85 Sebastopol/GWV Rebels/Sebastopol
3 Nick Rippon 04-Jan-94 177 81 East Point/GWV Rebels/Lake Wendouree
4 Tom Schnerring 22-Aug-96 190 90 Warrnambool/GWV Rebels/Redan
5 James Keeble 11-Apr-91 183 82 Bendigo Pioneers/Sebastopol/Boort
6 Louis Herbert 27-Jun-94 187 85 GWV Rebels/Gold Coast/South Barwon
7 Luke Kiel 24-Sep-90 183 81 Swan Hill/Strathfieldsaye/Sebastopol
8 Lachlan Cassidy 22-May-94 181 73 GWV Rebels/Ballarat
9 Lachlan George 02-Apr-88 181 96 North Ballarat (VFL)/Tasmania (VFL)/Box Hill Hawks/Skipton
10 Brenton Payne 03-Sep-96 193 90 Western Jets/St Kilda/Bacchus Marsh
11 Matt Austin (C) 30-Mar-89 187 79 GWV Rebels/Brisbane/Sebastopol
12 Andrew Hooper 18-Jan-91 173 87 GWV Rebels/Western Bulldogs/Glenelg/Charlton
13 Tom Taurau 13-Jan-97 184 90 Ararat/GWV Rebels/Stawell
14 Ben Cox 14-May-89 185 85 South Colac
15 Ben Lusby 17-Dec-97 179 82 Mount Clear/GWV Rebels/East Point/South Barwon
16 Oliver Tate 23-Jun-91 184 80 GWV Rebels/North Ballarat (VFL)/Claremont/Sebastopol
17 Josh Webster 16-May-96 189 92 Kalkee/GWV Rebels/Redan
18 Orren Stephenson 15-Jul-82 200 106 North Ballarat (VFL)/Geelong (AFL)/Richmond (AFL)/Redan
19 Charlie Lee 02-Oct-97 184 76 GWV Rebels/South Warrnambool/East Point
20 Shannon Beks 16-Feb-98 197 95 South Warrnambool/GWV Rebels
21 Jacob Cooke-Harrison 02-Mar-93 180 90 Horsham Saints/Grovedale
22 Jacob Wheelahan 01-Aug-97 186 82 GWV Rebels/Bacchus Marsh
23 Shaun Lyle 15-Aug-91 190 85 GWV Rebels/North Ballarat City
24 Ben Simpson 14-Nov-97 186 75 East Point/GWV Rebels/North Ballarat City
25 Mitch Rodd 10-Sep-92 188 82 Ballarat/South Barwon
26 Jake McQueen 25-Jun-98 178 70 Nhill/GWV Rebels/East Point
27 Keegan Mellington 31-May-96 178 78 GWV Rebels/East Point/Horsham Saints
28 Keenan Waterbury 27-Oct-98 181 80 Southern Districts/GWV Rebels/East Point/Redan
29 Gus Cleary 29-Apr-97 191 92 GWV Rebels/Casterton Sandford/Redan
30 Bailey Edwards 18-Jun-97 175 72 Maryborough/Bendigo Pioneers/Lake Wendouree
31 Billy Jones 10-Jun-96 178 76 Grovedale
32 Lochie Huppatz 07-Jan-98 179 72 GWV Rebels/Portland/Sebastopol
33 Matt Johnston 21-Sep-96 181 80 GWV Rebels/North Ballarat City
34 Tim Speirs 02-Feb-92 172 74 South Colac
36 Coby Perry 27-Aug-97 174 75 Maryborough
37 James Lukich 17-Nov-93 188 91 Bendigo (VFL)/Ballarat/St Joseph’s/Waubra
38 Nick Hausler 10-Apr-97 196 82 GWV Rebels/Koroit/Redan
39 Jay Moody 05-Jan-97 179 82 Geelong (VFL)/Portland/Grovedale
40 Lane Buckwell 20-Aug-94 188 96 Lake Wendouree
42 Hayden Walters 03-Aug-92 190 91 East Point/Essendon (VFL)
43 Jarrod Korewha 08-May-98 192 81 Koroit/GWV Rebels
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FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 14th (3-15)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Luke Kiel / 2. Nick Rippon / 3. Rowan Marshall
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Nick Rippon
2016 DRAFTEES: Rowan Marshall (rookie pick no.10 to St Kilda) / Matthew Eagles (Category B rookie signing by Brisbane through ‘The Recruit’ television show)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Lane Buckwell (Lake Wendouree) / Jacob Cooke-Harrison (Horsham Saints) / Ben Cox (South Colac) / Jay Moody (Portland) / Brenton Payne (St Kilda AFL) / Toby Thoolen (Swan Hill)
- Out: Matthew Eagles (Brisbane AFL) / Sam Hooper (Essendon VFL) / Rowan Marshall (St Kilda AFL) / Coleman Schache
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Coleman Schache: “Coleman’s one of my really good mates and he’s gone back home to the farm. He’s played over 70 games of senior VFL footy and he’s a ripping bloke you can’t replace. He wasn’t just a footy player, he was a leader and someone who set the standards around the place.”
Rowan Marshall: “I’d love to have Ro in every position on the field. His draft ing is a credit to him and the program we’re running here – that he’s been able to develop over a couple of years and get an opportunity.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Brenton Payne: “Brenton went to school at St Patrick’s in Ballarat a few years ago and was on St Kilda’s rookie list for a couple of years. He’s 193cm and a good runner. He’ll play forward this year, whether it’s high forward or deep forward.”
Jacob Cooke-Harrison: “Jacob will play mainly forward for us and at times on the ball. He won the Wimmera league goalkicking title last year as a small forward/midfielder and was best-on-ground in a grand final and runner-up in the league best-and-fairest award. He’s creative and clever and he’s got a few tricks.”
Toby Thoolen: “Toby had two years at Collingwood in 2008-09 and spent time at Port Melbourne and Frankston. He played at Swan Hill last year but wanted one last crack at VFL footy and to be able to play with his best mate Luke Kiel. He’s got a big body and he’ll be able to give Orren Stephenson a chop-out in the ruck
and play deep forward at times.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“Luke Kiel, Nick Rippon and Tom Schnerring will
be our main on-ballers. Andrew Hooper only played
seven games last year and kicked 11 goals – if we can
keep him out on the park, he might be able to kick
36 like he did two years ago. Oliver Tate finished the
second half of last year on a back flank and he was
in the best players for probably our last six or eight
games. Tony Lockyer’s as fit as I’ve ever seen him –
he’s the fittest at the club at the moment.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Tom Schnerring: “It was Tom’s first year at the
Roosters last year. He was a 19-year-old player for the
Rebels in the TAC Cup the year before but he had a
knee reconstruction. He’s 189cm but he’ll play in the
midfield. For someone who’s just turned 21, he’s a big
strong brute.”
Bailey Edwards: “Bailey played 10 games with us last
year and while he’s still young and raw, his running
ability is up there with AFL standards. He likes to play
inside but with his speed and running power we want
to play him on the outside as well.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“I really just reckon it’s the evenness of the team. If we
can have 25 of our best players available most of the
time, I think we’re a really even team. For example,
if you look at a forward line including Shaun Lyle,
Brenton Payne, Louis Herbert, James Keeble, Andrew
Hooper, Jacob Cooke-Harrison, Toby Thoolen and Jay
Moody, we won’t rely on any one of those guys and
they’re all capable of kicking goals.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FROM 2016:
“Hopefully with some more mature boys coming in this
year, we can nullify the opposition just that little bit
longer and keep games closer for longer.
“We’re looking at the creativity amongst the forward
line group as a big change from last year, because we
probably relied on kicking it down to (tall forwards)
Rowan Marshall or Matt Eagles. Now, I’m just not
sure who the best opposition defenders would go to
because I think all our forwards are capable.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“Leigh Hutchinson’s still coaching the back line, Paul
Jennings – who has been doing the midfield with
Orren Stephenson the last few years – has gone to do
the forwards on his own and Nick Daff y – who’s been
coaching St Albans the last couple of years – is coming
in to do the midfield with Orren. Nick has experience
playing in the AFL (165 games for Richmond and one
for Sydney) and has coached for the last four or five
years.”
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(Comments from senior coach Josh Fraser)
FACT FILE:
AFL ALIGNMENT: Carlton
2016 FINISH: 13th (6-12)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Tom Wilson / 2. Jason Tutt / 3. Mark Whiley
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Tom Wilson
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Mason Blakey (Northern Knights) / Jake Bradley (Northern Knights) / Alex Browne (CAS suspension) / Liam Buxton (Vermont) / Sam Fowler (Dandenong Stingrays) / Kane Keppel (Eastern Ranges) / Angus Milham (Essendon VFL) / Cameron O’Shea (Port Adelaide AFL) / Fraser Pearce (Port Melbourne) / Michael Romero (Calder Cannons) / Luke Russell (Gold Coast AFL) / Marcus Stavrou (Eastern Ranges) / Ryan Wiggins (Lauderdale)
- Out: Damandeep Aujla (Coburg) / Alex Aurrichio / Brent Bransgrove (retired) / Jack Cripps / Hisham Kerbatieh (Coburg) / Kieran McGuinness (retired) / Fraser Russell / Tim Totevski
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Kieran McGuinness: “Kieran has retired due to a pretty severe neck injury he suff ered last year against Casey (in Round 5). He’ll be missed for his on-field capabilities but also his off -field leadership.”
Brent Bransgrove: “Brent has also retired – he had a really long career with the Northern Blues (100 games from 2007-16). He’s someone that’s held in very high esteem and someone who – from an on-field and off -field perspective – we’ll definitely miss as well.”
Tim Totevski: “Tim unfortunately suff ered another season-ending knee injury so he’s decided to step away from football for 12 months. We’ll definitely miss Timmy – he’s a very popular figure at the club.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Alex Browne (11 AFL games for Essendon from 2011-15): “Alex is raring to go (aft er 12 months out of the game due to suspension). I think the year he’s had off has really given him an appreciation for playing the game and he probably has a slightly diff erent perspective on football now.”
Luke Russell (73 AFL games for Gold Coast from 2011-16) and Cameron O’Shea (81 AFL games for Port Adelaide from 2011-16): “Luke and Cam are guys with some real natural leadership qualities. Certainly the way they both prepare and train is a great standard for
our younger players to aspire to.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“I think what we’ve got this year that we may not have
had in the past is some depth, due to some of the
guys who have signed on with the club this year like
Dyson Stevens, Bailey Jordan, Kye Declase, Tim
Jones, Chris McCabe, Sam Peet, Sam Russell and
Zach Ballard. All those guys have had a taste of senior
footy and we’re looking for them to really stamp their
authority on the competition, along with the big-name
signings (Alex Browne, Luke Russell and Cameron
O’Shea – see above).
“I think our captain Tom Wilson can back up his 2016
season. I don’t see him sliding this year – in fact, I think
we’ll be able to add diff erent parts to his game which
will make him a more damaging player.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Sam Fowler: “Sam’s a small forward out of the
Dandenong Stingrays with some real talent. He’s quick,
he’s clean, he’s got great goal sense and I think he can
apply a lot of front-half pressure for us. He’s certainly
got the smarts and he’s one I’m really excited by.”
Marcus Stavrou: “Marcus is a really interesting player.
I think he’s a super talent. He’s a great size (186cm,
87kg at the Eastern Ranges last year) and he can play at
half back and go inside the contest as well. I think he’s
someone who’ll definitely add something diff erent to
our centre-bounce structure.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“I think we’ve got more versatility. I think our midfield
bats a little bit deeper than it did last year and we’ve
got a small forward in the front half in Sammy Fowler
who I think can do some real damage.
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FROM 2016:
“I think just being far more consistent through games –
we had a number of losses last year where it was really
just 10 to 15 minutes of footy that cost us. We want
to build leadership depth and we think we’ve done
that from what we’ve seen in the off -season. We want
to ensure that when things aren’t going our way that
we’re able to wrestle the momentum back and when
things are going our way we can capitalise on it.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“Matthew Capuano – who’s a development and
academy coach at Carlton – will be our senior midfield
coach at VFL level. (Former Murray Bushrangers head
coach) Darren Ogier will come on board as a backs
coach. Michael Ericson – who’s been our forward
line coach at Development League level for a couple
of years – will become the VFL forwards coach, and
Perry Meka will replace him as Development League
forwards coach. Andrew Williams – who was also
with us last year – will coach the backs at Development
League level and also assist on game day at VFL level.”
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Tom Wilson (C) 16-May-92 176 78 Vermont/Eastern U18
2 Jack Silvagni * 17-Dec-97 191 93 Greythorn/Xavier College/Oakleigh U18
3 Kye Declase 15-Oct-96 185 81 Montmorency/Northern U18
4 Sam Russell 29-Dec-95 180 81 Geelong U18/Port Adelaide (SANFL)
5 Alex Browne 09-Aug-92 180 85 Old Xaverians/Oakleigh U18/Essendon (AFL)
6 Glenn Strachan 06-Jul-90 184 80 South Croydon/Collingwood (VFL)
7 Dylan Buckley * 16-Mar-93 180 79 Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U18
8 Luke Russell 24-Jan-92 186 83 Burnie Dockers/Gold Coast
9 James Corboy 08-Feb-97 179 78 St Kevin’s Old Boys/Oakleigh U18
11 Tim Jones 10-Nov-96 181 80 Western Storm/Southport/Gold Coast (NEAFL)
12 Zach Ballard 25-Feb-96 185 83 Warrandyte/Northern U18
13 Cam O’Shea 13-Mar-92 193 91 Emerald/Eastern U18/Port Adelaide (AFL)
14 Liam Jones * 24-Feb-91 198 99 North Hobart/Tasmania U18/Western Bulldogs
15 Andrew Phillips * 03-Jul-91 201 100 Lauderdale/Tasmania U18/GWS
16 Jaylon Thorpe 02-Nov-94 193 86 West Preston
17 Sam Peet 14-Mar-97 199 98 Whittlesea/Northern Knights U18
18 Bailey Jordan 09-Apr-96 194 95 Heidelberg/Northern U18
19 Harry McKay * 24-Dec-97 200 97 Warragul/Gippsland U18
20 Dyson Stevens 26-Oct-93 189 85 Deer Park/Parkside
21 Cameron Barrett 17-May-96 183 81 Bendigo U18/Balranald
22 Chris McCabe 30-Aug-96 179 77 Eltham/Northern U18
23 Carl Adams 24-Jul-96 183 80 West Preston/Northern U18
24 Tyler Roos 24-Mar-96 185 78 Hampton Rovers/Sandringham U18
25 Kane Keppel 10-Jul-97 194 90 North Ringwood/Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U18
26 Alex Silvagni # 29-Sep-87 192 92 Berwick/Casey Scorpions/Fremantle
27 Angus Milham 08-Nov-94 210 96 Old Trinity/Spotswood/Essendon (VFL)
28 Jayden Collins 18-Jan-97 200 91 Boronia/Eastern U18
29 Ben Casley 18-Mar-92 192 98 Western U18/South Adelaide/GWS/Williamstown
30 Sean Bolger 21-Jul-94 195 94 Northern U18/Eltham
31 Patrick Kerr * 31-Jul-98 194 93 St Kevin’s College/Oakleigh U18
32 Nick Graham * 12-Jun-94 182 82 Traralgon-Tyers United/Gippsland U18
33 Mitch Dawson 21-Feb-96 184 83 Northern U18
34 Jesse Glass-McCasker # 03-Jan-97 198 95 Bassendean/Swan Districts
35 Marcus Stavrou 29-Sep-98 188 87 Donvale/Eastern U18
36 Sam Rowe * 19-Nov-87 199 98 Murray U18/Norwood (SA)
37 Ryan Wiggins 13-Apr-95 193 93 Lauderdale
38 Bior Malual 24-Jul-96 187 63 Western U18/Werribee Districts
39 Athiei Kur 31-Jul-93 194 86 Western U18/Bacchus Marsh
40 Brandon Droessler 30-Mar-96 187 80 Vermont/Eastern U18/Kew/Casey Scorpions
41 Sam Glover 12-Jun-96 194 82 North Ballarat/Kew
42 Sam Petrevski Seton * 19-Feb-98 180 74 Claremont
43 Simon White * 17-Jun-88 190 93 Carine/Subiaco
44 William Krithararis * 24-Oct-95 184 84 Western U18/Spotswood/Werribee
45 Mason Blakey 16-Sep-98 183 76 Eltham/Northern U18
46 Jake Bradley 10-Apr-97 177 70 Carey Grammar/Northern U18
47 Ciaran Sheehan # 19-Nov-90 188 80 County Cork (Ireland)
48 Kristian Jaksch * 07-Oct-94 196 90 Kew Rovers/Oakleigh U18
49 Dennis Armfield * 22-Dec-86 181 82 Eastern Hill/Swan Districts
50 Daniel Gorringe * 02-Jun-92 200 97 Tea Tree Gully/Norwood (SA)/Gold Coast
51 Jed Lamb * 19-Oct-92 182 82 Yarram/Gippsland U18/Sydney/GWS
52 Sam Fowler 11-Feb-98 170 68 Dromana/Dandenong U18
53 Harrison Payne 03-Aug-96 182 82 Corowa/Murray U18
54 Michael Romero 09-Oct-98 176 70 St Kevin’s College/Calder U18
55 Liam Sumner * 24-Oct-95 184 84 Western U18/Spotswood/Werribee
56 Andrew Gallucci # 28-Jan-94 178 67 Strathmore/Calder U18/Williamstown
