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Grand Final

New VFL season beginsWelcome to season 2017 in the Peter Jackson VFL.

Contents 3 45 2017 VFL season preview

46 Get Social

47 VFL News

48 AFL Vic News

49 The Big League

50 Events

51 Club Notes

72 Quiz

Plenty has happened since last September when Footscray was crowned premier.

We have seen 13 VFL players provided with an AFL opportunity, selected in the 2016 NAB AFL national and rookie draft s. Casey and Geelong both produced three draft ees, with Coburg, Footscray and North Ballarat providing two draft ees each. The pleasing aspect has been seeing the likes of Tom Stewart, Mitch Hannan, Robbie Fox and Tim Smith debut in the early rounds of the AFL season.

The competition this year will feature 14 clubs, with Frankston not provided a VFL licence for the 2017 season. The club has had a rich history of providing a pathway and opportunities for footballers in the region – none more evident than the debut for Sydney in recent weeks of 2014 Fothergill-Round Medal winner Nic Newman. However, it was decided at the end of last year that without the necessary off -field structures in place, AFL Victoria was not confident financial projections provided by the club could be met. We have a strong willingness to ensure there is a VFL presence in the region into the future, but it must be viable and sustainable both on and off the field in the long term. This has been highlighted in the regular communication AFL Victoria has had with the new board at the club.

In other pre-season news, at the VFL Season Launch last week we revealed there will be a triple-header of matches for the 2017 Victorian state league Grand Final day at Etihad Stadium on Sunday September 24.

Not only will the traditional VFL and TAC Cup season deciders be played, but they will be joined by the Swisse Wellness VFL Women’s Grand Final in a feast of state league football. As an added bonus, our VFL broadcast partner Channel 7 will provide TV coverage of both the men’s and women’s Grand Finals.

The ratings for the VFL increased by 8% (53,000 viewers per week) last year across the home-and-away season and 47% (131,000) during finals, with games to be broadcast aft er 2pm each Saturday aft ernoon in 2017.

We look forward to the coverage returning with Coburg versus Collingwood this weekend.

Steven ReaperAFL Victoria CEO

Who’s playing who 56 57 Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks

58 59 Sandringham vs Essendon

60 61 Coburg vs Collingwood

62 63 Richmond vs North Ballarat

64 65 Werribee vs Geelong

66 67 Williamstown vs Casey Demons

TAC Cup Development Weekend

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Television

Radio

OnlineVFL Online

Website: www.vfl.com.au

Twitter: @VFL #PJVFL #VFLWomens

Facebook: www.facebook.com/vflfooty

TAC Cup Online

Website: www.taccup.com.au

Twitter: @TACCup #TACCup #TACCupGirls

Facebook: www.facebook.com/taccupfooty

Saturday April 15 – 2.30pm

Coburg vs Collingwood

Download the PLUS7 Live app to stream games live or watch a replay at au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/vfl

Next week: Northern Blues vs Williamstown

TAC Cup Radio

Next games (Sunday April 23): Northern Knights vs Murray Bushrangers / Calder Cannons vs GWV Rebels from 11.45am

Listen live on the Red Time Sport iPhone app or via taccup.com.au

RADIO

Casey Radio

Monday April 17: Williamstown vs Casey Demons from 1pmTune to 97.7FM in Melbourne, online at www.caseyradio.com.au

or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone.Next week: Casey Demons vs North Ballarat

Calder Cannons Radio

Listen to ‘Pathway to the Top’ with Tim Michellon North West FM each Wednesday from 5-6pm.

Tune to 98.9FM or stream the program online at www.northwestfm.org

VFL Live

Next game (Sunday April 23): Essendon vs Collingwood from 12.45pm

Live on the Red Time Sport iPhone and Android apps,plus online via vfl.com.au

LIVE

VFL Rewind

Listen to VFL Rewind each Monday night from 7-8pm, covering the Peter Jackson VFL and Swisse VFL Women’s.

Tune to 94.1FM 3WBC, online at www.3wbc.org.au or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone.

Previous shows are available at www.soundcloud.com/afl-victoriaor subscribe to the podcast via iTunes by searching for ‘AFL Victoria’.

Video StreamingVisit vfl.com.au on Sunday April 23 for a live stream of:

Essendon vs Collingwood from 1pmWatch the action and listen to the call from the VFL Live team.

Visit taccup.com.au on Sunday April 23 for a live stream of:Northern Knights vs Murray Bushrangers / Calder Cannons vs GWV Rebels from 12pm

Watch the action and listen to the call from the TAC Cup Radio team.

3WBC

Friday April 14: Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks from 11amTune to 94.1FM, online at www.3wbc.org.au

or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone.Next week: Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg

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VFL season preview

The AFL Victoria Record has chatted to the senior coaches of all 14 Peter Jackson VFL clubs about how their teams are shaping up

for the race to the 2017 premiership.

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(Comments from new senior coach Chris Newman)

FACT FILE:

AFL ALIGNMENT: Hawthorn

2016 FINISH: 10th (7-11)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. David Mirra / 2. Sam Iles / 3. Teia Miles

KEY 2017 INS & OUTS:

- In: Billy Evans (Brisbane AFL) / Will Hams (Essendon AFL) / Andrew Moore (Richmond AFL)

- Out: Tom Gordon (Doncaster East) / Sam Iles / Liam Kidd (Coburg) / Patrick Lawlor (Coburg) / Marc Lock (Old Carey) / Jake Summers (Doncaster East)

DEPARTED PLAYERS WHO’LL BE MISSED:

Experienced leaders: “Sam Iles was really respected within the organisation and the way he went about it set the example. He was a real leader around the group and Marc Lock was the same. He was just a really good person to have around the group and he has a good football brain. Tom Gordon is also in the same category.”

Young forwards: “Pat Lawlor and Jake Summers are both quality players so their departure leaves a bit of a void for us in the forward line. I think we’ve managed to recruit fairly well in the off -season though, and we’ve got some smaller forwards that can play down there as well as some bigger guys that can take a catch.”

RECRUITS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT:

Andrew Moore (55 AFL games for Port Adelaide from 2010-15 and five AFL games for Richmond in 2016): “Andrew’s a really physical player, he’s a good size, he’s a natural leader and his fitness and his work rate is second to none. He’ll get some opportunity in the midfield but also with the flexibility of going back and forward if we need it.”

Billy Evans (seven AFL games for Brisbane from 2015-16): “Billy is another bigger on-baller. He’s a bit of a work horse and he loves to get the contested footy. We also want to add a string to his bow in potentially throwing him forward to have an impact there. I think he needs to have that flexibility.”

Will Hams (13 AFL games for Essendon from 2013-16): “Will is another who can play as an inside midfielder, but we’re really keen for him to explore roles both inside and outside the contest this year. He might potentially roll through the wings and the forward line at times.”

BEST-AND-FAIREST CONTENDERS:

“We know how consistent David Mirra is. I’ve only been at Box Hill for a brief amount of time but the amount of passion he plays with and the amount of care he shows for his teammates and anyone that’s associated with Box Hill is outstanding. That passion filters through the team too. He’ll look to have a really strong season.

“I also wouldn’t put it past any of the guys that get an opportunity to play consistent footy (in the wake of experienced players leaving) to progress their own performance (see below).”

BREAK-OUT CANDIDATES:

“With forwards like Pat Lawlor and Jake Summers leaving, it gives guys like Chris Jones a bit more of an opportunity and he’s been training the house down this pre-season. His work rate has really lift ed and so has the way he’s marking the ball and demanding the footy. I’m really excited to see what he can bring this year.

“Some of those experienced guys that have left the club will open up opportunities for guys like Sam Switkowski, Nick Evans and Anthony Brolic too.”

BIGGEST TEAM STRENGTHS:

“We’re hoping we can really compete – it’s been a bit of a theme throughout the pre-season. We want to be competitive in all games, and we felt like we were last year but probably not consistently enough throughout four quarters.”

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT ON 2016:

“I don’t think it’s a secret that our contested ball probably needs to improve. That might not correlate to being the best in the competition this year, but we certainly have to be better-ranked than we were last year (ranked 14th in the VFL for contested possessions per game during the H&A season). We feel like some of the personnel we’ve brought into the group might help with that and we’ve had a bit of a focus this pre-season of putting our guys in situations where they feel comfortable for it to be more of a contested game. In saying that, we don’t want to lose our ability to move the ball and play a really exciting brand of footy as well.”

COACHING PANEL CHANGES:

“At Development League level, (former Northern Knights head coach) Andrew Shakespeare will be the senior coach and we’ve managed to retain Michael Shmerling, David Knight and Damien Yze as assistants under Andrew. At senior level, we’ve had a pretty high turnover. Matt Adolph – who was the coach of our Development League team last year – will be our forwards coach this year, Max Bailey – who is in the development department at Hawthorn along with myself – will be the midfield coach and Ricky Petterd will be the back line coach.”

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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 David Mirra (C) 20-Mar-91 186 90 St Simons/Scoresby/Eastern U182 Andrew Moore 30-May-91 189 87 Eastern U18/Port Adelaide (AFL)/Richmond (AFL)3 William Murphy 21-Jun-96 173 67 Kew Comets JFC/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U184 Mitchell O’Donnell 24-Apr-94 178 79 Seville JFC/Seville/Eastern U185 Max Warren 29-Jan-93 181 80 Healesville/Eastern U18/North Melbourne6 Stuart Horner 04-Oct-97 182 77 Olinda-Ferny Creek/Eastern U187 Anthony Brolic 12-Sep-96 183 86 Rowville/Eastern U188 Aaron Bond 25-Apr-95 172 66 Rowville/Eastern U189 Billy Evans 19-Oct-96 187 87 Bendigo U18/Brisbane

10 Will Hams 14-Jul-94 180 80 Sale/Gippsland U18/Essendon (AFL)11 Brayden Kilpatrick 23-Sep-97 181 76 Ramsgate Rams/St George12 Chris Jones 18-Mar-95 196 87 Emerald/Eastern U1813 Nick Evans 01-Jun-95 178 75 Norwood/Eastern U1814 Matthew Traynor 12-Dec-96 181 77 Rowville/Eastern U1815 Xavier Dimasi 14-Nov-96 186 88 Seymour/Assumption/Calder U1816 Lachlan Williams 25-Feb-97 180 72 Somerville/Dandenong U1817 Ayden Kennedy 30-Oct-91 192 87 Wantirna South/Eastern U18/North Melbourne18 Liam Jeff s 30-Mar-97 192 78 East Ringwood/Eastern U1819 Connor O’Sullivan 25-Dec-94 198 95 Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U18/Norwood (VIC)20 Jack Codd-Miller 06-Feb-95 191 85 Western Suburbs AFC21 Joseph Fisher 26-Jan-95 189 82 Vermont/Eastern U1822 Zach Monkhorst 03-Feb-94 194 90 Woori Yallock/Eastern U18/Woori Yallock23 Jordan Walker 30-Dec-94 185 80 Donvale/Eastern U1824 Sam Switkowski 20-Nov-96 178 68 Research JFC/Lower Plenty/Northern U1825 Jack Firns 09-Sep-97 195 93 Ashburton Redbacks/Camberwell Sharks/Oakleigh U1826 Ben McIntyre 17-Feb-92 180 82 Naracoorte/Glenelg/Penola27 Max Canfield 10-Jul-96 195 81 Yarrawonga/Murray U1828 Liam Cox 10-Jul-94 178 73 South Croydon29 Sam Gibson 09-Jan-95 185 85 Ferntree Gully/Eastern U1830 Kaiden Brand * 08-Apr-94 198 92 Berri/West Adelaide31 Ricky Henderson * 11-Sep-98 188 91 Trentham/Adelaide32 Jack Fitzpatrick # 26-Jun-91 200 94 Wyndham Vale/Western U18/Melbourne33 Dale Hehir 14-Apr-95 184 67 Scoresby34 Kurt Heatherley * 01-Jan-95 193 89 New Zealand/Sandringham U1835 Harry Morrison * 12-Nov-98 180 73 Benalla Saints/Murray U1836 Kieran Lovell * 16-May-97 174 80 Kingsborough37 Blake Hardwick * 05-Feb-97 181 78 Doncaster East/Eastern U1838 Luke Surman # 07-Dec-97 195 85 Rostrevor/Norwood (SA)39 Mitchell Lewis * 14-Oct-98 198 92 Wallan/Whittlesea/Calder U1840 Kade Stewart * 16-Jan-97 180 67 Kataning/South Fremantle41 Oliver Hanrahan # 27-Aug-98 181 70 East Brighton/St Kevin’s College42 Teia Miles * 02-Nov-96 180 70 Barwon Heads/St Joseph’s College/Geelong U1843 Tom Hollins 06-Jan-98 190 74 Heathmont/Eastern U1844 Jordan Lynch 01-Jan-98 180 79 Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U1845 Nelson Lane 14-Feb-98 179 74 Heathmont/Eastern U1846 Thomas Maloney 12-May-98 178 74 South Melbourne Districts/Sandringham U1847 Harrison Burt 16-Sep-98 183 74 Ormond/Sandringham U1848 Sam Parsons 28-Jun-97 191 82 Collegians/Oakleigh U1849 Lachlan Walker 05-Jun-97 188 84 De La Salle/Oakleigh U1850 Jordan Haynes 31-Jul-98 178 67 Heathmont/Eastern U1851 Vincent Adduci 09-Mar-98 177 74 St Kevin’s College/Oakleigh U1852 Jake Godwin 07-Oct-98 184 82 Boronia/Eastern U1853 Trent Castledine 11-Nov-96 191 83 Narre Warren/Dandenong U18/Scoresby54 Tommy Horne 07-Mar-97 188 85 Maldon/Castlemaine55 Thomas Jacotine 06-Mar-98 184 75 Park Orchards/Eastern U1856 Robert Rusan 24-Dec-96 183 83 Dingley57 Tristan Davies 20-Aug-98 182 74 Lilydale/Eastern U1858 Michael Knoll 27-Feb-93 205 10059 Jake McCormack 01-Jul-98 184 82 Donvale/Eastern U1860 Jeremy Woodley 10-May-96 179 80 Subiaco61 Brendan Whitecross * 25-Jan-90 183 85 Zillmere62 Conor Nash # 28-Jul-98 197 92 County Meath (Ireland)63 Jonathan O’Rourke * 21-Apr-94 184 80 Gisborne/Calder U18/GWS64 Conor Glass # 28-Sep-97 189 84 County Derry (Ireland)65 Ryan Burton * 31-Jan-97 191 90 PHOS-Camden/North Adelaide66 James Cousins # 19-Mar-98 185 80 Mansfield/Murray U1867 Daniel Howe * 04-Dec-95 191 83 Rennie/Xavier College/Murray U1868 Taylor Duryea * 24-Apr-91 179 80 Wahgunyah/Caulfield Grammar/Murray U1869 Will Langford * 03-Jul-92 187 83 East Sydney/NSW-ACT U1870 Dallas Willsmore * 29-May-95 191 83 Walpeup-Underbool/St Patrick’s College/North Ballarat U1871 James Sicily * 06-Jan-95 186 79 Keilor/Western U1872 Marc Pittonet * 03-Jun-96 202 101 Xavier College/Oakleigh U1873 Tim O’Brien * 28-Mar-94 193 84 West Gambier/Glenelg 74 Billy Hartung * 24-Jan-95 177 76 Mornington/Dandenong U1875 Ryan Schoenmakers * 08-Nov-90 195 91 Tea Tree Gully/Norwood (SA)76 Tom Mitchell * 31-May-93 182 84 Ashburton/Claremont/Sydney77 Tyrone Vickery * 31-May-90 200 99 Haileybury College/Sandringham U18/Richmond (AFL)78 Paul Puopolo * 02-Dec-87 173 78 Hope Valley/Norwood (SA)79 Luke Hodge * 15-Jun-84 185 88 Colac/Geelong U1880 Jaeger O’Meara * 23-Feb-94 183 84 Dongara/Perth/Gold Coast81 Jonathon Ceglar * 14-Feb-91 204 98 Wodonga Raiders/Murray U18/Collingwood (AFL)82 Luke Breust * 11-Nov-90 184 84 Temora/NSW-ACT U1883 Liam Shiels * 29-Apr-91 183 84 The Basin/Eastern U18

Grant Birchall * 28-Jan-88 193 89 Devonport/Tasmania U18Shaun Burgoyne * 21-Oct-82 186 89 Mallee Park/Port Adelaide (SANFL)/Port AdelaideJames Frawley * 20-Sep-88 193 94 East Point/North Ballarat U18/MelbourneJosh Gibson * 13-Mar-84 189 93 Port Melbourne/North MelbourneJack Gunston * 16-Oct-91 193 85 Beaumaris/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18/AdelaideBen McEvoy * 11-Jul-89 200 102 Dederang-Mt Beauty/Murray U18/St KildaCyril Rioli * 14-Jul-89 177 80 St Marys (NT)/Scotch CollegeJarryd Roughead * 23-Jan-87 193 98 Leongatha/Gippsland U18Isaac Smith * 30-Dec-88 188 81 Wagga Tigers/NSW-ACT U18/Redan/North Ballarat (VFL) Ben Stratton * 01-Mar-89 189 88 Margaret River/East Perth

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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 Jack Hutchins (C) 03-Feb-94 192 96 Haileybury College/Sandringham U18/Gold Coast2 Bayley Fritsch 06-Dec-96 186 74 Coldstream3 Connor Ambler 05-Apr-97 174 72 Traralgon/Gippsland U184 James Freeman 14-Feb-96 189 81 Dandenong U185 Dylan Collis 23-Oct-93 176 74 Garfield6 James Munro 22-Nov-94 184 84 Beaconsfield/Sandringham U18/Sandringham (VFL)7 Yllber Zijai 02-Apr-94 179 78 Sandringham (VFL)/Noble Park8 Todd Vander Haar 18-Oct-95 187 83 Old Xavierians 9 Mitch Gent 05-Feb-92 186 82 Dandenong U18/Noble Park

10 Aaron Cotte 12-Dec-96 181 76 Eastern U1811 Tom Glen 07-May-97 187 75 Dandenong U18/Beaconsfield12 Jake Lovett 09-Jan-97 183 83 Dandenong U1813 Clayton Oliver * 22-Jul-97 187 86 Mooroopna/Bendigo U18/Murray U1814 Mitch Lewis 21-Jul-98 180 74 Dandenong U18/Doveton/Haileybury College15 Billy Stretch * 08-Sep-96 180 71 Henley/Glenelg16 Jake Gains 06-Aug-95 193 81 Berwick17 Edward Morris 20-Aug-95 180 74 Garfield/Gippsland U1818 Brenton Hillard 25-Nov-94 184 80 Rythdale Off icer Cardinia/Gippsland U1819 Mitch Hannan * 09-Mar-94 189 84 St Bernard’s/Footscray20 Nathan Gardiner 15-May-95 190 95 Frankston21 Jordan Kingi 25-Sep-92 183 85 Drouin22 Goy Lok 28-Aug-97 181 87 Sandringham U1823 Mitch Cox 24-Mar-97 183 80 Dandenong U1824 Jordan Moncrieff 24-Jul-92 197 92 Haileybury College/Dandenong U18/Mt Eliza25 Dylan Gordon 21-Jul-95 193 86 Warburton26 Sam Weideman * 26-Jun-97 196 91 Vermont/Xavier College/Eastern U1827 Angus Scott 18-Jun-95 176 72 Edithvale-Aspendale/Dandenong U1828 Oscar McDonald * 18-Mar-96 196 82 Edenhope-Apsley/North Ballarat City/North Ballarat U1829 Jai Rout 21-Jul-95 193 86 Warburton30 Alex Neal-Bullen * 09-Jan-96 182 76 Glenelg31 Tom Baker 26-Feb-92 195 100 Rosebud32 Jaxon Briggs 05-Dec-97 176 68 Sandringham U1833 Cory Machaya 27-Mar-97 178 69 Dandenong U1834 Mitch King * 01-Jan-97 199 88 Wodonga/Murray U1835 Aloysio Ferreira 11-Mar-96 177 84 Gippsland U1836 Daniel Johnston 31-Mar-93 183 80 Beaconsfield37 Dion Johnstone * 1-Jun-98 179 73 North Warrnambool/Oakleigh U1838 Timothy Smith # 20-Feb-91 192 88 Upper Ferntree Gully/Casey Scorpions39 Jake Dipasquale 15-Apr-97 177 73 Dandenong U1840 Pat McKenna * 12-Aug-96 186 82 Gisborne/GWS41 Mitch White # 10-Apr-96 188 88 Seaford/St Peter’s College/Dandenong U1842 Josh Wagner * 24-Jun-94 189 84 Aspley43 James Harmes * 05-Oct-95 185 80 Devon Meadows/Dandenong U1844 Joel Smith # 25-Feb-96 190 85 Maribyrnong Park45 Declan Keilty # 08-May-95 194 88 Moe/Gippsland U18/Casey Scorpions46 Damien Johnston 31-Mar-93 187 80 Beaconsfield47 Lachlan Filipovic # 29-Aug-98 200 92 Ormond/Sandringham U1848 Cory Maynard # 07-Oct-91 185 91 Hampton Rovers49 Nathan Foote 13-Dec-95 180 76 Frankston50 Colin Garland * 28-Apr-88 191 92 North Hobart/Tasmania U18/Tasmania (VFL)51 Ben Giobbi 04-Apr-96 182 85 Noble Park52 Blake McGrath 24-Apr-90 211 98 St Kilda/Fish Creek53 Will Collis 20-Sep-96 176 74 Garfield54 Jack Trengove * 02-Sep-91 185 86 Sturt55 Liam Hulett * 17-Mar-97 194 90 Bonbeach/Dandenong U1856 Jayden Hunt * 03-Apr-95 187 76 East Sandringham/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham U1857 Jay Kennedy-Harris * 21-Mar-95 173 84 Kew/Oakleigh U1858 Gach Nyuon 19-Mar-97 198 83 Dandenong U18/Essendon (AFL)59 Jake Spencer * 09-Oct-89 203 108 Redland/Cairns60 Jeff Garlett * 03-Aug-89 180 75 Burracoppin/Swan Districts/Carlton61 Liam Hiscock 10-Aug-97 189 84 Sandringham U18/Sandringham (VFL)62 Lachlan Gill-Renouf 20-Jan-98 173 73 Dandenong U1863 Kieren Byers 05-Feb-97 203 97 Gippsland U1864 Angus Brayshaw * 09-Jan-96 187 88 Hampton/Sandringham U1865 Cameron Pedersen * 17-Mar-87 193 98 Mooroolbark/Box Hill Hawks/North Melbourne66 Perry Lewis-Smith 26-Sep-98 181 80 Sandringham U1867 Aaron Vandenberg * 03-Mar-92 188 90 Tarthra/Ainslie68 Ethan East 22-Oct-98 191 94 Bairnsdale/Gippsland U1869 Ben Kennedy * 03-Mar-94 175 76 Brighton District/Glenelg/Collingwood (AFL)70 Trent Armour 14-Nov-98 184 74 Gippsland U18/Nar Nar Goon71 Dom Tyson * 08-Jun-93 186 85 Camberwell/Trinity Grammar/Oakleigh U18/GWS72 Mykelti Lefau 22-Jun-98 182 76 St Kilda City73 Sam Frost * 28-Aug-93 194 93 Ormond/Wesley College/Sandringham U18/GWS74 Jake Melksham * 29-Aug-91 186 82 Essendon (AFL)75 Sean Dwyer 31-Oct-89 174 80 Lang Lang76 Dean Kent * 24-Feb-94 179 73 Federals/Perth 77 Max Gawn * 30-Dec-91 208 111 Ormond/Sandringham U1878 Christian Petracca * 04-Jan-96 186 94 Beverley Hills/Whitefriars/Eastern U1879 Keenan Hughes 14-May-98 191 82 Gippsland U1880 Danny Allsop 23-Mar-98 175 67 Dandenong U1881 Kirk Dickson 20-Aug-98 185 77 Dandenong U18/Cranbourne/Mazenod SC82 Bernie Vince * 02-Oct-85 186 89 CMS Crows/Woodville-West Torrens/Adelaide83 Thomas Bugg * 05-Apr-93 184 82 Gembrook/Caulfield Grammar/Gippsland U18/GWS84 Neville Jetta * 12-Feb-90 180 81 Swan Districts85 Christian Salem * 15-Jul-95 183 83 Hampton Rovers/Sandringham U1886 Jack Watts * 26-Mar-91 196 93 East Sandringham/Sandringham U1887 Jack Viney * 13-Apr-94 186 87 Ashburton/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18/Casey Scorpions88 Jordan Lewis * 24-Apr-96 185 79 Hawthorn89 Jesse Hogan * 12-Feb-95 195 100 Claremont90 Nathan Jones * 20-Jan-88 180 87 Mt Eliza/Dandenong U1891 Michael Hibberd * 03-Jan-90 186 90 Essendon (AFL)92 Tom McDonald * 18-Sep-92 194 101 Edenhope-Apsley/North Ballarat U18

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(Comments from senior coach Justin Plapp)

FACT FILE:

AFL ALIGNMENT: Melbourne

2016 FINISH: 2nd (16-5)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Jack Hutchins / 2. Alex Neal-Bullen / 3. Declan Keilty

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Jack Hutchins / Declan Keilty / Tim Smith

2016 DRAFTEES: Tim Smith (rookie pick no.25 to Melbourne) / Oscar McInerney (rookie pick no.37 to Brisbane) / Declan Keilty (rookie pick no.41 to Melbourne)


- In: Dan Allsop (Dandenong Stingrays) / Nathan Gardiner (Frankston) / Mitch Gent (Noble Park) / Tom Glen (Dandenong Stingrays) / Liam Hiscock (Sandringham) / Goy Lok (Sandringham Dragons) / Yilber Zijai (Sandringham)

- Out: Declan Keilty (Melbourne AFL) / Oscar McInerney (Brisbane AFL) / Paul Pattison / Tim Smith (Melbourne AFL)


Tim Smith, Oscar McInerney and Declan Keilty: “We sort of retain Tim and Declan in our system because they were rookie-listed to Melbourne, but they’re part of the AFL team now. I was absolutely rapt those three were rookie-listed, because when you’re doing this job you want to create opportunities for players to reach their full potential.”


Mitch Gent: “Mitch previously played 60 VFL games for us and is coming back to the club aft er a year at Noble Park (in the Eastern FL). He was pretty keen to give the VFL another go, and given he’s a quality player we certainly weren’t going to knock him back. He’s a big-bodied midfielder who can play a number of positions. He’s had a really strong pre-season and I’d argue he’s in better shape than he’s ever been.”

Yilber Zijai: “Yilber played 27 VFL games for Sandringham over a four-year period. He’s a small forward/midfielder who’s hard at it and a clever player who seems to make things happen every time he touches the ball. We think he’s a big in for us.”

Nathan Gardiner: “Nathan’s an ex-Frankston player who kicked 52 goals over the last two years at VFL level. He’s a medium-sized forward with really strong hands and he’s going to be important for our forward-line depth.”

Goy Lok: “Goy is a 19-year-old big-bodied midfielder we’ve recruited from the Sandringham Dragons who

played three VFL games for the Sandringham Zebras last

year and performed really well. We think he’s going to

have an instant impact.”


“Jack Hutchins springs to mind pretty quickly. He won

our best-and-fairest last year, he’s our captain and he

gets the big jobs in defence most weeks. Ed Morris has

played just about every game for us the last two years

but he was unfortunate to miss out on selection for

the Grand Final last year. He’s gone away and worked

really hard on his general fitness and has come back in

amazing condition.

“Mitch Gent’s going to play a pretty big role for us

around the middle of the ground and he wins a lot of his

own ball. He has really good leadership qualities too.

Angus Scott’s another one – he played every VFL game

last year and had some really significant improvement

in his running ability. He generally makes something

happen when he has the ball.”

BREAK-OUT CANDIDATE:

Dylan Gordon: “Dylan’s a defender who reads the ball

and intercepts really well. We recruited him from the

Northern Territory two years ago and he’s really matured

physically. He played one VFL game last year but is

tracking like he’ll become a really important player for

us. His pre-season’s indicating that he’s really developed

and we’re expecting he’s going to come on in leaps and

bounds.”


“With the list changes at Melbourne, we’re probably not

going to have the midfield depth we had last year but

we’re going to be better off with key-position players.

We probably had a lack of key-position players last year

but our strength this year is probably going to be our tall

backs and forwards.”


“We were ranked first for inside-50s (per game during

the H&A season) last year but we weren’t able to hit the

scoreboard as much as we would have liked, so we’ve

tried to tighten that up. We’ve certainly got a big focus on

being able to score more consistently.


