TAC Cup Round March 2017 $3.00

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1 TAC Cup Round March 2017 $3.00

2 Photo: Bruno Silverii

3 Photo: Cameron Grimes

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5 Welcome to season 2017 Where has the time gone? Time certainly feels like it has flown since the Sandringham Dragons were crowned the 2016 TAC Cup premiers back in September at Etihad Stadium. Since then, six of those premiership players were among eight Dragons including four of the top seven NAB AFL Draft selections drafted to the big league, with Grand Final best-on-ground Andrew McGrath selected at no.1 by Essendon. They were among 58 TAC Cup players who were drafted or rookied at last year s drafts. While all the focus at draft time is quite rightly on the players, we must recognise the many people who played a part in the journey of each of our players towards realising their dream of reaching the AFL. From coaches and administrators at a community level, to the Talent Managers, coaches and staff in the regions that helped along the journey, everyone played their part in developing these players to be ready for the AFL adventure ahead. As the AFL season kicks off alongside the TAC Cup season this weekend, we look forward to the debuts made by our former players. We have already seen a number of them pull on the jumper during the JLT Series, but there is nothing more special than seeing the players presented with their jumpers and run onto the field for the first time. It has certainly been an exciting pre-season for our 12 TAC Cup regions with the introduction of the TAC Cup Girls competition. Over a number of years, regions have introduced Girls Academies through the support of TAC. With the rapid growth in female participation, 2017 will be the first time all regions will be represented by a female team, leading to the birth of TAC Cup Girls. For all our players and staff, best of luck for season Steven Reaper AFL Victoria CEO Contents 3 19 TAC Cup season preview 20 TAC Cup Girls 21 TAC Cup News 23 The Big League Get Social 26 AFL Vic News TAC Cup Club Notes 56 Quiz Who s playing who Calder vs Eastern Gippsland vs Dandenong Geelong vs GWV Murray vs Bendigo Sandringham vs Oakleigh Western vs Northern TAC Cup U16 country teams TAC Cup Girls teams Ikon Park, Gate 3, Royal Parade, Carlton Nth, VIC 3054 GPO Box 4337, Melbourne, VIC 3001 Phone: (03) Fax: (03) Editor: Ben Pollard ben.pollard@afl.com.au Contributors: Anthony Stanguts, Kirstie Fitzgerald Design & Print: Mystique Photos: AFL Photos (unless otherwise credited) Advertising: Rosanna Butler (03) Cover: Sandringham Dragons head coach Jeremy Barnard (left) and captain Hamish Brayshaw hold the 2016 TAC Cup premiership cup aloft 1

6 Television Saturday April pm Coburg vs Collingwood Download the PLUS7 Live app to stream games live or watch a replay at au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/vfl Online VFL Online Website: #PJVFL #VFLWomens Facebook: TAC Cup Online Website: #TACCup #TACCupGirls Facebook: Radio R A D I O TAC Cup Radio Friday March 24: Calder Cannons vs Eastern Ranges from 7.45pm Listen live on the Red Time Sport iphone app or via taccup.com.au Next game (April 1): Murray Bushrangers vs Gippsland Power Calder Cannons Radio Listen to Pathway to the Top with Tim Michell on North West FM each Wednesday from 5-6pm. Tune to 98.9FM or stream the program online at L I V E VFL Live Saturday April 8: Port Melbourne vs Northern Blues from 1.45pm Live on Aussie digital, the Red Time Sport iphone and Android apps, plus online via vfl.com.au 3WBC Friday April 14: Footscray vs Box Hill Hawks from 11am Tune to 94.1FM, online at or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone. Casey Radio Monday April 17: Williamstown vs Casey Demons from 1pm Tune to 97.7FM in Melbourne, online at or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone. 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 or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone. Previous shows are available at or subscribe to the podcast via itunes by searching for AFL Victoria. 2

7 TAC Cup season preview The AFL Victoria Record has chatted to all 12 TAC Cup clubs about their prospects for season 2017 to get a gauge on which team might emerge with this year s premiership cup come September. 3

8 BENDIGO PIONEERS (Comments from Talent Manager Stephen Sharp) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 11th (4-14) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Keelin Betson / =2. Darby Henderson and Laine Fitzgerald 2016 DRAFTEES: Joseph Atley (pick no.32 to Port Adelaide) / Kobe Mutch (no.42 to Essendon) / Kayle Kirby (no.50 to Collingwood) / Fergus Greene (no.70 to Western Bulldogs) 2017 COACH: Rick Coburn (first season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Jarrod Brander (four games, 10 goals, ave. 13 disposals and six marks in 2016): Jarrod s clearly one of our leading draft candidates. He s a key forward/ key defender and he s attending Geelong Grammar on a scholarship for cricket and football. He s part of the AFL Academy. Lochie O Brien (five games, ave. 24 disposals and seven marks in 2016): Lochie s a left-foot half back/ outside midfielder who s counted as a fairly strong draft prospect. He played for Vic Country in the U18 Championships last year as a bottom-ager. He s in the AFL Academy and on a scholarship to Geelong Grammar. Paddy Dow (eight games, ave. 22 disposals in 2016): Paddy s a hard-working inside midfielder and another Geelong Grammar scholarship holder. He won the school team s best-and-fairest in 2015 and 2016 and became the only Year 10 student to have ever won the award in the history of the school in He was recently included into the AFL Academy. Brent Daniels (three games, four goals, ave. 20 disposals and five tackles in 2016): Brent s a smaller defender who can play through the middle and up forward, so he s probably more of a hybrid sort of player. He was a Vic Country U16 player in 2015 and had a meniscus injury last year so he hardly played any footy. He s fit and raring to go this year and we think he s a good draft possibility. Kane Farrell (16 games, ave. 17 disposals and four marks in 2016): Kane s a half back/inside midfielder with an excellent kick and we reckon he s a pretty strong draft prospect. He attends Bendigo Senior Secondary College and is involved in our specialised football program there. He s in the AFL Academy as well. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKET: Angus Schumacher (15 games, ave. 14 disposals in 2016): Angus is a medium-sized half back/half forward who will probably play through the midfield as well. He s a pretty good sort of player and is probably one of those ones AFL clubs are speculating on a little bit. OVER-AGER TO WATCH: Cooper Jones (nine games, six goals, ave. 16 disposals and five marks in 2016): Cooper had a bad run of injuries last year. He represented Vic Country in the U18 Championships. He s a mediumsized half back/half forward and we think he has draft prospects, but he just needs to get his body right. He ll be a later starter this year he ll probably be ready to go in about June but we re not too concerned about that, as we had Fergus Greene drafted last year and he only played the last three games for us. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Jacob Atley: Bottom-age brother of Shaun (132 AFL games for North Melbourne) and Joseph (drafted to Port Adelaide in 2016). TEAM PROSPECTS: We re just hoping to be a little more competitive this year. In 2015 we only had 10 bottom-agers who actually played, so only 10 of our top-agers last year had match experience. Last year I think we had 31 bottom-agers play so that should hold us in good stead in regards to kids understanding what the program s about this year. We think we ll be fairly competitive if we can get our best team on the field together as there s some good top-end talent, but with AFL Academy players, GWS Academy players, Allies players and Geelong Grammar players, we re not going to see a lot of five or six of them. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: Our new head coach Rick Coburn has been going really well. He s super organised and is really rolling his sleeves up and working really hard. We ve also recruited some really experienced assistant coaches and members of our support coaching team, including Brett Warburton who coached the Shepparton Swans to the 2014 premiership in the Goulburn Valley league. Former Bendigo Pioneer and Hawthorn premiership player Rick Ladson s coming back to do some one-on-one work with our kids. We ve also appointed Danny O Bree as a development coach, who s coached successfully in the Sunraysia league and Mildura and through to Central Murray down to South Bendigo in the Bendigo league. 4

9 CALDER CANNONS (Comments from Talent Manager Ian Kyte) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 7th (8-10) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Ben Ronke / 2. Zach Guthrie / 3. Brad Bernacki 2016 DRAFTEES: Mitch Lewis (pick no.76 to Hawthorn) / Ben Ronke (rookie pick no.17 to Sydney) / Zach Guthrie (rookie pick no.33 to Geelong) 2017 COACH: Andrew Johnston (third season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Noah Balta (eight games, 18 goals, ave. 12 disposals and nine hitouts in 2016): Noah s a key forward with a strong mark and strong kick. He s an aggressive player and he plays a lot on instinct. He s dramatically improved his footy over the last seven or eight months and was elevated into the AFL Academy last year. He can probably play in defence and in the ruck but I think AFL clubs want to see him predominantly as a power forward. At 193/194cm he could nearly play as an on-baller, which we did with him a couple of times last year. Brad Bernacki (18 games, ave. 15 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Brad s an inside midfielder. His attack on the ball would be one of his main strengths and he s a good leader and good communicator. He did some good things last year and I think if he displays some of that form then he could push his way into the Vic Metro squad. He s a baby top-ager a November birth. Ben Caluzzi (14 games, ave. 17 disposals in 2016): Ben is a strong-bodied inside midfielder who s an elite kick off both sides of his body. He played a bit of half forward, half back and midfield last year. He s a lot fitter than he was in 2016, so he s giving himself the best opportunity. Two years ago he was in the Vic Metro squad and didn t make the team but I think he can really push for that this year. Daniel Hanna (four games, ave. six disposals in 2016): Daniel s had a lot of injury trouble, so after playing for Vic Metro and coming pretty close to AFL Academy selection in 2015 he missed all bar four games last year. He s 197cm and quite light at the moment so he needs to work on his strength, but he marks well and I think he s going to be an interesting prospect. He s another baby top-ager he s not 18 until the end of November. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Aidan Tilley (11 games, ave. 11 disposals in 2016): A few AFL clubs looked at Aidan last year as a rookie prospect so they were keen to see him play again. He s been through all our squads, but as a private-school player last year he was only available at certain times. We re giving him an opportunity to play more consistently with us this year. He s predominantly a key defender but can go through the midfield, so we ll give him an opportunity to play in a few positions and see how he goes. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Mason Fletcher: Bottom-age son of Dustin (400 AFL games for Essendon from ). Rhylee West: Bottom-age son of Scott (324 AFL games for the Western Bulldogs from ). Aidan Tilley: Over-age son of Paul (13 AFL games for Fitzroy from , two AFL games for St Kilda in 1987). TEAM PROSPECTS: We have a pretty similar group to last year s. I think our bottom-agers are a really good group that could push the top-agers a bit further than last year s. I think we ll be in a similar finishing position, around that fourth to sixth mark. Being able to play a final would be a good result for the group and if they could win a final, that d be a tremendous result. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: We ve added two new coaches. Brett Gourley, who did a bit of work with us last year, is going to be an assistant coach. He s coached the EDFL U18s for the last five or six years. Also, Russell Humphrey who works with us in administration is going to be an assistant coach. Unfortunately one of our coaches had to pull out due to work commitments in late December, so we were left without an assistant and bringing in somebody from outside in late January/early February would have made things pretty hard. With Russ having previously worked with the U16s and in match-day roles for the U18s, it was the best fit for us. 5

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11 DANDENONG STINGRAYS (Comments from Talent Manager Mark Wheeler) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 5th (14-5) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: =1. Tom Glen and Myles Poholke / 3. Nathan Scagliarini 2016 DRAFTEES: Josh Battle (pick no.39 to St Kilda) / Myles Poholke (no.44 to Adelaide) / Mitch McCarthy (rookie pick no.7 to Collingwood) 2017 COACH: Craig Black (fourth season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: You can t really go past the five players we ve got in the AFL Academy: Hunter Clark (12 games, ave. 16 disposals in 2016): Hunter s a medium-sized defender but he s also shown he can play as an inside midfielder. His strength as a back-line player is that he reads the ball so well and creates time and space, so he s got plenty of time to make decisions. He s very proficient on both sides of his body by foot and as brave as they come. Oscar Clavarino (seven games, ave. 10 disposals and three marks in 2016): Oscar s probably the no.1 key defender in the TAC Cup. He s got some running ability and really good closing speed and he s got the go-go-gadget arms so he can close down space in the air pretty quickly. He s a multi-purpose player and that s why we rate him so highly. Luke Davies-Uniacke (two games in 2016): Luke s a beast of an inside midfielder. His clean hands are unique, his ability above his head and his body strength are his strengths. Aaron Darling (16 games, six goals, ave. 11 disposals in 2016): Aaron s done an ACL, so we probably won t get to see him play this year. I think he was the best kick in the draft and he s a beast of a small inside midfielder. He takes a new role now as an assistant midfield coach where he ll sit with the players and go through vision. Tom De Koning (11 games, 17 goals, ave. five disposals and 10 hitouts in 2016): Tom s now basically sitting on 200cm and is a genuine forward with really good hands and a really sweet kicking style. He also has the ability to go into the ruck but we ll play him mostly as a key forward. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKET: Aiden Bonar (two games in 2016): Aiden s coming back from a second ACL operation. He returned after his first one last year but it didn t hold so they had to re-do it. He ll be ready to go around May/June. I rate him as high as our players who are already in the AFL Academy program. He s 190cm and nearly 90kg and he s just a beast. He can play as an inside midfielder, he can play forward and he can play back. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Bailey Morrish (18 games, ave. 13 disposals in 2016): I m not sure why Bailey didn t get taken in the drafts last year. Every AFL club we re talking to at the moment is saying they were surprised but they just didn t have enough picks. He s a genuine half back flanker, but we re going to play him up around the ball a bit more and throw him forward this year. He s matured off the field and is training the house down. TEAM PROSPECTS: Our biggest issue will be having five AFL Academy players and rotating them in and out when they ve got their school football commitments. When we re able to put our best team on the park, I think we re going to be a very challenging proposition, but then the other thing is that a lot of our bottom-agers are key-position players and as part of our program we ll look to develop a couple. We ve also probably added a little bit more speed, and I think last year we might have been a bit stronger defensively but I reckon we have a better forward structure and midfield structure this year. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: With Wayne Siekman being appointed Collingwood s AFL Women s coach, we lost our senior assistant, so we elevated Nick Cox to become senior assistant coach and brought in three other new coaches to the program. Rob Railton was a pretty successful player for Gippsland Power and coached in his own right locally as well. He s doing all the player development programs and he ll end up really being a mentor for (head coach) Craig Black. We ve elevated Josh Bourke, who was our U16 coach and a Vic Country U16 assistant coach last year. Peter Freeman has come into the program a bit more too. He s doing the U16s but also a bit more with our U18s. 7

12 EASTERN RANGES (Comments from Talent Manager Len Villani) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 8th (7-11) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Dylan Clarke / 2. Josh Begley / 3. Tom North 2016 DRAFTEES: Jordan Gallucci (pick no.15 to Adelaide) / Josh Begley (no.31 to Essendon) / Callum Brown (no.35 to Collingwood) / Jack Maibaum (no.45 to Sydney) / Dylan Clarke (no.63 to Essendon) / Nathan Mullenger-McHugh (rookie pick no.18 to Western Bulldogs) / Tristan Tweedie (Next Generation Academy rookie signing to Western Bulldogs) 2017 COACH: Darren Bewick (eighth season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Jaidyn Stephenson (11 games, 23 goals, ave. 14 disposals and six marks in 2016): Jaidyn s a really dynamic half forward. He s powerful, has great speed, a really nice feel for the game and can win a match off his own boot. He s in the AFL Academy. Sam Hayes (16 games, ave. 12 disposals, three marks and 22 hitouts in 2016): Sam s a mobile ruckman with a basketball background. He s got beautiful hands in the ruck and hits to advantage really well. He can also take a mark around the ground and be dangerous when he goes forward. He s an AFL Academy member and was All Australian last year. Joel Garner (six games, four goals, ave. 15 disposals, four marks and four tackles in 2016): Joel s really strong in terms of his attack over the football, good in the air for his size and dangerous when he goes forward. He s a real natural footballer. We ll probably try to push him through the midfield and wing a bit more this year. He s an amazing leader and person to have around the football club. He s also in the AFL Academy. Tom North (10 games, eight goals, ave. 20 disposals and six tackles in 2016): Tom s a strong-bodied midfielder with great power and penetration in his kicking. He would have won our best-and-fairest last year if he didn t break his ankle halfway through the season. He s been working really diligently and we re trying to get him up for Round 1. Harrison Nolan (16 games, ave. eight disposals in 2016): Harrison s really competitive, a great runner for his size and he s just got a real desire and competitiveness about him. He played all his junior footy as a forward before we sent him down back last year and he did a great job. Trent Mynott (seven games, five goals, ave. 17 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Trent s a beautiful natural footballer with great vision and is really damaging with his possessions by foot. He plays like a Shaun Burgoyne (of Hawthorn), who can have only 10 or 15 disposals but still have a really big influence on the game. Jackson Ross (nine games, five goals, ave. 14 disposals in 2016): Jackson s a former elitelevel tennis player who only really came into the program two years ago. His athletic ability is very good, so he can play in the midfield, on a wing, at half back or half forward. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Jordan Lynch (nine games, five goals, ave. 10 disposals in 2016): Jordan played with injury last year. I m convinced he s an AFL footballer, he s just had no luck with his body. He s a really powerful, nuggety ball-winner who can then hurt teams with his speed on the outside and the penetration and power of his kicking. He ll play predominantly through the midfield and also as that dangerous fourth or fifth forward. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Tyler Brown: Top-age son of Gavin (254 AFL games for Collingwood from ) and brother of Callum (drafted to Collingwood in 2016). TEAM PROSPECTS: We think it s going to be a very similar season to last year where when we ve got our best team available, we re going to be pretty competitive. I d be disappointed if we didn t play at least one or two finals I think that would be the pass mark for us. We re going to have a fair few private-schoolers though, and I d also expect eight to ten Vic Metro representatives in that middle part of the year. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: We ve been able to promote some guys from our U16 program. Danny Ryan is one of them he s going to look after our midfield. Danny s a former Eastern Ranges player so he s gone full circle, and he s a bit of a local legend in the AFL Yarra Ranges. Jay Cheep has also come on board as one of our U18 development coaches he s a former Calder Cannon, Vic Metro representative and Geelong VFL premiership player. 8