57 Fraser Pearce 27-Jul-96 188 83 Oakleigh U18/Port Melbourne
58 Charlie Curnow * 03-Feb-97 191 95 Torquay/Geelong U18
59 Ciaran Byrne * 06-Dec-94 188 88 County Louth (Ireland)
60 David Cuningham * 30-Mar-97 183 79 Canterbury/Melbourne Grammar/Oakleigh U18
61 Matt Burt 22-Feb-96 183 73 Eastern U18/Box Hill Hawks
62 Blaine Boekhorst * 02-Sep-93 185 75 Port Hedland/Swan Districts
63 Rob Maibaum 28-Aug-96 190 84 Scoresby/Knox/Kew
64 Luke Collins 26-Nov-94 183 78 St Marys/Casey Scorpions/Montmorency
65 Zac Fisher * 15-Jun-98 175 68 Perth Demons
66 Matthew Wright * 14-Dec-89 178 75 Walkerville/North Adelaide/Adelaide
67 Cam Polson * 11-Mar-98 177 77 Haileybury College/Sandringham U18
68 Jack Mahon 22-Dec-96 183 82 Blackburn/East Burwood/Frankston
70 Tom Williamson * 12-Dec-98 188 80 Ararat/North Ballarat U18
71 Daniel Costanzo 17-Jul-96 176 70 Northcote Park
72 Sam Kerridge * 26-Apr-93 187 87 Bendigo U18
73 Liam Wale-Buxton 09-Sep-96 198 105 Eastern U18/Vermont
75 John Raff erty 16-Oct-95 185 86 Coldstream/Knox
76 Kym Lebois # 22-May-98 175 66 Kooniba/North Adelaide
77 Ben Hurley 19-Dec-97 188 82 Mildura/North Ballarat City/Kew
78 Matthew Walson 28-Apr-95 176 69 Werribee Centrals/Werribee
79 Jacob Duscher 08-Nov-95 184 80 Highett/Frankston
80 Matthew Korcheck # 12-Oct-91 208 106 University of Arizona (USA)
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Mack Rivett 17-May-96 183 82 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers
2 Khan Haretuku 19-Oct-89 199 105 Uni of NSW/St Kilda/Frankston
3 Luke Tynan 08-Oct-91 183 85 Gippsland Power/Garfield/Casey Scorpions
4 Thomas O’Sullivan 01-May-91 179 75 Caulfield Grammarians
5 Shannen Lange 22-Jul-94 180 80 Gippsland Power/Sale/Bendigo (VFL)
6 Jordan Lisle 12-Jul-90 196 96 Oakleigh Chargers/Hawthorn/Brisbane
7 Dylan Conway 28-Jan-92 185 88 Williamstown Juniors/Western Jets/Williamstown
8 Dylan Van Unen 22-Jun-90 190 84 Box Hill Hawks/Frankston/Essendon (AFL)
9 Billy Hogan 26-Apr-95 180 77 Parkside/Oakleigh Chargers
10 Toby Pinwill (C) 17-Feb-85 188 97 Waverley Blues/Oakleigh Chargers
11 Mitch Golby 03-Oct-91 183 82 Gippsland Power/Brisbane
12 Josh Tynan 06-Nov-93 187 83 Melbourne/Frankston
13 Thomas Gordon 11-Oct-91 178 76 Heywood
14 Isaac Conway 29-May-95 185 85 Aspley/Brisbane/Werribee
15 Leigh Osborne 13-Mar-90 183 85 Frankston/Gold Coast
16 Dillon Viojo-Rainbow 08-Feb-96 186 82 Hoppers Crossing/Western Jets/Carlton
17 Alex Urban 27-Jul-96 180 77 Mazenod/Oakleigh Chargers
18 Mitch Wooff indin 03-Feb-93 178 78 Oakleigh Chargers/Port Melbourne/Knox
19 Anthony Anastasio 11-Dec-93 169 72 Ormond/Sandringham Dragons/Williamstown
20 Sam Dwyer 29-Aug-86 180 79 Port Melbourne/Collingwood (AFL)
21 Lucas Cook 03-Mar-92 195 93 Melbourne/North Ballarat (VFL)
22 Matt Arnot 21-Oct-93 180 90 Oakleigh Chargers/Richmond (AFL)
23 Hugh Sandilands 07-Mar-89 189 90 Oakleigh Chargers/Box Hill Hawks
24 Mitch Hayes 01-Mar-93 176 82 Waverley Blues/Oakleigh Chargers
25 Tom Hobbs 08-Mar-97 182 89 Warragul/Gippsland Power
26 Nathan Batsanis 18-Mar-88 180 79 Norwood/Port Melbourne/Richmond (VFL)
27 Damian Mascitti 18-Aug-92 190 87 Beverley Hills/Doncaster East/Oakleigh Chargers
28 Robin Nahas 10-Nov-87 176 73 Port Melbourne/Richmond (AFL)/North Melbourne
29 Chris Cain 14-Jul-87 181 83 Oakleigh Chargers
30 Brodie Murdoch 21-Jan-94 188 78 Port MacDonnell/Glenelg/St Kilda
31 Brody Mihocek 04-Feb-93 192 97 Maribyrnong Park/Werribee
32 Blake Pearson 16-Jan-95 174 74 Doveton/Dandenong Stingrays
33 Charlie Kelso 10-Aug-94 208 106 Sandringham (VFL)
34 Shane Valenti 29-Jan-87 175 86 Port Melbourne/Noble Park/Old Haileybury
35 Eli Templeton 19-Aug-95 183 73 Burnie Dockers/St Kilda
36 Lachlan Waddell 12-May-95 200 96 Old Scotch/Oakleigh Chargers
37 Harvey Hooper 10-Jun-97 181 84 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers
38 David Iaccarino 20-Dec-94 183 82 Williamstown/Footscray
39 Kyle Dove 22-Apr-95 196 88 East Burwood/Oakleigh Chargers
40 Scott Clarke 07-May-90 192 87 Morningside
41 Riley Hogan 05-Feb-92 183 77 Imperial Juniors/North Ballarat City/Imperial
42 Tim Knowles 07-Apr-93 188 85 Mulgrave/Essendon (VFL)
43 Anthony Vella 17-Apr-94 187 76 Cranbourne
44 Yarran Jaff er-Williams 12-Oct-95 174 74 Wodonga Raiders/Casey Scorpions
45 Jake O’Brien 30-Jul-97 178 72 Assumption College/Seymour
46 Michael Tang 22-Dec-96 189 87 Calder Cannons/Coburg
47 Michael Wenn 11-Dec-96 199 102 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers
48 Fabian Brancatisano 15-Feb-94 183 78 Essendon (VFL)/Coburg/Pyramid Hill
49 Chris Carey 11-Aug-94 198 102 Warragul
50 Sam Michael 20-Mar-98 181 83 Oakleigh Chargers/De La Salle
51 Dylan Atkins 22-Apr-97 198 91 Dandenong Stingrays/Beaumaris
52 Aaron Wilson 26-Feb-96 196 86 Dandenong Stingrays/Narre Warren/Frankston
53 Jeremy Gleeson 19-Jul-95 191 91 Mt Eliza/Peninsula Old Boys/Frankston
54 Jesse Smith 03-Apr-98 199 98 Sandringham Dragons/Caulfield Grammar
55 Jesse Johnson 20-Jun-96 195 83 Devonport
56 Daniel Beddison 18-Aug-97 189 83 St Kevin’s/Oakleigh Chargers
58 James Harrison 03-Feb-98 180 77 Western Jets/Deer Park
59 Sam Bennett 22-Jan-95 190 87 North Ballarat Rebels
60 Lachlan Treverton 21-Oct-95 198 98 Old Haileybury
61 Sam De Soysa 16-Oct-95 194 89 Balwyn
62 William Goss 09-Nov-98 179 71 Oakleigh Chargers/Heidelberg/Xavier College
63 Sam Pickess 04-Jun-97 181 83 Frankston/Dandenong Stingrays
64 Hugh Johnson 13-May-97 194 89 Sandringham Dragons/Collegians
65 James Pullan 13-May-98 194 80 Oakleigh Chargers/Wesley College
66 Ash Krakauer 26-Jun-98 172 71 Sandringham Dragons/Ajax/Caulfield Grammar
67 Kade Renooy 26-Feb-98 178 76 Maff ra/Gippsland Power
68 Ethan Hanley 31-Dec-98 172 70 Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers
70 Dale Hoghton 14-Oct-91 185 80 Williamstown/Leongatha/Footscray
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FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 8th (11-8)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Brody Mihocek / 2. Toby Pinwill / =3. Khan Haretuku and Damian Mascitti
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Khan Haretuku / Damian Mascitti / Tom O’Sullivan
FORMER PLAYERS CURRENTLY ON AFL LISTS:
- Selected from club in 2004: Josh Gibson* (North Melbourne/Hawthorn)
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Anthony Anastasio (Williamstown) / Dylan Conway (Williamstown) / Isaac Conway (Werribee) / Charlie Kelso (Sandringham) / Brodie Murdoch (St Kilda AFL) / Robin Nahas (North Melbourne AFL) / Sam Pickess (Frankston) / Eli Templeton (St Kilda AFL) / Shane Valenti (Old Haileybury) / Anthony Vella (Cranbourne) / Dillon Viojo-Rainbow (Carlton AFL) / Mitch Wooff indin (Knox)
- Out: Sam Crocker (Old Carey) / Guy Dickson / Nick Dixon (Collegians) / Jake McKenzie (Deer Park) / Josh Scipione / Dan Toman / Jason Williams
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Josh Scipione: “Josh would be the big loss from a ‘team fit’ perspective, being a forward. We certainly felt we were pretty average as a forward unit last year.”
Guy Dickson: “Guy’s departure was something we didn’t envisage happening; he decided to move interstate for his career and that didn’t happen until fairly recently. Guy has that swing-man ability to go from back to forward. Last year was probably his break-out year and we certainly thought he’d have another good year in 2017.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Experienced forwards: “Anthony Anastasio will certainly fit straight into our forward line with the high work rate and finishing ability we’re aft er inside 50. He and Dylan Conway will bring experience and the success of both having won a premiership with Williamstown in 2015. Robin Nahas will certainly add his experience and star qualities as well, so we think we’ll hit the scoreboard more with those three inside 50.”
Big-bodied midfielders: “We’ve improved our depth in the midfield with bigger-bodied players, which is important to match the AFL-aligned teams. We’d say Isaac Conway would come in and make an impact straight away. Eli Templeton is another one and so is Brodie Murdoch. With Shane Valenti and Mitch Wooff indin as well, it’ll be pretty hard come selection
time because we envisage all those guys will play some
pretty serious senior footy.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“We’d like to think we have some pretty good depth in
the midfield. You think about Chris Cain, Toby Pinwill,
Shane Valenti and Mitch Wooff indin, and the other we
can’t forget is Sam Dwyer who missed most of last year
and has had a solid pre-season. Tom O’Sullivan has had
a really good pre-season, Nathan Batsanis is another
one and Matt Arnot another one.
“Mitch Golby was recruited last year as a midfielder/
defender and once he got over his shoulder operation
he’s had a pretty good pre-season too. Shannen Lange
had a terrific season last year. We want Damian Mascitti
to continue playing some really good footy for us across
half back.
“And that’s not even mentioning Brody Mihocek, who
won our best-and-fairest last year in his first season at
the club.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Tom Hobbs: “I’m really keen to see how some of our
younger guys who have been around for a little while
will go in the coming months. I’m talking about guys
like Tom who was a first-year player last year and had a
pretty good season (six goals in nine senior games). He’s
a medium-sized hit-up forward.”
Lachlan Waddell: “Lachie’s a young ruckman/forward
who’s been around for three years now. It’s going to be
important for him to step up because, while we’re always
looking at our core group of guys who play consistently
each week, we’ll only improve through guys like Lachie.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“Midfield depth is a traditional strength of ours. You’ve
really got to be aiming to win more than 50 per cent of
the clearances (Port Melbourne was ranked third for
clearances per game during the 2016 H&A season), but
it’s also about what our midfielders are doing to assist
our forwards and our defenders.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FROM 2016:
“We certainly felt we needed to get some goalkickers
to the club this year. We were pretty good defensively
last year but what happened in the forward half was
really disappointing – just not being able to kick a lot
of goals. We only averaged 77 points per game (ranked
11th during the H&A season) and you’ll never win a
premiership if you’re doing that.
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“There have been some coaches who have left and
we’ve probably streamlined our coaching group this
year. Robin Nahas has come in as a player but he
wants to dabble in coaching as well so he’ll be our
off ensive coach. Ryan James, who did a really good
job with our defensive line last year, will come in as our
defensive coach. Trent McMicking, who was our head of
development last year, has taken over the Development
League coaching role from Lee Rowe.”
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(Comments from senior coach Craig McRae)
FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 9th (9-9)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Adam Marcon / 2. Sam Darley / 3. Jason Castagna
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Sam Darley
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Hugh Beasley (Brisbane AFL) / Jayden Cass (Frankston) / Brenton Credlin (Frankston YCW) / Shaun Mannagh (North Albury, NSW) / Brandon Wood (Frankston)
- Out: Tom Couch (North Launceston) / Jarred Ellis / Nick Mellington (Coburg)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Tom Couch: “Tom got a great opportunity to coach North Launceston down in Tasmania so we wish him well and we’re sure he’s going to enjoy doing that. He’ll be missed. In the end he had an outstanding season for us last year even though he only played 10 or 11 games due to injury and his work.”
Nick Mellington: “Nick’s certainly someone we would have liked to keep on our list. He’s got great upside and he’s ambitious to play AFL footy, so he sees Coburg as an avenue for that to happen. He’s a very versatile player and I think he’s got great qualities that we’ll certainly miss.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Hugh Beasley: “We signed Hugh from Brisbane where he was on the rookie list and played six AFL games (from 2015-16). He’s a key defender who has the capability to play on the opposition’s big forwards. He’s a great character, has great leadership qualities and I think he’s going to be really important for us.”
Brandon Wood: “We targeted an inside midfielder with Nick Mellington leaving the club and fortunately we got Brandon. He’s an outstanding clearance player and brings good VFL experience from Box Hill and then at Frankston.”
Jayden Cass: “Jayden has come on board from Frankston. He’s currently one of a number of younger players that will go through the forward line with the likes of Jake Aarts and Tom Silvestro, but our AFL list is also full of young forwards who are aspiring to be regular AFL players.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“I think Jacob Ballard’s had an outstanding pre-season. I think he really got himself going at the back-
end of last year and he looks like he’s come back above
that level this year. He’s an ex-Fremantle rookie-list
player with great endurance and he’s a really hard
trainer who’s testing everyone out and telling everyone
to be better. He’s got such a big, strong presence at
194cm – that prototype AFL midfielder’s size these days.
He’s one that I think has set himself for a good season.
“Also, our captain Sam Darley’s a quality player off half
back and Jake Aarts has had an amazing pre-season.
He’s a small forward who’s played over 50 VFL games
now, but I think he’s got the capability to play in the
midfield. Brandon Wood is an obvious one because
he’s got so much VFL experience.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Shaun Mannagh: “Shaun played at North Albury last
year. He’s really fit, a hard runner and committed to the
cause. I think he’s going to play some games as a 23rd
player this year.”
Brenton Credlin: “Brenton played at YCW in the
Frankston league last year. He’s a third tall defender
who has played in some AFL intra-club games and
looked like he was capable of fitting in at that level.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“We finished last season strongly – we won our last six
games. From what I’ve seen, I think some momentum
has built from that in individual players – they’re hungry
and have come back wanting more of that. I think our
strength will be in our ability to maintain or build on
momentum from last year.
“I also think our VFL list seems a bit stronger than it was
last year and our leadership amongst that group seems
a bit stronger too, so hopefully that holds us in good
stead.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FROM 2016:
“Other than the individual growth in players, our
pressure around the football was something we
finished last year really strongly with. There have been
some changes in philosophy, if you like, at AFL level and
we’ll look to mirror those at VFL level, in relation to our
pressure around the contests.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“We’ve got a development coach at AFL level in Xavier
Clarke, who’s just had three years as a senior coach at
NT Thunder and experience as an AFL player at St Kilda
(105 games from 2002-09) and Brisbane (one game from
2010-11). He comes on board as our VFL midfield coach.
We’ve got Ben Waite – who has been a senior coach
in the NEAFL – coming in as our stoppage coach, and
we’ve moved Tom Hunter – an ex-Collingwood rookie-
list player – from a midfield coaching role into the role
as our forwards coach. Leigh Clarke was our previous
forwards coach and he’s got the head coaching job at
(the TAC Cup’s) Oakleigh Chargers. Ryan Ferguson
remains our back line coach and Marc Sophoulis is our
director of coaching.”
