The Amateur Footballer, Week 1, 2016

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is exciting with fresh players, coaches and administrators. Expectations are high and everyone is looking forward to the bounce of the ball. In my time this anticipation as never been higher. Season launches for clubs have gone from a pie night on the Thursday to glamorous events for sponsors and club supporters. None bigger than the VAFA’s own launch in the MCC Members Dining Room last Wednesday. Throughout the seven senior sections there is so much happening that it is impossible to highlight on one page. These are the questions I am looking forward to being answered during the year:

• How far can Kew go? Three premierships in a row graduating through the grades emulates the run of St Bede’s Mentone Tigers but do they have the talent for a fourth? I am led to believe that this would be a first in the VAFA.

• The Premier competition is looking to be the strongest in history.

• Can Old Trinity keep improving and win their first Premier Section title?

• Can St Kevin’s win the Premier B and Premier flags in consecutive years?

• Despite a loss of a number of players can St Bernard’s maintain their form?

• Can Old Scotch and Beaumaris bounce back from relegation?

• Is West Brunswick capable of three in a row?• Will Adam Pattinson returning to Old

Paradians from Uni Blacks via Richmond, St Kilda and Hawthorn add the firepower for OP’s to win consecutive flags?

• Can new clubs Canterbury and Parkside make an impact as they endeavour to move up the grades?

• How will the umpires adapt to the stricter interpretation of the deliberate out of bounce rules and the 10 metre exclusion zone?

Whilst we have much to look forward to there has been a lot of activity over the summer that we should reflect on. The biggest announcement of the summer was the State Government’s commitment to funding $3m towards the $6m development of Sportscover Arena. Along with this funding we were also able to secure another $2m from other partners including Bayside City Council, the AFL, AFL Victoria and Old Melburnians. At the conclusion of the season the ground will be dug up with fences and lighting removed. Changes to the shape and direction of the oval will be made with various factors in mind including spectator comfort, playing conditions and the effect of the spring winds. The best site for a new building which will house the VAFA administration, change rooms for players and umpires and a social area for the VAFA Umpires Association and the Old Melburnians will also be decided. We anticipate that this will be completed during the 2017 season with a new ground open for the commencement of the 2018 season.Chartered Accountants & Advisory firm, William Buck signed on for another three years after great success with naming rights of William Buck Premier and the William Buck VAFA Grand Final lunch. William Buck have extended their sponsorship into Premier B & Premier C and will feature on all official match footballs in all three Premier sections.Education provider, Holmesglen Institute has built upon our highly successful club volunteer support and internship program last year into an official corporate partner. Holmesglen have secured naming rights for all Under 19 sections and will have a significant presence with our younger demographic.The VAFA also welcomes Epworth Healthcare, Richmond, BJS Insurance Group and natural health company, Martin & Pleasance, with their sports liniment product, ZEN. Good luck to all the players, coaches, umpires, administrators and members. Hope your club has many successes in 2016.

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The William Buck Premier season is upon us and after a pre-season raft with speculation, innuendo and an arm’s length long rumour file, it is time for each Club to showcase the fruits of their time off.

I have the privilege of covering the William Buck Premier section in 2016 and look forward to discussing and analysing each Club from within the VAFA’s top section.

Casting our mind back to the last game of VAFA football and arguably the greatest William Buck Grand Final of the modern era, 2015 proved the year of the Snow Dog as they defeated Old Trinity by eight points. Anthony Rock’s talent-riddled list outlasted Old Trinity in a seesaw battle at Ikon Park as they claimed the Club’s third Premier section flag. Led by Jock Nelson Medallist, Mitch Hannan, Alexander Boyse and Chad Jones, the Snow Dogs reduced a six-point three quarter time deficit by kicking five goals to two in a stirring final term and subsequently earnt the title of William Buck Premier champions.

As the reigning premiers, St Bernard’s deserve nothing less than initial favouritism heading into the 2016 season. The off-season has produced mixed results, with a number of key personnel from their premiership-winning team joining the VFL on the back of exceptional individual seasons. Importantly, the ins have been strong. Former Carlton, Melbourne and Gold Coast Suns assistant, Mark Riley, joins the Snakepit as senior coach after Rock returned to the AFL to assist Ross Lyon at Fremantle. Riley’s vast knowledge and expertise comes at an important time as the Snow Dogs attempt to go back-to-back for the first time since Collegians in 2011-12. Can they do it? 100%. Will they do it? It will take an improved effort from one of nine other Clubs to ensure they don’t.

The T’s hit new heights as an organisation in 2015, partaking in the William Buck Premier Grand Final for the first time in the Club’s history. Attractive, fast-paced ball was the flavour of the year, with

the T’s using the wide expanses of Daley Oval to their advantage as they consistently outran opposition teams on their way to 14 home and away victories. Four-time section best and fairest recipient, Brendan Iezzi, is locked in to return from injury during the season, with his exclusion for the majority of last year testament to the Club’s continued improvement and ability to galvanise without their star midfielder. With another year of experience in the highest section under their belt, continued development of their young list and the return of Iezzi, 2016 is shaping up as the breakthrough year Old Trinity fans have been longing for.

The off-season was prosperous for the University Blues as they added ex-AFL duo, Kieran Harper and Clayton Hinkley, to their formidable midfield consisting of Jeremy Mugavin and Marshall Rippon. Setting out to improve upon last year’s preliminary final appearance against eventual premier, St Bernard’s, the Blues also welcome ex-Swan Districts star, Tim Geappen, as well as returnees Thomas Mackenzie (knee), Jack Townley (neck) and Tim Blakey (exchange). Despite Harper being troubled by injury early in the season, the outfit representing the Blues in Round One will be similar to the side running around post-regular season.

Who didn’t jump on the De La train in the second half of last season? As an unbiased supporter, their last nine matches – of which they won eight and drew one – were scintillating, ruthless and some of the best amateur football you are likely to see. During that period of dominance, they averaged 101 points per game from more than 28 scoring shots. Despite building a strong relationship with the scoreboard, the run was bound to end at one stage. Unfortunately for De La, it happened to be in the semi-final against the Blues. However, using the momentum of last season’s resurgence and with the return of former Woodrow Medallist, Jacob Williams, among a host of other impressive recruits, expect the De La train to continue to roll in 2016.

Last year’s reigning premiers were unable to repeat the extraordinary feats of claiming a William Buck Premier flag as they narrowly missed finals with eight wins during the home

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and away fixture. Cam Roberts returns from a one-year break as senior coach and will look to build around young guns the ilk of Jordan Quaile as the Blacks get used to life post Huw Lacey and Adam Pattison. Led by VAFA stalwart, Bede Mahon, and goal-kicking sensation, Alastair Robbins, expect the Blacks to return to a brand of football capable of inflicting damage to any side in the competition.

The Xavs’ Round 18 clash against Old Scotch and unlikely – but mathematically possible – risk of relegation to Premier B looks all but a memory as they claim ownership as one of the favourites heading into 2016. And why wouldn’t they be? Brendan Goss returns to run riot in the forward 50 with last year’s leading goal-kicker, Matt Handley, while the additions of Jay Bruno and Dan Noonan will add the depth required to take the powerhouse from Toorak Park back to September.

If ever there was a Club flying under the radar heading into the first game of a VAFA season, it is Old Carey. Seventh at the conclusion of last year, the Panthers welcomed two new senior coaches to the fore, with former AFL assistant, Paul O’Connell, and 2015 U19 premiership coach, Michael Tarrant, to share the responsibilities moving forward. Often underestimated and forever a threat, expect to see the preliminary results of #GenerationNext in the coming weeks.

Another Club who were battling to avoid relegation in the final round of 2015, Collegians will be working to recapture the same form which took them to the William Buck Grand Final 12 months earlier. On paper, the Lions have been less active with personnel over the past few months, instead opting to develop talented youth around the experienced heads of Nick Corp and Courtney Hylton.

There are two new Clubs vying for the ultimate success in the VAFA’s highest section, with Premier B grand finalists, St Kevin’s and Old Melburnians, re-entering due to their successful 2015 campaigns. Neither side have shown any signs of slowing down in the wake of their thrilling Premier B decider and look likely to shake up the competition in what is shaping as the closest and most difficult to predict in a number of years.

TODAY SELECTIONS IN BOLD

Old Carey v Old Trinity

University Blacks v Collegians

Old Melburnians v University Blues

St Bernard’s v Old Xaverians

St Kevin’s v De La Salle

PREMIER - GRAND FINALSt Bernards 3.4, 9.5, 12.9, 17.11 (113)Old Trinity Grammarians 2.3, 6.7, 13.9, 15.15 (105)

GOALS, St Bernards: A. Boyse 4, C. Jones 3, B. Ronke 2, A. Mcleod 2, T. Sullivan 1, N. Kazuro 1, M. Hannan 1, S. Clarke 1, T. Cartledge 1, T. Gleeson 1Old Trinity Grammarians: S. Nicolosi 5, E. Weatherson 3, A. Polidoros 2, J. Hunt 2, J. Steinhart 1, J. Osborn 1, A. Kyriacopoulos 1BEST, St Bernards: M. Hannan, A. Boyse, A. Singleton, C. Jones, M. DeLeur, B. RonkeOld Trinity Grammarians: A. Kyriacopoulos, G. Hamilton, C. Pohl, J. Osborn, S. Nicolosi, N. Hunt

PREMIER RESERVE - GRAND FINALOld Xaverians 3.2, 6.3, 10.7, 13.8 (86)University Blues 2.0, 3.1, 5.2, 6.4 (40)

GOALS, Old Xaverians: J. Forrest 3, R. Ralph 2, M. Skidmore 1, H. Batten 1, H. Symon 1, J. Hannan 1, A. Pasceri 1, M. Douglas 1, C. Beetham 1, A. Mathis 1University Blues: P. Gardiner 3, B. Taylor 1, J. Callahan 1, W. Hartnell 1BEST, Old Xaverians: A. Pasceri, N. Serafini, B. Plant, J. Midgley , L. Pirrie, C. BeethamUniversity Blues: R. Langham, D. Van De Pol, H. McDonald, B. Taylor, T. Girdwood, A. Wettenhall

PREMIER THIRDS - GRAND FINALSt Kevins OB 0.0, 2.5, 3.10, 7.16 (58)Old Xaverians 1.2, 2.2, 4.6, 5.6 (36)

GOALS, St Kevins OB: M. Roberts 2, L. Roberts 1, J. Dimattina 1, D. Kerr 1, L. Clancey 1, T. Marchesani 1BEST, St Kevins OB: M. Roberts, N. Murphy, J. Dimattina, L. Clancey, J. Paton, L. Kenyon

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Welcome to another season of Premier B footy for 2016. Last season saw history created as St Kevins completed an incredible 20-0 season and finally made the step up after ten years in Premier B. They were joined by Old Melburnians who had the SKOBs on the ropes in the Big One but couldn’t keep them down, eventually going down by 11 points. At the other end of the ladder, Caulfield struggled all year for two wins and Mazenod had to win in the last round to stay in Premier B but were unable to. Both teams will look to regroup in Premier C. We are joined by Old Scotch and Beaumaris from William Buck Premier, and Old Haileybury and Monash Blues are up from Premier C.

Ajax have become the Premier B mainstays, suiting up for a fifth straight season. The Jackas finished 2015 with a third consecutive fifth placing, missing out on finals action by percentage. They spent most of the season, along with Fitzroy and the Rovers, stuck below finals but above relegation and will be keen to take the next step. Marty Pask has been reappointed for another season. “Our goals for 2016 are for our playing group to take another step forward to compete with and against the more established clubs. I feel our players have a greater understanding of what is required to consistently challenge the competition and I feel we are well prepared and have the understanding of what it takes.”

The Beaumaris Sharks return to Premier B after three seasons in William Buck Premier. Decorated Sharks legend Brayden Haynes has been reappointed as coach. President John Murton said: “It was not an auspicious start for me as President in 2015 with our senior team being relegated to Premier B after 3 years in the Premier Division of VAFA. However, we have quickly put aside the disappointment and are keenly looking forward to what has become a Bayside challenge with 7 of the 10 teams in Premier B being local sides. This should ensure willing contests and big crowds.”

Fitzroy coach Michael Pickering is back on board and will be joined by 2015 Senior Assistant Nick Mitchell in a co-coaching role. The Roys, home to 2015 GT Moore Medallist Rory Angiolella, won eight games in 2015 and were one of a number of clubs stuck in the middle of the pack for most of the season. Mitchell said: “We have an exciting style of play and the effort and intensity this year (2015) was fantastic. As a young group I really believe there will be some natural improvement, particularly with further strength and fitness training in the pre-season.” Based on 2015, the in-house expectation is that they win 9 or 10 and make finals. “If we had taken our chances last year we would have played finals, so we are not far off where we need to get to. Now is the time to make our mark.”

The Hampton Rovers have the opportunity to establish some consistency in 2016, as they will be playing in the same grade two years in a row for the first time in at least five seasons. The Rovers won six games and spent most of the season stuck in the middle regions of the ladder. For various reasons, they ended up using 56 players in their senior team, which was always going to hamper their efforts for on-field success. Owen Lalor is the new boss at Boss James Reserve, taking over from Guy Martyn who led the Rovers for the previous three seasons, taking them from Division 1 in 2013 up to Premier B.

The Monash Blues have been Premier C regulars for the past few seasons but there has been a clear upward progression and they’ve finally taken the step up to Premier B thanks to a top two finish. The promotion was soured somewhat by the fact they were toppled in the Grand Final by fourth-placed Old Haileybury. Paul Groves is at the helm again and President Julian Smith said: “We are really excited about

OPENING SALVOS


Beaumaris v Monash Blues

Hampton Rovers v Parkdale Vultures

Old Haileybury v Old Brighton

Old Scotch v AJAX

St Bedes/Mentone Tigers v Fitzroy

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returning to Premier B for the first time since 1992. We are hopeful of being competitive each week, and holding our own as we find our feet in what is sure to be an intensely competitive grade. Our players and committee have been working hard to ensure we are as well prepared as we can be and, whatever happens, our Club is determined to enjoy the year in the upper reaches of the VAFA.” Old Brighton were a permanent fixture in the top four last season, despite going through what president Shane Young described as “the worst run of injuries to our senior players in our Club’s history.” 2016 promises to be a season of ‘consolidation.’ From a playing point of view the off season was quite a turbulent one, losing quality players including Jon Perrett, Marcel Bruin, Ben Gadsden, Nick Marston, Michael Dewar and Tom Skewes. Such a turnover will inevitably have on-field consequences. Dylan Verney has been appointed captain and is supported by a core of experienced players including Ben Jakobi, Ben Austen, Dan Anthony and Tom Mariani.

Old Haileybury return to Premier B riding high on the most unlikely of Premiership victories. Finishing the Premier C season in fourth place, they made a clean sweep of the finals, culminating in an eight-goal defeat of the highly fancied Monash Blues. Coach Daniel Hughes has been re-appointed.

After 35 years in the top flight, Old Scotch find themselves in unfamiliar territory, relegated to Premier B after a disappointing 2015. The Cardinals, led once again by Mark Passador will look to establish themselves early in their new environment to give themselves a good opportunity to get back to William Buck Premier. President Peter Warner said: “With the number of players returning, OSFC are looking forward with anticipation to the season with success and enjoyment in mind. We have formed a second Under 19 team thanks to the growing number of young players joining the club which is a positive sign for our long term future.”

Parkdale Vultures will be keen to take advantage of their fortunate finish to 2015


PREMIER BSt Kevins OB 3.1, 5.5, 10.12, 13.18 (96)Old Melburnians 4.3, 11.4, 12.5, 13.7 (85)

GOALS, St Kevins OB: S. Gilham 3, S. Salopek 1, K. Wissell 1, D. Jones 1, K. Williams 1, H. Parkes 1, Z. Ginies 1, J. Gysberts 1, G. Gleeson 1, P. Edgar 1, B. McCann 1Old Melburnians: S. Watson 3, N. De Steiger 2, A. Armstrong 2, C. Beck 2, T. Rosenthal 1, T. Paule 1, N. Daish 1, E. De Fegely 1BEST, St Kevins OB: S. Gilham, N. Wood, N. Meehan, B. McCann, D. Jones, A. LynchOld Melburnians: W. Thompson, L. Borthwick, G. Hurley-Wellington, S. Watson, E. De Fegely, N. Daish

PREMIER B RESERVEOld Melburnians 7.3, 10.4, 12.8, 13.8 (86)St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 0.0, 3.2, 4.2, 7.4 (46)

GOALS, Old Melburnians: C. Wischer 2, H. Hanlon 2, L. Prendergast 2, J. Rundell 2, P. Garschagen 2, J. Fink 1, N. Madders 1, E. Fanning 1St Bedes / Mentone Tigers: B. Schubert 2, M. Wintle 1, M. Caia 1, C. McCready 1, L. Terrell 1, B. Nicoll 1BEST, Old Melburnians: J. Rundell, L. Prendergast, E. Fanning, T. De Fegley, E. McMullin, J. FinkSt Bedes / Mentone Tigers: B. Nicoll, M. Wintle, M. Geschke, N. Seeber, M. Kent, J. Dalzotto

PREMIER B THIRDSOld Xaverians 1.3, 6.4, 10.5, 15.11 (101)St Kevins 0.3, 1.3, 2.5, 4.5 (29)

GOALS, Old Xaverians: A. Dickinson 3, A. Gazdowicz 3, N. Sharkey 2, J. Samartzis 2, T. Gilbert 2, T. Bergin 1, M. Owen 1, L. O’Sullivan 1St Kevins: Z. Khariwala 2, N. Armato 1, T. Steains 1BEST, Old Xaverians: M. Owen, L. O’Sullivan, M. Galbraith, N. Nunan, J. Samartzis, N. SharkeySt Kevins: S. Kaiser, T. Sullivan, W. Doble, R. Moore, N. Armato, S. Kneebone

– they avoided relegation by a mere three percent thanks to some Round 18 results going their way. Sam Radford takes charge for a sixth consecutive season.

The St Bedes/Mentone Tigers may well feel a bit miffed finding themselves back in Premier B for another season. Relegated at the end of 2014 after several years in the top flight, they cruised through the season clearly the second best team behind St Kevins, but failed to rise to the occasion when it counted – finals time. Steve Ryan has taken the coaching reins, replacing Mick Dwyer and they’ll saddle up again and see if they can go one better.

Please email your match reports, thoughts and feelings by Sunday afternoon to [email protected]

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It’s fantastic to finally have football underway in the VAFA community. After two agonising weeks of watching AFL, the excitement it has produced has had us all itching for Round 1 and finally it’s here. Let’s take a closer look at the teams in Premier C and what we should expect.

Peninsula Old Boys has had an impressive off-season playing against some stellar opposition in the practice matches. They look set to fire this year after retaining most of their list and recruiting well. 2015 Grill’d Rising Star, James Fletcher, looks set to play a dominant role after his pre-season at VFL level and will be amongst many young guns looking to offer run and carry in 2016. The Pirates will be led strongly by their skipper, Stu Grigg, who will be accompanied by some experienced recruits. Their first clash with Ormond will give us all an insight as to how far they will go this year, but expect big things from the Pirates.

Ormond are chasing the lost premiership which they had one hand on during the 2015 home and away season. After losing one match and sitting three games clear on top of the ladder after the home and away season, Ormond went on to lose by 30 points to Kew in the Division 1 Grand Final. Despite Ormond taking the step many believe to be the biggest in amateur football (Division 1 to Premier C), they should not be written off as they are every chance to redeem themselves this year in finals. With the likely inclusion of ex-AFL player, Matthew Robbins, to their already talented list, Ormond’s search for redemption could produce outstanding results.

Williamstown CYMS fell in the middle of the pack in 2015 and will look to improve this year. Despite finishing seventh, they were the fifth highest scoring team in Premier C and will look to keep their attacking style of play in 2016. A lot of young talent has emerged from the

Williamstown Juniors; each of whom will be fighting for a spot in the senior side. Outside of their juniors, they have been relatively quiet in the recruiting department but retained many of last year’s list. The CY’s aligned four of their guns – including goal kicking star Nick Ebinger - to Williamstown Seagulls (VFL) who, if available, will play a major role in team success.

Old Camberwell Grammarians will have a thrilling opening encounter against Williamstown CYMS after they finished two games apart in 2015. They proved they are capable of competing against some of the sections’ stronger sides in patches throughout last year, including last year’s Premiers Old Haileybury. In Round 18, it was inconsistent goal kicking which let the Wellers down as they finished the day with six goals and 11 behinds against the Bloods. It’s been a grueling pre-season for the boys and I expect them to finish higher than eighth this year.

Caulfield Grammarians has been relegated after managing just two wins in Premier B, yet had a strong off-season as they recruited more than 30 players to their Club. Caulfield are happy to see the back of St Kevin’s after an average losing margin of 107 and will be chasing wins in 2016 after numerous tough encounters last season. They have the right men in charge to get the club back on the winners’ list, with co-captains, Tim Nixon and Tom Small, set to lead the pack alongside coach, Simon Williams, who has 218 games of amateur experience as a player under his belt as well as coaching last year’s Big V representative side.

Mazenod OC were 2.65% short of avoiding relegation in 2015. Managing five wins last season, Mazenod will be a strong presence in Premier C whilst also recruiting Kalem Post after he played 14 games for Frankston in the VFL. The Nodders will be led by Ben Phibbs who has an

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exceptionally impressive football resume and will look to improve his talented list.

It was a disappointing conclusion to the year for Marcellin after finishing on top of the ladder at the end of the home & away season. Marcellin has shown in the last four years they are more than capable of winning a premiership, finishing in the top three each season. Amateur enthusiasts would love to see them finally receive the reward they are so desperately close to and I think everyone in the VAFA expects them to finish at the top end of the ladder once again.

Old Ivanhoe Grammarians lost in the 2015 finals series to eventual premier, Old Haileyburians, to the tune 95 points after finishing two games above them at the end of the home & away season. Their off-season has been impressive, playing well in practice matches and recruits some big names. Joining the club is gun forward and ex-St Kilda player, Matthew Ferguson, who was the leading goal kicker for Strathfieldsaye Storm last year and is rumored to be the fittest he’s ever been. Chris Naish will again lead the troops to what I believe will be a Premier C Grand Final in 2016.

Kew are in the hunt to make VAFA history as they attempt to go back-to-back-to-back-to-back! Senior coach, Ian Aitken, has revolutionized the club and created a dominant outfit who has climbed the grades from Division 3 to Premier C in consecutive years. A winning culture has been enforced upon the playing group as their journey has been well publicized outside the VAFA community. It’ll be a ‘feel good’ story if achieved but they may face their biggest task to date, similar to Ormond, elevating from what could be considered as the biggest step in amateur football. Will the Kew run come to an end in 2016?

Oakleigh finished three games out of finals in 2015 and are hoping to take the next step this year. Despite their ladder placing, the Krushers were the second highest scoring team in 2015. It’s their attacking ‘score fest’

PREMIER C - GRAND FINALOld Haileyburians 2.4, 6.7, 8.12, 13.18 (96)Monash Blues 1.2, 5.9, 6.11, 6.12 (48)

GOALS, Old Haileyburians: J. Nicolopoulos 4, J. Dawson 2, E. Limon 2, N. Waite 2, J. Paul 1, C. Connelly 1, T. Faulkner 1Monash Blues: J. Griffiths 3, M. Hardiman 1, Z. Ledin 1, N. Petering 1BEST, Old Haileyburians: J. Donnelly, A. Weekes, H. McLauchlan, J. Dawson, P. Gleadhill, J. ToyMonash Blues: A. Young, J. Griffiths, T. Cameron, C. Cosgriff, M. Davidson, C. Rossetti

PREMIER C RESERVE - GRAND FINALPEGS Football Club 4.2, 5.3, 5.6, 7.10 (52)Marcellin OC 1.1, 1.4, 3.7, 5.8 (38)

GOALS, PEGS Football Club: J. Vovos 2, M. Wilson 1, M. Semini 1, L. Marr 1, J. Clarke 1, D. Roscoe 1Marcellin OC: R. Di Roberto 2, T. Blanch 1, S. Mackie 1, D. Redmond 1BEST, PEGS Football Club: J. Vovos, D. Rowland, D. Roscoe, L. Fitzgerald, D. Pound, D. BianchiMarcellin OC: A. Manakis, P. Lunn, T. Jones, T. Black, W. Delahunty, J. Wood

PREMIER C THIRDS – GRAND FINALP E G S 1.0, 4.2, 6.4, 11.10 (76)Marcellin 2.2, 5.5, 5.8, 7.10 (52)

GOALS, P E G S: R. Centin 3, R. Edwards 2, G. Guicas 2, D. Galea 2, C. Ridley 1, R. Andrews 1Marcellin: S. Ayoub 3, C. Kemp 2, J. Toohey 1, C. Stewart 1BEST, P E G S: S. Caruso, T. Day, R. Andrews, L. Zammit, C. Ridley, A. HannahMarcellin: S. Ayoub, A. Ferguson, C. Kemp, D. Valsorda, M. Hopkins, T. Cullen



Ormond v Peninsula

Williamstown CYMS v Old Camberwell Gr.

Caulfield Grammarians v Mazenod

Marcellin OC v Old Ivanhoe Gr.

Kew AFC v Oakleigh AFC


style of football that makes them exciting to watch, demonstrating that they are more than capable of finishing higher in 2016. Dual B&F winners, Shane Borland and Stuart Wines, look to lead the pack again and you can expect it to rain goals as Aaron Cloke remains in the arc.

Good luck to all playing in Round 1 this weekend for what should be an exciting start to a much-anticipated Premier C Season.

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The VAFA would like to officially welcome two new employees who began their work late in 2015, Mikala Sykes and Nick Armistead. Mikala has joined the Football Operations team as Football Operations Assistant and will be working closely alongside Sam Confait (Football Operations Manager). Mikala has controlled the registration process for the VAFA over the last month and has answered ever clubs question or query making the 2016 process as simple as possible for all VAFA clubs. Nick Armistead joined the VAFA not long after Andrew Leonard made his departure during the 2015 Season. Nick studied a Bachelor of Journalism (Sport) has now fulfilled the role as Media and Communications Coordinator. Nick is introducing a number of new features to VAFA Media including HQ News and Periscope during the weekly live tweets.

SEASON LAUNCHThe VAFA Season Launch was held Wednesday April 30, in the MCC Dining Room. Considered one of the favoured events of the VAFA calendar, all club Secretaries, Presidents, Coaches, Life members and guests celebrated

the beginning of the much anticipated 2016 season. AFL Football Operations Manager, Mark Evans was Guest Speaker on the night and gave all guests an insight to his days at the Hawthorn Football Club and the transition to his current role. 9 Certificate of Merit recipients were recognized for their contributions to their respective clubs, as John Kanis thanked the VAFA and the clubs on their behalf. Sportscover were presented a gift as recognition of their 25 year partnership with the VAFA.