13 GEELONG FALCONS (Comments from Talent Manager Michael Turner) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 3rd (14-5) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Jack Blood / 2. Max Augerinos / 3. Joel Bennett 2016 DRAFTEES: Alex Witherden (pick no.23 to Brisbane) / Sean Darcy (no.38 to Fremantle) / Jack Henry (rookie pick no.16 to Geelong) / Sam Simpson (rookie pick no.53 to Geelong) 2017 COACH: Daniel O Keefe (first season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: James Worpel (15 games, 11 goals, ave. 20 disposals and six tackles in 2016): James is a very strong midfielder in the mould of (Collingwood s) Taylor Adams or (North Melbourne s) Ben Cunnington. He s a very similar player to them but he s a lot quicker he s more explosive and he s a much better runner. Nothing fazes him. He s in the AFL Academy. Cassidy Parish (19 games, ave. 19 disposals in 2016): Cassidy s a lot different to his brother Darcy (currently at Essendon) he s not as polished but he s a really big midfielder. He s a great stoppage player and he exits the packs really well and racks up lots of possessions. A lot of AFL recruiters would be interested in him to replace those big midfielders like (Sydney s) Josh Kennedy or (Essendon s) Jobe Watson he sort of fits that mould. Adam Garner (three games in 2016): Adam s a cousin of (St Kilda s) Paddy McCartin and he plays a similar position he ll play as a full forward/ centre half forward this year. I think Paddy s more mobile but Adam s got himself really fit after having a few injuries in the past. He played for Vic Country U16s two years ago and just needs to have an injury-free season and put it together. Ethan Floyd (11 games, five goals, ave. 14 disposals in 2016): Ethan s a left-foot winger who s an elite runner. He s running exceptional times in our 2km time trials. He s really matured and pushed himself this pre-season. Matthew Ling (five games, ave. nine disposals in 2016): Matthew s another winger who played with us in the finals last year. He looks a likely type as well. Cooper Stephens (11 games, ave. 14 disposals in 2016): Cooper plays on a half back flank and will probably go into the midfield this year. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKET: Gryan Miers (five games, three goals, ave. 13 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Gryan played some games towards the end of last year and surprised us as an on-baller. He s a bit like (the Western Bulldogs ) Luke Dahlhaus. He went back to his local senior club Grovedale and dominated in their finals campaign until they got knocked out. He ran under six minutes in a 2km time trial over the pre-season, so you ve got to take notice of the kid because he s a running machine. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Hayden Elliot (19 games, ave. nine disposals and 16 hitouts in 2016): Hayden probably should have been playing in a key position last year but we don t usually have many talls and he had to play in the ruck. We ll give him another run this year as a centre half forward/centre half back because that s where AFL recruiters want to see him play. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Cassidy Parish: top-age brother of Darcy (20 AFL games for Essendon). Peterson Kol: over-age son of Michael (63 AFL games for Geelong from ). Oscar Brownless: bottom-age son of Billy (198 AFL games for Geelong from ). Baxter Mensch: bottom-age son of David (158 AFL games for Geelong from ). TEAM PROSPECTS: I thought we d struggle to make the top eight last year and the boys did really well to get to a preliminary final and spend most of the season on top or in second on the ladder. They were a really even group. They played really well as a team and got 100 per cent out of themselves. I m not 100 per cent sure about this year s group, but I know they can run so that s going to help. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: Our new head coach Daniel O Keefe is just what I m after. He came from Warrnambool, played with the Falcons and got drafted at pick no.15 in 2006 by Sydney. He unfortunately had a lot of injuries and that curtailed his career (no AFL games in three seasons with the Swans). He was also very close to being a professional golfer, so he understands sport and the disappointment that can come with it. He fits all the criteria that I look for in a coach. All our line coaches around Daniel are basically new too. 9

14 GIPPSLAND POWER (Comments from head coach Leigh Brown) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 9th (6-12) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Josh Patullo / 2. Will Leslie / 3. Sean Masterson 2016 DRAFTEES: Ben Ainsworth (pick no.4 to Gold Coast) 2017 COACH: Leigh Brown (fourth season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Tyrone Hayes (five games, three goals, ave. 12 disposals in 2016): Tyrone s a small, quick indigenous player who can play off half back, in the midfield or up forward. He has very good evasive skills and uses the ball really well. He s in Hawthorn s Next Generation Academy. Aidan Quigley (10 games, ave. 12 disposals in 2016): Aidan s probably been more of a small/ medium-sized forward previously but we ll see him push into the midfield this year. He s got a very good sidestep and he s good overhead. He s in the AFL Academy. Changkuoth Jiath (10 games, ave. 11 disposals and four tackles in 2016): CJ s very skilful with a great kick on the left and right foot, and he has elite endurance. He can play anywhere on the ground so he s very versatile. He s of Ethiopian background and fits into the Next Generation Academy with Hawthorn. He s also in the AFL Academy. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKETS: Austin Hodge (15 games, 17 goals, ave. 10 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Austin s about 190/191cm and he could play forward and midfield. He has nice clean hands and he s got a bit of X-factor about him. He played about three quarters of last year but was a bit hindered by a hip injury, so he s had some surgery and he s building back into his training now. Nick Hogan (13 games, ave. 13 disposals in 2016): Nick s probably more of a genuine midfielder. He s about 180cm but he s got big, strong, powerful leg speed and breaks away from contests. He s a real ball-winner. He missed some games in the middle of last year through injury so that certainly put a big hole in his season. OVER-AGE PLAYERS TO WATCH: Will Leslie (15 games, ave. 17 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Will s about 193/194cm and can play in the midfield, back line or forward line, so we think he s very versatile. He s got lightning speed and is a very good kick. He had an interrupted pre-season last year and didn t play any practice games, but he s had a good pre-season up to this point. He ll be used mainly through the midfield this year he had a taste in there last year which was probably the first time he s played in the midfield, so he s learnt a lot and we expect him to really improve. Sean Masterson (18 games, ave. 10 disposals and three marks in 2016): Sean can play as a key forward and key defender. Last year was his first in the program so it was a really steep learning curve for him. He started last year as a forward and finished the season as a back, and he ll probably start up forward again this year. Julian Patterson (five games, ave. five disposals and 13 hitouts in 2016): It was Julian s first year in the program last year. He s got a great vertical jump and is athletically very gifted for a guy of 203cm. He s the brother of Eleanor who represented Australia at the Rio Olympics in the high jump. He was involved in basketball and athletics as a junior. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Will Leslie: Over-age brother of Jack (six AFL games for Gold Coast). TEAM PROSPECTS: We had a good group of bottom-agers last year who all came through together and we hope they can lead the way this year. We ve also got some good bottom-agers who we think will get some really good experience and a lot of game time this year as well, so we ll hope to improve on what we did last year. The boys will take a lot of confidence out of finishing last year well (four wins in the last five games) and we ve seen in previous years that can hold the next season s group in really good stead. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: We haven t made any for this year. 10

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16 GWV REBELS (Comments from Talent Manager Phil Partington) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 6th (12-7) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Hugh McCluggage / 2. Willem Drew / 3. Callan Wellings 2016 DRAFTEES: Hugh McCluggage (pick no.3 to Brisbane) / Jarrod Berry (no.17 to Brisbane) / Cedric Cox (no.24 to Brisbane) / Willem Drew (no.33 to Port Adelaide) / Tom Williamson (no.61 to Carlton) / Jamaine Jones (rookie pick no.48 to Geelong) 2017 COACH: Gerard FitzGerald (second season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Aiden Domic (11 games, ave. 13 disposals and four marks in 2016): Aiden s a player AFL clubs really like not just because of his skill assets but also his endurance base. He s a hard-running midfielder who uses the ball very well but also has a very high work rate. He played the majority of games for us last year as a half back flanker/ winger but he ll go on-ball this year. He s an indigenous boy who s gone through the Kickstart programs and played Vic Country U16s as well. Jordan Johnston (15 games, 26 goals, ave. 11 disposals in 2016): Jordan played some good TAC Cup footy last year and kicked a bag of seven goals against the Sandringham Dragons. He s a small to medium forward and a bit of a jackrabbit who likes jumping at the football, but he knows where the goals are as well. We ll use him as a lead-up forward and on the ball this year to develop other parts of his game. Unfortunately he had an ankle injury late last year which he had operated on, so he s done no pre-season and I don t expect him to be playing in probably the first couple of rounds. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKET: Dale Cox (not on list in 2016): We had Dale s cousin (and subsequent Brisbane draftee) Cedric Cox on our list last year. Dale moved down from Halls Creek earlier in 2017 and he s a top-age player. He s got really good leg speed and some good skills about him as well. We re excited to see how he develops in a full-time TAC Cup environment and if an AFL club will be excited by what they see. He s similar to Cedric in terms of his running capabilities and his speed at the moment. OVER-AGE PLAYERS TO WATCH: Lloyd Meek (15 games, seven goals, ave. 10 disposals, four tackles and 15 hitouts in 2016): Lloyd was a Vic Country ruckman last year. We know ruckmen develop later and Lloyd s grown since last season he s 202cm now and he s a bit thicker in the body as well. We just need him to make a bigger impact on games and be a bit more aggressive around the football, so that s one thing he s been working really hard on. Callan Wellings (16 games, ave. 22 disposals and five marks in 2016): Callan was probably unlucky not to get an opportunity at the drafts last year, but he was injured for basically the first half of the year. Seeing him fully fit towards the end of 2016 was really encouraging for us. He s working extremely hard on his contested football, and training with North Ballarat s VFL team this pre-season has helped him with that. He ll be a great leader for our football club and really show the younger boys in the program the required training level and attitude. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Thomas Berry: Bottom-age brother of Jarrod (drafted to Brisbane in 2016). Matthew Lloyd: Bottom-age brother of Jake (69 AFL games for Sydney). TEAM PROSPECTS: I think we had a very high-end talent base last year and we re going to be a lot more even across the board this year. I also think we re going to be more of a bottom-age team than we were last year. The one thing (head coach) Gerard FitzGerald and I have spoken about is making the team a really competitive team, so we re going to have really no stand-out players. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: We ve introduced two new assistant coaches. Ash Baker was the head coach of the Ballarat Football Club for the last four years and he s a school teacher at Ballarat High School. Joe Carmody has coached in his own right at SMW Rovers Senior Football Club and was at the Ballarat Football Club last year as director of coaching, and he s a high-level teacher at St Patrick s College. Also, Leigh Marriott s coming in to be one of our development coaches. He s been involved with North Ballarat s VFL program for quite a few years. 12

17 MURRAY BUSHRANGERS (Comments from head coach Leon Higgins) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 2nd (13-6-1) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. James Cousins / =2. Lachlan Tiziani and Ryan Garthwaite 2016 DRAFTEES: Will Brodie (pick no.9 to Gold Coast) / Jy Simpkin (no.12 to North Melbourne) / Todd Marshall (no.16 to Port Adelaide) / Esava Ratugolea (no.43 to Geelong) / Lachlan Tiziani (no.54 to GWS) / Ryan Garthwaite (no.72 to Richmond) / Harry Morrison (no.74 to Hawthorn) / James Cousins (rookie pick no.46 to Hawthorn) / Max Lynch (rookie pick no.51 to Collingwood) / Zach Sproule (pre-list rookie selection by GWS) 2017 COACH: Leon Higgins (second season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECT: Charlie Spargo (eight games, eight goals, ave. 18 disposals in 2016): Charlie s a small forward/ on-baller. He s from Albury in NSW. He ll play in the Division 2 U18 Championships in their squad and I imagine he ll play for the Allies in Division 1 as well. He played some very good footy for us last year and he was very good for NSW/ACT as well. We re really hopeful for Charlie s draft chances this year. He s an AFL Academy player. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKETS: Doulton Langlands (16 games, ave. 14 disposals in 2016): Doulton was one of our best bottomage players last year. He s a very quick player and he s really built his strength up this year. He s a really good size 188cm and 80kg now and he s a terrific athlete with power and speed. We think he ll attract the attention of AFL clubs. He ll be an academy player for the Giants as well. Daniel Johnston (seven games, four goals, ave. eight disposals in 2016): Daniel s another boy from NSW. He ll be a key forward and he ll play a little bit in the ruck for us as well. We think he s got the size and the power to attract a lot of attention. Jordon Butts (11 games, ave. 13 disposals and three marks in 2016): Jordon s a 197cm key defender and he can also go forward. He played some good footy for us last year as a bottomage player. He s actually born on the 31st of December so he ll play all his TAC Cup football as a 16-year-old and 17-year-old. We think he s a good prospect. David Smith (not on list in 2016): We ve just uncovered David this year he was doing a bit of work with the Laguntas program at Richmond. He s a top-age indigenous boy who has phenomenal speed he consistently runs 2.7 seconds in the 20m sprint which is elite. We re hoping to use his explosive speed and power and improve his footy this year. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Nick Richards (18 games, 15 goals, ave. 17 disposals in 2016): Nick was a bit of a bolter at the end of last year and attracted a bit of attention from AFL clubs. He was named our best player in the finals so we ll be looking for some more improvement from him. He ll play more of a role around the ball this year he played a bit as an outside midfielder and small forward last year, so we re hoping to see him win some more contested footy. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Charlie Spargo: top-age son of Paul (81 AFL games for North Melbourne from , nine AFL games for Brisbane in 1993). TEAM PROSPECTS: We probably met expectations last year. I think we had a team and I communicated this clearly to the players throughout the year that could and should have won finals, which is something the Bushrangers hadn t done for a little while. To be perfectly honest, I don t think we ll have the depth we had last year but we ll be more than competitive. I m really looking forward to seeing our bottom-age players as well we think we ve got some good depth in that age group. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: We ve lost a couple of coaches from last year but we ve promoted a couple of guys from our U16 program. Daniel Preston is coming from our 16s to coach our back line. Ben Davey makes a return to coach our midfield after a bit of an interrupted year he also worked with the Vic Country U18s last year. Mark Brown remains as the forward line coach and we have Dale Carmody who was involved at the club in coming back to coach our tall forwards and rucks after working overseas for a number of years. 13

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19 NORTHERN KNIGHTS (Comments from Talent Manager Rhy Gieschen) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 12th (4-14) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Lachlan Murphy / 2. Luke Bunker / 3. Mason Blakey 2016 DRAFTEES: Patrick Lipinski (pick no.28 to Western Bulldogs) / Matthew Signorello (no.62 to Adelaide) 2017 COACH: Justin Wenke (first season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Nick Coffield (18 games, ave. 13 disposals in 2016): Nick s an intercept-marking, rebounding backman with very good speed and agility. He has a really good, long, penetrating right foot. We re probably going to challenge him to be the best intercept, rebounding backman in the TAC Cup this year. He goes to school at the footy factory out at Whitefriars where he s the football captain he also has good leadership skills. Patrick Naish (nine games, ave. 17 disposals and four marks in 2016): Patrick possesses the ability to run and carry with the football and we think he s going to be a good inside-50, goal-assist type of player this year. He has a beautiful long, penetrating right foot kick. He s really improved his running both his sprint and endurance over the off-season and become a bit more powerful. He s in the AFL Academy. Ethan Penrith (17 games, ave. 13 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Ethan had a really good season last year predominantly as a rebounding, running small backman. He possesses an elite sidestep and burst from the contest, and really good run-and-carry ability. He s an exciting type of player and will definitely catch the eye throughout the course of the year. He shows good leadership and is a good character. Jack Petruccelle (two games, four goals in 2016): Jack s really exciting and has incredible athleticism. He was in the AIS Academy for basketball but has set his sights on football in He ll probably play as a half forward type of player who can get up the ground and then use his pace to find space and really take the game on. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKET: Marcus Lentini (13 games, nine goals, ave. 24 disposals in 2016): Marcus really came on last year. During the middle part of the season he had three games of 30, 33 and 36 disposals as a midfielder. He s had a really good off-season working hard on his kicking and ball use, and has been in the gym getting fitter, stronger and faster. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Adam Tomaro (11 games, ave. 17 disposals and four marks for the Oakleigh Chargers in 2016): Adam missed his whole bottom-age year at Oakleigh with a shoulder reconstruction. He played games for the Chargers when he was available last year but had an outstanding school season with Marcellin where he captained a premiership. He s a good overhead mark, a really smooth mover and is a beautiful user of the football. We re going to work on developing him as an inside midfielder who can then spread really hard from the contest and use his skill and his smarts on the outside. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Patrick Naish: Top-age son of Chris (161 AFL games 143 for Richmond from , 18 for Port Adelaide from ). Josh Broderick: Top-age son of Paul (262 AFL games 93 for Fitzroy from , 169 for Richmond from ). TEAM PROSPECTS: We re disappointed in our win-loss record over the last three years (6-11 in 2014, 4-13 in 2015, 4-12 in 2016). While player development is our main focus, we want to bring the Knights back to being one of the stronger TAC Cup regions, which traditionally we have been. Going through a pretty poor year last year has probably really galvanised the playing group and they want to have some more on-field success. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: We feel really lucky to have someone of Justin Wenke s standing and experience in our head coach s role. He spent about seven years coaching Oakleigh s U16 program and then three years as head coach (from 2012-mid 2014, including the 2012 TAC Cup premiership), so he saw a lot of players go through and he really understands the different needs of individual players. We ve also changed every line coach. Phil Plunkett s coached four premierships in the Northern Football League and came through the Knights as a player he s our midfield coach. Marcus Hastings was Coburg s development coach in the VFL last year he s our back line coach and Peter Buszard played at Oakleigh under Justin and then coached with him at the Chargers and the Yarra Junior Football League he s our forward line coach. 15