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Nick Vlastuin * 19-Apr-94 187 86 Eltham/Northern U18
2 Dylan Grimes * 16-Jul-91 193 88 Hurstbridge/Northern U18
3 Dion Prestia * 12-Oct-92 175 81 Gold Coast
4 Dustin Martin * 26-Jun-91 187 88 Castlemaine/Bendigo U18
5 Brandon Ellis * 03-Aug-93 181 81 West Coburg/Calder U18
6 Shaun Grigg * 19-Apr-88 190 85 Redan/North Ballarat U18/Carlton
7 Ben Lennon * 05-Jul-95 188 84 Macleod/Northern U18
8 Jack Riewoldt * 31-Oct-88 195 91 Clarence/Tasmania U18
9 Trent Cotchin * 07-Apr-90 185 85 PEGS/Northern U18
10 Shane Edwards * 25-Oct-88 182 80 Golden Grove/North Adelaide
11 Jake Batchelor * 13-Feb-92 188 87 Frankston Bombers/Dandenong U18
12 David Astbury * 26-Feb-91 195 93 Tatyoon/North Ballarat U18
14 Bachar Houli * 12-May-88 180 83 Spotswood/Western U18/Essendon (AFL)
15 Jayden Short * 24-Jan-96 179 72 Bundoora/Northern U18
16 Shaun Hampson * 21-Mar-88 201 106 Mt Gravatt/Carlton
17 Daniel Rioli * 16-Apr-97 179 65 North Ballarat U18
18 Alex Rance * 09-Oct-89 194 96 Noranda/Swan Districts
20 Ivan Maric * 04-Jan-86 200 102 Keilor/Calder U18/Adelaide
21 Jacob Townsend * 20-Jun-93 187 89 GWS
22 Josh Caddy * 28-Sep-92 186 88 Gold Coast/Geelong (AFL)
23 Kane Lambert * 26-Nov-91 178 75 Preston/Northern U18/Northern Blues/Williamstown
24 Ben Griff iths * 17-Sep-91 200 101 Blackburn/Eastern U18
25 Toby Nankervis * 12-Aug-94 199 106 Sydney
26 Anthony Miles * 28-Feb-92 179 80 North Albury/Murray U18/GWS
27 Sam Lloyd * 03-Mar-90 180 83 Deniliquin/Geelong Grammar/Geelong U18/Frankston
28 Taylor Hunt * 05-Nov-90 184 78 Beaumaris/Sandringham U18/Geelong (AFL)
29 Shai Bolton * 08-Dec-98 175 70 South Fremantle
30 Reece Conca * 12-Aug-92 185 83 Victoria Park/Perth
31 Oleg Markov * 08-May-96 188 73 North Adelaide
32 Corey Ellis * 09-Oct-96 184 75 Western U18
33 Kamdyn McIntosh * 03-Apr-94 192 91 Pinjarra/Peel Thunder
34 Jack Graham * 25-Feb-98 180 83 North Adelaide
35 Nathan Broad * 15-Apr-93 192 83 Swan Districts
36 Callum Moore # 03-Sep-96 193 85 Calder U18
37 Connor Menadue * 19-Sep-96 187 69 Spotswood/Western U18
38 Steven Morris * 31-Dec-88 185 83 Aberfeldie/Western U18/West Adelaide
39 Nathan Drummond * 19-Jan-95 182 86 Shepparton Bears/Murray U18
40 Dan Butler * 03-Jun-96 182 80 Lake Wendouree/North Ballarat U18
41 Mabior Chol # 29-Jan-97 198 78 Queensland U18/Aspley
42 Ryan Garthwaite * 30-Jun-98 192 84 Murray U18
43 Todd Elton * 29-Apr-93 197 101 Somerville/Dandenong U18
44 Tyson Stengle # 19-Oct-98 171 70 Woodville-West Torrens
46 Jason Castagna # 12-Jul-96 182 78 Warrandyte/Marcellin College/Northern U18
47 Ivan Soldo # 14-Apr-96 204 103 Northern U18
51 Sam Darley (C) 15-Feb-93 184 85 GWS/Western Bulldogs
52 Anthony Scott 28-Feb-95 178 76 Oakleigh U18/Old Trinity
53 Hugh Beasley 12-Nov-95 193 92 Brisbane
54 Jacob Ballard 26-Feb-94 189 89 Northern Blues/Fremantle
55 Ryan Bathie 15-Apr-87 193 97 Geelong (AFL)
57 Brandon Wood 28-May-93 186 92 Box Hill Hawks/Frankston
58 Jake Aarts 08-Dec-94 177 75 Beaconsfield/Bendigo (VFL)
59 Ash Morris 13-Dec-93 180 77 Deniliquin
60 Tom Langford 12-Mar-87 184 82 Port Melbourne
61 James Fletcher 06-Oct-95 184 80 Peninsula OB
62 Jayden Cass 01-Dec-91 180 77 Box Hill Hawks/Frankston
63 Jack Holden 27-Jan-96 187 79 Dandenong U18/St Kevin’s
64 Thomas Silvestro 06-Jul-95 177 73 Oakleigh U18/Caulfield/Uni Blues
67 Brenton Credlin 04-Dec-94 194 89 Frankston YCW
69 Shaun Mannagh 06-Aug-97 182 76 Murray U18/North Albury
74 Tyson Kruse 10-Jul-89 189 85 Southport/University Blacks
75 Lachlan McKenzie 04-Apr-97 190 82 NT U18/St Kevin’s
76 Alex Harnett 12-Apr-96 187 86 Frankston/Pearcedale
77 Max O’Sullivan 25-Feb-97 175 73 Kyneton
78 Daniel Coff ield 23-Mar-96 186 85 Eltham
79 Billy Coates 23-Aug-93 192 97 St Kevin’s
80 Antony Forato 29-Jul-92 197 99 Frankston/De La Salle
81 Danko Bzenic 27-Mar-95 186 82 Coburg/West Coburg
84 Zak McCubbin 21-Nov-94 182 88 Norwood (VIC)/Mitcham
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 Dylan Weickhardt 20-Oct-92 178 75 Edithvale-Aspendale/Maroochydore AFC2 Kade Answerth 03-Oct-96 181 79 Caulfield Bears JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers3 Luke Verma 18-Oct-95 180 82 Haileybury College/Hampton Rovers4 Tom Laumets 20-Apr-96 192 96 East Brighton/Sandringham Dragons5 Robert Iudica 11-Nov-97 180 79 Caulfield Bears JFC/St Bedes Mentone/Sandringham Dragons6 Joe Fisscher 22-Dec-94 195 97 Old Haileybury/Casey Scorpions7 Corey Rich 25-Mar-97 181 84 East Sandringham JFC/Haileybury/Sandringham Dragons8 Theo Thompson 25-Jul-97 186 83 Caulfield Bears JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham Dragons9 Myke Cook 09-Oct-89 184 85 Sandringham Dragons/Adelaide
10 Ollie Jones 12-May-96 180 81 Hobart City11 Jordan Matera 11-Apr-97 182 89 Sandringham Dragons/South Fremantle12 Kurt Lopo 14-Jul-97 170 68 Parkdale/Mordialloc-Braeside/Sandringham Dragons13 Jack Noone 26-Jun-95 183 86 East Sandringham JFC/Xavier College14 Taylor Grace 17-Apr-95 185 85 Beaumaris/Sandringham Dragons15 Jonathan Haidon 09-Mar-96 174 86 Seaford16 Max Hayes 29-Jan-95 193 92 Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons17 Nick Pavlou 28-Jul-97 174 77 Hampton Rovers/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons18 Kyle Parsons 11-Aug-97 178 79 East Sandringham JFC/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons19 Julian Dobosz 17-Nov-92 190 87 Hobart City20 Elliot Le Grice 07-Aug-95 195 95 Hampton/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons21 Joshua Fox 14-Feb-95 197 90 North Hobart/Clarence22 Conor Larkin 25-Jan-98 190 84 Sandringham Dragons23 Matt Hooy 15-Apr-95 183 80 Hampton/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons24 Jye Lloyd 30-Sep-93 191 88 Mt Martha/Rye25 Nathan Scagliarini 11-Sep-98 181 76 Mount Martha/Dandenong Stingrays26 Jack Wallace 01-Aug-96 187 77 Caulfield Bears JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham Dragons27 Nathan Smith 20-Mar-95 174 64 Sandringham Dragons/Hampton Rovers28 Callum Cathcart 15-Mar-95 173 75 Sandringham Dragons/St Paul’s29 Connor Riley 18-Jun-97 180 75 Haileybury College/Sandringham Dragons30 Daniel Rendell 05-Sep-97 194 99 Parkdale/Mordialloc-Braeside/Sandringham Dragons31 Jade Gresham * 28-Aug-97 177 76 South Morang/Parade College/Northern Knights32 Jack Lonie * 13-Aug-96 174 71 Seaford/Dandenong Stingrays33 Nathan Freeman * 16-Jun-95 183 80 Dingley/Sandringham Dragons/Collingwood (AFL)34 Ben Long * 21-Aug-97 182 73 St Marys (NT)/NT Thunder/Melbourne Grammar35 Jack Steele * 13-Dec-95 187 88 Belconnen/NSW-ACT U18/GWS36 Josh Battle * 01-Sep-98 193 89 Narre South/Doveton/Haileybury/Dandenong Stingrays37 Hugh Goddard * 24-Aug-96 193 81 Geelong Amateur/Melbourne Grammar/Geelong Falcons38 Tim Membrey * 25-May-94 188 88 Traralgon/Gippsland Power/Sydney39 Ed Phillips * 29-Mar-98 186 78 Beverley Hills/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers40 Josh Bruce * 08-Jun-92 197 102 Eastlake/GWS41 Darren Minchington * 09-Dec-93 179 81 Dromana/Dandenong Stingrays42 Dylan Roberton * 21-Jun-91 194 94 Frankston YCW/Dandenong Stingrays/Fremantle43 Tom Curren (C) 29-Jul-92 178 78 St Kilda44 Jordan Stewart 18-Aug-98 190 76 Beaconsfield/Dandenong Stingrays45 Samuel Willatt 26-Apr-94 189 90 Footscray46 Reuben Hayward 14-May-98 184 77 Sandringham Dragons47 Daniel Hughes 02-Jun-98 195 100 Frankston/Dandenong Stingrays48 Joshua Trew 03-Jun-98 181 73 Beaumaris/Sandringham Dragons49 James Sziller 26-Apr-98 178 62 St Paul’s/Oakleigh Chargers50 Richard Atkins 25-Mar-91 179 79 Hampton Rovers51 Beau Bailey 02-Apr-98 177 68 Frankston YCW/Bonbeach/Dandenong Stingrays52 Kane Nissenbaum 16-Feb-98 178 78 AJAX JFC/ Sandringham Dragons53 Christopher Colombo 24-Apr-96 176 73 East Burwood/Balwyn/Heathmont54 Lachlan Butler 23-Dec-97 179 79 Sandringham Dragons/Parkdale Vultures55 Luke Gogis 05-Aug-96 176 76 Sandringham Dragons/Frankston/Ormond56 Timothy Dundon 17-Oct-95 186 80 Avenel57 William Gregson 06-Sep-93 187 91 Waitakere Magpies (NZ)58 Rhys Pierce 24-Oct-95 186 88 Beaumaris/Hampton Hammers60 Ryley Monkhorst 08-Mar-95 202 102 Box Hill Hawks/Woori Yallock61 Darrah Joyce # 23-Apr-97 194 93 County Kilkenny (Ireland)62 Ray Connellan # 29-Jun-94 187 85 County Westmeath (Ireland)63 Nick O’Kearney # 13-Feb-97 181 72 Keilor/Parade College/Calder Cannons64 Blake Acres * 07-Oct-95 190 90 Edgewater-Woodvale/West Perth65 Brandon White * 13-Jan-97 188 80 Beaconsfield/Dandenong Stingrays66 Jack Sinclair * 12-Feb-95 180 81 Old Scotch/Oakleigh Chargers67 Patrick McCartin * 19-Apr-96 194 95 St Joseph’s/Geelong Falcons68 Barclay Miller # 25-Nov-98 195 86 New Zealand 69 Jason Holmes * 28-Oct-89 203 100 Morehead State University, Kentucky (USA)70 Daniel McKenzie * 17-May-96 184 77 Ivanhoe/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers71 Lewis Pierce * 16-Nov-94 202 101 Mt Eliza/Dandenong Stingrays72 Sebastian Ross * 07-May-93 187 87 Horsham Demons/North Ballarat Rebels73 Nick Coughlan # 12-Sep-96 193 84 Albury/Murray Bushrangers74 Billy Longer * 12-May-93 202 100 Macleod/Northern Knights/Brisbane75 Bailey Rice * 10-Feb-97 184 86 Endeavour Hills/Dandenong Stingrays76 Nathan Wright * 16-Feb-94 185 82 Berwick/Dandenong Stingrays77 Rowan Marshall # 24-Nov-95 201 98 Heathmere/North Ballarat Rebels/North Ballarat (VFL)78 Joe Baker-Thomas # 14-May-96 193 81 New Zealand 79 Maverick Weller * 28-Jun-93 182 88 Burnie Dockers/Tasmania U18/Gold Coast80 Shane Savage * 05-Jan-91 186 82 Noble Park/Dandenong Stingrays/Hawthorn81 David Armitage * 16-Jun-88 183 86 Mackay/Morningside82 Jack Billings * 18-Aug-95 184 84 Kew/Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers83 Sean Dempster * 20-Jan-84 191 87 Snowy Rovers/Gippsland Power/Sydney84 Luke Dunstan * 29-Jan-95 184 84 South Clare/Woodville-West Torrens85 Jake Carlisle * 01-Oct-91 203 102 Craigieburn/Calder Cannons/Essendon (AFL)86 Jarryn Geary * 23-Jun-88 182 82 Eaglehawk/Bendigo Pioneers87 Sam Gilbert * 19-Aug-86 194 90 Southport88 Tom Hickey * 06-Mar-91 201 98 Morningside/Gold Coast89 Leigh Montagna * 02-Nov-83 178 76 Balwyn/Northern Knights90 Jack Newnes * 24-Feb-93 184 81 Ivanhoe/Northern Knights91 Nick Riewoldt * 17-Oct-82 193 92 Broadbeach/Southport92 Jack Steven * 28-Mar-90 180 83 Lorne/Geelong Falcons93 Jimmy Webster * 28-Jun-93 188 83 Brighton (TAS)/Glenorchy94 Nathan Brown * 17-Dec-88 195 98 Ballarat/North Ballarat Rebels/Collingwood (AFL)95 Koby Stevens * 18-Jun-91 189 88 Lucknow/Gippsland Power/West Coast/Western Bulldogs
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(Comments from new senior coach Lindsay Gilbee)
FACT FILE:
AFL ALIGNMENT: St Kilda
2016 FINISH: 5th (11-9)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Cameron Shenton / 2. Kade Answerth / =3. Eli Templeton and Jack Sinclair
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Beau Bailey (Bonbeach) / Tom Curren (St Kilda AFL) / Reuben Hayward (Sandringham Dragons) / Conor Larkin (Sandringham Dragons) / Nathan Scagliarini (Dandenong Stingrays) / James Sziller (Oakleigh Chargers) / Josh Trew (Sandringham Dragons)
- Out: Trent Dennis-Lane / Liam Hiscock (Casey Demons) / Charlie Kelso (Port Melbourne) / Matt Kreymborg / Kenny Ong (Collegians) / Tom Simpkin (Balwyn) / Mitch Wilkins / Yilber Zijai (Casey Demons)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Tom Simpkin: “Tom has gone to play with his brother Jonathan at Balwyn. He was well liked around the club and you need those types of guys around to keep things upbeat. The St Kilda guys respected the way he went about his footy – while he wasn’t a glamourous footballer and didn’t get a lot of the ball, his presence will definitely be missed on the field.”
Kenny Ong: “Kenny was a player who came into the senior team now and then and really played his role as a creative small forward. He’s one that’ll be missed for sure.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Tom Curren: “Tom’s a professional on all fronts in how he prepares and how he goes about his football. He was just a perfect fit all-round to be named our captain. He’s a local person and he’s played 70 senior VFL games for Sandringham while on St Kilda’s list. Even though he’s not on an AFL list anymore, how he’s conducted himself and how he’s presented himself this pre-season has been outstanding. He’s been a true leader ever since he walked into the club last year.”
Talented youngsters: “Some kids I’ve been really impressed with that have come from U18 level last year are Nathan Scagliarini from the Dandenong Stingrays and Beau Bailey, who was at Bonbeach last year and got a couple of games at Dandenong too. I’ve also been really impressed with a few of the Sandringham Dragons kids from last year – Reuben Hayward, Conor Larkin and Josh Trew, and James Sziller from the Oakleigh Chargers, have all been given games over the pre-season
and showed some good form in glimpses.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“From the Sandringham guys, I think Dylan Weickhardt
and Elliot Le Grice will be up there, while Kade
Answerth came second in our best-and-fairest last year.
Kade’s made of the right stuff and loves to tackle. Kade
and Dylan will share the vice-captaincy this year.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Jack Noone: “Jack broke his leg badly in the semi-final
loss to Williamstown last year and he’s slowly getting
back into some training. He’s got AFL qualities and is a
really good person. Jack’s a quiet kid and goes about
it in his own way but he’s made of the right stuff . He’s
probably looking at the first third of the season for a
return to the field.”
Elliot Le Grice: “Elliot played almost every game for
us last year. His leadership is really good. He had an
outstanding game in defence against Werribee during
the pre-season when I thought he got the better of
(North Melbourne forward) Ben Brown.”
Dylan Weickhardt: “Dylan’s not a real flashy-type
footballer; he really does his role well. He did some good
jobs last year, especially in the semi final when he did
a number on (Williamstown small forward) Anthony
Anastasio. Even though we got beaten, he really got
under Anastasio’s skin.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“Our midfielders and forwards will be strengths of ours.
I think our midfield will run really deep, especially with
the influx of St Kilda players we’ll have on a weekly
basis. Our forward line will be really good in my opinion,
especially if we’re fit at AFL level. We have a lot of small
forwards vying for spots in St Kilda’s team that will miss
out and come down to Sandringham to play those
roles.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“Our VFL personnel’s changed a lot. We’ve got 23 new
players on our list – which is half the list – and there’s
been a fair turnover at St Kilda too, so you won’t really
see the adjustments stand out and the improvement
straight away.
“I think our consistency around the footy will have a
massive eff ect on how well we go this year. I’d say our
contested-ball indicators is an area where we need to
get better.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“We’ll have Ben McGlynn, the ex-Sydney forward, as our
forwards coach this year. He’s already been so valuable
for our young small forwards, coming from the role he
played at Sydney. Brendon Allen’s our senior assistant
and he’s still our midfield coach. Peta Searle will be the
stoppage coach aft er coaching the forwards last year
and Adrian Connolly comes in from Frankston as our
back line coach.”
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(Comments from senior coach John Lamont)
FACT FILE:
AFL ALIGNMENT: North Melbourne
2016 FINISH: 11th (7-11)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Matt Hanson / 2. Declan Mountford / 3. Ryan Clarke
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Matt Hanson
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Max Augerinos (Geelong Falcons) / Charlie Bance (Wagga Tigers, NSW) / Harry Boyd (Murray Bushrangers) / Jordyn Cotter (Western Jets) / Daniel Foley (Western Jets) / Kyle Galloway (Sydney AFL) / Isaac Miller (Bendigo Pioneers) / Louis Pinnuck (Murray Bushrangers)
- Out: Isaac Conway (Port Melbourne) / Josh Porter (Wangaratta) / Jake Wilson (West Adelaide, SA)
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Josh Porter and Jake Wilson: “Key-position blokes don’t grow on trees. Josh (33 goals in 23 senior VFL games) and Jake (2015 VFL Team of the Year defender) are a loss, of course, but you just give someone else a chance.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
TAC Cup graduates: “We think we have an exciting crop of new youngsters. Max Augerinos from the Geelong Falcons, Harry Boyd and Louis Pinnuck from the Murray Bushrangers, Isaac Miller from the Bendigo Pioneers, and Western Jets kids Daniel Foley and Jordyn Cotter – they’re going to be the first ones in line out of that group for spots in the team as 23rd players.”
Kyle Galloway: “Kyle has had one development year as a rookie with Sydney. He’s a genuine 200+cm ruckman and we’re pretty pleased with how he’s coming along, but he hasn’t played a lot of footy. He missed a bit of pre-season with injury but we’re hopeful he can make a bit of an impact at some stage.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
Matt Hanson: “Matt’s won our best-and-fairest the last two years. I definitely believe he’s got the capacity to be on an AFL list. He’s had two years with us as an inside midfielder and still hasn’t been draft ed, so obviously AFL clubs want to see a bit more from him. We’ll probably challenge Matt in diff erent roles this year to broaden his horizons.”
Michael Sodomaco: “Michael’s retaining the captaincy
this year. He’s certainly growing into the role and
improving each year. He’s understanding where he
fits in as well as the link he provides between the
coaching group and the players, and I believe he’s
going to continue to get better. He’s previously played
in defence and pinch-hit in the midfield and that’ll
continue.”
Tom Gribble: “Tom played some good footy in 2016
aft er missing 2015 through injury. He was in the VFL
Team of the Year in 2014 so I’d expect him to be getting
back to his best now. Last year was a bit of a slow build
because he missed much of the pre-season but by the
end of the year he had a couple of really big games
where he got a lot of the footy.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Injured players in 2016: “I’m looking for
improvement in those guys who didn’t play much
footy last year. Jordan Jones had a foot injury and a
hamstring in 2016 but he’s had a good pre-season, so
hopefully he’ll get a good run at it now. Nathan Laracy
broke his leg in Round 1 last year and didn’t play again.
Jake Sharp had a knee reconstruction in 2015 and did
a great job upon his return last year but then broke his
leg mid-season. Kurt Aylett came off Essendon’s list
with an Achilles tendon issue, got himself right, played
two Development League games and broke his leg in
his first senior game (in Round 15). Jason Robinson
broke his leg in Round 2 and didn’t play again either.”
Nick Meredith: “Nick’s going into his second year
aft er playing 14 senior games in his first year. He’s a
competitive third tall defender or forward, but he can
play in a variety of roles. I think Nick could be on an
AFL list.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“If Todd Goldstein, Ben Brown and Majak Daw play
a lot of footy with North Melbourne, I reckon (fellow
Kangaroos tall) Brayden Preuss could play a fair
bit of footy with us. If he or Kyle Galloway is in the
ruck, hopefully we can get first use of the ball and
demonstrate the strength of our mix of Werribee and
North Melbourne on-ballers.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“We missed the finals last year so we need to improve
in all areas, really. We’re going to be a young group.
We’ve had a list turnover of almost 50 per cent so I
just want them all to be on the one page and work
together.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“In the senior group, Matt Kershaw has replaced Mick
Richards who ran our midfield last year, Brad Julier
joins us as a ruck coach and Jacob Spalding will
remain the forward line coach with Ben Patrick again
doing our back line. For the Development League,
Ross Gemmill, Shayne Stone and Dean Chambers
will join head coach Dan Fraser as assistants.”