“Unfortunately we lost Brett Allison and Daniel

McPherson who were both line coaches for our VFL

team, but we’ve got Max Rooke in from Gold Coast’s AFL

team – he’s a Melbourne development coach and will do

midfield stoppages for us – and Mick Stinear – who was

Melbourne’s AFL Women’s coach and will be doing our

off ence. Sam Radford – who was an assistant coach with

Melbourne’s AFLW team – will do defence and Danny

Ryan will become our midfield coach. He was previously

second-in-charge to Jeremy Barnard at the Sandringham

Dragons in the TAC Cup. We feel we’ve lost a couple of

very good people but we’ve also gained some really

capable people.”

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Angus Scott

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(Comments from senior coach Peter German)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 12th (6-12)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Tom Goodwin / 2. Ozgur Uysal / 3. Ahmed Saad

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Robbie Fox / Luke Ryan / Ahmed Saad

2016 DRAFTEES: Luke Ryan (pick no.66 to Fremantle) / Robbie Fox (rookie pick no.34 to Sydney)


- In: Connor Byrne (UWS Giants, NSW) / Christian Burgess (Myrtleford) / Tom Cleary (Glenorchy, TAS) / Tyler Curtis (Williamstown) / Nick Dodge (Lauderdale, TAS) / Ryan Exon (Frankston) / Hisham Kerbatieh (Northern Blues) / Liam Kidd (Box Hill Hawks) / Patrick Lawlor (Box Hill Hawks) / Nick Mellington (Richmond VFL) / Tom Wallis (Essendon AFL) / Darrean Wyatt (Collingwood AFL)

- Out: Lech Featherstone / Robbie Fox (Sydney AFL) / Dion Hill / Lachlan Johns (Vermont) / Luke Ryan (Fremantle AFL) / Ahmed Saad (West Preston-Lakeside) / Nathan Thomas / Ozgur Uysal (Essendon VFL) / Daniel Younan (Essendon VFL)


Daniel Younan: “Danny was an outstanding leader and he’ll certainly be missed. He’s just one of those real upbeat, quality young men who added so much to our footy club. But now he’s gone, the best part is that someone else steps up.”

Ahmed Saad: “We’ll miss Ahmed’s scoreboard contribution – he kicked 49 goals (and won the ‘Frosty’ Miller Medal) last year. We think that rather than one player covering ‘Saady’ this year, we’ll have a totally diff erent forward set-up.”


New forwards: “We’ve had Lech Featherstone (23 goals in 2016) move on as well as Ahmed Saad, but we think Nick Dodge from Tasmania is a quality medium half forward and we got Hisham Kerbatieh from the Northern Blues who kicked five goals in a game (against Werribee in Round 17) last year. We also think Tyler Curtis from Williamstown is going to add a fair bit to our height up forward.”

High-level experience: “I think the recruitment of Nick Mellington from Richmond’s VFL team and Tom Wallis from Essendon’s AFL rookie list will certainly give us good coverage in the midfield. Down back, we’ve recruited Tom Cleary from Tasmania and Darrean

Wyatt’s another one – he’s come off Collingwood’s

rookie list and we think he’ll be a quality defender for

us.”

Youngsters: “We’ve got some really good young kids to

our club who have probably just missed out at the draft s

previously. Connor Byrne from NSW, Luke Bunker

from the Northern Knights and Christian Burgess from

Myrtleford. Jack Reaper and Jaidyn Owen are a couple

of tall players from the Calder Cannons and they’re really

exciting.”


“You’d expect the players who were up there last year

– Tom Goodwin and Liam Hunt – to be there again. I

think Tom’s game will only continue to get better in the

ruck and I think Liam showed last year as the season

went on that he’s a top-line midfielder. If Peter McEvoy

plays a full season, he could be one of our key players.

He had a terrific year (16 goals in 10 games) up until he

broke his leg (in Round 11) but he’s fully fit now.”


“We think Mark Kovacevic will make inroads with his

ruck work and be able to work in tandem with Tom

Goodwin. Josh Iacobaccio in the back line – he’s grown

in terms of his maturity and he’s a leader at the club

now. We think he’ll be more impactful this year. Michael

Mattingly in his second year – we think he’s taken big

steps over the pre-season and he’s going to be a better

player in 2017.”


“I think our depth is going to be a strength. There could

easily be 30 or 32 players pushing for Round 1 senior

spots and that keeps everyone on their toes.

“Our defence was probably our strongest line last year

and we’ve been able to add to that with Tom Cleary and

Darrean Wyatt. We think our back line can hold up – it’s

whether we can stay consistent throughout the year in

our midfield and our forwards can hit the scoreboard.”

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FROM 2016:

“I think up until halfway through last year our stoppages

and contested ball were pretty good but in the second

half of the year we really dropped away there.

“We lost five of our first seven games last year by 11

points or less, and if you win three of them all of sudden

you’re talking about maybe having a run at the finals.

The start of our season’s going to be really important.”


“Paul Kennedy’s been fantastic – he’s going to be our

Development League coach and VFL assistant coach

this year. We lost (former Melbourne and Richmond

player) Ricky Petterd, but Andrew Sturgess has come

on board as our midfield coach. We’ve also got Lachlan

Waterman in as our forwards coach and Tony Regan is

our defensive coach.”

Coburg

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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB

1 Ben Allan 04-Jun-96 180 77 Pascoe Vale/Calder Cannons

2 Patrick Lawlor 04-Mar-93 180 80 Vermont/Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks

3 Hisham Kerbatieh 16-May-97 177 78 Hadfield/Calder Cannons/Northern Blues

4 Keenan Posar 08-Aug-94 187 82 St Marys GJFC/Northern Knights/Northern Blues

5 Ryan Exon 08-Jan-94 182 84 Oakleigh Chargers/Box Hill Hawks/Frankston

6 Mark Orr 18-Feb-95 198 100 Melton/Western Jets

7 Christian Burgess 17-Mar-94 173 73 Bendigo Pioneers/Williamstown/Myrtleford

8 Nick Mellington 22-May-96 186 88 Benalla/Murray Bushrangers/Richmond (VFL)

9 Nathan Blair 05-Jul-95 187 86 Romsey/Calder Cannons

10 Sean Gregory 20-Jan-94 197 81 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons/Essendon (AFL)

11 Blake Mullane 18-Apr-95 185 87 Mt Eliza/Dandenong Stingrays/Frankston

12 Peter McEvoy 27-Jul-91 195 92 Wodonga Raiders/Tasmanian University/Box Hill Hawks

13 Tom Wallis 14-Feb-97 182 80 Essendon Doutta Stars/Calder Cannons/Essendon (AFL)

14 Michael Ercolano 23-Jan-97 173 76 West Preston-Lakeside/Northern Knights

15 Joshua Iacobaccio 15-Aug-96 177 78 Bundoora/Northern Knights

16 Mitchell Betson 20-Nov-91 198 94 Terrigal-Avoca

17 Stuart Donnelly 29-Apr-95 186 84 Kingborough/Southport/Gold Coast (NEAFL)

18 Matthew Merlo 14-Mar-95 184 87 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons/Williamstown

19 Michael Mattingly 25-Jun-96 184 78 Corowa-Rutherglen/Northern Knights

20 Liam Kidd 22-Apr-96 180 83 Knox/Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks

21 Nick Dodge 06-Feb-97 183 84 Lauderdale/Tassie Mariners

22 Darrean Wyatt 01-Dec-92 201 97 Sandringham College/College of Coastal Georgia (USA)/Collingwood (AFL)

23 Jackson McDonald 24-Apr-98 183 77 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons

24 Zak Wunhym 22-Aug-97 171 75 Keilor/Calder Cannons

25 Thomas Cleary 18-Dec-92 196 91 New Norfolk/Launceston/Glenorchy

26 Liam Hunt 03-Feb-95 187 83 Eltham/Northern Knights

27 Luke Bunker 12-May-98 185 79 St Marys GJFC/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern Knights

28 Connor Byrne 16-Jun-98 183 78 Lavington/North Ballarat Rebels/UWS Giants

29 Tom Goodwin (C) 02-Oct-91 201 112 East Ringwood/Port Adelaide (SANFL)/Box Hill Hawks

30 Jack James 29-Oct-96 182 80 Gisborne/Calder Cannons

31 Rhys Free 08-Feb-97 194 91 Cohuna Kangas/Bendigo Pioneers

32 Ricky Schraven 08-Feb-96 174 77 Wallan/Greenvale/Calder Cannons

33 Brandon Bailey 18-Nov-95 180 75 Gippsland Power/Morwell

34 Tyler Curtis 30-Mar-93 197 94 South Mildura/Williamstown

35 Cameron Holdsworth 23-Jul-96 188 82 Albion/Avondale Heights/Western Jets

36 Matthew Perry 30-Apr-97 187 79 Northcote Park/Northern Knights

37 Jesse Corigliano 30-Apr-96 183 82 Strathmore/Calder Cannons

38 Damandeep Aujla 25-Feb-96 179 78 Bundoora/Northern Knights/Northern Blues

39 Dylan Tarczon 27-Aug-97 183 83 Sunbury/Calder Cannons

40 James El-Moussalli 18-Jun-97 191 87 Northern Knights/Eltham/Essendon (VFL)

41 Mark Kovacevic 23-Jan-96 204 112 Greenvale/Calder Cannons

42 Hayden Blythe 05-Feb-98 181 78 Glenroy/Calder Cannons

43 Karl Brown 05-Dec-97 194 93 Essendon Doutta Stars/Calder Cannons

44 Chas Roberts 25-Jan-97 201 86 Old Trinity/West Preston-Lakeside/Northern Knights

45 Jaidyn Owen 07-Feb-98 198 90 Woodend-Hesket/Calder Cannons

46 James Svarc 02-Feb-95 188 88 Corowa-Rutherglen

47 Mitchell Conn 19-May-97 177 76 Sunbury/Calder Cannons

48 Angelo Rambaldi 13-Apr-94 183 81 Donvale/Doncaster/Collingwood (VFL)

49 Rivva Karpany 17-Mar-95 173 76 Port Adelaide (SANFL)/Fitzroy Stars

50 Jack Reaper 05-Apr-98 191 89 Gisborne/Calder Cannons

51 Corey McKay 16-Oct-98 179 81 Northcote Park/Northern Knights

52 Cassidy Haberfield 02-Jan-96 172 77 Gold Coast (NEAFL)/Surfers Paradise

53 Billy Cannolo 07-Dec-98 179 70 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons

54 Cameron McRorie 02-Jan-97 180 77 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons

55 George Romios 11-Aug-97 194 93 Essendon Doutta Stars/Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons

56 Joshua Formosa 05-May-98 164 70 Heathcote/Strathfieldsaye/Bendigo Pioneers

57 Lachlan Waite 09-Nov-98 191 83 Seymour/Murray Bushrangers

58 Sam Lowson 24-Oct-95 181 84 East Ringwood

59 Ben Barton 16-Jun-98 194 77 Kilmore/Broadford/Calder Cannons

60 Alex Mioni 06-Apr-96 190 81 Norwood/Oakleigh Chargers/Port Melbourne

62 Jack Sandric 26-Feb-96 186 90 Hobart City/Box Hill Hawks

Coburg

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1 Alex Fasolo * 08-Jun-92 181 84 Attadale/East Fremantle2 Jordan De Goey * 15-Mar-96 191 91 Ashburton/St Kevin’s College/Oakleigh U183 Daniel Wells * 03-Feb-85 181 85 Kwinana/Peel Thunder/North Melbourne4 Brodie Grundy * 15-Apr-94 203 102 Unley/Sturt5 Jamie Elliott * 21-Aug-92 178 81 Euroa/Murray U186 Tyson Goldsack * 22-May-87 193 93 Pakenham/Gippsland U187 Adam Treloar * 09-Mar-93 182 85 Noble Park/Dandenong U18/GWS8 Tom Langdon * 09-Jun-94 190 86 Old Melburnians/Sandringham U189 Jesse White * 09-Jan-88 196 102 Surfers Paradise/Southport/Sydney

10 Scott Pendlebury * 07-Jan-88 191 91 Sale/Gippsland U1811 Jarryd Blair * 14-Apr-90 174 81 Wonthaggi/Gippsland U1812 Matt Scharenberg * 18-Sep-95 191 88 PHOS Camden/Glenelg13 Taylor Adams * 20-Sep-93 181 83 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18/GWS14 James Aish * 08-Nov-95 183 78 Norwood (SA)/Brisbane15 Lynden Dunn * 14-May-87 192 102 Moonee Valley/Calder U18/Melbourne16 Chris Mayne * 02-Nov-88 188 84 Belmont/Perth/Fremantle17 Callum Brown * 27-Apr-98 178 73 Beverley Hills/ Marcellin/Eastern U1818 Travis Varcoe * 10-Apr-88 180 83 Smithfield/Central District/Geelong19 Levi Greenwood * 19-Feb-89 181 91 North Whyalla/Port Adelaide (SANFL)/North Melbourne20 Ben Reid * 29-Apr-89 196 98 Wangaratta Rovers/Murray U1821 Tom Phillips * 07-May-96 187 79 Beverley Hills/Oakleigh U1822 Steele Sidebottom * 22-Jan-92 184 86 Congupna/Murray U1823 Lachlan Keeff e * 14-Apr-90 204 101 Marist College, Brisbane24 Josh Thomas # 01-Oct-91 178 77 Redland/Gold Coast U1825 Jack Crisp * 02-Oct-93 190 91 Myrtleford/Murray U18/Brisbane26 Josh Daicos * 26-Nov-98 178 72 Greythorn/Bulleen-Templestowe/Oakleigh U1827 Kayle Kirby * 31-Aug-98 182 89 Tyntynder/Bendigo U1828 Ben Sinclair * 01-Oct-91 183 81 Scotch College/Oakleigh U1829 Tim Broomhead * 22-Mar-94 185 80 Port District/Port Adelaide (SANFL) 30 Darcy Moore * 25-Jan-96 201 98 Kew/Oakleigh U1831 Jackson Ramsay * 20-Nov-94 184 82 Coolbinia/East Perth 32 Will Hoskin-Elliott * 02-Sep-93 186 80 North Sunshine/Western U18/GWS33 Rupert Wills * 20-May-93 192 87 Old Scotch/Collingwood (VFL)34 Mitch McCarthy # 10-Oct-97 196 95 Mount Eliza/Dandenong U1835 Sam McLarty * 11-May-98 197 91 Beverley Hills/Yarra Valley GS/Oakleigh U1836 Brayden Sier * 12-Dec-97 191 89 Banyule/Marcellin College/Northern U1837 Brayden Maynard * 20-Sep-96 189 90 Hampton/Sandringham U1838 Jeremy Howe * 29-Jun-90 190 88 Dodges Ferry/Hobart/Melbourne39 Ben Crocker * 19-Feb-97 188 82 Kew Comets/Marcellin College/Oakleigh U1840 Josh Smith * 02-Jan-94 180 80 Redland41 Henry Schade # 08-Oct-93 197 89 Sandy Bay/North Hobart/Gold Coast43 Adam Oxley * 01-Nov-92 193 85 Redland44 Liam Mackie # 24-Aug-98 186 76 Plympton Bulldogs/Glenelg45 Max Lynch # 12-Sep-98 200 97 Jindera Bulldogs/Albury/Murray U1846 Mason Cox # 14-Mar-91 211 108 Oklahoma State University (USA)47 Gus Borthwick 29-Dec-96 180 83 Melbourne Grammar/Old Melburnians48 Lachlan Tardrew 06-Sep-97 183 75 Sandhurst/Bendigo U1849 Michael Chippendale 22-Jun-92 190 85 Tea Tree Gully/Norwood (SA)50 Alex Woodward 11-Jun-93 181 78 Sandringham U18/Hawthorn51 Michael Still 24-Mar-91 194 94 Essendon (VFL)/Werribee/West Adelaide52 Lachlan Wallace 24-Jan-92 176 79 Dandenong U18/Frankston YCW53 Jack Hellier (C) 15-Aug-88 178 85 St Bedes-Mentone Tigers/Sandringham U1854 Jordan Collopy 16-Aug-93 178 77 Oakleigh U18/Collingwood (VFL)/Northcote Park55 Ryan Pendlebury 02-Aug-92 191 85 Sale/Bendigo (VFL)/Norwood (VIC)56 Stephen Tahana 02-Feb-97 183 79 North Adelaide/Gepps Cross57 Ash Close 24-Dec-91 199 84 Ivanhoe Amateurs/Morwell/Northcote Park58 Kye Beveridge 21-Aug-98 178 68 St Peters/De La Salle/Sandringham U1859 Jackson Starcevich 18-Jul-93 195 82 Claremont/Redland/Shepparton United60 Jordan Kelly 27-Jun-93 191 85 Dandenong U18/Hawthorn/Western Bulldogs61 Nick Gray 24-Sep-92 185 78 Mansfield/Northcote Park62 Adrian Indovino 18-Mar-95 182 82 East Malvern/Oakleigh U18/De La Salle63 Marty Hore 05-Mar-96 189 81 Leitchville/Bendigo U1864 Campbell Lane 28-Sep-97 180 76 Oakleigh U18/Old Xaverians65 Lachlan Howe 12-Jun-93 200 100 Geelong (VFL)/Collingwood (VFL)/St Joseph’s66 Dale Hinkley 23-Sep-95 189 82 Birchip-Watchem67 Matthew Smith 11-Jan-91 181 82 Calivil Utd/Port Melbourne/Strathfieldsaye68 Matthew La Fontaine 27-Jul-98 180 78 Frankston YCW/Dandenong U1869 Jack Blair 19-Apr-93 174 71 Wonthaggi Power70 Josh Turner 29-Mar-95 183 82 Northern U18/Lower Plenty71 Alex Mastromanno 28-Jul-98 187 93 Brighton Grammar/Old Brighton

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(Comments from new senior coach Jared Rivers)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 3rd (15-5)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Brent Macaff er / 2. Jordan Kelly / 3. Jarrod Witts

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Jordan Kelly / Dale Tapping (coach)


- In: Kye Beveridge (Sandringham Dragons) / Michael Chippendale (Norwood, SA) / Campbell Lane (Oakleigh Chargers) / Jackson Starcevich (Claremont) / Stephen Tahana (North Adelaide, SA) / Alex Woodward (Hawthorn AFL)

- Out: Lachlan Ferguson (Collegians) / Ben Moloney (Geelong VFL) / Angelo Rambaldi (Coburg) / Jackson Viola


Ben Moloney: “Ben had been at the club for four years (and 66 VFL games). He was part of the leadership group and a senior player for the VFL program. No doubt he’ll be sorely missed for his ability to bring the AFL-listed and VFL-listed players together – he really drove that culture along with our captain Jack Hellier.”

Lachlan Ferguson: “Lachie will be missed for the way he went about his footy and just being a great teammate. He definitely had some skill around goal and those kinds of guys who excel around the feet of the big fellas inside 50 are always hard to find.”


Alex Woodward: “Alex has come from Hawthorn’s AFL list. He had some serious knee troubles (three knee reconstructions and only two AFL games since 2012) but he’s been first-class since he arrived at the club. He’s really going to help our midfield depth.”

Michael Chippendale: “Michael plays a third tall defender role and won a premiership with Norwood in the SANFL (in 2012). He’s going to help us down back and is a natural footballer who reads the ball really well.”

Stephen Tahana: “Stephen is from North Adelaide. He’s a young kid (20 years old) but has some raw talent. He played some really good footy at senior SANFL level last year. He’s a defender who’s really good one-on-one, rarely gets beaten and can play on tall and small forwards.”

Kye Beveridge: “Kye is just out of the TAC Cup where he played for the Sandringham Dragons. He’s come

in and looked really positive for us. His endeavour

and hunt to get the ball has been first-class. He’ll be

pushing for a spot in the team coming into Round 1.”


“I thought (runner-up) Jordan Kelly was very stiff in

the best-and-fairest last year – he could have won it

along with Brent Macaff er. He was super for us all year

with his consistency down back and on-ball at times.

I’m tipping he’ll probably be up there again this year,

along with Alex Woodward who will spend time in the

midfield. Ryan Pendlebury, who’s in the leadership

group, has been a good player for us for a few years

down back.”


Gus Borthwick: “Gus is a real inside midfielder. He’s a

really powerful kid and really attacks the ball – the type

of player teammates love playing with and coaches

love to coach. He’s got a good left foot and was a really

consistent player for us last year (10 goals in 17 VFL

games). He can definitely lift another gear.”

Lachlan Tardrew: “Lachie plays multiple positions –

down back, in the midfield or on a wing. He’s young (19

years old) but definitely developing towards becoming

a really consistent VFL player. Our main focus this year

is trying to get some of these kids draft ed.”


“Our strength will probably be the depth we’ve built in

previous years. I feel we’ve got a good core of 10 to 15

blokes that can play every week. Understanding the

alignment we’re in with the AFL team, it’s going to be

tough for some of those blokes to get in the side each

week, but I feel like if we’re all fit, we’re going to have

consistent lines across our forwards, midfielders and

backs.”


“We just need to understand that our forward line will

be quite young this year. In previous years our kicking

inside 50 probably let us down on a few occasions, so

we want to move the ball as best we can to give our

forwards every chance. We’ve been working on that

entry kick inside 50 over summer to help us try and

turn that around.”


“We’ve had Ryan Power – who coached at Frankston

for a few years – come on board to look aft er the

forwards. Brad Gotch – who coached South Adelaide

in the SANFL over the last couple of years and has

been really successful – will look aft er the midfielders.

He’s going to be really important for myself having had

that coaching experience at AFL, VFL and SANFL level.

We’ve also got Jamie Cassidy-McNamara coaching

the back line. He’s been at Collingwood for a few years

in the skill acquisition area, but he’s had an eye on VFL

footy and wanted to help out.”

Collingwood

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Aaron Heppell

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(Comments from new senior coach Paul Corrigan)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 6th (11-9)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Aaron Heppell / 2. Daniel Coghlan / 3. Ben McNiece

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Aaron Heppell

2016 DRAFTEES: Ben McNiece (Next Generation Academy rookie signing to Essendon)


- In: Jock Cornell (Geelong AFL) / Michael Luxford (Geelong AFL) / Nick O’Brien (Woodville-West Torrens, SA) / Ozgur Uysal (Coburg) / Daniel Younan (Coburg)

- Out: Daniel Coghlan / Sam Heavyside / Jack Langford / Ben McNiece (Essendon AFL)


Daniel Coghlan: “Dan had been with us for a number of years and worked his way through to the captaincy last year. He was a fantastic person to have around the club and I think he’ll be sorely missed because he was well respected and well regarded amongst the VFL playing group and also the AFL-listed players who came back to play with him. He was a very good player both inside and outside the contest for us too.”

Sam Heavyside and Jack Langford: “Sam and Jack played a fair bit of VFL footy with us (Heavyside played 47 VFL games and Langford played 31). Jack’s versatility will be missed. He was able to fill a number of roles with his height, whether it was playing forward or back.”


Nick O’Brien: “Nick was previously on Essendon’s AFL list and then went to the SANFL last year but has come back and will captain our side. Hopefully he can fill that void left by Dan Coghlan. Having played at the club before and knowing a lot of the AFL-listed players, I think he’ll be a real glue between the VFL list and the AFL-listed players when they come back on game day.”

Daniel Younan and Ozgur Uysal: “Danny and Ozgur just felt like they wanted a fresh start (having departed Coburg). Danny’s been voted into the leadership group, so he’s brought experience across from Coburg where he was also vice-captain. Same with Ozgur – he’s also played a lot of VFL footy and he’ll add to our midfield strength and depth.”

Michael Luxford and Jock Cornell: “Michael and Jock are handy additions to our group because they’ve

experienced the culture Geelong has at AFL level. I

reckon we’ll see a lot of them through the midfield, but

with their versatility we also have the ability to play

them forward.”


“Our best-and-fairest from last year Aaron Heppell

has been really good this pre-season. He was a little

bit disappointed in the fact he didn’t get draft ed or

rookied but he’s really looking forward to backing up

the season he had last year. Hopefully we can again

utilise Aaron down back and through the midfield and

make him an even better player. He’s been voted in as

vice-captain as well, which says a lot about how far his

leadership’s come in the last 12 months.

“I’d also think Nick O’Brien will be up there with the

experience he’s brought back to the club, as well as

guys like Michael Luxford, Danny Younan and Ozgur

Uysal.”


“Alex Boyse and Alex Marklew are two that came

into the system last year. Boyse played three games

last year and Marklew only played a couple, and we’re

really looking for them to progress and play a few more

games this year. Nash Holmes is another one – he

started as a 23rd player, worked his way into the best

22 and played nearly every game towards the end of

the year. Hopefully he can continue to develop as well.”


“What I’ve been trying to put together with the other

coaches this year is a list that’s quite versatile with guys

that can play in a number of positions. Given what you

get back from AFL level changes on a week-to-week

basis, if you’ve got VFL-listed players that are adaptable

to a number of positions, you can sort of pick them on

that rather than picking players who are suited to only

one position.”


“We’ve had two years in the finals now and

Williamstown (by 12 points in the 2015 preliminary

final) and Footscray (by 19 points in the 2016 semi

final) have got us aft er we led late in the game. If we get

the opportunity to play in the finals again this year, it’s

about making sure we maintain consistency and are

able to win those games instead of giving up leads and

being beaten.”


“I’ve come in as the senior coach this year, while

Daniel Jordan and Mark Corrigan – my younger

brother – will be doing similar roles to what they were

last year – Mark looking aft er the forwards and Dan

looking aft er the defenders. Wayne Schultz, who was

a player here and did some work for us as an assistant

coach last year, has also come on as a midfield coach.”