20 OAKLEIGH CHARGERS (Comments from Talent Manager Craig Notman) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 4th (10-10) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Lachlan Walker / 2. Jack Higgins / 3. Xavier Jordan 2016 DRAFTEES: Jordan Ridley (pick no.22 to Essendon) / Sam McLarty (no.30 to Collingwood) / Ed Phillips (no.56 to St Kilda) / Josh Daicos (no.57 to Collingwood) / Dion Johnstone (no.64 to Melbourne) / Pat Kerr (no.65 to Carlton) / Nick Larkey (no.73 to North Melbourne) / Taylin Duman (rookie pick no.3 to Fremantle) 2017 COACH: Leigh Clarke (first season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Jack Higgins (nine games, 20 goals, ave. 29 disposals and seven marks in 2016): Jack s a member of the AFL Academy program. He played through the midfield and forward line last year and he ll probably play similar roles for us this year. The big thing for us is to see him step up his leadership. He certainly leads in terms of the way he goes about his training he s as good as we ve got here but what I m looking for is for him to drag some of the other boys up to a similar standard. Toby Wooller (11 games, 12 goals, ave. 15 disposals and eight marks in 2016): Toby played as a key forward last season and acquitted himself really well. He s one I see as a definite leader amongst our group. I think we ll play him as a forward but we might throw him back for a period of time to show his versatility. Riley Jones (15 games, ave. 10 disposals and three marks in 2016): Riley was a tall defender for us last year and played on some pretty handy types. He d pretty much never played down back before so I think he learned a lot about the game. This year we ll look to give him opportunities up forward. Noah Answerth (seven games, ave. 13 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Noah s a defender who s very hard at the ball, kicks the ball really well, has some terrific speed and is a real competitor. He s the brother of (2015 TAC Cup Grand Final best-on-ground medallist) Kade Answerth. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKET: Matthew Day (not on list in 2016): Matthew was involved in some of our development programs going back a couple of years but has been a really keen basketballer and played some highlevel basketball. He played some school footy at Marcellin last year that we were really impressed by and his work in our pre-season so far has been really pleasing. He s very good in traffic, has silky skills, covers the ground well and is just a really smooth mover. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Louis Cunningham (14 games, ave. 22 disposals and six marks in 2016): From all reports Louis was close to being rookie-listed last year. He played predominantly down back for us last year but we re keen to give him exposure in all parts of the ground this year, so we re looking for him to play more of a midfield role. We re keen for him to get some exposure at VFL level in the early part of the year as well. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Zac Hart: Bottom-age son of Ben (311 AFL games for Adelaide from ). Will Kelly: Bottom-age son of Craig (122 AFL games for Collingwood from ). Will Golds: Bottom-age brother of Tim (six AFL games for GWS from , no AFL games for Collingwood in 2016). Charlie Beasley: Bottom-age brother of Hugh (six AFL games for Brisbane from ). Anthony Larkey: Bottom-age brother of Nick (drafted to North Melbourne in 2016). TEAM PROSPECTS: I m pretty confident we ve got some draft-able quality amongst the group. I think we ve probably got a bit more leg speed than we ve had over the previous couple of years, so that s exciting and might give us a bit of a different look. I think we ve got some good depth in the bottom-age group too, so they ll get plenty of looks over the course of the year. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: I m really pleased with how our new head coach Leigh Clarke s fitted in. He s been involved in the program before and certainly knows the way we go about things. Having a new coach come in with some new ideas and a new voice has been really good to piggy-back on the great work that (two-time Chargers premiership coach and now Melbourne AFL Women s coach) Mick Stinear did previously. Outside of Leigh, we ve been able to keep the same coaching group together. 16

21 SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS (Comments from Talent Manager Ryan O Connor) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: Premiers (15-5-1) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Corey Lyons / 2. Josh Trew / =3. Reuben Hayward and Darcy James 2016 DRAFTEES: Andrew McGrath (pick no.1 to Essendon) / Tim Taranto (no.2 to GWS) / Will Setterfield (no.5 to GWS) / Jack Scrimshaw (no.7 to Gold Coast) / Oliver Florent (no.11 to Sydney) / Cameron Polson (no.59 to Carlton) / Corey Lyons (no.71 to Brisbane) / Lachlan Filipovic (rookie pick no.8 to Melbourne) 2017 COACH: Jeremy Barnard (third season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECT: Hayden McLean (19 games, 27 goals, ave. 11 disposals, five marks and seven hitouts in 2016): Hayden had a big bottom-age year and played in our grand final side. He s a key forward/ruckman and can probably play a bit of centre half back too, so he s quite flexible and has a really good impact on the game. He s 196/197cm so he s a decent lump of a lad and he looks like he s getting fitter and stronger. He s mobile enough to get on-ball and almost be another midfielder as well as doing really well in the ruck. He s in the AFL Academy. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKETS: Andrew Brayshaw (seven games, ave. 11 disposals in 2016): Andy was part of our grand final side last year. He played small forward/small back utility-type roles in his bottom-age year as he s nice and tough and he can really focus and do a job. It s going to be interesting to see how he translates that into the midfield this year. Isaac Morrisby (14 games, 20 goals, ave. 10 disposals and four marks in 2016): Isaac was also part of our grand final side last year. We re hoping he can dominate as a key forward this year. He s got a fantastic set of hands and kicked five goals in a half in the U17 All Stars game last year. Will Walker (11 games, 15 goals, ave. nine disposals in 2016): Will s come from a soccer background. He was a little bit unlucky not to play in the U17 All Stars game last year he was included in the squad but broke his finger. He s fairly raw to footy but he s a great little athlete and I think he s going to be an excitement package this year. Kai Owens and Joel Amartey (both not on list in 2016): Up until the last year or so they ve been concentrating on basketball. Kai s mum is from Japan and Joel s dad is from Ghana. We hope they re going to be surprise packets and jump out of nowhere. Both are tall and very athletic. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Hamish Brayshaw (12 games, 18 goals, ave. 18 disposals, six marks and four tackles in 2016): Hamish is still getting over foot surgery and we re hoping that without a hiccup he can be ready for Round 1. He ended up playing the last month of last season with a broken foot we found that out post-grand-final. He s a pretty tough kid. We think his leadership s fantastic, being our captain last year in a premiership season. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Hamish and Andrew Brayshaw: over-age and top-age (respectively) brothers of Angus (31 AFL games for Melbourne) and sons of Mark (32 AFL games for North Melbourne from ). Sebastian Williams: top-age grandson of Don Williams (205 AFL games for Melbourne from and and member of Melbourne s Team of the Century). Lachlan Harris: top-age son of Leon (186 AFL games for Fitzroy from ). James Rendell: bottom-age son of Matt (164 AFL games for Fitzroy from , 13 AFL games for Brisbane in 1992). TEAM PROSPECTS: We d like to think this year s group can reach the heights of last year s. It ll be exciting to see whether they re going to be as resilient and capable of stepping up to challenges as the boys were last year. The boys were very talented last year but I think their best attribute was their overall work rate, and when they were challenged and you thought they were out of it, they found something else. We re talking to the boys a lot about that this year it doesn t matter where you find yourself, you ve just got to pick yourself up and get right back into it. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: There s been one minor change Danny Ryan s moved out to the Casey Demons in the VFL with (former Dragons head coach) Justin Plapp so Brad Berry s stepped up into a role as an assistant coach. 17

22 WESTERN JETS (Comments from Talent Manager Shane Sexton) FACT FILE: 2016 FINISH: 10th (5-13) 2016 BEST AND FAIREST: 1. Brodie Romensky / 2. Oscar Junker / 3. Daniel Foley 2016 DRAFTEES: Daniel Venables (pick no.15 to West Coast) / Oscar Junker (rookie pick no.28 to North Melbourne) 2017 COACH: Torin Baker (fifth season) TOP 2017 NAB AFL DRAFT PROSPECTS: Cameron Rayner (eight games, 17 goals, ave. 18 disposals, four marks and four tackles in 2016): Cameron had a really good year as a bottom-age player to the point where he played himself into the AFL Academy. He s strongly built, very hard at the football and a terrific competitor. He has a penetrating kick, is excellent over his head and is a versatile type of player who we ll be working really hard with to ensure he becomes a very effective inside midfielder. Lachlan Fogarty (five games, ave. 24 disposals and eight tackles in 2016): Lachie s very highly skilled, an excellent decision-maker, and really competitive. He needs to build a bigger tank but certainly has a capacity to get to where the ball is around the ground. He was our best player in his 16-year-old season in 2015 when he represented Vic Metro. He s also a member of the AFL Academy. Tristan Xerri (11 games, 13 goals, ave. seven disposals, two marks and 11 hitouts in 2016): Tristan s a late developer we picked him up halfway through He s over 200cm tall, a good athlete, very mobile, excellent below his knees and very capable over his head. He can not only get it in the air but also on the ground so he s going to be a bit of an all-rounder. POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKETS: Nick Stuhldreier (15 games, ave. 17 disposals and four marks in 2016): Nick had a fantastic season last year as a bottom-age player and received our Best First-Year Player Award. He has a fantastic attitude, a great desire to succeed, a fantastic work ethic and is someone who has fantastic leadership qualities. Luke Hitch (14 games, ave. 12 disposals and four tackles in 2016): Luke is a fantastic competitor, really hard at the footy, never gives up and is capable of being a small defender. We ll also try to run him through the midfield to give him that opportunity. Josh Mould (no games in 2016): We re looking forward to seeing Josh play this year. He suffered a stress fracture of the foot which was really nasty and took a while to diagnose, and he missed all of last year and a fair part of 2015 trying to get over it. Riley Ham (nine games, ave. six disposals and 11 hitouts in 2016): Riley s a big boy who got an opportunity in the middle of last year. He had a couple of really good games playing at centre half forward. OVER-AGE PLAYER TO WATCH: Judah Dundon (eight games, six goals, ave. 19 disposals in 2016): He was absolutely flying as a 17-year-old in 2015 but had to have a plate inserted into his forearm and that was the end of his season. At the start of last year he was full of confidence but got a fracture in his tibia. He played eight or nine games in the middle of the season and started to get a bit of form back, but then exactly the same injury occurred in his other leg so that was the end of his season. If he can find some really good form, we think he ll be a good player. FAMOUS SURNAMES: Nathan Ellis: Bottom-age brother of Corey (17 AFL games for Richmond). Oskar Manton: Bottom-age son of Glenn (178 AFL games 21 for Essendon from , 157 for Carlton from ). Jacob Smith: Top-age son of Rohan (300 AFL games for the Western Bulldogs from ). TEAM PROSPECTS: We ve got a solid enough contingent of good players who ll be going to private schools. As you saw last year, it was on for young and old at the start of the season we nearly beat eventual premier Sandringham when we had a full side available and we beat preliminary finalist Oakleigh in the first round, but then we also had a shocking run with injuries. The start and end of the season when we have all our players available will be crucial. COACHING PANEL CHANGES: The major change is Matthew Cape who s come on as an assistant coach. He s a local and played really good football for Williamstown in the VFL over a number of years. 18

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24 TAC Cup Girls AFL Victoria introduces TAC Cup Girls AFL Victoria has this year launched a new TAC Cup Girls competition. In an exciting partnership with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), the 12-team league mirrors the TAC Cup for boys, responsible for developing many of the biggest names in the AFL. AFL Victoria and the TAC have been working over a number of years at establishing girls academies within the TAC Cup boys structure, to give young female footballers the same opportunities as their male counterparts via Towards Zero Girls Academies. The TAC has supported the elite boys pathway since its inception in 1992 and will now provide the same leadership and mentoring opportunities to junior female footballers with their sights set on a career in the AFL. AFL Victoria CEO Steven Reaper said the football pathway in Victoria for males and females is now complete. Within footy circles, the TAC Cup has become synonymous with producing some of the game s top talent, Reaper said. With the launch of TAC Cup Girls, we re really excited to see Victoria s female talent develop and one day play on the main stage in the NAB AFLW or Swisse VFL Women s competitions. It s about creating a new generation of leaders and role models for young Victorian females, and the support of TAC will help us achieve that. We can already see the first round of young women to come out of the Towards Zero Girls Academies into the AFLW having a profound effect on our community, and we look forward to seeing that continue to grow with TAC Cup Girls. AFLW talent like Katherine Smith (Sandringham Dragons / Melbourne), Lily Mithen (Geelong Falcons-Western Jets / Melbourne), Isabella Ayre (Bendigo Pioneers / Carlton), Deanna Berry (Calder Cannons / Melbourne) and Georgia Walker (Dandenong Stingrays / Collingwood) were all part of the Towards Zero Girls Academy program in 2016, with previous Academy graduates including Carlton vice-captain Madeline Keryk, Western Bulldogs Ellie Blackburn and GWS Giants Louise Stephenson. The new under-18 girls competition replaces the academy program but continues to develop great footballers while empowering players to serve as positive role models, encouraging good driving behaviour among their peers and helping Victoria achieve its Towards Zero vision for a safer future on our roads. The competition started on March 4 and continued last weekend with wins to the Geelong Falcons, Greater Western Victoria Rebels, Dandenong Stingrays, Calder Cannons, Eastern Ranges and Murray Bushrangers (full results on page 49). In a similar move to the AFL Victoria s VFL competitions (Peter Jackson VFL and Swisse VFL Women s), the TAC Cup social media and online accounts will operate through the one channel at #TACCupGirls (Twitter) and TACCupfooty (Facebook). TAC CUP GIRLS BASICS - The new under-18 girls competition features a team from each of the current 12 TAC Cup boys regions: Bendigo Pioneers, Calder Cannons, Dandenong Southern Stingrays, Eastern Ranges, Geelong Falcons, Gippsland Power, Greater Western Victoria Rebels, Murray Bushrangers, Northern Knights, Oakleigh Chargers, Sandringham Dragons and Western Jets; - Teams will play a five-round season, which will be expanded in future years; - Games will be 4 x 15-minute quarters; - The premier will be the team on top of the ladder at the end of five rounds, with a best-and-fairest and leading goalkicker to also be announced at the end of the season; and - The final round will be played on Good Friday (April 14), with all games at RAMS Arena (Highgate Recreation Reserve) in Craigieburn. 20

25 TAC Cup Fitness Testing Day results The annual TAC Cup Fitness Testing Day took place on Saturday March 11 at Maribyrnong Secondary College. TAC Cup players from all 12 clubs had their dimensions measured and completed the beep test, 20m sprint, agility test, vertical jump and running vertical jump. From the players tested on the day, the Dandenong Stingrays have the tallest list in the TAC Cup this year (average of 187.4cm), almost two centimetres on average greater than the next tallest list. Oakleigh Chargers ruckman Ned Reeves is the TAC Cup s tallest player for 2017 though, with the over-age player measuring in at 206.6cm, while the Gippsland Power s 2016 Morrish Medal equal-runner-up Callan McKeon is the competition s smallest player at 163.2cm. The Geelong Falcons were the best endurance runners, recording a team average result of level in the beep test, while the Chargers were the quickest, recording a team average time of 3.06 seconds in the 20m sprint. The GWV Rebels proved to be the most agile outfit, recording a team average time of 8.44 seconds in the agility test, with the Sandringham Dragons reaching higher than all others to record a team average result of 63.6cm in the vertical jump. See the top five individual player results from each test below: HEIGHT: 1 Ned Reeves Oakleigh cm 2 Julian Patterson Gippsland Matthew Volkanovski Western Sam Hayes Eastern Tom Roberts Dandenong TAC Cup News BEEP TEST: 1 Max Dreher Northern level Samuel Walsh Geelong Quintin Montanaro Sandringham Edward McHenry Geelong Dylan Moore Eastern m SPRINT: 1 Jack Petruccelle Northern 2.820s 2 Dave Smith Murray Josh Bateman Dandenong Troy Brimble Sandringham Jack Evans Calder AGILITY TEST: 1 Ethan McLaren GWV 7.768s 2 Thomas Berry GWV Callum Porter Gippsland Peterson Kol Geelong Jordan Johnston GWV VERTICAL JUMP: 1 Keegan Gray GWV 80cm 2 Mitchell Christensen Bendigo 79 3 Ben Paton Murray 78 4 Isaac Wallace Murray 77 4 Hayden McLean Sandringham 77 RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP: 1 Kai Owens Sandringham 102cm 2 Keegan Gray GWV Mitchell Christensen Bendigo 98 4 Ben Paton Murray 97 5 Thomas Scott GWV

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27 The Big League The AFL Victoria Record follows former TAC Cup and VFL players on their AFL journeys 15 TAC Cup players now AFL captains 15 former TAC Cup players hold captaincy positions at 14 of the 18 AFL clubs for 2017, up from 13 players in The new breed of ex-tac Cup AFL skippers include: - Essendon s Dyson Heppell (ex-gippsland Power replacing Jobe Watson (ex-sandringham Dragons)); - Gold Coast s Tom Lynch (ex-dandenong Stingrays replacing Gary Ablett (ex-geelong Falcons) alongside Steven May); - Hawthorn s Jarryd Roughead (ex-gippsland Power replacing Luke Hodge (ex-falcons)); - Melbourne s Jack Viney (ex-oakleigh Chargers new captain alongside Nathan Jones (ex-stingrays)); - North Melbourne s Jack Ziebell (ex-murray Bushrangers replacing Andrew Swallow); - St Kilda s Jarryn Geary (ex-bendigo Pioneers replacing Nick Riewoldt); and - Sydney s Josh Kennedy (ex-dragons replacing Kieren Jack and Jarrad McVeigh). Brisbane s Tom Rockliff and Fremantle s David Mundy (both ex-bushrangers) were those to be replaced as club captains by non-tac Cup players over the off-season. Taylor Walker (Adelaide), Steven May (Gold Coast) and Shannon Hurn (West Coast) are the other AFL skippers not to have come through the TAC Cup system. Jack Viney in action for the Oakleigh Chargers in Jarryd Roughead representing the Gippsland Power in 2004 Gippsland now boasts four current AFL captains to have emerged from its ranks, with Heppell and Roughead joining Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) and Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs) at the helm of clubs. Bendigo (Geary and Geelong s Joel Selwood), Dandenong (Lynch and Jones) and Oakleigh (Viney and Carlton s Marc Murphy) have produced two current captains each, while Geelong (Port Adelaide s Travis Boak), Murray (Ziebell), the Northern Knights (Richmond s Trent Cotchin), Sandringham (Kennedy) and the Western Jets (GWS Callan Ward) have produced one apiece. See the list of former TAC Cup players currently holding AFL captaincy positions below. ADELAIDE: Taylor Walker BRISBANE: Dayne Beams CARLTON: Marc Murphy (Oakleigh Chargers, drafted 2005) COLLINGWOOD: Scott Pendlebury (Gippsland Power, 2005) ESSENDON: Dyson Heppell (Gippsland Power, 2010) FREMANTLE: Nat Fyfe GEELONG: Joel Selwood (Bendigo Pioneers, 2006) GOLD COAST: Tom Lynch (Dandenong Stingrays, 2010) and Steven May GWS: Callan Ward (Western Jets, 2007) HAWTHORN: Jarryd Roughead (Gippsland Power, 2004) MELBOURNE: Nathan Jones (Dandenong Stingrays, 2005) and Jack Viney (Oakleigh Chargers, 2012) NORTH MELBOURNE: Jack Ziebell (Murray Bushrangers, 2008) PORT ADELAIDE: Travis Boak (Geelong Falcons, 2006) RICHMOND: Trent Cotchin (Northern Knights, 2007) ST KILDA: Jarryn Geary (Bendigo Pioneers, 2007) SYDNEY: Josh Kennedy (Sandringham Dragons, 2006) WEST COAST: Shannon Hurn WESTERN BULLDOGS: Robert Murphy (Gippsland Power, 1999) 23