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 Brydon Hodgson 16-Sep-96 187 85 Canberra Demons / Eastlake / Lavington / Murray Bushrangers2 Matthew Munro 17-Nov-95 181 75 Murray Bushrangers / Albury3 Michael Sodomaco (C) 03-Jun-91 174 72 Geelong Falcons / Lara4 Thomas Gribble 17-Oct-94 180 74 Geelong Falcons / Geelong (VFL) /Geelong West Giants5 Jordan Jones 29-Jun-90 190 94 West Perth / West Coast / Geelong Falcons6 Jake Sharp 11-Jan-95 187 76 Murray Bushrangers / Myrtleford7 Dane McFarlane 01-May-93 178 75 Geelong (VFL) / Modewarre / Newtown & Chilwell8 Harrison King 11-Feb-95 188 89 Werribee Districts / Western Jets / Myrtleford9 Kurt Aylett 02-Apr-92 189 84 Leeton / GWS / Essendon (AFL) / Redan
10 Joe Maishman 26-Apr-96 179 75 Geelong Falcons / St Mary’s (VIC)11 Matthew Hanson 26-May-95 187 81 Western Storm / South Launceston12 Ryley Barrack 09-Feb-96 184 80 Kangaroo Flat / South Bendigo / South Mildura13 Ryan Clarke * 17-Jul-97 180 77 Eastern Ranges / Rowville14 Trent Dumont * 30-Jun-95 185 83 Norwood (SA)15 Billy Iles 29-Dec-94 175 70 Keilor / Western Jets / Airport West 16 Brad Xavier 16-Sep-96 195 89 Keilor 17 Aaron Mullett * 23-Feb-92 184 73 Eastern Ranges / Vermont18 Jade Cleeland 30-Mar-95 194 96 Wangaratta Magpies19 Nathan Laracy 23-Nov-89 176 78 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga / Benalla20 Jason Robinson 17-Jul-95 187 92 Western Jets / Myrtleford / Melton / Altona / Wyndham Suns21 Jy Simpkin * 05-Mar-98 182 72 Murray Bushrangers / Mooroopna22 Sam Durdin * 06-Jun-96 197 87 West Adelaide23 Ben McKay * 24-Dec-97 200 91 Gippsland Power / Warragul24 Jack Williams 19-Aug-95 188 90 Geelong Falcons / Camperdown25 Aiden Adams 10-Sep-94 185 78 Mitta United26 Daniel Nielson * 09-May-96 193 90 Eastern Ranges / Vermont27 Ethan Petterwood 12-Sep-93 178 76 North Launceston / Bridport / Scotsdale28 Matthew Brett 02-Aug-94 188 92 Shepparton Bears / Myrtleford29 Dominic Brew 23-Jan-97 183 88 North Albury / Albury30 Kyle Galloway 21-Nov-96 209 104 Sydney / Shepparton / Murray Bushrangers / Deniliquin31 Braydon Preuss * 16-Jun-95 205 102 Townsville32 Joshua Corbett 23-Apr-96 190 83 North Warrnambool Eagles 33 Ed Vickers-Willis * 28-Mar-96 190 82 Sandringham Dragons / East Malvern 34 Kayne Turner * 31-Dec-95 180 82 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga35 Declan Watson * 17-Sep-98 194 80 Aspley36 Josh Williams * 12-Jun-98 189 69 Gold Coast Academy37 Will Fordham # 14-Mar-96 188 78 Sandringham Dragons38 Majak Daw * 11-Mar-91 195 94 Western Jets / Wyndhamvale39 Mitch Hibberd * 23-Sep-96 195 94 Clarence40 Nick Larkey * 06-Jun-98 197 82 Oakleigh Chargers / Kew 41 Corey Wagner * 23-Mar-97 180 71 Aspley42 Declan Mountford * 13-Feb-97 183 70 Claremont43 Sam Gibson * 27-May-86 183 83 Box Hill Hawks44 Cameron Zurhaar # 22-May-98 188 79 East Fremantle45 Oscar Junker # 23-Jan-98 193 84 Western Jets46 Matthew Taylor # 27-Mar-97 186 78 Perth47 Matthew Pickering 16-May-96 183 80 Bendigo Pioneers / St Albans / Lake Boga48 Nicholas Meredith 14-Feb-93 194 82 Lavington Panthers49 Taylor Garner * 08-Jan-94 186 77 Dandenong Stingrays / Rowville50 Ben Brown * 20-Nov-92 180 77 Tasmania / Devonport / Werribee51 Ben Jacobs * 09-Jan-92 186 82 Sandringham Dragons / Port Adelaide (AFL)52 Jake Marshall 13-Feb-97 180 75 Murray Bushrangers / Deniliquin53 Tom Jeff ries * 01-Jan-99 202 10054 Bevan Shelley 16-Aug-95 185 79 Geelong Amateur / Newtown & Chilwell55 Daniel Foley 24-Mar-97 184 82 Western Jets / Bacchus Marsh 56 Max Augerinos 31-Mar-97 176 71 Geelong Falcons / St Mary’s (VIC)57 Harry Boyd 11-Feb-98 196 93 Murray Bushrangers / Shepparton Bears58 Louis Pinnuck 24-Sep-98 185 75 Murray Bushrangers / Strathmerton / Cobram59 Brandon Houlihan 30-Dec-96 181 76 Western Jets / Hoppers Crossing 60 Nicholas Buykx 11-Mar-98 175 70 Western Jets / Werribee Districts61 Harry Kershaw 29-Jul-96 181 80 Geelong Falcons / Geelong Amateur62 Isaac Miller 10-Apr-97 182 74 Bendigo Pioneers / Golden Square63 Tom Ellard 05-Oct-94 181 71 Sunbury Kangaroos / Richmond (VFL)64 Jack Irvine 02-Nov-97 187 79 Temora Kangaroos65 Spiros Amarantidis 25-Jul-96 185 79 Deer Park / Yarraville-Seddon Eagles66 Charles Bance 06-Nov-97 188 87 Wagga Tigers67 Brock Kennedy 13-May-95 185 85 Melton 68 Jordyn Cotter 19-Mar-98 181 65 Western Jets / Melton69 Frank Campisi 25-Apr-98 177 65 Western Jets / East Keilor / Doutta Stars70 Billy Croft s 14-Sep-98 186 81 Western Jets / Melton 71 Tylar Vujanic 20-Jan-97 192 88 Western Jets / Keilor72 Darby Schilder 09-Jun-98 193 86 Geelong Falcons / St Mary’s (VIC)73 Mason Wood * 13-Sep-93 190 78 Geelong Falcons / Geelong College74 Luke McDonald * 09-Feb-95 188 80 Oakleigh Chargers / Werribee75 Alex Johnston 28-Apr-97 188 83 Werribee Districts / UWS Giants / East Coast Eagles76 Jed Anderson * 02-Feb-94 178 75 Hawthorn / Darwin / NT Thunder77 Marley Williams * 22-Jul-93 181 85 Collingwood (AFL) / Claremont78 Lindsay Thomas * 29-Feb-88 180 78 Port Adelaide (SANFL)79 Luke McLeod 14-Jun-97 190 82 Warrnambool / Bundoora80 Jake Edwards 27-Jun-97 170 75 Portland / University Blacks81 Shaun Atley * 13-Sep-92 189 81 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga82 Jamie Macmillan * 23-Sep-91 188 82 Oakleigh Chargers / Scotch College83 Sam Wright * 15-Jul-90 188 82 Murray Bushrangers / Katamatite84 Tito Nyawela 10-Sep-95 175 74 Wyndhamvale / Werribee Centrals85 Jackson Menadue 03-Apr-97 183 69 Western Jets / Werribee Districts86 Mitch Hodgetts 05-Sep-98 190 87 Tasmania U18 / Launceston / Western Storm87 Scott Thompson * 09-May-86 193 93 Geelong (VFL) 88 Anthony Liberatore 06-Feb-95 180 81 Tullamarine / Pascoe Vale / Aberfeldie / Greenvale89 Paul Ahern * 01-Aug-96 181 77 GWS / Western Jets90 Jack Ziebell * 28-Feb-91 188 87 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga91 Lachlan Hansen * 17-Aug-88 197 97 Gippsland Power / Nar Nar Goon92 Nathan Hrovat * 07-Jun-94 173 78 Western Bulldogs93 Ben Cunnington * 30-Jun-91 185 86 Geelong Falcons / Cobden94 Shaun Higgins * 04-Mar-88 184 90 Geelong Falcons / Western Bulldogs95 Andrew Swallow * 02-Jun-87 182 80 East Fremantle96 Jarrad Waite * 04-Feb-83 194 94 Carlton / Murray Bushrangers / Benalla97 Todd Goldstein * 01-Jul-88 201 102 Oakleigh Chargers / Trinity Grammar98 Robbie Tarrant * 25-Apr-89 196 96 Bendigo Pioneers / South Mildura
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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB
1 Ed Carr 12-Apr-91 181 82 Gippsland Power / Maff ra
2 Ben Cavarra 20-Dec-95 175 72 Frankston / Eastern Ranges / Ferntree Gully Eagles
3 Sam Dunell 21-Feb-90 189 83 St Kilda / Bendigo Bombers / Old Melburnians
4 Ben Jolley (C) 12-Feb-86 185 77 Bendigo (VFL) / Essendon (AFL) / Calder Cannons
5 Lachlan Schultz 30-Nov-97 177 72 Bendigo Pioneers / Moama
6 Michael Gibbons 15-May-95 177 75 Murray Bushrangers / Lavington / Coolamon
7 Nick Sing 15-May-91 187 90 Gippsland Power / Wy Yung
8 Peter Faulks 24-Apr-88 195 87 Fremantle / Williamstown
9 Adam Marcon 28-Jul-92 180 82 Richmond (AFL) / Williamstown / Northern Blues
10 Leigh Masters 22-Jun-92 188 84 Bendigo (VFL) / Coburg / Bendigo Pioneers
11 Jack Dorgan 30-Sep-93 180 80 Western Jets / Hoppers Crossing
12 Corey Yeo 09-May-91 186 85 Claremont / East Fremantle
13 Ayce Cordy 06-Aug-90 203 97 Western Bulldogs / Geelong Falcons
14 Arryn Siposs 25-Nov-92 190 89 St Kilda / Dandenong Stingrays / Beaconsfield
16 Brett Bewley 14-Apr-95 187 88 Western Jets / Darley
17 Jack Charleston 09-Jan-93 178 83 Western Jets / Spotswood
18 Jake Greiser 22-Aug-95 181 88 Western Jets / Keilor
19 Daylan Kempster 27-Jan-96 195 95 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Keilor Park
20 Mitch Norton 01-Jun-96 174 70 Western Jets / Altona Vikings
21 Joel Tippett 26-Oct-88 197 92 North Melbourne / West Adelaide / Southport
22 Josh Pickess 12-Sep-95 183 82 Dandenong Stingrays / Frankston
23 Ben Bese 30-Nov-92 180 83 Strathmore
24 Willie Wheeler 21-Jun-92 180 81 Coburg / Murray Bushrangers / Seymour
25 Jason Pongracic 21-Apr-94 183 89 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Koo Wee Rup
26 Josh Newman 22-Dec-94 182 86 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Mornington
27 Jacob Chisari 26-Jan-95 178 76 Bendigo Pioneers / South Mildura
28 Christian Buykx-Smith 27-Mar-96 194 85 Gippsland Power / Traralgon
29 Jayden Burke 29-Jan-97 189 86 Bendigo Pioneers / Golden Square
30 Kyle Gray 14-May-96 192 95 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Edithvale-Aspendale
31 David Fahey 22-Dec-91 193 87 Essendon (VFL) / Coburg / Calder Cannons / Aberfeldie
32 Tom Condon 07-Mar-97 185 82 Calder Cannons / Strathmore
33 Tim Currie 20-May-92 194 89 Northern Blues / Northern Knights / Eltham
34 Liam McMahon 11-Apr-96 177 74 Western Jets / Hoppers Crossing
35 Billy Myers 05-May-96 188 86 Western Jets / Darley
36 Tristan Davies 05-Jul-95 190 85 Calder Cannons / Aberfeldie
37 Nick Ebinger 20-Nov-96 183 84 Williamstown CYMS
38 Anthony Giuliano 14-Feb-96 181 85 Sandringham Dragons / Beaumaris / South Melbourne Districts
39 Lachlan Knight 07-Jan-96 188 86 Western Jets / Yarraville-Seddon
40 Brayden Monk 08-Mar-96 175 69 Western Jets / Werribee Districts
41 Josh Minogue 09-Oct-96 191 82 Murray Bushrangers / North Albury
42 Brodie Romensky 06-Jul-98 190 91 Western Jets / Maribyrnong Park
43 Jayden Eales 17-Feb-97 199 88 Calder Cannons / Sunbury
44 Jake Owen 11-Nov-94 192 88 Calder Cannons / Woodend
45 Liam Carter 11-Sep-96 191 88 Western Jets / Melton
46 Jackson Gray 17-Mar-95 203 94 Sandgate / Hinterland Blues / Aspley
47 Lachlan Bramble 19-Apr-98 182 74 Calder Cannons / Sunbury
48 Tom Wilkinson 07-Mar-96 181 83 Sandringham Dragons / Frankston YCW
49 Nick Meese 23-Sep-88 197 105 Northern Blues / West Preston Lakeside
50 Fletcher Carroll 29-Apr-98 175 73 Murray Bushrangers / Albury Tigers
51 Max Philpot 17-May-98 188 78 Western Jets / Maribyrnong Park
52 Jacob Magee 10-Jul-97 183 83 Lara / Thuringowa Bulldogs
53 Luke Goetz 03-Dec-97 202 98 Western Bulldogs / Western Jets / Altona
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FACT FILE:
2016 FINISH: 4th (14-7)
2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Willie Wheeler / 2. Michael Gibbons / 3. Sam Dunell
2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Sam Dunell / Michael Gibbons / Ben Jolley / Nick Meese / Willie Wheeler
KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:
- In: Ben Cavarra (Frankston) / Luke Goetz (Western Bulldogs AFL) / Kyle Gray (Frankston) / Daylan Kempster (Frankston) / Adam Marcon (Richmond AFL) / Josh Newman (Frankston) / Josh Pickess (Frankston) / Jason Pongracic (Frankston) / Joel Tippett (North Melbourne AFL) / Corey Yeo (Claremont, WA)
- Out: Anthony Anastasio (Port Melbourne) / Alex Carr (Essendon VFL) / Dylan Conway (Port Melbourne) / Tyler Curtis (Coburg) / Caleb Hislop / Jack Johnstone / Cameron Lockwood
DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:
Experienced leaders: “We’ve lost Cam Lockwood’s leadership on and off the field. Unfortunately we didn’t see the best of him in 2016 because of injuries, and similar with Jack Johnstone due to his studies. He was a terrific player and is still only a young fella. Both of them were 2015 premiership players and will really be missed.”
Dangerous goalkickers: “We’ll miss the goalkicking ability of Anthony Anastasio and Dylan Conway, who are premiership players from 2015. Both have found their way to Port Melbourne for hopefully more opportunities to play regular senior football.”
RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:
Big-bodied midfielders: “We really missed (2015 Seagulls premiership player) Adam Marcon’s presence around our group while he was on Richmond’s rookie list last year. He’s going to be a playing assistant midfield coach and also a vice-captain, so that’s the regard we hold him in. We probably got beaten by teams with big inside midfielders last year, so we also recruited the likes of Jason Pongracic and Corey Yeo. Jason was Frankston’s captain last year and Corey – the brother of (West Coast’s) Elliot Yeo – was runner-up in Claremont’s WAFL best-and-fairest in 2015 before he unfortunately did his ACL.”
Joel Tippett: “We haven’t had a really tall defender for a while and David Fahey and Peter Faulks have always had to fight above their weight divisions. Joel is a 197cm
key defender who I’ve coached previously at West Adelaide in the SANFL and we think he’ll play a very significant role against some of the bigger forwards in the competition.”
Former Frankston stars: “We wanted to replace Jack Johnstone with a like-for-like defender and we were lucky to pick up Josh Newman, Frankston’s best-and-fairest winner last year. Ben Cavarra is one of the elite players in the competition with his ability to go midfield and forward. There’s always a concern that AFL recruiters just don’t like some players and I think some recruiters need to go to recruiting school, because I’m really fortunate to have Ben this year.”
BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:
“There’s too many to answer that! As a coach, you want them all around the top of the leaderboard. They’re being led by Ben Jolley again (in his sixth season as captain) and we’re really fortunate to have a really good playing list.”
BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:
Mitch Norton: “Mitch was one of the elite players of the TAC Cup for the Western Jets a couple of years ago before shoulder injuries struck him down (two senior VFL games in 2016). He’s had an enormous pre-season and we think he’ll be ready this year.”
Billy Myers: “Billy’s another former Western Jets player who played in the 2015 VFL Grand Final as the 23rd player before he suff ered injuries last year (10 senior VFL games in 2016). He’s just completed a terrific pre-season so he’s holding down a spot in the back line at the moment.”
BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:
“We think our midfield will still be very strong, with Nick Meese in charge. He’s really excited about the change to the third-man-up rule. He’s sick of blokes jumping over him in ruck contests so he’ll enjoy the new rule and we think we’ll get the fruits of Nick’s labour.”
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:
“We probably lacked a bit of versatility in the midfield last year. Towards the end of the season we got beaten by bigger bodies in there. (Melbourne’s) Clayton Oliver was really good for Casey in our preliminary-final loss as was Koby Stevens when we played Footscray, but we feel we’re better equipped in the midfield this year.”
COACHING PANEL CHANGES:
“We’ve shuff led the panel around a little bit. Robbie Campbell will play a specific second-in-charge role with a focus on off ence and the ball movement of our team. We’ve also been able to recruit some great coaches in Michael Osborne – a former Carlton assistant coach and Hawthorn 2008 premiership player – who joins his great mate Robbie, and Matthew Pearce, who comes back as a 2003 Williamstown reserves premiership player. He’ll be the midfield coach, while Michael will be the forwards coach. We keep Clay Illman as our defensive coach and we’ve got Frankie Raso coming on board as our development coach.”
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VFL News
Blues face U18 bestThe Northern Blues will this week
take on a team consisting of the best
U18 talent the country has to off er in
a curtain-raiser to the Carlton vs Gold
Coast AFL clash at Etihad Stadium on
Saturday night.
From 4.10pm, senior coach Josh Fraser’s team
will come up against members of the NAB AFL
Academy, a high-performance program for
Australia’s best under-age footballers including
many Victorian TAC Cup players.
The AFL Academy last year lost to Werribee by
50 points and Geelong’s VFL team by 15 points
during its April camp in Melbourne.
Borough triumphsThe 2017 Peter Jackson VFL season kicked off with Port Melbourne defeating the Northern Blues by 29 points – 12.15 (87) to 8.10 (58) – in a standalone match last Saturday.
A big crowd turned out at North Port Oval for Port Melbourne’s ‘Call to Arms’ Day and Borough champion Chris Cain’s 175th senior match, which earned him VFL life membership.
Port opened up a scrappy contest by kicking three unanswered goals in the second term to take a 22-point lead into half time, with 2015 ‘Frosty’ Miller Medallist Jordan Lisle then booting six second-half goals to ensure victory for the home team. In heavy rain, Cain capped his milestone game with a major of his own aft er the final siren.
The day would have been an ominous sign for the rest of the competition, with the likes of Sam Dwyer, Khan Haretuku, Damian Mascitti, Leigh Osborne and Shane Valenti playing in the Borough’s 51-point Development League win against the Blues.
Travelling Tigers hit TorquayWerribee’s Round 1 clash with Geelong
at Spring Creek Reserve in Torquay
from 2pm this Sunday will be the first
of nine ‘home’ games for the Peter
Jackson VFL’s ‘Travelling Tigers’ in
2017.
Werribee’s traditional base of Avalon Airport
Oval at Chirnside Park is currently undergoing
an $11.75 million redevelopment, forcing the
club to hit the roads of Victoria to stage its
home fixtures.
Aft er Sunday’s match, the Tigers host
consecutive games at VU Whitten Oval (vs
Footscray), North Melbourne Recreation
Reserve (Essendon), Hoppers Crossing (Casey
Demons) and Wangaratta Showgrounds
(Collingwood), before home fixtures later in the
season at Frankston Oval, Rams Arena, Etihad
Stadium and Ikon Park.
Good Friday footyThe Peter Jackson VFL will stage its first-ever match on Good Friday this week when Footscray meets the Box Hill Hawks at VU Whitten Oval from 12pm.
The Bulldogs will use the occasion to unfurl their 2016 VFL premiership flag, which was claimed in a 31-point defeat of Casey in last September’s Grand Final at Etihad Stadium.
The match will serve as a curtain-raiser to the North Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs AFL clash at Etihad Stadium from 4.20pm – also a historic first for elite-level football on Good Friday.
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AFL Vic News
A number of community football clubs in
regional Victoria will welcome the return
of the WorkSafe Game of the Month in
season 2017.
This year is set to be bigger and better than ever, with
eight exciting WorkSafe Games of the Month planned
in leagues across the state with our first event kicking
off in the South West Football Netball League on
April 30.
Now in its 15th year, the WorkSafe Game of the Month
centres around traditional grudge matches between
country football and netball club rivals and attract
large crowds of fervent supporters.
WorkSafe AFL Victoria Country partners with Netball
Victoria to bring some of football’s and netball’s biggest
names to the matches to meet the locals and share
their sporting stories, with current-day AFL player
Ambassadors, football personalities and the likes of
AFL champions Russell Robertson, David Parkin and
Peter Knights set to appear in season 2017.
Spectators can enjoy the local atmosphere with a
host of family-friendly activities including football
and netball themed inflatables, face painting and
giveaways, plus see your face on the big screen with
the WorkSafe LED truck scoreboard.
Another highlight is the National Anthem prior to the game sung by a local identity and the post-match presentations where our WorkSafe Ambassadors will present the sought-aft er WorkSafe Trophy and best-on-ground medal.
Just as WorkSafe is committed to supporting country football in Victoria, so too are they committed to its vision of making sure every Victorian returns home safely every day.
See below for this year’s WorkSafe Game of the Month locations:
- Sunday 30th April – South West FL: Branxholme-Wallacedale v Coleraine
- Sunday 28th May – Ovens & King FL: North Wangaratta v King Valley
- Sunday 4th June– Geelong & DFL: Winchelsea v Geelong West
- Sunday 18th June – West Gippsland FNL: Phillip Island v Dalyston
- Sunday 16th July – Yarra Valley: Healesville v Olinda
- Sunday 23rd July – Central Highlands FNL: Daylesford v Gordon
- Sunday 30th July – Horsham District FL: Edenhope Apsley v Kalkee
- Sunday 6th August – Loddon Valley FNL: Calivil United v Pyramid Hill
WorkSafe Game of the Month returns!