Essendon

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1 Andrew McGrath * 02-Jun-98 177 77 Brighton/East Brighton/Sandringham U18

2 Tom Bellchambers * 09-Jul-89 202 106 Northern Bombers/Tasmania U18

3 Darcy Parish * 25-Jul-97 180 74 Winchelsea/Geelong U18

4 Jobe Watson * 08-Feb-85 190 94 East Sandringham/Xavier College/Sandringham U18

5 Brent Stanton * 01-May-86 183 81 Banyule/Northern U18

6 Joe Daniher * 04-Mar-94 201 94 Aberfeldie/Calder U18

7 Zach Merrett * 03-Oct-95 180 80 Cobden/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18

8 Martin Gleeson * 25-Aug-94 190 81 Koroit/North Ballarat U18

9 Brendon Goddard * 20-May-85 192 93 Traralgon/Gippsland U18/St Kilda

10 Aaron Francis * 10-Aug-97 194 94 Loxton North/West Adelaide

11 David Zaharakis * 21-Feb-90 182 78 Eltham/Marcellin College/Northern U18

12 Mark Baguley * 21-May-87 180 82 Langwarrin/Frankston

13 Orazio Fantasia * 14-Sep-95 177 76 Payneham Norwood Union/Norwood (SA)

14 Jordan Ridley * 20-Oct-98 192 80 East Burwood/Oakleigh U18

15 Josh Green * 24-Aug-92 178 79 Clarence/Tasmania U18/Brisbane

16 Josh Begley * 03-Jul-98 186 96 Upper Ferntree Gully/Eastern U18

17 James Stewart * 04-Mar-94 196 93 Glen Iris/Scotch College/Sandringham U18/GWS

18 Michael Hurley * 01-Jun-90 193 95 Macleod/Northern U18

19 Kobe Mutch * 18-Mar-98 186 84 North Broken Hill/Wentworth/Bendigo U18/GWS Academy

20 Jackson Merrett * 27-Feb-93 185 83 Cobden/Geelong U18

21 Dyson Heppell * 14-May-92 189 85 Leongatha/Gippsland U18

22 Matthew Leuenberger * 07-Jun-88 203 103 Hale College/East Perth/Brisbane

23 David Myers * 30-Jun-89 191 90 Victoria Park/Perth

24 Craig Bird * 21-Jan-89 179 84 Nelson Bay/NSW-ACT U18/Sydney

25 Alex Morgan * 28-Jan-96 181 79 Forest Hill/Oakleigh U18

26 Cale Hooker * 13-Oct-88 197 100 Melville/East Fremantle

27 Mason Redman * 26-Aug-97 185 77 Millicent/Glenelg

28 Mitch Brown * 28-Aug-90 196 93 Mentone Grammar/Sandringham U18/Geelong (AFL)/Sandringham (VFL)

29 Patrick Ambrose * 01-Sep-91 193 92 Old Xaverians/Essendon (VFL)

30 Kyle Langford * 01-Dec-96 191 80 Macleod/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U18

32 Travis Colyer * 24-Aug-91 174 78 Marist/Claremont

33 Jayden Laverde * 12-Apr-96 190 82 Keilor/PEGS/Western U18

34 Jake Long # 03-Feb-96 186 75 St Marys (NT)/Scotch College

36 Michael Hartley * 07-Jun-93 198 100 Penrith Swans/Sydney University/Collingwood (AFL)/Coburg

37 Dylan Clarke * 06-Sep-98 186 83 Rowville/Melbourne Grammar/Eastern U18

38 Sam Draper # 28-Sep-98 203 105 Reynella/South Adelaide

39 Heath Hocking * 27-Dec-87 186 86 Mooroolbark/Eastern U18

40 Ben Howlett * 21-Oct-88 180 79 Donnybrook/Peel Thunder

41 Ben McNiece # 23-Feb-92 178 77 Northcote Park/Essendon (VFL)

43 Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti * 22-Apr-93 171 77 Tiwi Bombers/Gippsland U18/Essendon (VFL)

44 Shaun McKernan # 01-Sep-90 196 101 Tullamarine/Calder U18/Adelaide

45 Conor McKenna * 28-Mar-96 182 82 Eglish/Tyrone (Ireland)

47 James Kelly * 29-Dec-83 183 86 Rupertswood/Calder U18/Geelong (AFL)

49 Matt Dea * 13-Oct-91 186 85 Ballarat & Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18/Richmond (AFL)

50 James Ferry 09-Nov-94 191 90 Gisborne/Calder U18/Macedon

51 Alex Boyse 16-Nov-93 190 85 Essendon Doutta Stars/St Bernard’s/Essendon Doutta Stars

52 Isaac Muller 08-Jan-96 200 104 North Albury/Murray U18/Bundoora

53 Sam Hooper 15-Nov-95 194 93 North Ballarat U18/North Ballarat (VFL)

54 Nick O’Brien (C) 26-Jun-93 189 88 Essendon (AFL)/Woodville-West Torrens

55 Daniel Younan 18-Aug-92 178 79 Western U18/Coburg

56 James Peters 04-Jun-97 180 77 Aberfeldie/Calder U18

57 Nick Hind 19-Aug-94 180 75 East Point/Keilor

58 Ben Dobson 13-Feb-90 191 91 Koroit/St Mary’s (VIC)

59 Aaron Heppell 13-Jan-95 183 82 Gippsland U18/Strathmore/Leongatha

60 Ben Fennell 08-May-92 181 80 Montmorency/Collingwood (VFL)/Montmorency

61 Wilson Berry 08-Jun-98 192 82 Western U18/Aberfeldie

62 Michael Luxford 23-Feb-95 187 85 Geelong (AFL)/South Barwon

63 Matt Darby 14-Jul-93 194 92 Riddell/Avondale Heights

64 Charles Lill 31-Jan-95 189 88 Mt Lawley/Essendon Doutta Stars

65 Ozgur Uysal 05-Aug-92 181 82 Greenvale/Calder U18/Coburg

66 Kieran Strachan 05-Oct-95 202 86 South Bendigo

67 Eamon Gilbert 02-Jul-95 195 86 Northern Blues/Eltham/Avondale Heights

68 Eamonn Ogden 20-Jan-96 179 77 Bendigo U18/Kyabram/Keilor

69 Alex Marklew 26-Mar-96 190 85 Murray U18/Wangaratta Rovers/Essendon Doutta Stars

70 Alex Carr 04-Feb-95 180 81 Maff ra/Gippsland U18/Williamstown

71 Jock Cornell 02-Apr-97 188 88 NSW Rams U18/Geelong (AFL)

72 Joel Ottavi 21-Mar-96 199 93 Buningyong/Keilor

74 Joel Madden 26-Sep-94 190 91 Aberfeldie/Calder U18/Coburg

77 Nash Holmes 13-Mar-97 184 84 Sale/Gippsland U18/Keilor

79 Bruno Laguda 14-Apr-97 189 77 Essendon Doutta Stars/Calder U18/Essendon Doutta Stars

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1 Matthew Suckling * 25-Jul-88 187 87 East Wagga-Kooringal/Wagga Tigers/Hawthorn

2 Robert Murphy * 09-Jun-82 187 84 Warragul/Gippsland U18

3 Mitch Wallis * 24-Oct-92 186 85 St Bernard’s/Calder U18

4 Marcus Bontempelli * 24-Nov-95 192 90 Eltham/Northern U18

5 Matthew Boyd * 27-Aug-82 184 88 Narre Warren/Dandenong U18/Frankston

6 Luke Dahlhaus * 21-Aug-92 178 77 Leopold/Geelong U18

7 Lachie Hunter * 13-Dec-94 183 80 Williamstown Juniors/St Kevin’s/Western U18

8 Stewart Crameri * 10-Aug-88 190 97 Maryborough/Bendigo (VFL)/Essendon (AFL)

9 Jake Stringer * 25-Apr-94 192 92 Eaglehawk/Bendigo U18

10 Easton Wood * 04-Sep-89 187 87 Camperdown/Geelong U18

11 Jack Macrae * 03-Aug-94 191 83 Kew Rovers/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18

12 Zaine Cordy * 27-Oct-96 192 83 Ocean Grove/Geelong College/Geelong U18

13 Travis Cloke * 05-Mar-87 196 105 Park Orchards/Eastern U18/Collingwood (AFL)

14 Clay Smith * 11-May-93 182 83 Lucknow/Gippsland U18

15 Tom Campbell * 02-Nov-91 200 106 Wesley College/Sandringham U18/Old Scotch/Bendigo (VFL)

16 Toby McLean * 31-Jan-96 180 78 Narre Warren/Western U18

17 Tom Boyd * 22-Aug-95 200 103 Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U18/GWS

18 Fletcher Roberts * 03-Jun-93 196 90 Murrumbeena/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18

19 Lukas Webb * 04-Mar-96 187 85 Lakes Entrance/Caulfield Grammar/Gippsland U18

20 Josh Dunkley * 09-Jan-97 189 85 Sale/Gippsland U18

21 Tom Liberatore * 16-May-92 183 83 St Bernard’s/Calder U18

22 Mitch Honeychurch * 02-Mar-95 176 71 Vermont/Eastern U18

23 Jordan Roughead * 03-Nov-90 200 99 Lake Wendouree/North Ballarat U18

24 Shane Biggs * 05-Aug-91 187 84 East Ringwood/Bendigo (VFL)/Sydney

25 Marcus Adams * 30-Jun-93 192 96 Upper Swan/West Perth

26 Declan Hamilton * 18-Mar-96 182 75 Gaza/Port Adelaide (SANFL)

27 Patrick Lipinski * 17-Jul-98 187 80 Eltham/Northern U18

28 Josh Prudden # 06-Sep-94 182 82 Seymour/Assumption College/Murray U18

29 Tory Dickson * 26-Sep-87 184 85 Beaconsfield/Frankston/Noble Park/Bendigo (VFL)

30 Fergus Greene * 20-Dec-97 187 70 Sandhurst/Bendigo U18

31 Bailey Dale * 22-Jul-96 183 79 Edithvale-Aspendale/Dandenong U18

32 Kieran Collins * 14-Dec-97 194 100 Landwarrin/Haileybury College/Dandenong U18

33 Lewis Young * 20-Dec-98 197 88 Mitcham/Sturt

34 Bailey Williams * 10-Oct-97 187 82 Brighton District Old Scholars/Glenelg

35 Caleb Daniel * 07-Jul-96 168 71 Edwardstown/South Adelaide

36 Brad Lynch # 11-Jul-97 187 76 Mandurah/Swan Districts

37 Roarke Smith # 11-Sep-96 182 80 Sunbury/Valder U18

38 Dale Morris * 29-Dec-82 190 91 Doutta Stars/Werribee

39 Jason Johannisen * 08-Nov-92 180 80 Willetton/East Fremantle

40 Nathan Mullenger-McHugh # 29-May-97 196 82 Heathmont/Eastern U18

42 Liam Picken * 01-Aug-86 184 83 Hamilton/North Ballarat U18/Williamstown

43 Jack Redpath * 13-Dec-90 194 99 North Kyneton/Kyneton

44 Tim English * 10-Aug-97 205 87 Brookton-Pingelly/South Fremantle

45 Tristan Tweedie # 11-Jun-98 190 94 Lilydale/Eastern U18

46 Lin Jong * 04-Jun-93 188 88 Mulgrave/Oakleigh U18

51 Lauchlan Dalgleish 22-Jun-93 185 82 Essendon (AFL)/Essendon (VFL)

52 Joshua Patullo 11-Sep-97 200 94 Warragul/Leongatha/Gippsland U18

53 Billy Gowers 10-Jun-96 188 83 Kew/Xavier College/Oakleigh U18

54 Nick Jamieson 03-May-92 182 80 Old Scotch

55 Alex Greenwood 24-Oct-93 178 78 Western Bulldogs

56 Will Hayes 05-Jun-95 181 80 Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18

57 Jordan Staley 14-Jul-93 195 94 St Kilda/North Ballarat (VFL)

58 Matthew Goodyear 20-Jul-96 185 80 Collingwood (AFL)/Gisborne

59 Shaun Wyatt 01-Nov-93 180 82 Gippsland U18/Williamstown/Maribyrnong Park

60 Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith 18-May-97 185 87 Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18

61 Liam Nash 02-Dec-95 188 84 Gippsland U18/Airport West

62 Bradley Olsson 26-Nov-96 191 85 Gippsland U18/Airport West

63 Nicholas Ryan 03-Jun-97 182 77 Spotswood

64 Jayden Foster 01-Jun-95 195 91 Calder U18/St Bernard’s

65 Jordan Russell (C) 06-Nov-86 188 86 Carlton/Collingwood (AFL)

66 Anthony Bruhn 09-Mar-80 186 80 Dromana/Franston YCW

67 Joshua Wallis 01-Nov-96 186 84 St Bernard’s/Calder U18/St Kevin’s OB

68 Anthony Barry 23-Sep-86 186 84 Frankston YCW

69 Benjamin Dance 30-Apr-98 180 80 St Bedes Mentone

70 Andrew Panayi 10-Aug-91 170 72 Werribee Districts

71 Elijah Wales 22-Jan-96 176 78 Myrtleford/Werribee

72 Gabriel Hamilton 02-Nov-93 180 87 Old Trinity

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(Comments from new senior coach Steve Grace)

FACT FILE:

AFL ALIGNMENT: Western Bulldogs

2016 FINISH: Premier (15-7)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Jordan Russell / 2. Mitch

Honeychurch / 3. Lukas Webb

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Jordan Russell

2016 DRAFTEES: Ben Long (pick no.25 to St Kilda) /

Mitch Hannan (no.46 to Melbourne)


- In: Anthony Bruhn (Frankston YCW) / Jayden Foster

(Carlton AFL) / Matthew Goodyear (Collingwood AFL)

/ Billy Gowers (Carlton AFL) / Josh Patullo (Gippsland

Power)

- Out: Mark Austin / Mitch Hannan (Melbourne AFL) /

Ben Long (St Kilda AFL)


“Apart from Ben Long and Mitch Hannan, who were

draft ed, there isn’t another VFL-listed player from our

Grand Final team that we’ve lost.”


Billy Gowers: “Billy has made a strong start and a strong

impression at the club aft er coming from Carlton. He

was impressive in a practice game against Collingwood

across half back. His aggression at the ball and his ability

to break the lines is something we think will be useful.”

Matthew Goodyear: “Matt came across from

Collingwood’s AFL team with me. He’s an inside

midfielder and played two AFL games last year. He’s a

real impressive character with good hands and power

inside the contest and good leg speed on the outside.”

Jayden Foster: “Jayden came to us from Carlton. He’d

been on their list for the last two years and been used

predominantly as a defender. We’re using him as a

forward and he’s made some good inroads. He kicked

three goals against Collingwood in a practice match.”

Anthony Bruhn: “Anthony’s a more mature player – he’s

27 years old – from Frankston YCW. He has great aerobic

capacity and can get up and down the ground all day.

He’s a forward.”

Josh Patullo: “Josh will probably fill our 23rd player

role. He played as a 19-year-old at Gippsland Power last

year and is a ruckman/forward with powerful hands. He

has a great work rate, is an honest kid, competes well

and covers the ground well for a big guy.”


“Lauchlan Dalgleish, Nick Jamieson, Alex Greenwood, Will Hayes, Liam Nash, Anthony Barry, Jordan Russell, Jordan Staley, Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith and Shaun Wyatt are all players who are significant contributors to the team. I’d be loath to split any of those players, because I know they were very close in the best-and-fairest last year.

“Throw in Matt Goodyear as an inside midfielder and Billy Gowers with his power as well.”


Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith: “Andrew is one to watch. He had a strong season last year as a 19-year-old. He mostly played as a running defender but he’s got room to grow as a midfielder, there’s no doubt. He’s had a really strong pre-season and we’re looking for him to significantly grow.”

Will Hayes: “Will played under a bit of duress towards the end of last year and he’s looking to really blossom this year. (He’s kicked 31 goals in 29 games over the last two years as a forward, but) he’s played a fair bit of midfield time over the pre-season.”

Shaun Wyatt: “Shaun is a strong forward. He had a significant foot issue late last year that he’s gotten over. He’s training strongly and we’re looking for him to enter footy in probably the first four rounds. He was a significant player for the club last year with his ability to hit the scoreboard (15 goals in 10 games) and apply significant pressure.”


“Our strengths will be our adaptability and our flexibility in having players able to play multiple roles.

“There’s also some ownership from the core group of players who have now played together for two years under a new regime at the Bulldogs with Luke Beveridge (as Western Bulldogs’ senior coach). The game style has become ingrained, so them being able to take that game style to another level should also be a strength of ours.”


“It’s always a challenge to improve your eff iciency with your last kick inside 50. That’s something we’ve worked reasonably hard on and we’ll continue to. We’re hoping to get some improvement there, and it’s a reflection of how you move the ball further up the ground.”


“Stewart Edge has remained but our other assistant coaches are all diff erent. Greg McLachlan is one of our new assistants – he’s been involved in TAC Cup football with the Oakleigh Chargers for a number of years and coached A-grade amateur football previously. Rohan Smith will help out on game day with our coaching staff , which is a bonus. Stephen Mead – who’s been involved previously in TAC Cup programs and at VFL level with Port Melbourne in their 2011 premiership year – will be a development coach/bench coach. Jordan Russell is the mainstay there as a playing back line coach and development coach.”

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(Comments from senior coach Shane O’Bree)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 7th (11-8)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Tom Atkins / 2. Tom Stewart / 3. James Tsitas

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Tom Atkins / Tom Stewart

2016 DRAFTEES: Tom Stewart (pick no.40 to Geelong) / Timm House (no.68 to Geelong) / Ryan Abbott (no.69 to Geelong)


- In: Jack Blood (Geelong Falcons) / Daniel Capiron (Frankston) / Rob Condy (Newtown & Chilwell) / Ben Moloney (Collingwood VFL) / Ben Reid (Echuca) / Jai Thompson (Leopold)

- Out: Ryan Abbott (Geelong AFL) / Timm House (Geelong AFL) / Ben Raidme / Tom Stewart (Geelong AFL) / Ryan Williams


Experienced leaders: “Players like Ben Raidme and Ryan Williams had been on our list for a while and were really good VFL players for us. They were also leaders within our team (sharing the captaincy along with Jackson Hollmer and Jackson Sheringham in 2015).”

AFL draft ees (although they haven’t gone far): “Hopefully Tom Stewart, Timm House and Ryan Abbott won’t be playing games in the VFL and are playing in the AFL instead, but it would always be good to welcome those boys back to the VFL team. It was just fantastic that the club backed our VFL program in and saw we’re teaching them right and producing ready-made players.”


Ben Moloney: “I’ve only heard good reports about Ben. He’s one of those guys who, when you look at the stats sheet aft er the game, has always had his 30 disposals and played his role. He’s a very consistent player and his leadership is fantastic. He hasn’t been able to train as much as we’d like because he’s coming back from a broken leg, but hopefully he’s right by the start of the season.”

Daniel Capiron: “Dan’s got VFL experience from his time at Frankston and he’s at a good age (20 years old) for our group. He wants to take his footy to another level and can play almost everywhere on the ground.”

Ben Reid: “Ben’s from Echuca. He was a very good junior and just had a fair few injuries from about the age

of 18 to 21. He’s got his body right now and he’s had a

really good pre-season with us. He can also play almost

everywhere.”

Geelong FL recruits: “We’ve been lucky enough to get

from GFL clubs Jai Thompson, who’s a premiership

captain at Leopold, and Rob Condy, who’s been in our

VFL system before and has come back to have another

go at it. I think Rob will be more of a backman for us,

while Jai’s an inside midfielder/high half forward.”


“Tom Atkins had a really good season last year. He was

our best-and-fairest winner and I think he can take his

game to another level this year. Sam McLachlan, Will

Sexton, James Tsitas – all those guys have had a year

in our system and know the way we want to play. They

should feel comfortable being regular VFL players now

and hopefully they can have consistent seasons.”


Jack Blood: “We’ve recruited Jack, who was the

captain of the Geelong Falcons last year. He’s still only

a young guy finding his way and obviously stepping up

to a higher level, but he’s a very mature young player

when you speak to him. He knows where he’s at and

what he needs to work on. I think he’s pretty driven to

make the most of his opportunity at VFL level and keep

improving.”


“Because we’ve got such a young AFL list that could

play the majority of the year in the VFL, I think we’ll have

an exciting mix in the VFL team. Combine the guys in

their second or third year at AFL level with our VFL-listed

players that have had a year or two in the system now

and our mature-aged recruits and we should perform

consistently every week with a good blend of youth and

experience.”


“We scored fairly highly (ranked second in the VFL for

goals per game during the H&A season) but I think a lot

of our good work was undone with poor execution at

the end, so that’ll be our focus.

“Our stoppages and contested ball was a bit

inconsistent too (13th for clearances and 12th for

contested possessions per game during the H&A

season), so we’re hoping our experienced VFL guys

like Ben Moloney, Tom Atkins, Sam McLachlan and Jai

Thompson can complement our young AFL boys.”


“We’ve got the same assistant coaches this year – Dan

Lowther, Mark Hovey and Glen Wallace – but we’ve

added three guys to complement them who have

experience in the Ballarat FL – Jarrod Edwards, Saul

Grenfell and Eammon Gill. They’ll be our runners

and bench coaches on game day and I think having

those extra guys on board will really complement the

program.”

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1 Rhys Stanley * 01-Dec-90 200 100 Berri/West Adelaide/St Kilda

2 Zach Tuohy * 10-Dec-89 187 91 County Laois (Ireland)/Carlton

3 Brandan Parfitt * 27-Apr-98 179 79 Nightcliff /NT Thunder/North Adelaide

4 Andrew Mackie * 07-Aug-84 193 82 Sacred Heart College/Glenelg

5 Nakia Cockatoo * 23-Oct-96 186 89 Southern Districts/NT Thunder

6 Lincoln McCarthy * 22-Oct-93 178 82 Bordertown/Glenelg

7 Harry Taylor * 12-Jun-86 195 94 Rovers, Geraldton/East Fremantle

8 Jake Kolodjashnij * 09-Aug-95 193 94 Prospect/Launceston

9 Zac Smith * 22-Feb-90 206 105 Glenmore, Rockhampton/Zillmere/Gold Coast

10 Daniel Menzel * 13-Sep-91 190 90 Golden Grove/Central District

11 Darcy Lang * 21-Nov-95 183 81 Colac/Geelong U18

12 Wylie Buzza * 02-Mar-96 198 102 Mt Gravatt/Redland

13 Tom Lonergan * 17-May-84 197 95 Yarrawonga/Calder U18

14 Joel Selwood * 26-May-88 183 84 Sandhurst/Bendigo U18

15 Matthew Hayball * 12-Sep-97 186 78 Roxby Downs/Sacred Heart College/West Adelaide

16 Scott Selwood * 27-Mar-90 186 88 Sandhurst/Bendigo U18/West Coast

17 Esava Ratugolea * 24-Jul-98 195 98 Cobram/Murray U18

18 Josh Cowan * 16-Mar-91 184 79 Daylesford/North Ballarat U18

19 Quinton Narkle * 03-Dec-97 180 80 Maddington/Wesley College/Perth

20 Ryan Gardner * 01-Jun-97 198 98 Burnie Dockers

21 Jordan Murdoch * 23-Mar-92 190 87 Port MacDonnell/Glenelg

22 Mitch Duncan * 10-Jun-91 188 88 Carine/East Perth

23 Aaron Black * 29-Nov-90 192 92 Kingsley/Peel Thunder/North Melbourne

24 Jed Bews * 14-Dec-93 186 88 Leopold/Geelong U18

25 Lachie Henderson * 14-Dec-89 196 98 Birregurra/Geelong College/Geelong U18/Brisbane/Carlton

26 Tom Hawkins * 21-Jul-88 198 110 Finley/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18

27 Sam Menegola * 07-Mar-92 189 89 Attadale/East Fremantle/Hawthorn/Fremantle/Subiaco

28 Cory Gregson * 04-Sep-96 175 79 Plympton/Sacred Heart College/Glenelg

29 Cameron Guthrie * 19-Aug-92 187 86 Sunbury/Calder U18

30 Timm House * 26-May-95 194 95 Geelong (VFL)/Gnowangerup

31 Jordan Cunico * 07-May-96 184 78 Traralgon/Gippsland U18

32 Steven Motlop * 12-Mar-91 185 85 Wanderers

33 George Horlin-Smith * 22-Dec-92 188 84 Payneham Norwood Union/Sturt

34 James Parsons # 12-Apr-97 189 82 Norwood/Eastern U18

35 Patrick Dangerfield * 05-Apr-90 189 92 Anglesea/Geelong U18/Adelaide

36 Tom Ruggles * 25-Apr-92 186 86 Drysdale/Geelong U18/Werribee/Leopold/Geelong (VFL)

37 Sam Simpson # 14-Jun-98 180 68 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18

38 Jack Henry # 29-Aug-98 191 88 St Mary’s (VIC)/Geelong U18

39 Zach Guthrie # 30-Jun-98 186 74 Sunbury/Calder U18

40 Jackson Thurlow * 28-Mar-94 190 87 Launceston

41 Jamaine Jones # 29-Sep-98 177 79 Heywood/Portland/North Ballarat U18

42 Mark O’Connor # 17-Jan-97 189 82 Country Kerry (Ireland)

44 Tom Stewart * 15-Mar-93 190 88 South Barwon/Geelong (VFL)

45 Ryan Abbott * 25-Jun-91 200 100 Grovedale/Geelong (VFL)

46 Mark Blicavs * 28-Mar-91 198 100 Sunbury

50 Daniel Capiron 14-Jun-96 189 85 St Joseph’s/Frankston

51 James Tsitas 03-Mar-95 181 82 Grovedale/Geelong U18/North Ballarat (VFL)

52 Alex Hickey 06-Jan-95 180 81 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18/Essendon (VFL)

53 Jai Thompson 14-Apr-91 178 82 Leopold

54 Robert Condy 29-Oct-86 190 94 St Mary’s (VIC)/Newtown

55 Simon Close 07-Mar-91 189 85 North Ballarat (VFL)/Leopold

56 Ben Reid 05-Sep-92 184 75 Glenelg/Echuca

57 Josh Guthrie 21-Feb-96 184 74 Sunbury

58 Ben Moloney (C) 07-Feb-91 183 88 St Joseph’s/ Collingwood (VFL)

59 Luke Webb 21-Jan-97 183 82 Glenorchy/St Joseph’s

60 Jack Blood 22-Oct-98 181 76 St Mary’s (VIC)/Geelong U18

61 Marcus Thompson 22-Jun-95 175 81 Leopold

62 Campbell Floyd 12-Jul-96 186 72 Colac/Geelong U18

63 Sam Dobson 03-Jun-93 189 85 North Ballarat U18/Koroit/St Mary’s (VIC)

64 Tom Atkins (C) 18-Sep-95 180 83 St Joseph’s/Geelong U18

65 Sam McLachlan 22-Sep-95 187 84 Colac/North Warrnambool

66 Jake Edwards (C) 06-Jan-88 191 92 Carlton/Port Melbourne/Darley

67 Jye Cross 28-Mar-95 192 93 Leopold

68 Harry Kol 15-May-96 181 69 St Mary’s/Geelong U18

69 Will Sexton 14-May-97 175 75 South Barwon/Geelong U18

70 Matt Inglis 08-Jan-97 178 77 Darley

71 Leigh Spiteri 30-Jun-97 174 72 Darley/Western U18

72 Trent McMullan 24-Feb-97 194 85 Wodonga Bulldogs/Murray U18/St Mary’s (VIC)

74 James Gow 15-Aug-97 175 75 Koroit/North Ballarat U18

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1 Tobias Thoolen 23-Feb-90 195 110 Collingwood (AFL)/Port Melbourne/Swan Hill/Avondale Heights

2 Tony Lockyer 06-Mar-93 186 85 Sebastopol/GWV Rebels/Sebastopol

3 Nick Rippon 04-Jan-94 177 81 East Point/GWV Rebels/Lake Wendouree

4 Tom Schnerring 22-Aug-96 190 90 Warrnambool/GWV Rebels/Redan

5 James Keeble 11-Apr-91 183 82 Bendigo Pioneers/Sebastopol/Boort

6 Louis Herbert 27-Jun-94 187 85 GWV Rebels/Gold Coast/South Barwon

7 Luke Kiel 24-Sep-90 183 81 Swan Hill/Strathfieldsaye/Sebastopol

8 Lachlan Cassidy 22-May-94 181 73 GWV Rebels/Ballarat

9 Lachlan George 02-Apr-88 181 96 North Ballarat (VFL)/Tasmania (VFL)/Box Hill Hawks/Skipton

10 Brenton Payne 03-Sep-96 193 90 Western Jets/St Kilda/Bacchus Marsh

11 Matt Austin (C) 30-Mar-89 187 79 GWV Rebels/Brisbane/Sebastopol

12 Andrew Hooper 18-Jan-91 173 87 GWV Rebels/Western Bulldogs/Glenelg/Charlton

13 Tom Taurau 13-Jan-97 184 90 Ararat/GWV Rebels/Stawell

14 Ben Cox 14-May-89 185 85 South Colac

15 Ben Lusby 17-Dec-97 179 82 Mount Clear/GWV Rebels/East Point/South Barwon

16 Oliver Tate 23-Jun-91 184 80 GWV Rebels/North Ballarat (VFL)/Claremont/Sebastopol

17 Josh Webster 16-May-96 189 92 Kalkee/GWV Rebels/Redan

18 Orren Stephenson 15-Jul-82 200 106 North Ballarat (VFL)/Geelong (AFL)/Richmond (AFL)/Redan

19 Charlie Lee 02-Oct-97 184 76 GWV Rebels/South Warrnambool/East Point

20 Shannon Beks 16-Feb-98 197 95 South Warrnambool/GWV Rebels

21 Jacob Cooke-Harrison 02-Mar-93 180 90 Horsham Saints/Grovedale

22 Jacob Wheelahan 01-Aug-97 186 82 GWV Rebels/Bacchus Marsh

23 Shaun Lyle 15-Aug-91 190 85 GWV Rebels/North Ballarat City

24 Ben Simpson 14-Nov-97 186 75 East Point/GWV Rebels/North Ballarat City

25 Mitch Rodd 10-Sep-92 188 82 Ballarat/South Barwon

26 Jake McQueen 25-Jun-98 178 70 Nhill/GWV Rebels/East Point

27 Keegan Mellington 31-May-96 178 78 GWV Rebels/East Point/Horsham Saints

28 Keenan Waterbury 27-Oct-98 181 80 Southern Districts/GWV Rebels/East Point/Redan

29 Gus Cleary 29-Apr-97 191 92 GWV Rebels/Casterton Sandford/Redan

30 Bailey Edwards 18-Jun-97 175 72 Maryborough/Bendigo Pioneers/Lake Wendouree

31 Billy Jones 10-Jun-96 178 76 Grovedale

32 Lochie Huppatz 07-Jan-98 179 72 GWV Rebels/Portland/Sebastopol

33 Matt Johnston 21-Sep-96 181 80 GWV Rebels/North Ballarat City

34 Tim Speirs 02-Feb-92 172 74 South Colac

36 Coby Perry 27-Aug-97 174 75 Maryborough

37 James Lukich 17-Nov-93 188 91 Bendigo (VFL)/Ballarat/St Joseph’s/Waubra

38 Nick Hausler 10-Apr-97 196 82 GWV Rebels/Koroit/Redan

39 Jay Moody 05-Jan-97 179 82 Geelong (VFL)/Portland/Grovedale

40 Lane Buckwell 20-Aug-94 188 96 Lake Wendouree

42 Hayden Walters 03-Aug-92 190 91 East Point/Essendon (VFL)

43 Jarrod Korewha 08-May-98 192 81 Koroit/GWV Rebels

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(Comments from senior coach Marc Greig)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 14th (3-15)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Luke Kiel / 2. Nick Rippon / 3. Rowan Marshall

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Nick Rippon

2016 DRAFTEES: Rowan Marshall (rookie pick no.10 to St Kilda) / Matthew Eagles (Category B rookie signing by Brisbane through ‘The Recruit’ television show)


- In: Lane Buckwell (Lake Wendouree) / Jacob Cooke-Harrison (Horsham Saints) / Ben Cox (South Colac) / Jay Moody (Portland) / Brenton Payne (St Kilda AFL) / Toby Thoolen (Swan Hill)

- Out: Matthew Eagles (Brisbane AFL) / Sam Hooper (Essendon VFL) / Rowan Marshall (St Kilda AFL) / Coleman Schache


Coleman Schache: “Coleman’s one of my really good mates and he’s gone back home to the farm. He’s played over 70 games of senior VFL footy and he’s a ripping bloke you can’t replace. He wasn’t just a footy player, he was a leader and someone who set the standards around the place.”