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30 AFL Vic News Top-ranked WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championships match to be played at MCG Childhood dreams of playing on Australian football s most hallowed turf will become a reality for a number of community footballers, with AFL Victoria announcing the top-ranked WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championships match will be played at the MCG. Following the inaugural WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championships last year, representative players in the number-one-ranked Geelong Football Netball League will face second-placed Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football Netball League on Saturday May 13. The match will be played as a curtain-raiser to the Round 8 dedicated AFL Country Game between Geelong and Essendon. In addition, the 11 v 12 match between Hampden Football Netball League and South East Football Netball League will be also be played in Melbourne s sporting precinct at the Holden Centre. AFL Victoria Community Football Operations Manager Gerard Ryan said this was a fantastic opportunity for local players to experience playing football at elite AFL facilities. We are delighted to provide some of community football s best senior players with the chance to run out and showcase their skills in front of big crowds in the heart of Melbourne s sporting precinct, Ryan said. The AFL Country Game is a great platform to highlight the importance of regional Victoria and for city and country football fans to come together and celebrate country football. The 2017 WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championships promises to be another exciting initiative within community football and the opportunity to participate in senior representative programs continues to be a highlight for footballers in grassroots community competitions across the state. In its second year, the WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championship will see 32 country and metropolitan leagues don their representative colours and battle it out in venues right across Victoria. The top-ranked Geelong FNL celebrates victory in the 2016 Community Championships Photo: Wombat Photography 26

31 Club Notes BENDIGO PIONEERS After a great pre-season training period and some solid practice matches, we are finally ready for round one. Firstly, we would like to thank all of the 110 players who trialled for a place in the final Pioneers U18 squad of 60 players. The time, effort and travel commitments are significant in our region and we thanks all players and parents for their support during the first phases of our program. Secondly, I would like to acknowledge the contribution of our regional satellite coaches, Rod Sims & Braidon Bennett in Mildura and Swan Hill. Together with Football Development Managers, Trevor Ryan, Jamie Macri and Trevor Mellington, our region is well supported and our player development is in good hands. We are excited about the talent within the Pioneers squad this year and look forward to the continued improvement of these exciting young players. We aim in 2017 to play an entertaining style of football, with solid consolidation of the basic fundamental of the greatest game in the world. Lastly, we also look forward to the development of our U16s and TAC Girls squad. The Pioneers is very keen to support the entire youth football program in North West, North Central Victoria & southern NSW. Very importantly, we would like to acknowledge the fantastic support we receive from our commercial partners. Without their support we would not be able to deliver the program at the level we do. Thanks to the following sponsors for their ongoing support: La Trobe University Bendigo / Bendigo Senior Secondary College / Stramit Building Products / J.L. King & Co. Fresh produce, fruit and vegetable wholesalers / Country Racing Victoria Pioneer Regional Clubs / Bendigo Club / Moama Bowling Club / Subway Epsom, Echuca, Eaglehawk / Rising Sun Hotel Bendigo / National Hotel Bendigo / Loco Sportswear / Dunlop Pitson & Co. / Bendigo Coachlines EASTERN RANGES Eastern Ranges welcome all players, staff, volunteers, family, friends and fans to our 2017 season! Congratulations to all the players who have been selected in our final TAC Girls, U16 and U18 squads for the year. You can view our full team lists on our website. Our U18 TAC Cup side was presented their 2017 playing jumpers at a presentation earlier this week where our leadership group and captain were also announced. Joel Garner has been named captain with Jaidyn Stephenson, Adam Cerra and Jordan Lynch named vice captains. Sam Hayes, Dylan Moore, Trent Mynott, Harrison Nolan, Tom North and Jackson Ross round out the leadership group. We start the year with a matchup against the Calder Cannons at RAMS Arena, where the side will be looking to put their hard work over the summer into action on the field was a successful year for the Ranges with the side reaching an elimination final as well as having seven players drafted onto AFL lists. Congratulations to Jordan Gallucci, Josh Begley, Callum Brown, Jack Maibaum, Dylan Clarke, Nathan Mullenger-McHugh and Tristan Tweedie. We wish them all the best of luck with their careers! Remember to follow us across social media and our website to keep up to date with everything Ranges: on Twitter on Instagram. Go Ranges! #rangesfooty DANDENONG SOUTHERN STINGRAYS A great round 1 start for the TAC CUP Girls who managed to hold on against a fast finishing Oakleigh Chargers last week. This week, a tougher assignment with a 6 day turnaround plus travelling to Morwell. In the TAC Cup, after a tough pre-season and many new faces, we finally get into game mode kicking off Round 1 this Saturday with the traditional clash against Gippsland Power at Morwell. It becomes a big day for both clubs with all three teams lining up on the day- many thanks to our amazing staff members with the TAC Cup for their extra support and efforts. All players in the 16 & 18 s (Boys & Girls) who have their L and P plates will also use this road trip as an Education session for the TAC, gaining 120 plus hours behind the wheel. We thank the TAC for their 26 years support of the TAC Cup and look forward to many more years. We extend our thanks to Ross Faulkner who continues to be our Major Sponsor supplying all our off field Apparel for the TAC Cup boys, as well as all football training resources. We welcome our New Platinum Sponsor to the club in LJ Hooker Dandenong & Endeavour Hills who are our new Game Day Jumper sponsor for We look forward to working with Sami Karakas Principal / OIEC and his team in We also welcome another New Platinum Sponsor to the club in Builders Academy Australia who are the official shorts sponsor for the boys in We extend our thanks to Andrew Shea (Chief Executive Officer) and David Whitford and hope to build a long working relationship with their team. With the extension of the TAC Cup Girls we also had the opportunity to welcome ICON SHE as a major Sponsor of the girls, fitting them out with their off field apparel, as well as extending their sponsorship with access to ICON FIT and compression wear. We welcome and thank Ben and Fascial to the team. We would also like acknowledge and thank Silvio Marinelli and his team from Highview Accounting Services (Cranbourne, Mornington and Prahran) for extending their sponsorship in Highview Accounting Services are the sponsor for all our development programs, as well as offering services and advice to our players, staff and extended families. Lastly to our long term Sponsors in Be Your Best Physiotherapist, Cranbourne Team along with Liz and Ross Chudleigh from Garrleigh Trophy Centre, Hallam we thank you for the past 20 years of continual support, plus extended their sponsorship/support to the TAC Cup Girls. In closing the Dandenong Southern Stingrays would also like to acknowledge and thank all player sponsors for season 2017, without your tremendous financial support many players and families would find it a lot harder. Finally, to the players families who have driven many kilometers since October getting their son to training and games we thank you. #Rayscave2017 #Threeteamsonefamily 27

32 Club Notes CALDER CANNONS The Cannons would like to welcome all parents, families, staff and sponsors to the beginning of the 2017 TAC Cup season. Round 1 will launch on Friday 24th March under lights as we take on the Eastern Ranges at RAMS Arena. The Cannons TAC Cup Girls will kick off the night with their Round 2 clash with the Eastern Ranges TAC Girls at 6pm, before the boys from 7.45pm. A big thankyou to all staff and sponsors both new and returning on your continued support over the off-season and transitioning into the 2017 season. A special mention to RAMS, McDonald s, Melbourne Metropolitan Hospitality, Liquex, Overseas Transport Systems, Hume Council and the Craigieburn Sporting Club along with our new sponsors Ray White. Thank you to Andrew, Carlo and the team from Ray White Craigieburn for their support. Go the Mighty Cannons! GEELONG FALCONS After months of preparation, the season proper is upon us as we play host to the Greater Western Victoria Rebels at Simonds Stadium. It has been a busy start to the year down at Highton, with our pre-season program culminating with a successful day of practice matches at Deakin University Waurn Ponds against the Rebels. Whilst we were treated to hot conditions, all games were played in great spirit and we thank the Rebels for making the trip down the highway. We also thank Deakin University for their hospitality in what were our inaugural matches at the venue. Saturday 18 March also saw our TAC Cup Girls side s inaugural match against the Northern Knights. Led by captain Lucy McEvoy, the girls played a fantastic game to come away with an 18-point win. Congratulations to all involved in this significant event in our Club s history! On that note, we would also like to acknowledge the time and effort put in by our loyal and committed staff and volunteers, and the players, throughout our pre-season program. We look forward to what we hope will be a successful 2017 season for the Club. For all updates, please visit the Geelong Falcons Facebook page, our Instagram account (@geelongfalcons) or our twitter account (@ geelongfalcons). GIPPSLAND POWER Gippsland Power welcomes all parents and supporters to Morwell today for our traditional Round 1 clash against Dandenong Stingrays. After 18 weeks of summer preparation, players in all three sides are ready to give their best in the season opener against Dandenong Stingrays. We wish respective coaches Leigh Brown (Under 18 TAC), Rhett McLennan (Under 16) and Scott McDougal (Under 18 TAC girls) along with their selected squads all the best for the upcoming season. Our Under 18 TAC Cup assistant coaches this year are Scott McDougal, Rhett McLennan and Peter Mongta. Our under 16 assistant coaches are Dean Duursma, Daniel Brand and Duncan Ireland and our TAC Cup Under 18 Girls assistant coaches are Brett Sherriff and Brett Van Berkel. Team managers are Dylan Blythe, Brian Kinder and Angie Collins respectively. We are excited to announce the V/Line Cup U/15 division 1 & 2 and the Youth Girls carnivals will be held in the Latrobe Valley from Mon. Sept 25 to Thurs Sept 28. Gippsland Power will field in a team in each of the three competitions. The Under 18 TAC Cup Girls competition commenced last weekend against Calder Cannons and we welcome the Dandenong Stingray girls for the round 2 clash. A big thank you to all Gippsland Power staff, for their continued hard work and effort so far this pre-season and looking after our players. GWV REBELS New year, New Jumper, New Logo and New Name- the Greater Western Victoria Rebels. A name that now represents our entire TAC Cup Talent Region of Western Victoria for our male and female programs. Welcome to all our new Players, Staff, Families and Supporters to the 2017 TAC CUP Season. The season has started off well with our new TAC CUP Girls team recording our 1st win for the season and in the newly formed TAC Cup Competition. Congratulations to all the girls and staff involved and it s fantastic to see the improvement and development of the group over the past months we have been together. This week will be another big test when we take on the Geelong Falcons. Good luck girls and we hope the Rebels song will be shouted out at the end of the game. Good luck to our U16 Boys Development team who play their 1st of the 3 games in the Vic Country Championships. Our group have performed well in our Trial games and it will be exciting to see them develop over the next month, Good luck to the boys and staff involved. Our TAC CUP team kick off the season at Simonds Stadium against our main rivals in the Geelong Falcons. Our traditional season kick off game is always a fast and furious game which is a great way to kick off the season. All Squads have worked extremely hard over the preseason and we look forward to an enjoyable season ahead with more highs than lows. Great to see our AFL Draftee s (Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Cedric Cox (all Brisbane), Willem Drew (Port Adelaide), Tom Williamson (Carlton) and Jamaine Jones (Geelong) going well with already 4 of these having played in the JLT Preseason Competition. Don t forget our popular Rebels TV has hit our website again for Rebels TV will be up on the website at 6pm each Wednesday during the year. Jump on the Rebels website to view Rebels TV and all your Rebels weekly news and photos. Once again we would like to thank our Program Major Partner, McDonalds Ballarat for their continued support of the GWV Rebels. Go GWV Rebels. 28

33 MURRAY BUSHRANGERS On behalf of the Murray Bushrangers Football Club we welcome parents and supporters of both teams to Punt Road Oval Richmond for the Round 1 game against Bendigo Pioneers. Congratulations to all players and staff who have worked extremely hard over the pre-season in preparation for this week s match. The club is again very fortunate to have a quality and dedicated group of coaching staff led by Leon Higgins (Under 18 TAC), Justin McMahan (Under 16) and Sam Ahmet (Under 18 TAC girls). We also acknowledge the additional 43 quality people supporting club operations. The opportunity to play at Punt Road Oval Richmond is due to the generosity of the Richmond Football Club and their Next Generation program. We thank Dan Richardson General Manager Football Talent, Todd Sigalas Academy Coordinator and John O Rourke Plenary Group Chairman. The Murray Bushrangers Football Club would like to take this opportunity to thank our 2017 Sponsors. The ongoing support of - YARRAWONGA MULWALA GOLF CLUB RESORT, AFL SPORTSREADY, DYSONS, DUNSTANS CONSTRUCTION GROUP, RELIANCE PARTNERS, SEYMOUR MCDONALDS, BYRNE REMOVALISTS AND STORAGE AND THALES is greatly appreciated. Please support these local businesses when the opportunity presents. Good luck to all teams this weekend. NORTHERN KNIGHTS Today the Northern Knights take on the Western Jets at IKON in our first game for After a big preseason we are ready for the season ahead. We look forward to a great contest from both teams this afternoon. Congratulations to Nick Coffield who was named our Captain for Ethan Penrith, Anthony Fable, Joel Naylor, Jamison Shea and Kye Agosta round out the leadership group. The Knights have had great success across our pre-season with Patrick Lipinski making his debut for the Western Bulldogs in the JLT Community Series. Jack Petruccelle and Max Dreher both topped the TAC Cup Testing Day Sprint and Beep Test Times respectively. Our Knights TAC Cup Girls made their debut last weekend against Geelong. We congratulate Lily Brancastisano who was named captain with Neve O Connor and Sarah Sansonetti named as vicecaptains. OAKLEIGH CHARGERS Welcome to the TAC Cup season, and congratulations to the 67 players selected to form our 2017 squad. It has been a long pre-season and we are looking forward to getting underway. It was great to see all of our players and parents in attendance at our Jumper Presentation on Monday night, and a big thanks must go out to our long term partner in the Mulgrave Country Club for hosting the event. Congratulations to Toby Wooller who was named our Club Captain for 2017, and who will be supported by Vice-Captains in Noah Answerth, Jack Higgins and Jordan Troani. The club has great confidence that this group will be able to lead our playing group to reach goals that they are looking to achieve. Best wishes to our new Head Coach, Leigh Clarke, heading into his first TAC Cup match and season. Your preparation, passion and desire to see our players succeed will hold you in good stead in your new role. SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS The Sandringham Dragons would like the welcome all players and parents to season We are pleased to announce Hayden McLean as club captain, along with Charlie Constable and Lucas Barrett as Vice Captains. SDFC would also like to welcome on board for 2017 Krongold Construction and Progress Claim who have joined us as Major Partners, as well as returning Major Partners Volvo Brighton, Sportsmart and Bendigo Bank. A big congratulations to the following SDFC players who have been selected in the initial Vic Metro Squad, Hayden McLean, Andrew Brayshaw, Isaac Morrisby, Ben King and Max King. Sunday March 19th saw history for the Dragons as our TAC Girls team took to the field for the first time. While the Murray Bushrangers were too strong on the day, the girls never gave up and did themselves and the club proud. We look forward to what they will offer for the remainder of the season. A reminder that if any players are still yet to purchase a mouthguard to contact Sheli at Melbourne Smiles Denture Clinic info@melbournesmilesdentureclinic.com.au WESTERN JETS Welcome everyone to season The Western Jets are extremely thankful of our major sponsor Victoria University for remaining on for yet another season. Also thank-you to other long term sponsors in McDonalds, Buffalo Sports and 13CABS for continuing their support in Hunter French Real Estate is also on board for the second year running. Congratulations to our Co- Captains in Nicholas Stuhldreier and Luke Hitch, all the best for the season boys. Thanks to all our players, parents and staff for your support over a long pre-season, we hope 2017 is a great year for the Club. Please remember to check our website (westernjets.aflvic.com. au), Facebook page (Western Jets FC), Twitter page (@WesternJetsFC) and Instagram (@westernjetsfc) for up to date vision, information and scores. TAC Cup Media Tips Anthony Stanguts Eastern Ranges Dandenong Stingrays Geelong Falcons Murray Bushrangers Sandringham Dragons Western Jets Phil Crooks Calder Cannons Dandenong Stingrays Geelong Falcons Murray Bushrangers Sandringham Dragons Northern Knights Rick Morris Eastern Ranges Gippsland Power GWV Rebels Murray Bushrangers Oakleigh Chargers Northern Knights 29