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The Big LeagueThe AFL Victoria Record follows former TAC Cup and VFL players on their AFL journeys
Early-season AFL debutantsSix former Peter Jackson VFL players have made their elite-level debuts in the first three rounds of the AFL season:
Round 1Mitch Hannan (Melbourne): 23yo / medium forward / ex-Footscray and St Bernard’s player / VFL premiership 2016 / 20 goals in 18 VFL games from 2015-16 / pick no.46, 2016 AFL Draft / 16 disposals, seven marks, five inside-50s, two goals in win vs St Kilda at Etihad Stadium
Tom Stewart (Geelong): 24yo / key defender / ex-Geelong VFL and South Barwon player / VFL Team of the Year 2016 / 18 VFL games in 2016 / pick no.40, 2016 AFL Draft / 10 disposals in win vs Fremantle at Domain Stadium
Brett Eddy (Port Adelaide): 27yo / medium forward / ex-South Adelaide, Collingwood VFL, De La Salle and Foster player / 21 goals in eight VFL games in 2011 / pick no.26, 2016 Rookie Draft / three disposals, two goal assists in win vs Sydney at SCG
Round 2Robbie Fox (Sydney): 23yo / midfielder / ex-Coburg, Aberfeldie and Burnie Dockers player / VFL Team of the Year 2016 / 26 VFL games from 2015-16 / pick no.34, 2016 Rookie Draft / 13 disposals, nine contested possessions in loss vs Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium
Nic Newman (Sydney): 24yo / rebounding defender / ex-Frankston, Dandenong Stingrays and Mornington player / Fothergill-Round Medal 2014 / VFL Team of the Year 2014 / 22 VFL games from 2013-14 / pick no.35, 2014 Rookie Draft / 16 disposals, six tackles, one goal in loss vs Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium
Mitch Hannan in action for Footscray in
2016
Round 3Tim Smith (Melbourne): 26yo / medium forward / ex-Casey and Upper Ferntree Gully player / VFL Team of the Year 2016 / state representative 2016 / 91 goals in 80 VFL games from 2012-16 / pick no.25, 2016 Rookie Draft / six disposals, three marks, one goal in loss vs Geelong at Etihad Stadium
1 Nick Brown
2 Robert Young
3 Jack Edwards
4 Michael Curtis
5 James Davey
6 Andrew Talbot
7 Andrew Heff ernan
8 Daniel Butcher
9 Ben Cheever
10 Patrick Burns
11 Paul Rebeschini
12 Martin Rodger
13 Cameron Dore
14 Annie Mirabile
15 Tristan Burgess
16 Andre Gianfagna
17 Matthew Young
18 Thomas Chrystie
19 Aaron Langdon
20 John Howorth
21 Leighton Rowe
22 Peter McCaw
AFL umpires to wear 26-32
2017 AFL Victoria Field Umpires – Senior Squad
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EventsPresident’s Function – Round 2
Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg
Join us for a two course lunch and beverages at City Oval as we commemorate ANZAC Weekend against
Coburg. We will also be unveiling our 2016 Development Premiership flag.
12.00pm Saturday, 22nd April
The Pavilion Function Centre, City Oval
Tickets $75.00
Mid-Season Event
Saturday 29th July, 7.00pm
Encore, St Kilda.
Aft er a successful event in 2016 the Mid-Season event is back in 2017! To be held at Encore in St Kilda, it promises to be yet another highlight of the Box Hill Hawks events calendar. Special guests to be announced in the coming weeks!
Tickets $150.00 – Please phone the off ice on 9890 9442 for further information.
President’s Luncheon
V Williamstown Seagulls
Saturday April 22nd, 12pm-2pm
Tickets $50pp - Includes Match Entry, Two-Course Meal, Match-day Record and Entertainment (Guest Speaker TBA)
Grandstand Function Centre Preston City Oval
Round 3 vs. Richmond @ North Port Oval
- LADIES DAY FUNCTION – Half time of the Senior game.
Further details TBC – Please RSVP with the club’s off ice.
- PRESIDENT’S LUNCHEON – 11:45am – 1:45pm (Sandridge Events Centre)
$60 per person includes a 2-course meal, drinks (beer/wine/soft drink) and entertainment.
Please contact the club’s off ice for further details and to book.
Next home game:
April 30th 2017 - vs Northern Blues @ Piranha Park, Coburg. The day will be a special “Vicky Cleary Tribute Match”
raising awareness for Domestic and Family Abuse victims, call the club or follow us on social media for more info.
Our Hall of Fame & 1960’s Team of the Decade dinner is on Sunday May 6. Tickets are $120 for members and $130 for non-members and can be purchased online or by calling 9391 0309.
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Club Notes
COBURG
On behalf of the Coburg Football Club we would like to welcome you all back to Piranha Park for season 2017!
Aft er a long pre-season the boys are eager to kick off our season and do battle against Collingwood in Round 1. The off -season has seen a huge amount of changes take place to our playing list with a massive 37 new recruits set to don the Lions colours. We welcome all of our members and sponsors, old and new; and thank you for your unwavering support and dedication to the club. For those still looking to get on board head online, in the off ice, or see us at our membership tent at our home games. We look forward to this season ahead with great optimism and are looking forward to seeing you all during the season. Go Burgers!
BOX HILL HAWKS
The Box Hill Hawks would like to welcome all new players and families to the club for 2017! It promises to be a fantastic year as we look to build
on our young and talented list from 2016. The Box Hill Hawks would like to thank all existing sponsors for their continual support, and welcome all new sponsors to the club for 2017. In our Round 1 clash this week, we take on the reigning premiers Footscray. It promises to be a great test for our senior group as we look to start the season off with a win, whilst the development team take on Sandringham. Our first home game for the year comes in Round 2 as we take on Coburg for the ANZAC Day cup. We will also unveil the 2016 Development premiership flag. Action kicks off at 10:30am with the Senior match commencing at 2:00pm. Go Hawks!
FOOTSCRAY
See the Footscray Bulldogs unfurl the 2016
Premiership Flag at Victoria University Whitten
Oval on Good Friday, 14 April. VFL 2016
Premiership Flag Unfurl will occur at 11:45am, with the ball
to bounce at 12 noon.
WERRIBEE
Welcome to Avalon Airport Oval @ Torquay – or, as the locals like to call it, Spring Creek Reserve. President Martin Carter,
CEO Mark Penaluna, senior coach John Lamont, and everyone involved at the club is looking forward to an exciting and diff erent year on and off the field. We thank the Torquay Tigers and the Geelong Football Club for their help and support in staging today’s two games. Aft er the presentation of the K rock Cup to the winning team, we ask you to stay for the women’s game between Werribee and Geelong. We welcome our sponsors to the president’s lunch upstairs and invite you to join the Travelling Tigers in the coming weeks for home-game functions at Whitten Oval, Arden Street, Hoppers Crossing, and Wangaratta. Booking are available through the club on (03) 9741 6688. Keep up to date with all club news at werribeefc.com.au and via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
WILLIAMSTOWN
Welcome to 2017 and welcome to Burbank Oval as we do battle with Casey today to open our season in an Easter Monday blockbuster! Make
sure you pick up your Williamstown membership for this season either online, in the off ice or at our membership stall here at our home games. We also have plenty of great merchandise on sale to ensure that you are decked out in your blue and gold for the upcoming season! You can get all your club gear by visiting our shop online or visiting our merchandise stall on the Morris St side of Burbank Oval. Our next President’s Luncheon will be on Sunday April 30 when we host Box Hill. Tickets can be booked by calling the club on 9391 0309. Stay tuned to williamstownfc.com.au in the coming days for more information including the menu, pricing and special guest speakers! Also coming up is our Hall of Fame & 1960’s Team of the Decade dinner on Sunday May 6. Tickets are $120 for members and $130 for non-members and can be purchased online or by calling 9391 0309. Go Seagulls!
NORTH BALLARAT
Our first game for points for 2017 is finally here and aft er a long off season it is great to be able to finally pull on the boots and just think about football for a couple of hours. We welcome several new players to the
club. Toby Thoolen comes to us from Swan Hill and has had previous AFL and VFL experience through Collingwood and Port Melbourne. He adds some height to our forward line and will take some pressure off Big O in the ruck. Other experienced players to join us this year include Brenton Payne and Hayden Walters. Both boys come to us with recent experience playing for other AFL/VFL clubs, St Kilda and Essendon respectively. Once again the Roosters have encouraged the ongoing development of young players coming through the TAC cup system with five young Greater Western Victoria Rebels joining in 2017. We welcome Shannon Beks, Lochie Huppatz, Jarrod Korewha, Jake McQueen and Keenan Waterbury who have all stepped up to the VFL. Jacob Cooke-Harrison, Ben Cox, Billy Jones, Jay Moody, Tim Spiers and Lane Buckwell are all players who come through our regional football areas to join the team this year and we welcome them and wish them luck on their debut season. Two new crucial staff members are also on board with Nick Daff y coming on board this year as one of our assistant coaches and Calvin Paine as our Head of Strength and Conditioning. Both have a wealth of experience in elite football and sports performance so we are very pleased to add them to our team. Don’t forget that memberships are available if you haven’t yet joined and we are also having a huge clear out of 2016 merchandise at half price! So next time you are in the club, make sure you check out what is available and show your support by wearing your club colours in 2017.
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Senior Fixture
Round 1 Time
Saturday April 8
Port Melbourne 12.15-87 def Northern Blues 8.10-58
Friday April 14
Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks - Victoria University Whitten Oval 12.00PM
Saturday April 15
Sandringham vs Essendon - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
Coburg vs Collingwood - Piranha Park 2.40PM*
Sunday April 16
Richmond vs North Ballarat - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM
Werribee vs Geelong - Spring Creek Reserve 2.00PM
Monday April 17
Williamstown vs Casey Demons - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
Round 2 Time
Saturday April 22
Geelong vs Port Melbourne - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM
Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Sandringham vs Richmond - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
Northern Blues vs Williamstown - Preston City Oval 2.40PM*
Werribee vs Footscray - Victoria University Whitten Oval 5.00PM
Casey Demons vs North Ballarat - Casey Fields 7.00PM
Sunday April 23
Essendon vs Collingwood - Windy Hill 1.00PM
Round 3 Time
Friday April 28
Footscray vs North Ballarat - Victoria University Whitten Oval 7.00PM
Saturday April 29
Sandringham vs Collingwood - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
Werribee vs Essendon - North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 2.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Richmond - North Port Oval 2.00PM
Geelong vs Casey Demons - Simonds Stadium 2.40PM*
Sunday April 30
Coburg vs Northern Blues - Piranha Park 2.00PM
Williamstown vs Box Hill Hawks - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
Round 4 Time
Saturday May 6
Geelong vs Box Hill Hawks - Simonds Stadium 11.00AM
Essendon vs Port Melbourne - Frankston Oval 12.00PM
Sandringham vs North Ballarat - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.10PM*
Footscray vs Richmond - Etihad Stadium 3.00PM
Sunday May 7
Collingwood vs Northern Blues - Victoria Park 1.00PM
Werribee vs Casey Demons - Hogans Road Reserve - Hoppers
Crossing2.00PM
Williamstown vs Coburg - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
Round 5 Time
Friday May 12
North Ballarat vs Williamstown - Eureka Stadium 7.00PM
Saturday May 13
Essendon vs Geelong - Windy Hill 12.00PM
Werribee vs Collingwood - Norm Minns Oval 2.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Footscray - North Port Oval 2.10PM*
Sunday May 14
Box Hill Hawks vs Richmond - Box Hill City Oval 12.00PM
Northern Blues vs Casey Demons - Preston City Oval 2.00PM
Coburg vs Sandringham - Piranha Park 2.00PM
Round 6 Time
Saturday May 20
North Ballarat vs Werribee - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Coburg vs Essendon - Piranha Park 1.00PM
Northern Blues vs Sandringham - Preston City Oval 2.00PM
Footscray vs Geelong - Victoria University Whitten Oval 2.10PM*
Collingwood vs Box Hill Hawks - Holden Centre 3.45PM
Casey Demons vs Port Melbourne - Casey Fields 7.00PM
Sunday May 21
Williamstown vs Richmond - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
State Game Weekend Time
Saturday May 27
VFL vs WAFL - TBC TBC*
Richmond vs Essendon - Punt Road Oval 4.00PM
Footscray vs Sandringham - Victoria University Whitten Oval 7.00PM
BYE - all other teams
Round 7 Time
Saturday June 3
Essendon vs North Ballarat - Windy Hill 12.00PM
Richmond vs Werribee - Holm Park Recreation Reserve 1.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Box Hill Hawks - North Port Oval 2.10PM*
Sunday June 4
Collingwood vs Sandringham - Victoria Park 12.00PM
Coburg vs Casey Demons - Piranha Park 2.00PM
Williamstown vs Geelong - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
BYE - Footscray, Northern Blues
Round 8 Time
Friday June 9
Footscray vs Essendon - Victoria University Whitten Oval 7.00PM
Saturday June 10
Northern Blues vs Coburg - TBC 11.30AM
Williamstown vs Sandringham - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
Casey Demons vs Collingwood - Casey Fields 2.10PM*
Sunday June 11
North Ballarat vs Box Hill Hawks - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
BYE - Geelong, Port Melbourne, Richmond, Werribee
Round 9 Time
Saturday June 17
Coburg vs Port Melbourne - Piranha Park 2.00PM
Northern Blues vs Werribee - IKON Park 2.10PM*
Richmond vs Geelong - Punt Road Oval 4.30PM
Casey Demons vs Footscray - Casey Fields 7.00PM
Sunday June 18
Williamstown vs North Ballarat - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
BYE - Box Hill Hawks, Collingwood, Essendon, Sandringham
Round 10 Time
Saturday June 24
Essendon vs Williamstown - Windy Hill 12.00PM
Sandringham vs Coburg - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Collingwood - North Port Oval 2.00PM
Box Hill Hawks vs Casey Demons - Box Hill City Oval 2.10PM*
Footscray vs Werribee - Etihad Stadium 3.00PM
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* Channel 7 broadcast game
Sunday June 25
Richmond vs Northern Blues - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM
North Ballarat vs Geelong - Eureka Stadium 2.00PM
Round 11 Time
Saturday July 1
Geelong vs Coburg - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Casey Demons - North Port Oval 2.00PM
Essendon vs Richmond - Windy Hill 2.10PM*
Sunday July 2
Collingwood vs Footscray - Victoria Park 11.45AM
Northern Blues vs Box Hill Hawks - Preston City Oval 2.00PM
Sandringham vs Werribee - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
BYE - North Ballarat, Williamstown
Round 12 Time
Saturday July 8
Richmond vs Casey Demons - Holm Park Recreation Reserve 1.00PM
Geelong vs Collingwood - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM
Coburg vs Werribee - Piranha Park 2.00PM
Northern Blues vs Port Melbourne - Preston City Oval 2.00PM
Sunday July 9
North Ballarat vs Essendon - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Box Hill Hawks vs Williamstown - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Sandringham vs Footscray - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
Round 13 Time
Saturday July 15
Essendon vs Northern Blues - Windy Hill 12.00PM
Collingwood vs Williamstown - Victoria Park 1.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Sandringham - North Port Oval 2.00PM
Werribee vs Richmond - Frankston Oval 2.00PM
Geelong vs Footscray - Simonds Stadium 7.00PM
Sunday July 16
Box Hill Hawks vs North Ballarat - Box Hill City Oval 12.00PM
BYE - Casey Demons, Coburg
Round 14 Time
Saturday July 22
Geelong vs Sandringham - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM
North Ballarat vs Northern Blues - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Footscray vs Coburg - Victoria University Whitten Oval 1.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Williamstown - North Port Oval 2.00PM
Casey Demons vs Essendon - Casey Fields 7.00PM
Sunday July 23
Richmond vs Collingwood - Punt Road Oval 10.20AM
Box Hill Hawks vs Werribee - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Round 15 Time
Saturday July 29
Northern Blues vs Geelong - IKON Park 1.00PM
Williamstown vs Footscray - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
Sunday July 30
North Ballarat vs Richmond - Eureka Stadium 11.00AM
Collingwood vs Essendon - Victoria Park 11.45AM
Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
Casey Demons vs Coburg - Casey Fields 2.00PM
Werribee vs Port Melbourne - RAMS Arena 2.00PM
Round 16 Time
Saturday August 5
Northern Blues vs Footscray - IKON Park 11.00AM