Rowan Marshall: “I’d love to have Ro in every position on the field. His draft ing is a credit to him and the program we’re running here – that he’s been able to develop over a couple of years and get an opportunity.”


Brenton Payne: “Brenton went to school at St Patrick’s in Ballarat a few years ago and was on St Kilda’s rookie list for a couple of years. He’s 193cm and a good runner. He’ll play forward this year, whether it’s high forward or deep forward.”

Jacob Cooke-Harrison: “Jacob will play mainly forward for us and at times on the ball. He won the Wimmera league goalkicking title last year as a small forward/midfielder and was best-on-ground in a grand final and runner-up in the league best-and-fairest award. He’s creative and clever and he’s got a few tricks.”

Toby Thoolen: “Toby had two years at Collingwood in 2008-09 and spent time at Port Melbourne and Frankston. He played at Swan Hill last year but wanted one last crack at VFL footy and to be able to play with his best mate Luke Kiel. He’s got a big body and he’ll be able to give Orren Stephenson a chop-out in the ruck

and play deep forward at times.”


“Luke Kiel, Nick Rippon and Tom Schnerring will

be our main on-ballers. Andrew Hooper only played

seven games last year and kicked 11 goals – if we can

keep him out on the park, he might be able to kick

36 like he did two years ago. Oliver Tate finished the

second half of last year on a back flank and he was

in the best players for probably our last six or eight

games. Tony Lockyer’s as fit as I’ve ever seen him –

he’s the fittest at the club at the moment.”


Tom Schnerring: “It was Tom’s first year at the

Roosters last year. He was a 19-year-old player for the

Rebels in the TAC Cup the year before but he had a

knee reconstruction. He’s 189cm but he’ll play in the

midfield. For someone who’s just turned 21, he’s a big

strong brute.”

Bailey Edwards: “Bailey played 10 games with us last

year and while he’s still young and raw, his running

ability is up there with AFL standards. He likes to play

inside but with his speed and running power we want

to play him on the outside as well.”


“I really just reckon it’s the evenness of the team. If we

can have 25 of our best players available most of the

time, I think we’re a really even team. For example,

if you look at a forward line including Shaun Lyle,

Brenton Payne, Louis Herbert, James Keeble, Andrew

Hooper, Jacob Cooke-Harrison, Toby Thoolen and Jay

Moody, we won’t rely on any one of those guys and

they’re all capable of kicking goals.”


“Hopefully with some more mature boys coming in this

year, we can nullify the opposition just that little bit

longer and keep games closer for longer.

“We’re looking at the creativity amongst the forward

line group as a big change from last year, because we

probably relied on kicking it down to (tall forwards)

Rowan Marshall or Matt Eagles. Now, I’m just not

sure who the best opposition defenders would go to

because I think all our forwards are capable.”


“Leigh Hutchinson’s still coaching the back line, Paul

Jennings – who has been doing the midfield with

Orren Stephenson the last few years – has gone to do

the forwards on his own and Nick Daff y – who’s been

coaching St Albans the last couple of years – is coming

in to do the midfield with Orren. Nick has experience

playing in the AFL (165 games for Richmond and one

for Sydney) and has coached for the last four or five

years.”

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(Comments from senior coach Josh Fraser)

FACT FILE:

AFL ALIGNMENT: Carlton

2016 FINISH: 13th (6-12)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Tom Wilson / 2. Jason Tutt / 3. Mark Whiley

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Tom Wilson


- In: Mason Blakey (Northern Knights) / Jake Bradley (Northern Knights) / Alex Browne (CAS suspension) / Liam Buxton (Vermont) / Sam Fowler (Dandenong Stingrays) / Kane Keppel (Eastern Ranges) / Angus Milham (Essendon VFL) / Cameron O’Shea (Port Adelaide AFL) / Fraser Pearce (Port Melbourne) / Michael Romero (Calder Cannons) / Luke Russell (Gold Coast AFL) / Marcus Stavrou (Eastern Ranges) / Ryan Wiggins (Lauderdale)

- Out: Damandeep Aujla (Coburg) / Alex Aurrichio / Brent Bransgrove (retired) / Jack Cripps / Hisham Kerbatieh (Coburg) / Kieran McGuinness (retired) / Fraser Russell / Tim Totevski


Kieran McGuinness: “Kieran has retired due to a pretty severe neck injury he suff ered last year against Casey (in Round 5). He’ll be missed for his on-field capabilities but also his off -field leadership.”

Brent Bransgrove: “Brent has also retired – he had a really long career with the Northern Blues (100 games from 2007-16). He’s someone that’s held in very high esteem and someone who – from an on-field and off -field perspective – we’ll definitely miss as well.”

Tim Totevski: “Tim unfortunately suff ered another season-ending knee injury so he’s decided to step away from football for 12 months. We’ll definitely miss Timmy – he’s a very popular figure at the club.”


Alex Browne (11 AFL games for Essendon from 2011-15): “Alex is raring to go (aft er 12 months out of the game due to suspension). I think the year he’s had off has really given him an appreciation for playing the game and he probably has a slightly diff erent perspective on football now.”

Luke Russell (73 AFL games for Gold Coast from 2011-16) and Cameron O’Shea (81 AFL games for Port Adelaide from 2011-16): “Luke and Cam are guys with some real natural leadership qualities. Certainly the way they both prepare and train is a great standard for

our younger players to aspire to.”


“I think what we’ve got this year that we may not have

had in the past is some depth, due to some of the

guys who have signed on with the club this year like

Dyson Stevens, Bailey Jordan, Kye Declase, Tim

Jones, Chris McCabe, Sam Peet, Sam Russell and

Zach Ballard. All those guys have had a taste of senior

footy and we’re looking for them to really stamp their

authority on the competition, along with the big-name

signings (Alex Browne, Luke Russell and Cameron

O’Shea – see above).

“I think our captain Tom Wilson can back up his 2016

season. I don’t see him sliding this year – in fact, I think

we’ll be able to add diff erent parts to his game which

will make him a more damaging player.”


Sam Fowler: “Sam’s a small forward out of the

Dandenong Stingrays with some real talent. He’s quick,

he’s clean, he’s got great goal sense and I think he can

apply a lot of front-half pressure for us. He’s certainly

got the smarts and he’s one I’m really excited by.”

Marcus Stavrou: “Marcus is a really interesting player.

I think he’s a super talent. He’s a great size (186cm,

87kg at the Eastern Ranges last year) and he can play at

half back and go inside the contest as well. I think he’s

someone who’ll definitely add something diff erent to

our centre-bounce structure.”


“I think we’ve got more versatility. I think our midfield

bats a little bit deeper than it did last year and we’ve

got a small forward in the front half in Sammy Fowler

who I think can do some real damage.


“I think just being far more consistent through games –

we had a number of losses last year where it was really

just 10 to 15 minutes of footy that cost us. We want

to build leadership depth and we think we’ve done

that from what we’ve seen in the off -season. We want

to ensure that when things aren’t going our way that

we’re able to wrestle the momentum back and when

things are going our way we can capitalise on it.”


“Matthew Capuano – who’s a development and

academy coach at Carlton – will be our senior midfield

coach at VFL level. (Former Murray Bushrangers head

coach) Darren Ogier will come on board as a backs

coach. Michael Ericson – who’s been our forward

line coach at Development League level for a couple

of years – will become the VFL forwards coach, and

Perry Meka will replace him as Development League

forwards coach. Andrew Williams – who was also

with us last year – will coach the backs at Development

League level and also assist on game day at VFL level.”

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1 Tom Wilson (C) 16-May-92 176 78 Vermont/Eastern U18

2 Jack Silvagni * 17-Dec-97 191 93 Greythorn/Xavier College/Oakleigh U18

3 Kye Declase 15-Oct-96 185 81 Montmorency/Northern U18

4 Sam Russell 29-Dec-95 180 81 Geelong U18/Port Adelaide (SANFL)

5 Alex Browne 09-Aug-92 180 85 Old Xaverians/Oakleigh U18/Essendon (AFL)

6 Glenn Strachan 06-Jul-90 184 80 South Croydon/Collingwood (VFL)

7 Dylan Buckley * 16-Mar-93 180 79 Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U18

8 Luke Russell 24-Jan-92 186 83 Burnie Dockers/Gold Coast

9 James Corboy 08-Feb-97 179 78 St Kevin’s Old Boys/Oakleigh U18

11 Tim Jones 10-Nov-96 181 80 Western Storm/Southport/Gold Coast (NEAFL)

12 Zach Ballard 25-Feb-96 185 83 Warrandyte/Northern U18

13 Cam O’Shea 13-Mar-92 193 91 Emerald/Eastern U18/Port Adelaide (AFL)

14 Liam Jones * 24-Feb-91 198 99 North Hobart/Tasmania U18/Western Bulldogs

15 Andrew Phillips * 03-Jul-91 201 100 Lauderdale/Tasmania U18/GWS

16 Jaylon Thorpe 02-Nov-94 193 86 West Preston

17 Sam Peet 14-Mar-97 199 98 Whittlesea/Northern Knights U18

18 Bailey Jordan 09-Apr-96 194 95 Heidelberg/Northern U18

19 Harry McKay * 24-Dec-97 200 97 Warragul/Gippsland U18

20 Dyson Stevens 26-Oct-93 189 85 Deer Park/Parkside

21 Cameron Barrett 17-May-96 183 81 Bendigo U18/Balranald

22 Chris McCabe 30-Aug-96 179 77 Eltham/Northern U18

23 Carl Adams 24-Jul-96 183 80 West Preston/Northern U18

24 Tyler Roos 24-Mar-96 185 78 Hampton Rovers/Sandringham U18

25 Kane Keppel 10-Jul-97 194 90 North Ringwood/Norwood (VIC)/Eastern U18

26 Alex Silvagni # 29-Sep-87 192 92 Berwick/Casey Scorpions/Fremantle

27 Angus Milham 08-Nov-94 210 96 Old Trinity/Spotswood/Essendon (VFL)

28 Jayden Collins 18-Jan-97 200 91 Boronia/Eastern U18

29 Ben Casley 18-Mar-92 192 98 Western U18/South Adelaide/GWS/Williamstown

30 Sean Bolger 21-Jul-94 195 94 Northern U18/Eltham

31 Patrick Kerr * 31-Jul-98 194 93 St Kevin’s College/Oakleigh U18

32 Nick Graham * 12-Jun-94 182 82 Traralgon-Tyers United/Gippsland U18

33 Mitch Dawson 21-Feb-96 184 83 Northern U18

34 Jesse Glass-McCasker # 03-Jan-97 198 95 Bassendean/Swan Districts

35 Marcus Stavrou 29-Sep-98 188 87 Donvale/Eastern U18

36 Sam Rowe * 19-Nov-87 199 98 Murray U18/Norwood (SA)

37 Ryan Wiggins 13-Apr-95 193 93 Lauderdale

38 Bior Malual 24-Jul-96 187 63 Western U18/Werribee Districts

39 Athiei Kur 31-Jul-93 194 86 Western U18/Bacchus Marsh

40 Brandon Droessler 30-Mar-96 187 80 Vermont/Eastern U18/Kew/Casey Scorpions

41 Sam Glover 12-Jun-96 194 82 North Ballarat/Kew

42 Sam Petrevski Seton * 19-Feb-98 180 74 Claremont

43 Simon White * 17-Jun-88 190 93 Carine/Subiaco

44 William Krithararis * 24-Oct-95 184 84 Western U18/Spotswood/Werribee

45 Mason Blakey 16-Sep-98 183 76 Eltham/Northern U18

46 Jake Bradley 10-Apr-97 177 70 Carey Grammar/Northern U18

47 Ciaran Sheehan # 19-Nov-90 188 80 County Cork (Ireland)

48 Kristian Jaksch * 07-Oct-94 196 90 Kew Rovers/Oakleigh U18

49 Dennis Armfield * 22-Dec-86 181 82 Eastern Hill/Swan Districts

50 Daniel Gorringe * 02-Jun-92 200 97 Tea Tree Gully/Norwood (SA)/Gold Coast

51 Jed Lamb * 19-Oct-92 182 82 Yarram/Gippsland U18/Sydney/GWS

52 Sam Fowler 11-Feb-98 170 68 Dromana/Dandenong U18

53 Harrison Payne 03-Aug-96 182 82 Corowa/Murray U18

54 Michael Romero 09-Oct-98 176 70 St Kevin’s College/Calder U18

55 Liam Sumner * 24-Oct-95 184 84 Western U18/Spotswood/Werribee

56 Andrew Gallucci # 28-Jan-94 178 67 Strathmore/Calder U18/Williamstown

57 Fraser Pearce 27-Jul-96 188 83 Oakleigh U18/Port Melbourne

58 Charlie Curnow * 03-Feb-97 191 95 Torquay/Geelong U18

59 Ciaran Byrne * 06-Dec-94 188 88 County Louth (Ireland)

60 David Cuningham * 30-Mar-97 183 79 Canterbury/Melbourne Grammar/Oakleigh U18

61 Matt Burt 22-Feb-96 183 73 Eastern U18/Box Hill Hawks

62 Blaine Boekhorst * 02-Sep-93 185 75 Port Hedland/Swan Districts

63 Rob Maibaum 28-Aug-96 190 84 Scoresby/Knox/Kew

64 Luke Collins 26-Nov-94 183 78 St Marys/Casey Scorpions/Montmorency

65 Zac Fisher * 15-Jun-98 175 68 Perth Demons

66 Matthew Wright * 14-Dec-89 178 75 Walkerville/North Adelaide/Adelaide

67 Cam Polson * 11-Mar-98 177 77 Haileybury College/Sandringham U18

68 Jack Mahon 22-Dec-96 183 82 Blackburn/East Burwood/Frankston

70 Tom Williamson * 12-Dec-98 188 80 Ararat/North Ballarat U18

71 Daniel Costanzo 17-Jul-96 176 70 Northcote Park

72 Sam Kerridge * 26-Apr-93 187 87 Bendigo U18

73 Liam Wale-Buxton 09-Sep-96 198 105 Eastern U18/Vermont

75 John Raff erty 16-Oct-95 185 86 Coldstream/Knox

76 Kym Lebois # 22-May-98 175 66 Kooniba/North Adelaide

77 Ben Hurley 19-Dec-97 188 82 Mildura/North Ballarat City/Kew

78 Matthew Walson 28-Apr-95 176 69 Werribee Centrals/Werribee

79 Jacob Duscher 08-Nov-95 184 80 Highett/Frankston

80 Matthew Korcheck # 12-Oct-91 208 106 University of Arizona (USA)

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1 Mack Rivett 17-May-96 183 82 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers

2 Khan Haretuku 19-Oct-89 199 105 Uni of NSW/St Kilda/Frankston

3 Luke Tynan 08-Oct-91 183 85 Gippsland Power/Garfield/Casey Scorpions

4 Thomas O’Sullivan 01-May-91 179 75 Caulfield Grammarians

5 Shannen Lange 22-Jul-94 180 80 Gippsland Power/Sale/Bendigo (VFL)

6 Jordan Lisle 12-Jul-90 196 96 Oakleigh Chargers/Hawthorn/Brisbane

7 Dylan Conway 28-Jan-92 185 88 Williamstown Juniors/Western Jets/Williamstown

8 Dylan Van Unen 22-Jun-90 190 84 Box Hill Hawks/Frankston/Essendon (AFL)

9 Billy Hogan 26-Apr-95 180 77 Parkside/Oakleigh Chargers

10 Toby Pinwill (C) 17-Feb-85 188 97 Waverley Blues/Oakleigh Chargers

11 Mitch Golby 03-Oct-91 183 82 Gippsland Power/Brisbane

12 Josh Tynan 06-Nov-93 187 83 Melbourne/Frankston

13 Thomas Gordon 11-Oct-91 178 76 Heywood

14 Isaac Conway 29-May-95 185 85 Aspley/Brisbane/Werribee

15 Leigh Osborne 13-Mar-90 183 85 Frankston/Gold Coast

16 Dillon Viojo-Rainbow 08-Feb-96 186 82 Hoppers Crossing/Western Jets/Carlton

17 Alex Urban 27-Jul-96 180 77 Mazenod/Oakleigh Chargers

18 Mitch Wooff indin 03-Feb-93 178 78 Oakleigh Chargers/Port Melbourne/Knox

19 Anthony Anastasio 11-Dec-93 169 72 Ormond/Sandringham Dragons/Williamstown

20 Sam Dwyer 29-Aug-86 180 79 Port Melbourne/Collingwood (AFL)

21 Lucas Cook 03-Mar-92 195 93 Melbourne/North Ballarat (VFL)

22 Matt Arnot 21-Oct-93 180 90 Oakleigh Chargers/Richmond (AFL)

23 Hugh Sandilands 07-Mar-89 189 90 Oakleigh Chargers/Box Hill Hawks

24 Mitch Hayes 01-Mar-93 176 82 Waverley Blues/Oakleigh Chargers

25 Tom Hobbs 08-Mar-97 182 89 Warragul/Gippsland Power

26 Nathan Batsanis 18-Mar-88 180 79 Norwood/Port Melbourne/Richmond (VFL)

27 Damian Mascitti 18-Aug-92 190 87 Beverley Hills/Doncaster East/Oakleigh Chargers

28 Robin Nahas 10-Nov-87 176 73 Port Melbourne/Richmond (AFL)/North Melbourne

29 Chris Cain 14-Jul-87 181 83 Oakleigh Chargers

30 Brodie Murdoch 21-Jan-94 188 78 Port MacDonnell/Glenelg/St Kilda

31 Brody Mihocek 04-Feb-93 192 97 Maribyrnong Park/Werribee

32 Blake Pearson 16-Jan-95 174 74 Doveton/Dandenong Stingrays

33 Charlie Kelso 10-Aug-94 208 106 Sandringham (VFL)

34 Shane Valenti 29-Jan-87 175 86 Port Melbourne/Noble Park/Old Haileybury

35 Eli Templeton 19-Aug-95 183 73 Burnie Dockers/St Kilda

36 Lachlan Waddell 12-May-95 200 96 Old Scotch/Oakleigh Chargers

37 Harvey Hooper 10-Jun-97 181 84 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers

38 David Iaccarino 20-Dec-94 183 82 Williamstown/Footscray

39 Kyle Dove 22-Apr-95 196 88 East Burwood/Oakleigh Chargers

40 Scott Clarke 07-May-90 192 87 Morningside

41 Riley Hogan 05-Feb-92 183 77 Imperial Juniors/North Ballarat City/Imperial

42 Tim Knowles 07-Apr-93 188 85 Mulgrave/Essendon (VFL)

43 Anthony Vella 17-Apr-94 187 76 Cranbourne

44 Yarran Jaff er-Williams 12-Oct-95 174 74 Wodonga Raiders/Casey Scorpions

45 Jake O’Brien 30-Jul-97 178 72 Assumption College/Seymour

46 Michael Tang 22-Dec-96 189 87 Calder Cannons/Coburg

47 Michael Wenn 11-Dec-96 199 102 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers

48 Fabian Brancatisano 15-Feb-94 183 78 Essendon (VFL)/Coburg/Pyramid Hill

49 Chris Carey 11-Aug-94 198 102 Warragul

50 Sam Michael 20-Mar-98 181 83 Oakleigh Chargers/De La Salle

51 Dylan Atkins 22-Apr-97 198 91 Dandenong Stingrays/Beaumaris

52 Aaron Wilson 26-Feb-96 196 86 Dandenong Stingrays/Narre Warren/Frankston

53 Jeremy Gleeson 19-Jul-95 191 91 Mt Eliza/Peninsula Old Boys/Frankston

54 Jesse Smith 03-Apr-98 199 98 Sandringham Dragons/Caulfield Grammar

55 Jesse Johnson 20-Jun-96 195 83 Devonport

56 Daniel Beddison 18-Aug-97 189 83 St Kevin’s/Oakleigh Chargers

58 James Harrison 03-Feb-98 180 77 Western Jets/Deer Park

59 Sam Bennett 22-Jan-95 190 87 North Ballarat Rebels

60 Lachlan Treverton 21-Oct-95 198 98 Old Haileybury

61 Sam De Soysa 16-Oct-95 194 89 Balwyn

62 William Goss 09-Nov-98 179 71 Oakleigh Chargers/Heidelberg/Xavier College

63 Sam Pickess 04-Jun-97 181 83 Frankston/Dandenong Stingrays

64 Hugh Johnson 13-May-97 194 89 Sandringham Dragons/Collegians

65 James Pullan 13-May-98 194 80 Oakleigh Chargers/Wesley College

66 Ash Krakauer 26-Jun-98 172 71 Sandringham Dragons/Ajax/Caulfield Grammar

67 Kade Renooy 26-Feb-98 178 76 Maff ra/Gippsland Power

68 Ethan Hanley 31-Dec-98 172 70 Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers

70 Dale Hoghton 14-Oct-91 185 80 Williamstown/Leongatha/Footscray

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(Comments from senior coach Gary Ayres)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 8th (11-8)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Brody Mihocek / 2. Toby Pinwill / =3. Khan Haretuku and Damian Mascitti

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Khan Haretuku / Damian Mascitti / Tom O’Sullivan

FORMER PLAYERS CURRENTLY ON AFL LISTS:

- Selected from club in 2004: Josh Gibson* (North Melbourne/Hawthorn)


- In: Anthony Anastasio (Williamstown) / Dylan Conway (Williamstown) / Isaac Conway (Werribee) / Charlie Kelso (Sandringham) / Brodie Murdoch (St Kilda AFL) / Robin Nahas (North Melbourne AFL) / Sam Pickess (Frankston) / Eli Templeton (St Kilda AFL) / Shane Valenti (Old Haileybury) / Anthony Vella (Cranbourne) / Dillon Viojo-Rainbow (Carlton AFL) / Mitch Wooff indin (Knox)

- Out: Sam Crocker (Old Carey) / Guy Dickson / Nick Dixon (Collegians) / Jake McKenzie (Deer Park) / Josh Scipione / Dan Toman / Jason Williams


Josh Scipione: “Josh would be the big loss from a ‘team fit’ perspective, being a forward. We certainly felt we were pretty average as a forward unit last year.”

Guy Dickson: “Guy’s departure was something we didn’t envisage happening; he decided to move interstate for his career and that didn’t happen until fairly recently. Guy has that swing-man ability to go from back to forward. Last year was probably his break-out year and we certainly thought he’d have another good year in 2017.”


Experienced forwards: “Anthony Anastasio will certainly fit straight into our forward line with the high work rate and finishing ability we’re aft er inside 50. He and Dylan Conway will bring experience and the success of both having won a premiership with Williamstown in 2015. Robin Nahas will certainly add his experience and star qualities as well, so we think we’ll hit the scoreboard more with those three inside 50.”

Big-bodied midfielders: “We’ve improved our depth in the midfield with bigger-bodied players, which is important to match the AFL-aligned teams. We’d say Isaac Conway would come in and make an impact straight away. Eli Templeton is another one and so is Brodie Murdoch. With Shane Valenti and Mitch Wooff indin as well, it’ll be pretty hard come selection

time because we envisage all those guys will play some

pretty serious senior footy.”


“We’d like to think we have some pretty good depth in

the midfield. You think about Chris Cain, Toby Pinwill,

Shane Valenti and Mitch Wooff indin, and the other we

can’t forget is Sam Dwyer who missed most of last year

and has had a solid pre-season. Tom O’Sullivan has had

a really good pre-season, Nathan Batsanis is another

one and Matt Arnot another one.

“Mitch Golby was recruited last year as a midfielder/

defender and once he got over his shoulder operation

he’s had a pretty good pre-season too. Shannen Lange

had a terrific season last year. We want Damian Mascitti

to continue playing some really good footy for us across

half back.

“And that’s not even mentioning Brody Mihocek, who

won our best-and-fairest last year in his first season at

the club.”


Tom Hobbs: “I’m really keen to see how some of our

younger guys who have been around for a little while

will go in the coming months. I’m talking about guys

like Tom who was a first-year player last year and had a

pretty good season (six goals in nine senior games). He’s

a medium-sized hit-up forward.”

Lachlan Waddell: “Lachie’s a young ruckman/forward

who’s been around for three years now. It’s going to be

important for him to step up because, while we’re always

looking at our core group of guys who play consistently

each week, we’ll only improve through guys like Lachie.”


“Midfield depth is a traditional strength of ours. You’ve

really got to be aiming to win more than 50 per cent of

the clearances (Port Melbourne was ranked third for

clearances per game during the 2016 H&A season), but

it’s also about what our midfielders are doing to assist

our forwards and our defenders.”


“We certainly felt we needed to get some goalkickers

to the club this year. We were pretty good defensively

last year but what happened in the forward half was

really disappointing – just not being able to kick a lot

of goals. We only averaged 77 points per game (ranked

11th during the H&A season) and you’ll never win a

premiership if you’re doing that.


“There have been some coaches who have left and

we’ve probably streamlined our coaching group this

year. Robin Nahas has come in as a player but he

wants to dabble in coaching as well so he’ll be our

off ensive coach. Ryan James, who did a really good

job with our defensive line last year, will come in as our

defensive coach. Trent McMicking, who was our head of

development last year, has taken over the Development

League coaching role from Lee Rowe.”

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Jake Aarts

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(Comments from senior coach Craig McRae)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 9th (9-9)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Adam Marcon / 2. Sam Darley / 3. Jason Castagna

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Sam Darley


- In: Hugh Beasley (Brisbane AFL) / Jayden Cass (Frankston) / Brenton Credlin (Frankston YCW) / Shaun Mannagh (North Albury, NSW) / Brandon Wood (Frankston)

- Out: Tom Couch (North Launceston) / Jarred Ellis / Nick Mellington (Coburg)


Tom Couch: “Tom got a great opportunity to coach North Launceston down in Tasmania so we wish him well and we’re sure he’s going to enjoy doing that. He’ll be missed. In the end he had an outstanding season for us last year even though he only played 10 or 11 games due to injury and his work.”

Nick Mellington: “Nick’s certainly someone we would have liked to keep on our list. He’s got great upside and he’s ambitious to play AFL footy, so he sees Coburg as an avenue for that to happen. He’s a very versatile player and I think he’s got great qualities that we’ll certainly miss.”


Hugh Beasley: “We signed Hugh from Brisbane where he was on the rookie list and played six AFL games (from 2015-16). He’s a key defender who has the capability to play on the opposition’s big forwards. He’s a great character, has great leadership qualities and I think he’s going to be really important for us.”

Brandon Wood: “We targeted an inside midfielder with Nick Mellington leaving the club and fortunately we got Brandon. He’s an outstanding clearance player and brings good VFL experience from Box Hill and then at Frankston.”

Jayden Cass: “Jayden has come on board from Frankston. He’s currently one of a number of younger players that will go through the forward line with the likes of Jake Aarts and Tom Silvestro, but our AFL list is also full of young forwards who are aspiring to be regular AFL players.”


“I think Jacob Ballard’s had an outstanding pre-season. I think he really got himself going at the back-

end of last year and he looks like he’s come back above

that level this year. He’s an ex-Fremantle rookie-list

player with great endurance and he’s a really hard

trainer who’s testing everyone out and telling everyone

to be better. He’s got such a big, strong presence at

194cm – that prototype AFL midfielder’s size these days.

He’s one that I think has set himself for a good season.

“Also, our captain Sam Darley’s a quality player off half

back and Jake Aarts has had an amazing pre-season.