34 Round 1 Fixture Friday March 24 Calder Cannons vs Eastern Ranges - RAMS Arena Saturday March 25 Gippsland Power vs Dandenong Stingrays - Morwell Recreation Reserve Geelong Falcons vs GWV Rebels - Simonds Stadium Murray Bushrangers vs Bendigo Pioneers - Punt Road Oval Sunday March 26 Sandringham Dragons vs Oakleigh Chargers - IKON Park Western Jets vs Northern Knights - IKON Park Round 2 Saturday April 1 Calder Cannons vs Western Jets - RAMS Arena Geelong Falcons vs Dandenong Stingrays - Simonds Stadium Murray Bushrangers vs Gippsland Power - IKON Park Sunday April 2 Oakleigh Chargers vs Eastern Ranges - IKON Park Sandringham Dragons vs Northern Knights - IKON Park GWV Rebels vs Bendigo Pioneers - Alfredton Recreation Reserve Round 3 Saturday April 8 Bendigo Pioneers vs Gippsland Power - Queen Elizabeth Oval Western Jets vs Sandringham Dragons - Burbank Oval Murray Bushrangers vs Geelong Falcons - Queen Elizabeth Oval GWV Rebels vs Dandenong Stingrays - Queen Elizabeth Oval Sunday April 9 Northern Knights vs Eastern Ranges - Preston City Oval Oakleigh Chargers vs Calder Cannons - RAMS Arena April 15/16 - TAC Cup Development Weekend Round 4 Friday April 21 Bendigo Pioneers vs Oakleigh Chargers - Queen Elizabeth Oval Saturday April 22 Dandenong Stingrays vs Sandringham Dragons - Frankston Oval Eastern Ranges vs Geelong Falcons - Bayswater Oval Western Jets vs Gippsland Power - Burbank Oval Sunday April 23 Northern Knights vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena Calder Cannons vs GWV Rebels - RAMS Arena Round 5 Saturday April 29 Eastern Ranges vs GWV Rebels - Box Hill City Oval Murray Bushrangers vs Western Jets - Norm Minns Oval Oakleigh Chargers vs Geelong Falcons - Warrawee Park Sunday April 30 Dandenong Stingrays vs Calder Cannons - Shepley Oval Bendigo Pioneers vs Northern Knights - Queen Elizabeth Oval Sandringham Dragons vs Gippsland Power - Trevor Barker Beach Oval Time 7.45PM 1.00PM 2.30PM 3.15PM 11.00AM 2.00PM Time 10.00AM 12.00PM 3.00PM 11.00AM 2.00PM 2.30PM Time 10.00AM 11.00AM 12.30PM 3.00PM 11.30AM 3.00PM Time 7.00PM 10.30AM 2.00PM 2.00PM 12.00PM 2.30PM Time 12.00PM 1.00PM 2.30PM 10.30AM 1.00PM 2.00PM Round 6 Saturday May 6 Northern Knights vs Dandenong Stingrays - Preston City Oval Western Jets vs Geelong Falcons - Burbank Oval Calder Cannons vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena Oakleigh Chargers vs GWV Rebels - Warrawee Park Sunday May 7 Bendigo Pioneers vs Sandringham Dragons - Queen Elizabeth Oval Eastern Ranges vs Gippsland Power - Healesville Sporting Complex Round 7 Saturday May 13 Geelong Falcons vs Northern Knights - Simonds Stadium Murray Bushrangers vs Sandringham Dragons - Norm Minns Oval Gippsland Power vs Calder Cannons - Morwell Football Ground Eastern Ranges vs Bendigo Pioneers - Box Hill City Oval Sunday May 14 Dandenong Stingrays vs Oakleigh Chargers - Shepley Oval GWV Rebels vs Western Jets - Eureka Stadium Round 8 Friday May 19 Geelong Falcons vs Calder Cannons - Torquay Football Ground Saturday May 20 Dandenong Stingrays vs Eastern Ranges - Shepley Oval Gippsland Power vs Northern Knights - Morwell Recreation Reserve Sandringham Dragons vs GWV Rebels - Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sunday May 21 Murray Bushrangers vs Oakleigh Chargers - Norm Minns Oval Bendigo Pioneers vs Western Jets - Queen Elizabeth Oval May 27/28 - TAC Cup Development Weekend Round 9 Saturday June 3 Sandringham Dragons vs Eastern Ranges - Trevor Barker Beach Oval Geelong Falcons vs Gippsland Power - Central Reserve (Colac) Oakleigh Chargers vs Western Jets - Warrawee Park Sunday June 4 Calder Cannons vs Northern Knights - RAMS Arena Bendigo Pioneers vs Dandenong Stingrays - Queen Elizabeth Oval GWV Rebels vs Murray Bushrangers - RAMS Arena June 10/11 - TAC Cup Development Weekend NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 1 Sunday June 11 Allies vs Vic Country - Blacktown International Sportspark Round 10 Saturday June 17 Calder Cannons vs Sandringham Dragons - RAMS Arena Eastern Ranges vs Western Jets - Box Hill City Oval Northern Knights vs Oakleigh Chargers - Preston City Oval Dandenong Stingrays vs Murray Bushrangers - Shepley Oval Gippsland Power vs GWV Rebels - Morwell Recreation Reserve Time 10.30AM 12.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM Time 11.00AM 12.00PM 1.00PM 2.30PM 1.00PM 1.00PM Time 7.00PM 10.30AM 2.00PM 2.00PM 1.00PM 1.00PM Time 10.30AM 1.00PM 2.00PM 11.00AM 1.00PM 2.00PM TBC Time 10.30AM 10.30AM 2.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM 30

35 Sunday June 18 Bendigo Pioneers vs Geelong Falcons - Queen Elizabeth Oval NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 2 Sunday June 18 Western Australia vs Vic Metro - WA (venue TBC) NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 3 Saturday June 24 Vic Metro vs Vic Country - TBC Round 11 Sunday June 25 Western Jets vs Dandenong Stingrays - Burbank Oval GWV Rebels vs Northern Knights - Eureka Stadium Murray Bushrangers vs Eastern Ranges - Norm Minns Oval Sandringham Dragons vs Geelong Falcons - Trevor Barker Beach Oval Oakleigh Chargers vs Gippsland Power - Warrawee Park Calder Cannons vs Bendigo Pioneers - RAMS Arena NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 4 Friday June 30 Vic Metro vs South Australia - Etihad Stadium Vic Country vs Western Australia - Etihad Stadium July 1/2 - TAC Cup Development Weekend NAB AFL U18 Championships Round 5 Wednesday July 5 Vic Metro vs Allies - Simonds Stadium Vic Country vs South Australia - Simonds Stadium Round 12 Saturday July 8 Calder Cannons vs Dandenong Stingrays - RAMS Arena GWV Rebels vs Eastern Ranges - Eureka Stadium Gippsland Power vs Sandringham Dragons - Morwell Football Ground Geelong Falcons vs Oakleigh Chargers - Central Reserve (Colac) Sunday July 9 Western Jets vs Murray Bushrangers - Burbank Oval Northern Knights vs Bendigo Pioneers - Preston City Oval Round 13 Saturday July 15 Dandenong Stingrays vs Northern Knights - Shepley Oval Geelong Falcons vs Western Jets - Central Reserve (Colac) Gippsland Power vs Eastern Ranges - Morwell Recreation Reserve Sandringham Dragons vs Bendigo Pioneers - Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sunday July 16 Murray Bushrangers vs Calder Cannons - Deakin Reserve, Shepparton GWV Rebels vs Oakleigh Chargers - Eureka Stadium July 22/23 - TAC Cup Development Weekend Round 14 Saturday July 29 Oakleigh Chargers vs Calder Cannons - Warrawee Park Sandringham Dragons vs Western Jets - Frankston Oval Dandenong Stingrays vs Gippsland Power - Frankston Oval Eastern Ranges vs Northern Knights - Box Hill City Oval 1.00PM TBC TBC Time 10.30AM 11.00AM 11.30AM 1.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM TBC TBC TBC TBC Time 11.00AM 1.00PM 1.00PM 1.00PM 11.30AM 2.00PM Time 10.30AM 1.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM 1.00PM 1.00PM Time 10.30AM 11.00AM 2.00PM 2.00PM Sunday July 30 Bendigo Pioneers vs Murray Bushrangers - Queen Elizabeth Oval GWV Rebels vs Geelong Falcons - Eureka Stadium Round 15 Saturday August 5 Western Jets vs Oakleigh Chargers - Burbank Oval Dandenong Stingrays vs Bendigo Pioneers - Shepley Oval Gippsland Power vs Geelong Falcons - Morwell Recreation Reserve Northern Knights vs Calder Cannons - Preston City Oval Sunday August 6 Eastern Ranges vs Sandringham Dragons - Box Hill City Oval Murray Bushrangers vs GWV Rebels - IKON Park August 12/13 - TAC Cup Development Weekend Round 16 Saturday August 19 Northern Knights vs Western Jets - RAMS Arena Oakleigh Chargers vs Sandringham Dragons - RAMS Arena Eastern Ranges vs Calder Cannons - RAMS Arena Sunday August 20 Geelong Falcons vs Murray Bushrangers - Eureka Stadium Gippsland Power vs Bendigo Pioneers - Eureka Stadium Dandenong Stingrays vs GWV Rebels - Eureka Stadium Round 17 Saturday August 26 Sandringham Dragons vs Dandenong Stingrays - Trevor Barker Beach Oval Gippsland Power vs Western Jets - Morwell Recreation Reserve Murray Bushrangers vs Northern Knights - Norm Minns Oval Oakleigh Chargers vs Bendigo Pioneers - Warrawee Park Sunday August 27 GWV Rebels vs Calder Cannons - Eureka Stadium Geelong Falcons vs Eastern Ranges - TBC Round 18 Saturday September 2 Eastern Ranges vs Oakleigh Chargers - IKON Park Northern Knights vs Sandringham Dragons - IKON Park Bendigo Pioneers vs GWV Rebels - RAMS Arena Western Jets vs Calder Cannons - RAMS Arena Sunday September 3 Dandenong Stingrays vs Geelong Falcons - IKON Park Gippsland Power vs Murray Bushrangers - IKON Park 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 12.00PM 2.00PM Time 10.30AM 2.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM 2.00PM Time 10.00AM 1.00PM 4.00PM 10.00AM 1.00PM 4.00PM Time 10.30AM 12.00PM 1.00PM 2.00PM 11.30AM 1.00PM Time 10.00AM 1.00PM 2.30PM 5.30PM 11.00AM 2.00PM 31

36 Calder Cannons Talent Manager: Ian Kyte Coach: Andrew Johnston Ground Address: RAMS Arena, 229 Grand Boulevard, Craigieburn 3064 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: PH: PH: PH: No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Brad Bernacki 02-Nov East Sunbury 2 Dylan Landt 18-Nov Sunbury 3 Ismail Moussa 16-Mar West Coburg 4 Mohammed Moustafa 14-Mar Keilor 5 Curtis Taylor 06-Apr Keilor 6 Jean-Luc Velissaris 27-Aug Aberfeldie 7 Shane Skidmore 19-Jan Kilmore 8 Lachlan Sholl 07-Mar St Bernards 9 Campbell Barton 20-Feb Keilor 10 Dylan Featon 20-Mar Rupertswood 11 Jake Firebrace 24-May Craigieburn 12 Noah Balta 23-Oct Essendon Doutta Stars 13 Nicholas Walsh 22-Jun Aberfeldie 14 Jesse Taylor 16-Dec Riddells Creek 15 Patrick Brookes 22-Mar Essendon Doutta Stars 16 Jack Bytel 14-Mar Aberfeldie 17 Nathan Doyle 28-Jan Rupertswood 18 Corey Grindlay 19-Mar Wallan 19 Ben Caluzzi 20-Mar Essendon Doutta Stars 20 Rhylee West 12-Jul Strathmore 21 Aidan Tilley 29-Jun West Preston 22 Thomas Werner 11-Aug Gisborne 23 Daniel Hanna 24-Nov Aberfeldie 24 Jacob McNicol 15-Feb Macedon 25 Ben Huggard 28-Jul St Bernards 26 Mason Fletcher 08-Apr Aberfeldie 27 Tye Browning 28-Jan Craigieburn 28 Luke Goater 01-Dec Sunbury 29 Jake Riccardi 07-Nov St Bernards 30 Mitchell Podhajski 04-Jan Aberfeldie 31 Will Jury 14-Jan St Bernards 32 Lachlan Brown 20-Jan Aberfeldie 33 Jack Evans 21-Mar Aberfeldie 34 Cody Wight 10-Aug Westmeadows 35 Sam Graham 24-Jun Gisborne Rookies 36 Patrick Mahoney 18-Jul Wallan 37 Daniel Torcia 30-Jul St Bernards 38 Aubrey Coote 18-Mar Assumption 39 Jesse Firebrace 08-Jun Craigieburn 40 Brad Reynolds 06-Mar Romsey 41 John Roumeliotis 11-Jan Essendon Doutta Stars 42 Nathan Croft 25-May Riddells Creek 43 Lucas Cavallaro 05-Oct Strathmore 44 Matthew Borg 06-May West Coburg 46 Aaron Vendramini 09-Jul Craigieburn 47 Jeremy Topham 20-Apr Kilmore 48 Liam Middleton 23-May Kilmore 49 Mike Washington 03-Feb Assumption 50 Luke Sevior 23-Jun Kilmore/Leitchville-Gunbower 51 Will Jury 12-Oct Strathmore 52 Jacob Bygate 28-Jan Sunbury 53 Callum May 01-Nov Kilmore 54 Cooper Lamb 09-Jul Sunbury 55 Jordan Wilkins 24-Sep Epping 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 32

37 Eastern Ranges Talent Manager: Len Villani Coach: Darren Bewick Ground Address: Box Hill City Oval, Cnr Middleborough & Whitehorse Roads, Box Hill 3128 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Adam Cerra 07-Oct Norwood FC 2 Thomas North 14-Feb Heathmont FC 3 Bailey Stevens 09-Oct Vermont FC 4 Riley Clausen 09-Feb Lilydale FC 5 Ryan Einsporn 03-Apr Knox FC 6 Ryley Stoddart 15-Oct Blackburn FC 7 Jordan Lynch 01-Jan Norwood FC 8 Joel Burleigh 28-Mar Mooroolbark FC 9 Billy Norris 28-Apr Heathmont FC 10 Dylan Moore 04-Aug Rowville FC 11 Xavier Fry 08-Aug Vermont FC 12 Liam Taylor 27-Oct Park Orchards FC 13 Jasper Rouget 12-Sep Alexandra FC 14 Trent Mynott 04-Oct Rowville FC 15 Reuben Brown 22-Oct Heathmont FC 16 Jaidyn Stephenson 15-Jan Ferntree Gully FC 17 Cody Hirst 19-Jan Lilydale FC 18 Sam Hayes 09-Jun Ferntree Gully FC 19 Josiah Duncan 09-Feb Vermont FC 20 Ben Cardamone 01-Jul Mooroolbark FC 21 Joel Garner 21-May Wandin FC 22 Jackson Ross 22-Jun Old Haileybury AFC 23 Connor Edwards 17-Sep The Basin FC 24 Kye Quirk 30-May Rowville FC 25 Patrick Bruzzese 03-Mar Wandin FC 26 Harrison Nolan 11-Jun Mt Evelyn FC 28 Brent Bredin 20-Feb Rowville FC 29 Harvey Chinn 23-Mar Boronia FC 30 Jake Mellis 10-Jun Boronia FC 31 Shaun Lovell 17-Nov St Simons FC 32 Tom Hollins 06-Jan Heathmont FC 33 Tyler Brown 09-Dec Templestowe FC 34 Adrian Kalcovski 09-Jan Vermont FC 35 Jedd O Sullivan 29-May Rowville FC 36 Sam Milner 10-Feb Croydon FC 37 Dylan Feltham 10-Dec Norwood FC 38 Kyle Stainthorpe 27-Sep Rowville FC 39 Riley Nicholas 09-Jan Ferntree Gully FC 40 Kaleb Van Beek 17-Oct Doveton FC 42 Daniel Houeix 03-Sep Rowville FC 44 Josh Matthews 07-Apr Norwood FC 45 Steven Kapahnke 11-Feb Emerald FC 46 Mitchell Jones 04-Jan South Belgrave FC 47 Lucas Woodward 18-Sep Knox FC 49 Joel Koger 27-Jun Lilydale FC 50 Blake Tahlambouris 29-Nov Blackburn FC 51 Riley Smith 31-Jul Chirnside Park FC 52 Braden Bird 04-Mar Norwood FC 53 James Sturtridge 16-Jan Heathmont FC 56 Caleb Quirk 30-May Rowville FC 60 Kieran Urquhart 18-Mar Chirnside Park FC 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 33

38 Gippsland Power Talent Manager: Peter Francis Coach: Leigh Brown Ground Address: Morwell Recreation Reserve, Travers Street, Morwell 3840 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: MAJOR SPONSOR COMMUNITY PARTNER No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Tyrone Hayes 27-Apr Bairnsdale 2 Nick Hogan 02-Jul Sale 3 Callan McKeon 27-Jul Bairnsdale 4 Changkuoth Jiath 13-Jun Morwell/Xavier College 5 Xavier Duursma 07-Jul Foster 6 Aidan Quigley 07-May Yinnar 7 Will Stephenson 11-Feb Sale 8 Bailey Beck 10-Jan Nar Nar Goon 9 Irving Mosquito 24-Aug Maffra 10 Bailey Patterson 21-Jul Leongatha 11 Austin Hodge 02-Apr Bairnsdale 12 Will Leslie 18-Apr Sale 13 Nick Lowden 10-Feb Traralgon 14 Matthew Pearce 31-Mar Moe 15 Cody Henness 07-Feb Sale 16 Kieran Jones 10-Jun Maffra 17 Grady Cocksedge 30-Mar Moe 18 Matthew McGannon 27-Dec Fish Creek 19 Callum Porter 22-Feb ROC 20 Kim Drew 12-Dec Warragul 21 Liam Carroll 18-May Bairnsdale 22 Rylan Henkel 08-Feb Moe 23 Julian Patterson 14-May Leongatha 24 Sean Masterson 23-Sep Ellinbank 25 Kyle Reid 12-Aug Leongatha 26 Will Broadbent 29-Aug Traralgon 27 Levi Munns 14-Jan Cora Lynn 28 Tom Murray 14-Sep Wonthaggi 29 Boadie Motton 20-Apr Leongatha 30 Will Gibson 01-May Warragul Industrials 31 Ben McKinnon 09-Jan Bairnsdale 32 James Mackenzie 09-Jan ROC 33 Travis Bindley 23-Sep Koo Wee Rup 34 Campbell McKenzie 09-Mar Inverloch-Kongwak 35 Tom Fleming 06-May Moe 36 Jack Hudson 18-Feb Hillend 37 Harrison Law 07-Feb Morwell 38 Josh Wykes 28-Sep Bairnsdale 39 Matthew Pollutro 18-Oct Morwell 40 Brad Daniel 05-Jan Bairnsdale 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 34