North Ballarat vs Port Melbourne - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Box Hill Hawks vs Geelong - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Sandringham vs Casey Demons - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM
Werribee vs Collingwood - Etihad Stadium 3.00PM
Sunday August 6
Coburg vs Williamstown - Piranha Park 2.00PM
BYE - Essendon, Richmond
Round 17 Time
Saturday August 12
Essendon vs Box Hill Hawks - Windy Hill 12.00PM
Port Melbourne vs Coburg - North Port Oval 2.00PM
Casey Demons vs Northern Blues - Casey Fields 7.00PM
Sunday August 13
Collingwood vs North Ballarat - Victoria Park 1.00PM
Geelong vs Richmond - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM
Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
BYE - Footscray, Sandringham
Round 18 Time
Saturday August 19
Essendon vs Footscray - Windy Hill 12.00PM
Werribee vs Northern Blues - IKON Park 1.00PM
Coburg vs North Ballarat - Piranha Park 2.00PM
Collingwood vs Geelong - Holden Centre 5.00PM
Casey Demons vs Williamstown - Casey Fields 7.00PM
Sunday August 20
Richmond vs Sandringham - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM
Box Hill Hawks vs Port Melbourne - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Round 19 Time
Saturday August 26
Footscray vs Williamstown - Victoria University Whitten Oval 12.00PM
North Ballarat vs Sandringham - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Collingwood vs Port Melbourne - Victoria Park 1.00PM
Casey Demons vs Werribee - Casey Fields 7.00PM
Sunday August 27
Richmond vs Coburg - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM
Geelong vs Essendon - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM
Box Hill Hawks vs Northern Blues - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Finals Week 1
September 2/3
Qualifying and Elimination Finals
Finals Week 2
September 9/10
Semi Finals
Finals Week 3
September 16/17
Preliminary Finals
Finals Week 4
Sunday September 24
Grand Final
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Development League Fixture
Round 1 Time
Saturday April 8
Port Melbourne 16.17-113 def Northern Blues 9.8-62
Saturday April 15
Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Monday April 17
Williamstown vs Casey Demons - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Round 2 Time
Saturday April 22
Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg - Box Hill City Oval 10.45 AM
Northern Blues vs Williamstown - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM
Sandringham vs Werribee - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Round 3 Time
Saturday April 29
Port Melbourne vs Werribee - North Port Oval 10.00 AM
Sunday April 30
Coburg vs Northern Blues - Piranha Park 11.00 AM
Williamstown vs Box Hill Hawks - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Casey Demons vs Sandringham - Casey Fields 11.00 AM
Round 4 Time
Saturday May 6
Sandringham vs Port Melbourne - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday May 7
Werribee vs Casey Demons - Hogans Road Reserve - Hoppers
Crossing
11.00 AM
Williamstown vs Casey Demons - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Round 5 Time
Saturday May 13
Port Melbourne vs Williamstown - North Port Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday May 14
Box Hill Hawks vs Werribee - Box Hill City Oval 9.00 AM
Coburg vs Sandringham - Piranha Park 11.00 AM
Northern Blues vs Casey Demons - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM
Round 6 Time
Saturday May 20
Coburg vs Box Hill Hawks - Piranha Park 9.30 AM
Northern Blues vs Sandringham - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM
Casey Demons vs Port Melbourne - Casey Fields 4.00 PM
Sunday May 21
Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Round 7 Time
Saturday June 3
Port Melbourne vs Box Hill Hawks - North Port Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday June 4
Coburg vs Casey Demons - Piranha Park 11.00 AM
Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Round 8 Time
Saturday June 10
Williamstown vs Sandringham - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Northern Blues vs Coburg - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM
Casey Demons vs Box Hill Hawks - Casey Fields 11.00 AM
Round 9 Time
Saturday June 17
Northern Blues vs Werribee - IKON Park 11.00 AM
Coburg vs Port Melbourne - Piranha Park 11.00 AM
Sunday June 18
Williamstown vs Sandringham - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Round 10 Time
Saturday June 24
Sandringham vs Coburg - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Box Hill Hawks vs Casey Demons - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM
Port Melbourne vs Northern Blues - North Port Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday June 25
Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 1.30 PM
Round 11 Time
Saturday July 1
Port Melbourne vs Casey Demons - North Port Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday July 2
Northern Blues vs Box Hill Hawks - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM
Sandringham vs Werribee - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Round 12 Time
Saturday July 8
Coburg vs Werribee - Piranha Park 11.00 AM
Northern Blues vs Port Melbourne - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday July 9
Box Hill Hawks vs Williamstown - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM
Sandringham vs Casey Demons - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Round 13 Time
Saturday July 15
Port Melbourne vs Sandringham - North Port Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday July 16
Box Hill Hawks vs Northern Blues - Box Hill City Oval 9.00 AM
Round 14 Time
Saturday July 22
Port Melbourne vs Williamstown - North Port Oval 11.00 AM
Casey Demons vs Northern Blues - Casey Fields 4.00 PM
Sunday July 23
Box Hill Hawks vs Werribee - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM
Sandringham vs Coburg - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Round 15 Time
Sunday July 30
Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Casey Demons vs Coburg - Casey Fields 11.00 AM
Werribee vs Port Melbourne - RAMS Arena 11.00 AM
Round 16 Time
Saturday August 5
Sandringham vs Casey Demons - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM
Sunday August 6
Coburg vs Williamstown - Piranha Park 11.00 AM
Box Hill Hawks vs Werribee - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM
Northern Blues vs Port Melbourne - Preston City Oval 12.00 PM
Round 17 Time
Saturday August 12
Port Melbourne vs Coburg - North Port Oval 11.00 AM
Casey Demons vs Northern Blues - Casey Fields 4.00 PM
Sunday August 13
Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM
Round 18 Time
Saturday August 19
Werribee vs Northern Blues - IKON Park 10.00 AM
Coburg vs Sandringham - Piranha Park 11.00 AM
Casey Demons vs Williamstown - Casey Fields 4.00 PM
Sunday August 20
Box Hill Hawks vs Port Melbourne - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM
Round 19 Time
Saturday August 26
Williamstown vs Coburg - Victoria University Whitten Oval 3.00 PM
Casey Demons vs Werribee - Casey Fields 4.00 PM
Sunday August 27
Box Hill Hawks vs Northern Blues - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM
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Senior Coach: Steve Grace
Ground Address: Victoria University Whitten Oval, 417 Barkly Street, Footscray West 3012
Telephone: 9680 6100
Email: godogs@westernbulldogs.com.au
Website: westernbulldogs.com.au/vfl
@FootscrayVFL
/footscrayvfl
@footscraybulldogs
MAJOR PARTNER
Footscray *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
3 Mitch Wallis * 24-Oct-92 186 85
12 Zaine Cordy * 27-Oct-96 192 83
14 Clay Smith * 11-May-93 182 83
15 Tom Campbell * 02-Nov-91 200 106
16 Toby McLean * 31-Jan-96 180 78
18 Fletcher Roberts * 03-Jun-93 196 90
19 Lukas Webb * 04-Mar-96 187 85
20 Josh Dunkley * 09-Jan-97 189 85
22 Mitch Honeychurch * 02-Mar-95 176 71
24 Shane Biggs * 05-Aug-91 187 84
25 Marcus Adams * 30-Jun-93 192 96
26 Declan Hamilton * 18-Mar-96 182 75
27 Patrick Lipinski * 17-Jul-98 187 80
28 Josh Prudden # 06-Sep-94 182 82
29 Tory Dickson * 26-Sep-87 184 85
30 Fergus Greene * 20-Dec-97 187 70
31 Bailey Dale * 22-Jul-96 183 79
32 Kieran Collins * 14-Dec-97 194 100
33 Lewis Young * 20-Dec-98 197 88
34 Bailey Williams * 10-Oct-97 187 82
35 Caleb Daniel * 07-Jul-96 168 71
36 Brad Lynch # 11-Jul-97 187 76
37 Roarke Smith # 11-Sep-96 182 80
40 Nathan Mullenger-McHugh# 29-May-97 196 82
43 Jack Redpath * 13-Dec-90 194 99
44 Tim English * 10-Aug-97 205 87
45 Tristan Tweedie # 11-Jun-98 190 94
46 Lin Jong * 04-Jun-93 188 88
51 Lauchlan Dalgleish 22-Jun-93 185 82
52 Joshua Patullo 11-Sep-97 200 94
53 Billy Gowers 10-Jun-96 188 83
54 Nick Jamieson 03-May-92 182 80
55 Alex Greenwood 24-Oct-93 178 78
56 Will Hayes 05-Jun-95 181 80
57 Jordan Staley 14-Jul-93 195 94
58 Matthew Goodyear 20-Jul-96 185 80
59 Shaun Wyatt 01-Nov-93 180 82
60 Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith 18-May-97 185 87
61 Liam Nash 02-Dec-95 188 84
62 Bradley Olsson 26-Nov-96 191 85
63 Nicholas Ryan 03-Jun-97 182 77
64 Jayden Foster 01-Jun-95 195 91
65 Jordan Russell (C) 06-Nov-86 188 86
66 Anthony Bruhn 09-Mar-80 186 80
67 Joshua Wallis 01-Nov-96 186 84
68 Anthony Barry 23-Sep-86 186 84
69 Benjamin Dance 30-Apr-98 180 80
70 Andrew Panayi 10-Aug-91 170 72
71 Elijah Wales 22-Jan-96 176 78
72 Gabriel Hamilton 02-Nov-93 180 87
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
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Senior Coach: Chris Newman
Development Coach: Andrew Shakespeare
Ground Address: Box Hill City Oval, Cnr Middleborough Road & Whitehorse Road, Box Hill 3128
Telephone: 9890 9442
Email: admin@boxhillhawks.com.au
Website: boxhillhawks.com.au
@BoxHillHawks
/boxhillhawks
@boxhillhawks
PLATINUM PARTNER
Box Hill Hawks
MAJOR SPONSORS
*AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 David Mirra (C) 20-Mar-91 186 90
3 William Murphy 21-Jun-96 173 67
5 Max Warren 29-Jan-93 181 80
6 Stuart Horner 04-Oct-97 182 77
7 Anthony Brolic 12-Sep-96 183 86
8 Aaron Bond 25-Apr-95 172 66
9 Billy Evans 19-Oct-96 187 87
10 Will Hams 14-Jul-94 180 80
11 Brayden Kilpatrick 23-Sep-97 181 76
12 Chris Jones 18-Mar-95 196 87
13 Nick Evans 01-Jun-95 178 75
14 Matthew Traynor 12-Dec-96 181 77
15 Xavier Dimasi 14-Nov-96 186 88
16 Lachlan Williams 25-Feb-97 180 72
17 Ayden Kennedy 30-Oct-91 192 87
18 Liam Jeff s 30-Mar-97 192 78
19 Connor O'Sullivan 25-Dec-94 198 95
20 Jack Codd-Miller 06-Feb-95 191 85
21 Joseph Fisher 26-Jan-95 189 82
22 Zach Monkhorst 03-Feb-94 194 90
24 Sam Switkowski 20-Nov-96 178 68
25 Jack Firns 09-Sep-97 195 93
26 Ben McIntyre 17-Feb-92 180 82
28 Liam Cox 10-Jul-94 178 73
29 Sam Gibson 09-Jan-95 185 85
32 Jack Fitzpatrick # 26-Jun-91 200 94
33 Dale Hehir 14-Apr-95 184 67
35 Harry Morrison * 12-Nov-98 180 73
37 Blake Hardwick * 05-Feb-97 181 78
38 Luke Surman # 07-Dec-97 195 85
39 Mitchell Lewis * 14-Oct-98 198 92
40 Kade Stewart * 16-Jan-97 180 67
41 Oliver Hanrahan # 27-Aug-98 181 70
45 Nelson Lane 14-Feb-98 179 74
47 Harrison Burt 16-Sep-98 183 74
49 Lachlan Walker 05-Jun-97 188 84
50 Jordan Haynes 31-Jul-98 178 67
51 Vincent Adduci 09-Mar-98 177 74
52 Jake Godwin 07-Oct-98 184 82
58 Michael Knoll 27-Feb-93 205 100
62 Conor Nash # 28-Jul-98 197 92
64 Conor Glass # 28-Sep-97 189 84
66 James Cousins # 19-Mar-98 185 80
67 Daniel Howe * 04-Dec-95 191 83
70 Dallas Willsmore * 29-May-95 191 83
71 James Sicily * 06-Jan-95 186 79
72 Marc Pittonet * 03-Jun-96 202 101
73 Tim O'Brien * 28-Mar-94 193 84
74 Billy Hartung * 24-Jan-95 177 76
75 Ryan Schoenmakers * 08-Nov-90 195 91
SHORTS PARTNER
Listen to Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks on 3WBC from 11am Friday
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ENVIRONMENTAL
SOLUTIONS
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WATER
WASTE
ENERGY
Senior Coach: Lindsay Gilbee
Development Coach: Owen Lalor
Ground Address: Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Cnr Beach Road & Hampton Street, Sandringham 3191
Telephone: 9598 8629
Email: info@sandringhamfc.com.au
Website: sandringhamfc.com.au
@SandyZebs
/sandyzebras
@sandyzebs
Sandringham *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Dylan Weickhardt 20-Oct-92 178 75
2 Kade Answerth 03-Oct-96 181 79
3 Luke Verma 18-Oct-95 180 82
4 Tom Laumets 20-Apr-96 192 96
5 Robert Iudica 11-Nov-97 180 79
6 Joe Fisscher 22-Dec-94 195 97
8 Theo Thompson 25-Jul-97 186 83
9 Myke Cook 09-Oct-89 184 85
13 Jack Noone 26-Jun-95 183 86
14 Taylor Grace 17-Apr-95 185 85
15 Jonathan Haidon 09-Mar-96 174 86
16 Max Hayes 29-Jan-95 193 92
17 Nick Pavlou 28-Jul-97 174 77
20 Elliot Le Grice 07-Aug-95 195 95
25 Nathan Scagliarini 11-Sep-98 181 76
26 Jack Wallace 01-Aug-96 187 77
28 Callum Cathcart 15-Mar-95 173 75
32 Jack Lonie * 13-Aug-96 174 71
33 Nathan Freeman * 16-Jun-95 183 80
34 Ben Long * 21-Aug-97 182 73
36 Josh Battle * 01-Sep-98 193 89
37 Hugh Goddard * 24-Aug-96 196 98
39 Ed Phillips * 29-Mar-98 186 78
41 Darren Minchington * 09-Dec-93 179 81
43 Tom Curren (C) 29-Jul-92 178 78
46 Reuben Hayward 14-May-98 184 77
48 Joshua Trew 03-Jun-98 181 73
49 James Sziller 26-Apr-98 178 62
61 Darrah Joyce # 23-Apr-97 194 93
62 Ray Connellan # 29-Jun-94 187 85
63 Nick O’Kearney # 13-Feb-97 181 72
65 Brandon White * 13-Jan-97 188 80
66 Jack Sinclair * 12-Feb-95 180 81
67 Patrick McCartin * 19-Apr-96 194 95
69 Jason Holmes * 28-Oct-89 203 100
70 Daniel McKenzie * 17-May-96 184 77
71 Lewis Pierce * 16-Nov-94 202 101
72 Sebastian Ross * 07-May-93 187 87
73 Nick Coughlan # 12-Sep-96 193 84
74 Billy Longer * 12-May-93 202 100
75 Bailey Rice * 10-Feb-97 184 86
76 Nathan Wright * 16-Feb-94 185 82
77 Rowan Marshall # 24-Nov-95 201 98
78 Joe Baker-Thomas # 14-May-96 193 81
82 Jack Billings * 18-Aug-95 184 84
87 Sam Gilbert * 19-Aug-86 194 90
88 Tom Hickey * 06-Mar-91 201 98
93 Jimmy Webster * 28-Jun-93 188 83
94 Nathan Brown * 17-Dec-88 195 98
95 Koby Stevens * 18-Jun-91 189 88
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Senior Coach: Paul Corrigan
Ground Address: Windy Hill, Napier Street, Essendon 3040
Telephone: 8340 2000
Email: abrown@essendonfc.com.au
Website: essendonfc.com.au/vfl
@EssendonVFL
/essendonvfl
@essendonvfl
Essendon *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Andrew McGrath * 02-Jun-98 177 77
2 Tom Bellchambers * 09-Jul-89 202 106
8 Martin Gleeson * 25-Aug-94 190 81
10 Aaron Francis * 10-Aug-97 194 94
12 Mark Baguley * 21-May-87 180 82
15 Josh Green * 24-Aug-92 178 79
16 Josh Begley * 03-Jul-98 186 96
17 James Stewart * 04-Mar-94 196 93
19 Kobe Mutch * 18-Mar-98 186 84
20 Jackson Merrett * 27-Feb-93 185 83
23 David Myers * 30-Jun-89 191 90
24 Craig Bird * 21-Jan-89 179 84
25 Alex Morgan * 28-Jan-96 181 79
27 Mason Redman * 26-Aug-97 185 77
28 Mitch Brown * 28-Aug-90 196 93
30 Kyle Langford * 01-Dec-96 191 80
34 Jake Long # 03-Feb-96 186 75
36 Michael Hartley * 07-Jun-93 198 100
37 Dylan Clarke * 06-Sep-98 186 83
38 Sam Draper # 28-Sep-98 203 105
39 Heath Hocking * 27-Dec-87 186 86
40 Ben Howlett * 21-Oct-88 180 79
41 Ben McNiece # 23-Feb-92 178 77
44 Shaun McKernan # 01-Sep-90 196 101
45 Conor McKenna * 28-Mar-96 182 82
49 Matt Dea * 13-Oct-91 186 85
50 James Ferry 09-Nov-94 191 90
51 Alex Boyse 16-Nov-93 190 85
52 Isaac Muller 08-Jan-96 200 104
54 Nick O’Brien (C) 26-Jun-93 189 88
55 Daniel Younan 18-Aug-92 178 79
56 James Peters 04-Jun-97 180 77
57 Nick Hind 19-Aug-94 180 75
58 Ben Dobson 13-Feb-90 191 91
59 Aaron Heppell 13-Jan-95 183 82
61 Wilson Berry 08-Jun-98 192 82
62 Michael Luxford 23-Feb-95 187 85
63 Matt Darby 14-Jul-93 194 92
64 Charles Lill 31-Jan-95 189 88
65 Ozgur Uysal 05-Aug-92 181 82
66 Kieran Strachan 05-Oct-95 202 86
67 Eamon Gilbert 02-Jul-95 195 86
68 Eamonn Ogden 20-Jan-96 179 77
69 Alex Marklew 26-Mar-96 190 85
70 Alex Carr 04-Feb-95 180 81
71 Jock Cornell 02-Apr-97 188 88
72 Joel Ottavi 21-Mar-96 199 93
74 Joel Madden 26-Sep-94 190 91
77 Nash Holmes 13-Mar-97 184 84
79 Bruno Laguda 14-Apr-97 189 77
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Senior Coach: Peter German
Development Coach: Paul Kennedy
Ground Address: Piranha Park, Coburg City Oval, Cnr Harding & Russell Streets, Coburg 3058
Telephone: 9354 8228
Email: info@coburgfc.com.au
Website: coburgfc.com.au
@CoburgFC
/coburgfc
@coburgfc
Coburg
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Ben Allan 04-Jun-96 180 77
2 Patrick Lawlor 04-Mar-93 180 80
3 Hisham Kerbatieh 16-May-97 177 78
4 Keenan Posar 08-Aug-94 187 82
5 Ryan Exon 08-Jan-94 182 84
6 Mark Orr 18-Feb-95 198 100
7 Christian Burgess 17-Mar-94 173 73
8 Nick Mellington 22-May-96 186 88
9 Nathan Blair 05-Jul-95 187 86
10 Sean Gregory 20-Jan-94 197 81
11 Blake Mullane 18-Apr-95 185 87
12 Peter McEvoy 27-Jul-91 195 92
13 Tom Wallis 14-Feb-97 182 80
14 Michael Ercolano 23-Jan-97 173 76
15 Joshua Iacobaccio 15-Aug-96 177 78
16 Mitchell Betson 20-Nov-91 198 94
17 Stuart Donnelly 29-Apr-95 186 84
18 Matthew Merlo 14-Mar-95 184 87
19 Michael Mattingly 25-Jun-96 184 78
20 Liam Kidd 22-Apr-96 180 83
21 Nick Dodge 06-Feb-97 183 84
22 Darrean Wyatt 01-Dec-92 201 97
23 Jackson McDonald 24-Apr-98 183 77
24 Zak Wunhym 22-Aug-97 171 75
25 Thomas Cleary 18-Dec-92 196 91
26 Liam Hunt 03-Feb-95 187 83
27 Luke Bunker 12-May-98 185 79