ELSTERNWICK REDEVELOPMENTThe State Government has committed to funding $3 million towards the $6 million development of Sportscover Arena. $2 million was also added from other partners including Bayside City Council, the AFL, AFL Victoria and Old Melburnians. The redevelopment of the ground is expected to be completed for the 2018 season. The redevelopment will see new lights and fencing, new change rooms, possible changes to the shape and direction of the oval and new administration offices.

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VICTORIAN AFL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR The AFL last year announced Chris Swinburne as the Victorian winner of the AFL Volunteer of the Year Award for the tireless work she devotes as secretary for St John’s Old Collegians. As the sole recipient from our volunteer-packed part of the country, Swinburne was awarded two AFL grand final tickets, three nights’ accommodation at the Mecure Hotel in Treasury Gardens and the opportunity to walk the grand final parade on the Friday prior to the blockbuster clash at the MCG. Walking the renowned parade with her fellow state award winners and in front of 150,000 vocal fans was unlike anything Swinburne had ever encountered. “I have never had such an awesome experience, the crowd was fantastic,” she said. “So many people on the sidelines were clapping the volunteers and

saying well done you’re fantastic you volunteers. So it was great to hear from them.” A selfless, devoted and unassuming stalwart of the club, Swinburne’s victory is deserved recognition for the multitude of roles, jobs and activities she has undertaken in the seven years she has spent with St John’s.

IRELAND TOUR During the month of October, the Big V Representative side travelled overseas for the biannual tour of Ireland. The Big V travelled around the Emerald Isle and played four International Rules matches against Irish opponents; Cork U21s, Tuam Stars, Combined Universities and Donaghmore/Ashbourne with a 2/2 win/loss ratio. The tour was concluded In London where the Big V had their final

showdown and won comprehensively (74 points) against the London All Stars. It was a hugely successful trip with Sam Barnett (Old Scotch), Marshall Rippon (University Blues), Michael Barnes (SBMT), Tom Sullivan (St Bernard’s) and Jeremy Mugavin (University Blues) all receiving ‘Spirit of the Big V’ award respectively.

AMMO ODD SPOT Elsternwick is the oldest district club in the VAFA. They also lay claim to one of the wackiest feats in VAFA history. In 1996 Adam Hankin kicked 10 goals in one game and simultaneously devoured a hot dog with each goal he booted. There were no records kept as to whether he had fries with each dog.


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Former Old Xaverians footballer and VFL-listed player, Sam O’Sullivan, has recently beaten the odds by surviving a rare and often fatal infection, Necrotizing Myositis. The 24-year-old is recovering post-surgery and is believed to be one of seven survivors of the superbug which has just 21 recorded cases across the

world. The star footballer began walking far earlier than expected and is proving his doctors wrong as he flies through his rehabilitation. The VAFA community wish Sam all the best with his recovery and is rumoured to have hit the football track already, participating in a training session with Old Xaverians this pre-season.

RECOGNITIONVAFA field umpire, Shannon Kirkby, was presented the Joanne Cox Award (for commitment & dedication to umpiring and supporting others, as voted by her peers) at the AFL Victoria Female Umpire Academy Dinner. This topped off a great year for Shannon who was one of the field umpires for the Women’s Exhibition match at the MCG between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs, before she completed her year by officiating the VAFA Div 3 Reserves grand final at Trevor Barker Oval.






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THICK AND THINIn Round 17 last year, VAFA clubs took part in Thick and Thin Round wearing light and dark blue socks raising awareness for men’s mental health issues. During this round, the VAFA community raised $1,825 which was donated

to headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. A fantastic achievement and all in the name of a good cause! Congratulations to all clubs who took part.


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Congratulations to Ormon’d Matthew Martinov - “Booka” joined the Ormond juniors from De La in the U/16s and the team won the premiership that season. He followed up with a senior premiership in 2008 where he also made the VAFA C-D4 Rep side. He also captained the seniors for 4 seasons and noted how the time has flown since he has been at Ormond. Congratulations from everyone at Ormond on reaching this significant milestone.

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Congratulations to Canterbury’s LACHLAN GILES – Lachy started playing with Canterbury in 2002. One of the few players who came through the Canterbury Junior FC ranks, he is known for his outstanding contribution on the wing, although he has on occasion snuck into the forward line to kick a goal. Lachy was an integral part of the 2003 Premiership team and is now a dual Premiership winner, playing his 200th game in last year’s Grand Final against Westbourne. Lachy has been a runner up Best and Fairest player twice in the Reserves.

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Congratulations to Monash Blues’ TOM WATERS – Tom started his career back in 2008 as a crucial part of the highly successful U19s side. Starting his career as a wingman, he has transformed himself into a reliable defender. After taking a few years’ hiatus to travel the world, it was great to see him back into a pair of Monash shorts for the 100th time! Good on you Tommy!

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Congratulations to St Kevins’ John Griffiths - John has played Senior, Reserves, Thirds and U19s, including a number of appearances in Grand Final matches. John was a valuable member of the Premier Thirds Premiership team in 2015. The SKOB FC community congratulates John on his 100th game and wishes him well for the 2016 season.

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Congratulations to Old Xaverian LACHLAN KEITH – Lachie joined the club in 2012 starting in the Under 19’s. He moved through into the Reserves in 2013 and then quickly into Senior football at Xavs. Lachie was part of the 2014 Reserves Grand Final team and played his 50th match in the 2015 Reserves Premiership side. Congratulations Lachie on achieving this milestone.

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Congratulations to SKOB FC’s NICK WOOD – Vice Captain Nick Wood played his 50th game in the successful 2015 Premier B Grand Final side. After spending his first 4-5 years post school playing in the VFL at both Coburg and Box Hill, Nick won the 2014 SKOB Senior Best & Fairest award. Nick, a player who sets and demands high standards, provides incredible leadership and care for his teammates and the wider Club.

50Congratulations to Oakleigh’s MASON ANSELL - Mason was recruited from Waverley Blues and played his first game against Ormond U19’s in round 1 2013. The defender will likely to give the opposing forwards a concern for season 2016. From all of your teammates, supporters and sponsors.

50Congratulations to Oakleigh’s ZAC BARRETT - Zac was recruited from Oakleigh Dragons and played his first game against Ormond U19’s in round 1 2013. Zac will endeavour to prove himself a worthy senior player during 2016. From all of your teammates, supporters and sponsors.

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Congratulations to Oakleigh’s CHRIS GRANT - Chris was recruited from Waverley Blues and played his first game against St Bernards U18’s in round 10 2011. A serious shoulder injury early in 2014 denied Chris from playing the remainder of that season. Coming 3rd in the Reserves B&F, Chris will no doubt be stronger for season 2016. From all of your teammates, supporters and sponsors.


Season Launch

2016 Certificate of Merit Winners

Sportscover 25 year celebration

Tim Nelson Michael Sholly

Guest Speaker , Mark Evans

Guest Speaker , Justin Toohey

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Well here we are, a six-month off-season has been and gone, a pre-season full of gut-busting sprints, weight sessions, tactical planning, reflection and potentially a bit of gallivanting throughout the festive season is now behind us. Season 2016 brings with it much excitement and anticipation. As always in the VAFA the element of the unknown is present with the two up, two down promotion/relegation system. The inclusion of four exciting teams to Division 1 this season means anything is possible. Coming down from Premier C we have PEGS and Therry Penola, whilst Ivanhoe will join Division 2 premiers Old Paradians this season. As is the case for this time of year there are many questions to be answered. Who will be the surprise packet of 2016? Can the clubs perched in Division 1 take the next step? Who will get off to a flying start? Thankfully, those questions and more are about to be answered as pre-season is finally done and dusted and the real stuff begins. Let’s get into it!

Old Geelong was 14 points shy of a grand final berth in 2015 and will no doubt be looking for redemption this year. In a move to increase their professionalism the boys from Como Park have enlisted VAFA legend Nick Bourke as director of football. Bourke will be looking to mentor the coaching panel and enhance player development. It’s certainly looking as though no stone will be left unturned at Old Geelong this season.

St Mary’s Salesian rounded out the top four last season, but failed to make inroads during the finals series. The Saints look to be the side that were busiest on the recruiting front throughout the off-season. They added some top end talent in former VFL and EFL premiership player, Mitch Woods, Northern Territory based key forward, Darren Wauchope along with the talented Carson Strobel who is well known throughout the VAFA ranks. The Saints look set to be right up there come the business end.

Whitefriars finished on eight wins last season to see them placed fifth on the ladder. For the Friars to take the next step this season they will need a strong contribution from the young talent on

their list. If the next generation of under 19 players can step up coach Dick Baker will have a side that will compete week in week out. On a sad note, all the best to young gun Toby McGurgan who has unfortunately suffered a second torn ACL in as many years, we wish you a swift and painless recovery.

Prahran Assumption will look to build on an encouraging, yet slightly underwhelming 2015 where they had a positive percentage despite a poor win/loss record, highlighting their competitiveness. Under recently appointed captain James Musster the Two Blues will provide a tough contest for any opponent this year.

After finishing in a disappointing seventh position last season, Old Mentonians are building momentum for a stronger assault for their 2016 campaign. The Panthers are coming off a strong summer where they have been able to add some handy acquisitions in former Mentone Grammar stars Will Lancaster, Angus Hill and Taylor Ward along with ex-TAC Cup players Cam Sharp and Aaron Hodges. The return of Darcy Brown from the Sandy Zebras will also help the Panthers cause.

Avoiding relegation last year by two wins was the boys from Brunswick, NOBSPC. With a history of success in Division 1 NOBSPC will have their sights set on a much-improved performance in 2016. The acquisition of former Hampton Rover, Kyle Docherty who takes on the role of playing assistant, will only aid them in their quest for finals footy.

After taking home the wooden spoon in Premier C, PEGS have a point to prove. With a strong nucleus of senior players including Baddeley and Skurrie, PEGS will be hoping the younger brigade can be the key to launching them back into the premier

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divisions. Livori and McCann will bolster their stocks, as they make their return to the Runway.

Therry Penola impressed at times during their short stay in Premier C, however an inconsistent season led to their drop back to Division 1. The Lions will be keen to make amends this year and should be thereabouts come finals time. Star players Jarrod Egglestone and Jarrod Bannister are once again be the keys. Young guns Darcy Ryan and Brock Egglestone, who both missed large portions of 2015, will complement them nicely.

One of the biggest stories of the off-season in the entire VAFA this year was the Old Paradian’s recruitment of former AFL and Uni Blacks star, Adam Pattison. Pattison, a former student at Parade College has gone back to where in all began in a bid to assist his club move up the grades. The imposing figure will be seen playing through the forward line and in the ruck and will no doubt be a key pillar for the Raiders as they look to back up their Division 2 premiership. Of course the Raiders can’t fall into the trap of relying too much on the big man, so they will need contributors right across the board.

Division 2 bridesmaid, Ivanhoe will be out to build on a strong pre-season, which included an emphatic victory over NOBSPC in a practice match. However, as we all know too well, premierships are not won in March. The hoers are going to need to take this early season form into the season proper if they are to match it with the best upon their return to Division 1.

Round 1 is jam packed with exciting contests that will have tipsters left scratching their heads (myself included). Therry Penola up against Old Geelong out at Pascoe Vale is the blockbuster of the round. The Lions, who are primed for a big season after the pain of relegation in 2015 will come out firing, whilst Old Geelong are one of the hot tips for a tilt at the flag. I’m tipping the Lions in a fierce contest that should go down to the wire. Find my tips for the rest of the round to the left.

DIVISION 1 - GRAND FINALKew 1.0, 7.2, 9.5, 13.9 (87)Ormond 1.5, 1.6, 7.7, 8.9 (57)

GOALS, Kew: A. Brazzale 2, B. Droessler 2, T. Orchard 1, P. Couvalias 1, D. Spencer 1, Z. Jones 1, S. Bishop 1, J. Fultheim 1, M. Henderson 1, L. Kinsella 1, T. Allman 1Ormond: M. Michael 2, J. Simon 2, A. Schwarz 1, D. Fasoulis 1, R. Chisholm 1, S. Blandford 1BEST, Kew: K. Margaritis, J. Delbridge, Z. Jones, M. Waters, S. Bishop , P. BroughOrmond: S. Barnes, S. Blandford, J. Simon, W. Simon, S. Keleher, N. Edwards

DIVISION 1 RESERVE - GRAND FINAL Ormond 6.6, 7.6, 14.10, 15.12 (102)Prahran Assumption 0.1, 4.4, 4.5, 5.7 (37)

GOALS, Ormond: R. Morris 3, T. Naylor 3, M. McTernan 2, L. Upstill 1, J. Wardley 1, D. Riazah-Kesheh 1, Z. Lesier-Moore 1, L. Duthie 1, D. Robbins 1, J. Quarmby 1Prahran Assumption: T. Keaney 2, J. Waters 1, M. Francis 1, J. Rice 1BEST, Ormond: D. Casey, Z. Lesier-Moore, J. Quarmby, B. Atkins, S. Gay, T. HaysomPrahran Assumption: T. Keaney, M. Pisker, J. Slattery, L. Kerr, J. Frydman, N. Davey


I’m anticipating an enthralling race to the finals in Division 1 this year with the top four spots to be left undecided well into the season.

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Division 2 had it all in 2015, with an emotional premiership victory by Old Paradians after 29 years void of silverware and joint Fullerton medallists, Timothy Harper (MHSOB) and Dean Calcedo (Preston Bullants).

If the pre-season whispers coming out of the nine competing Clubs are anything to go by, this season is primed to live up to similarly enthralling standards.

As is the case with the VAFA’s promotion/relegation system, four new teams enter Division 2 in 2016. Bulleen/Templestowe and Yarra Valley will aim to increase their combined six wins from Division 1 last season, while West Brunswick and Emmaus St Leo’s make the jump on the back of their one-point grand final thriller in Division 3.

Due to Monash Gryphons’ inability to field a senior side in 2016, there will be a bye round for all Clubs after Old Paradians and Ivanhoe earnt promotion to Division 1 and Elsternwick and South Melbourne Districts fell to the division below following unsuccessful 2015 campaigns.

St John’s will look back on last season as the one which got away. After commencing the year with an 8-0 start, the JOCs fell away to a straight sets loss in the first two weeks of the finals. Injuries and suspension cost the JOCs dearly on the run home but a positive pre-season, combined with a number of impressive inclusions, gives the boys from Thomas Carroll deserved hope of playing finals footy again.

Young, vibrant and with a year of Division 2 under their belt, the newly-franchised Preston Bullants will be keen to avenge their first semi-final loss to eventual premier, Old Paradians, which ultimately put an end to any chance of

going back-to-back-to-back in 2015. Despite being unable to secure the three-peat after flags in the two years prior, star midfielder, Dean Calcedo, claimed the Fullerton Medal as one of the two best players running around in Division 2. With the Holmes brothers running around racking up disposals, among several other young guns full of potential, expect the Bullants to make serious inroads and likely find themselves in Division 1 next season.

Old Eltham Collegians fell agonisingly close to finals in 2015 by one game but had Tim woods, Ben Gill and Zach Tranter combine for 113 goals as they dominated the forward line and could take them one step further in 2016. Predict the Turtles to be extremely hard to beat at home and have retained majority of their list from last year.

Melbourne High School Old Boys have completed a solid pre-season setting up the foundations for a much anticipated 2016. Finishing last year with 9 wins and 9 losses, MHSOB are on the hunt for success as they only just missed playing finals by 3 games. In Round 18, 200 game veteran, Tim Harper took arguably mark of the year and three votes to earn a much deserved Fullerton Medal. MHSOB showed they can compete with the best after being only one of three sides to beat Ivanhoe during the year. MHSOB will look to their young talent to work alongside Harper and Villani in 2016 in an attempt to climb back to Division 1, where they once were in 2014.

Despite finishing seventh, Richmond Central were the fifth highest scoring team in 2015 and will look to continue their attacking style of play.

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Old Eltham v South Melbourne

Richmond Central v Ivanhoe

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The Snakes will be led by new Senior Coach Brett Davidson in 2016, who will look to continue the fine form they showed at the beginning of the 2015 season. The Snakes showed their best was well and truly good enough to compete with the ladder leaders, despite losing leading goal kicker Jake Munro who kicked 88 goals last year, expect the talented Snakes forward line to cover his goal kicking prowess.

The West Brunswick train continues to roll at full steam after the 2014 Division 4 premiers backed it up last year in Division 3 with a one-point victory against Emmaus St Leo’s in one of the greatest grand finals in VAFA history. Despite the Animals exhibiting pure dominance and going undefeated for the entire home and away season, West Brunswick found form at the right time and hit the front with just minutes remaining on the clock. While history dictates it is incredibly difficult to win three premierships in a row, the confidence attained from last year’s grand final win may propel the Westies to that very feat. Reigning VAFA Senior Coach of the Year, Angus Hamilton, has the credentials and confidence of his chargers and as such, anything is possible.

Extreme highs and lows are part and parcel of Australian Rules football and unfortunately Emmaus St Leo’s felt both throughout 2015. An undefeated season was on the cards heading into the Division 3 Grand Final, before a wrong bounce of the sherrin with moments remaining on the clock put an end to an unbelievably impressive streak. Club legends, Paul and Nathan Baranello, brought individual success to the Animals’ outfit, claiming the Hutchinson Medal for Division 3 best and fairest and the best on ground medallion in their grand final loss, respectively. Having retained the bulk of their list - including goal kicking duo, Ryan Harding and Christopher Beluszar, and the Baranello brothers - the Animals are shaping up as a favourite with VAFA fans to defy the odds

DIVISION 2 - GRAND FINALOld Paradians 2.1, 5.2, 6.3, 8.10 (58)Ivanhoe 3.4, 3.7, 4.11, 5.13 (43)

GOALS, Old Paradians: J. Kandilakis 4, L. McCann 2, B. Holden 1, M. Bellizia 1Ivanhoe: L. Minney 2, M. Lovell 1, D. Jones 1, K. Blackmore-Moore 1BEST, Old Paradians: C. Kandilakis, D. Boundy, W. Jeffrey, S. Miller, M. Bellizia, S. RehlickiIvanhoe: J. Harty, L. Roberts, L. Minney, M. Lovell, S. Zervides

DIVISION 2 RESERVE - GRAND FINAL Ivanhoe 1.1, 2.6, 5.7, 8.8 (56)Mhsob 3.7, 3.8, 5.12, 6.12 (48)

GOALS, Ivanhoe: H. Post 2, W. Emerson 1, A. Woodward 1, J. Nott 1, R. Smyth 1, J. Lagreca 1, B. Fleming 1Mhsob: K. Smith 2, L. Hood 2, S. Anderson 1, R. McIldowie 1BEST, Ivanhoe: L. Vaughan, B. Jackson, R. Cotter, B. Fleming, W. Emerson, J. MorrisonMhsob: L. Hood, A. Lim, L. Driscoll, S. Anderson, A. Tran, C. Pearson



and go one better in Division 2.

Bulleen/Templestowe and Yarra Valley will make the trek back down to Division 2 this season, after the two Clubs combined for just six wins in 2015. While the output was not where either side would have liked, there were positives to take out of their respective seasons. Bullants forward Kristian Cherbakof booted 45 from his 12 matches at an average of 3.75 per outing in a standout performance, while Bushrangers pair, Stephen Donald and Michael Letson, combined for 49 to lead all comers. The great thing about the relegation system is it gives Clubs a chance to recompose and challenge for the premiership the season after undergoing disappointment. Both the Bushrangers and the Bullants will undoubtedly be there come September.


Summer is over, the weather is getting colder, the nights are getting shorter and Saturdays are getting fun again because footy is back!

And it is building to be an exciting year in the heart of the VAFA, the third division, as two of the storied clubs return, while a pair of exciting teams rise through the ranks to add the current list of clubs that make for arguably the most competitive Division 3 in recent times. Following one of the greatest grand finals in VAFA history, with West Brunswick defeating Emmaus St. Leo’s by a single point, 12 clubs now have a big act to follow as they challenge to win the flag.

Elsternwick return to the third division for 2016 after enjoying the second division, albeit for a brief period, the Wickers look to bounce back to their high expectations after a frustrating 2015 that only resulted in three wins. While the Wickers are joined in Division 3 by one of the most decorated clubs in the VAFA, South Melbourne Districts, who themselves suffered through a difficult year ravaged by injury in 2015 which saw the club struggle to find consistency resulting in them tumbling down the ladder as they look to return to prominence in 2016.

Glen Eira has already been a through a busy off-season away the field as they join forces and resources with Monash Gryphons in a bid to strengthen both outfits. While the Saints refocus on this year, they will look to use 2016 as the platform to return to their lofty home at the top of the ladder. Hoping to get off to a better start this season than last, Glen Eira will look to build on the form they found during the year to secure their passage back into Division 2.

They come into the first game of the year against another team that ended 2015 on a high, as Albert Park kicked their highest score of the season in the final game against Eley Park. However, it was one of only a few highlights for

the Falcons who missed out on finals football in 2015.

Two teams who had plenty of highlights last season are our two newcomers to Division 3, Parkside and Canterbury.

Newly-promoted Parkside Football Club began 2015 with a stumble but rebounded to end the final rounds in some stellar form. Led by OJ Meehan medallist, Shane McLaren, the Red Devils narrowly went down in the Division 4 grand final and will look to go one better this year.

The team who knocked off the Red Devils were Division 4 premiers, Canterbury Football Club. The Cobras had a strikingly successful year afetr narrowly missing promotion in 2014, making sure of it in 2015 by winning the division. It was a prize well-earned after a tough decade which saw them spend more time at the bottom rather than the top of ladders.

The two new clubs bring an exciting brand of football to Division 3 and are going to be more than a handful for some as they begin their quest to win the premiership this year.

After an inconsistent year that saw ‘Swinny’ finish up at 8-8, it was good enough for finals but unfortunately handled comfortably by eventual premiers, West Brunswick. Overall, Swinburne had a pleasing year which included a run of winning four of the last five games when

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Glen Eira v Albert Park

Parkside Football Club v Canterbury

Hawthorn v La Trobe University

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the season was the on the line, providing some positives to build on.

Another team looking to build upon their finals visit are UHS-VU after grasping the last finals spot in 2015. Uni High lost out to grand finalist, Emmaus St Leo’s, in the semi-final but the Vultures are poised to make some noise and rise up the table this season.

Power House AFC can’t wait for the ball to bounce next weekend and put last year in the books for good. With so much promise heading into last season, the year didn’t go to plan; however, taking it right up to Hawthorn AFC was a highlight in a season with more lowlights.

They were joined in lower rungs of the ladder by La Trobe University. Turning the calendar couldn’t come quick enough for La Trobe after a lean 2015 which only saw them record two wins. They finished last year off strong with an impressive showing in the final round of the season against Hawthorn, showing they are capable of playing Division 3 footy.

Aquinas finished the regular season in third place, a tremendous achievement that was unfortunately spoiled with their less than tremendous performance in their final series. The Bloods were bungled out in straight sets, losing to Hawthorn before being dismantled by Emmaus. However, the Bloods were one of the teams of the year and an early season prediction to make it to the big game this year. But they need an opponent.

Hawthorn, like their name’s sake, are in the midst of an unbelievable run. After being promoted in 2015, the Hawks almost completed the Cinderella story and nearly made it to the grand final of Division 3 before falling to eventual premiers, West Brunswick. They had a brilliant second half to the season which saw them win

the last seven regular season games in a row.

With a mixture of storied clubs, up and coming hopefuls and clubs looking to back bounce to greener pastures, Division 3 is poised to produce an exciting year in 2016!

DIVISION 3 – GRAND FINALWest Brunswick 1.1, 3.5, 3.6, 7.12 (54)Emmaus St Leos OC 2.2, 2.3, 7.8, 7.11 (53)

GOALS, West Brunswick: D. Muscat 2, B. Irving 2, L. Buckler 1, S. Hulm 1, A. Gibson 1Emmaus St Leos OC: N. Baranello 2, C. Beluszar 2, R. Harding 1, J. Quirk 1, M. McIver 1BEST, West Brunswick: E. Lloyd, B. Simpson, W. Baker, C. Cashin, C. Germon, J. SimpsonEmmaus St Leos OC: N. Baranello, C. Hogan, R. Stafford, A. McDougall, M. Catchpool, C. Lowther

DIVISION 3 RESERVEWest Brunswick 1.4, 3.7, 10.11, 13.12 (90)Swinburne University 0.0, 1.4, 1.4, 1.6 (12)

GOALS, West Brunswick: A. Thompson 4, R. Benjamin 4, W. Vagg 2, R. George 2, B. Shepherd 1Swinburne University: BEST, West Brunswick: S. Devlin, D. Fitzpatrick, W. Vagg, R. Benjamin, P. Carroll, J. TennantSwinburne University:



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With cricket season, Summer and daylight saving finished, this can only mean . . .that footy’s back! We would all be content each team has completed their pre-seasons, put the hard yards in, primed for an exciting year. After many rumours swirling about South Mornington/St. Francis Xavier, the competition has settled into a 9 team competition. I believe overall, this will suit everyone with a “play everyone twice” fixture with 2 byes. Gone are premiers Canterbury and Parkside and we welcome back Eley Park after 2 years in Division 3. Before round 1 gets underway, we rub the crystal ball to see what it says:

PREDICTED FINISH: 1ST - WESTBOURNEAfter a big 2015 season going 14-2, then going out in straight sets in their finals campaign, the Warriors would have learnt from this and would most certainly have their eye on the prize. Getting strong numbers on the pre-season track, a number of strong recruits, Coach Roger Hand could have all the pieces of the puzzle. We’ll see.

2ND - ELEY PARKThe Sharks won’t be happy to be back in Div 4 but, they too will be eyeing the prize that eluded them in 2013. Pre season reports from Whitehorse Reserve are they haven’t missed a beat. Practice matches against UHS-VU and Albert Park showed they’re still capable of playing Div 3. After an injury depleted year, their returning players will be like new recruits. The Sharks lost a couple of really important players such as Declan Mitchell, Chris Marsiglio and Tim Miller. But, their recruits from the upper VAFA Divisions and Chris Munro, from AFL Sydney, will impress.

3RD - POINT COOK Another side on the up and up will be the Doggies again. Although they don’t appear to have recruited many, they have a junior club

to feed from which is a luxury in Div 4. The loss of Hayden Barker to Westbourne will hurt. Encouraging practise matches against Glen Eira and Spotswood, the Doggies are primed and intent on climbing the ladder.

4TH - BOX HILL NORTH Keen to build on the their first finals appearance in ten years, they have retained their players and have gone on a massive recruiting spree getting over 20+ players from other clubs. We don’t know how they’ve done it but, I’m sure the lower clubs would love to know their recruiting secrets. Led again by the evergreen Daniel Penny, “Bocky” will need even more share of their goal-kickers, to go the next step. Every game needs to count.