39 Dandenong Southern Stingrays Talent Manager: Mark Wheeler Coach: Craig Black Ground Address: Shepley Oval, Pultney Street, Dandenong 3175 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: MAJOR SPONSOR PLATINUM SPONSORS CLUB PARTNERS No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Sam Fletcher 27-Jan Red Hill/Padua College 2 Hunter Clark 26-Mar Mornington/Padua College 3 Jamie Plumridge 12-Jan Beaconsfield/Hallam SC 4 Reece Piper 30-Dec Berwick 5 Angus Paterson 03-Sep Mornington/Balcombe Gramm. 6 Aiden Bonar 08-Mar Seaford/Haileybury College 7 Jai Taylor 03-Feb Red Hill/Peninsula Grammar 8 Jarrod Smith 21-May Doveton 9 Luke Davies-Uniacke 08-Jun Rye/Haileybury College 10 Lachlan Young 06-Apr Mt Eliza/Mornington SC 11 Mitchell Smith 10-Apr Beaconsfield/St Francis Xavier College 12 Bailey Morrish 18-May Beaconsfield 13 Riley Bowman 25-Feb Crib Point 14 Aaron Darling 24-Jan Crib Point 15 Toby Bedford 27-May Rosebud/Melbourne Grammar 16 Jake Frawley 03-Aug Pearcedale/Baxter/John Paul College 17 Finlay Bayne 06-Sep Mt Eliza/Peninsula Grammar 18 Mitchell Riordan 25-Jan Beaconsfield/Haileybury College 19 Josh Bateman 06-Feb Langwarrin/John Paul College 20 Tom De Koning 16-Jul Mornington/Padua College 21 Jesse Davies 07-Jun Narre Warren/Hallam SC 22 Oliver Walsh 05-Jul Mornington/Padua College 23 Campbell Hustwaite 28-Sep Rosebud/Rosebud SC 24 Zak Barrett 01-Mar Edithvale-Aspendale 25 Oscar Clavarino 22-May Berwick/Haileybury College 26 Tom Murphy 19-Jan Somerville 27 Lachlan McDonnell 22-May Noble Park/Mazenod College 28 Bailey Schmidt 07-Mar Seaford/Flinders College 29 Bailey Williams 17-Apr Crib Point/Westernport SC 30 Alexander Young 15-Apr Beaconsfield/St Francis Xavier College 31 Jackson Allen 03-Mar Rye/Rosebud SC 32 Daniel Frampton 19-Aug Red Hill/Peninsula Grammar 33 Will Barron 28-Feb Edithvale-Aspendale/St Kevin s Coll. 34 Will Antonie 14-Feb Mt Eliza/Peninsula Grammar 35 Tom Freeman 06-Apr Mt Eliza/Peninsula Grammar 36 Stephen Cumming 22-Jul Rosebud/Padua College 37 Bailey Angwin 10-Aug Beleura/Mornington SC 38 Mitch Cotter 06-Sep Doveton/Rowville SC 39 Dylan Morris 21-Jun Rowville/Beaconhills College 40 Riley Boland 06-May Beaconsfield/Beaconhills College 41 Lachlan Stenning 21-Jul Bonbeach/Patterson River SC 42 Jai Nanscawen 31-Mar Rosebud/Rowville SC 43 Ty Ellison 23-Jan Cranbourne 44 William Smith 25-Oct Doveton/Kambrya SC 45 Darcy Hope 21-Feb Karingal/Hallam SC 46 Mason De Wit 05-Mar Mt Eliza 47 James Hickey 29-Feb Edithvale-Aspendale/St Bede s College 48 Kye Whitford 19-Mar Langwarrin/John Paul College 49 Matthew Cottrell 29-Feb Pearcedale/St Peter s College 50 Riley D arcy 28-Dec Rowville/Rowville SC 51 Frankie Mitropolous 29-Jun Noble Park/Mazenod College 52 Corey Ellison 24-Aug Cranbourne/Alkira SC 53 Tom Roberts 24-Nov Somerville 54 Tom Hogan 04-Jun Bonbeach/St Bede s College 55 Ali Zijai 06-Jun Noble Park/Hallam SC 56 Matthew Cumming 22-Jul Rosebud/Padua College 57 Reid Nanscawen 31-Mar Rosebud/Rowville SC 58 William Hamill 17-Nov Dromana/Padua College 59 Steven Tapolczay 26-Jan Karingal/Karingal SC 60 Heath Briggs 28-Sep Cora Lynn/Haileybury College 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 35

40 Geelong Falcons Talent Manager: Michael Turner Coach: Daniel O Keefe Ground Address: Simonds Stadium, Latrobe Terrace, Geelong 3220 Telephone: michael.turner@afl.com.au Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: MAJOR SPONSOR PREMIER SPONSORS No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Lachlan Noble 02-Aug South Barwon 2 Samuel Torpy 28-Jun St Mary s 3 Zedekai Copland 18-Jul Barwon Heads 4 Gryan Miers 30-Mar Grovedale 5 Jack Henderson 01-Oct St Mary s/geelong College 6 Doyle Madigan 30-Jul Torquay 7 Harry Benson 12-Jun St Mary s 8 Edward McHenry 13-Jul Barwon Heads/Geelong College 9 Frazer O Gorman 28-Jul Colac 10 Baxter Mensch 30-May Newtown & Chilwell 11 Mitchell Chafer 25-Apr St Mary s 12 Bayley Cockerill 15-Sep Lara 13 Ethan Floyd 15-Jul Colac 14 Riley Hayden 18-Jul Leopold 15 Lachlan Handley 06-Oct Geelong West Giants 16 David Handley 01-Sep Geelong West Giants 17 Cooper Stephens 21-May Colac 18 Zack Mongelli 15-Feb St Joseph s 19 Matthew Ling 21-Apr St Mary s 20 Brayden Ham 25-Apr St Mary s 21 Harrison Ling 21-Apr St Mary s 22 Samuel Walsh 02-Jul St Joseph s 23 Titit Nyak 10-Apr North Geelong 24 Sam Wolfenden 03-Nov St Albans 25 Logan Taylor 01-Mar Ocean Grove 26 Jarrod Walters 10-Apr Colac/Geelong Grammar 27 Charlie Francis 24-Aug Queenscliff 28 Colm O Connor 24-Feb St Mary s 29 Oscar Hampshire 30-Aug Grovedale 30 Oscar Brownless 16-Feb Geelong Amateurs/Geelong Coll. 31 Cooper Cartledge 05-Dec Leopold 32 Jack Walters 22-Dec Anglesea 33 Zachary Walter 28-Feb Barwon Heads 34 Peterson Kol 14-Feb St Mary s 35 Ezrah Robertson 06-Oct Apollo Bay 36 Jack Baker 06-Jan Grovedale 37 Brady Campi 16-May Grovedale 38 James Worpel 24-Jan Bell Park 39 Connor Idun 29-Jul Drysdale 40 Hayden Elliot 10-Apr St Albans 41 Tom McCartin 30-Dec St Joseph s 42 Cassidy Parish 04-May Winchelsea 43 Joshua Jaska 26-Feb Anglesea 44 Jordon Reid 20-Jun Torquay 45 Rick Read 08-Feb Geelong Amateurs 46 Adam Garner 12-Jan Colac 47 Ben Thomas 08-Sep St Mary s 48 Blake Schlensog 25-Sep Grovedale 49 Dane Hollenkamp 22-Oct Torquay 50 Jack Grigsby 03-Feb Geelong West Giants 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 36

41 Greater Western Victoria Rebels Talent Manager: Phil Partington Coach: Gerard FitzGerald Ground Address: Eureka Stadium, Creswick Road, Ballarat North 3350 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: MAJOR PATHWAY PARTNER GOLD PATHWAY PARTNERS PATHWAY PARTNERS No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Dale Cox 27-Mar Halls Creek (WA)/St Patrick s Coll. 2 Callan Wellings 20-Feb Trentham 3 Scott Carlin 17-Jan Terang 4 Aiden Domic 16-Jul East Point 5 Cooper Henson 11-Aug Hamilton 6 Keegan Gray 04-Nov Portland 7 Noah Wheeler 05-Aug Moama/St Patrick s College 8 Aaron Shepherd 05-Feb Portland 9 Flynn Appleby 21-Jan North Ballarat 10 Jordan Johnston 09-Sep North Ballarat 11 Josh Chatfield 02-Aug Koroit 12 Luke Bull 27-Mar Mumbannar 13 Thomas Berry 01-May Horsham Saints 14 Jed Hill 06-Jul Ballarat 15 Trent Reed 01-Apr Cobden 16 Joe Dodd 24-Jan East Point 17 Alex Harvey 19-Mar Redan 18 Mitchell Bishop 28-May Ballarat 19 Jackson Taurau 30-Apr Stawell 20 Lukas Essenwanger 01-Apr Koroit 21 Louis Beddison 20-Sep Horsham Demons 22 Naish McRoberts 31-Dec Stawell 23 Lloyd Meek 22-Apr SMW Rovers 24 Matty Lloyd 02-Nov Horsham Demons 25 Charlie Wilson 25-Mar Warrack Eagles 26 Izaac Johnson 27-Jul East Ballarat/St Patrick s College 27 Elliot Lamb 19-Apr North Ballarat 28 Thomas Scott 03-Jul Hamilton 29 Lachlan Wareham 21-Nov Terang Mortlake 30 Angus Gove 06-Jul Horsham Saints 31 Matt Schnerring 06-Jan Warrnambool 32 Jacob Lohmann 23-Jul Lake Wendouree 33 Lochie Dawson 27-May Hamilton Kangaroos 34 Joel O Connell 25-Feb Lake Wendouree 35 Aiden McDougall 12-Aug Lake Wendouree 36 Mitch Bidmade 09-Jun Warrnambool 37 Harrison Hobbs 05-Aug Terang Mortlake 38 Issac Pertzel 29-Sep North Ballarat 39 Jack Antonio 17-May Ararat 40 Tylar Watts 14-Apr Heywood 41 Mar Gattek 11-Jun South Warrnambool 42 Paddy Turner 19-Oct Ararat 43 Tom Clark 13-Apr East Ballarat 44 Ethan McLaren 05-Jan Koroit 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 37

42 Murray Bushrangers Talent Manager: Mick Wilson Coach: Leon Higgins Ground Address: Wangaratta Showgrounds, Evans Street, Wangaratta 3677 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: MURRAY BUSHRANGERS 2017 KELLY CLUB Barooga Sports Club Robinsons Truck & Coach Maintenance Fords Shepparton Bus Service Rob & Jenny Ryan West End Lotto & Wool Nathalia Printers North East Life Byrne Removalist & Storage Stephen Hicks Balance Spin Studio Mulwala Subway Yarrawonga & Mulwala Farm Tender Ben Davey Plumbing Aaron & Jess Hurle No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Daniel Johnston 01-Dec Barooga 2 Jordon Butts 31-Dec Shepparton Bears 3 Benjamin Kelly 17-Feb Albury Tigers 4 Laitham Vandeermeer 03-Feb Mooroopna 5 Ben Paton 19-Oct North Albury 6 Charlie Spargo 25-Nov Albury Tigers 7 Zane Barzen 29-Oct Shepparton United 8 Jacob Koschitzke 11-Jul Albury Tigers 9 Mathew Walker 14-Feb CDHBU 10 Dave Smith 26-Oct Shepparton Swans 11 Jy Lane 21-Mar Corowa Rutherglen 12 Jett Trotter 12-Jun Euroa 13 Ben McIntosh 08-Jan Albury Tigers 14 Ryan Bruce 07-Aug Yarrawonga Pigeons 15 Isaac Wallace 22-Jul Wodonga Bulldogs 16 Joshua Flight 23-Oct Deniliquin Rovers 17 Nathan Oakes 27-Aug Nathalia 18 Hudson Garoni 25-Aug Wodonga Bulldogs 19 Will Donaghey 22-Oct Wodonga Bulldogs 20 Jake Bradshaw 19-Aug Wodonga Raiders 21 Doulton Langlands 29-Jul North Albury 22 Ajak Dang 02-Feb Mooroopna 23 Mark Marriott 14-Jan Benalla Saints 24 Michael Oates 07-Feb Lavington Panthers 25 Blayke St John 31-Aug Wodonga Raiders 26 Riley Bice 26-Sep Albury Tigers 27 Harrison Jones 15-Mar Wodonga Bulldogs 28 Kyle Clarke 31-Jan Shepparton United 29 Nicholas Richards 31-Jul Wangaratta Magpies 30 Alexander Paech 17-Jun North Albury 31 Jessy Wilson 19-Feb Howlong 32 Edward Dayman 25-May Wangaratta Rovers 33 Daniel Bond 22-Dec Wodonga Raiders 34 Thomas Boyd 29-Jan Picola 35 Floyd Bollinghaus 15-May Wodonga Raiders 37 Logan Hamilton 18-May Lavington Panthers 38 Ely Smith 13-Sep Yarrawonga 39 Patrick Warner 17-Feb Benalla Saints 40 Nicholas Murray 18-Dec Henty 41 Jackson Carmody 20-Sep Albury Tigers 42 Samuel Beasley 08-Jul Cobram 43 Thomas O Brien 11-Aug Albury Tigers 44 Bailey Frauenfelder 02-Feb Yarrawonga Pigeons 45 Angus Hicks 28-Jul Shepparton United 46 Rory Quinn 15-Feb Wodonga Bulldogs 47 Noah Amery 01-May Lavington Panthers 49 Edward Adams 24-Mar Shepparton United 50 Isaac McMillan 10-Mar Yarrawonga Pigeons 51 Will Christie 14-Jul Wangaratta Rovers 52 Jack Schilg 14-Jan Corowa Rutherglen 53 Joe Richards 23-Nov Wangarrata Magpies 60 Joe Gorman 14-Jan Yarrawonga Pigeons 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 38

43 Bendigo Pioneers Talent Manager: Stephen Sharp Coach: Rick Coburn Ground Address: Epsom Huntly Reserve, Midland Highway, Epsom 3551 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Paddy Dow 16-Oct Swan Hill 2 Kane Farrell 17-Mar Castlemaine 3 Jye Caldwell 28-Sep Golden Square 4 Keelin Betson 01-Sep Mooroopna 5 Tom Campbell 18-Aug Wedderburn 6 Cooper Jones 25-Nov Sandhurst 7 Matt Harvey 03-Sep Strathfieldsaye 8 Lochie O Brien 18-Sep South Mildura 9 Laine Fitzgerald 16-Jan Balranald 10 Brent Daniels 09-Mar Nyah Nyah West United 12 Lachie Wallace 29-Oct Strathfieldsaye 13 Jarrod Brander 11-Feb Wentworth 14 Coby McCarthy 14-Mar Kyabram 15 Darby Henderson 13-Mar Echuca 16 Jacob Atley 04-Jul Rochester 17 Wade Donnan 01-Sep Woomelang 18 Bailey Henderson 20-Oct Strathfieldsaye 19 Mitchell Kemp 11-Jan Echuca 20 Angus Schumacher 16-Mar Strathfieldsaye 21 Inji Fyfe 19-Aug Wentworth/Scotch College 22 Billy Robertson 23-Jan Sandhurst 23 Zane Keighran 19-Oct Golden Square 24 Brady Hore 08-Feb Leitchville-Gunbower 25 Lewin Davis 11-Oct Mildura 26 Daniel Clohesy 30-Mar Strathfieldsaye 27 Braydan Torpey 28-Mar South Bendigo 28 Zac Denahy 22-Feb Castlemaine 29 Jack Thomas 10-Apr Koondrook/Barham 30 Derrick Smith jnr 04-May Wentworth 31 Caleb Sheahan 10-Feb Strathfieldsaye 32 Mitchell Goodwin 02-May South Bendigo 33 Kalen Walker 07-Mar Red Cliffs 34 Cooper Barber 17-Sep Moama 35 Jobee Warde 25-Jun Moama 36 Leyton Chisholm 17-Apr Kyneton 37 Hugh Schaeche 14-Jun Sandhurst 39 Lachlan Gill 20-Oct Strathfieldsaye 40 Will Holt 01-Apr Wedderburn 41 Daine Grace 08-Jul South Mildura 42 Josh Grace 08-Jul South Mildura 43 Josh Nitschke 22-Apr Kerang 44 Will Keck 15-Jul South Bendigo 45 Connor O Shea 26-Mar Maryborough 47 Rhys Mutch 20-Oct Gol Gol 48 Alex Smith-Ralph 13-Mar Tyntynder 49 Jose Miliado 16-Sep Woorinen 50 Steve Gunther 01-Jan Pyramid Hill 51 Bailey Waasdorp 03-Jun Tongala 52 Rourke Turner 17-Apr Central Football Club 53 Hunter Lawrence 16-Jul Strathfieldsaye 54 Phill Moimoi 18-Jun Robinvale 55 Toby Sims 18-Jul Macedon 56 Will Hamilton 16-Sep Rochester 57 Koby Hommelhoff 01-Oct Eaglehawk 59 Riley Burns 08-Apr Mildura 60 Jack McHale 19-May Moama 61 Jack Bouwmeester 07-May Sandhurst 63 Mitchell Christensen 13-Aug Irymple 64 Kobe Lloyd 19-Jun Balranald 65 Evan Dorrington 28-May Strathfieldsaye 68 Thomas Walters 06-Mar Golden Square 69 Austin Mertz 21-Apr Moulemein 70 Liam Marciano 22-Jun Red Cliffs 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 39