He’s a small forward who’s played over 50 VFL games

now, but I think he’s got the capability to play in the

midfield. Brandon Wood is an obvious one because

he’s got so much VFL experience.”


Shaun Mannagh: “Shaun played at North Albury last

year. He’s really fit, a hard runner and committed to the

cause. I think he’s going to play some games as a 23rd

player this year.”

Brenton Credlin: “Brenton played at YCW in the

Frankston league last year. He’s a third tall defender

who has played in some AFL intra-club games and

looked like he was capable of fitting in at that level.”


“We finished last season strongly – we won our last six

games. From what I’ve seen, I think some momentum

has built from that in individual players – they’re hungry

and have come back wanting more of that. I think our

strength will be in our ability to maintain or build on

momentum from last year.

“I also think our VFL list seems a bit stronger than it was

last year and our leadership amongst that group seems

a bit stronger too, so hopefully that holds us in good

stead.”


“Other than the individual growth in players, our

pressure around the football was something we

finished last year really strongly with. There have been

some changes in philosophy, if you like, at AFL level and

we’ll look to mirror those at VFL level, in relation to our

pressure around the contests.”


“We’ve got a development coach at AFL level in Xavier

Clarke, who’s just had three years as a senior coach at

NT Thunder and experience as an AFL player at St Kilda

(105 games from 2002-09) and Brisbane (one game from

2010-11). He comes on board as our VFL midfield coach.

We’ve got Ben Waite – who has been a senior coach

in the NEAFL – coming in as our stoppage coach, and

we’ve moved Tom Hunter – an ex-Collingwood rookie-

list player – from a midfield coaching role into the role

as our forwards coach. Leigh Clarke was our previous

forwards coach and he’s got the head coaching job at

(the TAC Cup’s) Oakleigh Chargers. Ryan Ferguson

remains our back line coach and Marc Sophoulis is our

director of coaching.”

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1 Nick Vlastuin * 19-Apr-94 187 86 Eltham/Northern U18

2 Dylan Grimes * 16-Jul-91 193 88 Hurstbridge/Northern U18

3 Dion Prestia * 12-Oct-92 175 81 Gold Coast

4 Dustin Martin * 26-Jun-91 187 88 Castlemaine/Bendigo U18

5 Brandon Ellis * 03-Aug-93 181 81 West Coburg/Calder U18

6 Shaun Grigg * 19-Apr-88 190 85 Redan/North Ballarat U18/Carlton

7 Ben Lennon * 05-Jul-95 188 84 Macleod/Northern U18

8 Jack Riewoldt * 31-Oct-88 195 91 Clarence/Tasmania U18

9 Trent Cotchin * 07-Apr-90 185 85 PEGS/Northern U18

10 Shane Edwards * 25-Oct-88 182 80 Golden Grove/North Adelaide

11 Jake Batchelor * 13-Feb-92 188 87 Frankston Bombers/Dandenong U18

12 David Astbury * 26-Feb-91 195 93 Tatyoon/North Ballarat U18

14 Bachar Houli * 12-May-88 180 83 Spotswood/Western U18/Essendon (AFL)

15 Jayden Short * 24-Jan-96 179 72 Bundoora/Northern U18

16 Shaun Hampson * 21-Mar-88 201 106 Mt Gravatt/Carlton

17 Daniel Rioli * 16-Apr-97 179 65 North Ballarat U18

18 Alex Rance * 09-Oct-89 194 96 Noranda/Swan Districts

20 Ivan Maric * 04-Jan-86 200 102 Keilor/Calder U18/Adelaide

21 Jacob Townsend * 20-Jun-93 187 89 GWS

22 Josh Caddy * 28-Sep-92 186 88 Gold Coast/Geelong (AFL)

23 Kane Lambert * 26-Nov-91 178 75 Preston/Northern U18/Northern Blues/Williamstown

24 Ben Griff iths * 17-Sep-91 200 101 Blackburn/Eastern U18

25 Toby Nankervis * 12-Aug-94 199 106 Sydney

26 Anthony Miles * 28-Feb-92 179 80 North Albury/Murray U18/GWS

27 Sam Lloyd * 03-Mar-90 180 83 Deniliquin/Geelong Grammar/Geelong U18/Frankston

28 Taylor Hunt * 05-Nov-90 184 78 Beaumaris/Sandringham U18/Geelong (AFL)

29 Shai Bolton * 08-Dec-98 175 70 South Fremantle

30 Reece Conca * 12-Aug-92 185 83 Victoria Park/Perth

31 Oleg Markov * 08-May-96 188 73 North Adelaide

32 Corey Ellis * 09-Oct-96 184 75 Western U18

33 Kamdyn McIntosh * 03-Apr-94 192 91 Pinjarra/Peel Thunder

34 Jack Graham * 25-Feb-98 180 83 North Adelaide

35 Nathan Broad * 15-Apr-93 192 83 Swan Districts

36 Callum Moore # 03-Sep-96 193 85 Calder U18

37 Connor Menadue * 19-Sep-96 187 69 Spotswood/Western U18

38 Steven Morris * 31-Dec-88 185 83 Aberfeldie/Western U18/West Adelaide

39 Nathan Drummond * 19-Jan-95 182 86 Shepparton Bears/Murray U18

40 Dan Butler * 03-Jun-96 182 80 Lake Wendouree/North Ballarat U18

41 Mabior Chol # 29-Jan-97 198 78 Queensland U18/Aspley

42 Ryan Garthwaite * 30-Jun-98 192 84 Murray U18

43 Todd Elton * 29-Apr-93 197 101 Somerville/Dandenong U18

44 Tyson Stengle # 19-Oct-98 171 70 Woodville-West Torrens

46 Jason Castagna # 12-Jul-96 182 78 Warrandyte/Marcellin College/Northern U18

47 Ivan Soldo # 14-Apr-96 204 103 Northern U18

51 Sam Darley (C) 15-Feb-93 184 85 GWS/Western Bulldogs

52 Anthony Scott 28-Feb-95 178 76 Oakleigh U18/Old Trinity

53 Hugh Beasley 12-Nov-95 193 92 Brisbane

54 Jacob Ballard 26-Feb-94 189 89 Northern Blues/Fremantle

55 Ryan Bathie 15-Apr-87 193 97 Geelong (AFL)

57 Brandon Wood 28-May-93 186 92 Box Hill Hawks/Frankston

58 Jake Aarts 08-Dec-94 177 75 Beaconsfield/Bendigo (VFL)

59 Ash Morris 13-Dec-93 180 77 Deniliquin

60 Tom Langford 12-Mar-87 184 82 Port Melbourne

61 James Fletcher 06-Oct-95 184 80 Peninsula OB

62 Jayden Cass 01-Dec-91 180 77 Box Hill Hawks/Frankston

63 Jack Holden 27-Jan-96 187 79 Dandenong U18/St Kevin’s

64 Thomas Silvestro 06-Jul-95 177 73 Oakleigh U18/Caulfield/Uni Blues

67 Brenton Credlin 04-Dec-94 194 89 Frankston YCW

69 Shaun Mannagh 06-Aug-97 182 76 Murray U18/North Albury

74 Tyson Kruse 10-Jul-89 189 85 Southport/University Blacks

75 Lachlan McKenzie 04-Apr-97 190 82 NT U18/St Kevin’s

76 Alex Harnett 12-Apr-96 187 86 Frankston/Pearcedale

77 Max O’Sullivan 25-Feb-97 175 73 Kyneton

78 Daniel Coff ield 23-Mar-96 186 85 Eltham

79 Billy Coates 23-Aug-93 192 97 St Kevin’s

80 Antony Forato 29-Jul-92 197 99 Frankston/De La Salle

81 Danko Bzenic 27-Mar-95 186 82 Coburg/West Coburg

84 Zak McCubbin 21-Nov-94 182 88 Norwood (VIC)/Mitcham

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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 Dylan Weickhardt 20-Oct-92 178 75 Edithvale-Aspendale/Maroochydore AFC2 Kade Answerth 03-Oct-96 181 79 Caulfield Bears JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers3 Luke Verma 18-Oct-95 180 82 Haileybury College/Hampton Rovers4 Tom Laumets 20-Apr-96 192 96 East Brighton/Sandringham Dragons5 Robert Iudica 11-Nov-97 180 79 Caulfield Bears JFC/St Bedes Mentone/Sandringham Dragons6 Joe Fisscher 22-Dec-94 195 97 Old Haileybury/Casey Scorpions7 Corey Rich 25-Mar-97 181 84 East Sandringham JFC/Haileybury/Sandringham Dragons8 Theo Thompson 25-Jul-97 186 83 Caulfield Bears JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham Dragons9 Myke Cook 09-Oct-89 184 85 Sandringham Dragons/Adelaide

10 Ollie Jones 12-May-96 180 81 Hobart City11 Jordan Matera 11-Apr-97 182 89 Sandringham Dragons/South Fremantle12 Kurt Lopo 14-Jul-97 170 68 Parkdale/Mordialloc-Braeside/Sandringham Dragons13 Jack Noone 26-Jun-95 183 86 East Sandringham JFC/Xavier College14 Taylor Grace 17-Apr-95 185 85 Beaumaris/Sandringham Dragons15 Jonathan Haidon 09-Mar-96 174 86 Seaford16 Max Hayes 29-Jan-95 193 92 Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons17 Nick Pavlou 28-Jul-97 174 77 Hampton Rovers/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons18 Kyle Parsons 11-Aug-97 178 79 East Sandringham JFC/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons19 Julian Dobosz 17-Nov-92 190 87 Hobart City20 Elliot Le Grice 07-Aug-95 195 95 Hampton/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons21 Joshua Fox 14-Feb-95 197 90 North Hobart/Clarence22 Conor Larkin 25-Jan-98 190 84 Sandringham Dragons23 Matt Hooy 15-Apr-95 183 80 Hampton/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons24 Jye Lloyd 30-Sep-93 191 88 Mt Martha/Rye25 Nathan Scagliarini 11-Sep-98 181 76 Mount Martha/Dandenong Stingrays26 Jack Wallace 01-Aug-96 187 77 Caulfield Bears JFC/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham Dragons27 Nathan Smith 20-Mar-95 174 64 Sandringham Dragons/Hampton Rovers28 Callum Cathcart 15-Mar-95 173 75 Sandringham Dragons/St Paul’s29 Connor Riley 18-Jun-97 180 75 Haileybury College/Sandringham Dragons30 Daniel Rendell 05-Sep-97 194 99 Parkdale/Mordialloc-Braeside/Sandringham Dragons31 Jade Gresham * 28-Aug-97 177 76 South Morang/Parade College/Northern Knights32 Jack Lonie * 13-Aug-96 174 71 Seaford/Dandenong Stingrays33 Nathan Freeman * 16-Jun-95 183 80 Dingley/Sandringham Dragons/Collingwood (AFL)34 Ben Long * 21-Aug-97 182 73 St Marys (NT)/NT Thunder/Melbourne Grammar35 Jack Steele * 13-Dec-95 187 88 Belconnen/NSW-ACT U18/GWS36 Josh Battle * 01-Sep-98 193 89 Narre South/Doveton/Haileybury/Dandenong Stingrays37 Hugh Goddard * 24-Aug-96 193 81 Geelong Amateur/Melbourne Grammar/Geelong Falcons38 Tim Membrey * 25-May-94 188 88 Traralgon/Gippsland Power/Sydney39 Ed Phillips * 29-Mar-98 186 78 Beverley Hills/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers40 Josh Bruce * 08-Jun-92 197 102 Eastlake/GWS41 Darren Minchington * 09-Dec-93 179 81 Dromana/Dandenong Stingrays42 Dylan Roberton * 21-Jun-91 194 94 Frankston YCW/Dandenong Stingrays/Fremantle43 Tom Curren (C) 29-Jul-92 178 78 St Kilda44 Jordan Stewart 18-Aug-98 190 76 Beaconsfield/Dandenong Stingrays45 Samuel Willatt 26-Apr-94 189 90 Footscray46 Reuben Hayward 14-May-98 184 77 Sandringham Dragons47 Daniel Hughes 02-Jun-98 195 100 Frankston/Dandenong Stingrays48 Joshua Trew 03-Jun-98 181 73 Beaumaris/Sandringham Dragons49 James Sziller 26-Apr-98 178 62 St Paul’s/Oakleigh Chargers50 Richard Atkins 25-Mar-91 179 79 Hampton Rovers51 Beau Bailey 02-Apr-98 177 68 Frankston YCW/Bonbeach/Dandenong Stingrays52 Kane Nissenbaum 16-Feb-98 178 78 AJAX JFC/ Sandringham Dragons53 Christopher Colombo 24-Apr-96 176 73 East Burwood/Balwyn/Heathmont54 Lachlan Butler 23-Dec-97 179 79 Sandringham Dragons/Parkdale Vultures55 Luke Gogis 05-Aug-96 176 76 Sandringham Dragons/Frankston/Ormond56 Timothy Dundon 17-Oct-95 186 80 Avenel57 William Gregson 06-Sep-93 187 91 Waitakere Magpies (NZ)58 Rhys Pierce 24-Oct-95 186 88 Beaumaris/Hampton Hammers60 Ryley Monkhorst 08-Mar-95 202 102 Box Hill Hawks/Woori Yallock61 Darrah Joyce # 23-Apr-97 194 93 County Kilkenny (Ireland)62 Ray Connellan # 29-Jun-94 187 85 County Westmeath (Ireland)63 Nick O’Kearney # 13-Feb-97 181 72 Keilor/Parade College/Calder Cannons64 Blake Acres * 07-Oct-95 190 90 Edgewater-Woodvale/West Perth65 Brandon White * 13-Jan-97 188 80 Beaconsfield/Dandenong Stingrays66 Jack Sinclair * 12-Feb-95 180 81 Old Scotch/Oakleigh Chargers67 Patrick McCartin * 19-Apr-96 194 95 St Joseph’s/Geelong Falcons68 Barclay Miller # 25-Nov-98 195 86 New Zealand 69 Jason Holmes * 28-Oct-89 203 100 Morehead State University, Kentucky (USA)70 Daniel McKenzie * 17-May-96 184 77 Ivanhoe/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers71 Lewis Pierce * 16-Nov-94 202 101 Mt Eliza/Dandenong Stingrays72 Sebastian Ross * 07-May-93 187 87 Horsham Demons/North Ballarat Rebels73 Nick Coughlan # 12-Sep-96 193 84 Albury/Murray Bushrangers74 Billy Longer * 12-May-93 202 100 Macleod/Northern Knights/Brisbane75 Bailey Rice * 10-Feb-97 184 86 Endeavour Hills/Dandenong Stingrays76 Nathan Wright * 16-Feb-94 185 82 Berwick/Dandenong Stingrays77 Rowan Marshall # 24-Nov-95 201 98 Heathmere/North Ballarat Rebels/North Ballarat (VFL)78 Joe Baker-Thomas # 14-May-96 193 81 New Zealand 79 Maverick Weller * 28-Jun-93 182 88 Burnie Dockers/Tasmania U18/Gold Coast80 Shane Savage * 05-Jan-91 186 82 Noble Park/Dandenong Stingrays/Hawthorn81 David Armitage * 16-Jun-88 183 86 Mackay/Morningside82 Jack Billings * 18-Aug-95 184 84 Kew/Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers83 Sean Dempster * 20-Jan-84 191 87 Snowy Rovers/Gippsland Power/Sydney84 Luke Dunstan * 29-Jan-95 184 84 South Clare/Woodville-West Torrens85 Jake Carlisle * 01-Oct-91 203 102 Craigieburn/Calder Cannons/Essendon (AFL)86 Jarryn Geary * 23-Jun-88 182 82 Eaglehawk/Bendigo Pioneers87 Sam Gilbert * 19-Aug-86 194 90 Southport88 Tom Hickey * 06-Mar-91 201 98 Morningside/Gold Coast89 Leigh Montagna * 02-Nov-83 178 76 Balwyn/Northern Knights90 Jack Newnes * 24-Feb-93 184 81 Ivanhoe/Northern Knights91 Nick Riewoldt * 17-Oct-82 193 92 Broadbeach/Southport92 Jack Steven * 28-Mar-90 180 83 Lorne/Geelong Falcons93 Jimmy Webster * 28-Jun-93 188 83 Brighton (TAS)/Glenorchy94 Nathan Brown * 17-Dec-88 195 98 Ballarat/North Ballarat Rebels/Collingwood (AFL)95 Koby Stevens * 18-Jun-91 189 88 Lucknow/Gippsland Power/West Coast/Western Bulldogs

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(Comments from new senior coach Lindsay Gilbee)

FACT FILE:

AFL ALIGNMENT: St Kilda

2016 FINISH: 5th (11-9)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Cameron Shenton / 2. Kade Answerth / =3. Eli Templeton and Jack Sinclair


- In: Beau Bailey (Bonbeach) / Tom Curren (St Kilda AFL) / Reuben Hayward (Sandringham Dragons) / Conor Larkin (Sandringham Dragons) / Nathan Scagliarini (Dandenong Stingrays) / James Sziller (Oakleigh Chargers) / Josh Trew (Sandringham Dragons)

- Out: Trent Dennis-Lane / Liam Hiscock (Casey Demons) / Charlie Kelso (Port Melbourne) / Matt Kreymborg / Kenny Ong (Collegians) / Tom Simpkin (Balwyn) / Mitch Wilkins / Yilber Zijai (Casey Demons)


Tom Simpkin: “Tom has gone to play with his brother Jonathan at Balwyn. He was well liked around the club and you need those types of guys around to keep things upbeat. The St Kilda guys respected the way he went about his footy – while he wasn’t a glamourous footballer and didn’t get a lot of the ball, his presence will definitely be missed on the field.”

Kenny Ong: “Kenny was a player who came into the senior team now and then and really played his role as a creative small forward. He’s one that’ll be missed for sure.”


Tom Curren: “Tom’s a professional on all fronts in how he prepares and how he goes about his football. He was just a perfect fit all-round to be named our captain. He’s a local person and he’s played 70 senior VFL games for Sandringham while on St Kilda’s list. Even though he’s not on an AFL list anymore, how he’s conducted himself and how he’s presented himself this pre-season has been outstanding. He’s been a true leader ever since he walked into the club last year.”

Talented youngsters: “Some kids I’ve been really impressed with that have come from U18 level last year are Nathan Scagliarini from the Dandenong Stingrays and Beau Bailey, who was at Bonbeach last year and got a couple of games at Dandenong too. I’ve also been really impressed with a few of the Sandringham Dragons kids from last year – Reuben Hayward, Conor Larkin and Josh Trew, and James Sziller from the Oakleigh Chargers, have all been given games over the pre-season

and showed some good form in glimpses.”


“From the Sandringham guys, I think Dylan Weickhardt

and Elliot Le Grice will be up there, while Kade

Answerth came second in our best-and-fairest last year.

Kade’s made of the right stuff and loves to tackle. Kade

and Dylan will share the vice-captaincy this year.”


Jack Noone: “Jack broke his leg badly in the semi-final

loss to Williamstown last year and he’s slowly getting

back into some training. He’s got AFL qualities and is a

really good person. Jack’s a quiet kid and goes about

it in his own way but he’s made of the right stuff . He’s

probably looking at the first third of the season for a

return to the field.”

Elliot Le Grice: “Elliot played almost every game for

us last year. His leadership is really good. He had an

outstanding game in defence against Werribee during

the pre-season when I thought he got the better of

(North Melbourne forward) Ben Brown.”

Dylan Weickhardt: “Dylan’s not a real flashy-type

footballer; he really does his role well. He did some good

jobs last year, especially in the semi final when he did

a number on (Williamstown small forward) Anthony

Anastasio. Even though we got beaten, he really got

under Anastasio’s skin.”


“Our midfielders and forwards will be strengths of ours.

I think our midfield will run really deep, especially with

the influx of St Kilda players we’ll have on a weekly

basis. Our forward line will be really good in my opinion,

especially if we’re fit at AFL level. We have a lot of small

forwards vying for spots in St Kilda’s team that will miss

out and come down to Sandringham to play those

roles.”


“Our VFL personnel’s changed a lot. We’ve got 23 new

players on our list – which is half the list – and there’s

been a fair turnover at St Kilda too, so you won’t really

see the adjustments stand out and the improvement

straight away.

“I think our consistency around the footy will have a

massive eff ect on how well we go this year. I’d say our

contested-ball indicators is an area where we need to

get better.”


“We’ll have Ben McGlynn, the ex-Sydney forward, as our

forwards coach this year. He’s already been so valuable

for our young small forwards, coming from the role he

played at Sydney. Brendon Allen’s our senior assistant

and he’s still our midfield coach. Peta Searle will be the

stoppage coach aft er coaching the forwards last year

and Adrian Connolly comes in from Frankston as our

back line coach.”

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(Comments from senior coach John Lamont)

FACT FILE:

AFL ALIGNMENT: North Melbourne

2016 FINISH: 11th (7-11)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Matt Hanson / 2. Declan Mountford / 3. Ryan Clarke

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Matt Hanson


- In: Max Augerinos (Geelong Falcons) / Charlie Bance (Wagga Tigers, NSW) / Harry Boyd (Murray Bushrangers) / Jordyn Cotter (Western Jets) / Daniel Foley (Western Jets) / Kyle Galloway (Sydney AFL) / Isaac Miller (Bendigo Pioneers) / Louis Pinnuck (Murray Bushrangers)

- Out: Isaac Conway (Port Melbourne) / Josh Porter (Wangaratta) / Jake Wilson (West Adelaide, SA)


Josh Porter and Jake Wilson: “Key-position blokes don’t grow on trees. Josh (33 goals in 23 senior VFL games) and Jake (2015 VFL Team of the Year defender) are a loss, of course, but you just give someone else a chance.”


TAC Cup graduates: “We think we have an exciting crop of new youngsters. Max Augerinos from the Geelong Falcons, Harry Boyd and Louis Pinnuck from the Murray Bushrangers, Isaac Miller from the Bendigo Pioneers, and Western Jets kids Daniel Foley and Jordyn Cotter – they’re going to be the first ones in line out of that group for spots in the team as 23rd players.”

Kyle Galloway: “Kyle has had one development year as a rookie with Sydney. He’s a genuine 200+cm ruckman and we’re pretty pleased with how he’s coming along, but he hasn’t played a lot of footy. He missed a bit of pre-season with injury but we’re hopeful he can make a bit of an impact at some stage.”


Matt Hanson: “Matt’s won our best-and-fairest the last two years. I definitely believe he’s got the capacity to be on an AFL list. He’s had two years with us as an inside midfielder and still hasn’t been draft ed, so obviously AFL clubs want to see a bit more from him. We’ll probably challenge Matt in diff erent roles this year to broaden his horizons.”

Michael Sodomaco: “Michael’s retaining the captaincy

this year. He’s certainly growing into the role and

improving each year. He’s understanding where he

fits in as well as the link he provides between the

coaching group and the players, and I believe he’s

going to continue to get better. He’s previously played

in defence and pinch-hit in the midfield and that’ll

continue.”

Tom Gribble: “Tom played some good footy in 2016

aft er missing 2015 through injury. He was in the VFL

Team of the Year in 2014 so I’d expect him to be getting

back to his best now. Last year was a bit of a slow build

because he missed much of the pre-season but by the

end of the year he had a couple of really big games

where he got a lot of the footy.”


Injured players in 2016: “I’m looking for

improvement in those guys who didn’t play much

footy last year. Jordan Jones had a foot injury and a

hamstring in 2016 but he’s had a good pre-season, so

hopefully he’ll get a good run at it now. Nathan Laracy

broke his leg in Round 1 last year and didn’t play again.

Jake Sharp had a knee reconstruction in 2015 and did

a great job upon his return last year but then broke his

leg mid-season. Kurt Aylett came off Essendon’s list

with an Achilles tendon issue, got himself right, played

two Development League games and broke his leg in

his first senior game (in Round 15). Jason Robinson

broke his leg in Round 2 and didn’t play again either.”

Nick Meredith: “Nick’s going into his second year

aft er playing 14 senior games in his first year. He’s a

competitive third tall defender or forward, but he can

play in a variety of roles. I think Nick could be on an

AFL list.”


“If Todd Goldstein, Ben Brown and Majak Daw play

a lot of footy with North Melbourne, I reckon (fellow

Kangaroos tall) Brayden Preuss could play a fair

bit of footy with us. If he or Kyle Galloway is in the

ruck, hopefully we can get first use of the ball and

demonstrate the strength of our mix of Werribee and

North Melbourne on-ballers.”


“We missed the finals last year so we need to improve

in all areas, really. We’re going to be a young group.

We’ve had a list turnover of almost 50 per cent so I

just want them all to be on the one page and work

together.”


“In the senior group, Matt Kershaw has replaced Mick

Richards who ran our midfield last year, Brad Julier

joins us as a ruck coach and Jacob Spalding will

remain the forward line coach with Ben Patrick again

doing our back line. For the Development League,

Ross Gemmill, Shayne Stone and Dean Chambers

will join head coach Dan Fraser as assistants.”