5TH - NORTH BRUNSWICK After going 5-1 before making the finals by the skin of their teeth (8-8), their upset victory over Canterbury in the Semi-Final capped off an improved but, inconsistent year. The Bulls have also gone on a recruiting drive as they enjoyed September action. Challenging practise matches against Parkside and Westbourne show they want to continue to improve.

6TH - MT. LILYDALEWith no website and next to nil social media, the Rams could be the danger team of 2016. Last year, they boasted victories over Point Cook and North Brunswick so, are capable of anything. A pludra of EFL recruits, 2016 could be there year to climb up further the ladder.

7TH - MANNINGHAMLast year the Cobras beat all the sides below them and snatched a victory over North Brunswick. Moving forward, the major news has been the appointment of Kead Beauliv as Senior Coach. Their main concern will be to get a consistent team on the park each week. Manningham gave a lot of players a run in the seniors, which reflected their inconsistency and only goalkicker Christopher Jolly was the only player to play every game. Winning 5 out of 16 games last year but, finishing 101% pts for/

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against suggest, they are capable of better.

8TH - MASALA In the off-season, you could not help but, see Masala. Whether it be on the Footy Show, reporting about their new facilities or “Spicy Footy”, their recruiting drive. It seemed to be everywhere. With no shortage of players, Masala will again look to make teams take notice. With 2 wins last year (Sth Mornington and Chaddy), the battle for the wooden spoon will again be a 2 horse race with Chadstone. A pleasing practice game against SFL Div 3 premiers, Black Rock, Masala will very intent on no longer being easybeats

9TH - CHADSTONEPlayer retention has been the focus for the Synners every year and it hardly ever happens. Majority of the players are coming back (they think) but, Chadstone have also done well on the recruiting front. Whilst the main story over the pre-season was a potential women’s footy side, that idea has been shelved for 2017. What did fly under the radar was the appointment of new Senior coach, Jason Cotsis, a former Senior player and Reserves B&F. Jason knows what he’s up against and is preparing the guys well. After an encouraging pre-season, a practice run against Dandenong, the Synners need buy-in and they need it now. Or maybe round 2 after the bye.

PREVIEWWith just the four games to be played week to week, there will be a lot of unknown quantities out there. To snatch a victory this week, will set-up your season. To the games for this week: Masla host North Brunswick at WJ Turner Reserve. Although we have pumped up all the sides, North Brunswick are expected to run out easy winners here. Point Cook will be travelling to Elgar Park to take on Box Hill North, which is going to earn this year’s first match of the round. This will be a coin toss. It’s landed on heads. Box Hill North JUST. Manningham to

host Westbourne at Koonung Reserve. Again, a match with unknown quantities. Will tip based on last year’s form. Westbourne. I’ll be heading down to Whitehorse Reserve to check out Eley Park and Mt. Lilydale. I’ll be interested to see Mt. Lilydales’ improvement and see what the Sharks have in store for the rest of the league. Eley Park. Chadstone have the bye, will move to 5th on the ladder and have the extra week to prepare and host Westbourne.


Masala v North Brunswick

Box Hill North v Point Cook

Manningham v Westbourne

Eley Park v Mt. Lilydale

DIVISION 4 - GRAND FINALCanterbury Football Club 2.2, 5.4, 7.8, 8.11 (59)

Parkside Football Club 0.1, 2.2, 5.3, 6.8 (44)

GOALS, Canterbury Football Club: C. Woods 2, D. Wissell 2, J. Gillen 1, A. Baker 1, N. Szabo 1, L. Chapman 1Parkside Football Club: R. Parsons 2, S. Potter 2, S. McLaren 1, D. Gresham 1BEST, Canterbury Football Club: L. Chapman, J. Gillen, T. Pearce, C. Woods, D. Wissell, T. NicholsParkside Football Club: D. Gresham, S. McLaren, C. Virgona, C. Hogg, T. Wise, B. McGillien

DIVISION 4 RESERVE - GRAND FINAL Canterbury Football Club 3.2, 4.4, 10.5, 11.5 (71)

Westbourne Grammarians Football Club 1.1, 3.5, 5.6, 7.9 (51)

GOALS, Canterbury Football Club: M. Szabo 5, J. Price 1, S. Kelly 1, R. Hummerston 1, L. French 1, C. Aligizakis 1, L. Giles 1Westbourne Grammarians Football Club: A. Davis 4, M. Gatti 3BEST, Canterbury Football Club: M. Szabo, G. Driscoll, C. Acutt, P. Gill, N. Stogdale, R. HummerstonWestbourne Grammarians Football Club: K. Delaney, A. Davis, E. Karageorge, T. Plecher, J. Russell, K. Blade




WILLIAM BUCK PREMIERRADIO BROADCAST GAME LISTEN LIVE ON 96.5FM

1 Tim Hall2 Mark Yeoman3 Harry Tinney4 Ned Hunt5 Dan Chamberlain6 Simon Emerson7 Brendan Iezzi (Captain)8 Ben Howell9 Jake Steinhart10 Jack Osborn11 Kris Spassopoulos

12Luke Pacconi (Vice Captain)

13 Tom Young14 Gabe Hamilton15 James Spassopoulos16 Emerson Satur17 Jack Hunt18 Ed Weatherson19 Nick Howell20 Chris Riggs21 Jake Walsh22 Brett Barratt23 Doug Morris24 Luther Juric25 James Salmon26 Andrew Kyriacopoulos27 Sebastian Nicolosi28 Christos Mannousakis29 Nick Chamberlain30 Alex Hasiotis31 Callum Pohl32 Anthony Scott32 Charles Roberts33 Nick Roberts34 Jack Gale35 Sam Joyce36 Tom Bennett37 Michael Cooper38 Nick Meerman39 Simon Murphy40 Lloyd Robertson41 Fergus Stewart

42 Scott Meighan43 Alex Heuston44 Blair Henery46 Henry Winter47 Ed Beasley48 Harry Thompson49 Connor Lindsey50 Nathan Valkanis51 Alex Polidoros52 Ted Mitchell53 Hugh Tyson54 Andrew Coughlin55 Christopher Amiconi56 Tom Natoli57 Steven Lawrence58 Andy Bennett59 Henry Moore60 Will Cooper61 Sam Holloway62 Duncan Moore63 Elliott Bowman64 James Nitsopoulos65 Nick Pearce66 Tom Hore-Lacy67 Chris Thuring68 Matt Coutts69 Bill Syme70 Matt Corney71 Callum Hopper75 Callum Rae

Coach: Evan McDonaldAssistant: Lucien Dean-Johns, Gerard SholleyDevelopment Coach: Speros BeasleyAssitant Coach: Shane Murphy

OLD TRINITY

1 Steven Freemantle2 Tim Smith3 Ben Smithwick4 Jacob Murphy5 Joel Rice6 James Rimington7 Morgan Evans8 Julian Rowe9 James Gaff10 Michael Thompson11 Scott Virtue12 Sam Cust13 Rhett Mitchelhill14 Lachlan Macleod15 Jarrod Reid16 Harry Hill17 Cameron Wallace18 James Courtot19 Andrew Sloan19 Matthew Parker20 Lochlan Hall21 Patrick Cremean22 Ben Coull23 Jack Harris24 Marcus Cushen25 Pier Akec26 Zander Adam27 Henry McQueen-Miscamble28 Mitchell Nixon29 Athol Candlish30 Cameron Jones 31 Brett De Leijer32 Jeremy Cator33 Tagan Carter-Taylor34 Luke Crozier35 Liam Cooney36 Matthew Pallozzi37 Tom Chapman38 Zac Lisle39 Callum Cameron40 Sam Hassett41 Harry Moore42 Bruno Consalvo43 Rob Ohern44 Nick Richardson45 Matthew Vardy

46 David Blackie47 Nick Morris48 Karsten Rodenberg49 Gordon Ryan50 Alex Richardson51 Christian Virgona 52 Matthew Driver53 Thomas Maher54 Matthew Rupena55 Spencer Cambridge56 Lewis Fotheringham57 Harry Maxwell58 Pat Arundel59 Lewis Nixon60 Jack Meldrum61 Zac Rose62 James Coull63 Alexander Moshovelis64 James King65 Aaron Di Rezno66 Will Wright67 Will Karras68 Vacant 70 Sam Landgren71 Charlie Wood72 Campbell Wallace73 Callum O'Brien74 Tom Macready-Bryan74 Michael Mazzacato75 Tim Laidlaw76 Simon Lenders68 Gene Thorbecke70 Sam Landgren70 Charlie Wood71 Zac Lisle72 Campbell Wallace72 Charlie Wood73 Callum O’brien74 Tom Macready-Bryan74 Michael Mazzacato75 Tim Laidlaw76 Simon Lenders

Coach: Paul O’Connell and Michael TarrantAssistants: Grant Chisnell, Mark Rice, Jarrod Reid

OLD CAREY


WILLIAM BUCK PREMIER

1 Harry Macciolli2 Tim Marshall3 Tom Paule4 Tom Healey5 Lachie Borthwick6 Chris Righetti7 Ted De Fegley8 Al Armstrong9 Alex Carter10 Matt Thomas11 Tom Bachet12 Chris Wischer13 Ed Fanning14 Sam Gibbons15 Nick McLardy16 Nick Voyage17 Oscar Hosking18 Billy Hatfi eld19 Will Thompson20 Ed McMullin21 Charlie Cumbrae-Stewart22 Patrick Garschagen23 Nick De Steiger24 Tom Hywood25 Cameron Tunbridge26 Matt Marangon27 Marty McCoy28 Adrian Karatzas29 Lachie Bennett30 Nick Madders31 George Hurley-Wellington32 Sammy Peacock33 Nick Daish34 Nick Baring35 Theo Rosenthal36 Robbie Hayward37 Chris Barry38 Justin De Steiger39 Stuart Watson40 Henry Hardy41 Lachie Predergast42 James Newton43 Rupert Middleton44 Tom Fuller45 Henry Hardy46 Adam Marangon47 Sam Daddo

48 Will Monk49 Tim McLardy50 Charlie Clemenger51 Stewart Madsen52 Charlie Koren53 Sandy McFarlane54 Hamish Lade55 Angus Clarke56 Tom Lackmann57 Damon Velakoulis58 Oscar Dixon59 Max Gibson60 Henry Hanlon61 Alex Coleridge62 Morgan Cottee63 Tom De Fegley64 Will Boyd65 Adam Borensztajn66 Seb Clarke67 Rupert Alstergren68 Tom Watson69 Jim De Fegley70 Harrison Lane71 Nick Churkovich72 James Otto73 James Fink74 Rob Lindsay75 Will Lovelock76 Andy Cameron77 Cal Williamson78 Wil lLevini79 Sam Siddons80 Harry Stephens81 Gus Borthwick82 Hunter Watkin83 Josh Rundell84 David Parkinson85 Sam Perkins86 Will Dowling87 Liam Ratliff89 Alexander Horton90 Harry Smith91 John Cooper92 Max Kenyon93 Nick Weaver94 Tim Spargo97 Peter May

Coach: Nathan BrownReserves: James RayU19s: Jess Rottura / David Elam

OLD MELBURNIANS

1 Cam Williams2 Jack Townley3 Matthew Hart4 Marshall Rippon5 Tom Quinn6 Marc James7 Jeremy Mugavin8 Will Blakey9 Tim Blakey10 Clayton Hinkley10R Ben Jongebloed11 Tom Silvestro11R Angus Adams12 Hugh Vickers-Willis13 Tom Girdwood14 Andy Wettenhall15 Piers Flanagan15R Liam Walder16 Paddy Hayes17 Rich Langham18 Jeremy Taylor19 Kieran Harper20 Paul Bunn21 George Cameron22 Sam Smith23 Sean Carr24 Will Cunningham25 Angus Nice26 Rory Fairbairn27 Kade Answerth28 George Curnow29 Patrick Gardiner30 Gus Ford31 Daniel Van de Pol32 Riley McMahon33 Tom MacKenzie34 Will Hartnell35 Tim Geappen36 Shaw Kitchen36R David Withers37 Dale Hinkley38 Ryan Eade39 Dirk Heinz

40 James Carr41 Jacob Callahan42 Jack Wood43 Ed Ratcliffe44 James Koroneos45 Damian Barton46 Will Langley47 Joel Moloney48 Hugh Evans49 Will McFarlane50 George Chisholm51 Connor Lappin52 Jared Crawford53 Andy Batarilo54 Dan Batarilo55 Tom Batarilo56 Tyson Deane57 Jack Heinz58 Ed Long59 Jamie Mugavin61 Charles Fry63 Tom Nagle66 Jack Curnow67 Michael Pritchard69 Taylor Preece74 Zach Thomson75 Louis Wardle78 Sam Briggs79 Bernie Chomley86 David Cumming91 Matty Blair92 Alec Binns93 Ed Keach94 Jack Sheridan95 Henry Bennett 96 Kevin Johnson

Coach: Quinton GleesonAssistants: Ben McKinleyReserves: Jason BekThirds: Jason Evans

UNIVERSITY BLUES



1 Zoccali, Giacomo2 Schroder Ryan3 Mcleod Alex4 Sullivan Tom (V-Capt)4 Res Forder Caleb5 Bentick Adam (V-Capt)5 Res McIntyre Owen6 Bevanda Jacob6 3rds Ugi7 Angel Michael8 Kazuro Nathan8 Res Daly, Kane9 Carey, Jed9 3rds Isaacs Thomas10 Garth George10 3rds Kingston Will11 Fleming, Sam11 3rds Connelly, Charlie12 Peart Chris13 Cartledge, Tristan13 Res McNicol, Fergus14 Cooke Nick14 Res Farrant, Michael15 Madden Luke16 Woods, Sam16 Res Jones, Sam17 Res Stapleton, Andrew17 Dimasi, Xavier18 Singleton Alex18 Res Bourrilhon, Edmund19 O'Halloran, Zach20 Clarke Shaun21 Shine, Jacob21 3rds Dillon Michael22 Caven Simon22 Res Yogarajah, Daniel23 Forder Jake23 3rds Shepheard, Bernard24 3rds O'Keefe, Sean24 Boyse, Alex25 Considine, Will25 3rds Yacoub, Danny26 Wallis, Josh26 3rds Satterley, Michael27 Jones, Chad27 2nds Riley, Thomas28 Gay Jack29 Hughes, Chris30 Van Meel Jake31 Hughes, Mitch32 Caven Tom (Captain)32 Res Jowett, Lachlan33 Wall David34 Burgin, Nick35 Del Zoppo, Tom36 Sullivan, Michael

37 Stapleton, Matt38 Madden Isaac39 Peart, Ben40 Res Gamwell, Pat40 Caven, Michael41 Colaco, Darren42 Sullivan Luke43 McClounan, James44 Bennie, James45 Hedley, Josh46 Piantella, Stefan47 Scerri, Luke48 Larkin, Nick49 Madden, Tom50 Tonge, Matthew51 Saundry, Tom52 Manunzio, Jesse53 Turville, Josh54 Riley, James55 Connelly, Edward56 Sulzberger, Michael57 Dillon, Anthony58 Issa, Claude59 Dugdale, Edward64 Sibbald, Edyn65 De Leur, Marcus66 Vague, Charlie67 Firth, Jack68 Whelan, Seamus69 Baird Luke70 Rose, Jonathan71 Isaacs, Will72 Whelan Liam73 Ryan Brendan74 Pignatoro, Joe75 Jones, Jake76 Bromley, Jake77 Gavaghan, Chris78 Notaro, Jake79 Hutchings, Matt80 Holland, Jack81 Cannatelli, Steve82 Menzer, Tobi83 Cookson, Liam84 Cox, Xavier85 Dwyer, Josh86 Horton, Tom87 O'Sullivan, Patrick

Coach: Mark RileyAssistants: Matt O’Connor, Marcus Barham, Simon AtkinsReserves Coach: Chris DavisAssistant: Gary McIntyre, Steve Glenn3rds Coaches: Paul Rahill, Matt Borzillo

ST BERNARDS

1 Jake Williams 2 Daniel Noonan (vc) 3 Sam Lees 4 Denis Symeopoulos 5 Caydn Beetham 6 Ben Kennedy (vc) 7 Michael Darvell 8 Lachlan Howe 9 Matthew Margin 10 Jay Bruno 11 Tyson Thomas 12 Brendan Goss 13 Cauley Beetham 14 Josh Douglas 15 Matt Skidmore 16 Louis Tiernan 17 Robert Ralph 18 John Shaw (c) 19 Tim Dynon 20 Marcus Allan 21 Charlie Woodley 22 Louis Denton 23 James Ulbrick 24 Jordan Kelly 25 Tom Williams 26 Nick Wynne 27 Clay Johnston 29 Matt Handley 31 Luke Ball 32 Lachy Hayres 33 Marc Johnston 34 Tomi Johnston 35 Ed Lachal 36 Nick Pepperell 37 Daniel Harangozo 38 Matt Douglas 39 Nick Nunan 40 Jarryd Skene

41 Esmond Prowse 42 Matthew Peric 43 Patrick Tiernan 44 Jeremy Hannan 45 Lachlan Keith 46 Josh Anderson 47 Charlie Denton 48 Tom Fantasia 49 Jonathan Pintal 50 Ben Plant 51 Oliver Silk 52 Tristian Parker 53 Chris Margin 54 James Forrest 55 Harry Lachal 56 Joe Barlow 57 Tom Anderson 58 Hayden Troiani 59 Andrew Mathis 60 Matthew Hess 61 Luke Pirrie 62 James Woods 63 Harry Batten 64 Fletcher Kearney 65 Jack Kelliher

Senior Coaches: Pat Hawkins and Ted WoodruffDev. & Res. Coach: Murray BrowneAss Coaches: Matt Ball, Andrew Biddlecombe and Tim Ockleshaw

OLD XAVERIANS



1 Tom Curry2 Jacob Williams3 Matt Moore4 Daniel Keely5 Damian Rayson6 TBA7 Tom Humphrey8 Tom McMahon9 Harry Haley10 TBA11 Hugh Nicholson12 Matt Fieldsend13 Jake Gotch14 Simon Marchese15 Josh Tyquin16 Sam Pickett17 Sam Williams18 Ben Humphrey19 Ryan McDonough20 Luke Williams21 Dan Close22 Aaron Kneebone23 Xavier Murphy24 Antony Forato25 Lachy Bull26 Brendan Close27 Adrian Indovino28 Sam Haslem29 Leigh Harrison30 Joe Black31 Edward Clinch32 Jack Vickers33 TBA34 Oscar Persson35 Mark Collins36 TBA37 Ned Murphy38 Liam Wood39 Dan Millwood40 Joel Mattiske41 Hamish Ramsay42 Nick Hyland43 Simon Lowe

44 TBA45 Steve Hogan46 Hamish Curtis47 TBA48 Michael DeLuca49 Scott Vawser50 Nick Curwood51 Callun Dooley52 Damian Hale53 Sam Harrington54 Joe Mannix55 Jesse Hockey56 Tpm Brasher57 Pat Monaghan58 Dan Anastasiou59 TBA60 Stephen Catros61 Jeff Morel62 Brett Cranage64 Matt Hamilton65 Gavin Mahoney66 Tyson Parker67 Nathan Beaumont68 TBA69 Dave Commins70 TBA71 Jon Stinear72 Michael Stinear73 Matt Mulally74 Davis Trotter75 Jacob McGraw76 Tom Nicholls77 Sam Morwood78 TBA79 TBA80 Darren Mastropaolo

Coach: Paul SatterleyAssistants: Simon Brown, Craig Chester, Lachlan WalkerReserves: Jack McDonald

DE LA SALLE

1 Matthew Murphy2 Nicholas Wood 3 Benjamin Dowd4 Callum Matheson 5 Patrick Dowd6 Steven Salopek7 Charles Ring8 Matthew Roberts8 Jordan Gysberts9 Julian Staffi eri10 Karl Wissell11 Dylan Jones12 Nicholas McArdle13 Patrick Keely15 Joshua Taylor16 Jason Salopek17 Zachary Ginies18 Billy Kanakis19 Stephen Gilham20 Shaun Kennedy21 Francis Keely22 Philip Edgar23 Tom Simpson24 Michael Shanahan25 Lachlan Nankervis26 Troy McMaster27 Gerard Gleeson28 Edward Ring29 Chris Gleeson30 Tom Cunningham31 Anthony Lynch32 William Coates33 Roland Stagg33 Kelvin Williams34 Benjamin Sullivan35 BradleyMcCann35 Patrick McLennan36 Matthew Lattanzio37 Luke Sabato38 Panayioti Karageorgiou39 Hamish Townsend40 Anthony Giarrusso43 Ricky Caldow44 Henry Parkes45 Thomas Hickey

46 Conor Ross47 John Griffi ths50 James Canterbury51 James Stewart59 Michael Turnbull60 Joshua Wallis70 James Dimattina78 Nicholas Meehan84 Jarrod Nash88 Jack Mullen89 Patrick Aughton61 Tom Holding62 Scott Sansom63 Julian Beard64 Ben Aharfi 65 Campbell Matthews66 Sam Hatty67 Kris Paltoglou68 Tom Beddison69 Alex van Ryn70 Edward von Moger71 Nich Reddish72 Lewis Parisi73 James Parsell74 Ed Gillies75 Cameron Melville76 Sam Neil77 Tom Hamilton78 Charlie Dixon79 Will Carroll80 Richard Wilkinson81 Tim Melville82 Alex King83 Angus Greenaway84 Will Mackintosh85 Chris Perrott86 Nick Myhal87 Nick Woods89 Robert Hays

Senior Coach: Jon EdgarAssistant: Tim Killworth, Steve Salopek and Stephen Gilham Reserves Coach: Kornel DachsThirds Coach: Ben Omizzolo and Jarrod McMasterThirds Coach (Green): Ian Ledder

ST KEVINS



1 Alexander Croft2 Tom Penberthy3 Matthew Singleton4 Dominic Russo4 R Michael Irvine5 Andrew Scott6 Julian Hocking 7 Sam Hibbins8 Julian Eimutis9 Billy Riddle10 Jim Bazzani10 R Michael Dockery11 Will Johnson (VC)11 R Curtis Collins12 Fergus Huntington13 Callum Regan14 Sebastian Evans15 Matthew Yates16 Matthew Barton17 Courtney Hylton (C)18 Trent Zimbachs (C)18 R Tim Varigos19 Stuart Inglis20 Tim Phillips20 R Michael Gregory21 Hunter Pool22 Julian Hampton23 Wil Tardif24 Toby Goodman24 R Ross Katsambanis25 William Pocknee26 Jesse Band Conrick27 Zac Gibson28 Sam Sabbatucci29 James Dunn30 Josh Kamener30 R Harry Hawkins31 Lindsay Apted32 Nick Crema

33 Lachlan Ferguson33 R Jacob Diplaris34 Harry Croft34 R Lachlan Cooke35 Max Leishman 36 Matthew Jenkinson37 Tim Baxter38 Sam Skurrie39 Dylan Chaplin Burch40 Andrew Scott41 Sam Hynes42 Jack Parsons43 Ed Malone44 Alistair Fahie45 Fredrick Sullivan47 James Kenyon-Smith48 Sam Doupe-Watt49 Elliot Cattell50 Cameron Tennant51 Christian Middleton52 Huw Apted53 Levi Fernandez54 Cameron Bonnar55 Ben Pugh56 Calvin Lyon57 Charlie Simmons58 Nick Bobeff59 Sam Cutts61 Ed Cordner64 Bernie Morris71 Tim McNamara81 Oscar Pearson

Coach: Shane JoyceReserves: Nick RoachThirds: Ronnie BatemanU19: Nick Hibbins

COLLEGIANS

1 Josh Steadman2 Harrie Lahy3 Scott Myers5 Lochy Dornauf6 Simon Hogan7 Hugh Curnow8 Tyson Kruse9 Joel Ernest10 Bede Mahon ( C )11 Barton Mill12 Sam Bennett13 Angus Drysdale14 Brendan Dess15 Lachlan Huntington16 Josh Free17 Tom Chalkley18 Matthew O'Brien19 Ben Saliba20 Toby Sheahan21 Tom Sharp22 Thomas Howgate23 Rob Humann24 Isaac Anderson25 Brent Sheahan26 Miles Rowlands27 Nicholas Batten29 Chris Duck30 Angus Locke31 Xavier Flanagan32 Steven Flight33 Campbell Moorfi eld34 Jordan Quaile35 James Bismire36 Jacob Gardiner37 Tim Howie38 Lewis Steere39 Adam Pitt40 Daniel Pratt41 Harry King42 Charlie Richardson43 Alastair Robbins44 Harry Allen45 Mitchell Aitken

46 Simon Lewis47 Morgan Nunan48 Jeremy Hill49 Hamish Clemons50 Marcus Sevior51 Michael Coffey52 Jordan Payne53 John Vrodos54 Josh Kimpton55 Sean Butler56 Jackson Clarke58 Henry Robinson61 Sam Forrest64 Jack Dawson77 Nich Hilderbrandt

Senior Coach: Cameron RobertsReserves Coach: Lincoln MerloUnder-19 Coach: Beau Harris

UNIVERSITY BLACKS


PREMIER B

1 Matt Duggan2 Rob Cathcart3 Matt Petering4 Sean Coote5 Tom Abbott6 Lachlan Howes7 Tom Dean8 Josh Ward9 Doug Pritchard10 Nick Loucaides11 Scott Braithwaite12 Scott Gower13 Will Murton14 Adam Schneider15 Lachlan Boyd16 Sam McBain17 Anthony Carroll18 Will Edmonds19 Joel Di Natale20 Daniel Gribben21 Mitch Howes22 Steve Scott23 Ben McLean24 Ben Dickson25 Matt Williams25 Travis Woolnough26 Michael Defontenay27 Jack Grange28 Jack Gabron Uhe29 Tim Cumming30 Cal Buckley31 Tom Gandy32 Dylan Gabron Uhe33 Steve Milne33 Matt Stephens34 Richard Ryan35 Sean McNicholas35 Luke Globan36 Ryan Keating36 Scott Kendall37 Elliott Harris38 Michael Wilson

39 Luke McNicholas40 James Bull41 Damien Johns42 Tim Pritchard43 Luke Edmondson44 Pete Richter45 Drew Kelly46 Matt Zagni47 Tom Perkin48 Matt Lovejoy49 Luke Slater50 Brendan Ellul51 Todd Douglass52 Chris McLaren53 Sean Brennan54 Scott Moore55 Will Gillespie56 Nick Dickinson57 Tom Woodward58 Ryan Bennett59 Athan Aridas60 Daniel Ladds61 Lucas Bourne62 Jordan Smith63 Addison Martin64 Andrew Watson68 Byron Hughes72 Mark Ensor