28 Connor Byrne 16-Jun-98 183 78
29 Tom Goodwin (C) 02-Oct-91 201 112
31 Rhys Free 08-Feb-97 194 91
32 Ricky Schraven 08-Feb-96 174 77
33 Brandon Bailey 18-Nov-95 180 75
34 Tyler Curtis 30-Mar-93 197 94
35 Cameron Holdsworth 23-Jul-96 188 82
36 Matthew Perry 30-Apr-97 187 79
37 Jesse Corigliano 30-Apr-96 183 82
38 Damandeep Aujla 25-Feb-96 179 78
40 James El-Moussalli 18-Jun-97 191 87
41 Mark Kovacevic 23-Jan-96 204 112
42 Hayden Blythe 05-Feb-98 181 78
43 Karl Brown 05-Dec-97 194 93
44 Chas Roberts 25-Jan-97 201 86
45 Jaidyn Owen 07-Feb-98 198 90
46 James Svarc 02-Feb-95 188 88
47 Mitchell Conn 19-May-97 177 76
48 Angelo Rambaldi 13-Apr-94 183 81
49 Rivva Karpany 17-Mar-95 173 76
50 Jack Reaper 05-Apr-98 191 89
51 Corey McKay 16-Oct-98 179 81
60 Alex Mioni 06-Apr-96 190 81
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Senior Coach: Jared Rivers
Ground Address: Victoria Park, Lulie
Street, Collingwood 3066
Telephone: 8412 0000
Email: info@collingwood.com.au
Website: collingwoodfc.com.au/season/vfl
@CollingwoodFC
/collingwoodfc
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Collingwood *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
2 Jordan De Goey * 15-Mar-96 191 91
8 Tom Langdon * 09-Jun-94 190 86
12 Matt Scharenberg * 18-Sep-95 191 88
15 Lynden Dunn * 14-May-87 192 102
17 Callum Brown * 27-Apr-98 178 73
23 Lachlan Keeff e * 14-Apr-90 204 101
24 Josh Thomas # 01-Oct-91 178 77
26 Josh Daicos * 26-Nov-98 178 72
27 Kayle Kirby * 31-Aug-98 182 89
31 Jackson Ramsay * 20-Nov-94 184 82
34 Mitch McCarthy # 10-Oct-97 196 95
35 Sam McLarty * 11-May-98 197 91
36 Brayden Sier * 12-Dec-97 191 89
39 Ben Crocker * 19-Feb-97 188 82
41 Henry Schade # 08-Oct-93 197 89
43 Adam Oxley * 01-Nov-92 193 85
44 Liam Mackie # 24-Aug-98 186 76
45 Max Lynch # 12-Sep-98 200 97
46 Mason Cox # 14-Mar-91 211 108
47 Gus Borthwick 29-Dec-96 180 83
48 Lachlan Tardrew 06-Sep-97 183 75
49 Michael Chippendale 22-Jun-92 190 85
50 Alex Woodward 11-Jun-93 181 78
51 Michael Still 24-Mar-91 194 94
52 Lachlan Wallace 24-Jan-92 176 79
53 Jack Hellier (C) 15-Aug-88 178 85
54 Jordan Collopy 16-Aug-93 178 77
55 Ryan Pendlebury 02-Aug-92 191 85
56 Stephen Tahana 02-Feb-97 183 79
57 Ash Close 24-Dec-91 199 84
58 Kye Beveridge 21-Aug-98 178 68
59 Jackson Starcevich 18-Jul-93 195 82
60 Jordan Kelly 27-Jun-93 191 85
61 Nick Gray 24-Sep-92 185 78
62 Adrian Indovino 18-Mar-95 182 82
63 Marty Hore 05-Mar-96 189 81
64 Campbell Lane 28-Sep-97 180 76
65 Lachlan Howe 12-Jun-93 200 100
66 Dale Hinkley 23-Sep-95 189 82
67 Matthew Smith 11-Jan-91 181 82
68 Matthew La Fontaine 27-Jul-98 180 78
69 Jack Blair 19-Apr-93 174 71
70 Josh Turner 29-Mar-95 183 82
71 Alex Mastromanno 28-Jul-98 187 93
72 Marcus Alessi 06-Oct-97 183 77
73 Sam Barnett 01-Jan-98 185 80
74 Sean Fisher 09-Apr-96 195 96
75 Max Kelly 06-Dec-97 187 84
76 Tom Cameron 22-Nov-96 188 74
77 Rourke Fischer 20-Aug-96 188 94
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Senior Coach: Craig McRae
Ground Address: Punt Road Oval, Punt Road, Richmond 3121
Telephone: 9426 4400
Email: info@richmondfc.com.au
Website: richmondfc.com.au/club/vfl
@RichmondVFL
/richmond.fc
@richmond_fc
Richmond *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
7 Ben Lennon * 05-Jul-95 188 84
11 Jake Batchelor * 13-Feb-92 188 87
15 Jayden Short * 24-Jan-96 179 72
16 Shaun Hampson * 21-Mar-88 201 106
20 Ivan Maric * 04-Jan-86 200 102
21 Jacob Townsend * 20-Jun-93 187 89
23 Kane Lambert * 26-Nov-91 178 75
24 Ben Griff iths * 17-Sep-91 200 101
26 Anthony Miles * 28-Feb-92 179 80
27 Sam Lloyd * 03-Mar-90 180 83
28 Taylor Hunt * 05-Nov-90 184 78
29 Shai Bolton * 08-Dec-98 175 70
31 Oleg Markov * 08-May-96 188 73
32 Corey Ellis * 09-Oct-96 184 75
33 Kamdyn McIntosh * 03-Apr-94 192 91
34 Jack Graham * 25-Feb-98 180 83
35 Nathan Broad * 15-Apr-93 192 83
36 Callum Moore # 03-Sep-96 193 85
37 Connor Menadue * 19-Sep-96 187 69
38 Steven Morris * 31-Dec-88 185 83
39 Nathan Drummond * 19-Jan-95 182 86
41 Mabior Chol # 29-Jan-97 198 78
42 Ryan Garthwaite * 30-Jun-98 192 84
43 Todd Elton * 29-Apr-93 197 101
44 Tyson Stengle # 19-Oct-98 171 70
46 Jason Castagna # 12-Jul-96 182 78
47 Ivan Soldo # 14-Apr-96 204 103
51 Sam Darley (C) 15-Feb-93 184 85
52 Anthony Scott 28-Feb-95 178 76
53 Hugh Beasley 12-Nov-95 193 92
54 Jacob Ballard 26-Feb-94 189 89
55 Ryan Bathie 15-Apr-87 193 97
57 Brandon Wood 28-May-93 186 92
58 Jake Aarts 08-Dec-94 177 75
59 Ash Morris 13-Dec-93 180 77
60 Tom Langford 12-Mar-87 184 82
61 James Fletcher 06-Oct-95 184 80
62 Jayden Cass 01-Dec-91 180 77
63 Jack Holden 27-Jan-96 187 79
64 Thomas Silvestro 06-Jul-95 177 73
67 Brenton Credlin 04-Dec-94 194 89
69 Shaun Mannagh 06-Aug-97 182 76
74 Tyson Kruse 10-Jul-89 189 85
76 Alex Harnett 12-Apr-96 187 86
77 Max O’Sullivan 25-Feb-97 175 73
78 Daniel Coff ield 23-Mar-96 186 85
79 Billy Coates 23-Aug-93 192 97
80 Antony Forato 29-Jul-92 197 99
81 Danko Bzenic 27-Mar-95 186 82
84 Zak McCubbin 21-Nov-94 182 88
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Senior Coach: Marc Greig
Ground Address: Eureka Stadium, 725 Creswick Road, Ballarat 3350
Telephone: 5339 5944
Email: info@theroosters.com.au
Website: theroosters.com.au
@NBRoosters
/northballaratfc
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North Ballarat *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Tobias Thoolen 23-Feb-90 195 110
2 Tony Lockyer 06-Mar-93 186 85
3 Nick Rippon 04-Jan-94 177 81
4 Tom Schnerring 22-Aug-96 190 90
5 James Keeble 11-Apr-91 183 82
6 Louis Herbert 27-Jun-94 187 85
7 Luke Kiel 24-Sep-90 183 81
8 Lachlan Cassidy 22-May-94 181 73
9 Lachlan George 02-Apr-88 181 96
10 Brenton Payne 03-Sep-96 193 90
11 Matt Austin (C) 30-Mar-89 187 79
12 Andrew Hooper 18-Jan-91 173 87
13 Tom Taurau 13-Jan-97 184 90
14 Ben Cox 14-May-89 185 85
15 Ben Lusby 17-Dec-97 179 82
16 Oliver Tate 23-Jun-91 184 80
17 Josh Webster 16-May-96 189 92
18 Orren Stephenson 15-Jul-82 200 106
19 Charlie Lee 02-Oct-97 184 76
20 Shannon Beks 16-Feb-98 197 95
21 Jacob Cooke-Harrison 02-Mar-93 180 90
22 Jacob Wheelahan 01-Aug-97 186 82
23 Shaun Lyle 15-Aug-91 190 85
24 Ben Simpson 14-Nov-97 186 75
25 Mitch Rodd 10-Sep-92 188 82
26 Jake McQueen 25-Jun-98 178 70
27 Keegan Mellington 31-May-96 178 78
28 Keenan Waterbury 27-Oct-98 181 80
29 Gus Cleary 29-Apr-97 191 92
30 Bailey Edwards 18-Jun-97 175 72
31 Billy Jones 10-Jun-96 178 76
32 Lochie Huppatz 07-Jan-98 179 72
33 Matt Johnston 21-Sep-96 181 80
34 Tim Speirs 02-Feb-92 172 74
36 Coby Perry 27-Aug-97 174 75
37 James Lukich 17-Nov-93 188 91
38 Nick Hausler 10-Apr-97 196 82
39 Jay Moody 05-Jan-97 179 82
40 Lane Buckwell 20-Aug-94 188 96
42 Hayden Walters 03-Aug-92 190 91
43 Jarrod Korewha 08-May-98 192 81
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*AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Brydon Hodgson 16-Sep-96 187 85
2 Matthew Munro 17-Nov-95 181 75
3 Michael Sodomaco (C) 03-Jun-91 174 72
4 Thomas Gribble 17-Oct-94 180 74
5 Jordan Jones 29-Jun-90 190 94
6 Jake Sharp 11-Jan-95 187 76
7 Dane McFarlane 01-May-93 178 75
8 Harrison King 11-Feb-95 188 89
10 Joe Maishman 26-Apr-96 179 75
11 Matthew Hanson 26-May-95 187 81
12 Ryley Barrack 09-Feb-96 184 80
13 Ryan Clarke * 17-Jul-97 180 77
15 Billy Iles 29-Dec-94 175 70
16 Brad Xavier 16-Sep-96 195 89
18 Jade Cleeland 30-Mar-95 194 96
20 Jason Robinson 17-Jul-95 187 92
22 Sam Durdin * 06-Jun-96 197 87
23 Ben McKay * 24-Dec-97 200 91
24 Jack Williams 19-Aug-95 188 90
26 Daniel Nielson * 09-May-96 193 90
27 Ethan Petterwood 12-Sep-93 178 76
29 Dominic Brew 23-Jan-97 183 88
30 Kyle Galloway 21-Nov-96 209 104
32 Joshua Corbett 23-Apr-96 190 83
33 Ed Vickers-Willis * 28-Mar-96 190 82
34 Kayne Turner * 31-Dec-95 180 82
35 Declan Watson * 17-Sep-98 194 80
36 Josh Williams * 12-Jun-98 189 69
37 Will Fordham # 14-Mar-96 188 78
38 Majak Daw * 11-Mar-91 195 94
39 Mitch Hibberd * 23-Sep-96 195 94
40 Nick Larkey * 06-Jun-98 197 82
41 Corey Wagner * 23-Mar-97 180 71
42 Declan Mountford * 13-Feb-97 183 70
44 Cameron Zurhaar # 22-May-98 188 79
46 Matthew Taylor # 27-Mar-97 186 78
48 Nicholas Meredith 14-Feb-93 194 82
56 Max Augerinos 31-Mar-97 176 71
57 Harry Boyd 11-Feb-98 196 93
58 Louis Pinnuck 24-Sep-98 185 75
59 Brandon Houlihan 30-Dec-96 181 76
60 Nicholas Buykx 11-Mar-98 175 70
63 Tom Ellard 05-Oct-94 181 71
66 Charles Bance 06-Nov-97 188 87
73 Mason Wood * 13-Sep-93 190 78
74 Luke McDonald * 09-Feb-95 188 80
76 Jed Anderson * 02-Feb-94 178 75
83 Sam Wright * 15-Jul-90 188 82
91 Lachlan Hansen * 17-Aug-88 197 97
92 Nathan Hrovat * 07-Jun-94 173 78
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Senior Coach: Shane O’Bree
Ground Address: Simonds Stadium,
Latrobe Terrace, Geelong 3220
Telephone: 5225 2300
Website: geelongcats.com.au/football/vfl
@GeelongVFL
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Geelong *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Rhys Stanley * 01-Dec-90 200 100
3 Brandan Parfitt * 27-Apr-98 179 79
8 Jake Kolodjashnij * 09-Aug-95 193 94
9 Zac Smith * 22-Feb-90 206 105
11 Darcy Lang * 21-Nov-95 183 81
12 Wylie Buzza * 02-Mar-96 198 102
15 Matthew Hayball * 12-Sep-97 186 78
17 Esava Ratugolea * 24-Jul-98 195 98
18 Josh Cowan * 16-Mar-91 184 79
19 Quinton Narkle * 03-Dec-97 180 80
20 Ryan Gardner * 01-Jun-97 198 98
21 Jordan Murdoch * 23-Mar-92 190 87
23 Aaron Black * 29-Nov-90 192 92
24 Jed Bews * 14-Dec-93 186 88
27 Sam Menegola * 07-Mar-92 189 89
30 Timm House * 26-May-95 194 95
31 Jordan Cunico * 07-May-96 184 78
33 George Horlin-Smith * 22-Dec-92 188 84
34 James Parsons # 12-Apr-97 189 82
37 Sam Simpson # 14-Jun-98 180 68
38 Jack Henry # 29-Aug-98 191 88
39 Zach Guthrie # 30-Jun-98 186 74
40 Jackson Thurlow * 28-Mar-94 190 87
41 Jamaine Jones # 29-Sep-98 177 79
42 Mark O’Connor # 17-Jan-97 189 82
44 Tom Stewart * 15-Mar-93 190 88
45 Ryan Abbott * 25-Jun-91 200 100
50 Daniel Capiron 14-Jun-96 189 85
51 James Tsitas 03-Mar-95 181 82
52 Alex Hickey 06-Jan-95 180 81
53 Jai Thompson 14-Apr-91 178 82
54 Robert Condy 29-Oct-86 190 94
55 Simon Close 07-Mar-91 189 85
56 Ben Reid 05-Sep-92 184 75
57 Josh Guthrie 21-Feb-96 184 74
58 Ben Moloney (C) 07-Feb-91 183 88
59 Luke Webb 21-Jan-97 183 82
60 Jack Blood 22-Oct-98 181 76
61 Marcus Thompson 22-Jun-95 175 81
62 Campbell Floyd 12-Jul-96 186 72
63 Sam Dobson 03-Jun-93 189 85
64 Tom Atkins (C) 18-Sep-95 180 83
65 Sam McLachlan 22-Sep-95 187 84
66 Jake Edwards (C) 06-Jan-88 191 92
67 Jye Cross 28-Mar-95 192 93
68 Harry Kol 15-May-96 181 69
69 Will Sexton 14-May-97 175 75
70 Matt Inglis 08-Jan-97 178 77
71 Leigh Spiteri 30-Jun-97 174 72
74 James Gow 15-Aug-97 175 75
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Senior Coach: Andrew Collins
Development Coach: Frank Raso
Ground Address: Burbank Oval, 72 Morris Street, Williamstown 3016
Telephone: 9391 0309
Email: admin@williamstownfc.com.au
Website: williamstownfc.com.au
@WilliamstownFC
/williamstownfc
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Williamstown
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Ed Carr 12-Apr-91 181 82
2 Ben Cavarra 20-Dec-95 175 72
3 Sam Dunell 21-Feb-90 189 83
4 Ben Jolley (C) 12-Feb-86 185 77
5 Lachlan Schultz 30-Nov-97 177 72
6 Michael Gibbons 15-May-95 177 75
7 Nick Sing 15-May-91 187 90
8 Peter Faulks 24-Apr-88 195 87
9 Adam Marcon 28-Jul-92 180 82
10 Leigh Masters 22-Jun-92 188 84
11 Jack Dorgan 30-Sep-93 180 80
12 Corey Yeo 09-May-91 186 85
13 Ayce Cordy 06-Aug-90 203 97
14 Arryn Siposs 25-Nov-92 190 89
16 Brett Bewley 14-Apr-95 187 88
17 Jack Charleston 09-Jan-93 178 83
18 Jake Greiser 22-Aug-95 181 88
19 Daylan Kempster 27-Jan-96 195 95
20 Mitch Norton 01-Jun-96 174 70
21 Joel Tippett 26-Oct-88 197 92
22 Josh Pickess 12-Sep-95 183 82
23 Ben Bese 30-Nov-92 180 83
24 Willie Wheeler 21-Jun-92 180 81
25 Jason Pongracic 21-Apr-94 183 89
26 Josh Newman 22-Dec-94 182 86
27 Jacob Chisari 26-Jan-95 178 76
28 Christian Buykx-Smith 27-Mar-96 194 85
29 Jayden Burke 29-Jan-97 189 86
30 Kyle Gray 14-May-96 192 95
31 David Fahey 22-Dec-91 193 87
32 Tom Condon 07-Mar-97 185 82
33 Tim Currie 20-May-92 194 89
34 Liam McMahon 11-Apr-96 177 74
35 Billy Myers 05-May-96 188 86
36 Tristan Davies 05-Jul-95 190 85
37 Nick Ebinger 20-Nov-96 183 84
38 Anthony Giuliano 14-Feb-96 181 85
39 Lachlan Knight 07-Jan-96 188 86
40 Brayden Monk 08-Mar-96 175 69
41 Josh Minogue 09-Oct-96 191 82
42 Brodie Romensky 06-Jul-98 190 91
43 Jayden Eales 17-Feb-97 199 88
44 Jake Owen 11-Nov-94 192 88
45 Liam Carter 11-Sep-96 191 88
46 Jackson Gray 17-Mar-95 203 94
47 Lachlan Bramble 19-Apr-98 182 74
48 Tom Wilkinson 07-Mar-96 181 83
49 Nick Meese 23-Sep-88 197 105
50 Fletcher Carroll 29-Apr-98 175 73
53 Luke Goetz 03-Dec-97 202 98
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Senior Coach: Justin Plapp
Development Coach: Paul Carbis
Ground Address: VFL Oval, Casey Fields, 160 Berwick/Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne East 3977
Telephone: 5996 1111
Email: admin@caseydemonsfc.com.au
Website: caseydemonsfc.com.au
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Casey Demons *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
No. NAME DOB HT WT G B
1 Jack Hutchins (C) 03-Feb-94 192 96
2 Bayley Fritsch 06-Dec-96 186 74
3 Connor Ambler 05-Apr-97 174 72
5 Dylan Collis 23-Oct-93 176 74
6 James Munro 22-Nov-94 184 84
7 Yllber Zijai 02-Apr-94 179 78
8 Todd Vander Haar 18-Oct-95 187 83
9 Mitch Gent 05-Feb-92 186 82
10 Aaron Cotte 12-Dec-96 181 76
11 Tom Glen 07-May-97 187 75
12 Jake Lovett 09-Jan-97 183 83
16 Jake Gains 06-Aug-95 193 81
17 Edward Morris 20-Aug-95 180 74
18 Brenton Hillard 25-Nov-94 184 80
19 Mitch Hannan * 09-Mar-94 189 84
20 Nathan Gardiner 15-May-95 190 95
21 Jordan Kingi 25-Sep-92 183 85
22 Goy Lok 28-Aug-97 181 87
23 Mitch Cox 24-Mar-97 183 80
24 Jordan Moncrieff 24-Jul-92 197 92
25 Dylan Gordon 21-Jul-95 193 86
27 Angus Scott 18-Jun-95 176 72
29 Jai Rout 21-Jul-95 193 86
30 Alex Neal-Bullen * 09-Jan-96 182 76
31 Tom Baker 26-Feb-92 195 100
32 Jaxon Briggs 05-Dec-97 176 68
35 Aloysio Ferreira 11-Mar-96 177 84
36 Daniel Johnston 31-Mar-93 183 80
37 Dion Johnstone * 1-Jun-98 179 73
38 Timothy Smith # 20-Feb-91 192 88
39 Jake Dipasquale 15-Apr-97 177 73
41 Mitch White # 10-Apr-96 188 88
45 Declan Keilty # 08-May-95 194 88
47 Lachlan Filipovic # 29-Aug-98 200 92
48 Cory Maynard # 7-Oct-91 185 91
49 Nathan Foote 13-Dec-95 180 76
51 Ben Giobbi 04-Apr-96 182 85
54 Jack Trengove * 02-Sep-91 185 86
57 Jay Kennedy-Harris * 21-Mar-95 173 84
58 Gach Nyuon 19-Mar-97 198 83
61 Liam Hiscock 10-Aug-97 189 84
64 Angus Brayshaw * 09-Jan-96 187 88
65 Cameron Pedersen * 17-Mar-87 193 98
69 Ben Kennedy * 03-Mar-94 175 76
72 Mykelti Lefau 22-Jun-98 182 76
73 Sam Frost * 28-Aug-93 194 93
75 Sean Dwyer 31-Oct-89 174 80
80 Danny Allsop 23-Mar-98 175 67
82 Bernie Vince * 02-Oct-85 186 89
83 Thomas Bugg * 05-Apr-93 184 82
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TAC Cup LadderPOS TEAM P W L D For Agst % PTS
1 Geelong Falcons 3 3 0 0 353 138 255.80 12
2 Sandringham Dragons 3 3 0 0 287 142 202.11 12
3 Murray Bushrangers 3 2 1 0 184 165 111.52 8
4 Oakleigh Chargers 3 2 1 0 242 233 103.86 8
5 Northern Knights 3 2 1 0 220 215 102.33 8
6 Dandenong Stingrays 3 2 1 0 239 280 85.36 8
7 Eastern Ranges 3 1 2 0 237 219 108.22 4
8 Gippsland Power 3 1 2 0 198 212 93.40 4
9 Western Jets 3 1 2 0 202 251 80.48 4
10 Bendigo Pioneers 3 1 2 0 221 286 77.27 4
11 Greater Western Victoria Rebels 3 0 3 0 225 339 66.37 0
12 Calder Cannons 3 0 3 0 157 285 55.09 0
TAC Cup Stats of the WeekKICKSKICKS
Player Name Team Total
Adam Cerra Eastern Ranges 28
Ben Caluzzi Calder Cannons 23
Nick Hogan Gippsland Power 21
Mackenzie Doreian Eastern Ranges 19
Caleb Sheahan Bendigo Pioneers 18
Gryan Miers Geelong Falcons 18
Callan Wellings GWV Rebels 18
Matthew Day Oakleigh Chargers 18
Lachlan Gill Bendigo Pioneers 17
Angus Schumacher Bendigo Pioneers 17
HANDBALLSHANDBALLS
Player Name Team Total
Darby Henderson Bendigo Pioneers 23
Cassidy Parish Geelong Falcons 15
Ben Paton Murray Bushrangers 14
Andrew Brayshaw Sandringham Dragons 14
Charlie Thompson Oakleigh Chargers 13
Sebastian Williams Sandringham Dragons 13
Matthew McGannon Gippsland Power 13
Max Dreher Northern Knights 13
Howie Persson Sandringham Dragons 13
Laitham Vandeermeer Murray Bushrangers 13
MARKSMARKS
Player Name Team Total
Quintin Montanaro Sandringham Dragons 10
Angus Schumacher Bendigo Pioneers 9
Mitchell Kemp Bendigo Pioneers 9
Ben Paton Murray Bushrangers 8
Kyle Clarke Murray Bushrangers 8
HITOUTSHITOUTS
Player Name Team Total
Julian Patterson Gippsland Power 33
Ethan Casey Sandringham Dragons 30
Lloyd Meek GWV Rebels 29
Matthew Harman Northern Knights 29
Joel Grace Northern Knights 28
TACKLESTACKLES
Player Name Team Total
Liam Middleton Calder Cannons 13
Ethan Penrith Northern Knights 13
Ben Caluzzi Calder Cannons 12
Tynan Smith Northern Knights 11
Andrew Brayshaw Sandringham Dragons 11
2017 LEADING GOALKICKERS2017 LEADING GOALKICKERS
Player Name Team Last Rnd Total
David Handley Geelong Falcons 2 9
Gryan Miers Geelong Falcons 3 9
Brent Daniels Bendigo Pioneers 4 9
Toby Wooller Oakleigh Chargers 3 8
Jaidyn Stephenson Eastern Ranges DNP 8
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TAC Cup ResultsROUND THREE
Bendigo Pioneers 4.2-26 9.8-62 9.10-64 10.13-73
Gippsland Power 4.1-25 5.4-34 11.10-76 14.15-99
Bendigo Pioneers
Goal Kickers: B. Daniels 4, D. Grace 2, B. Robertson, L.