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NO. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB1 Brydon Hodgson 16-Sep-96 187 85 Canberra Demons / Eastlake / Lavington / Murray Bushrangers2 Matthew Munro 17-Nov-95 181 75 Murray Bushrangers / Albury3 Michael Sodomaco (C) 03-Jun-91 174 72 Geelong Falcons / Lara4 Thomas Gribble 17-Oct-94 180 74 Geelong Falcons / Geelong (VFL) /Geelong West Giants5 Jordan Jones 29-Jun-90 190 94 West Perth / West Coast / Geelong Falcons6 Jake Sharp 11-Jan-95 187 76 Murray Bushrangers / Myrtleford7 Dane McFarlane 01-May-93 178 75 Geelong (VFL) / Modewarre / Newtown & Chilwell8 Harrison King 11-Feb-95 188 89 Werribee Districts / Western Jets / Myrtleford9 Kurt Aylett 02-Apr-92 189 84 Leeton / GWS / Essendon (AFL) / Redan

10 Joe Maishman 26-Apr-96 179 75 Geelong Falcons / St Mary’s (VIC)11 Matthew Hanson 26-May-95 187 81 Western Storm / South Launceston12 Ryley Barrack 09-Feb-96 184 80 Kangaroo Flat / South Bendigo / South Mildura13 Ryan Clarke * 17-Jul-97 180 77 Eastern Ranges / Rowville14 Trent Dumont * 30-Jun-95 185 83 Norwood (SA)15 Billy Iles 29-Dec-94 175 70 Keilor / Western Jets / Airport West 16 Brad Xavier 16-Sep-96 195 89 Keilor 17 Aaron Mullett * 23-Feb-92 184 73 Eastern Ranges / Vermont18 Jade Cleeland 30-Mar-95 194 96 Wangaratta Magpies19 Nathan Laracy 23-Nov-89 176 78 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga / Benalla20 Jason Robinson 17-Jul-95 187 92 Western Jets / Myrtleford / Melton / Altona / Wyndham Suns21 Jy Simpkin * 05-Mar-98 182 72 Murray Bushrangers / Mooroopna22 Sam Durdin * 06-Jun-96 197 87 West Adelaide23 Ben McKay * 24-Dec-97 200 91 Gippsland Power / Warragul24 Jack Williams 19-Aug-95 188 90 Geelong Falcons / Camperdown25 Aiden Adams 10-Sep-94 185 78 Mitta United26 Daniel Nielson * 09-May-96 193 90 Eastern Ranges / Vermont27 Ethan Petterwood 12-Sep-93 178 76 North Launceston / Bridport / Scotsdale28 Matthew Brett 02-Aug-94 188 92 Shepparton Bears / Myrtleford29 Dominic Brew 23-Jan-97 183 88 North Albury / Albury30 Kyle Galloway 21-Nov-96 209 104 Sydney / Shepparton / Murray Bushrangers / Deniliquin31 Braydon Preuss * 16-Jun-95 205 102 Townsville32 Joshua Corbett 23-Apr-96 190 83 North Warrnambool Eagles 33 Ed Vickers-Willis * 28-Mar-96 190 82 Sandringham Dragons / East Malvern 34 Kayne Turner * 31-Dec-95 180 82 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga35 Declan Watson * 17-Sep-98 194 80 Aspley36 Josh Williams * 12-Jun-98 189 69 Gold Coast Academy37 Will Fordham # 14-Mar-96 188 78 Sandringham Dragons38 Majak Daw * 11-Mar-91 195 94 Western Jets / Wyndhamvale39 Mitch Hibberd * 23-Sep-96 195 94 Clarence40 Nick Larkey * 06-Jun-98 197 82 Oakleigh Chargers / Kew 41 Corey Wagner * 23-Mar-97 180 71 Aspley42 Declan Mountford * 13-Feb-97 183 70 Claremont43 Sam Gibson * 27-May-86 183 83 Box Hill Hawks44 Cameron Zurhaar # 22-May-98 188 79 East Fremantle45 Oscar Junker # 23-Jan-98 193 84 Western Jets46 Matthew Taylor # 27-Mar-97 186 78 Perth47 Matthew Pickering 16-May-96 183 80 Bendigo Pioneers / St Albans / Lake Boga48 Nicholas Meredith 14-Feb-93 194 82 Lavington Panthers49 Taylor Garner * 08-Jan-94 186 77 Dandenong Stingrays / Rowville50 Ben Brown * 20-Nov-92 180 77 Tasmania / Devonport / Werribee51 Ben Jacobs * 09-Jan-92 186 82 Sandringham Dragons / Port Adelaide (AFL)52 Jake Marshall 13-Feb-97 180 75 Murray Bushrangers / Deniliquin53 Tom Jeff ries * 01-Jan-99 202 10054 Bevan Shelley 16-Aug-95 185 79 Geelong Amateur / Newtown & Chilwell55 Daniel Foley 24-Mar-97 184 82 Western Jets / Bacchus Marsh 56 Max Augerinos 31-Mar-97 176 71 Geelong Falcons / St Mary’s (VIC)57 Harry Boyd 11-Feb-98 196 93 Murray Bushrangers / Shepparton Bears58 Louis Pinnuck 24-Sep-98 185 75 Murray Bushrangers / Strathmerton / Cobram59 Brandon Houlihan 30-Dec-96 181 76 Western Jets / Hoppers Crossing 60 Nicholas Buykx 11-Mar-98 175 70 Western Jets / Werribee Districts61 Harry Kershaw 29-Jul-96 181 80 Geelong Falcons / Geelong Amateur62 Isaac Miller 10-Apr-97 182 74 Bendigo Pioneers / Golden Square63 Tom Ellard 05-Oct-94 181 71 Sunbury Kangaroos / Richmond (VFL)64 Jack Irvine 02-Nov-97 187 79 Temora Kangaroos65 Spiros Amarantidis 25-Jul-96 185 79 Deer Park / Yarraville-Seddon Eagles66 Charles Bance 06-Nov-97 188 87 Wagga Tigers67 Brock Kennedy 13-May-95 185 85 Melton 68 Jordyn Cotter 19-Mar-98 181 65 Western Jets / Melton69 Frank Campisi 25-Apr-98 177 65 Western Jets / East Keilor / Doutta Stars70 Billy Croft s 14-Sep-98 186 81 Western Jets / Melton 71 Tylar Vujanic 20-Jan-97 192 88 Western Jets / Keilor72 Darby Schilder 09-Jun-98 193 86 Geelong Falcons / St Mary’s (VIC)73 Mason Wood * 13-Sep-93 190 78 Geelong Falcons / Geelong College74 Luke McDonald * 09-Feb-95 188 80 Oakleigh Chargers / Werribee75 Alex Johnston 28-Apr-97 188 83 Werribee Districts / UWS Giants / East Coast Eagles76 Jed Anderson * 02-Feb-94 178 75 Hawthorn / Darwin / NT Thunder77 Marley Williams * 22-Jul-93 181 85 Collingwood (AFL) / Claremont78 Lindsay Thomas * 29-Feb-88 180 78 Port Adelaide (SANFL)79 Luke McLeod 14-Jun-97 190 82 Warrnambool / Bundoora80 Jake Edwards 27-Jun-97 170 75 Portland / University Blacks81 Shaun Atley * 13-Sep-92 189 81 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga82 Jamie Macmillan * 23-Sep-91 188 82 Oakleigh Chargers / Scotch College83 Sam Wright * 15-Jul-90 188 82 Murray Bushrangers / Katamatite84 Tito Nyawela 10-Sep-95 175 74 Wyndhamvale / Werribee Centrals85 Jackson Menadue 03-Apr-97 183 69 Western Jets / Werribee Districts86 Mitch Hodgetts 05-Sep-98 190 87 Tasmania U18 / Launceston / Western Storm87 Scott Thompson * 09-May-86 193 93 Geelong (VFL) 88 Anthony Liberatore 06-Feb-95 180 81 Tullamarine / Pascoe Vale / Aberfeldie / Greenvale89 Paul Ahern * 01-Aug-96 181 77 GWS / Western Jets90 Jack Ziebell * 28-Feb-91 188 87 Murray Bushrangers / Wodonga91 Lachlan Hansen * 17-Aug-88 197 97 Gippsland Power / Nar Nar Goon92 Nathan Hrovat * 07-Jun-94 173 78 Western Bulldogs93 Ben Cunnington * 30-Jun-91 185 86 Geelong Falcons / Cobden94 Shaun Higgins * 04-Mar-88 184 90 Geelong Falcons / Western Bulldogs95 Andrew Swallow * 02-Jun-87 182 80 East Fremantle96 Jarrad Waite * 04-Feb-83 194 94 Carlton / Murray Bushrangers / Benalla97 Todd Goldstein * 01-Jul-88 201 102 Oakleigh Chargers / Trinity Grammar98 Robbie Tarrant * 25-Apr-89 196 96 Bendigo Pioneers / South Mildura

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1 Ed Carr 12-Apr-91 181 82 Gippsland Power / Maff ra

2 Ben Cavarra 20-Dec-95 175 72 Frankston / Eastern Ranges / Ferntree Gully Eagles

3 Sam Dunell 21-Feb-90 189 83 St Kilda / Bendigo Bombers / Old Melburnians

4 Ben Jolley (C) 12-Feb-86 185 77 Bendigo (VFL) / Essendon (AFL) / Calder Cannons

5 Lachlan Schultz 30-Nov-97 177 72 Bendigo Pioneers / Moama

6 Michael Gibbons 15-May-95 177 75 Murray Bushrangers / Lavington / Coolamon

7 Nick Sing 15-May-91 187 90 Gippsland Power / Wy Yung

8 Peter Faulks 24-Apr-88 195 87 Fremantle / Williamstown

9 Adam Marcon 28-Jul-92 180 82 Richmond (AFL) / Williamstown / Northern Blues

10 Leigh Masters 22-Jun-92 188 84 Bendigo (VFL) / Coburg / Bendigo Pioneers

11 Jack Dorgan 30-Sep-93 180 80 Western Jets / Hoppers Crossing

12 Corey Yeo 09-May-91 186 85 Claremont / East Fremantle

13 Ayce Cordy 06-Aug-90 203 97 Western Bulldogs / Geelong Falcons

14 Arryn Siposs 25-Nov-92 190 89 St Kilda / Dandenong Stingrays / Beaconsfield

16 Brett Bewley 14-Apr-95 187 88 Western Jets / Darley

17 Jack Charleston 09-Jan-93 178 83 Western Jets / Spotswood

18 Jake Greiser 22-Aug-95 181 88 Western Jets / Keilor

19 Daylan Kempster 27-Jan-96 195 95 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Keilor Park

20 Mitch Norton 01-Jun-96 174 70 Western Jets / Altona Vikings

21 Joel Tippett 26-Oct-88 197 92 North Melbourne / West Adelaide / Southport

22 Josh Pickess 12-Sep-95 183 82 Dandenong Stingrays / Frankston

23 Ben Bese 30-Nov-92 180 83 Strathmore

24 Willie Wheeler 21-Jun-92 180 81 Coburg / Murray Bushrangers / Seymour

25 Jason Pongracic 21-Apr-94 183 89 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Koo Wee Rup

26 Josh Newman 22-Dec-94 182 86 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Mornington

27 Jacob Chisari 26-Jan-95 178 76 Bendigo Pioneers / South Mildura

28 Christian Buykx-Smith 27-Mar-96 194 85 Gippsland Power / Traralgon

29 Jayden Burke 29-Jan-97 189 86 Bendigo Pioneers / Golden Square

30 Kyle Gray 14-May-96 192 95 Frankston / Dandenong Stingrays / Edithvale-Aspendale

31 David Fahey 22-Dec-91 193 87 Essendon (VFL) / Coburg / Calder Cannons / Aberfeldie

32 Tom Condon 07-Mar-97 185 82 Calder Cannons / Strathmore

33 Tim Currie 20-May-92 194 89 Northern Blues / Northern Knights / Eltham

34 Liam McMahon 11-Apr-96 177 74 Western Jets / Hoppers Crossing

35 Billy Myers 05-May-96 188 86 Western Jets / Darley

36 Tristan Davies 05-Jul-95 190 85 Calder Cannons / Aberfeldie

37 Nick Ebinger 20-Nov-96 183 84 Williamstown CYMS

38 Anthony Giuliano 14-Feb-96 181 85 Sandringham Dragons / Beaumaris / South Melbourne Districts

39 Lachlan Knight 07-Jan-96 188 86 Western Jets / Yarraville-Seddon

40 Brayden Monk 08-Mar-96 175 69 Western Jets / Werribee Districts

41 Josh Minogue 09-Oct-96 191 82 Murray Bushrangers / North Albury

42 Brodie Romensky 06-Jul-98 190 91 Western Jets / Maribyrnong Park

43 Jayden Eales 17-Feb-97 199 88 Calder Cannons / Sunbury

44 Jake Owen 11-Nov-94 192 88 Calder Cannons / Woodend

45 Liam Carter 11-Sep-96 191 88 Western Jets / Melton

46 Jackson Gray 17-Mar-95 203 94 Sandgate / Hinterland Blues / Aspley

47 Lachlan Bramble 19-Apr-98 182 74 Calder Cannons / Sunbury

48 Tom Wilkinson 07-Mar-96 181 83 Sandringham Dragons / Frankston YCW

49 Nick Meese 23-Sep-88 197 105 Northern Blues / West Preston Lakeside

50 Fletcher Carroll 29-Apr-98 175 73 Murray Bushrangers / Albury Tigers

51 Max Philpot 17-May-98 188 78 Western Jets / Maribyrnong Park

52 Jacob Magee 10-Jul-97 183 83 Lara / Thuringowa Bulldogs

53 Luke Goetz 03-Dec-97 202 98 Western Bulldogs / Western Jets / Altona

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(Comments from senior coach Andy Collins)

FACT FILE:

2016 FINISH: 4th (14-7)

2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Willie Wheeler / 2. Michael Gibbons / 3. Sam Dunell

2016 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Sam Dunell / Michael Gibbons / Ben Jolley / Nick Meese / Willie Wheeler


- In: Ben Cavarra (Frankston) / Luke Goetz (Western Bulldogs AFL) / Kyle Gray (Frankston) / Daylan Kempster (Frankston) / Adam Marcon (Richmond AFL) / Josh Newman (Frankston) / Josh Pickess (Frankston) / Jason Pongracic (Frankston) / Joel Tippett (North Melbourne AFL) / Corey Yeo (Claremont, WA)

- Out: Anthony Anastasio (Port Melbourne) / Alex Carr (Essendon VFL) / Dylan Conway (Port Melbourne) / Tyler Curtis (Coburg) / Caleb Hislop / Jack Johnstone / Cameron Lockwood


Experienced leaders: “We’ve lost Cam Lockwood’s leadership on and off the field. Unfortunately we didn’t see the best of him in 2016 because of injuries, and similar with Jack Johnstone due to his studies. He was a terrific player and is still only a young fella. Both of them were 2015 premiership players and will really be missed.”

Dangerous goalkickers: “We’ll miss the goalkicking ability of Anthony Anastasio and Dylan Conway, who are premiership players from 2015. Both have found their way to Port Melbourne for hopefully more opportunities to play regular senior football.”


Big-bodied midfielders: “We really missed (2015 Seagulls premiership player) Adam Marcon’s presence around our group while he was on Richmond’s rookie list last year. He’s going to be a playing assistant midfield coach and also a vice-captain, so that’s the regard we hold him in. We probably got beaten by teams with big inside midfielders last year, so we also recruited the likes of Jason Pongracic and Corey Yeo. Jason was Frankston’s captain last year and Corey – the brother of (West Coast’s) Elliot Yeo – was runner-up in Claremont’s WAFL best-and-fairest in 2015 before he unfortunately did his ACL.”

Joel Tippett: “We haven’t had a really tall defender for a while and David Fahey and Peter Faulks have always had to fight above their weight divisions. Joel is a 197cm

key defender who I’ve coached previously at West Adelaide in the SANFL and we think he’ll play a very significant role against some of the bigger forwards in the competition.”

Former Frankston stars: “We wanted to replace Jack Johnstone with a like-for-like defender and we were lucky to pick up Josh Newman, Frankston’s best-and-fairest winner last year. Ben Cavarra is one of the elite players in the competition with his ability to go midfield and forward. There’s always a concern that AFL recruiters just don’t like some players and I think some recruiters need to go to recruiting school, because I’m really fortunate to have Ben this year.”


“There’s too many to answer that! As a coach, you want them all around the top of the leaderboard. They’re being led by Ben Jolley again (in his sixth season as captain) and we’re really fortunate to have a really good playing list.”


Mitch Norton: “Mitch was one of the elite players of the TAC Cup for the Western Jets a couple of years ago before shoulder injuries struck him down (two senior VFL games in 2016). He’s had an enormous pre-season and we think he’ll be ready this year.”

Billy Myers: “Billy’s another former Western Jets player who played in the 2015 VFL Grand Final as the 23rd player before he suff ered injuries last year (10 senior VFL games in 2016). He’s just completed a terrific pre-season so he’s holding down a spot in the back line at the moment.”


“We think our midfield will still be very strong, with Nick Meese in charge. He’s really excited about the change to the third-man-up rule. He’s sick of blokes jumping over him in ruck contests so he’ll enjoy the new rule and we think we’ll get the fruits of Nick’s labour.”


“We probably lacked a bit of versatility in the midfield last year. Towards the end of the season we got beaten by bigger bodies in there. (Melbourne’s) Clayton Oliver was really good for Casey in our preliminary-final loss as was Koby Stevens when we played Footscray, but we feel we’re better equipped in the midfield this year.”


“We’ve shuff led the panel around a little bit. Robbie Campbell will play a specific second-in-charge role with a focus on off ence and the ball movement of our team. We’ve also been able to recruit some great coaches in Michael Osborne – a former Carlton assistant coach and Hawthorn 2008 premiership player – who joins his great mate Robbie, and Matthew Pearce, who comes back as a 2003 Williamstown reserves premiership player. He’ll be the midfield coach, while Michael will be the forwards coach. We keep Clay Illman as our defensive coach and we’ve got Frankie Raso coming on board as our development coach.”

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VFL News

Blues face U18 bestThe Northern Blues will this week

take on a team consisting of the best

U18 talent the country has to off er in

a curtain-raiser to the Carlton vs Gold

Coast AFL clash at Etihad Stadium on

Saturday night.

From 4.10pm, senior coach Josh Fraser’s team

will come up against members of the NAB AFL

Academy, a high-performance program for

Australia’s best under-age footballers including

many Victorian TAC Cup players.

The AFL Academy last year lost to Werribee by

50 points and Geelong’s VFL team by 15 points

during its April camp in Melbourne.

Borough triumphsThe 2017 Peter Jackson VFL season kicked off with Port Melbourne defeating the Northern Blues by 29 points – 12.15 (87) to 8.10 (58) – in a standalone match last Saturday.

A big crowd turned out at North Port Oval for Port Melbourne’s ‘Call to Arms’ Day and Borough champion Chris Cain’s 175th senior match, which earned him VFL life membership.

Port opened up a scrappy contest by kicking three unanswered goals in the second term to take a 22-point lead into half time, with 2015 ‘Frosty’ Miller Medallist Jordan Lisle then booting six second-half goals to ensure victory for the home team. In heavy rain, Cain capped his milestone game with a major of his own aft er the final siren.

The day would have been an ominous sign for the rest of the competition, with the likes of Sam Dwyer, Khan Haretuku, Damian Mascitti, Leigh Osborne and Shane Valenti playing in the Borough’s 51-point Development League win against the Blues.

Travelling Tigers hit TorquayWerribee’s Round 1 clash with Geelong

at Spring Creek Reserve in Torquay

from 2pm this Sunday will be the first

of nine ‘home’ games for the Peter

Jackson VFL’s ‘Travelling Tigers’ in

2017.

Werribee’s traditional base of Avalon Airport

Oval at Chirnside Park is currently undergoing

an $11.75 million redevelopment, forcing the

club to hit the roads of Victoria to stage its

home fixtures.

Aft er Sunday’s match, the Tigers host

consecutive games at VU Whitten Oval (vs

Footscray), North Melbourne Recreation

Reserve (Essendon), Hoppers Crossing (Casey

Demons) and Wangaratta Showgrounds

(Collingwood), before home fixtures later in the

season at Frankston Oval, Rams Arena, Etihad

Stadium and Ikon Park.

Good Friday footyThe Peter Jackson VFL will stage its first-ever match on Good Friday this week when Footscray meets the Box Hill Hawks at VU Whitten Oval from 12pm.

The Bulldogs will use the occasion to unfurl their 2016 VFL premiership flag, which was claimed in a 31-point defeat of Casey in last September’s Grand Final at Etihad Stadium.

The match will serve as a curtain-raiser to the North Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs AFL clash at Etihad Stadium from 4.20pm – also a historic first for elite-level football on Good Friday.

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AFL Vic News

A number of community football clubs in

regional Victoria will welcome the return

of the WorkSafe Game of the Month in

season 2017.

This year is set to be bigger and better than ever, with

eight exciting WorkSafe Games of the Month planned

in leagues across the state with our first event kicking

off in the South West Football Netball League on

April 30.

Now in its 15th year, the WorkSafe Game of the Month

centres around traditional grudge matches between

country football and netball club rivals and attract

large crowds of fervent supporters.

WorkSafe AFL Victoria Country partners with Netball

Victoria to bring some of football’s and netball’s biggest

names to the matches to meet the locals and share

their sporting stories, with current-day AFL player

Ambassadors, football personalities and the likes of

AFL champions Russell Robertson, David Parkin and

Peter Knights set to appear in season 2017.

Spectators can enjoy the local atmosphere with a

host of family-friendly activities including football

and netball themed inflatables, face painting and

giveaways, plus see your face on the big screen with

the WorkSafe LED truck scoreboard.

Another highlight is the National Anthem prior to the game sung by a local identity and the post-match presentations where our WorkSafe Ambassadors will present the sought-aft er WorkSafe Trophy and best-on-ground medal.

Just as WorkSafe is committed to supporting country football in Victoria, so too are they committed to its vision of making sure every Victorian returns home safely every day.

See below for this year’s WorkSafe Game of the Month locations:

- Sunday 30th April – South West FL: Branxholme-Wallacedale v Coleraine

- Sunday 28th May – Ovens & King FL: North Wangaratta v King Valley

- Sunday 4th June– Geelong & DFL: Winchelsea v Geelong West

- Sunday 18th June – West Gippsland FNL: Phillip Island v Dalyston

- Sunday 16th July – Yarra Valley: Healesville v Olinda

- Sunday 23rd July – Central Highlands FNL: Daylesford v Gordon

- Sunday 30th July – Horsham District FL: Edenhope Apsley v Kalkee

- Sunday 6th August – Loddon Valley FNL: Calivil United v Pyramid Hill

WorkSafe Game of the Month returns!

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The Big LeagueThe AFL Victoria Record follows former TAC Cup and VFL players on their AFL journeys

Early-season AFL debutantsSix former Peter Jackson VFL players have made their elite-level debuts in the first three rounds of the AFL season:

Round 1Mitch Hannan (Melbourne): 23yo / medium forward / ex-Footscray and St Bernard’s player / VFL premiership 2016 / 20 goals in 18 VFL games from 2015-16 / pick no.46, 2016 AFL Draft / 16 disposals, seven marks, five inside-50s, two goals in win vs St Kilda at Etihad Stadium

Tom Stewart (Geelong): 24yo / key defender / ex-Geelong VFL and South Barwon player / VFL Team of the Year 2016 / 18 VFL games in 2016 / pick no.40, 2016 AFL Draft / 10 disposals in win vs Fremantle at Domain Stadium

Brett Eddy (Port Adelaide): 27yo / medium forward / ex-South Adelaide, Collingwood VFL, De La Salle and Foster player / 21 goals in eight VFL games in 2011 / pick no.26, 2016 Rookie Draft / three disposals, two goal assists in win vs Sydney at SCG

Round 2Robbie Fox (Sydney): 23yo / midfielder / ex-Coburg, Aberfeldie and Burnie Dockers player / VFL Team of the Year 2016 / 26 VFL games from 2015-16 / pick no.34, 2016 Rookie Draft / 13 disposals, nine contested possessions in loss vs Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium

Nic Newman (Sydney): 24yo / rebounding defender / ex-Frankston, Dandenong Stingrays and Mornington player / Fothergill-Round Medal 2014 / VFL Team of the Year 2014 / 22 VFL games from 2013-14 / pick no.35, 2014 Rookie Draft / 16 disposals, six tackles, one goal in loss vs Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium

Mitch Hannan in action for Footscray in

2016

Round 3Tim Smith (Melbourne): 26yo / medium forward / ex-Casey and Upper Ferntree Gully player / VFL Team of the Year 2016 / state representative 2016 / 91 goals in 80 VFL games from 2012-16 / pick no.25, 2016 Rookie Draft / six disposals, three marks, one goal in loss vs Geelong at Etihad Stadium

1 Nick Brown

2 Robert Young

3 Jack Edwards

4 Michael Curtis

5 James Davey

6 Andrew Talbot

7 Andrew Heff ernan

8 Daniel Butcher

9 Ben Cheever

10 Patrick Burns

11 Paul Rebeschini

12 Martin Rodger

13 Cameron Dore

14 Annie Mirabile

15 Tristan Burgess

16 Andre Gianfagna

17 Matthew Young

18 Thomas Chrystie

19 Aaron Langdon

20 John Howorth

21 Leighton Rowe

22 Peter McCaw

AFL umpires to wear 26-32

2017 AFL Victoria Field Umpires – Senior Squad

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EventsPresident’s Function – Round 2

Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg

Join us for a two course lunch and beverages at City Oval as we commemorate ANZAC Weekend against

Coburg. We will also be unveiling our 2016 Development Premiership flag.

12.00pm Saturday, 22nd April

The Pavilion Function Centre, City Oval

Tickets $75.00

Mid-Season Event

Saturday 29th July, 7.00pm

Encore, St Kilda.

Aft er a successful event in 2016 the Mid-Season event is back in 2017! To be held at Encore in St Kilda, it promises to be yet another highlight of the Box Hill Hawks events calendar. Special guests to be announced in the coming weeks!

Tickets $150.00 – Please phone the off ice on 9890 9442 for further information.

President’s Luncheon

V Williamstown Seagulls

Saturday April 22nd, 12pm-2pm

Tickets $50pp - Includes Match Entry, Two-Course Meal, Match-day Record and Entertainment (Guest Speaker TBA)

Grandstand Function Centre Preston City Oval

Round 3 vs. Richmond @ North Port Oval

- LADIES DAY FUNCTION – Half time of the Senior game.

Further details TBC – Please RSVP with the club’s off ice.

- PRESIDENT’S LUNCHEON – 11:45am – 1:45pm (Sandridge Events Centre)

$60 per person includes a 2-course meal, drinks (beer/wine/soft drink) and entertainment.

Please contact the club’s off ice for further details and to book.

Next home game:

April 30th 2017 - vs Northern Blues @ Piranha Park, Coburg. The day will be a special “Vicky Cleary Tribute Match”

raising awareness for Domestic and Family Abuse victims, call the club or follow us on social media for more info.

Our Hall of Fame & 1960’s Team of the Decade dinner is on Sunday May 6. Tickets are $120 for members and $130 for non-members and can be purchased online or by calling 9391 0309.

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Club Notes

COBURG

On behalf of the Coburg Football Club we would like to welcome you all back to Piranha Park for season 2017!

Aft er a long pre-season the boys are eager to kick off our season and do battle against Collingwood in Round 1. The off -season has seen a huge amount of changes take place to our playing list with a massive 37 new recruits set to don the Lions colours. We welcome all of our members and sponsors, old and new; and thank you for your unwavering support and dedication to the club. For those still looking to get on board head online, in the off ice, or see us at our membership tent at our home games. We look forward to this season ahead with great optimism and are looking forward to seeing you all during the season. Go Burgers!

BOX HILL HAWKS

The Box Hill Hawks would like to welcome all new players and families to the club for 2017! It promises to be a fantastic year as we look to build

on our young and talented list from 2016. The Box Hill Hawks would like to thank all existing sponsors for their continual support, and welcome all new sponsors to the club for 2017. In our Round 1 clash this week, we take on the reigning premiers Footscray. It promises to be a great test for our senior group as we look to start the season off with a win, whilst the development team take on Sandringham. Our first home game for the year comes in Round 2 as we take on Coburg for the ANZAC Day cup. We will also unveil the 2016 Development premiership flag. Action kicks off at 10:30am with the Senior match commencing at 2:00pm. Go Hawks!

FOOTSCRAY

See the Footscray Bulldogs unfurl the 2016

Premiership Flag at Victoria University Whitten

Oval on Good Friday, 14 April. VFL 2016

Premiership Flag Unfurl will occur at 11:45am, with the ball

to bounce at 12 noon.

WERRIBEE

Welcome to Avalon Airport Oval @ Torquay – or, as the locals like to call it, Spring Creek Reserve. President Martin Carter,

CEO Mark Penaluna, senior coach John Lamont, and everyone involved at the club is looking forward to an exciting and diff erent year on and off the field. We thank the Torquay Tigers and the Geelong Football Club for their help and support in staging today’s two games. Aft er the presentation of the K rock Cup to the winning team, we ask you to stay for the women’s game between Werribee and Geelong. We welcome our sponsors to the president’s lunch upstairs and invite you to join the Travelling Tigers in the coming weeks for home-game functions at Whitten Oval, Arden Street, Hoppers Crossing, and Wangaratta. Booking are available through the club on (03) 9741 6688. Keep up to date with all club news at werribeefc.com.au and via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

WILLIAMSTOWN

Welcome to 2017 and welcome to Burbank Oval as we do battle with Casey today to open our season in an Easter Monday blockbuster! Make

sure you pick up your Williamstown membership for this season either online, in the off ice or at our membership stall here at our home games. We also have plenty of great merchandise on sale to ensure that you are decked out in your blue and gold for the upcoming season! You can get all your club gear by visiting our shop online or visiting our merchandise stall on the Morris St side of Burbank Oval. Our next President’s Luncheon will be on Sunday April 30 when we host Box Hill. Tickets can be booked by calling the club on 9391 0309. Stay tuned to williamstownfc.com.au in the coming days for more information including the menu, pricing and special guest speakers! Also coming up is our Hall of Fame & 1960’s Team of the Decade dinner on Sunday May 6. Tickets are $120 for members and $130 for non-members and can be purchased online or by calling 9391 0309. Go Seagulls!

NORTH BALLARAT

Our first game for points for 2017 is finally here and aft er a long off season it is great to be able to finally pull on the boots and just think about football for a couple of hours. We welcome several new players to the

club. Toby Thoolen comes to us from Swan Hill and has had previous AFL and VFL experience through Collingwood and Port Melbourne. He adds some height to our forward line and will take some pressure off Big O in the ruck. Other experienced players to join us this year include Brenton Payne and Hayden Walters. Both boys come to us with recent experience playing for other AFL/VFL clubs, St Kilda and Essendon respectively. Once again the Roosters have encouraged the ongoing development of young players coming through the TAC cup system with five young Greater Western Victoria Rebels joining in 2017. We welcome Shannon Beks, Lochie Huppatz, Jarrod Korewha, Jake McQueen and Keenan Waterbury who have all stepped up to the VFL. Jacob Cooke-Harrison, Ben Cox, Billy Jones, Jay Moody, Tim Spiers and Lane Buckwell are all players who come through our regional football areas to join the team this year and we welcome them and wish them luck on their debut season. Two new crucial staff members are also on board with Nick Daff y coming on board this year as one of our assistant coaches and Calvin Paine as our Head of Strength and Conditioning. Both have a wealth of experience in elite football and sports performance so we are very pleased to add them to our team. Don’t forget that memberships are available if you haven’t yet joined and we are also having a huge clear out of 2016 merchandise at half price! So next time you are in the club, make sure you check out what is available and show your support by wearing your club colours in 2017.