Coach: Brayden Haynes / Alex Bennett

BEAUMARIS

1 Andre Headberry1A Shane Chapman2 Nick Petering2A Michael Chapman3 Lachlan Leeds3A Jake Richardson4 Nick Woodland5 Alfred Oppy6 Adam Johnson7 Andrew Young7A Luke Richardson8 Andrew Hickey9 Sam Baring10 Sam Le Lievre11 James Taylor11A Aaron Darnell12 Mac Cameron12A Jason Ly13 Charles Cosgriff14 Joel Bartram15 Ben Tilley16 Darcy Meehan17 Jake Meade18 Joe Cosgriff18A James Hertan19 Matthew Davidson20 Josh Williams20A Justin Mazur21 Daniel Easson22 Taylor Cameron23 James Young24 Gareth Taylor25 Damien Hatch25A Thomas Waters26 Sam Whatley27 Darcy Bibby28 Tom Lancaster29 Maddison Hardiman30 Joe Griffi ths30A William Geary31 Callum Dick32 Matthew Whitty32A Daniel Garabiles33 Ben Whitfort33A Rami Shenouda34 Keegan Mason

34A Scott Crawshaw36 Charlie Rosetti37 Grange McMahon37A Lance Hammond38 Lachlan Buck40 Gerard Gillian40A Daniel Brogden42 James Duffy43 Tom Duffy43A Sudish Perera44 Liam Darcy44A Luke Leviston45 Chris Wheeler45A Martin Phillips46 Sam Walsh47 James Mooney48 Matt Mason49 Christian Dougherty50 Josh Anaf53 Nicholas Cowan54 Braxton Conroy55 Pat Featonby57 Patrick Long59 David Meulendijks60 Paul Tweedly62A Andrew Hawes63A James Galli64 Ryan McIvor66 Nick Mills66A William Lucas67 Tom Ruddell68A Tom O'Dwyer69 Tim Berenyi69A Tim Kenyon74 Ryan Phillips76 Hayden Devanny79 Daniel Heap80 Gavin Powles81A Nick Armstrong86A Alex Lacota87 Nick Burri93 Matt Davies94 Haydn Brouwer98 Jake Stephens99 Seb Poole

Coach: Paul GrovesAss: Michael Sandry, Maddison HardimanRes: James Donnelly, Joseph SalvatoreThirds: Shane Chapman, Nick Rhoden

MONASH BLUES

THE carringbush Hotel


1 Tom McLennan1A Nathan Papptsanis2 Sam Chitty2A Leigh jenkins3 Liam Platt4 Adam Knight5 Mick Graham6 Daniel Price6A Brad Austin7 Jason Bristow8 Charlie Dillon8A Bailey Dillon9 Mick Meyer10 Jack Edwards10A Tim Kight11 Mac O'Donnell12 Matt Boland 13 Hayden Pike13A Ryan Bedwell14 Stent Powell14A Josh Green15 Sean Hendricks16 Nathan Peterson17 James Everest17A Kane Bode18 Steve Sullivan19 Luke Morgan20 Sean Chapman21 Dan Maloney21A Lewis Emmerson22 James Salouris22A Dan iel 23 Tim Boland23A Matthew Hayes24 Matthew Dickie25 Jackson Boland26 Nathan Ng27 Tim Carroll28 Jaye Edmunds29 Guy Crilley30 Tom Redmond31 Corey Fall -Jablonka

32 Dylan Glascott32A Lachlan Glascott33 Darcy Ballard34 Lachlan Gallagher35 James Le Breton36 Ried Irvine39 Rob Meade41 Oliver Herd43 James Lay44 Josh Manning56 Jesse Waters57 Tom Congerton58 Izar Daou59 Ahsley Dickison60 Jaye Edmunds61 Nick Farnbach62 Luke Forbes63 Matthew Francis64 Dan iel Graham65 Joshua Hall66 Nicholas Huttley67 Conor Larkin68 Jack Love69 Matt McCoy70 Matthew McDonald71 Matthew Rattenbury72 Steven Rickards73 Kye Steegstra74 Zac Straker75 Ryan Stringer76 Jack Vorbach77 Andrew Waterson78 Jordan Young79 Sam Moloney80 Tom Jenkins81 Dylan Dykas82 Andrew Silva83 Luke Forbes84 Matthew Anderson

Coach: Sam RadfordReserves: Tony WhiteU-19 Coach: Luke Borella

PARKDALE VULTURES

PREMIER B

1 Leigh Fletcher2 Adam Mc Neil3 Guy Martyn4 Jay Dillon5 Nathan Smith6 Jack Zaina7 Jesse Lovig8 Stephen Anderson9 Matthew Care10 Christian Carnovale11 Kyle Pinto12 Ben Traeger-Haig13 Nick Jewell14 Matt Robbins15 Rory Lynch16 Cam Hetherington17 Daniel Corp18 Tim Jones19 Rick Jones20 Jack Touli21 Brendan Culvenor22 Charlie Miles23 Richard Atkins24 Zac Donald25 Benji Audage26 Samuel Clements27 Liam McCartney28 Ben Kezilas29 Finn McMaster-Garraway30 Joel Emmins31 Ed Turner32 Joshua Mc Pherson33 Adam Power34 Ryan Fogarty35 Ashley Fisher36 Stefan Constantinou37 Ben Kneebush38 Michael Dynon39 Nick Jackson40 Anthony Folino

41 Lachie Cairns42 Matt Ryan43 Ollie Jewell44 Ned Fallon45 Sam Cougan46 Luke Morcombe47 Lachlan Wheeler48 Jesse Reece49 Matt Broadley50 Jack Lloyd51 Vin Camera52 Kyle McNeil53 Sam Bradford54 Tom Cougan55 Daniel Anderson56 Mark Short52 Kyal McNeil53 Sam Bradford54 Sam Care55 Tom Cougan56 Mark Short

Senior Coach: Owen LalorAssistant Coach: Lou FolinoReserves Coach: Anthony Quon

HAMPTON ROVERS


PREMIER B

1 Ben Jakobi2 Luke Healy3 Levi Otto4 Harry Hill5 Michael Slater6 Tom Fisher8 Jordan Pascoe9 Jack Rutter10 Tom Larkworthy11 Dylan Verney12 Jarrod Sargent12 Oliver Cavallaro13 Matt Fogarty14 Jack Cowling15 Charlie King17 James Bainbridge17 Ben Jarick18 Brock Rawlinson19 Cal Macleod21 Tim Fogarty22 Harrison McIntyre23 Michael Karayannis24 Jandre Olivier25 Riley Cummin26 Ben Austen27 Lachie Nicholls28 Hamish Graham29 Josh Dickerson30 Tom King31 Andrew McBain32 Brandon Harris33 Tom Boxtel34 Tom Mariani35 Luke Forato37 Harry Cannon38 Mackie Robertson39 Tom Gunning40 Zack Alcott

41 James North43 Tom Jakobi44 Daniel Anthony45 Tom Hamilton46 Ben Trivett48 Seb Zaia49 Adam Andrews50 Andrew Ogilvie51 Sam Campbell52 Stuart Hooy53 Jesse McLean54 Angus Morrison55 Angus Grant56 Elliot Avis57 Martin Ho60 George Kimpton-Moss62 George Yeomans63 Tom Delaney64 Brian Randall66 Fraser Carlson69 Scott Collie70 Will Bardoel71 Ben Sayer72 Sam Spencer73 Alex Wilkinson

Coach: Greg HutchisonAssistant: Mitchell PepperReserves: Ross StewartAssistant: Ryan Joseph

OLD BRIGHTON

1 Adam Schofi eld2 James Paul3 Hamish McLauchlan4 Alex Woltering5 Peter Shakallis6 John Nicolopoulos7 Lachie Nash8 Nick Gooda9 Peter Gleadhill C10 Corey Connelly11 Jordan Donnelly12 Josh Dawson13 Brett Voss14 Dan Harrison15 Shane Valenti16 Nick Harrison17 Mitch Rafferty18 Jarrod Plymin19 Jordan Toy20 Jackson Arthur21 Campbell Faulkner22 Tim Witherow23 Lachlan Treverton24 Jack Pickford25 Scott Ellis26 Nathan Waite VC27 Adam Budge28 Chris Povey29 Matt McIntyre30 Hamish McWilliam31 Adam Weekes VC32 Ed Limon33 Josh Steen34 Damian Fletcher35 Josh Alkemade36 Sean MacPherson37 Dan Newby38 Andrew Godfrey40 Ben O'Leary41 Michael Stowe42 Damian Gauci43 Aaron Toy

44 Shannon Mulholland45 Julian Scott46 Tristan Bowman47 Nick Bourke48 Tristan Coles49 Ned Sturrock50 Jason Derks51 Mark Quiambo52 Mark Seccull53 Tom Tyrell54 Sam Hall55 Ben Langford-Jones56 Tom Tyrell57 Ben Scammell58 Nathan Hunter59 Jamie Cain60 Alex Thorley61 Nick Carey62 Nathan Tabe64 Adam Hardeman65 Mitchell Sturgess66 Sam Willems

Coach: Daniel HughesReserves: Adam Schofi eld

OLD HAILEYBURIANS


PREMIER B

1 Eugen Routman2 Daniel Cohen3 Ash Burstin4 Jarryd Ludski5 Nick Lewis6 David Fayman7 Brad Caplan8 Geoff Measey9 Ash Kalb10 Adam Caplan11 Warren Steinberg12 Richie Simon13 Zac Braun14 Jeremy Forbes15 Dean Rotenberg16 Nick Marks (Capt)17 Josh Ludski19 Joel Gocs20 Josh Kalmus21 Jake Kalmus22 Roi Abraham23 Andrew Thurin24 Stuart Fayman25 Jake Lew26 Ben Kalmus27 Nadav Harel28 Dov Paltiel29 Jayden Yarrow30 Alex Wollan31 Brandon Joel32 Josh Baron33 Jordan Bade-Boon34 Ari Wytwornik35 Corey Jankie36 Justin Berkowitz37 Ryan White

38 Jordan Tonkin39 Michael Feiler40 Jono Goldberg41 Nathan Zielinski42 Jordan Cohen43 Jesse Velleman44 Dylan Rothschild47 Tim Freed48 Simon Roth49 Ben Sher50 Jordan Rubinstein51 Daniel Goodman52 Ben Michowski54 Jordan Lipton55 Ollie Hoffman56 David Glass57 Aaron Fetter58 Jarred Swire60 Andrew Slade58 Jarred Swire60 Andrew Slade

Coach: Marty PaskReserves: Rob PattersonU19 Coach: Ash Shenker

AJAXOLD SCOTCH

1 Andrew Jelbart2 Ashley Lim3 Josh Raines4 Nick Jamieson5 James Sansom6 Jack Bull (Capt)7 Tim Macmillan8 Lachie Hill9 Scott Sherwen10 Sam Margitich11 Charlie Long12 James Bowden (VC)14 Gene van den Broek (VC)15 James Long16 Nic Cox17 Jonathan Daggian18 Caillin O'Shannessy19 Max van den Broek20 Matthew Seed21 Ned Walmsley22 Hugo Perry23 Matt Tyler24 Jack Davis25 Max Davis26 Will Strange27 Chris Watts28 Sam Anderson29 Brett Borland30 Lachlan Byrne-Jones31 Cal McDonough32 Conor O'Beirne33 Henry Dick34 Aidan Franetic35 Callum Goldby36 Andrew Hummerston38 Henry Harms39 Tom Havers40 Angus Harlock41 Hayden Calway42 Jack McIntosh43 Justin Nikolovski44 Jack Furey45 Jack Hurley46 Max Wills47 Will Michael

48 Sam Willatt49 Sean Richardson50 Alex O'Shannessy51 John Daggian (3rds Capt)52 Matthew Bennett53 Mitch Bradley54 Ed Furey55 Josh Gordon58 Hamish Dennis59 Nick Bennison60 Scott Wilcox61 Tom Holding62 Scott Sansom63 Julian Beard64 Ben Aharfi 65 Campbell Matthews66 Sam Hatty67 Kris Paltoglou68 Tom Beddison69 Alex van Ryn70 Edward von Moger71 Nich Reddish72 Lewis Parisi73 James Parsell74 Ed Gillies75 Cameron Melville76 Sam Neil77 Tom Hamilton78 Charlie Dixon79 Will Carroll80 Richard Wilkinson81 Tim Melville82 Alex King83 Angus Greenaway84 Will Mackintosh85 Chris Perrott86 Nick Myhal87 Nick Woods89 Robert Hays90 Fraser Macfarlane96 Blood Jumper97 Blood Jumper98 Blood Jumper99 Blood Jumper

Senior Coach: Mark PassadorAssistant: Alan Carter, Will Lewis & Chris Rubick Reserves: Tristan FoenanderAssistants: Anthony Furey & Nick LindsayThirds Coach: Paul DoddAssistant: Terry Kendell


PREMIER B

1 Paul Wintle2 Brayden O'Toole3 Luke Kowalski4 Darcy Holden5 Jaryd Robertson6 Tom Garside7 Michael Barnes8 Pat Hurst9 Chris Richards10 Josh Cowan11 Simon Richards (Capt)12 Tom Tyquin13 Pat Tyquin14 Hayden Jeans15 Lachlan Palfrey16 Alex Cross17 Mitchell Coen18 Alex Kane19 Matt Caia20 George Rowlands21 Sam D'Andrea22 Ben Nicoll23 Ben Hubeek24 James Tyquin25 Jack Beckwith26 Jimmy Colyvan28 Tom McMahon29 Trent Pastura30 Chris Mangoni31 Dale Foley32 Kieran Arthur33 Lachlan Mirams34 Jack O'Kearney35 Mitchell Johnstone36 Chris McCready37 Dan Garside38 Michael Seeber39 Nick Seeber40 Benjamin Dance41 Mark Geschke42 John Dawes43 Alex Smout44 Brett Denton

45 Rhys Kennedy46 Josh Heron47 Corey Bader48 James Dalzotto49 Fin Neaves50 Robert Iudica51 Lachlan Dee52 Zac Calvez53 Jack Hellier55 Alex Whalebone57 Ben Hodges59 John Patounas60 Tim Jeans62 Luke Porter66 Damien Waters70 Luke Terrell73 Lewis Stutterd74 Matthew Pitt76 Mitchell Kent64 Sam Amon65 Callum Byrnes66 Damien Waters67 Kieran Tuke68 Alex Whalebone70 Luke Terrell72 Luke Porter73 Lewis Stutterd74 Matthew Pitt76 Mitchell Kent

Coach: Steve RyanAssistants: Adam AcremanReserves: Steve D’Andrea

ST BEDES/MENTONE TIGERS

1 Rory Angiolella2 Matt Kyroussis3 Ross Borland4 Max Davie5 Stuart Hurley [R]6 Aidan Lambert7 Jack Beech8 James Meakin9 Maxim Allen10 Tom Cheshire11 Daniel Bisetto12 Alister Green13 Matt Brown14 Martin Deasey15 Richard Willingham16 Tom Biscaro17 Hugh Morris-Dalton18 Will Zaghis19 Antony Harbor20 Dylan Patcas21 Jack Simcoe22 Mitch McWhinney23 Sam Baker24 Jack Parkinson25 Sam Carroll26 Jack Dalton27 Max Oliver28 Bryce McAdam28 James McGee29 Nathan Ligris30 Jamie Mackay31 Luke Baker32 Steve Petsinis32 Dom Pound-Palmieri33 Jared Shaw

34 Will Johnson35 Cailean Moore36 Adam Cicchini37 Trent Carpenter [R]38 Chris Doherty39 Drew Olarenshaw40 Josh Munro41 Dale Sheedy42 Greg Hesse43 Raphael Lloyd45 Nick Marshall45 David Lee [R]46 Dieter Tieman47 Julian Turner48 Jordan Spriggs49 Luke Edwards50 Pete Baccanello52 Phillip Carydis53 Joe Atkinson54 Tom Scullie60 Jonathan Anderson61 Lachie Henderson64 Lachie Brown65 Hugh Hannaford66 Sam Buckely67 Corbin Stevic68 Sam Dalton74 Liam Sugrue85 Will Pickering88 Keith Dimech120 Matthew Gaite

Senior Coaches:Michael Pickering & Nick MitchellRes. Coach: Sam BuckleyCo-Captains:Rory Angiolella and Daniel Bisetto

FITZROY


PREMIER C

1 Keegan Stewart2 Lloyd Everett3 Nick Silvestro4 Will Barker5 Jordan Stewart6 Sam Banfi eld7 Tim Nixon (Co Capt)8 Tom Rothel9 Tom Small (Co Capt)10 Jesse Toniolo11 Charlie Logan12 Dan Meddings13 Sam Wood14 Ryan Harris15 Lachlan Topp16 Andre Lister17 Declan Reilly18 Brett Sinclair19 Drew Dickson20 Tom Smith21 Jackson Small22 James Small23 Nick Tonkin24 John Nankervis25 James Gray (Res Capt)

26 Harrison Mills27 Louis O'Keefe28 Hayden Parker29 Dominic O'Keefe30 Jeremy Anderson31 Will Osborn32 Clay Williams33 Damien Simic34 Sean Stewart35 Hugo Gates36 Lachlan Gallop37 Jack Belkin38 Will Conly39 Adrian Bednarek40 Lachlan Kellock41 James Anderson42 Tom Green

43 Jack Presnell44 Connor Mengler-Francis45 Fred Cooper46 Kirren Ponniah47 Nick Karoly48 Tom Stewart49 Luke Matias50 Leo Bosley51 Chris Bold52 Robbie Handel53 Tim Mollard54 Connor Wilson55 Sam McDonald56 James Cleeve57 Alex Young58 Brad Chilko59 Matthew Wood60 Liam Bourke61 Nick Young62 James Turner63 Andrew Clark64 Alister Burge65 James Easton66 Hugh Goodfellow67 Lachlan Holmes68 George Berry70 Damien Hay

Senior Coach: Simon WilliamsAss Coach: Stuart Wigney / Josh HomannRes Coach: Andrew Spittal / Luke PriceRes Ass Coach: Simon WidjajaThirds Coach: Will Bowes

CAULFIELD GRAMM

1 Jack Campbell2 Tom Cincotta2 Matthew Rich3 Francis Palleschi4 Tim Bourbon5 Michael Morrissey5 Liam Welsford6 Rob Mann (C)7 Francis Reed8 Rees Thomas9 Gus Patti10 Ben Chamberlian11 Daniel Hayes12 Tom Odrowaz13 Tim Wilson14 Ben Phibbs16 Nick Thomas16 Michael Pecorra17 Tom Chambers18 Simon Hall19 Brad Kovac20 Nick Gentile21 Stuart Inglis (Vc)22 Scott Veltham22 Nick Peck23 Steve Oldman24 Tom Mc Kenna25 Aaron Taun Henderson26 Jeremy Delvin27 James Egan28 Stephen (Vc) Welsford29 Stephen Foster30 Daniel Smith31 Ben Woods32 Jamie Cetraro33 Steve Balloch34 Tim Mc Donald35 Sam Riley36 Peter Razianatis37 Rob Mccarthy38 Josh White39 Josh Trounce

40 Jack Walton41 Patrick Noone42 Dean Izon43 Sam Mc Leod44 Xavier Patti45 Jarrod Taun Henderson45 Dale Micallef47 James Sharp48 Dion Serena48 Dylan Tilli49 Dan Tran50 Michael Rice51 Patrick Flanagan57 Damian Mc Leod58 Aiden Parisi61 James Verbyla62 Anthony Verde63 Matt Whisson65 Jeff Bates69 Mattew Wilkson

Coach: Ben PhibbsAssistant: Nick Lewton, Nick SnartReserves: Wayne Poulter, Steve Balloch

MAZENOD


PREMIER C

1 Josh Hetherington2 Jack Delbridge3 Andrew Brazzale4 Paul Brough5 Michael Mathieson6 Doug Lloyd7 Josh O’bryan8 Michael Cochrane9 Micheal Henderson10 Jezza Fulthiem11 Angus Michael12 Tyler Black13 Jett Gueren14 Will Delbridge15 Josh Fidanza16 Billy Shute17 Sam Bishop18 Margo19 Darcy Spencer20 Cam Hoskings21 Sam Glover22 Charlie Aitken23 Luke Marriott24 Nick Bennett24 Luke Rosser25 Tim Orchard25 Pat Norman26 Tim Allman27 Peter Couvalias28 Blake Goodwin29 Cal Spencer30 Liam Kinsella31 Trent Morrow32 Tyson Wiegold33 Jarrod Balme33 Rob Maibaum34 Nick Taylor35 Sam Healey35 Joe Deneefe36 Max Waters37 Ryan Green38 Cale Truran Johnstone39 Mark Brazzale40 Ben Hurley41 Michael Facciola42 Zac Jones43 Nathan Drummond44 Mathew Vlahos

45 Glen Evans46 Chris Houghton47 Dan Boehm48 Tom Elliott49 Tom Bache50 Todd Dover51 Tim Lloyd52 Jack Hallett53 David Lyon54 Lachie James55 Tim Chapman56 Matthew Whelan57 Emmett O’Donnell58 Mark Eisenbise59 Pat Slingo60 Simon Coles61 Anthony Greco62 Tom Davis63 Richard Spillane64 Billy Hawkes65 Brendan Drossler66 Michael Timlin67 Sam Nash68 Michael Giorgiev69 David Facciolo71 James McCubbin72 Patrick Donohue74 Seb Smart75 Hugh Moodie76 Mathew Whelan77 Liam Vear78 Tim Cook79 Ben Marchant80 Simon Hunter81 Pat Godfrey82 Pat Volpe83 Vergamalis84 Zaher Nawid85 Murray Plain86 Michael Walsh89 Lauchlan Rough91 Marcus Smith92 Duncan Rough93 Andrew Clarke94 Thomas Vorbach95 John O’Keefe96 Lewis Allman99 Tom Crompton

Coach: Ian AitkenReserves: Theo VlahosThirds: Nathan Monaco

KEW

1 Grant2 Scott3 Cleary C4 Henderson5 Paola6 Cloke7 Lavery8 Michael9 Bennett10 Wines12 Hogan13 Revere14 Di Siervi15 Ioannidis16 Pearson17 Doherty18 Chapple19 Hunt20 Valentini21 Pappon22 Andreatta23 Abela24 Harris25 Nolan26 Still27 Pinney28 Wass29 Holden30 Mercuri31 Bromley32 Murray33 Seel34 Thiessens35 Gillard36 Mase37 Briggs38 Wass39 Binns40 Davidson41 Gonzalez42 Mousoulis43 Murray

44 Ansell45 Matthieson46 Weymouth47 Miller48 Aranha49 Weymouth50 Benoiton51 Johnstone52 Barrett53 Rodrigo54 Klonaridis55 Van Den Ven57 Moeller58 Ruddy59 Angelus60 Murphy61 Eden62 Stewart63 Glum64 Borland65 Fabrici66 Lasplaces67 Harris68 Pearson69 Hyde70 Catalla

Coach: Jamie MolloAssistants: Stephen KeleherReserves Coach: Evan Lukas

OAKLEIGH


PREMIER C

1 Shaun Everington2 Liam Oliver3 Sam Wilcox4 Sam Gielings5 Adrian Del Monte6 David Bruno7 Michael Del Monte8 Paul Colbert9 Michael Basckos10 Brett Nagel11 Tom Shepherd12 Jordan Stanton13 James Binney14 Chris Johnson15 Trent Crouch16 Brad Flintoff17 Steve Edmonds18 Michael Mitris (C)19 Carl Groth (VC)20 Matthew Broughan21 Matthew Ferguson 22 Bill Murphy23 Jack Fahey24 Jacson Cecil 25 Nick Kenyon-Smith26 Brandt Harrison27 Patrick Walsh29 Andrew Paine30 Steve Tsanoudakis31 Ricky Jessop32 Nick Marshall33 Tom Kellock34 Richard Skok35 Will Gough36 Jake Erman37 Adam Baldwin38 Michael Golden39 Arthur Solomidis40 Alex Basckos41 Seamus Gibbs42 Jordan O'Neill43 Robert Glavas

44 Callum Matheson45 VACANT46 James Kandiliotis47 Peter Cardamone48 Dan Keating49 Tomas Ikeda 50 Dan Mancuso51 Adrian Mott52 Ryan Buckley53 Mark Moncrieff54 Steve Beattie55 Brendan Knox56 Adam Karim57 Adam Velli58 Alex Caserta59 Ashley Steer60 Alex Steinicke78 Justin Beilin62 Simon Leon63 Chris Toohey64 Max Kirwan65 Adam Velli66 Rowan Weddle67 Michael Gordon68 Daniel Mancuso69 Alex Caserta70 Jason Burns71 Scott Curatolo72 John Apostolopoulas73 Blair Mantesso74 Andrew Sheehan75 Nathan Pratt76 Sjouke Price77 Shane Underwood78 Justin Beilin

Coach: Chris NaishAssistant: Luke MorganReserves: Darren TollAssistant: John Hill

OLD IVANHOE

Adam O'SullivanAdrian BonatoAlistair ClaytonAndy KayAngus McHenryAnthony BeainiAnthony Di CensoAnthony McGlinAnthony SalvatoreAsh VineyCallan StewartCameron KempDaniel ColoeDaniel McMahonDaniel RedmondDavid ValsordaDustin CracknellHeath JenkinsJackson GreenJake MaherJames BaxterJames CullenJames MaloneyJames RobertsonJarrod CarlsonJason WoodJeremiah AntypasJoe LicciardiJoel CrimminsJoel CunninghamJohn DimattinaJon SammutJonathan BlanchJonathan BortolottoJosh EdwardsJoshua JamesJulian TooheyLachlan MackieLiam BrockhusLiam McCormackMarcus HopkinsMatt BeayniMatt BlanchMatt GoughMatt MolloyMatthew GaspariniMichael AbrahamsMitch JonesNathan WhelanNicholas CrosbieNicholas Taylor

Nick RasoNick WattyOliver GrantPatrick HamblinPatrick LunnPeter AugustinRobbie KempRobert CostanzoRobert Di RobertoRowan McKenzieSam MackieSamual ChandlerSteven CrapperTim BlanchTim JamesTim MoneyTim MontagnaTom BlackTom CullenTom JonesTom StaffordVincent O'FlynnXavier Burns

Coach: Damien TheiszAssistants: Jordan Wise, Scott Sutherland, James FrancisReserves: Daniel FraserThirds: Daniel Kofoed

MARCELLIN

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PREMIER C

1 Sam Glenn2 James Moingard3 Stu Grigg ( C )4 Stef Barbour5 James Fletcher6 Vaughan Clarke7 George Fletcher8 Hayden Brodie9 Tom Coghlan10 Ben Southam11 Ben Mitchell12 Ash Collins13 Sam Buchanan14 Brett Brisbane15 Alex Wood16 Alex Marshall17 Eddie Coghlan18 Brad Schurman19 Rob Bambery20 Jeremy Gleeson21 Paul Coldrey22 Nick Fisher 23 Garth O'Connor-Price24 Seb Barbour25 Ben Carr26 Tom Wilkinson27 Shaun Payze28 Ben McKay29 Jordan Pomeroy30 Tom Feldgen31 Zac Kurts32 Adam Smrdel33 Andrew Starkins34 Jordan Owens35 Will Coghlan