44 Sandringham Dragons Talent Manager: Ryan O Connor Coach: Jeremy Barnard Ground Address: Trevor Barker Oval, Beach Rd, Sandringham 3191 Telephone: football@sandringhamdragons.com.au Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Lachlan Harris 17-Feb Caulfield Grammarians/Caulfield Gramm. 2 Geordie Nagle 11-Nov De La Salle 3 Lucas Barrett 04-Sep Beaumaris 4 Ari Sakeson 30-Jul East Brighton 5 Sebastian Williams 07-Aug Hampton Rovers/Brighton Grammar 6 Charlie Constable 18-May Old Haileybury/Haileybury College 7 Aaron Trusler 31-Dec Ormond 8 Will Walker 30-Mar Hampton Rovers 9 Andrew Brayshaw 08-Nov Old Haileybury/Haileybury College 10 Angus Styles 03-May Caulfield Grammar 11 Hamish Brayshaw 09-Feb Old Haileybury 12 Jackson Hille 05-Aug Ormond/Caulfield Grammar 13 Josh Gorman 05-Mar Beaumaris 14 Oscar Roberts 29-Mar Hampton Rovers 15 Alfie Jarnestrom 25-Feb Hampton Rovers/Brighton Grammar 16 Alex Lowe 05-Mar Caulfield Grammar 17 James Mangoni 22-Apr St Bedes Mentone 18 Nick Lloyd 26-Mar Dingley 19 Julian Howard 11-Apr Parkdale Vultures/Mentone Grammar 20 Kai Owens 05-Oct Beaumaris/Mentone Grammar 21 Brendan McCoy 31-May Parkdale 22 Quintin Montanaro 20-Jan Old Brighton 23 Devlin Brereton 01-May Beaumaris/Mentone Grammar 24 Sam Cameron 24-Mar Old Melburnians/Melbourne Grammar 25 Max Lohan 14-Feb Old Brighton 26 Sam Sofronidis 19-Aug Collegians 27 Jak Nardino 03-Jun Beaumaris 28 Isaac Morrisby 11-Jan Caulfield Grammarians/Caulfield Gramm. 29 Joel Amartey 02-Sep Beaumaris/Mentone Grammar 30 Hayden McLean 20-Jan Beaumaris 31 Josh Gibbins 23-Jul Beaumaris 32 Ethan Casey 13-Apr Ormond 33 Howie Persson 22-Aug De La Salle 34 Barclay Miller 25-Nov St Kilda 35 Jacob Bakes 20-Aug Bentleigh 36 Jai Hale 30-Apr Parkdale 37 Bailey Smith 07-Dec East Malvern/Xavier College 38 Zac Straker 22-Apr Parkdale 39 Liam Stocker 23-Jan Old Haileybury/Haileybury College 40 Terry Patten 17-Apr Heatherton 41 Troy Brimble 24-Mar Mordialloc-Braeside 42 Anthony Seaton 27-Mar Ormond/St Kevin s College 43 Nicholas Stamatis 14-Mar Parkdale Secondary College 44 Adam Forbes 03-Feb Beaumaris 45 Joel Crocker 14-Apr Old Brighton/Brighton Grammar 46 Ryan Macdermid 08-Feb Mordialloc-Braeside 47 Jack Denborough 15-Apr St Kilda City/Melbourne Grammar 48 Caleb Millar 05-May St Bedes Mentone 49 Tom Fogarty 08-May Ormond 50 Callum Jones 04-Mar Ormond/St Kevin s College 51 Harry Houlahan 09-Jan Beaumaris 52 Ronan Ladds 04-Dec Beaumaris 53 Tristan Brunning 20-Aug Noble Park 54 Ryan O Meara 22-Feb Ormond 55 Jesse Scholz 10-Mar Ormond 56 Dawit McNeish 15-Nov Beaumaris 57 Tom Long 05-Jan Mordialloc-Braeside 58 Alastair Richards 09-May East Malvern/St Kevin s College 59 William Kennedy 18-Jun St Kilda City/Caulfield Grammar 60 James Rendell 09-May Mordialloc-Braeside 61 Max King 07-Jul Old Haileybury/Haileybury College 62 Nick De Bruin 23-Apr Beaumaris 63 Liam Danielis-Morley 05-Apr St Kilda City/Xavier College 64 Sam Forbes 13-Jan St Kilda City 65 Adam Ossip 18-Jul Ormond 66 Josh Paul 14-Jan De La Salle 67 Oscar McMaster 08-Oct Beaumaris 68 Jake Turner 03-Mar Old Brighton 69 Jack Farrington 14-Feb Dingley Football Club 70 Ben King 07-Jul Old Haileybury/Haileybury College 71 Oscar Paulke 16-Mar St Kilda City 72 Sam Stynes 11-Jul Old Xaverians/Xavier College 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 40

45 Oakleigh Chargers Talent Manager: Craig Notman Coach: Leigh Clarke Ground Address: Warrawee Park, Warrigal Road, Oakleigh 3166 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: MAJOR SPONSOR No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Jack Roughsedge 04-Aug Blackburn FC 2 Nathan Boucher 30-Apr Ashburton FC/Wesley College 3 Joseph Ayton-Delaney 25-Mar Xavier College 4 Ned Reeves 31-Oct St Kevin s Old Boys 5 Callum Searle 12-Oct Waverley Blues FC 6 Matthew Day 01-Apr Donvale FC 7 Charlie Thompson 15-Mar Beverley Hills JFC/Carey Grammar 8 Toby Wooller 16-Mar Old Scotch FC 9 James Rowbottom 19-Sep Camberwell Sharks JFC/St Kevin s College 10 Riley Jones 05-Apr Beverley Hills JFC 12 Noah Answerth 06-Aug Caufield Bears FC/Caulfield GS 13 Daniel Stanford 26-Feb Blackburn FC 14 Ed Richards 03-Jul Carey Grammar 15 Oliver Smart 25-Nov Xavier College 16 Lachlan Bugeja 19-Mar Blackburn FC/Whitefriars College 17 Tom Paidoussis 04-Feb Old Trinity FC 18 Nathan White 14-Mar Kew Rovers FC/Xavier College 19 Jordan Troani 16-Jan Booroondara Hawks FC 20 James May 25-Mar Surrey Park JFC/Marcellin College 21 Tom Maher 13-Feb Blackburn FC 22 Hugh Longbottom 10-Dec Scotch College 23 Ethan Phillips 17-Jul East Malvern JFC/St Kevin s College 24 Sam Harte 09-Jan Blackburn FC/Whitefriars College 25 Xavier O Neill 03-Aug Blackburn FC/Whitefriars 26 Tom Blenheim 25-Mar Scotch College 27 Jack Hewitt 14-Feb Camberwell Sharks JFC/Xavier College 28 Adam Collinson 09-Jan Ashburton FC/Wesley College 29 Jackson Wright 01-Jul Blackburn FC/Whitefriars 30 Bailey Wraith 29-Apr Kew Comets FC/Carey Grammar 31 Will Golds 06-May Kew Rovers FC/Xavier College 32 Jack Ross 03-Sep Waverley Park Hawks FC/Caulfield Gramm. 33 Matthew Warren 22-Jun Blackburn FC/Wesley College 34 Will Kelly 16-Aug Scotch College 35 Jack Higgins 19-Mar East Malvern JFC 36 Charlie Beasley 28-May Kew Comets FC/Trinity Grammar 37 Ed Michelmore 05-Aug Hawthorn Citizens FC/Melbourne Grammar 38 Matthew Bennett 07-Jan Old Scotch FC 39 Atu Bosenvualagi 17-Sep Waverley Park Hawks FC 40 Charlie Whitehead 26-Mar Kew Comets FC/Xavier College 41 Isaac Quaynor 15-Jan Beverley Hills JFC/East Doncaster SC 42 Louis Cunningham 24-Feb Marcellin Old Collegians FC 43 Tom O Sullivan 17-Aug Kyneton FC 44 Patrick Bohan 07-Jul Ashburton FC/De La Salle College 45 Jack Brown 27-Jun Glen Iris Gladiators FC 46 Oliver Jackson 30-Sep Camberwell Sharks FC/Wesley College 47 Lachie Summers 17-Feb Surrey Park JFC/Carey Grammar 48 Leigh Spiteri 18-Nov Doncaster FC/East Doncaster SC 49 Anthony Jenkins 30-Aug Vermont FC/Emmaus College 50 Matthew King 16-Jul Bulleen Templestowe FC/Balwyn HS 51 Tom Jepson 17-Aug Carey Grammar 52 Harry Stubbings 13-Nov Scotch College 53 Will Griffin 01-May Ashburton FC/Camberwell HS 54 Max Dawe 06-Feb Waverley Blues FC/Mt Waverley SC 55 Jake Sticca 12-Aug Bulleen Templestowe JFC/Marcellin Coll. 56 Zac Hart 05-Sep Kew Comets FC/Xavier College 57 Riley Collier-Dawkins 03-Feb Waverley Blues FC/Salesian College 58 Matthew Presutto 16-Dec Doncaster FC/St Kevins College 59 Jake Gasper 19-Apr Waverley Park Hawks FC/Brentwood SC 60 Anthony Larkey 11-Sep Trinity Grammar 61 Cooper Leon 15-Mar Camberwell Sharks JFC/Carey Grammar 62 Ben Rekic 28-Jun Rowville FC 63 Luke Stacker 15-Oct Bulleen Templestowe FC 64 Noah Wright 06-Jan North Shore Bombers FC 65 Blake Williams 11-Aug Blackburn FC/Emmaus College 66 Karl Wise 26-Jan Bulleen Templestowe JFC/Carey Grammar 68 Oliver Simpson 21-Oct Kew Comets FC/Carey Grammar 69 Daniel Scala 06-Jan Bulleen Temp FC/East Doncaster SC 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 41

46 Western Jets Talent Manager: Shane Sexton Coach: Torin Baker Ground Address: Burbank Oval, Morris Street, Williamstown 3016 Telephone: Website: PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Jake Hazik 24-Mar Hillside 2 Tristan Rudic 24-Jul Hillside 3 Bailey Siwek 20-May Werribee Districts 4 Stephen Syme 06-May Spotswood 5 Luke Hitch 15-Apr Keilor 6 Lucas Andrew 13-Dec Williamstown CYMS 7 Jehad Haddara 22-Jan Newport 8 Lachlan Smart 28-Nov Sunshine 9 Ethan Schumann 01-Oct Hillside 10 Blake Souter 22-Mar Melton 11 Zak Butters 08-Sep Darley 12 Connor Thar 12-Oct Werribee Districts 13 Matthew Young 25-Jan Darley 14 Lachlan Fogarty 01-Apr Spotswood/St Kevin s College 15 Mitchell Hearne 02-Sep Keilor 16 Nicholas Stuhldreier 28-Oct Bacchus Marsh/St Patrick s College 17 Benjamin Smokrovic 29-Sep Aberfeldie 18 James Elkington 11-Feb Keilor 19 Cameron Rayner 21-Oct Essendon Doutta Stars/PEGS 20 Joshua Mould 06-May Wyndhamvale 21 Jack Crawford 05-Dec Bacchus Marsh 22 Oskar Manton 04-Feb Keilor 23 Judah Dundon 19-Apr Werribee Districts 24 Thomas Yorgey 13-Jan Hampton Rovers/Mentone Gramm. 25 Jack Noonan 23-Jun Williamstown CYMS 26 Owen King 15-Jun Altona 27 Josh Klaromenos 19-Mar Hillside 28 David Fruscalzo 08-Jun Hillside 29 Malwal Maguang 19-Oct St Albans 30 Lachlan Pettigrove 05-May East Keilor 31 Jacob Smith 29-Apr Spotswood/St Kevin s College 32 Nathan Ellis 21-Sep Keilor 33 Xavier O Halloran 11-Jul St Bernard s 34 Deng Maguang 12-Feb St Albans 35 Blake Graham 30-Mar Bacchus Marsh 36 Jaden Rice 29-Sep Werribee Districts 37 Hamish Murphy 17-Oct Werribee Districts 38 Buku Khamis 24-Mar St Albans 39 Stefan Radovanovic 07-Sep Keilor 40 James Martyn 22-May Newport/Geelong Grammar 41 Toby Kopa 10-Jan Spotswood 42 Harrison Bult 29-May Keilor 43 Jaksyn Grant 17-Jun Hillside 44 Tristan Xerri 15-Mar Caroline Springs 45 Brock McGregor 04-Sep Keilor 46 Jack Papachatzakis 21-Oct Altona 47 Alex Bouris 29-Nov Yarraville/Seddon 48 Riley Ham 03-Jan Keilor 53 Darren Walters 14-Jan Keilor 54 Matthew Volkanovski 27-Nov Airport West 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 42

47 Northern Knights Talent Manager: Rhy Gieschen Coach: Justin Wenke Ground Address: Preston City Oval, Cramer Street, Preston 3072 Telephone: Website: MAJOR SPONSOR: Mark Galea Ph: GOLD SPONSORS: S tuart Patterson Ph: Yianni Zaparas Ph: Craig House Ph: SILVER SPONSORS: Darren Miles Ph: Tim Cheesewright Ph: Pino Pulcino Ph: BRONZE SPONSORS: Caydon Property Group Ph: Palace Cinemas Ph: Peacock Inn Hotel Ph: No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB/SCHOOL G B 1 Joel Grace 23-Jun South Morang 2 Mitchell Andrews 08-Feb South Morang 3 Braedyn Gillard 14-Nov Montmorency JFC 4 Max Dreher 12-Apr Old Ivanhoe/Ivanhoe Grammar 5 Marcus Lentini 05-Jun Diamond Creek 6 Patrick Naish 15-Jan Old Ivanhoe/Ivanhoe Grammar 7 Jack Petruccelle 12-Apr Epping 8 Nicholas Coffield 23-Oct Eltham 9 Alex Federico 26-Sep Old Ivanhoe/Marcellin College 10 Brody Bell 24-Feb South Morang JFC 11 Ethan Penrith 24-Oct West Preston 12 Joel Naylor 20-Sep Whittlesea/Assumption College 13 Oliver Stapleton 01-Nov Heidelberg 14 Adam Tomaro 24-Oct Marcellin Old Collegians 15 Anthony Fable 21-Sep South Morang 16 Thomas Hallebone 19-Jul Preston Bullants JFC 17 Josh Broderick 25-Feb Marcellin Old Collegians/Marcellin College 18 Jamison Shea 26-Jun Lower Plenty 19 Christian Farchione 17-Jan Heidelberg/Marcellin College 20 Tynan Smith 25-Mar Greensborough/Wesley College 21 Mark Baker 22-Feb Whitefriars Old Collegians 22 Mitch Wild 10-Jun South Morang JFC 23 Vince Nativo 19-Jan Mill Park 24 Mitchell Hocking 31-May St Mary s Greensborough 25 Joseph Ciranna 30-Jan Bulleen Templestowe JFC 26 Ryan Sanelli 14-Mar Greensborough 27 Tom McKenzie 23-Jun Fitzroy JFC/Ivanhoe Grammar 28 Sam Binion 28-Aug Montmorency 29 Riley Loton 13-May Banyule/Marcellin College 30 Oliver Wilson 18-Sep Panton Hill 31 Nicholas Barro 08-Jun St Mary s JFC 32 Patrick Howe 12-Mar Marcellin Old Collegians 33 Joel Randall 09-Apr St Mary s JFC 34 Matthew Harman 02-Jun Marcellin Old Collegians 35 Kye Agosta 11-Jan Diamond Creek JFC 36 Kye Yodgee 03-May Banyule JFC/Marcellin College 37 Liam Sutton 03-Jan Preston Bullants 38 Ryan Bowkett 08-Feb St Mary s JFC 39 Patrik Della Rocca 03-Mar Banyule JFC/Marcellin College 40 Daniel Iozzi 06-Mar Lower Plenty/Caulfield Grammar 41 Curtis Taplin 27-Sep Whittlesea 42 Harrison Grace 19-Jan Fitzroy JFC 43 Lane Sinclair 05-Aug Eltham 44 Ben Laschko 27-Dec Greensborough JFC 45 Stefan Uzelac 09-Apr Montmorency JFC 46 Jack House 03-Oct Laurimar Power JFC 47 Evan Tsitsis 17-Apr Macleod JFC 48 Lincoln Zhang 15-Jun Heidelberg 49 Matthew McLellan 24-Feb Eltham JFC 50 Zachary Hudson 04-May St Mary s JFC 51 Kareem Nasser 05-Mar Noble Park JFC/Haileybury College 55 Rayden Garrard 25-Mar Greensborough JFC 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 43

48 U16 TAC Cup fixtures Country teams: Round 1 Saturday March am: Geelong Falcons vs GWV Rebels Bell Post, Geelong 11.00am: Gippsland Power vs Dandenong Stingrays Morwell Recreation Reserve (U18 curtain-raiser) 1.15pm: Murray Bushrangers vs Bendigo Pioneers Punt Road Oval (U18 curtain-raiser) Round 2 Saturday April am: Geelong Falcons vs Dandenong Stingrays Simonds Stadium (U18 curtain-raiser) 1.00pm: Murray Bushrangers vs Gippsland Power IKON Park (U18 curtain-raiser) Sunday April pm: GWV Rebels vs Bendigo Pioneers Alfredton Recreation Reserve (U18 curtain-raiser) Round 3 Friday April am: Bendigo Pioneers vs Gippsland Power Golden Square, Bendigo 1.20pm: Dandenong Stingrays vs GWV Rebels Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo 4.40pm: Murray Bushrangers vs Geelong Falcons Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo Metro teams: Tuesday April 4 RAMS Arena, Craigieburn 9.45am: Calder Cannons vs Western Jets 12.00pm: Sandringham Dragons vs Eastern Ranges 2.15pm: Northern Knights vs Oakleigh Chargers Tuesday April 11 Marie Wallace Bayswater Oval, Bayswater 10.00am: Eastern Ranges vs Northern Knights 12.10pm: Western Jets vs Sandringham Dragons 2.20pm: Oakleigh Chargers vs Calder Cannons Vic Country defeated Vic Metro by 20 points at last year s NAB AFL U16 Championships 44