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Senior Fixture

Round 1 Time

Saturday April 8

Port Melbourne 12.15-87 def Northern Blues 8.10-58

Friday April 14

Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks - Victoria University Whitten Oval 12.00PM

Saturday April 15

Sandringham vs Essendon - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

Coburg vs Collingwood - Piranha Park 2.40PM*

Sunday April 16

Richmond vs North Ballarat - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM

Werribee vs Geelong - Spring Creek Reserve 2.00PM

Monday April 17

Williamstown vs Casey Demons - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

Round 2 Time

Saturday April 22

Geelong vs Port Melbourne - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM

Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Sandringham vs Richmond - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

Northern Blues vs Williamstown - Preston City Oval 2.40PM*

Werribee vs Footscray - Victoria University Whitten Oval 5.00PM

Casey Demons vs North Ballarat - Casey Fields 7.00PM

Sunday April 23

Essendon vs Collingwood - Windy Hill 1.00PM

Round 3 Time

Friday April 28

Footscray vs North Ballarat - Victoria University Whitten Oval 7.00PM

Saturday April 29

Sandringham vs Collingwood - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

Werribee vs Essendon - North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 2.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Richmond - North Port Oval 2.00PM

Geelong vs Casey Demons - Simonds Stadium 2.40PM*

Sunday April 30

Coburg vs Northern Blues - Piranha Park 2.00PM

Williamstown vs Box Hill Hawks - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

Round 4 Time

Saturday May 6

Geelong vs Box Hill Hawks - Simonds Stadium 11.00AM

Essendon vs Port Melbourne - Frankston Oval 12.00PM

Sandringham vs North Ballarat - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.10PM*

Footscray vs Richmond - Etihad Stadium 3.00PM

Sunday May 7

Collingwood vs Northern Blues - Victoria Park 1.00PM

Werribee vs Casey Demons - Hogans Road Reserve - Hoppers

Crossing2.00PM

Williamstown vs Coburg - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

Round 5 Time

Friday May 12

North Ballarat vs Williamstown - Eureka Stadium 7.00PM

Saturday May 13

Essendon vs Geelong - Windy Hill 12.00PM

Werribee vs Collingwood - Norm Minns Oval 2.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Footscray - North Port Oval 2.10PM*

Sunday May 14

Box Hill Hawks vs Richmond - Box Hill City Oval 12.00PM

Northern Blues vs Casey Demons - Preston City Oval 2.00PM

Coburg vs Sandringham - Piranha Park 2.00PM

Round 6 Time

Saturday May 20

North Ballarat vs Werribee - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Coburg vs Essendon - Piranha Park 1.00PM

Northern Blues vs Sandringham - Preston City Oval 2.00PM

Footscray vs Geelong - Victoria University Whitten Oval 2.10PM*

Collingwood vs Box Hill Hawks - Holden Centre 3.45PM

Casey Demons vs Port Melbourne - Casey Fields 7.00PM

Sunday May 21

Williamstown vs Richmond - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

State Game Weekend Time

Saturday May 27

VFL vs WAFL - TBC TBC*

Richmond vs Essendon - Punt Road Oval 4.00PM

Footscray vs Sandringham - Victoria University Whitten Oval 7.00PM

BYE - all other teams

Round 7 Time

Saturday June 3

Essendon vs North Ballarat - Windy Hill 12.00PM

Richmond vs Werribee - Holm Park Recreation Reserve 1.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Box Hill Hawks - North Port Oval 2.10PM*

Sunday June 4

Collingwood vs Sandringham - Victoria Park 12.00PM

Coburg vs Casey Demons - Piranha Park 2.00PM

Williamstown vs Geelong - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

BYE - Footscray, Northern Blues

Round 8 Time

Friday June 9

Footscray vs Essendon - Victoria University Whitten Oval 7.00PM

Saturday June 10

Northern Blues vs Coburg - TBC 11.30AM

Williamstown vs Sandringham - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

Casey Demons vs Collingwood - Casey Fields 2.10PM*

Sunday June 11

North Ballarat vs Box Hill Hawks - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

BYE - Geelong, Port Melbourne, Richmond, Werribee

Round 9 Time

Saturday June 17

Coburg vs Port Melbourne - Piranha Park 2.00PM

Northern Blues vs Werribee - IKON Park 2.10PM*

Richmond vs Geelong - Punt Road Oval 4.30PM

Casey Demons vs Footscray - Casey Fields 7.00PM

Sunday June 18

Williamstown vs North Ballarat - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

BYE - Box Hill Hawks, Collingwood, Essendon, Sandringham

Round 10 Time

Saturday June 24

Essendon vs Williamstown - Windy Hill 12.00PM

Sandringham vs Coburg - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Collingwood - North Port Oval 2.00PM

Box Hill Hawks vs Casey Demons - Box Hill City Oval 2.10PM*

Footscray vs Werribee - Etihad Stadium 3.00PM

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* Channel 7 broadcast game

Sunday June 25

Richmond vs Northern Blues - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM

North Ballarat vs Geelong - Eureka Stadium 2.00PM

Round 11 Time

Saturday July 1

Geelong vs Coburg - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Casey Demons - North Port Oval 2.00PM

Essendon vs Richmond - Windy Hill 2.10PM*

Sunday July 2

Collingwood vs Footscray - Victoria Park 11.45AM

Northern Blues vs Box Hill Hawks - Preston City Oval 2.00PM

Sandringham vs Werribee - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

BYE - North Ballarat, Williamstown

Round 12 Time

Saturday July 8

Richmond vs Casey Demons - Holm Park Recreation Reserve 1.00PM

Geelong vs Collingwood - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM

Coburg vs Werribee - Piranha Park 2.00PM

Northern Blues vs Port Melbourne - Preston City Oval 2.00PM

Sunday July 9

North Ballarat vs Essendon - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Box Hill Hawks vs Williamstown - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Sandringham vs Footscray - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

Round 13 Time

Saturday July 15

Essendon vs Northern Blues - Windy Hill 12.00PM

Collingwood vs Williamstown - Victoria Park 1.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Sandringham - North Port Oval 2.00PM

Werribee vs Richmond - Frankston Oval 2.00PM

Geelong vs Footscray - Simonds Stadium 7.00PM

Sunday July 16

Box Hill Hawks vs North Ballarat - Box Hill City Oval 12.00PM

BYE - Casey Demons, Coburg

Round 14 Time

Saturday July 22

Geelong vs Sandringham - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM

North Ballarat vs Northern Blues - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Footscray vs Coburg - Victoria University Whitten Oval 1.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Williamstown - North Port Oval 2.00PM

Casey Demons vs Essendon - Casey Fields 7.00PM

Sunday July 23

Richmond vs Collingwood - Punt Road Oval 10.20AM

Box Hill Hawks vs Werribee - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Round 15 Time

Saturday July 29

Northern Blues vs Geelong - IKON Park 1.00PM

Williamstown vs Footscray - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

Sunday July 30

North Ballarat vs Richmond - Eureka Stadium 11.00AM

Collingwood vs Essendon - Victoria Park 11.45AM

Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

Casey Demons vs Coburg - Casey Fields 2.00PM

Werribee vs Port Melbourne - RAMS Arena 2.00PM

Round 16 Time

Saturday August 5

Northern Blues vs Footscray - IKON Park 11.00AM

North Ballarat vs Port Melbourne - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Box Hill Hawks vs Geelong - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Sandringham vs Casey Demons - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2.00PM

Werribee vs Collingwood - Etihad Stadium 3.00PM

Sunday August 6

Coburg vs Williamstown - Piranha Park 2.00PM

BYE - Essendon, Richmond

Round 17 Time

Saturday August 12

Essendon vs Box Hill Hawks - Windy Hill 12.00PM

Port Melbourne vs Coburg - North Port Oval 2.00PM

Casey Demons vs Northern Blues - Casey Fields 7.00PM

Sunday August 13

Collingwood vs North Ballarat - Victoria Park 1.00PM

Geelong vs Richmond - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM

Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

BYE - Footscray, Sandringham

Round 18 Time

Saturday August 19

Essendon vs Footscray - Windy Hill 12.00PM

Werribee vs Northern Blues - IKON Park 1.00PM

Coburg vs North Ballarat - Piranha Park 2.00PM

Collingwood vs Geelong - Holden Centre 5.00PM

Casey Demons vs Williamstown - Casey Fields 7.00PM

Sunday August 20

Richmond vs Sandringham - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM

Box Hill Hawks vs Port Melbourne - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Round 19 Time

Saturday August 26

Footscray vs Williamstown - Victoria University Whitten Oval 12.00PM

North Ballarat vs Sandringham - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Collingwood vs Port Melbourne - Victoria Park 1.00PM

Casey Demons vs Werribee - Casey Fields 7.00PM

Sunday August 27

Richmond vs Coburg - Punt Road Oval 12.00PM

Geelong vs Essendon - Simonds Stadium 1.00PM

Box Hill Hawks vs Northern Blues - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Finals Week 1

September 2/3

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Finals Week 2

September 9/10

Semi Finals

Finals Week 3

September 16/17

Preliminary Finals

Finals Week 4

Sunday September 24

Grand Final

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Development League Fixture

Round 1 Time

Saturday April 8

Port Melbourne 16.17-113 def Northern Blues 9.8-62

Saturday April 15

Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Monday April 17

Williamstown vs Casey Demons - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM

Round 2 Time

Saturday April 22

Box Hill Hawks vs Coburg - Box Hill City Oval 10.45 AM

Northern Blues vs Williamstown - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM

Sandringham vs Werribee - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Round 3 Time

Saturday April 29

Port Melbourne vs Werribee - North Port Oval 10.00 AM

Sunday April 30

Coburg vs Northern Blues - Piranha Park 11.00 AM

Williamstown vs Box Hill Hawks - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM

Casey Demons vs Sandringham - Casey Fields 11.00 AM

Round 4 Time

Saturday May 6

Sandringham vs Port Melbourne - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday May 7

Werribee vs Casey Demons - Hogans Road Reserve - Hoppers

Crossing

11.00 AM

Williamstown vs Casey Demons - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM

Round 5 Time

Saturday May 13

Port Melbourne vs Williamstown - North Port Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday May 14

Box Hill Hawks vs Werribee - Box Hill City Oval 9.00 AM

Coburg vs Sandringham - Piranha Park 11.00 AM

Northern Blues vs Casey Demons - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM

Round 6 Time

Saturday May 20

Coburg vs Box Hill Hawks - Piranha Park 9.30 AM

Northern Blues vs Sandringham - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM

Casey Demons vs Port Melbourne - Casey Fields 4.00 PM

Sunday May 21

Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM

Round 7 Time

Saturday June 3

Port Melbourne vs Box Hill Hawks - North Port Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday June 4

Coburg vs Casey Demons - Piranha Park 11.00 AM


Round 8 Time

Saturday June 10

Williamstown vs Sandringham - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM

Northern Blues vs Coburg - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM

Casey Demons vs Box Hill Hawks - Casey Fields 11.00 AM

Round 9 Time

Saturday June 17

Northern Blues vs Werribee - IKON Park 11.00 AM

Coburg vs Port Melbourne - Piranha Park 11.00 AM

Sunday June 18

Williamstown vs Sandringham - Burbank Oval 11.00 AM

Round 10 Time

Saturday June 24

Sandringham vs Coburg - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Box Hill Hawks vs Casey Demons - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM

Port Melbourne vs Northern Blues - North Port Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday June 25

Williamstown vs Werribee - Burbank Oval 1.30 PM

Round 11 Time

Saturday July 1

Port Melbourne vs Casey Demons - North Port Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday July 2

Northern Blues vs Box Hill Hawks - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM

Sandringham vs Werribee - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Round 12 Time

Saturday July 8

Coburg vs Werribee - Piranha Park 11.00 AM

Northern Blues vs Port Melbourne - Preston City Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday July 9

Box Hill Hawks vs Williamstown - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM

Sandringham vs Casey Demons - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Round 13 Time

Saturday July 15

Port Melbourne vs Sandringham - North Port Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday July 16

Box Hill Hawks vs Northern Blues - Box Hill City Oval 9.00 AM

Round 14 Time

Saturday July 22

Port Melbourne vs Williamstown - North Port Oval 11.00 AM

Casey Demons vs Northern Blues - Casey Fields 4.00 PM

Sunday July 23


Sandringham vs Coburg - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Round 15 Time

Sunday July 30

Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Casey Demons vs Coburg - Casey Fields 11.00 AM

Werribee vs Port Melbourne - RAMS Arena 11.00 AM

Round 16 Time

Saturday August 5

Sandringham vs Casey Demons - Trevor Barker Beach Oval 11.00 AM

Sunday August 6

Coburg vs Williamstown - Piranha Park 11.00 AM


Northern Blues vs Port Melbourne - Preston City Oval 12.00 PM

Round 17 Time

Saturday August 12

Port Melbourne vs Coburg - North Port Oval 11.00 AM

Casey Demons vs Northern Blues - Casey Fields 4.00 PM

Sunday August 13


Round 18 Time

Saturday August 19

Werribee vs Northern Blues - IKON Park 10.00 AM

Coburg vs Sandringham - Piranha Park 11.00 AM

Casey Demons vs Williamstown - Casey Fields 4.00 PM

Sunday August 20

Box Hill Hawks vs Port Melbourne - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM

Round 19 Time

Saturday August 26

Williamstown vs Coburg - Victoria University Whitten Oval 3.00 PM

Casey Demons vs Werribee - Casey Fields 4.00 PM

Sunday August 27

Box Hill Hawks vs Northern Blues - Box Hill City Oval 11.00 AM

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Senior Coach: Steve Grace

Ground Address: Victoria University Whitten Oval, 417 Barkly Street, Footscray West 3012

Telephone: 9680 6100

Email: [email protected]

Website: westernbulldogs.com.au/vfl

@FootscrayVFL

/footscrayvfl

@footscraybulldogs

MAJOR PARTNER

Footscray *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

No. NAME DOB HT WT G B

3 Mitch Wallis * 24-Oct-92 186 85

12 Zaine Cordy * 27-Oct-96 192 83

14 Clay Smith * 11-May-93 182 83

15 Tom Campbell * 02-Nov-91 200 106

16 Toby McLean * 31-Jan-96 180 78

18 Fletcher Roberts * 03-Jun-93 196 90

19 Lukas Webb * 04-Mar-96 187 85

20 Josh Dunkley * 09-Jan-97 189 85

22 Mitch Honeychurch * 02-Mar-95 176 71

24 Shane Biggs * 05-Aug-91 187 84

25 Marcus Adams * 30-Jun-93 192 96

26 Declan Hamilton * 18-Mar-96 182 75

27 Patrick Lipinski * 17-Jul-98 187 80

28 Josh Prudden # 06-Sep-94 182 82

29 Tory Dickson * 26-Sep-87 184 85

30 Fergus Greene * 20-Dec-97 187 70

31 Bailey Dale * 22-Jul-96 183 79

32 Kieran Collins * 14-Dec-97 194 100

33 Lewis Young * 20-Dec-98 197 88

34 Bailey Williams * 10-Oct-97 187 82

35 Caleb Daniel * 07-Jul-96 168 71

36 Brad Lynch # 11-Jul-97 187 76

37 Roarke Smith # 11-Sep-96 182 80

40 Nathan Mullenger-McHugh# 29-May-97 196 82

43 Jack Redpath * 13-Dec-90 194 99

44 Tim English * 10-Aug-97 205 87

45 Tristan Tweedie # 11-Jun-98 190 94

46 Lin Jong * 04-Jun-93 188 88

51 Lauchlan Dalgleish 22-Jun-93 185 82

52 Joshua Patullo 11-Sep-97 200 94

53 Billy Gowers 10-Jun-96 188 83

54 Nick Jamieson 03-May-92 182 80

55 Alex Greenwood 24-Oct-93 178 78

56 Will Hayes 05-Jun-95 181 80

57 Jordan Staley 14-Jul-93 195 94

58 Matthew Goodyear 20-Jul-96 185 80

59 Shaun Wyatt 01-Nov-93 180 82

60 Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith 18-May-97 185 87

61 Liam Nash 02-Dec-95 188 84

62 Bradley Olsson 26-Nov-96 191 85

63 Nicholas Ryan 03-Jun-97 182 77

64 Jayden Foster 01-Jun-95 195 91

65 Jordan Russell (C) 06-Nov-86 188 86

66 Anthony Bruhn 09-Mar-80 186 80

67 Joshua Wallis 01-Nov-96 186 84

68 Anthony Barry 23-Sep-86 186 84

69 Benjamin Dance 30-Apr-98 180 80

70 Andrew Panayi 10-Aug-91 170 72

71 Elijah Wales 22-Jan-96 176 78

72 Gabriel Hamilton 02-Nov-93 180 87

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Listen to Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks on 3WBC from 11am Friday

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Senior Coach: Chris Newman

Development Coach: Andrew Shakespeare

Ground Address: Box Hill City Oval, Cnr Middleborough Road & Whitehorse Road, Box Hill 3128



Website: boxhillhawks.com.au

@BoxHillHawks

/boxhillhawks

@boxhillhawks

PLATINUM PARTNER

Box Hill Hawks

MAJOR SPONSORS

*AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr


1 David Mirra (C) 20-Mar-91 186 90

3 William Murphy 21-Jun-96 173 67

5 Max Warren 29-Jan-93 181 80

6 Stuart Horner 04-Oct-97 182 77

7 Anthony Brolic 12-Sep-96 183 86

8 Aaron Bond 25-Apr-95 172 66

9 Billy Evans 19-Oct-96 187 87

10 Will Hams 14-Jul-94 180 80

11 Brayden Kilpatrick 23-Sep-97 181 76

12 Chris Jones 18-Mar-95 196 87

13 Nick Evans 01-Jun-95 178 75

14 Matthew Traynor 12-Dec-96 181 77

15 Xavier Dimasi 14-Nov-96 186 88

16 Lachlan Williams 25-Feb-97 180 72

17 Ayden Kennedy 30-Oct-91 192 87

18 Liam Jeff s 30-Mar-97 192 78

19 Connor O'Sullivan 25-Dec-94 198 95

20 Jack Codd-Miller 06-Feb-95 191 85

21 Joseph Fisher 26-Jan-95 189 82

22 Zach Monkhorst 03-Feb-94 194 90

24 Sam Switkowski 20-Nov-96 178 68

25 Jack Firns 09-Sep-97 195 93

26 Ben McIntyre 17-Feb-92 180 82

28 Liam Cox 10-Jul-94 178 73

29 Sam Gibson 09-Jan-95 185 85

32 Jack Fitzpatrick # 26-Jun-91 200 94

33 Dale Hehir 14-Apr-95 184 67

35 Harry Morrison * 12-Nov-98 180 73

37 Blake Hardwick * 05-Feb-97 181 78

38 Luke Surman # 07-Dec-97 195 85

39 Mitchell Lewis * 14-Oct-98 198 92

40 Kade Stewart * 16-Jan-97 180 67

41 Oliver Hanrahan # 27-Aug-98 181 70

45 Nelson Lane 14-Feb-98 179 74

47 Harrison Burt 16-Sep-98 183 74

49 Lachlan Walker 05-Jun-97 188 84

50 Jordan Haynes 31-Jul-98 178 67

51 Vincent Adduci 09-Mar-98 177 74

52 Jake Godwin 07-Oct-98 184 82

58 Michael Knoll 27-Feb-93 205 100

62 Conor Nash # 28-Jul-98 197 92

64 Conor Glass # 28-Sep-97 189 84

66 James Cousins # 19-Mar-98 185 80

67 Daniel Howe * 04-Dec-95 191 83

70 Dallas Willsmore * 29-May-95 191 83

71 James Sicily * 06-Jan-95 186 79

72 Marc Pittonet * 03-Jun-96 202 101

73 Tim O'Brien * 28-Mar-94 193 84

74 Billy Hartung * 24-Jan-95 177 76

75 Ryan Schoenmakers * 08-Nov-90 195 91

SHORTS PARTNER

Listen to Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks on 3WBC from 11am Friday

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ENVIRONMENTAL

SOLUTIONS

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WATER

WASTE

ENERGY

Senior Coach: Lindsay Gilbee

Development Coach: Owen Lalor

Ground Address: Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Cnr Beach Road & Hampton Street, Sandringham 3191



Website: sandringhamfc.com.au

@SandyZebs

/sandyzebras

@sandyzebs

Sandringham *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr


1 Dylan Weickhardt 20-Oct-92 178 75

2 Kade Answerth 03-Oct-96 181 79

3 Luke Verma 18-Oct-95 180 82

4 Tom Laumets 20-Apr-96 192 96

5 Robert Iudica 11-Nov-97 180 79

6 Joe Fisscher 22-Dec-94 195 97

8 Theo Thompson 25-Jul-97 186 83

9 Myke Cook 09-Oct-89 184 85

13 Jack Noone 26-Jun-95 183 86

14 Taylor Grace 17-Apr-95 185 85

15 Jonathan Haidon 09-Mar-96 174 86

16 Max Hayes 29-Jan-95 193 92

17 Nick Pavlou 28-Jul-97 174 77

20 Elliot Le Grice 07-Aug-95 195 95

25 Nathan Scagliarini 11-Sep-98 181 76

26 Jack Wallace 01-Aug-96 187 77

28 Callum Cathcart 15-Mar-95 173 75

32 Jack Lonie * 13-Aug-96 174 71

33 Nathan Freeman * 16-Jun-95 183 80

34 Ben Long * 21-Aug-97 182 73

36 Josh Battle * 01-Sep-98 193 89

37 Hugh Goddard * 24-Aug-96 196 98

39 Ed Phillips * 29-Mar-98 186 78

41 Darren Minchington * 09-Dec-93 179 81

43 Tom Curren (C) 29-Jul-92 178 78

46 Reuben Hayward 14-May-98 184 77

48 Joshua Trew 03-Jun-98 181 73

49 James Sziller 26-Apr-98 178 62

61 Darrah Joyce # 23-Apr-97 194 93

62 Ray Connellan # 29-Jun-94 187 85

63 Nick O’Kearney # 13-Feb-97 181 72

65 Brandon White * 13-Jan-97 188 80

66 Jack Sinclair * 12-Feb-95 180 81

67 Patrick McCartin * 19-Apr-96 194 95

69 Jason Holmes * 28-Oct-89 203 100

70 Daniel McKenzie * 17-May-96 184 77

71 Lewis Pierce * 16-Nov-94 202 101

72 Sebastian Ross * 07-May-93 187 87

73 Nick Coughlan # 12-Sep-96 193 84

74 Billy Longer * 12-May-93 202 100

75 Bailey Rice * 10-Feb-97 184 86

76 Nathan Wright * 16-Feb-94 185 82

77 Rowan Marshall # 24-Nov-95 201 98

78 Joe Baker-Thomas # 14-May-96 193 81

82 Jack Billings * 18-Aug-95 184 84

87 Sam Gilbert * 19-Aug-86 194 90

88 Tom Hickey * 06-Mar-91 201 98

93 Jimmy Webster * 28-Jun-93 188 83

94 Nathan Brown * 17-Dec-88 195 98

95 Koby Stevens * 18-Jun-91 189 88

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Senior Coach: Paul Corrigan

Ground Address: Windy Hill, Napier Street, Essendon 3040



Website: essendonfc.com.au/vfl

@EssendonVFL

/essendonvfl

@essendonvfl

Essendon *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr


1 Andrew McGrath * 02-Jun-98 177 77

2 Tom Bellchambers * 09-Jul-89 202 106

8 Martin Gleeson * 25-Aug-94 190 81

10 Aaron Francis * 10-Aug-97 194 94

12 Mark Baguley * 21-May-87 180 82

15 Josh Green * 24-Aug-92 178 79

16 Josh Begley * 03-Jul-98 186 96

17 James Stewart * 04-Mar-94 196 93

19 Kobe Mutch * 18-Mar-98 186 84

20 Jackson Merrett * 27-Feb-93 185 83

23 David Myers * 30-Jun-89 191 90

24 Craig Bird * 21-Jan-89 179 84

25 Alex Morgan * 28-Jan-96 181 79

27 Mason Redman * 26-Aug-97 185 77

28 Mitch Brown * 28-Aug-90 196 93

30 Kyle Langford * 01-Dec-96 191 80

34 Jake Long # 03-Feb-96 186 75

36 Michael Hartley * 07-Jun-93 198 100

37 Dylan Clarke * 06-Sep-98 186 83

38 Sam Draper # 28-Sep-98 203 105

39 Heath Hocking * 27-Dec-87 186 86

40 Ben Howlett * 21-Oct-88 180 79

41 Ben McNiece # 23-Feb-92 178 77

44 Shaun McKernan # 01-Sep-90 196 101

45 Conor McKenna * 28-Mar-96 182 82

49 Matt Dea * 13-Oct-91 186 85

50 James Ferry 09-Nov-94 191 90

51 Alex Boyse 16-Nov-93 190 85

52 Isaac Muller 08-Jan-96 200 104

54 Nick O’Brien (C) 26-Jun-93 189 88

55 Daniel Younan 18-Aug-92 178 79

56 James Peters 04-Jun-97 180 77

57 Nick Hind 19-Aug-94 180 75

58 Ben Dobson 13-Feb-90 191 91

59 Aaron Heppell 13-Jan-95 183 82

61 Wilson Berry 08-Jun-98 192 82

62 Michael Luxford 23-Feb-95 187 85

63 Matt Darby 14-Jul-93 194 92

64 Charles Lill 31-Jan-95 189 88

65 Ozgur Uysal 05-Aug-92 181 82

66 Kieran Strachan 05-Oct-95 202 86

67 Eamon Gilbert 02-Jul-95 195 86

68 Eamonn Ogden 20-Jan-96 179 77

69 Alex Marklew 26-Mar-96 190 85

70 Alex Carr 04-Feb-95 180 81

71 Jock Cornell 02-Apr-97 188 88

72 Joel Ottavi 21-Mar-96 199 93

74 Joel Madden 26-Sep-94 190 91

77 Nash Holmes 13-Mar-97 184 84

79 Bruno Laguda 14-Apr-97 189 77

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Senior Coach: Peter German

Development Coach: Paul Kennedy

Ground Address: Piranha Park, Coburg City Oval, Cnr Harding & Russell Streets, Coburg 3058