36 Jake Archdeacon37 Will Harbinson38 Cam Macaulay39 Leith Baker40 Brett Macaulay42 Scott Cain43 Tom Malan44 Matthew Beggs45 Jamie Rhodes46 Brayden Churcher47 Aaron Brockley48 Nelson Felsigner49 Brandon Worn50 Jimmy Collins51 Mitch Kellerman52 Liam Nickels53 Alex Stock54 Bryce Kellerman55 Andrew Hochhegger56 Jaycob Johnson57 Ben Tracey58 Will Crowder59 Brendan Pullen60 Cam Pullen61 Zac Milenkovic64 Matt Forsyth66 Jack Cox99 Leon Newton

Coach: Nick ClaringboldAss Coaches: Damian Brice & Adam CreanRes Coach: Ben Mitchell

PENINSULA

1 Tom Buckley (VC)2 Lucas Hemming3 Robert Chisholm (VC)4 Matt Perry5 Matthew Martinov6 James Landman7 Simon Keleher8 Isaiah Tahana8A Jack Singleton9 Luke Gogis10 Ryan Martin11 Jesse Maxfi eld 12 Henry Simon (VC)13 Jeremy Simon14 Boyd Upstill (C) 15 Ben Hardwick16 Sam Stait17 Sam Holten18 Jess Selby-Hele18A Wayne Cove 19 Matt Saunders20 Matthew Oaten (VC)21 Dimitri Fasoulis21A Orry Lack22 Luke Duthie23 Tim Naylor24 Alistair McCooke25 Lloyd Anrep26 Sam Mason27 Will Simon28 Andrew Clinch 29 Luke Saunders 30 Chris Coghlan 30A Michael Westoby 31 Sam Barnes32 Daniel Riazati33 Stewart McCooke34 Mark Pappas35 Nick Curwood36 Blair Atkins37 Tom Harkin37A Damien Casey

38 James Gates38A Scott Walker 39 Jake Lever40 Stuart Gay41 Dan frazier42 Zac Leiser-Moore43 Rick Morris44 Sam Ashton44A Nick Oaten 45 Raz Kahn46 Nick Edwards46A Jarred Harry47 Sam Blandford48 Jack Meeking49 Jack Strooper 49A Leon Calvert 50 Jim Quarmby51 Dan Haysom52 Tom Haysom53 David Machin 54 Matthew McTernan 55 Adam Schwarz57 Nick Houghton58 Ben Rockman59 Evan Atkins60 Christian Doggett61 Damien Cleary62 Michael Bannan63 Lachlan Upstill65 Jerome Keast 69 Jak Wardley70 James Young 71 Chris Hecker 74 James Smythe75 Kristian Dompietro77 Tim Ashford 78 Michael Jukes80 Paul Konstanty81 Jason MacDonald82 Chris Cleary88 Nick Manning

Senior Coach: Ashleigh Lever Senior Assistant Coach: Mark CookeReserves Coach: Andrew KahoferThird 18 Coach: Paul Konstanty

ORMOND


PREMIER C

1 John, Matthew2 Hemphill, Yuma3 Carland, Matthew4 Carllard, Sam 5 Christikakis, Mati6 Ackerly, Russell7 Gray, Jack8 Adamson, Finlay9 Chan, Rob10 Read, Zac11 Cavarra, Michael12 Newton, Josh13 Holdsworth, Nic14 Murphy, Tim15 Deller, Ben16 Raunik, Sam17 Calman-Orr, Daniel18 Johnstone, Tom19 Johnson, Philip20 Knight, Mitch21 Connolly, Jack22 Lanyon, Elliott23 Carvalho, Brad24 Joy, Ryan25 Heaver, Ash26 Coram, Ben27 Hogarth, Joel28 Puhar, Steve29 Ebinger, Nick30 Michetti. Michael31 Monaghan, James32 Danaher, Ryan33 Gray, Ben34 Parkinson, Mitch35 Barnett, Hayden36 Bratby, Nathan37 Hynes, Ben38 Gill, Tom39 Weston, Darcy 40 Green, Nick41 Neylon, James42 McLaughlin, Michael43 McVernon, Sean

44 Venosta, Michael45 Cini, Chris46 Pennington, Jackson47 Hogarth, Louis48 Gialamatzis, Jack49 Daaboul, George50 Martin, Jacob52 Micallef, Josh53 Moore, Lewis55 Ball, Tim56 Blackney, Nick57 Acciarito, Andrew60 O'Shea-Korbut, Sean61 Venosta, Jeremy62 McRae, Billy63 McColl, Ben64 Walsh, Miles66 Clarke, Troy67 Oates, Anthony72 Henry, Lawrence73 Fyfe, Jackson

Coach: Matt MontebelloAssistant: Michael JohnstoneReserves Coach: Matt WyndAssistant: Hamish Munro

WILLIAMSTOWN CYMS

1 Simon Bennett1 Jarome Whitchurch2 Damien McGuigan3 Tom Allwright3 Matthew Cottrell4 Nick Latsus4 Blake Hillier5 Nick Adamson5 Nick Russell6 Oliver Lloyd7 Nick Tsindos7 Matthew Woodbridge8 Michael Jenkin9 Rob Deev9 Thomas Stayner10 Matt Powell10 Bryce Frattin12 Alister Lloyd12 Louis Campbell13 Greg Tolson13 Josh Barrington14 Amer Halabi15 Liam Webb16 Andrew Parker17 Phil Bennett17 Tom Vogel18 Jackson Eade18 Lucas Stanboultgis19 Tom Kanz20 Will Kanz21 Andrew Clarke22 James Howells22 Sam Boyce23 James Allen23 Jason Louey24 Nick Clapham24 Steve Derry25 Harry Crothers26 David Berry

27 Guy Dickson27 Jonathan Steven28 Michael Troy29 Michael Corso29 Michael Hook30 Tom Schipper30 Mitchell Thomas31 Sam Powell32 Corey McLaughlin34 Christian Gorman37 GeorgeVitanaros38 Daniel Pelchen38 William Horman39 Robert Campbell41 Terry Mirikilis43 Ben Hart (C)46 Daniel Pirchin48 James Way49 Charles Thorn50 Xavier Troy51 Alex Vickery52 Joe Simon

Coach: Anson BrownlessAssistants: Ken Darby, Brad TymmonsReserves: Andrew Tsindos

OLD CAMBERWELL


GRILL’D RISING STAR 2016The Grill’d Rising Star will be awarded each week to a player under the age of 21 for their on-field performance and contribution to their team. The winner of 2016 Rising Star will then be selected from the weekly winners throughout the season. Last year’s winner was Peninsula OB’s, James Fletcher. The young gun took the competition by storm with his fierce competitive edge, leadership and midfield dominance. James earned the nomination after a stand out performance against Old Camberwell where he had 40+ possessions, 8 tackles and kicked 2 goals. James represented the VAFA during the U23 Carnival in Tasmania and showed he is more than capable of playing representative football and further despite still being eligible for the U19 side. James since earned himself a pre-season at VFL level and will play a dominant role

again for Peninsula if not required at VFL as they strive for Premier C success.

Grill’d have partnered with the VAFA for 2016 and will support young talent weekly.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

Year Name Team2015 James Fletcher Peninsula OB2014 Anthony Scott Old Trinity2013 Chris Mangoni St Bedes / Mentone Tigers2012 Lachlan Ferguson Collegians2011 Daniel Garside St Bedes / Mentone Tigers2010 Dan Nicholson University Blues2009 Nick Wynne Old Xaverians2008 Trent Lee Werribee Districts2007 Brendan Iezzi Old Trinity2006 Damien Rayson De La Salle2005 Joel Rice Marcellin2004 James Beaumont Old Melburnians


Geoff Reilley @GeoffreyReilley

5 YEARS AGO – 2011In Premier Section, the closest game was the Old Carey v Old Trinity match although at half time, the OT’s held a

comfortable 10.10 to 5.1 lead. Old Carey picked up the pace in the third quarter with 5 goals to 2 and their accuracy in front of goal was keeping them in the contest. In the last term, Old Carey maintained their attack on the ball and gradually closed the gap. With the clock running down Carey took the lead to run out winners 15.9 to 14.13. Best – Crozier, Reid (5), Rowe, Laidlaw, McQueen-Miscamble, Parton (OC) and Iezzi, Tinney, Aitken, Osborn, Pohl, Hore-Lacy (OT). In Premier B, Caulfield Grammarians made the journey to the Snake Pit to play St Bernards Old Collegians, a first for most if not all of the Field’s players. The day started well for Caulfield with their Reserves coming from 4 goals down at three quarter time to storm home with a 4 goal victory. The senior team completely ignored the reputation of ‘The Pit’ when they kicked 10.4 to 1 solitary behind in the first quarter and then kicked three more in the second quarter against the wind to match St Bernards. The 10 goal lead at half time was a surprise to many. The momentum change never occurred with the Grammarians running our easy winners 25.21 to 7.10. Best – Shanahan, L Price, Meredith (6), L O’Keefe, Pelchen, T Sundberg (Caulfield) and A Stapleton, M Stapleton, Sullivan, Madden, George, Cooke (St Bernards). James Shanahan (Caulfield Grammarians) won the Club Warehouse Rising Star nomination for round 1 with a scintillating display against St Bernards. James was still eligible for U19’s but on this initial performance seemed unlikely to be playing many if any games for the ‘Unders’.

10 YEARS AGO - 2006It was a thriller in A Section between Uni Blues and Old Xaverians and A Section scribe, Jonathan Horn, reported that he had warmed his car up 20 minutes into the final term with the Blues up by 27 points, the Xavs seemingly in disarray, one of their players reported and another wanting to ‘have it out’ with a spectator. But something sparked the Xavs all of a sudden and they peppered the goals in the final minutes and snatched the match by 1 point in a most exciting opening round – 12.11 to 13.4. Best – Arnold, Ockleshaw, Chatfield, Johnston (3), MacCue, Scanlon (OX) and Clark (3), McKinnon, Rankin, Paterson, Kordick, Cassell (UB).In B Section, Whitefriars Old Collegians made a good

start to their season against Caulfield Grammarians and were never headed throughout the match, It was a low scoring affair and Caulfield’s inaccurate shots on goal didn’t help their cause. The Friars were well structured and their movement of the ball impressive. Best – Brosolo (5), Hill, Pawlik, Anderson, Cunningham, Phan (Whitefriars) and Carboni, Winter, Kellaway, Tassell, Frater, Kendall (Caulfield). Brett Collins (St Bedes Mentone Tigers) was the Club Warehouse Rising Star nomination after his excellent start to the season against Hampton Rovers. Brett, a year 12 student at Haileybury College, was also a promising cricketer with St Kilda in District Cricket. He had chosen to play footy for his school and for the Tigers for the season rather than the TAC Cup, preferring the club atmosphere of the VAFA although still with an eye on an AFL career in due course. Monash Blues placed a notice in The Amateur Footballer following the passing of one of their greatest contributors over the years. John White was an outstanding member at Monash Blues having served the club in many capacities including a term of 4 years as President. Those of us who met John and enjoyed after match hospitality with him over the years could confirm his passion for the Blues. John was a shining example of dedication to his club and to the principles of the VAFA.

20 YEARS AGO – 1996The season opened with A Section grand finalists from 1995, Old Xavs and Uni Blues, both losing to Old Melburnians and Old Scotch respectively. Ormond, third in 95, also suffered defeat at the hands of Old Haileyburians. In B Section MHSOB had a pleasing win over Old Ivanhoe, 15.18 to 10.7 and went to the top of the ladder. Glover kicked 6 for High and was backed up by Harrison, Harries, Pertzel, Bamert (3) and Beazley. Old Ivanhoe’s best were Tully, Veale, Donaldson, Weddle, Pappas and Power whilst McLean bagged 5.Chris ‘D.C.’ Kenny became the second player to record 300 games for St Leos after starting in the U13’s in 75. D.C. enjoyed 7 premierships over the journey and was a tower of strength for his club in the ruck. Umpires Corner was written by Steve McCarthy and Anthony Damen. Macca and AD were pleased to announce the transition of Leah Gallagher from successful boundary umpire to the field job. Leah’s umpiring developed significantly over future seasons and she became a very competent field ump in the top sections.

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De La SalleCoach: Paul Gregor

Assistants: TBA

2 S Clark (C)3 T Pepperell4 H Urwin5 P Dennis (DVC)6 H Rimmer7 C Gowers10 A Bongiorno11 L Ladgrove12 A Ioannou13 F Wells14 M Wakefield15 B Warburton (VC)16 J Drago19 N Stragalinos21 L Negri24 S Powell26 V StClair (DVC)27 B Mann28 J Samios30 J Bruce32 M Brommell33 B Hansford38 A Mastoras42 J Mascitelli 44 C Samios53 A Giovannucci L Bannister H Ross C Thorn M Vogel

BeaumarisCoach: John Cesario

Assistants: Peter Rogerson

4 Conor Clarke6 James Benjamin7 Guy McPherson8 Perry Clinton9 Jack Zaina10 Joel Emmins11 Toby Sullivan11 James Thiris12 Ryan Fogarty14 James Berry15 Luke Morcom17 Tom Francis18 Cameron Cullis18 Lachlan McPherson19 Jason Klein20 Mathew Oswald21 Jack Daley22 Nick Jackson23 Oliver Sweetapple-Gagiero24 Jack Stewart25 Tom Nicholls26 Campbell Jones27 Sam Weatherby28 Jack Campion29 Corey Jones30 Darcy Merlo31 James Massey32 Lewis Turner33 Jake Connell34 Joel Balleggi35 Tyler Roos36 Lachlan Hayres37 Harrison Pirrie38 Ari Sakeson39 Nicholas Pirrie

Old ScotchCoach: Steve Reddish & Mick Clearihan

Res Coach: Jordan Brown

3 Mitchell Nikolovski4 Will Holding5 Sam Dawborn6 Jackson Green8 Brad Winder9 Mitch Kanat10 Matthew Hucul11 Max Kelly12 Corey Mackenzie13 Nick Clark14 Nick Stavris15 Will Kelly16 Ted Murchie17 Campbell Matthews18 Emerson Lemkau19 David Zietsman20 James Maginness21 Thomas Lindholm22 Tom Greenaway23 Howard Webb24 Harry Cormack25 Ben Hays26 Mitchell Bulte27 Ethan Maxwell28 Tom Anderson29 Rehn Smith30 Lachlan Byrne-Jones31 Caleb Kalogirou32 Will Stewart33 Richard Goodey34 Ben Nicholls35 Rob Macdougall36 Sam West37 Max Rennie38 Will Rennie41 Hugh Mason42 Jack Slobom43 Ed Russell44 Nick Waddell46 Barnaby Holmes47 Blood Jumper48 Charlie Worrell-Smith

49 Blood Jumper50 Tom Kletzmayr51 Luke Daggian52 Anthony Bennett53 Stephen Filippou54 Henry Malouf56 Sean Smyth57 Daniel Clearihan58 Tom Edney59 Lochlan Hicks60 Henry Hinge61 Nat Kirchhofer62 Max Martin63 Harry Moar64 Lachlan Cooke65 William O’Sullivan66 Nick Biggins67 John Molony68 Josh Richards69 Nick Thomas70 James Douglas71 Toby Warwick72 Andrew Tsaconas73 Ned Hawkins74 James Fish75 Kieran Forbes76 Fraser Halligan77 Max Stephens78 Charlie Howcroft79 Charlie Millar80 Nick Stockdale81 James Hicks82 James Murray83 Marcus Edwards84 Nick Kellock85 86 87 Henry Renn88 Will Parker89 90 Blood Jumper

Old Xaverians Coaches: Matt Collister

James Wright

1 Ed Manton2 Tom Allen3 Charlie Youngman4 Ollie Graham5 Ted Strapp6 Harry Graham7 Jock Grimshaw (C)8 Sam Youngman9 Dave Ennels10 Owen Kelly11 Will Griffiths12 Nick Anasstassiou13 Will Winter-Cooke14 Charles Burbury15 Josh Hutley (VC)17 Jimmy Planner18 Ed Gubbins19 Ben Ludeman20 Jordy Taylor21 Chris Gough22 Harrison Stewart23 James Setterfield24 Hamish Baylis25 Harry Wynn - Pope (VC)26 Chris Gubbins27 Sam Finchk28 Alex Sutton29 Hamish Macmillian49 Sam Bongiorno

St BernardsCoach: Rocky Iannello

Assistants: TBA

Adam MulkearnsAlex SykesAngus CareyBrendan WardCharlie VagueChris HughesChris TormeyConnor DenahyConnor McGuireDamien PetroneDarcy HeenanDeclan GilbertDeclan KennedyEdyn SibbaldEthan VahlandJames HannahJames SeitJed CareyJoel ComitoJordan WoodJosh DeBonoLiam WeightmanLuke BeddoeLuke Di LizioLuke HollandMatthew ZammitMaxim JaggardMichael DiamandisMitchell HughesNate DoodyNick KellyPatrick MartinPatrick McCarthyPatty SawayaRyan SpicerSean MerkelTate BakerTim RyanTom MahonyTom NoonanTristan DoodyZavier Hannett

St Kevins Coach: Tom Purcell & James Kennedy

Assistants: Jon Taylor

1 Jackson Strooper2 Lucas Hemming3 Matt Hirshman4 Matt Perry5 Liam Adlington6 Richard Main7 Jack McCambley8 Isiaih Tahana9 Marcus La Greca10 Nicolaus Cooney11 Benjamin Hardwick ( C)12 Matthew Jordan13 Willem Van Denderen14 Jonty Sharman-Smith15 Zac Papacostas16 Jack Meeking18 Ethan Hanley20 Nick Halsall21 Dimitri Fasoulis23 Tom Putamorsi24 Darcy Ashton25 Nick Edwards26 Sam Mason29 Jack Fogarty31 Anthony Strahan32 Will Robertshaw37 Hugh Conron40 Reece Behnke44 Nick Oaten46 Calvin McGowan55 Adam Schwarz57 Nick Houghton73 Robert Davis74 Joshua Smithe99 Will O’Shannessy

University BlacksCoach: Beau Harris

Assistants: TBA

1 Harry Allen2 Samuel Atkinson3 Callum Barnden4 Hugh Bruinier5 Ollie Cahill6 Patrick Connally7 Francis Corcoran8 Jedd Dow9 Lachlan Dowling10 Kirk Downie11 Ryan Duffy12 Jake Edwards13 Ethan Etheridge14 Emilio Eugenio15 Tom Evans16 Keanu Giummarra17 Sean Heiner-Hennessy18 Ryley Howard-Scales19 Liam Jess20 Will Jury21 Tom Kerrigan22 Edward King23 Lachlan McDonald24 Samuel McKenzie25 Thomas McMinn26 Ben Meehan27 Rob Millar28 Campbell Moorfield29 Dom Morona30 James Mortimer31 Thomas Murphy32 Angus Murray33 Jordan Payne34 Tom Pendlebury35 Billy Peters36 Matt Rix37 Jesse Robiliard38 Caolan Rohleder39 Nick Schlueter40 Toby Sheahan41 Luke Stacey42 Harry Stannard43 Francis Stark44 Marco Strathdee45 Mitch Trevaskis46 Jeremy Wilson47 Jake Wood

University BluesCoach: TBA

Assistants: TBA1 Mitch Parkinson2 Matt Morris3 Cody Hemphill4 Matt Norton5 Indi Ridout6 Tim Ball7 Oliver Becroft

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Another year of Under 19 football is before us and once again it looms as a tight year for all teams. The competition comprises of only 8 teams this season after Old Melburnians and Old Trinity were relegated, the competition decided an 8 team competition would be best suited for the Under 19 premier competition.

To refresh everyone’s memory last year’s Grand Final was a great contest with Old Xaverians coming out on top of St.Bernards to the tune of 10pts. The Xavs put together a 15-2 season and went on to win the Premiership despite losing 2 previous games against St.Bernards during the season.

The reigning premiers come in to 2016 again looking strong, retaining a number of players as well as gaining some new talent that will go a long way to helping them win the flag again. The boys from Claremont Sam Skinner, and Brynn O’Connor will provide a lot to an already strong Xavs side. Assistant coach Patrick Kennedy has said “we have had a strong preseason, we have a really good crop of second year players that will complement our exciting new comers, we are ready to go, we just want to get out on the park and have a crack”. The Xavs will unfurl their premiership flag at Toorak Park in round 2 as they play one of the early games before the seniors play a night game. Xavs take on Bernards in Round 1 and will be hoping to get revenge for the Grand Final loss.

St.Kevins are always a strong side and this year will be no exception as they tackle the Sharks at Sportscover arena to kick off the season, both teams have had strong pre seasons and word out is that this Beaumaris under 19 side could be one of the best in recent seasons with some exciting new players joining the club. St.Kevins

Holmesglen UNDER 19 PremierOld Melburnians v De La Salle

Old Scotch v St BernardsOld Xaverians v Beaumaris

University Blacks v Old Trinity

Holmesglen UNDER 19 Section 2Caulfield Grammarians v Old Brighton

Parkdale Vultures v WhitefriarsOld Melburnians v Old Ivanhoe Grammarians

Old Carey v Old TrinityFitzroy v SBMT

Holmesglen UNDER 19 Section 3Hampton Rovers v Ormond

Mazenod v Old GeelongCollegians v Williamstown CYMS

Marcellin OC v Peninsula OB

UNDER 19 PREMIER have an abundance of talent and will hope that there recent 1st XVIII success will filter down to the 19s playing group as they look for that premiership that has eluded them for a number of years.

Scotch had a poor year last season but will look to bounce back in round 1 against Uni Blacks at Crawford oval, the Cardinals will likely lose their leading goalkicker from the last 2 seasons Andrew Padbury, he will most likely play senior football this season and that will be a big loss for the Scotch boys.

Both Uni teams return, both had pretty poor seasons last year and will need to produce something special to be right up the top end of the ladder contending for a flag. Unfortunatley, with the big teams in this comp being very strong, I can’t see a spot for either Uni team this season, but will be hoping to challenge and be competitive throughout the season.

My smoky for this year is De La, they showed last year that they are capable of a big season, they made a serious run for the finals in the back end of last season but came up just short, they will be an extremely hard side to beat once again and should get off to a quick start against Uni Blues on Saturday afternoon. Beware of De La, they are a strong club overall and their 19s have produced some serious players, if anyone is going to challenge Xavs, Bernards and Skobs, it will be this mob.

It is going to be another interesting year and we are all excited to have the VAFA season back. Good luck to all teams competing this weekend and let’s get this season started!!

Scotch by 44ptsOld Xaverians by 4ptsDe La Salle By 38ptsBeaumaris by 12pts


U19 SEC. 2 - AND SO IT BEGINS!Season 2016 promises to be a thrilling competition in Holmesglen under section two. Caulfield Grammar enter the season chock full of confidence after completing a stunning late season charge to upset Old Brighton in last year’s Grand Final. The Tonners will be seeking redemption after being the team to beat all season in 2015, only to dish up a disappointing performance on Grand Final day. Old Melburnians and Old Trinity headline the squads that have been relegated from the premier competition after disappointing seasons in 2015. Old Trinity in particular should thrive this season, boasting a talented young list of which many players will be seeking break into the senior squad. The newly promoted Old Carey team will be keen to prove themselves in a higher grade after dominating section three for much of 2015 on route to a memorable premiership victory. Whitefriars and Parkdale return to section two in 2016 following a season which promised so much and failed to fire late in the season. Both of these sides will be weary of the level of consistency required to make a run at the premiership.

U19 SEC. 5 - EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. 2016 brings more excitement revealing the new section 5 for the under 19s competition. All 8 teams are looking to make a mark and show everyone what they are made of.

These teams predominantly feature under 18 footballers who are all bursting with white line fever. This will be an exciting season for all teams as it will be unpredictable from the first bounce so expect the unexpected and watch out for any under dogs which this comp will bring.

U19 SEC. 3 - GOOD TO BE BACK!Old Geelong will be looking to stamp themselves on section three following a season in which themselves and Old Carey established their respective teams as clear front runners throughout 2015. The Grand Final loss to the Panthers will sting Old Geelong as they look to learn from last season and go one step further in 2016. Collegians find themselves in section three after an indifferent 2015 in section two, and will be looking for a marked improvement this year. Peninsula OB will be eager to test their mettle against some stiff opposition after a disappointing end to their 2015 campaign, in which they finished runner up in section four to eventual premiers St Kevins. The Pirates only lost two matches last season, one of those being the Grand Final. Hampton Rovers have a knack of developing young talent and in 2016 we will see a new batch of players keen to make a name for themselves and catapult the Rovers into premiership contention.

U19 SEC. 4 - EXCITED TO BE BACK! As the weather begins to get cooler and preseason is coming to an end, excitement is brewing for the return of amateur football. If you’re a supporter, player, umpire or official the first bounce is going to bring a thrilling start to the 2016 season.

The Holmesglen under 19 Section 4 teams will be giving it their all this year to secure there spot in the finals.

Being a new team to the section can PEGS take out the silver wear? They have had a promising preseason making them a team to watch for round 1 when they take on another new rival Uhs-Vu which will no doubt be a fiery game at PEGS Sporting Fields.

The almighty Old Haileyburians are a force to be reckoned with this season after just missing out on finals last year. They take on the new boys in town AJAX round 1, who are wanting to make an immediate impression on the comp.

Aquinas who will be fiercely competitive this year will have their home ground advantage round 1 as they take on the Therry Penola who are a committed and determined side, looking to improve on last season’s effort.

Will this be the Bullant’s year? Many think so as they are ready to take that next step to win the Premiership they so intensely desire. Preston Bullants will be facing one of their rivals from last season, Monash Blues who plan to bring the heat down at W. R. Ruthven Reserve.

Holmesglen UNDER 19 Section 5Parkside v Old Paradians

De La Salle v Oakleigh Mazenod v MHSOB

St Johns v La Trobe

Holmesglen UNDER 19 Section 4PEGS v UHS-VU

Old Haileyburians v AJAX Aquinas v Therry Penola

Preston Bullants v Monash Blues


Below is the presentation by Bruno Conti, VAFA Board Member and former President of the VAFA, that he made at the VAFA Season Launch to welcome the newest VAFA Life Member Simon Costello.

Ladies and Gentleman it gives me great pleasure to be standing before you here this evening as I read out the credentials of Simon Costello.

Simon has over many years given outstanding service to the Association as well as to the Melbourne University Football and in particular University Blacks.

Club Player• At University Blacks he played 248 games which

is still a club record.