Wallace, M. Harvey, B. Henderson
Best Players: K. Hommelhoff , L. Gill, M. Kemp, J. Atley, A.
Schumacher, B. Hore
Gippsland Power
Goal Kickers: J. Hudson 3, W. Stephenson 3, W. Broadbent
2, S. Masterson 2, K. Reid 2, K. Drew, M. McGannon
Best Players: J. Patterson, W. Stephenson, X. Duursma, T.
Bindley, K. Drew, N. Hogan
Western Jets 3.4-22 3.5-23 4.7-31 5.7-37
Sandringham Dragons 5.1-31 9.3-57 14.4-88 16.5-101
Western Jets
Goal Kickers: J. Noonan 2, J. Smith, T. Rudic, X. O’Halloran
Best Players: N. Stuhldreier, H. Murphy, J. Noonan, C.
Thar, J. Smith, L. Hitch
Sandringham Dragons
Goal Kickers: I. Morrisby 4, A. Trusler 4, S. Williams 2, D.
Brereton 2, W. Walker 2, J. Amartey, A. Brayshaw
Best Players: K. Owens, B. Smith, A. Brayshaw, M. Lohan,
A. Trusler, I. Morrisby
Murray Bushrangers 1.1-7 5.3-33 5.3-33 5.8-38
Geelong Falcons 2.7-19 4.8-32 10.13-73 13.16-94
Murray Bushrangers
Goal Kickers: D. Smith 2, F. Bollinghaus, I. Wallace, J.
Wilson
Best Players: T. Boyd, K. Clarke, S. Beasley, H. Jones, F.
Bollinghaus, A. Hicks
Geelong Falcons
Goal Kickers: G. Miers 3, L. Noble 2, H. Benson 2, D.
Handley 2, J. Reid, O. Brownless, E. McHenry, S. Torpy
Best Players: H. Elliot, C. Parish, M. Ling, H. Benson, J.
Henderson, J. Walters
Dandenong Stingrays 8.0-48 12.3-75 14.3-87 16.6-102
Greater Western Victoria Rebels 1.1-7 3.3-21 9.7-61 12.10-82
Dandenong Stingrays
Goal Kickers: J. Nanscawen 4, B. Williams 3, R. D’Arcy 3, T.
Murphy 2, T. Roberts, J. Plumridge , B. Schmidt, W. Smith
Best Players: M. Cotter, A. Zijai, M. DeWit, T. Freeman, J.
Nanscawen, T. Murphy
Greater Western Victoria Rebels
Goal Kickers: L. Wareham 2, H. Hobbs, T. Berry, M.
Schnerring, L. Essenwanger, A. Harvey, A. Shepherd, M.
Gattek, A. Domic, J. Johnston, J. Hill
Best Players: C. Wellings, L. Meek, T. Reed, F. Appleby, T.
Berry, J. Hill
Northern Knights 6.1-37 8.5-53 10.8-68 11.9-75
Eastern Ranges 5.0-30 6.0-36 7.1-43 9.6-60
Northern Knights
Goal Kickers: J. Naylor 6, J. Shea 2, P. Della Rocca, B.
Gillard, E. Penrith
Best Players: J. Naylor, E. Penrith, M. Dreher, B. Gillard, J.
Petruccelle, O. Stapleton
Eastern Ranges
Goal Kickers: D. Moore 2, M. Doreian, J. Duncan, K.
Urquhart, T. Mynott, A. Kalcovski, A. Cerra, R. Stoddart
Best Players: A. Cerra, B. Cardamone, R. Stoddart, D.
Moore, T. Mynott, L. Woodward
Calder Cannons 2.2-14 4.6-30 5.6-36 7.9-51
Oakleigh Chargers 3.1-19 7.4-46 9.6-60 14.10-94
Calder Cannons
Goal Kickers: M. Borg 2, J. Velissaris, M. Moustafa, J.
Firebrace, T. Browning, B. Caluzzi
Best Players: B. Caluzzi, D. Hanna, J. Velissaris, B.
Bernacki, J. Firebrace, T. Browning
Oakleigh Chargers
Goal Kickers: C. Whitehead 4, T. Wooller 3, N. Boucher 2,
M. Day 2, J. Hewitt, X. O’Neill, D. Stanford
Best Players: J. Hewitt, X. O’Neill, C. Whitehead, C.
Thompson, J. Ayton-Delaney, A. Jenkins
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Fixture
Round 1
Friday March 24
Calder Cannons 7.10-52 def by Eastern Ranges 15.16-106
Saturday March 25
Gippsland Power 10.8-68 def by Dandenong Stingrays 12.12-84
Geelong Falcons 20.9-129 def GWV Rebels 5.17-47
Murray Bushrangers 13.13-91 def Bendigo Pioneers 5.10-40
Sunday March 26
Sandringham Dragons 17.9-111 def Oakleigh Chargers 8.8-56
Western Jets 12.8-80 def by Northern Knights 14.12-96
Round 2
Saturday April 1
Calder Cannons 8.6-54 def by Western Jets 11.19-85
Geelong Falcons 19.16-130 def Dandenong Stingrays 8.5-53
Murray Bushrangers 7.13-55 def Gippsland Power 4.7-31
Sunday April 2
Oakleigh Chargers 13.14-92 def Eastern Ranges 10.11-71
Sandringham Dragons 10.15-75 def Northern Knights 7.7-49
GWV Rebels 14.12-96 def by Bendigo Pioneers 16.12-108
Round 3
Saturday April 8
Bendigo Pioneers 10.13-73 def by Gippsland Power 14.15-99
Western Jets 5.7-37 def by Sandringham Dragons 16.5-101
Murray Bushrangers 5.8-38 def by Geelong Falcons 13.16-94
Dandenong Stingrays 16.6-102 def GWV Rebels 12.10-82
Sunday April 9
Northern Knights 11.9-75 def Eastern Ranges 9.6-60
Calder Cannons 7.9-51 def by Oakleigh Chargers 14.10-94
April 15/16 - TAC Cup Development Weekend
Round 4 Time
Friday April 21
Bendigo Pioneers vs Oakleigh Chargers - Queen Elizabeth
Oval
7.00PM
Saturday April 22
Dandenong Stingrays vs Sandringham Dragons - Frankston
Oval
10.30AM
Eastern Ranges vs Geelong Falcons - Bayswater Oval 2.00PM
Western Jets vs Gippsland Power - Burbank Oval 2.00PM
Sunday April 23
Northern Knights vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena 12.00PM
Calder Cannons vs GWV Rebels - RAMS Arena 2.30PM
Round 5 Time
Saturday April 29
Eastern Ranges vs GWV Rebels - Box Hill City Oval 12.00PM
Murray Bushrangers vs Western Jets - Norm Minns Oval 1.00PM
Oakleigh Chargers vs Geelong Falcons - Warrawee Park 2.30PM
Sunday April 30
Dandenong Stingrays vs Calder Cannons - Shepley Oval 10.30AM
Bendigo Pioneers vs Northern Knights - Queen Elizabeth Oval 1.00PM
Sandringham Dragons vs Gippsland Power - Trevor Barker
Beach Oval
2.00PM
Round 6 Time
Saturday May 6
Northern Knights vs Dandenong Stingrays - Preston City Oval 10.30AM
Western Jets vs Geelong Falcons - Burbank Oval 12.00PM
Calder Cannons vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena 2.00PM
Oakleigh Chargers vs GWV Rebels - Warrawee Park 2.00PM
Sunday May 7
Bendigo Pioneers vs Sandringham Dragons - Queen
Elizabeth Oval
2.00PM
Eastern Ranges vs Gippsland Power - Healesville Sporting
Complex
2.00PM
Round 7 Time
Saturday May 13
Geelong Falcons vs Northern Knights - Simonds Stadium 11.00AM
Murray Bushrangers vs Sandringham Dragons - Norm Minns
Oval
12.00PM
Gippsland Power vs Calder Cannons - Morwell Football
Ground
1.00PM
Eastern Ranges vs Bendigo Pioneers - Box Hill City Oval 2.30PM
Sunday May 14
Dandenong Stingrays vs Oakleigh Chargers - Shepley Oval 1.00PM
GWV Rebels vs Western Jets - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Round 8 Time
Friday May 19
Geelong Falcons vs Calder Cannons - Torquay Football
Ground
7.00PM
Saturday May 20
Dandenong Stingrays vs Eastern Ranges - Shepley Oval 10.30AM
Gippsland Power vs Northern Knights - Morwell Recreation
Reserve
2.00PM
Sandringham Dragons vs GWV Rebels - Trevor Barker Beach
Oval
2.00PM
Sunday May 21
Murray Bushrangers vs Oakleigh Chargers - Norm Minns Oval 1.00PM
Bendigo Pioneers vs Western Jets - Queen Elizabeth Oval 1.00PM
May 27/28 - TAC Cup Development Weekend
Round 9 Time
Saturday June 3
Sandringham Dragons vs Eastern Ranges - Trevor Barker
Beach Oval
10.30AM
Geelong Falcons vs Gippsland Power - Central Reserve
(Colac)
1.00PM
Oakleigh Chargers vs Western Jets - Warrawee Park 2.00PM
Sunday June 4
Calder Cannons vs Northern Knights - RAMS Arena 11.00AM
Bendigo Pioneers vs Dandenong Stingrays - Queen Elizabeth
Oval
1.00PM
GWV Rebels vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena 2.00PM
June 10/11 - TAC Cup Development Weekend
NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 1
Sunday June 11
Allies vs Vic Country - Blacktown International Sportspark TBC
Round 10 Time
Saturday June 17
Calder Cannons vs Sandringham Dragons - RAMS Arena 10.30AM
Eastern Ranges vs Western Jets - Box Hill City Oval 10.30AM
Northern Knights vs Oakleigh Chargers - Preston City Oval 2.00PM
Dandenong Stingrays vs Murray Bushrangers - Shepley Oval 2.00PM
Gippsland Power vs GWV Rebels - Morwell Recreation Reserve 2.00PM
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Sunday June 18
Bendigo Pioneers vs Geelong Falcons - Queen Elizabeth Oval 1.00PM
NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 2
Sunday June 18
Western Australia vs Vic Metro - WA (venue TBC) TBC
NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 3
Saturday June 24
Vic Metro vs Vic Country - TBC TBC
Round 11 Time
Sunday June 25
Western Jets vs Dandenong Stingrays - Burbank Oval 10.30AM
GWV Rebels vs Northern Knights - Eureka Stadium 11.00AM
Murray Bushrangers vs Eastern Ranges - Norm Minns Oval 11.30AM
Sandringham Dragons vs Geelong Falcons - Trevor Barker
Beach Oval
1.00PM
Oakleigh Chargers vs Gippsland Power - Warrawee Park 2.00PM
Calder Cannons vs Bendigo Pioneers - RAMS Arena 2.00PM
NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 4
Friday June 30
Vic Metro vs South Australia - Etihad Stadium TBC
Vic Country vs Western Australia - Etihad Stadium TBC
July 1/2 - TAC Cup Development Weekend
NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 5
Wednesday July 5
Vic Metro vs Allies - Simonds Stadium TBC
Vic Country vs South Australia - Simonds Stadium TBC
Round 12 Time
Saturday July 8
Calder Cannons vs Dandenong Stingrays - RAMS Arena 11.00AM
GWV Rebels vs Eastern Ranges - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Gippsland Power vs Sandringham Dragons - Morwell Football
Ground
1.00PM
Geelong Falcons vs Oakleigh Chargers - Central Reserve
(Colac)
1.00PM
Sunday July 9
Western Jets vs Murray Bushrangers - Burbank Oval 11.30AM
Northern Knights vs Bendigo Pioneers - Preston City Oval 2.00PM
Round 13 Time
Saturday July 15
Dandenong Stingrays vs Northern Knights - Shepley Oval 10.30AM
Geelong Falcons vs Western Jets - Central Reserve (Colac) 1.00PM
Gippsland Power vs Eastern Ranges - Morwell Recreation
Reserve
2.00PM
Sandringham Dragons vs Bendigo Pioneers - Trevor Barker
Beach Oval
2.00PM
Sunday July 16
Murray Bushrangers vs Calder Cannons - Deakin Reserve,
Shepparton
1.00PM
GWV Rebels vs Oakleigh Chargers - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
July 22/23 - TAC Cup Development Weekend
Round 14 Time
Saturday July 29
Oakleigh Chargers vs Calder Cannons - Warrawee Park 10.30AM
Sandringham Dragons vs Western Jets - Frankston Oval 11.00AM
Dandenong Stingrays vs Gippsland Power - Frankston Oval 2.00PM
Eastern Ranges vs Northern Knights - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Sunday July 30
Bendigo Pioneers vs Murray Bushrangers - Queen Elizabeth
Oval
12.00PM
GWV Rebels vs Geelong Falcons - Eureka Stadium 2.00PM
Round 15 Time
Saturday August 5
Western Jets vs Oakleigh Chargers - Burbank Oval 10.30AM
Dandenong Stingrays vs Bendigo Pioneers - Shepley Oval 2.00PM
Gippsland Power vs Geelong Falcons - Morwell Recreation
Reserve
2.00PM
Northern Knights vs Calder Cannons - Preston City Oval 2.00PM
Sunday August 6
Eastern Ranges vs Sandringham Dragons - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM
Murray Bushrangers vs GWV Rebels - IKON Park 2.00PM
August 12/13 - TAC Cup Development Weekend
Round 16 Time
Saturday August 19
Northern Knights vs Western Jets - RAMS Arena 10.00AM
Oakleigh Chargers vs Sandringham Dragons - RAMS Arena 1.00PM
Eastern Ranges vs Calder Cannons - RAMS Arena 4.00PM
Sunday August 20
Geelong Falcons vs Murray Bushrangers - Eureka Stadium 10.00AM
Gippsland Power vs Bendigo Pioneers - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM
Dandenong Stingrays vs GWV Rebels - Eureka Stadium 4.00PM
Round 17 Time
Saturday August 26
Sandringham Dragons vs Dandenong Stingrays - Trevor
Barker Beach Oval
10.30AM
Gippsland Power vs Western Jets - Morwell Recreation
Reserve
12.00PM
Murray Bushrangers vs Northern Knights - Norm Minns Oval 1.00PM
Oakleigh Chargers vs Bendigo Pioneers - Warrawee Park 2.00PM
Sunday August 27
GWV Rebels vs Calder Cannons - Eureka Stadium 11.30AM
Geelong Falcons vs Eastern Ranges - TBC 1.00PM
Round 18 Time
Saturday September 2
Eastern Ranges vs Oakleigh Chargers - IKON Park 10.00AM
Northern Knights vs Sandringham Dragons - IKON Park 1.00PM
Bendigo Pioneers vs GWV Rebels - RAMS Arena 2.30PM
Western Jets vs Calder Cannons - RAMS Arena 5.30PM
Sunday September 3
Dandenong Stingrays vs Geelong Falcons - IKON Park 11.00AM
Gippsland Power vs Murray Bushrangers - IKON Park 2.00PM
Week 1 Finals
September 9/10
Elimination Final 1 (1st vs 8th)
Elimination Final 2 (2nd vs 7th)
Elimination Final 3 (3rd vs 6th)
Elimination Final 4 (4th vs 5th)
Week 2 Finals
September 16/17
Preliminary Final 1 (winner EF1 vs winner EF4)
Preliminary Final 2 (winner EF2 vs winner EF3)
Week 3 Finals
September 23/24
Grand Final
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QuizTest your knowledge of the 2016 Peter Jackson VFL finals series in this week’s AFL Victoria Record quiz.
Answers: 1. Lin Jong / 2. Clayton Oliver (31 disposals) / 3. Nick Jamieson (three goals) / 4. Essendon (against Geelong) / 5. Casey (defeating Footscray by 70 points in a qualifying final) / 6. Ben Jolley (against Sandringham in a semi final) / 7. 27 goals (in a score of 27.19 (181)) / 8. Collingwood’s Ben Moloney (now at Geelong) and Sandringham’s Jack Noone / 9. Williamstown / 10. Ben Long and Mitch Hannan from Footscray, and Tim Smith, Oscar McInerney and Declan Keilty from Casey
1. Who won the Norm Goss Medal for best-on-ground in Footscray’s 31-point premiership victory over Casey?
2. Which Melbourne-listed midfielder had the most disposals in the Grand Final?
3. Which VFL-listed Footscray player kicked the most goals for his team in the Grand Final?
4. Which team came from 22 points down early in the final quarter to claim victory by 22 points in an elimination final?
5. Which team last year won its first final since 2008, following 11 consecutive September losses?
6. Which Williamstown player recorded the highest single-game disposal tally of the 2016 finals series, with 41?
7. How many goals did Footscray kick in its 119-point defeat of Collingwood in a preliminary final?
8. Which Collingwood (now at another club) and Sandringham VFL-listed players both suff ered broken legs during the finals series?
9. Which team reached its seventh consecutive preliminary final in 2016?
10. Which five players were draft ed to or rookied by AFL clubs aft er playing in the Grand Final?
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Port Melbourne’s Chris Cain
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membership for playing his
175th senior match against the
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