Website: coburgfc.com.au

@CoburgFC

/coburgfc

@coburgfc

Coburg

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr


1 Ben Allan 04-Jun-96 180 77

2 Patrick Lawlor 04-Mar-93 180 80

3 Hisham Kerbatieh 16-May-97 177 78

4 Keenan Posar 08-Aug-94 187 82

5 Ryan Exon 08-Jan-94 182 84

6 Mark Orr 18-Feb-95 198 100

7 Christian Burgess 17-Mar-94 173 73

8 Nick Mellington 22-May-96 186 88

9 Nathan Blair 05-Jul-95 187 86

10 Sean Gregory 20-Jan-94 197 81

11 Blake Mullane 18-Apr-95 185 87

12 Peter McEvoy 27-Jul-91 195 92

13 Tom Wallis 14-Feb-97 182 80

14 Michael Ercolano 23-Jan-97 173 76

15 Joshua Iacobaccio 15-Aug-96 177 78

16 Mitchell Betson 20-Nov-91 198 94

17 Stuart Donnelly 29-Apr-95 186 84

18 Matthew Merlo 14-Mar-95 184 87

19 Michael Mattingly 25-Jun-96 184 78

20 Liam Kidd 22-Apr-96 180 83

21 Nick Dodge 06-Feb-97 183 84

22 Darrean Wyatt 01-Dec-92 201 97

23 Jackson McDonald 24-Apr-98 183 77

24 Zak Wunhym 22-Aug-97 171 75

25 Thomas Cleary 18-Dec-92 196 91

26 Liam Hunt 03-Feb-95 187 83

27 Luke Bunker 12-May-98 185 79

28 Connor Byrne 16-Jun-98 183 78

29 Tom Goodwin (C) 02-Oct-91 201 112

31 Rhys Free 08-Feb-97 194 91

32 Ricky Schraven 08-Feb-96 174 77

33 Brandon Bailey 18-Nov-95 180 75

34 Tyler Curtis 30-Mar-93 197 94

35 Cameron Holdsworth 23-Jul-96 188 82

36 Matthew Perry 30-Apr-97 187 79

37 Jesse Corigliano 30-Apr-96 183 82

38 Damandeep Aujla 25-Feb-96 179 78

40 James El-Moussalli 18-Jun-97 191 87

41 Mark Kovacevic 23-Jan-96 204 112

42 Hayden Blythe 05-Feb-98 181 78

43 Karl Brown 05-Dec-97 194 93

44 Chas Roberts 25-Jan-97 201 86

45 Jaidyn Owen 07-Feb-98 198 90

46 James Svarc 02-Feb-95 188 88

47 Mitchell Conn 19-May-97 177 76

48 Angelo Rambaldi 13-Apr-94 183 81

49 Rivva Karpany 17-Mar-95 173 76

50 Jack Reaper 05-Apr-98 191 89

51 Corey McKay 16-Oct-98 179 81

60 Alex Mioni 06-Apr-96 190 81

Watch Coburg vs Collingwood on Channel 7 from 2.30pm Saturday

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Senior Coach: Jared Rivers

Ground Address: Victoria Park, Lulie

Street, Collingwood 3066



Website: collingwoodfc.com.au/season/vfl

@CollingwoodFC

/collingwoodfc

@collingwood_fc

Collingwood *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr


2 Jordan De Goey * 15-Mar-96 191 91

8 Tom Langdon * 09-Jun-94 190 86

12 Matt Scharenberg * 18-Sep-95 191 88

15 Lynden Dunn * 14-May-87 192 102

17 Callum Brown * 27-Apr-98 178 73

23 Lachlan Keeff e * 14-Apr-90 204 101

24 Josh Thomas # 01-Oct-91 178 77

26 Josh Daicos * 26-Nov-98 178 72

27 Kayle Kirby * 31-Aug-98 182 89

31 Jackson Ramsay * 20-Nov-94 184 82

34 Mitch McCarthy # 10-Oct-97 196 95

35 Sam McLarty * 11-May-98 197 91

36 Brayden Sier * 12-Dec-97 191 89

39 Ben Crocker * 19-Feb-97 188 82

41 Henry Schade # 08-Oct-93 197 89

43 Adam Oxley * 01-Nov-92 193 85

44 Liam Mackie # 24-Aug-98 186 76

45 Max Lynch # 12-Sep-98 200 97

46 Mason Cox # 14-Mar-91 211 108

47 Gus Borthwick 29-Dec-96 180 83

48 Lachlan Tardrew 06-Sep-97 183 75

49 Michael Chippendale 22-Jun-92 190 85

50 Alex Woodward 11-Jun-93 181 78

51 Michael Still 24-Mar-91 194 94

52 Lachlan Wallace 24-Jan-92 176 79

53 Jack Hellier (C) 15-Aug-88 178 85

54 Jordan Collopy 16-Aug-93 178 77

55 Ryan Pendlebury 02-Aug-92 191 85

56 Stephen Tahana 02-Feb-97 183 79

57 Ash Close 24-Dec-91 199 84

58 Kye Beveridge 21-Aug-98 178 68

59 Jackson Starcevich 18-Jul-93 195 82

60 Jordan Kelly 27-Jun-93 191 85

61 Nick Gray 24-Sep-92 185 78

62 Adrian Indovino 18-Mar-95 182 82

63 Marty Hore 05-Mar-96 189 81

64 Campbell Lane 28-Sep-97 180 76

65 Lachlan Howe 12-Jun-93 200 100

66 Dale Hinkley 23-Sep-95 189 82

67 Matthew Smith 11-Jan-91 181 82

68 Matthew La Fontaine 27-Jul-98 180 78

69 Jack Blair 19-Apr-93 174 71

70 Josh Turner 29-Mar-95 183 82

71 Alex Mastromanno 28-Jul-98 187 93

72 Marcus Alessi 06-Oct-97 183 77

73 Sam Barnett 01-Jan-98 185 80

74 Sean Fisher 09-Apr-96 195 96

75 Max Kelly 06-Dec-97 187 84

76 Tom Cameron 22-Nov-96 188 74

77 Rourke Fischer 20-Aug-96 188 94

Watch Coburg vs Collingwood on Channel 7 from 2.30pm Saturday

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Senior Coach: Craig McRae

Ground Address: Punt Road Oval, Punt Road, Richmond 3121



Website: richmondfc.com.au/club/vfl

@RichmondVFL

/richmond.fc

@richmond_fc

Richmond *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr


7 Ben Lennon * 05-Jul-95 188 84

11 Jake Batchelor * 13-Feb-92 188 87

15 Jayden Short * 24-Jan-96 179 72

16 Shaun Hampson * 21-Mar-88 201 106

20 Ivan Maric * 04-Jan-86 200 102

21 Jacob Townsend * 20-Jun-93 187 89

23 Kane Lambert * 26-Nov-91 178 75

24 Ben Griff iths * 17-Sep-91 200 101

26 Anthony Miles * 28-Feb-92 179 80

27 Sam Lloyd * 03-Mar-90 180 83

28 Taylor Hunt * 05-Nov-90 184 78

29 Shai Bolton * 08-Dec-98 175 70

31 Oleg Markov * 08-May-96 188 73

32 Corey Ellis * 09-Oct-96 184 75

33 Kamdyn McIntosh * 03-Apr-94 192 91

34 Jack Graham * 25-Feb-98 180 83

35 Nathan Broad * 15-Apr-93 192 83

36 Callum Moore # 03-Sep-96 193 85

37 Connor Menadue * 19-Sep-96 187 69

38 Steven Morris * 31-Dec-88 185 83

39 Nathan Drummond * 19-Jan-95 182 86

41 Mabior Chol # 29-Jan-97 198 78

42 Ryan Garthwaite * 30-Jun-98 192 84

43 Todd Elton * 29-Apr-93 197 101

44 Tyson Stengle # 19-Oct-98 171 70

46 Jason Castagna # 12-Jul-96 182 78

47 Ivan Soldo # 14-Apr-96 204 103

51 Sam Darley (C) 15-Feb-93 184 85

52 Anthony Scott 28-Feb-95 178 76

53 Hugh Beasley 12-Nov-95 193 92

54 Jacob Ballard 26-Feb-94 189 89

55 Ryan Bathie 15-Apr-87 193 97

57 Brandon Wood 28-May-93 186 92

58 Jake Aarts 08-Dec-94 177 75

59 Ash Morris 13-Dec-93 180 77

60 Tom Langford 12-Mar-87 184 82

61 James Fletcher 06-Oct-95 184 80

62 Jayden Cass 01-Dec-91 180 77

63 Jack Holden 27-Jan-96 187 79

64 Thomas Silvestro 06-Jul-95 177 73

67 Brenton Credlin 04-Dec-94 194 89

69 Shaun Mannagh 06-Aug-97 182 76

74 Tyson Kruse 10-Jul-89 189 85

76 Alex Harnett 12-Apr-96 187 86

77 Max O’Sullivan 25-Feb-97 175 73

78 Daniel Coff ield 23-Mar-96 186 85

79 Billy Coates 23-Aug-93 192 97

80 Antony Forato 29-Jul-92 197 99

81 Danko Bzenic 27-Mar-95 186 82

84 Zak McCubbin 21-Nov-94 182 88

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Senior Coach: Marc Greig

Ground Address: Eureka Stadium, 725 Creswick Road, Ballarat 3350



Website: theroosters.com.au

@NBRoosters

/northballaratfc

@nbroosters

North Ballarat *AFL Primary Listed Player #AFL Rookie Listed Player

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr 4th Qtr


1 Tobias Thoolen 23-Feb-90 195 110

2 Tony Lockyer 06-Mar-93 186 85

3 Nick Rippon 04-Jan-94 177 81

4 Tom Schnerring 22-Aug-96 190 90

5 James Keeble 11-Apr-91 183 82

6 Louis Herbert 27-Jun-94 187 85

7 Luke Kiel 24-Sep-90 183 81

8 Lachlan Cassidy 22-May-94 181 73

9 Lachlan George 02-Apr-88 181 96

10 Brenton Payne 03-Sep-96 193 90

11 Matt Austin (C) 30-Mar-89 187 79

12 Andrew Hooper 18-Jan-91 173 87

13 Tom Taurau 13-Jan-97 184 90

14 Ben Cox 14-May-89 185 85

15 Ben Lusby 17-Dec-97 179 82

16 Oliver Tate 23-Jun-91 184 80

17 Josh Webster 16-May-96 189 92

18 Orren Stephenson 15-Jul-82 200 106

19 Charlie Lee 02-Oct-97 184 76

20 Shannon Beks 16-Feb-98 197 95

21 Jacob Cooke-Harrison 02-Mar-93 180 90

22 Jacob Wheelahan 01-Aug-97 186 82

23 Shaun Lyle 15-Aug-91 190 85

24 Ben Simpson 14-Nov-97 186 75

25 Mitch Rodd 10-Sep-92 188 82

26 Jake McQueen 25-Jun-98 178 70

27 Keegan Mellington 31-May-96 178 78

28 Keenan Waterbury 27-Oct-98 181 80

29 Gus Cleary 29-Apr-97 191 92

30 Bailey Edwards 18-Jun-97 175 72

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TAC Cup LadderPOS TEAM P W L D For Agst % PTS

1 Geelong Falcons 3 3 0 0 353 138 255.80 12

2 Sandringham Dragons 3 3 0 0 287 142 202.11 12

3 Murray Bushrangers 3 2 1 0 184 165 111.52 8

4 Oakleigh Chargers 3 2 1 0 242 233 103.86 8

5 Northern Knights 3 2 1 0 220 215 102.33 8

6 Dandenong Stingrays 3 2 1 0 239 280 85.36 8

7 Eastern Ranges 3 1 2 0 237 219 108.22 4

8 Gippsland Power 3 1 2 0 198 212 93.40 4

9 Western Jets 3 1 2 0 202 251 80.48 4

10 Bendigo Pioneers 3 1 2 0 221 286 77.27 4

11 Greater Western Victoria Rebels 3 0 3 0 225 339 66.37 0

12 Calder Cannons 3 0 3 0 157 285 55.09 0

TAC Cup Stats of the WeekKICKSKICKS

Player Name Team Total

Adam Cerra Eastern Ranges 28

Ben Caluzzi Calder Cannons 23

Nick Hogan Gippsland Power 21

Mackenzie Doreian Eastern Ranges 19

Caleb Sheahan Bendigo Pioneers 18

Gryan Miers Geelong Falcons 18

Callan Wellings GWV Rebels 18

Matthew Day Oakleigh Chargers 18

Lachlan Gill Bendigo Pioneers 17

Angus Schumacher Bendigo Pioneers 17

HANDBALLSHANDBALLS


Darby Henderson Bendigo Pioneers 23

Cassidy Parish Geelong Falcons 15

Ben Paton Murray Bushrangers 14

Andrew Brayshaw Sandringham Dragons 14

Charlie Thompson Oakleigh Chargers 13

Sebastian Williams Sandringham Dragons 13

Matthew McGannon Gippsland Power 13

Max Dreher Northern Knights 13

Howie Persson Sandringham Dragons 13

Laitham Vandeermeer Murray Bushrangers 13

MARKSMARKS


Quintin Montanaro Sandringham Dragons 10

Angus Schumacher Bendigo Pioneers 9

Mitchell Kemp Bendigo Pioneers 9

Ben Paton Murray Bushrangers 8

Kyle Clarke Murray Bushrangers 8

HITOUTSHITOUTS


Julian Patterson Gippsland Power 33

Ethan Casey Sandringham Dragons 30

Lloyd Meek GWV Rebels 29

Matthew Harman Northern Knights 29

Joel Grace Northern Knights 28

TACKLESTACKLES


Liam Middleton Calder Cannons 13

Ethan Penrith Northern Knights 13

Ben Caluzzi Calder Cannons 12

Tynan Smith Northern Knights 11

Andrew Brayshaw Sandringham Dragons 11

2017 LEADING GOALKICKERS2017 LEADING GOALKICKERS

Player Name Team Last Rnd Total

David Handley Geelong Falcons 2 9

Gryan Miers Geelong Falcons 3 9

Brent Daniels Bendigo Pioneers 4 9

Toby Wooller Oakleigh Chargers 3 8

Jaidyn Stephenson Eastern Ranges DNP 8

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TAC Cup ResultsROUND THREE

Bendigo Pioneers 4.2-26 9.8-62 9.10-64 10.13-73

Gippsland Power 4.1-25 5.4-34 11.10-76 14.15-99

Bendigo Pioneers

Goal Kickers: B. Daniels 4, D. Grace 2, B. Robertson, L.

Wallace, M. Harvey, B. Henderson

Best Players: K. Hommelhoff , L. Gill, M. Kemp, J. Atley, A.

Schumacher, B. Hore

Gippsland Power

Goal Kickers: J. Hudson 3, W. Stephenson 3, W. Broadbent

2, S. Masterson 2, K. Reid 2, K. Drew, M. McGannon

Best Players: J. Patterson, W. Stephenson, X. Duursma, T.

Bindley, K. Drew, N. Hogan

Western Jets 3.4-22 3.5-23 4.7-31 5.7-37

Sandringham Dragons 5.1-31 9.3-57 14.4-88 16.5-101

Western Jets

Goal Kickers: J. Noonan 2, J. Smith, T. Rudic, X. O’Halloran

Best Players: N. Stuhldreier, H. Murphy, J. Noonan, C.

Thar, J. Smith, L. Hitch

Sandringham Dragons

Goal Kickers: I. Morrisby 4, A. Trusler 4, S. Williams 2, D.

Brereton 2, W. Walker 2, J. Amartey, A. Brayshaw

Best Players: K. Owens, B. Smith, A. Brayshaw, M. Lohan,

A. Trusler, I. Morrisby

Murray Bushrangers 1.1-7 5.3-33 5.3-33 5.8-38

Geelong Falcons 2.7-19 4.8-32 10.13-73 13.16-94

Murray Bushrangers

Goal Kickers: D. Smith 2, F. Bollinghaus, I. Wallace, J.

Wilson

Best Players: T. Boyd, K. Clarke, S. Beasley, H. Jones, F.

Bollinghaus, A. Hicks

Geelong Falcons

Goal Kickers: G. Miers 3, L. Noble 2, H. Benson 2, D.

Handley 2, J. Reid, O. Brownless, E. McHenry, S. Torpy

Best Players: H. Elliot, C. Parish, M. Ling, H. Benson, J.

Henderson, J. Walters

Dandenong Stingrays 8.0-48 12.3-75 14.3-87 16.6-102

Greater Western Victoria Rebels 1.1-7 3.3-21 9.7-61 12.10-82

Dandenong Stingrays

Goal Kickers: J. Nanscawen 4, B. Williams 3, R. D’Arcy 3, T.

Murphy 2, T. Roberts, J. Plumridge , B. Schmidt, W. Smith

Best Players: M. Cotter, A. Zijai, M. DeWit, T. Freeman, J.

Nanscawen, T. Murphy

Greater Western Victoria Rebels

Goal Kickers: L. Wareham 2, H. Hobbs, T. Berry, M.

Schnerring, L. Essenwanger, A. Harvey, A. Shepherd, M.

Gattek, A. Domic, J. Johnston, J. Hill

Best Players: C. Wellings, L. Meek, T. Reed, F. Appleby, T.

Berry, J. Hill

Northern Knights 6.1-37 8.5-53 10.8-68 11.9-75

Eastern Ranges 5.0-30 6.0-36 7.1-43 9.6-60

Northern Knights

Goal Kickers: J. Naylor 6, J. Shea 2, P. Della Rocca, B.

Gillard, E. Penrith

Best Players: J. Naylor, E. Penrith, M. Dreher, B. Gillard, J.

Petruccelle, O. Stapleton

Eastern Ranges

Goal Kickers: D. Moore 2, M. Doreian, J. Duncan, K.

Urquhart, T. Mynott, A. Kalcovski, A. Cerra, R. Stoddart

Best Players: A. Cerra, B. Cardamone, R. Stoddart, D.

Moore, T. Mynott, L. Woodward

Calder Cannons 2.2-14 4.6-30 5.6-36 7.9-51

Oakleigh Chargers 3.1-19 7.4-46 9.6-60 14.10-94

Calder Cannons

Goal Kickers: M. Borg 2, J. Velissaris, M. Moustafa, J.

Firebrace, T. Browning, B. Caluzzi

Best Players: B. Caluzzi, D. Hanna, J. Velissaris, B.

Bernacki, J. Firebrace, T. Browning

Oakleigh Chargers

Goal Kickers: C. Whitehead 4, T. Wooller 3, N. Boucher 2,

M. Day 2, J. Hewitt, X. O’Neill, D. Stanford

Best Players: J. Hewitt, X. O’Neill, C. Whitehead, C.

Thompson, J. Ayton-Delaney, A. Jenkins

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Fixture

Round 1

Friday March 24

Calder Cannons 7.10-52 def by Eastern Ranges 15.16-106

Saturday March 25

Gippsland Power 10.8-68 def by Dandenong Stingrays 12.12-84

Geelong Falcons 20.9-129 def GWV Rebels 5.17-47

Murray Bushrangers 13.13-91 def Bendigo Pioneers 5.10-40

Sunday March 26

Sandringham Dragons 17.9-111 def Oakleigh Chargers 8.8-56

Western Jets 12.8-80 def by Northern Knights 14.12-96

Round 2

Saturday April 1

Calder Cannons 8.6-54 def by Western Jets 11.19-85

Geelong Falcons 19.16-130 def Dandenong Stingrays 8.5-53

Murray Bushrangers 7.13-55 def Gippsland Power 4.7-31

Sunday April 2

Oakleigh Chargers 13.14-92 def Eastern Ranges 10.11-71

Sandringham Dragons 10.15-75 def Northern Knights 7.7-49

GWV Rebels 14.12-96 def by Bendigo Pioneers 16.12-108

Round 3

Saturday April 8

Bendigo Pioneers 10.13-73 def by Gippsland Power 14.15-99

Western Jets 5.7-37 def by Sandringham Dragons 16.5-101

Murray Bushrangers 5.8-38 def by Geelong Falcons 13.16-94

Dandenong Stingrays 16.6-102 def GWV Rebels 12.10-82

Sunday April 9

Northern Knights 11.9-75 def Eastern Ranges 9.6-60

Calder Cannons 7.9-51 def by Oakleigh Chargers 14.10-94

April 15/16 - TAC Cup Development Weekend

Round 4 Time

Friday April 21

Bendigo Pioneers vs Oakleigh Chargers - Queen Elizabeth

Oval

7.00PM

Saturday April 22

Dandenong Stingrays vs Sandringham Dragons - Frankston

Oval

10.30AM

Eastern Ranges vs Geelong Falcons - Bayswater Oval 2.00PM

Western Jets vs Gippsland Power - Burbank Oval 2.00PM

Sunday April 23

Northern Knights vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena 12.00PM

Calder Cannons vs GWV Rebels - RAMS Arena 2.30PM

Round 5 Time

Saturday April 29

Eastern Ranges vs GWV Rebels - Box Hill City Oval 12.00PM

Murray Bushrangers vs Western Jets - Norm Minns Oval 1.00PM

Oakleigh Chargers vs Geelong Falcons - Warrawee Park 2.30PM

Sunday April 30

Dandenong Stingrays vs Calder Cannons - Shepley Oval 10.30AM

Bendigo Pioneers vs Northern Knights - Queen Elizabeth Oval 1.00PM

Sandringham Dragons vs Gippsland Power - Trevor Barker

Beach Oval

2.00PM

Round 6 Time

Saturday May 6

Northern Knights vs Dandenong Stingrays - Preston City Oval 10.30AM

Western Jets vs Geelong Falcons - Burbank Oval 12.00PM

Calder Cannons vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena 2.00PM

Oakleigh Chargers vs GWV Rebels - Warrawee Park 2.00PM

Sunday May 7

Bendigo Pioneers vs Sandringham Dragons - Queen

Elizabeth Oval

2.00PM

Eastern Ranges vs Gippsland Power - Healesville Sporting

Complex

2.00PM

Round 7 Time

Saturday May 13

Geelong Falcons vs Northern Knights - Simonds Stadium 11.00AM

Murray Bushrangers vs Sandringham Dragons - Norm Minns

Oval

12.00PM

Gippsland Power vs Calder Cannons - Morwell Football

Ground

1.00PM

Eastern Ranges vs Bendigo Pioneers - Box Hill City Oval 2.30PM

Sunday May 14

Dandenong Stingrays vs Oakleigh Chargers - Shepley Oval 1.00PM

GWV Rebels vs Western Jets - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Round 8 Time

Friday May 19

Geelong Falcons vs Calder Cannons - Torquay Football

Ground

7.00PM

Saturday May 20

Dandenong Stingrays vs Eastern Ranges - Shepley Oval 10.30AM

Gippsland Power vs Northern Knights - Morwell Recreation

Reserve

2.00PM

Sandringham Dragons vs GWV Rebels - Trevor Barker Beach

Oval

2.00PM

Sunday May 21

Murray Bushrangers vs Oakleigh Chargers - Norm Minns Oval 1.00PM

Bendigo Pioneers vs Western Jets - Queen Elizabeth Oval 1.00PM

May 27/28 - TAC Cup Development Weekend

Round 9 Time

Saturday June 3

Sandringham Dragons vs Eastern Ranges - Trevor Barker

Beach Oval

10.30AM

Geelong Falcons vs Gippsland Power - Central Reserve

(Colac)

1.00PM

Oakleigh Chargers vs Western Jets - Warrawee Park 2.00PM

Sunday June 4

Calder Cannons vs Northern Knights - RAMS Arena 11.00AM

Bendigo Pioneers vs Dandenong Stingrays - Queen Elizabeth

Oval

1.00PM

GWV Rebels vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena 2.00PM

June 10/11 - TAC Cup Development Weekend

NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 1

Sunday June 11

Allies vs Vic Country - Blacktown International Sportspark TBC

Round 10 Time

Saturday June 17

Calder Cannons vs Sandringham Dragons - RAMS Arena 10.30AM

Eastern Ranges vs Western Jets - Box Hill City Oval 10.30AM

Northern Knights vs Oakleigh Chargers - Preston City Oval 2.00PM

Dandenong Stingrays vs Murray Bushrangers - Shepley Oval 2.00PM

Gippsland Power vs GWV Rebels - Morwell Recreation Reserve 2.00PM

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Sunday June 18

Bendigo Pioneers vs Geelong Falcons - Queen Elizabeth Oval 1.00PM


Sunday June 18

Western Australia vs Vic Metro - WA (venue TBC) TBC


Saturday June 24

Vic Metro vs Vic Country - TBC TBC

Round 11 Time

Sunday June 25

Western Jets vs Dandenong Stingrays - Burbank Oval 10.30AM

GWV Rebels vs Northern Knights - Eureka Stadium 11.00AM

Murray Bushrangers vs Eastern Ranges - Norm Minns Oval 11.30AM

Sandringham Dragons vs Geelong Falcons - Trevor Barker

Beach Oval

1.00PM

Oakleigh Chargers vs Gippsland Power - Warrawee Park 2.00PM

Calder Cannons vs Bendigo Pioneers - RAMS Arena 2.00PM


Friday June 30

Vic Metro vs South Australia - Etihad Stadium TBC

Vic Country vs Western Australia - Etihad Stadium TBC

July 1/2 - TAC Cup Development Weekend


Wednesday July 5

Vic Metro vs Allies - Simonds Stadium TBC

Vic Country vs South Australia - Simonds Stadium TBC

Round 12 Time

Saturday July 8

Calder Cannons vs Dandenong Stingrays - RAMS Arena 11.00AM

GWV Rebels vs Eastern Ranges - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Gippsland Power vs Sandringham Dragons - Morwell Football

Ground

1.00PM

Geelong Falcons vs Oakleigh Chargers - Central Reserve

(Colac)

1.00PM

Sunday July 9

Western Jets vs Murray Bushrangers - Burbank Oval 11.30AM

Northern Knights vs Bendigo Pioneers - Preston City Oval 2.00PM

Round 13 Time

Saturday July 15

Dandenong Stingrays vs Northern Knights - Shepley Oval 10.30AM

Geelong Falcons vs Western Jets - Central Reserve (Colac) 1.00PM

Gippsland Power vs Eastern Ranges - Morwell Recreation

Reserve

2.00PM

Sandringham Dragons vs Bendigo Pioneers - Trevor Barker

Beach Oval

2.00PM

Sunday July 16

Murray Bushrangers vs Calder Cannons - Deakin Reserve,

Shepparton

1.00PM

GWV Rebels vs Oakleigh Chargers - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

July 22/23 - TAC Cup Development Weekend

Round 14 Time

Saturday July 29

Oakleigh Chargers vs Calder Cannons - Warrawee Park 10.30AM

Sandringham Dragons vs Western Jets - Frankston Oval 11.00AM

Dandenong Stingrays vs Gippsland Power - Frankston Oval 2.00PM

Eastern Ranges vs Northern Knights - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Sunday July 30

Bendigo Pioneers vs Murray Bushrangers - Queen Elizabeth

Oval

12.00PM

GWV Rebels vs Geelong Falcons - Eureka Stadium 2.00PM

Round 15 Time

Saturday August 5

Western Jets vs Oakleigh Chargers - Burbank Oval 10.30AM

Dandenong Stingrays vs Bendigo Pioneers - Shepley Oval 2.00PM

Gippsland Power vs Geelong Falcons - Morwell Recreation

Reserve

2.00PM

Northern Knights vs Calder Cannons - Preston City Oval 2.00PM

Sunday August 6

Eastern Ranges vs Sandringham Dragons - Box Hill City Oval 2.00PM

Murray Bushrangers vs GWV Rebels - IKON Park 2.00PM

August 12/13 - TAC Cup Development Weekend

Round 16 Time

Saturday August 19

Northern Knights vs Western Jets - RAMS Arena 10.00AM

Oakleigh Chargers vs Sandringham Dragons - RAMS Arena 1.00PM

Eastern Ranges vs Calder Cannons - RAMS Arena 4.00PM

Sunday August 20

Geelong Falcons vs Murray Bushrangers - Eureka Stadium 10.00AM

Gippsland Power vs Bendigo Pioneers - Eureka Stadium 1.00PM

Dandenong Stingrays vs GWV Rebels - Eureka Stadium 4.00PM

Round 17 Time

Saturday August 26

Sandringham Dragons vs Dandenong Stingrays - Trevor

Barker Beach Oval

10.30AM

Gippsland Power vs Western Jets - Morwell Recreation

Reserve

12.00PM

Murray Bushrangers vs Northern Knights - Norm Minns Oval 1.00PM

Oakleigh Chargers vs Bendigo Pioneers - Warrawee Park 2.00PM

Sunday August 27

GWV Rebels vs Calder Cannons - Eureka Stadium 11.30AM

Geelong Falcons vs Eastern Ranges - TBC 1.00PM

Round 18 Time

Saturday September 2

Eastern Ranges vs Oakleigh Chargers - IKON Park 10.00AM

Northern Knights vs Sandringham Dragons - IKON Park 1.00PM

Bendigo Pioneers vs GWV Rebels - RAMS Arena 2.30PM

Western Jets vs Calder Cannons - RAMS Arena 5.30PM

Sunday September 3

Dandenong Stingrays vs Geelong Falcons - IKON Park 11.00AM

Gippsland Power vs Murray Bushrangers - IKON Park 2.00PM

Week 1 Finals

September 9/10

Elimination Final 1 (1st vs 8th)

Elimination Final 2 (2nd vs 7th)

Elimination Final 3 (3rd vs 6th)

Elimination Final 4 (4th vs 5th)

Week 2 Finals

September 16/17

Preliminary Final 1 (winner EF1 vs winner EF4)

Preliminary Final 2 (winner EF2 vs winner EF3)

Week 3 Finals

September 23/24

Grand Final

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QuizTest your knowledge of the 2016 Peter Jackson VFL finals series in this week’s AFL Victoria Record quiz.

Answers: 1. Lin Jong / 2. Clayton Oliver (31 disposals) / 3. Nick Jamieson (three goals) / 4. Essendon (against Geelong) / 5. Casey (defeating Footscray by 70 points in a qualifying final) / 6. Ben Jolley (against Sandringham in a semi final) / 7. 27 goals (in a score of 27.19 (181)) / 8. Collingwood’s Ben Moloney (now at Geelong) and Sandringham’s Jack Noone / 9. Williamstown / 10. Ben Long and Mitch Hannan from Footscray, and Tim Smith, Oscar McInerney and Declan Keilty from Casey

1. Who won the Norm Goss Medal for best-on-ground in Footscray’s 31-point premiership victory over Casey?

2. Which Melbourne-listed midfielder had the most disposals in the Grand Final?

3. Which VFL-listed Footscray player kicked the most goals for his team in the Grand Final?

4. Which team came from 22 points down early in the final quarter to claim victory by 22 points in an elimination final?

5. Which team last year won its first final since 2008, following 11 consecutive September losses?

6. Which Williamstown player recorded the highest single-game disposal tally of the 2016 finals series, with 41?

7. How many goals did Footscray kick in its 119-point defeat of Collingwood in a preliminary final?

8. Which Collingwood (now at another club) and Sandringham VFL-listed players both suff ered broken legs during the finals series?

9. Which team reached its seventh consecutive preliminary final in 2016?

10. Which five players were draft ed to or rookied by AFL clubs aft er playing in the Grand Final?

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