• He has won 4 Best and Fairest awards.

• Was Vice Captain of the 1974 A Section premiership team, and Captain of the club in 1976 and 1978

• Simon was runner up in the Association’s A Section Best and Fairest award.

Following his graduation in Medicine from Melbourne University in 1977, Simon continued

further studies in the specialist field of Paediatrics including overseas appointments in Canada. Upon his return to Australia he established his own practice in Paediatrics and is now the head of Paediatrics at Cabrini Hospital.

Club OfficialDespite his busy professional life, Simon was able to return to University football. He was President of the Blacks from 96 -2001 and then became President of the Melb Uni Football Club btw 2005 – 2010.

VAFA Representation• His contribution as a player was outstanding –

he represented the VAFA across 6 years in 75, 77, 78, 79, 80 and 82.

• He captained the side in 81.

• In 1979 he was selected as an All Aust.

• In 1990/91 - he served as the Medical Officer for the VAFA U-19 representative team

• In 09 he received the Big V Award of VAFA Legend to acknowledge his playing contribution to the Big V

• In 2011 he was appointed as a VAFA Ambassador and he continues in this role for the 4 year in 2016.

Simon is renowned as a gentleman of the utmost character and integrity who has clearly distinguished himself in his professional life and more importantly in the context of his VAFA life membership he has distinguished himself in the sporting world through his involvement with the VAFA.

Simon Costello has rendered conspicuous service to the VAFA, following in the footsteps of his father Dr Brian Costello himself a Life Member of the VAFA and the Costellos now become the first family in the history of our association to become a Father / Son life member combination.

SIMON BECOMES THE 55TH LM OF THE VAFALadies and gentleman will you please join me in congratulating Simon Costello on his induction as a Life Member of the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

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UNDER 19 HOLMESGLEN PREMIERSt Bernards 4.5, 5.5, 9.9, 12.10 (82)St Kevins 1.3, 2.6, 2.7, 4.13 (37)

Goals, St Bernards:G. Zoccali 2, E. Sibbald 2, Z. O’Halloran 1, M. Hughes 1, P. Romano 1, J. Sullivan 1, T. Doody 1, J. Hedley 1, B. Ronke 1, H. Wade 1

St Kevins:R. Stagg 2, W. Ostrowsky 1, M. Roberts 1

Best, St Bernards:G. Zoccali, W. Considine, T. Doody, M. DeLeur, T. Delzoppo, S. Piantella

St Kevins:S. Doyle, M. Spence, N. Fletcher, N. Meehan, T. Sullivan, M. Smart

UNDER 19 SECTION 2Old Trinity 3.5, 8.9, 10.13, 17.17 (119)University Blues 1.2, 5.5, 8.11, 10.12 (72)

Goals, Old Trinity:A. Polidoros 6, T. Kerkvliet 4, S. Joyce 1, L. Aikman 1, D. Moore 1, H. Tyson 1, S. Nicolosi 1, D. White 1, D. Land 1

University Blues:D. Batarilo 5, W. Blakey 3, T. Coburn 1, W. Langley 1

Best, Old Trinity:A. Polidoros, J. Spassopoulos, H. Aikman, W. Cooper, S. Emerson, H. Tyson

University Blues:D. Cumming, D. Batarilo, W. Blakey, W. Langley, M. Roche, L. Cameron

UNDER 19 SECTION 3Old Ivanhoe 2.2, 5.4, 9.5, 13.6 (84)Marcellin 5.0, 7.3, 9.4, 11.7 (73)Goals, Old Ivanhoe:M. Kirwan 4, T. Deane 2, M. Broughan 2, D. Pierri 1, J. Kandiliotis 1, S. Tsanoudakis 1, N. Marshall 1, T. Kellock 1Marcellin:X. Burns 5, D. Tomat 3, J. Robertson 2, K. Mahoney 1Best, Old Ivanhoe:T. Deane, N. Marshall, M. Kirwan, D. Inglese, T. Crouch, S. TsanoudakisMarcellin:D. Tomat, X. Burns, K. Mahoney, J. Robertson, P. Lunn, J. Edwards

UNDER 19 NORTHIvanhoe 1.1, 4.7, 6.10, 7.14 (56)St Bernards 0.3, 0.5, 1.7, 2.9 (21)Goals, Ivanhoe:J. Scardamaglia 3, M. Rees 1, L. Jacob 1, J. Schaffert 1, W. Emerson 1St Bernards:J. Notaro 1, P. Comerford 1Best, Ivanhoe:F. Orsag, D. Ioannou, L. Kennedy, D. Jones, D. Treloar, J. ScardamagliaSt Bernards:W. Baird, J. Holland, M. Satterley, M. Farrant, D. Parkes, W. Isaacs

UNDER 19 SOUTHHampton Rovers 3.2, 5.3, 12.8, 16.12 (108)Ormond 0.3, 3.7, 4.7, 6.12 (48)Goals, Hampton Rovers:C. Clarke 4, C. Jones 4, H. Hodges 3, M. Robertson 1, L. Cairns 1, H. Hill 1, J. Elston 1, T. Fisher 1Ormond:J. Meeking 2, D. Gregg-Mantle 2, N. Curwood 1, M. LaGreca 1Best, Hampton Rovers:T. Fisher, H. Hodges, C. Clarke, H. Hill, R. Fogarty, J. CampionOrmond:D. Gregg-Mantle, M. Kerstens, M. LaGreca, N. Edwards, L. Adlington, N. Houghton

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With four Under 19 Sections the VAFA were justifiably proud of the number of ‘junior’ teams adding to the great spectacle of ammo footy every weekend. Old Xaverians in the top junior section gave an indication of their club’s growing strength with a first up win over St Bernards, 29.29 to 4.7. Best players – Tucker, Hede, Barrett (9), Donati (4), Nisbet, Hilbert (Xavs) and Loughlan, Ferns, Ballerin, Swan, Cusack and Nutter (St Bernards).

30 YEARS AGO – 1986VAFA President, John Dillon welcomed new clubs St Andrews, St Leonards OC and Whitefriars OC to compete in E Section senior and reserve grades. He also welcomed Eltham OC and GTV9 into G Section where it was not mandatory to have reserves.Ormond, at home, unfurled their 1985 A Section pennant but the party turned sour when Caulfield Grammarians completely overwhelmed the reigning premiers 15.10 to 6.24. A Section scribe, Ross Booth, reported thus “Ormond kicked 1.11 with the breeze in a disastrous third term but taking nothing away from Greg Tootell’s Caulfield boys, they outran, out marked and out bustled the ‘Monds on their own small E E Gunn Reserve”. Best players – McClelland, Nalder, Hart, Collett, Stone, Matthews (Caulfield) McCooke, Kingston, P McDonald, Burke, C Tonkin, P Merhten (Ormond).The Tribunal experienced a very long evening resulting in no less than 26 players found guilty of 30 offences totaling 78 matches. Was this a record and if so not an enviable one? No doubt this fact would have been on the agenda for the next VAFA Executive meeting!

40 YEARS AGO – 1976The season opened in excellent conditions resulting in some huge scores being recorded and 57 teams out of the total 140 kicked in excess of 100 points. Reservoir Old Boys’ juniors kicked a record score in the under 19 competition against Kew, 55 goals 29 behinds. The previous record, achieved a decade earlier, was Commonwealth Bank’s 52.29 against the Army Apprentices’ juniors. For Reservoir Romeo amassed 18 majors and McGaw 14. In comparison Truefeldt and Traynor had ‘quiet’ games with 6 and 5 goals respectively.Reigning premiers in A Section, St Bernards, unfurled their flag and dealt with Uni Blacks comfortably 17.17 to 12.16. Best players – King, Drennan, Wade, McNamee, Santamaria and Mahoney (St Bernards) and Clarke, Dynon, McKinnon, Burne, Moffat (4) and Cusack (Uni Blacks).Closest game in B Section was Old Scotch 13.14

against Marcellin’s 12.15. Purnell, D Beaurepaire, Johnstone, Hinrichson, Mason and Hamilton were best for Scotch and Cooney, J Gregory, C Mahon, C Price, Dillon and Denning for Marcellin.Two 150 games milestones were recorded in this round. Mal Titshall (Old Brighton) and Lloyd Oakley (Old Camberwell) had also served their respective clubs with distinction off the field over their journeys.

50 YEARS AGO – 1966George McTaggart, writing the forward to The Amateur Footballer, announced that for the second time in four years, the VAFA had been forced to vacate its central ground, the latest blow being the loss of the St Kilda Cricket Ground. The St Kilda Cricket Club had opted to allocate VFA club, Sandringham, the use of their ground for their nine home matches. George reminded everyone to work harder toward gaining a permanent home ground for the VAFA.Five of the previous season’s premiers were beaten and Collegians’ 7 goal opening burst took them to victory over Uni Blacks 14.12 to 11.14 in A Section. Best for Collegians - C Roach, McKenzie (4), Ferguson, Lucas, G Tweddle, Tucker. Best for Blacks – Leng, Patterson, Tuck, McLeod, Shackleton, Kirsonov.Coburg veteran, Ian Merrick, lined up for his 300th game. Ian was a great acquisition for the VAFA and had earned a place in Victorian Representative teams on a number of occasions. He won various club awards including 6 best and fairests. All Coburg supporters were hoping there were many more games to come for one of the favourite sons.Army Apprentices School, making their debut in the Association, defeated Tooronga-Malvern in Junior Section 2 - 18.26 to 8.6.

60 YEARS AGO – 1956The “Olympic” Season commenced on April 21 and A Section welcomed Coburg and Old Scotch who had taken the place of Commonwealth Bank and MHSOB. Coburg started their season very confidentially and defeated Ivanhoe’s, 13.7 to 9.9. Brian Brady and Ray Pettigrove were named as best players for Coburg. Scotch were less fortunate and went down to Uni Blues 5.9 to 10.18. In B Section the promoted teams, East Malvern and Brunswick, stated their season on a high. Brunswick accounted for Commonwealth Bank 8.7 to 4.11 and East Malvern won by 32 points against MHSOB. East Malvern congratulated their “new lads” Graeme Compton, Neil Scott, Don Moss and Sid Myers (5 goals).

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BeaumarisCoach: John Cesario



Old ScotchCoach: Steve Reddish & Mick Clearihan

Res Coach: Jordan Brown

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St Bedes / Mentone Tigers Coach: David Speedie

Assistants: John Donohoe

1 Harry Reed 2 Adam Hermans 3 Thomas Lyon 4 Eddy O’Sullivan 5 Sam O’Sullivan 6 James Norman 7 Liam Todaro 8 Lukas Ramzay 9 Ziggy Liszukiewicz (vc) 10 Charlie Wright 11 Ben Murphy 12 Lachlan Berry 13 Andrew Piazza 14 Henry Higgins (c) 15 Ben Delutis 16 Jack Delutis 17 Luke Jorganson 18 Matthew Forrest 19 Jake Kidman 20 Will O’Brien 21 Thomas Donohoe 22 Alessandro Santamaria 24 Nicholas Pillon 25 Michael Coffey 26 Patrick Stevenson 27 Dane Sgarbossa 28 Edward Elliott 29 Bill Curtis (vc) 30 Dom Gorman 31 Ted Watkin 32 James Wagstaff 33 William Wilson

St BernardsCoach: Rohan Vahland

Adam MulkearnsAdrian DiCurzioAidan BirchAlex SykesAmbroise AttardAngus CareyAnthony CunsoloAustin RizzardoBill MorganBrendan WardCharles BibbyChris TormeyChris WilliamsConnor DenahyDamien PetroneDarcy HeenanDean FalloneEdward Mahady Ethan VahlandJack CatterallJack DarganJack MoonJack SullivanJames HannahJordan WoodJosh DeBonoLachlan PerrymanLiam HealyLiam KellyMatt LewisMatt Sauro Matthew ZammitMichael La MonacoNate DoodyNick KellyPat MaddenPatrick McCarthyPatty SawayaRyan SpicerSam FinlaysonSean MerkelTate BakerToby NathanTom HedleyTom MahonyTom NoonanZavier Hannett

St Kevins Coach: Tom Purcell & James Kennedy

Assistants: Jon Taylor

1 Roland De Biase1 Scott Kaiser2 James Prosser5 Callum Tate6 Mark Spence7 Stephen DiCintio8 Alexander Favaloro9 Joshua Shannon10 Andrew Clough11 Matthew Olsen12 William Ostrowsky13 Nicholas Fletcher16 Thomas Massey15 Cameron Paull18 Nathan Stagg19 Harry Lewis20 Oscar Henderson21 Jonathan Ring22 James Tighe27 Jacob Edginton28 Nathan Stagg29 Francesco Bonacci31 Daniel Lattanzio31 James Slevison35 Xavier Siebel36 Haydon Reinwald39 Cameron Paull40 Andrew Webb42 Patrick Simkiss44 Ciaran Ross45 Lachlan Merrett46 Maxwell Musarra48 Nicholas Milne49 Lachlan Wray50 Thomas Sanders51 Kieran Ayres52 Harry Bennetts53 William Sist54 Oliver Doswell55 Patrick Di Natale57 Darcy Carroll61 Vincent Newton61 Lachlan Turnbull63 Harry Kerr65 Jack Gale66 Benjamin Dimattina

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Williamstown CYMSCoach: Con Terzoglou

Assistants: John DiGrazia

1 Short, Mac2 Dawson, Brendan3 Hemphill, Cody4 Norton, Matt5 Ridout, Indi6 Mattsson, Jack7 Becroft, Oliver8 Chan, Will9 Kilpatrick, James10 Dawson, Kallan11 Bold, Charley12 Tuck, Ethan13 Dixon, Matt14 Malkoun, Nathan15 Blokkeerus, Jack16 Tripodi, Jordan17 Slee, Jake18 Connolly, Ben19 Schwarze, Darcy20 Ford, Bryson21 Lidner, Mason22 Gannon, Tom23 Van Wyndgaarden, Jack24 Moore, Ambrose25 Taylor, Caleb26 Cavarra, Liam27 Di Genova, Jarryd28 Owen, Josh

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Caulfield Gr. Coach: Josh McCahon

Assistants: Greg Meredith, David Gregor

1 Ollie Gagiero2 Ben Fynmore3 Aya Fujiwara4 Darcy Levin5 Zach Mowthorpe6 Ben Kuang7 Dylan Smith8 Nick Blaich9 Myles Spielvogel10 Jesse Toniolo11 Tom Collins12 Ben Slack13 Joe McLelland14 Alex Scotto15 Jack Waldron16 Jack Geason17 Jack Lewis18 Finn McEvoy19 Lachlan Nixon20 Tom Smith23 Matt Ball24 Will Lyon25 Zach Amos26 Steve Manos27 Tom Sherman28 Max Simpson32 Youssef Sabet33 Daniel Wigney34 James Boal35 Will Smith36 Ollie Allis38 Josh Harris39 Thomas Stephenson40 Max Judd41 Noah Answerth43 Tim Molloy-Leigh44 Sam Dorevitch45 Harry Schaffer46 Lachlan Harris

FitzroyCoach: Rob Ferguson

Assistants: Alan Solomon

1 Harry Cattell (C)2 Hugh Birchel3 Josh Dickinson4 Louis Walter5 Riely Martin7 Tyson Wyett8 Linus Walsh9 Alex Leye10 Alex Waddington11 Sam Porz12 Zac Burns13 Tim Nancarrow14 Simon Kerwin15 Harry Butterss16 Fergus Huntington16 Matthew Barton17 Will Gorton18 Jim Bazzani19 Callum Smith20 Hugo Ling23 Dave Ellinghaus24 Lachie Eyles (VC)25 Ben Peschke27 Matthew Singleton29 James Dunn30 Eddie Rice (VC)32 Calum Wilson33 Jake Ellis34 Lachie Cooke35 Hugh Greene40 Hugh Johnston41 Thomas Jordan42 Alex Barr43 James Emmett44 Declan Harris47 Lewis Hentschke50 Max Goodwin 51 Christian Middleton52 Jayden Douglass55 Griffin Siassios57 James Widdop59 Jack Malady60 Freddie Sullivan71 Oscar Pearson91 Rhys Hildebrand-Wise

Old BrightonCoach: Ryan Joseph

Assistants: TBA

1 Kyle Parsons2 Lachie Bell3 Nick Collin4 Harry Hill4 Ryan Wheeler5 Connial Auty6 James Bryant7 Tom Currie10 Tom Larkworthy11 Matt Evans12 Matt Ducchini13 Jono Dick14 Tom Francis15 Jordie Mace16 Connar Macleod17 Rohan Martin18 Max Vulcan19 Hugh Hamilton22 Harrison McIntyre23 Oscar Armstrong24 Jandre Olivier25 Andrew McBain26 Jordan Moncreif28 Max Murray29 Erik Purcell30 Jack Burge35 Scott Riddell36 Ed Tait38 Mackie Robertson52 Joey Dikranian56 Elliot Avis80 Tom Garner82 Alex Mastromanno

Old Carey Gr. Coach: Nick Andrews

Assistants: Gary Chapman, Rob Newton

1 Jack Colquhoun2 William Mitchell3 Joshua Leith4 Nick Pentney5 Jacob Depaiva6 Harry Prendergast7 William Nichols8 Austin Smith9 Bailey Dalton10 Ayden Hrovat11 Darcy Long12 Christopher Hill13 Oliver Shaw14 Campbell Aitken15 Braden Dunstan16 Jacson Stuart17 Jordan Haynes18 Zac Shinton19 Jack Quartermain20 Ed Aujard21 Daniel Cameron22 Ben Maughan23 Jack Lardner24 Will Burke25 Sam Fennessy25 Billy Croxford26 Jono Lake27 Corey Lisle28 Jonathon Taylor29 Dallas Edwards30 Jason Anthanasopoulos31 Tim Gayfer32 Angus Archibald33 Tim Newton34 Daniel Clarke35 Brendan Dugan36 Cameron Friend37 Matt Cohn38 Tim Sheehan

Old Ivanhoe Gr. Coach: Paul McDonald

Assistants: TBA

30 Nathan Beovich13 Jacob Buccella19 Jack CarrollTBA Jake Charman2 Rhys Clayton11 Mark ConsolmagnoTBA Fabio D’Alfonso22 Samuel Deegan5 Julian Di Nezza4 Stephen Forster27 Declan FowlerTBA Daniel HayesTBA Jono LeTBA Sean McCullagh23 Timothy McDonald16 Lachlan McEniry6 Tom McKenna (VC)28 Kieren McKeogh12 Matthew McLellanTBA Peter MulliganTBA Daniel Mydaras8 Tom Odrawaz1 Francis Palleschi (C)24 Thomas Patterson20 Christian Poretti14 Matthew SierTBA Daniel SmithTBA Joshua Swainston29 Jake Walton15 Josh Webster17 Joshua White (DVC)TBA Daniel WilesTBA Jake Winn TBA Benjamin Riley

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Old Trinity GrCoach: Evan McDonald

Assistants: Nick Mescher

1 Aidan Paus1 Tim Hall3 Callum Hooper4 Jono Cooper5 Seb Contos6 Alex Ioannou7 James Hargreaves8 Louis Randles11 Henry Moore13 Tom Young15 Chris Thuring16 Josh Turton18 Nick Creese20 Matt Morarty22 Ben Mescher23 Tom Donoghue24 James Robertson25 Jacob Sando26 Bryce Matheson27 Jack Mascitelli28 Sam Cook29 Nicholas Adgemis30 Ben Lasorko32 Lloyd Robertson33 Samuel Miles34 Arthur Mastoras35 Damian Zethoven37 Oscar Band38 Nick Meerman39 Chris Campbell40 Hamish Felton42 Arthur Gioulekas44 Blair Henery47 Adam Brendish48 Harry Thompson50 Marcus Emerton-Bain51 Alistair McIntosh53 Louis Muller61 Martin Muller69 Michael Mins70 Matt Corney

Parkdale VulturesCoach: Luke Borella

Assistants: Ned Harding, Matt Hayes 1 Ryan O’Leary2 Tom Congerton3 Kane Bode4 Josh Green5 James Clark (VC)6 James Salouris7 Brad Austin8 Bailey Dillon (C)9 Brayden Stevenson10 Jaye Edmunds11 Daniel Rendall12 Lachie Gallagher13 Jack Vorbach14 Kai Love-Linay15 Matthew McCoy16 Harrison Spencer17 Adam Heatley18 Lyndon Byrnes19 Andrew Waterson (VC)20 Shea Gribben21 Ryan Stringer22 Kyle Steegstra23 Dhanesh Jayasalen24 Jesse Andrews25 Tim Carroll26 William McGowan (VC)27 Leigh Jenkins28 Matthew Robertson29 Tommy Lartar30 Liam Marshell31 Jarrod Peake32 Luke Symons33 Matthew Rattenbury34 Nick Farnbach35 Ash Sivell36 Billy Cross37 Tom Polard38 Luke Ellis39 James Barker42 Patrick Larkin45 Pablo Borboa47 Jack Love48 Corey Fall-Jablonka52 Neil McKenizie59 Matt Francis62 Ollie Herd80 Nathan Petersen81 Samuel Davis82 Harry Brennan83 Josh Hall84 Tom Oliver85 Matt McDonald86 Tom Richards87 Tim Taranto88 Sam Timuska-Carr89 Aidan Glackin90 Tom Jenkins91 Lachie Butler92 Ben Lawrence93 Izar Daou

St Bedes/Mentone TigersCoach: Chris Heverin

Assistants: R. Thompson, J. Mravjak, G. Guerin

1 Jordan Pastura (Capt)3 Sam Lundy4 Alex Shaw5 Sam Upton7 Max Millwood8 Jono Zuccala9 Jayden Clark11 Kieran Arthur12 Ryan Mravljak14 Dane Heverin15 Alex Elias16 Mitchell Johnstone17 Jordan Young18 Reagan Maddaford19 Daniel Pilch20 Jake Beddoe21 Ben Hubeek22 Dale McArthur23 Oscar Adorno24 Sean Connell25 Hunter Griffin26 Connor Shaw27 Corey Bader28 Joel Saunders30 Josh Fisher35 Sam Barca36 Lachlan Palfrey37 Ryan Leslie38 Darcy James39 Robert Iudica44 Billy Pickles47 Liam Anastasio

WhitefriarsCoach: Jeremy Freeman

Ass. Peter Harrison, Andrew Dwyer

1 James Battista3 Angus Hands (C)5 Joshua Dwyer6 Lewis Deane7 Jack Stanbrook8 Max Warrick9 Ben Lyall (DVC)10 Carl Giovannini11 Matthew Hook12 Max Arter13 Jack Elmer14 Ben Galtieri16 Sean Harrison (DVC)17 Miller Bartholomew18 Jack Sammut19 Matthew Watkinson20 Charles Dalziel21 Fergus Ward22 Tom Mercuri23 James Perrin24 Hewitt Murray (VC)25 Matthew Coen26 Eddie Dinh27 Jack Richardson28 Tom Battista29 Drew Maher30 Michael Coen31 Daniel Michael32 Mark Usatov33 Jack Zita (DVC)34 Jackson Deane35 Alistair Corbett36 Matthew O’Dwyer37 Jacob Blanck38 Sam Hill

HOLMESGLEN U19 – SECTION 2

Old MelburniansCoach: Ryan Joseph

1 Ryan O’Leary2 Tom Congerton3 Kane Bode4 Josh Green5 James Clark (VC)6 James Salouris7 Brad Austin8 Bailey Dillon (C)9 Brayden Stevenson10 Jaye Edmunds11 Daniel Rendall12 Lachie Gallagher13 Jack Vorbach14 Kai Love-Linay15 Matthew McCoy16 Harrison Spencer17 Adam Heatley18 Lyndon Byrnes19 Andrew Waterson (VC)20 Shea Gribben21 Ryan Stringer22 Kyle Steegstra23 Dhanesh Jayasalen24 Jesse Andrews25 Tim Carroll26 William McGowan (VC)27 Leigh Jenkins28 Matthew Robertson29 Tommy Lartar30 Liam Marshell31 Jarrod Peake32 Luke Symons33 Matthew Rattenbury34 Nick Farnbach35 Ash Sivell36 Billy Cross37 Tom Polard38 Luke Ellis39 James Barker42 Patrick Larkin45 Pablo Borboa47 Jack Love48 Corey Fall-Jablonka52 Neil McKenizie59 Matt Francis62 Ollie Herd80 Nathan Petersen81 Samuel Davis82 Harry Brennan83 Josh Hall84 Tom Oliver85 Matt McDonald86 Tom Richards87 Tim Taranto88 Sam Timuska-Carr89 Aidan Glackin90 Tom Jenkins91 Lachie Butler92 Ben Lawrence93 Izar Daou

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FRANK STRINGER (ORMOND)Frank joined Ormond in 1978 as a supporter after meeting two players Bruce Bourne and Shane Dove who lived near him. He was asked by the committee to take on the role of Interchange Steward soon after joining the club and he still continues in this role as of today. Frank joined the committee in 1984 and served for 30 consecutive years. He is now regularly seen behind the bar after games and on Thursday nights where he also helps prepare meals for the players and supporters. Frank is an integral part of the Ormond Amateur F.C. He is highly respected by all at Ormond and the wider VAFA community. He has provided our club and the VAFA with 36 consecutive years of service always with a smile and a story to tell.

BARRY LYNCH (KEW)Barry played exactly 150 games for Kew across ten seasons and has the honour of being the last player to win a the B Reserve B&F Award in 1969, the last year Reserves Best and Fairest Awards were given by the VAFA. Since his retirement, Barry was a constant off field contributor, serving as a member of the Committee between 1975-78 and has been the club bar manager since 1969, a role which he fulfils to this day. Barry also acted as the club trainer between 1976 and 1996 and has been the club goal umpire since 1997. When not required between the posts, Barry fills any number of roles including, timekeeper, scoreboard attendant or interchange steward as required. Furthermore the Lynch family (including Barry and his his wife Lois and daughter Mandy) have run the canteen at Kew on Saturdays and sold raffle tickets etc post game for numerous years.

ANDREW MCCORMACK (EMMAUS ST LEOS)Andrew played 190 games from the clubs inception in 1971. Since then he has served the club primarily as team manager for 30 years since combining for 44 years continuous service. For the past 20 years, Andrew has been the bar manager and anyone who visits the club is always made to feel at home. Andrew has provided outstanding service to the Animals for its entire history of operation. He is one of those truly remarkable grassroots football people who has filled almost every role across the club. At the same time, he has earned universal appeal as a fantastic person.

DR COLIN MELVILLE (OLD SCOTCH)Colin commenced with Old Scotch in 1953 and played 190 games for the Cardinals. Colin then took up coaching and he spent five seasons leading the Under 19s in the 1970s. Colin served as the honorary club doctor from 1967 to 2012 setting the trend for the VAFA and VAFA clubs alike. All in all Colin’s service to Old Scotch spans a staggering 60 seasons of the VAFA.


Hampton RoversCoach: John Cesario

Assistants: Corey Riscalla & Pete Rogerson

1 David Broadstock2 Cameron Cullus3 Jack Daley4 Corey Jones5 Matt Oswald6 Will Jackson7 Ben Kneebush8 Liam McCartney9 Fraser Shellie10 Tom Stanfield11 Benji Audage12 Scott Ebbott13 Finn Garraway-McMaster14 Matt Rieniets15 Lloyd Cosgriff16 Adrian Hugg17 Mitch Bowles18 Joel Melnjak19 Sam Gall20 Darcy Merlo21 Zach Donald22 Ryan Fogarty23 Lachlan Cairns24 Christian Carnovale25 Joel Bowditch26 Joel Balleggi27 Jason Klein28 Tom Yorgey29 Tom Sharry

Mazenod Coach: Paul Deegan

Assistants: Carmelo D”Angelo, Carl Gannon

2 Luke Fonti3 Matt Zagoulas4 Aiden Brand Oliver5 Daniel DiNezza6 Sam Deegan7 Declan Fowler8 Christian Dorio9 Corey Martino10 Danial Mydaras11 Jake Charman12 Mat McLellan13 Jacob Bucella14 Matt Sier15 Jacob Murdoch16 Locky McEniry17 Simon Bonacci18 Ben Gannon19 Christian Palotta20 Tom Patterson21 Danial Wiles22 Mitch D’Angelo23 Jayden Hill24 Dylan Spooner25 Tom McKenna26 Nick Reeder27 Kieren McKeogh29 Aidan Noone30 Jack Minack31 Zach Prosser34 Travis O’Hara36 Damian Byrne39 Josh Webster44 Nathan Beovich45 Jerome Sallai51 Anthony Martynstyn71 Aaron Theodore91 Josh Mountford

Collegians Coach: Nick Hibbins

Assistants: TBA

1 2 3 4 5 Riely Martin6 7 Tyson Wyett8 9 10 11 Sam Porz12 13 Tim Nancarrow14 15 Harrison Butterss16 17 18 19 20 Hugo Ling21 22 23 24 Lachie Eyles25 30 Eddie Rice33 34 35 40 Andrew Scott50 Cam Tennant

Marcellin Coach: Simon Abrahams

Albert AtmeAndrew CollinsAndrew MenegasAndy KayAnthony BerlangieriAnthony SalvatoreAnton Trask-MarinoBradley PerilloDaniel Di RobertoDaniel EpifanoDaniel LunnDavid SpinosaEric FekonjaJack DoranJackson GreenJake MaherJames CullenJoel CecalaJosh GuerrieriJoshua SassellaJulian PiccoLeon VerduraLucas BosioLuke ThomasMark AndrosMatthew De LucaMatthew FrostMatthew HamblinNicholas HullickNicholas McNamaraRiley MuirRy ElphinstoneSean HibberdSean Phillips-WilliamsTim CliffordTom DoranZac Tolley

Peninsula OBCoach: Peter Williamson

1 Rhrys Treherne2 Mitch Glenn3 Fraser Roberts4 Angus Craig5 Tom Labrooy6 Callum Parton7 James Labrooy8 Tory Taylor9 Louis Barbour10 Sam Harrison11 Will Labrooy12 Nick Holland13 Bryce McLean14 Cooper Knox15 Brayden Glaum16 Michael Thompson17 Josh Watts18 Ben Williamson19 Jim Feutrill20 Mike Mclean21 James Small22 Jack Walker23 Ben Weekes24 Angus Grant25 Ben Weekes26 Ben Sbensson

Old Geelong Coach: Michael Oaten


OrmondCoach: Michael Oaten

Assistants: Robert Putamorsi

1 Jack Short3 Max Schepsi4 Matt Perry (VC)5 Tim Dobson6 Hugh Conron7 Jack McCambley (VC)10 Nick Cooney11 Jesse Maxfield13 Willem Van Denderen14 Jonty Sharman-Smith15 Zac Papacostas17 Ollie Milner20 Nick Halsall21 Dimitri Fasoulis22 Athan Xenos23 Tom Putamorsi25 Nick Edwards27 Callan Rawlings28 Lachie Filopovic29 Jack Fogarty (DVC)31 Will O’Shannessey32 Will Robertshaw (DVC)33 Tom Shalev34 Dylan Stewart37 Tom Harkin38 Jarrod Schnider40 Reece Behnke41 Ben Hardwick42 Dae Syddlik43 Tom Hourigan44 Nick Oaten ( C )45 Ryan Cohen48 Zac Hanson50 Reuben Haywood55 Adam Schwarz64 Blake Piccone66 Ari Karageorgiou73 Cale Hirschman75 Jarrod Kangisser76 Eddie Quinn ( C )

Williamstown CYMSCoach: Gavin Deller

Assistants: Brebdan Cocks

29 Waters, James30 Mandato, Luke31 Lioumanis, Jarrah32 Lloyd, Jordan33 Galic, Pat34 Tucker, Brad35 Farrugia, Tim36 Farrugia, Dan38 Green, Luke39 Bolton, Trent40 Hine, Lachie41 Carter, Harry43 Hunt, Ethan46 Hill, Sam50 Cross, Daniel51 Sutter, Jack53 Hodge, Ben54 Philpott, Brayden55 Eyassu, Sirack56 Noonan, Jack57 Kennedy, Lewis60 Sulejmani-Blackwell, Dali61 Johnson, Jack62 Franze, Julian63 Davies, Jordan64 Miller, Aidan65 Splatt, Jacob69 Johnstone, Cooper

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BARRY LYNCH (KEW)Barry played exactly 150 games for Kew across ten seasons and has the honour of being the last player to win a the B Reserve B&F Award in 1969, the last year Reserves Best and Fairest Awards were given by the VAFA. Since his retirement, Barry was a constant off field contributor, serving as a member of the Committee between 1975-78 and has been the club bar manager since 1969, a role which he fulfils to this day. Barry also acted as the club trainer between 1976 and 1996 and has been the club goal umpire since 1997. When not required between the posts, Barry fills any number of roles including, timekeeper, scoreboard attendant or interchange steward as required. Furthermore the Lynch family (including Barry and his his wife Lois and daughter Mandy) have run the canteen at Kew on Saturdays and sold raffle tickets etc post game for numerous years.

ANDREW MCCORMACK (EMMAUS ST LEOS)Andrew played 190 games from the clubs inception in 1971. Since then he has served the club primarily as team manager for 30 years since combining for 44 years continuous service. For the past 20 years, Andrew has been the bar manager and anyone who visits the club is always made to feel at home. Andrew has provided outstanding service to the Animals for its entire history of operation. He is one of those truly remarkable grassroots football people who has filled almost every role across the club. At the same time, he has earned universal appeal as a fantastic person.

DR COLIN MELVILLE (OLD SCOTCH)Colin commenced with Old Scotch in 1953 and played 190 games for the Cardinals. Colin then took up coaching and he spent five seasons leading the Under 19s in the 1970s. Colin served as the honorary club doctor from 1967 to 2012 setting the trend for the VAFA and VAFA clubs alike. All in all Colin’s service to Old Scotch spans a staggering 60 seasons of the VAFA.

ANDREW SIMPSON (ST KEVIN’S OLD BOYS)Andrew has had a continuous involvement at St Kevins 45 years as a player, committee member, sponsor and official. As a player he won two reserves premierships in the 1970s and managed 152 games. Off field the numbers are bigger, with over 30 years of service and three decades as Vice President alone, Andrew has been responsible for the strong relationship with the school and is the chief organizer of Foundation Day when SKOBs play on the school ground. As well as giving his time, Andrew has been the club’s longest serving sponsor.

NEIL WALLMEYER (PRAHRAN ASSUMPTION)Neil commenced with the club when it was known as State Bank, before continuing service through the amalgamations of Commonwealth Bank, Southbank then Prahran. Neil began playing in 1988, finishing with more than 250 games and two premierships including 1990 when he was premiership captain. Neil has coached the reserves on two occasions and also winning a premiership in 1997. Neil has been a committeeman for 20 years including five years as general manager. He has been a reserves club umpire and filled in every other match day role possible and also helped set up the junior club. The club owes so much to Neil’s work in 1998 to ensure the continuation of the club via Prahran and his efforts to maintain and include all the previous club’s history.

SID CATLIN (BEAUMARIS)Sid has been Treasurer for all 20 years that Beaumaris has been in the VAFA and for the past 15 years he has doubled up as the Shark’s chief statistician. Sid will be retiring from the Committee at the end of the year and is the only remaining committee member left since the club joined the VAFA. Sid has been doing the stats with his mate John Martin with the two having been friends since school days. Their passion for the stats has been evident since day one and whilst the coaches come and go, the stats men remain. Sid was also a great contributor to the junior part of the club before he joined the senior committee. As a point of trivia, Sid played his first game of senior VFL football with Melbourne at the ripe old age of 16 years and 218 days. He played 4 games for Melbourne and 15 with South Melbourne, but only played 1 reserves game with Beaumaris.

KEN PETRUCCO (INNER FM)Ken has been watching at least one game and sometimes three games a week of VAFA football, and offering his opinion on proceedings on 96.5 Inner FM since 1998. Since then, the station, of which Ken is President, has presented weekly the VAFA match of the day live to listeners across Melbourne and globally via the internet. Ken has also hosted and the weekly VAFA football show on Saturday mornings and has interviewed close to 1000 guests in the past decade. It was Ken’s initiative to broadcast live counts of the VAFA section medals on radio and to cover Representative carnivals and matches.


AquinasCoach: Paul Gregor

Assistants: TBA


AJAXCoach: John Jackson

1 Vincent Vecchio2 Fraser Delbridge3 Mitch Brown4 Kyle Keenan5 Lachlan Shine6 Cam McCormack7 Corey Sleep8 Kia O’Donovan9 Ben Paterson12 Lachlan Reinke13 Daniel Robertson14 Connor Molloy15 Sam Paterson16 Andrew Baschiera17 Braydon Turner18 Josh Shelton19 Jimmy Stapleton20 Jason Booth21 Cody Johnstone22 Daniel Iozzi25 Ned Waters30 Bailey Rodda33 Chase Chequer34 McKenzie Stanley35 Kallum Hinchliffe

Monash BluesCoaches: Ben Dempsey, Pat Bryce

Ashton ArthurLachlan Buur-JensenTaylor CameronMac CameronJoseph CantwellPeter ChenThomas ClaysonBrady CroninJames DavidsonRhys DawesJessie DewhurstKieran EdwardsCooper FennellNik GianniosWill GriggMichael HackwillBen HawkinsEmannuel JacobsAdam JohnsonCameron KnollLachlan LaneLachlan LeedsAndrew LlewelynMatt MadsenJack ManeraSam MayCorey McGrathFergus McLarenLachlan MorwoodPatrick NagleJames NevillCameron PitherDeclan SavilleTom ShembreyJock SlatteryJack SmithBen Whitfort

Old Haileyburians Coaches: Mick Constable

1 Tom Edmunds2 Lyndon Montgomery3 Tim Cleary4 Kaiden Dummett5 Brodie Steele6 Torsten Williamson7 Jak Nardino8 Ned Doran9 Jamie Cain10 Ollie Sharpe11 Max Fisher12 Ben Oakes13 Joel Constable14 Jordan Hurley15 Jack Munro16 Xavier Subbotsch17 Declan Forster18 Charlie Constable20 Will Stock21 Eden Facey-Smith22 Abdullah Alazzawi23 Ari Ventouras34 Tim Richards35 Charlton Schneider38 Jack Moncrieff

PEGSCoach: Joe Erougian

1 Ryan Andrews2 Caleb Asaris3 Riley Bult4 Jarrod Cant5 Robert Cassidy6 Alexander Coutts7 Matthew Dunstan8 Jordan Erougian9 Zach Genovesi10 Alexander Gorham11 Nikolas Goulas12 Nathan Humpreys13 Alexander hymer14 Jonathon Karikas15 David Lieu16 Joshua Maloney17 Rory Martell18 Jack Merlo19 Xavier Murphy20 Lachlan Nayler21 Oliver Ponte22 Jason Roberts23 Bradley Roscoe24 Tom Saggio25 Chris Salt26 Tristan Salvalaggio27 Marc Sayers28 Jayden Schulz29 James Scully30 Carl Stevenson31 Tom Stevenson32 Max Tonne33 Braden Toy34 Alessandro Velissaris

Preston BullantsCoach: Michael Oaten


Therry Penola OBCoach: TBA

Assistants: TBA

1 Josh Turville3 Tom Howard14 Danny Yacoub15 Ben Hedley17 Pat Comerford19 Tom Horton20 Edward Dugdale22 Patrick Martin23 Ethan Vahland26 Nicholas Cardona28 Nick Kelly29 Matthew Tonge30 James Tait35 Tom Mahony36 James Oruba36 Josh DeBono37 Tom Noonan42 Adam Mulkearns44 Lachlan Sullivan 45 James Hannah46 Jack Firth47 Will Paszynk48 Anthony Cunsolo49 Luke Saville50 Joel Comito53 Pat O’Sullivan55 Chris Gavaghan56 Daniel Parkes56 Jack Stephens58 Sean Merkel59 Max Jaggard60 Matthew Zammit61 Aidan Birch62 Ambrose Attard64 Callum O’Sullivan65 Chris Tormey66 Damian Douge67 Declan Gilbert68 Josh Dwyer69 Luke Arrowsmith70 Matthew Pallot71 Michael Sauro73 Pat Sawaya74 Tim Rose75 Tom Madden76 Tristan Doody77 Will Issacs

UHS-VUCoach: Marcus Butera

Assistants: Daniel Carcour

1 Indi Forent Saill2 Tyler Legudi4 Hugh Burry7 Aiden Giove8 Thomas Cheyne10 Myles Legudi11 James Brown12 Omar Dahir15 Imanuil Afiou16 Dimitrios Stamatelatos18 Lucas Harris22 Abubaker Okud23 Matt Mallia24 Michael Healey26 Jonathan Lay28 Tim Rocke31 Nick Ryan33 Josh Munari36 Finn Devlin37 Spencer Craggil-Haren41 Lucas McSweeney47 Rowan Welsh65 Nick Perica66 Nicholas Munari78 Cameron Craig80 Davis Moore86 Rayan Hajj89 Lachlan Mitchell90 Lucas Czjako91 Gamachu Midaksso92 Chris Berogna95 Gerard Hawkins

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PETER HEVEY (NORTH OLD BOYS ST PATRICK’S)Peter has served continuously on the committee of North Old Boys since 1994, spending time as Secretary and Vice President. He has spent six seasons as a team manager and has concurrently managed the canteen and facilities of the club for the past 15 years and counting. Peter managed a 63 game career as a wiry ruckman through the 1980s and early 1990s before becoming a club umpire for NOBs. Peter’s pleasant personality, willingness to help and loyalty have endeared him to everyone he meets.

SIMON HUNT (OLD XAVERIANS)Simon was a player from 1984-86 but it is off the field where his service has been most notable: involved off field at Old Xaverians since 1991 serving 15 years on the committee, 10 years of which he was President, Simon collected a staggering 23 premiership flags in that time including five in Premier Section. Much of Xavs success on field can be attributed to the leader at the top and Simon was a popular and engaging leader that got the best out of everyone. A constant promoter of Old Xaverians and the VAFA, Simon grew the club from four teams to seven during his time and always encouraged the club to embrace the VAFA and the wider community.

NOTE TO ALL CLUB SECRETARIESPlease submit your team lists no later than Monday at Midday in order to appear in next week’s record.Please email your team lists through in Microsoft Excel with a separate column for Jumper Number, Player First Name, Surname and Captain/Vice Captain plus your team coaches names at the top to

[email protected]

La Trobe UniversityCoach: Paul Gregor

Assistants: TBA


De La Salle Coach: John Cesario



MazenodCoach: Tim McEniry

Assistants: TBA

1 Luca Dalfonso2 Luke Fonti3 Joseph Nguyen5 Daniel DiNezza7 Louis Seal8 Tom Riley9 Josh Mountford10 Lachie McKenna11 Sheldon Connolly12 Noel DeZilva14 Matt Kovac15 Lau Bir16 James Taylor19 Joel Welsford20 Josh Cochrane21 Zach Prosser23 Karl Ranson28 Liam Sherlock29 Arlyn Khaiyath 30 Sam Nolan31 Zach Prosser33 Itai Saina39 Josh Webster44 Nathan Beovich45 Jerome Sallai51 Anthony Martynstyn55 Conor Barclay71 Aaron Theodore

MHSOBCoaches: Matt Collister

James Wright


Oakleigh Coach: David Speedie

Assistants: John Donohoe

1 Harry Reed 2 Adam Hermans 3 Thomas Lyon 4 Eddy O’Sullivan 5 Sam O’Sullivan 6 James Norman 7 Liam Todaro 8 Lukas Ramzay 9 Ziggy Liszukiewicz (vc) 10 Charlie Wright 11 Ben Murphy 12 Lachlan Berry 13 Andrew Piazza 14 Henry Higgins (c) 15 Ben Delutis 16 Jack Delutis 17 Luke Jorganson 18 Matthew Forrest 19 Jake Kidman 20 Will O’Brien 21 Thomas Donohoe 22 Alessandro Santamaria 24 Nicholas Pillon 25 Michael Coffey 26 Patrick Stevenson 27 Dane Sgarbossa 28 Edward Elliott 29 Bill Curtis (vc) 30 Dom Gorman 31 Ted Watkin 32 James Wagstaff 33 William Wilson

Old ParadiansCoach: Ian Fairley

1 Alexander Ouzas2 Jack Hope4 Nicholas Kolotylo5 Nicholas Ouzas6 Panashe Masawi7 Adam Nolan8 Christian White9 Andrew Tyrrell10 James Frank11 Brett Money12 Dean Liuzzi13 Daniel Mitris14 Jeremy Coleman15 Luke O’Keeffe16 Matthew Caruso17 Ross Ursino18 Benjamin Ferraro19 Laughlin Cargnali20 Jayden Clemmet21 Peter Annetta22 Darcy Cotter23 Michael McHugh24 Joseph Bland36 Lucas Papa39 Zachary Delmo42 Zane Treloar47 Theo Krokidis51 James Naitoko57 Samuel Adams60 Matthew Biviano

ParksideCoach: TBA

Assistants: TBA

1 Josh Turville3 Tom Howard14 Danny Yacoub15 Ben Hedley17 Pat Comerford19 Tom Horton20 Edward Dugdale22 Patrick Martin23 Ethan Vahland26 Nicholas Cardona28 Nick Kelly29 Matthew Tonge30 James Tait35 Tom Mahony36 James Oruba36 Josh DeBono37 Tom Noonan42 Adam Mulkearns44 Lachlan Sullivan 45 James Hannah46 Jack Firth47 Will Paszynk48 Anthony Cunsolo49 Luke Saville50 Joel Comito53 Pat O’Sullivan55 Chris Gavaghan56 Daniel Parkes56 Jack Stephens58 Sean Merkel59 Max Jaggard60 Matthew Zammit61 Aidan Birch62 Ambrose Attard64 Callum O’Sullivan65 Chris Tormey66 Damian Douge67 Declan Gilbert68 Josh Dwyer69 Luke Arrowsmith70 Matthew Pallot71 Michael Sauro73 Pat Sawaya74 Tim Rose75 Tom Madden76 Tristan Doody77 Will Issacs

St JohnsCoach: Ben Pickering

Assistants: TBA

1 Joshua Johns2 Lam Eklom3 Cameron Cato4 Nicholas De Poilly5 Jack Grattidge6 Jake Hedges7 Billy Schaefer8 Blake Williams9 Bradley Barker11 Nathan Eres12 Brayden Follett13 Kaine Johnston14 Nicholas Silvey16 Calvin Toohim17 Cooper Aldersea18 Adrian Salesse19 Kane Forgiarini20 Dylan Allen21 Rhys Sherlock22 Matt Carter Joshua Dallas (Robertson)

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SIMON HUNT (OLD XAVERIANS)Simon was a player from 1984-86 but it is off the field where his service has been most notable: involved off field at Old Xaverians since 1991 serving 15 years on the committee, 10 years of which he was President, Simon collected a staggering 23 premiership flags in that time including five in Premier Section. Much of Xavs success on field can be attributed to the leader at the top and Simon was a popular and engaging leader that got the best out of everyone. A constant promoter of Old Xaverians and the VAFA, Simon grew the club from four teams to seven during his time and always encouraged the club to embrace the VAFA and the wider community.


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AFL/VFL UMPIRES PETER KEOGH CONGRATULATIONS are extended to the following former VAFA Umpires who after a long preseason and trial period have been selected to umpire in the VFL/AFL VIC Development League/TAC Cup/Victorian Women’s Football League in 2016:

Peter Bailes (Development Field)

Matthew Clinton (Development Field)

Cameron Dore (Development Field)

Jacob Rockwell (Development Field)

Patrick Dwyer (Development Goal)

AFL DEBUT

Congratulations to former VAFAUA member Matthew Dervan who made his AFL debut last weekend. Matt was Goal Umpire for the first time at the MCG in the match between Essendon and Melbourne. All of us at the VAFAUA wish Matt well for the remainder of the season!

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT RECIPIENT Congratulations to VAFAUA life member Peter Keogh on receiving the VAFA Certificate of Merit for service to the VAFA at the Season Launch on Wednesday night. Peter Keogh commenced his career in the VAFA as a player for Melbourne University U19’s in the early 1980’s, before a keen sense of justice and appreciation for the rule of law saw him join the VAFA umpires shortly after. He was awarded Life Membership of the VAFA Umpires Association and a 10-Year Service Award prior to retirement in the mid-90s. Peter returned to University Blacks as a Reserves Club Umpire and spent almost 20 years in the role where he was often congratulated on his talent with the whistle and natural ease with the players.

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• Tim Nelson was elected VAFA CEO in June 2015, replacing Michael Hazell in the role. Phil De Young was elected as VAFA Vice-President in June, 2015. Megan Dwyer joined the VAFA Board in March, 2015.

• Geoff Reilly was inducted as a Life Member of the VAFA.

• Brian Woodhead joined the VAFA staff as Head of Umpiring. Andrew Leonard left the position of General Manager of Media and Communications to take up the role of Digital Media Manager at Hawthorn FC. Olivia Crowe left the position of Umpire Operations Officer to take up the role of Director of Female Football Development with the South Metro Junior Football League.

• The senior VAFA representative side defeated the Northern Football League by five points in AFL Victoria’s Metro Championships at Ikon Park and earnt the crown as the number one community football competition in Melbourne for the second year in a row.

• The William Buck Premier grand final was played away from Sportscover Arena, Elsternwick Park for the first time since 1968,

with St Bernard’s defeating Old Trinity by eight points at Ikon Park, Carlton.

• VAFA umpire, Tom Windlow, and five representative players Simon Caven (St Bernard’s), Gabe Hamilton (Old Trinity), Kelvin Williams (St Kevin’s), Tom Quinn (University Blues) and Josh Cowan (Mazenod) were named in the AAFC U23 All-Australian Team of the Carnival.

• The Woodrow Medal was tied between Adam Bentick of St Bernard’s and Ross Young of University Blues.

• Ross Young won the Premier Coaches MVP and became the first person to win the Woodrow/MVP double.

• University Blacks and Collegians hosted the first-ever ‘Gay? That’s OK!’ match in their Round 18 clash at Melbourne University.

• Old Scotch were relegated from William Buck Premier for the first time in 35 years.

• St Kevin’s Old Boys (Premier B) and St Francis Xavier (Club XVIII 2) won their respective premierships on the back of undefeated seasons.

• St Kevin’s Old Boys won the Winning Edge Club Championship

• AJAX best and fairest, Adam Caplan, won his club a Volkswagen Golf in the Bayford ‘Kick for a Car Competition’ after he landed a 50m punt into the back of a Volkswagen Amarok at the half time break of the Premier B grand final.

• Carl Groth won the Zachariah Medal in Premier C with 19 votes after playing just seven games for the season.

• James Fletcher of Peninsula won the Club Warehouse Rising Star Award

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HIGHLIGHTS 2015

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• Kew won their third senior premiership in a row for the first time in club history when they defeated Ormond by 30 points at Coburg City Oval.

• St John’s Old Collegians’ secretary, Chris Swinburne, was named as the Victorian recipient of the AFL Volunteer of the Year Award.

• West Brunswick won back-to-back premierships when they defeated the previously undefeated Emmaus St Leo’s by one point at Trevor Barker Oval.

• Paul Baranello of Emmaus St Leo’s won back-to-back Hutchinson Medals as the best and fairest in Division 3 for the first time since Vic B Zanin in 1985/86 for UHSOB.

• Westbourne Grammarians forward, Dale Collins, kicked 108 goals for the season and became the highest single-season goal kicker in Division 4 since 2009 when Attila Yaman of Swinburne University kicked 115.

• Parkside made the Division 4 grand final and earnt promotion to Division 3 in their first season back in the VAFA after 12 years in the Northern Football League.

• UHS-VU/Flemington player, Mohamed Mohamed, was named joint winner of the 2015 Bachar Houli leadership medal at the Bachar Houli AFL Academy Camp.


Norm Nugent

Again this season there has been a marked change in the teams participating in Club XV111. The complement of participants has lessened from sixteen to fourteen with St Francis Xavier and Melbourne High School, who contested the 2015 Section 2 Grand Final moving up to Section 1 where they will be joined by newcomers, South Mornington. New teams in Section 2 will be Monash Blues and Gryphons as well as Swinburne University.

PREVIEW OF SETION 1Round 1 is always a difficult one to forecast who will be successful because preparations vary from club to club and the availability of players is often unknown until season’s start.

The “tyranny of distance” is illustrated today as debutants South Mornington make the long journey to Brunswick to play Brunswick/ North Old Boys/ St Patrick’s (surely the longest club name within the V.A.F.A.) Although the home team did not enjoy much 2015 success, I select them to win today because I suspect they will have completed more pre season training.

Old Xaverians will welcome St Francis Xavier to the Section when they meet on Stradbroke Park this afternoon. News from Beaconsfield has been that, despite their 2015 success, St Francis player availability has been a concern.

Old Xaverians, whose record in this competition is without parallel, should prove too strong for their visitors today.

Prahran/ Assumption play reigning Premiers, Hawthorn this morning on Toorak Park which is a marked change in the “Two Blue’s” home venue. I select Hawthorn because of their quicker ball movement and general match fitness especially given the Prahran/ Assumption slow starts in season’s past.

Richmond Central welcome Melbourne High School to the Section at Bartlett Reserve. I select the home side to win, given their fine form in 2015 and the fact that “The Unicorns” have started each of their last two seasons slowly.

SECTION 2.In a morning match at Clayton two Monash University campus Clubs meet .The Caulfield Gryphons have experienced loss of players and so today they may be found wanting against their “Clayton Cousins” who are likely to have undergone a more stringent preparation

Old Geelong, down from Section 1, meet newcomers Swinburne University, in a morning match on Como Park. The big ground will test the Swinburne side and I suspect that Old Geelong will start their season with a victory.

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Near neighbours, University High School/ V.U.T. meet West Brunswick on the Brens Oval at the unusual time of 10.30 a.m. West Brunswick in their second season should record victory because I suspect their preparation would be the stronger given their Club is on the crest of a wave of success.

CLUB XVIII (1) 2015 GRAND FINALS CLUB XVIII (2)Grand Final - 26/08/2012Hawthorn 2.4, 5.7, 8.9, 10.12 (72)

Old Xaverians 0.4, 1.5, 5.6, 5.6 (36)

GOALS, Hawthorn: J. Farah 3, T. Barber 1, C. Pana 1, D. Korlos 1, N. Criticos 1, J. Foti 1, A. Jesser 1, S. Neohoritis 1

Old Xaverians: S. O’Brien 2, T. Silk 1, J. McDonnell 1, D. Landrigan 1

BEST, Hawthorn: A. Lekkas, N. Criticos, J. Daou, C. Pana, T. White, J. Farah

Old Xaverians: S. O’Brien, T. Silk, N. Corcoran, D. O’Sullivan, J. Galligan, H. Denton

Grand Final - 26/08/2012St Francis Xavier 1.1, 7.3, 11.7, 15.10 (100)

MHSOB 2.2, 3.4, 4.5, 6.6 (42)

GOALS, St Francis Xavier OC: D. Johnstone 3, J. Lafranchi 2, B. O’Hara 2, S. Williams 1, C. Tout 1, T. Pearson 1, D. Dapiran 1, S. Burns 1, B. Sheers 1, D. Scott 1, N. Welsh 1

Melbourne High School Old Boys: L. Meyer 2, A. Kuang 1, W. Rebakis 1

BEST, St Francis Xavier OC: S. Dullard, S. Burns, C. Hughes, D. Scott, D. Johnstone, B. O’Hara

MHSB: D. Grantham, C. Wright, A. Kuang, S. Grantham, M. Engelander, J. Anderson

SECTION 2Old Geelong v Swinburne University AFC

Monash Blues v Monash GryphonsUHS-VU AFC v West Brunswick AFC

SECTION 1Richmond v MHSOB

Prahran Assumption AFC v Hawthorn AFCBrunswick NOBSPC v South Mornington

Old Xaverians v St Francis Xavier


2015 SHARPSHOOTERS

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Premier LR TotalMatthew Handley Old Xaverians 2 54Leigh Harrison De La Salle OC 4 41Alexander Boyse St Bernards 2 39Nick Corp Collegians 1 38

Premier Reserve LR TotalWilliam Strange Old Scotch 0 33Sam Cutts Collegians 0 27George Chisholm University Blues 4 26Dylan Chaplin-Burch Collegians 1 25

Premier B LR TotalJake Lew AJAX Afc 7 69Luke Velluto St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC 4 59Daniel Anthony Old Brighton Grammarians 0 45Philip Edgar St Kevins OB 3 40

Premier B Reserve LR TotalMatthew Caia St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC 9 41Jack Mullen St Kevins OB 6 38James Dalzotto St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC 6 36Matthew Lattanzio St Kevins OB 3 34

Premier C LR TotalAaron Cloke Oakleigh AFC 0 77Nicholas Ebinger Williamstown CYMS 0 61Trevor Bromley Oakleigh AFC 2 56Jeremiah Antypas Marcellin OC 0 54

Premier C Reserve LR TotalTimothy Blanch Marcellin OC 0 40Ben Hynes Williamstown CYMS 1 33Michael Jenkin Old Camberwell Grammarians 1 31Mati Christakakis Williamstown CYMS 1 29

Division 1 LR TotalAndrew Brazzale Kew AFC 0 68Callum Wood Old Geelong 4 58Robert Maibaum Kew AFC 0 56John Robbins Prahran Assumption AFC 1 55

Division 1 Reserve LR TotalJames Barrie St Mary’s Salesian 3 56Matthew Vlahos Kew AFC 6 46Jon Rice Prahran Assumption AFC 0 45Nicholas Alexopoulos St Mary’s Salesian 1 43

Division 2 LR TotalJake Munro Richmond Central AFC 6 87Aaron Thornton St Johns OC 4 75Mitchell Lovell Ivanhoe AFC 3 73Lachlan McRedmond Northern Blues 2 59

Division 2 Reserve LR TotalEamonn Scott Northern Blues 9 74Kane Smith Melbourne High School Old Boys 4 41Jason Lewis Melbourne High School Old Boys 0 38Benjamin Grigg Ivanhoe AFC 0 35

Division 3 LR TotalRyan Harding Emmaus St Leos OC AFC 0 70Christopher Beluszar Emmaus St Leos OC AFC 0 58Dylan Muscat West Brunswick AFC 3 46Thomas Kennedy Swinburne University AFC 4 46

Division 3 Reserve LR TotalAaron Thompson West Brunswick AFC 6 36Patrick Arnold Power House AFC 2 32Richard Benjamin West Brunswick AFC 4 30Justin Perillo Swinburne University AFC 0 30

Division 4 LR TotalDale Collins Westbourne Gr. 3 106Shane Potter Parkside Football Club 6 62Daniel Penny Box Hill North AFC 6 62Benjamin Gallagher North Brunswick AFC 0 57

Division 4 Reserve LR TotalBradley Courts North Brunswick AFC 0 76Daniel Wills Manningham Cobras AFC 4 48Mitchell Szabo Canterbury Football Club 3 36Arnel Davis Westbourne Gr. 0 35

U19 Premier LR TotalSam Cleeve Old Xaverians 11 52Edyn Sibbald St Bernards 4 48Andrew Padbury Old Scotch 8 46Sam Gibbins Beaumaris FC 0 35

U19 Section 2 LR TotalDaniel O’Connor Fitzroy FC 3 43Lachlan Topp Caulfield Grammarians 9 37Joseph Hill Fitzroy FC 3 35Declan Fowler Mazenod OC 5 35

U19 Section 3 LR TotalJock Grimshaw Old Geelong 4 68Mitchell Parkinson Williamstown CYMS 4 65Jake Slee Williamstown CYMS 0 45Matthew Perry Ormond AFC 4 41

U19 Section 4 LR TotalDamien Delle-Vergini Northern Blues 8 84Lachlan Wray St Kevins OB 5 49Anmol Malhotra Oakleigh AFC 5 42Mitchell Kellerman Peninsula OB 2 40


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1116 SEN VAFA PREMIERSHIP LADDERS 2015

PREMIER C RESERVESP W L D For Agst % PTS

Marcellin OC 18 17 1 0 1764 745 236.78 68Monash Blues 18 12 5 1 1077 874 123.23 50PEGS FC 18 12 6 0 1228 1020 120.39 48Peninsula OB 18 10 7 1 1438 1161 123.86 42Williamstown CYMS 18 10 8 0 1588 1178 134.8 40Old Camberwell Gr 18 9 9 0 1215 1444 84.14 36Old Ivanhoe Gr 18 8 10 0 1060 1339 79.16 32Old Haileyburians 18 6 12 0 1298 1559 83.26 24Oakleigh AFC 18 3 15 0 972 1611 60.34 12Therry Penola OB 18 2 16 0 911 1620 56.23 8

DIVISION TWO RESERVESP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Ivanhoe AFC 18 17 1 0 0 0 2420 644 375.78 68MHSOB 18 16 2 0 0 0 2155 668 322.6 64Richmond Central AFC 18 13 5 0 0 0 1570 999 157.16 52Eltham Collegians AFC 18 12 6 0 0 0 1377 1210 113.8 48Northern Blues 18 8 10 0 0 0 1480 1238 119.55 32Old Paradians 18 8 10 0 0 0 985 1108 88.9 32St Johns OC 17 7 10 0 0 1 1146 1358 84.39 32Monash Gryphons 18 4 14 0 0 0 944 1956 48.26 16South Melbourne Districts 17 3 14 0 0 0 761 1959 38.85 12Elsternwick AFC 18 1 17 0 0 0 549 2277 24.11 4

DIVISION THREE RESERVESP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

West Brunswick AFC 16 16 0 0 2 0 1859 434 428.34 72UHS-VU AFC 16 12 4 0 2 0 1216 820 148.29 56Power House AFC 16 12 4 0 2 0 1111 851 130.55 56Swinburne University 16 11 5 0 2 0 1440 711 202.53 52Emmaus St Leos OC AFC 16 9 7 0 2 0 933 1029 90.67 44Hawthorn AFC 16 8 8 0 2 0 974 994 97.99 40Albert Park AFC 16 7 9 0 2 0 903 1190 75.88 36La Trobe University AFC 16 4 12 0 2 0 829 1226 67.62 24Aquinas OC 16 3 13 0 2 0 853 1218 70.03 20Eley Park Sharks 16 3 13 0 2 0 792 1569 50.48 20Glen Eira AFC 16 3 13 0 2 0 561 1429 39.26 20

PREMIER CP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Marcellin OC 18 15 3 0 0 0 2122 1108 191.52 60Monash Blues 18 15 3 0 0 0 1670 902 185.14 60Old Ivanhoe Gr 18 13 5 0 0 0 1554 1376 112.94 52Old Haileyburians 18 11 7 0 0 0 1414 1466 96.45 44Peninsula OB 18 10 8 0 0 0 1614 1167 138.3 40Oakleigh AFC 18 8 10 0 0 0 1708 1800 94.89 32Williamstown CYMS 18 7 11 0 0 0 1613 1887 85.48 28Old Camberwell Gr 18 5 13 0 0 0 1233 1729 71.31 20Therry Penola OB 18 4 14 0 0 0 1131 1965 57.56 16PEGS FC 18 2 16 0 0 0 1198 1857 64.51 8

DIVISION ONEP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Ormond AFC 18 17 1 0 0 0 1959 1167 167.87 68Kew FC 18 14 4 0 0 0 1894 1123 168.66 56Old Geelong 18 13 5 0 0 0 2029 1335 151.99 52St Mary's Salesian 18 12 6 0 0 0 1789 1697 105.42 48Whitefriars OC 18 8 10 0 0 0 1629 1641 99.27 32Prahran Assumption AFC 18 7 11 0 0 0 1638 1543 106.16 28Old Mentonians 18 7 11 0 0 0 1529 1889 80.94 28NOBS/St Pats 18 6 12 0 0 0 1385 1933 71.65 24Bulleen Templestowe AFC 18 4 14 0 0 0 1291 1842 70.09 16Yarra Valley OB 18 2 16 0 0 0 1264 2237 56.5 8

DIVISION ONE RESERVE SP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Ormond 18 16 2 0 0 0 2114 569 371.53 64Kew 18 15 3 0 0 0 2153 727 296.15 60St Mary's Salesian 18 15 3 0 0 0 1949 979 199.08 60Prahran Assumption 18 14 4 0 0 0 1642 976 168.24 56Old Geelong 18 8 10 0 0 0 1419 1224 115.93 32Yarra Valley OB 18 8 10 0 0 0 1036 1377 75.24 32Bulleen Templestowe 18 5 13 0 0 0 922 1451 63.54 20NOBS/St Pats 18 4 14 0 0 0 926 1568 59.06 16Whitefriars OC 18 4 14 0 0 0 683 1899 35.97 16Old Mentonians 18 1 17 0 0 0 463 2598 17.82 4

DIVISION TWOP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Ivanhoe AFC 18 16 2 0 0 0 2122 1187 178.77 64St Johns OC 18 14 4 0 0 0 2089 1391 150.18 56Old Paradians 18 12 6 0 0 0 1639 1220 134.34 48Northern Blues 18 12 6 0 0 0 1840 1573 116.97 48Eltham Collegians AFC 18 11 7 0 0 0 1944 1498 129.77 44MHSOB 18 9 9 0 0 0 1576 1630 96.69 36Richmond Central AFC 18 7 11 0 0 0 1793 1936 92.61 28Monash Gryphons 18 5 13 0 0 0 1523 1820 83.68 20Elsternwick AFC 18 3 15 0 0 0 1355 2338 57.96 12South Melbourne Districts 18 1 17 0 0 0 1178 2466 47.77 4

DIVISION THREEP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Emmaus St Leos OC AFC 16 16 0 0 2 0 2077 964 215.46 72West Brunswick AFC 16 14 2 0 2 0 1680 773 217.34 64Aquinas OC 16 12 4 0 2 0 1463 1110 131.8 56Hawthorn AFC 16 11 5 0 2 0 1492 1292 115.48 52Swinburne University AFC 16 8 8 0 2 0 1377 1439 95.69 40UHS-VU AFC 16 8 8 0 2 0 1126 1341 83.97 40Albert Park AFC 16 5 11 0 2 0 1186 1399 84.77 28Power House AFC 16 5 11 0 2 0 1164 1463 79.56 28Glen Eira AFC 16 5 11 0 2 0 1003 1583 63.36 28La Trobe University AFC 16 2 14 0 2 0 956 1411 67.75 16Eley Park Sharks 16 2 14 0 2 0 1144 1893 60.43 16

PREMIER C THIRDSP W L D B For Agst % PTS

P E G S 12 11 1 0 0 1577 623 253.13 56Marcellin 12 10 2 0 0 1409 712 197.89 52Monash Blues 13 9 4 0 0 1367 740 184.73 44St Mary's Salesian 14 9 5 0 0 1336 910 146.81 40Williamstown CYMS 13 5 8 0 0 1111 1169 95.04 28Collegians 13 6 7 0 0 885 1135 77.97 24Therry Penola OB 13 5 8 0 0 951 1272 74.76 24Old Ivanhoe 9 3 6 0 0 663 1255 52.83 16Hampton Rovers 11 1 10 0 0 537 1476 36.38 8Parkdale Vultures 10 1 9 0 0 610 1695 35.99 8


1116 SEN VAFA PREMIERSHIP LADDERS 2015DIVISION FOUR

P W L D B FF For Agst % PTSCanterbury FC 16 15 1 0 2 0 2163 830 260.6 68Westbourne Gr FC 16 14 2 0 2 0 2110 795 265.41 64Point Cook AFC 16 13 3 0 2 0 1752 976 179.51 60Box Hill North AFC 16 11 5 0 2 0 1705 1059 161 52Parkside FC 16 9 7 0 2 0 1500 1265 118.58 44North Brunswick AFC 16 8 8 0 2 0 1525 1292 118.03 40Mt Lilydale OC 16 7 9 0 2 0 1364 1513 90.15 36Manningham Cobras AFC 16 5 11 0 2 0 1200 1179 101.78 28South Mornington 16 3 13 0 2 0 957 2100 45.57 20Masala FC 16 2 14 0 2 0 771 2349 32.82 16Chadstone AFC 16 1 15 0 2 0 658 2347 28.04 12

DIVISION FOUR RESERVESP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Westbourne Gr. 16 16 0 0 2 0 2441 443 551.02 72Canterbury 16 13 3 0 2 0 1955 676 289.2 60Point Cook 16 12 4 0 2 0 1561 679 229.9 56Box Hill North 16 12 4 0 2 0 1713 855 200.35 56North Brunswick 16 10 6 0 2 0 1377 1138 121 48South Mornington 16 10 6 0 2 0 1457 1282 113.65 48Manningham Cobras 16 6 10 0 2 0 1175 1062 110.64 32Parkside 16 4 12 0 2 0 858 1749 49.06 24Mt Lilydale OC 16 2 14 0 2 0 745 1758 42.38 16Chadstone 16 2 14 0 2 0 564 2054 27.46 16Masala 16 1 15 0 2 0 569 2719 20.93 12

Club XVIII (1)P W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Old Xaverians 13 11 1 1 0 2 1424 642 221.81 54Hawthorn AFC 13 9 4 0 0 2 1504 820 183.41 44Richmond Central 14 8 5 1 0 1 1187 902 131.6 38La Trobe University AFC 15 9 6 0 0 0 1075 724 148.48 36Prahran Assumption AFC 15 8 7 0 0 0 1119 1089 102.75 32Ivanhoe AFC 13 1 11 1 0 2 855 1318 64.87 14NOBS/St Pats 12 2 9 1 0 1 638 1386 46.03 14Old Geelong 9 2 7 0 0 0 260 1471 17.68 8

Club XVIII (2)P W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

St Francis Xavier OC 13 13 0 0 0 2 1686 501 336.53 60Albert Park AFC 15 11 4 0 0 0 1307 910 143.63 44Kew FC 15 10 5 0 0 0 1239 742 166.98 40MHSOB 15 10 5 0 0 0 1180 746 158.18 40West Brunswick AFC 14 5 9 0 0 1 926 1023 90.52 24Ormond AFC 14 5 9 0 0 0 702 1168 60.1 20Westbourne Gr FC 14 2 12 0 0 0 487 1537 31.69 8UHS-VU AFC 14 1 13 0 0 0 521 1554 33.53 4

MEGT UNDER 19 PREMIERP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Old Xaverians 17 15 2 0 0 1 2023 1029 196.6 64St Bernards 17 14 3 0 0 1 2083 909 229.15 60St Kevins 18 15 3 0 0 0 2036 1058 192.44 60Beaumaris 18 13 4 1 0 0 2023 1126 179.66 54De La Salle 18 9 9 0 0 0 1477 1165 126.78 36University Blues 18 8 9 1 0 0 1153 1531 75.31 34Old Melburnians 18 5 13 0 0 0 816 2234 36.53 20Old Scotch 18 4 14 0 0 0 1376 1528 90.05 16University Blacks 16 2 14 0 0 0 765 1940 39.43 8Old Trinity 18 2 16 0 0 0 861 2186 39.39 8

UNDER 19 SECTION 2P W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Parkdale Vultures 17 15 2 0 0 1 1942 859 226.08 64Old Brighton 18 16 2 0 0 0 1764 816 216.18 64Fitzroy 18 12 6 0 0 0 1622 1131 143.41 48Caulfield Gr 18 11 7 0 0 0 1381 1167 118.34 44Whitefriars 18 8 10 0 0 0 1349 1397 96.56 32St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 18 7 11 0 0 0 1201 1452 82.71 28Old Ivanhoe Gr 18 7 11 0 0 0 1230 1618 76.02 28Marcellin OC 18 6 12 0 0 0 1032 1613 63.98 24Mazenod 18 5 13 0 0 0 1062 1358 78.2 20Collegians 17 2 15 0 0 0 734 1942 37.8 8


Old Geelong 18 15 3 0 0 0 1866 937 199.15 60Williamstown CYMS 18 13 5 0 0 0 1820 1145 158.95 52Old Carey Gr 18 13 5 0 0 0 1413 995 142.01 52Ormond 18 11 7 0 0 0 1470 1176 125 44Hampton Rovers 18 11 7 0 0 0 1425 1142 124.78 44Old Xaverians 18 4 14 0 0 0 1148 1799 63.81 16Old Camberwell Gr 18 3 15 0 0 0 838 1688 49.64 12St Bernards 18 2 16 0 0 0 781 1957 39.91 8


Peninsula OB 16 15 1 0 0 2 1952 797 244.92 68Mazenod OC 18 10 1 0 0 0 1455 502 289.84 56St Kevins OB 18 12 5 1 0 0 1670 904 184.73 50Northern Blues 18 12 6 0 0 0 1817 1335 136.1 48Monash Blues 18 12 6 0 0 0 1302 1175 110.81 48Beaumaris FC 16 10 6 0 0 1 1538 1209 127.21 44Old Haileyburians 17 8 8 1 0 1 1522 1279 119 38De La Salle OC 18 8 10 0 0 0 1586 1372 115.6 32Therry Penola OB 18 7 11 0 0 0 1039 1340 77.54 28Oakleigh AFC 16 5 11 0 0 0 851 1751 48.6 20Parkdale Vultures 18 4 14 0 0 0 1275 1866 68.33 16MHSOB 17 0 17 0 0 0 539 2510 21.47 0

VAFA COLTSP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Ivanhoe AFC 16 14 2 0 1 1 1466 797 183.94 64UHS-VU / Flemington 15 12 3 0 1 2 1258 624 201.6 60St Bernards 16 11 5 0 1 1 1161 679 170.99 52La Trobe University AFC 17 9 8 0 1 0 950 825 115.15 40University Blues 16 8 8 0 1 0 969 1359 71.3 36Williamstown CYMS 16 4 12 0 1 1 931 1142 81.52 24Old Paradians 16 4 12 0 1 1 755 1320 57.2 24Point Cook AFC 9 2 6 1 1 1 770 1526 50.46 18Parkside FC 15 1 13 1 1 1 657 1409 46.63 14Bulleen Templestowe AFC 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 990 1.52 0


1116 SEN VAFA PREMIERSHIP LADDERS 2015

PREMIER RESERVESP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Old Xaverians 18 16 1 1 0 0 1663 750 221.73 66University Blues 18 13 5 0 0 0 1406 1013 138.8 52Old Scotch 18 12 5 1 0 0 1312 1034 126.89 50Collegians 18 12 6 0 0 0 1429 982 145.52 48Old Trinity Gr 18 9 9 0 0 0 1115 1302 85.64 36St Bernards 18 9 9 0 0 0 1148 1388 82.71 36University Blacks 18 7 11 0 0 0 1144 1220 93.77 28De La Salle 18 6 12 0 0 0 1201 1151 104.34 24Beaumaris FC 18 5 13 0 0 0 924 1365 67.69 20Old Carey Gr 18 0 18 0 0 0 670 1807 37.08 0

WILLIAM BUCK PREMIERP W L D B FF F A % Pts

St Bernards 18 15 3 0 0 0 1798 1339 134.28 60Old Trinity Gr 18 14 4 0 0 0 1616 1177 137.3 56University Blues 18 11 7 0 0 0 1599 1315 121.6 44De La Salle 18 9 8 1 0 0 1576 1441 109.37 38University Blacks 18 8 10 0 0 0 1467 1466 100.07 32Old Xaverians 18 8 10 0 0 0 1441 1496 96.32 32Old Carey Grammarians 18 7 9 2 0 0 1490 1597 93.3 32Collegians 18 8 10 0 0 0 1368 1523 89.82 32Old Scotch 18 6 12 0 0 0 1395 1563 89.25 24Beaumaris FC 18 2 15 1 0 0 1077 1910 56.39 10

PREMIER THIRDSP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Old Xaverians 14 12 2 0 0 1 1513 458 330.35 52St Kevins OB 14 12 2 0 0 1 1132 650 174.15 52Collegians 15 11 4 0 0 0 914 820 111.46 44St Bernards 14 8 6 0 0 1 1100 775 141.94 36Old Scotch 13 6 7 0 0 2 1004 823 121.99 32University Blacks 14 6 8 0 0 1 990 959 103.23 28Old Melburnians 15 6 9 0 0 0 1087 1249 87.03 24University Blues 14 4 10 0 0 1 848 899 94.33 20Beaumaris FC 9 2 7 0 0 0 419 1372 30.54 8De La Salle OC 14 1 13 0 0 0 487 1712 28.45 4

PREMIER BP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

St Kevins OB 18 18 0 0 0 0 2351 995 236.28 72St Bedes / Mentone Tigers AFC 18 14 4 0 0 0 1943 1311 148.21 56Old Melburnians 18 12 6 0 0 0 1549 1324 116.99 48Old Brighton Gr 18 10 8 0 0 0 1623 1346 120.58 40Ajax 18 10 8 0 0 0 1427 1454 98.14 40Fitzroy FC 18 8 10 0 0 0 1531 1422 107.67 32Hampton Rovers AFC 18 6 12 0 0 0 1503 1897 79.23 24Parkdale Vultures 18 5 13 0 0 0 1227 1766 69.48 20Mazenod OC 18 5 13 0 0 0 1250 1870 66.84 20Caulfield Gr 18 2 16 0 0 0 1103 2122 51.98 8

PREMIER B RESERVESP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

St Kevins OB 17 17 0 0 0 1 2536 585 433.5 72Old Melburnians 18 15 3 0 0 0 1767 769 229.78 60St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 18 14 4 0 0 0 1838 1072 171.46 56Old Brighton Gr 18 11 7 0 0 0 1240 1230 100.81 44Fitzroy FC 18 9 9 0 0 0 1138 1374 82.82 36Parkdale Vultures 18 7 11 0 0 0 1247 1515 82.31 28Ajax 18 5 13 0 0 0 1152 1512 76.19 20Mazenod OC 18 5 13 0 0 0 941 1916 49.11 20Caulfield Gr 17 3 14 0 0 0 910 1769 51.44 12Hampton Rovers AFC 18 3 15 0 0 0 660 1786 36.95 12

PREMIER B THIRDSP W L D B FF For Agst % PTS

Old Xaverians 13 13 0 0 0 2 1944 546 356.04 60Ajax (Black) 14 9 5 0 0 1 1236 1012 122.13 40Old Carey 13 7 6 0 0 2 1295 1235 104.86 36St Kevins 14 7 7 0 0 1 1125 948 118.67 32Old Trinity 14 7 7 0 0 1 1335 1132 117.93 32Fitzroy 14 6 8 0 0 1 1114 1160 96.03 28Mazenod 12 2 10 0 0 1 783 1452 53.93 12Ajax (Red) 8 0 8 0 0 0 245 1957 12.52 0

WINNING EDGE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPST KEVINS TAKE OUT WINNING EDGE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

St Kevin Old Boys were standout winners of the 2015 Winning Edge Club Championships in what should be considered a remarkable year for the club! The club won their first senior final for almost a decade and has moved through several coaches since their 2004 premiership in Premier B. They appear set for William Buck Premier under the guidance of Daniel Harford and VAFA stalwart Jon Edgar. SKOBS led University Blues to the prize, who also claimed the award when they were in Premier B, in 2014 and the Old Xaverians in 2013. Good luck to all clubs in 2016 and we look forward to what should be another competitive Winning Edge Club Championship battle!






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We’ll gladly pledge $500 to your club for any successful introduction at any of our

dealerships, resulting in a new or used vehicle sale, from any member, player or supporter.

Simply spread the word to help raise funds for your club! We thank you again for choosing Bayford as your sponsor.

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, The Bendigo Centre, Bendigo, VIC 3550. ABN 11 068 049 178. AFSL 237879. (S45195) (6/13)

www.bendigobank.com.au

East Malvern Community Bank® Branch are proud sponsors of Amateur Football

With every product or service we offer, money goes back into the community to support local clubs, organisations and initiatives like Amateur Football.

As a Bendigo Bank customer you benefit from competitive products and great service and get the satisfaction of knowing your banking is contributing to your community.

So make a difference – to your own banking and to your community. Drop into East Malvern Community Bank® Branch at 300 Waverley Road, East Malvern or phone Branch Manager, Peter Wolff on 9563 6044.

East Malvern Community Bank® Branch

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