49 TAC Cup U16s: Geelong Falcons vs GWV Rebels 1st Qtr 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 4th Qtr No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Keidan Rayner 28-Feb St Mary s 2 Jay Dahlhaus 21-May St Mary s 3 Brad Edwards 25-Feb St Joseph s 4 Will Batson 10-Jul St Mary s 5 Joshua Saltalamacchia 15-Jan St Albans 23 Cooper Stephens 17-Jan Colac 24 Jeremy Goddard 02-May Geelong Amateur 25 Charlie Harris 03-Apr Newtown 27 Will Mulgrew 08-May Colac 29 Sam Bourke 29-Jun St Mary s 30 Blake Ritchie 16-Mar St Mary s 31 Chas Karpala 05-Mar Newtown 32 Lachlan Smith 15-Apr Grovedale 33 Tom Randone 12-Jan Drysdale 34 Charlie Walter 19-Feb St Mary s 35 Jack Mullen 18-Jul St Joseph s 36 Jacob Miraglia 28-Aug Alvie 37 Toby Bennett 25-Mar GWSP 38 Thomas Bourke 23-May GWSP 39 Clay Page 09-Apr Torquay 40 Jesse Clark 23-Feb St Joseph s 42 Sam DeFrancesco 02-Aug Bell Park 43 Brayden Maurer 07-Aug St Mary s 44 Nicholas Conway 31-Jan St Mary s 45 Ben Miller 21-May GWSP 46 Tom Richardson 23-Nov Ocean Grove 47 Darcy Chirgwin 25-Jul St Mary s 48 Oliver Poole 12-Feb Torquay 49 Oscar Balderas 18-Jan Lorne 50 Benjamin Searle 06-Mar Drysdale 1st Qtr 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 4th Qtr No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Cooper Heard 04-Jan Ararat 2 Josh Dwyer 28-Apr Dennington 3 Jayden Wright 23-Jan Ararat 4 Ben Dodd 13-Jun East Ballarat 5 Cooper Atchison 03-Jan South Warrnambool 6 Cooper Craig-Peters 10-Nov Redan 7 Dylan Starkie 13-Feb Hamilton Kangaroos 8 Darcy Mceldrew 16-Mar North Ballarat 9 Connor Hinkley 03-Apr Koroit 10 Izaac Grant 02-Jul Hepburn 11 Eddy Gattek 07-Jul Hawks 12 Ned Nash 06-Mar Lake Wendouree 13 Jacob Cocks 24-May Jeparit Rainbow Storm 14 Sam Kyatt 26-Sep Redan 15 Mitchell Welsh 28-Feb East Ballarat 16 Riley Ranieri 25-Sep North Ballarat 17 Mitch Phillips 21-Jul Lake Wendouree 18 Jack Hookway 07-Sep Simpson 19 Alistair McCrae 04-Oct St Andrews 20 Connor Giddings 29-Jun West Portland 21 Izaac Ewing 09-Aug Penshurst 22 Joshua Bibby 11-Jul Warrack Eagles 23 Patrick Glanford 09-Jan Mt Clear 24 Emmanuel Ajang 12-Nov South Warrnambool 25 Alex Lavithis-Davies 27-May South Warrnambool 26 Dean O Brien 04-Jan Carngham Linton 27 Nicholas Caris 09-Feb Horsham Saints 28 Mitch Martin 26-Mar Horsham Saints 29 Isaac Wareham 24-Dec Terang Mortlake 45

50 TAC Cup U16s: Gippsland Power vs Dandenong Stingrays 1st Qtr 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 4th Qtr No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Harvey Neocleous 15-May Warragul 2 Jacob Lamers 30-Aug Traralgon 3 Mason McGarrity 13-Apr Inverloch/Kongwak 4 Trent Baldi 30-Oct Traralgon 5 Riley Evans 09-Feb Warragul 6 Luke Williams 26-Mar Moe 7 Caleb Serong 09-Mar Garfield 8 Mason McGannon 25-Aug Leongatha 9 Riley Baldi 26-Jul Leongatha 10 Leo Connely 26-Feb Sale 11 Kade Marsh 16-Oct Stratford 12 Thomas Bradshaw 20-Feb Moe 13 Mitchell Bentvelzen 13-Nov Warragul 14 Ryan Sparkes 16-Feb Pakenham 15 Sam Flanders 30-Jan Leongatha 16 Fraser Phillips 27-Jun Inverloch/Kongwak 17 Cooper McInnes 24-Jul Fish Creek 18 Zac Soutar 13-Mar Moe 19 Jake Van Der Pligt 14-Jun Inverloch/Kongwak 20 Tye Hourigan 07-Aug Moe 21 Brock Smith 09-May Traralgon 22 Marlyn Staunton 22-Feb Traralgon 23 Archie Grant 20-Feb Moe 24 Charlie Comben 12-May Traralgon 25 Marcus Toussaint 20-Jul Sale 26 Zachary Skinner 23-Apr Leongatha 1st Qtr 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 4th Qtr No. NAME DOB HT WT LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Jeremy Burton 17-Apr Mt Eliza 2 Ned Cahill 11-Jan Mt Eliza 4 Brad Little 26-Feb Beaconsfield 5 Jake Stuart 07-Jul Berwick Springs 6 Jaxon Stuart 13-May Karingal 7 Jack Toner 09-Apr Narre Warren 8 Cody Weightman 15-Jan Beaconsfield 12 Mason De Ridder 16-Oct Mt Eliza 13 Sam De Koning 26-Feb Mt Martha 14 William Lewis 24-May Mt Martha 15 Nick Mason 15-Mar Somerville 16 Sam Merrick 07-May Beaconsfield 17 Reece Orchard 09-Mar Edithvale 18 Chris Raso 29-Aug Hallam Hawks 20 Fabian Stellato 20-Feb Waverly Park Hawks 21 Lachlan Williams 12-Sep Mt Eliza 28 Kyle Hindle 29-Jun Bonbeach 29 Jake Lewis 06-Oct Berwick 30 William Majcher 12-Oct Mt Eliza 31 Dylan Mutimer 11-Dec Narre North Foxes 33 Joseph Pourre 23-Mar Narre North Foxes 35 Darius Popa 02-Dec Rowville 36 Jai Triep 07-Feb Karingal 37 Noah Turner 04-Jan Red Hill 38 Hayden Young 11-Apr Somerville 39 Jarryd Barker 17-Mar Waverly Park 41 Cooper De Merlo 19-Apr Mt Eliza 43 Josh Johnson 08-Aug South Mornington 45 Kyah Karavasilis 29-Sep Karingal 48 Bigoa Nyuon 18-May Rowville 49 Sam Ward 18-Jan Cranbourne 46

51 TAC Cup U16s: Murray Bushrangers vs Bendigo Pioneers 1st Qtr 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 4th Qtr No. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB G B 1 Jye Chalcraft 02-May Shepparton United 2 Samuel Howard 16-Jun Thurgoona 3 Will Tuenon 02-Jun Barunduda 4 Hugo Ingham 17-Jun Shepparton Bears 5 Joel Sanford 14-May Mansfield 6 James Boyer 31-Jan Congupna 7 Liam Andrews 04-May Wodonga 8 Dylan Clarke 14-Aug Wodonga Raiders 9 Nicholas Irvine 16-Feb Tungamah 10 Declan Everett 02-May Wodonga Raiders 11 Thomas Goyne 25-Jan Wodonga 12 Will Quirk 05-Mar Alpine Saints 14 Mitchell Holt 27-May Wangaratta Tigers 15 Lachlan Ash 21-Jun Shepparton Bears 16 Luke Whyte 03-Feb Shepparton Swans 18 Rhys Damon 28-Jan Katandra 19 Joshua Smart 05-Sep Wangaratta Tigers 20 William Garner 07-Mar Katandra 21 Hudson Kaak 05-Jul St Mary s Seymour 22 Jack Brooks 18-Jan Cobram 23 Buckley Wilson 12-Mar Wodonga Raiders 25 Trent Matthes 06-Jun Wangaratta Magpies 27 Lachlan Walker 02-Jan Barnawartha 28 Rhys Goodley 06-Feb Benalla Giants 29 James Butts 22-Jun Shepparton 30 Harrison Meade 09-Feb Yarrawonga 1st Qtr 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 4th Qtr No. NAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB G B 1 Ethan Roberts 10-Jul Strathfieldsaye 2 Zach Shelton 10-Jan Golden Square 3 Will Wallace 24-Apr Strathfieldsaye 4 Cooper Saunders 16-May Golden Square 5 James Schischka 24-Feb Strathfieldsaye 6 Flynn Perez 25-Mar Sandhurst Marist Dockers 7 Caleb Fisher 09-Aug Kyneton 8 Will Tobin 18-Aug Sandhurst Marist Dockers 9 Luke Padgham 06-Aug Golden Square 10 Aaron Gundry 17-Feb Sandhurst Marist Dockers 11 Mitch Rovers 24-Aug Kangaroo Flat 12 Joseph Nexci 01-Feb South Mildura 13 Peter-John Petrucci 25-Mar Imperials 14 Jeremy Rodi 03-Mar Mildura 15 Kyle Stevens 08-Feb Merbein 16 Matt Hird 21-Aug Koondrook Barham 17 Logan Fitzgerald 27-Sep Balranald 18 Sam Radcliffe 17-Jan Kerang 19 Liam Radcliffe 17-Jan Kerang 20 Thompson Dow 16-Oct Swan Hill 21 Lucas Caccaviello 09-Apr Nyah Nyah West United 22 Ash Dewinne 17-Feb Echuca 23 Riley Ironside 22-Nov Kyabram 24 Matt Lias 18-Jul Echuca 25 Cooper Vick 04-Jun Kyabram 26 Brodie Kemp 01-May Echuca 27 Ryley Neaves 30-Jun Eaglehawk 28 Zac McDonald 15-Jan Strathfieldsaye 47

52 TAC Cup Girls Fixture SATURDAY MAR 4* (FROM ROUND 2) Murray Bushrangers def Bendigo Pioneers ROUND 1 SATURDAY MAR 18 Northern Knights def by Geelong Falcons Western Jets def by Greater Western Victoria Rebels SUNDAY MAR 19 Dandenong Stingrays def Oakleigh Chargers Gippsland Power def by Calder Cannons Eastern Ranges def Bendigo Pioneers Sandringham Dragons def by Murray Bushrangers ROUND 2 FRIDAY, MAR 24 CALDER CANNONS vs EASTERN RANGES (RAMS) SATURDAY MAR 25 SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS vs OAKLEIGH CHARGERS (FO) WESTERN JETS vs NORTHERN KNIGHTS (FO) GEELONG FALCONS vs GWV REBELS (MR) GIPPSLAND POWER vs DANDENONG STINGRAYS (MRR) 5:30PM 10:00AM 11:30AM 12:30PM 3:30PM ROUND 4 FRIDAY, APR 7 BENDIGO PIONEERS vs GIPPSLAND POWER (GSO) MURRAY BUSHRANGERS vs GEELONG FALCONS (GSO) GWV REBELS vs DANDENONG STINGRAYS (QEO) SATURDAY, APR 8 WESTERN JETS vs SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS (BO) SUNDAY, APR 9 OAKLEIGH CHARGERS vs CALDER CANNONS (RAMS) NORTHERN KNIGHTS vs EASTERN RANGES (PCO) ROUND 5 FRIDAY, APR 14 CALDER CANNONS vs BENDIGO PIONEERS (RAMS 1) NORTHERN KNIGHTS vs DANDENONG STINGRAYS (RAMS 2) WESTERN JETS vs GEELONG FALCONS (RAMS1) OAKLEIGH CHARGERS vs MURRAY BUSHRANGERS (RAMS 2) EASTERN RANGES vs GIPPSLAND POWER (RAMS 1) SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS vs GWV REBELS (RAMS 2) 11:50AM 1:20PM 4:40PM 1:30PM 12:00PM 2:30PM 1:OOPM 1:00PM 2:30PM 2:30PM 4:00PM 4:00PM ROUND 3 WEDNESDAY MAR 29 CALDER CANNONS vs WESTERN JETS (RAMS) SATURDAY, APR 1 OAKLEIGH CHARGERS vs EASTERN RANGES (FO) SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS vs NORTHERN KNIGHTS (FO) GEELONG FALCONS vs DANDENONG STINGRAYS (SMO) MURRAY BUSHRANGERS vs GIPPSLAND POWER (IKON) SUNDAY, APR 2 GWV REBELS vs BENDIGO PIONEERS (AO) 6:00PM 10:00AM 11:30AM 2:30PM 5:00PM 11:00AM TAC CUP GIRLS/TAC CUP (U18) DOUBLE HEADERS ROUND 2 - FRIDAY MARCH 24 CALDER CANNONS vs EASTERN RANGES ROUND 2 - SATURDAY MARCH 25 GIPPSLAND POWER vs DANDENONG STINGRAYS ROUND 3 - SATURDAY APRIL 1 CALDER CANNONS/WESTERN JETS vs TASMANIA MURRAY BUSHRANGERS vs GIPPSLAND POWER GWV REBELS vs BENDIGO PIONEERS ROUND 4 - SATURDAY APRIL 8 WESTERN JETS vs SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS ROUND 4 - SUNDAY APRIL 9 OAKLEIGH CHARGERS vs CALDER CANNONS NORTHERN KNIGHTS vs EASTERN RANGES GROUND LOCATIONS: (AO) ALFREDTON OVAL, (BO) BURBANK OVAL, (FO) FRANKSTON OVAL, (GS0) GOLDEN SQUARE OVAL, (IKON) IKON PARK, (LM) LEARMONTH FC, (MRR) MORWELL RECREATION RESERVE, (MR) MYERS RESERVE, (PCO) PRESTON CITY OVAL, (QEO) QUEEN ELIZABETH OVAL, (RAMS) RAMS ARENA, (SMO) ST MARY S OVAL TAC Cup Girls Ladder POS TEAM P W L D For Agst % PTS 1 Murray Bushrangers Eastern Ranges Calder Cannons Greater Western Victoria Rebels Geelong Falcons Dandenong Stingrays Oakleigh Chargers Northern Knights Western Jets Sandringham Dragons Gippsland Power Bendigo Pioneers

53 TAC Cup Girls Results ROUND ONE Northern Knights Geelong Falcons Northern Knights Goal Kickers: A. Pronesti, G. Newton, N. O Connor Best Players: S. Sansonetti, B. Gutknecht, G. Newton, S. Yoannidis, M. Brancatisano, M. Jarvis Geelong Falcons Goal Kickers: J. Fisher, N. Morrison, S. DeGiacomi, M. Sheppard, D. Taylor Best Players: L. McEvoy, D. Taylor, S. DeGiacomi, L. Lesosky- Hay, N. Morrison, A. Chapman Western Jets GWV Rebels Western Jets Goal Kickers: S. Whiting 2, E. Hitch Best Players: E. Georgostathis, M. Lister, C. Saxon-Jones, S. Whiting, I. Grant, K. O Keefe Greater Western Victoria Rebels Goal Kickers: A. Humphries 6, F. McKenzie 2, K. Prebble 2, J. Kawa Best Players: H. Simpson, A. Humphries, S. Molan, L. Butler, E. Bibby, K. Prebble Dandenong Stingrays Oakleigh Chargers Dandenong Stingrays Goal Kickers: C. Jones 2, S. Ryan 2, B. Struylaart 2, B. Vernon, R. Clayton Best Players: G. Gee, T. Prentice, B. Kennedy, S. Ryan, B. Struylaart, J. Allen Oakleigh Chargers Goal Kickers: G. Wyett, M. Bertuna, S. Cameron, A. Klingbeil, E. Harley Best Players: J. Halaseh-Russo, A. Porter, E. Harley, N. Xenos, G. Lagioia Gippsland Power Calder Cannons Gippsland Power Goal Kickers: C. Dare, G. Collins, M. Muller Best Players: T. Hanks, L. Van Berkel, D. Guttridge, D. Plunkett, M. Muller, A. Dunn Calder Cannons Goal Kickers: C. Molloy 6, M. Conti 3, M. Prespakis 2, L. Caruso 2, S. Dargan, A. Rooth, C. Langborne, B. Pepper Best Players: M. Conti, C. Molloy, M. Prespakis, M. Warburton, S. Dargan, G. Patrikios Eastern Ranges Bendigo Pioneers Eastern Ranges Goal Kickers: L. Kelly 4, O. Flanagan 2, P. Palipuaminni, L. McClelland, J. Provan Best Players: G. Macpherson, L. McClelland, G. De Angelis, S. Kendall, M. Edwards, L. Kelly Bendigo Pioneers Best Players: K. Jacques, J. Jolliffe, A. Tupper, R. Thomas, M. Williamson, C. Edlin Sandringham Dragons Murray Bushrangers Sandringham Dragons Goal Kickers: H. Bate 2 Best Players: O. Vesely, J. Owen, L. Elias, E. Brown, H. Bate, E. Whitehouse Murray Bushrangers Goal Kickers: S. Damon 3, P. Nash 2, A. Favaro, R. Webster, C. Knight, G. Goldsworthy Best Players: M. Brown, E. Ashley-Cooper, R. Webster, J. Harvey, P. Nash ROUND TWO Murray Bushrangers Bendigo Pioneers Murray Bushrangers Goal Kickers: S. Damon 6, T. Smith 2, M. Brown 2, A. Favaro 2, J. Harvey Best Players: I. Ross, P. Nash, S. Damon, T. Smith, M. Brown, A. Chessor Bendigo Pioneers Goal Kickers: E. Snell, B. Kinghorn Best Players: K. Jacques, R. Thomas, J. Finning, J. Jolliffe, A. Tupper, L. Gallo 49

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55 TAC Cup Girls: Calder Cannons vs Eastern Ranges 32 Coach: Alicia Eva Coach: Tom Humphrey No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Haylea Cooke Roxburgh Park 2 Felicity Theodore Sunbury 3 Madison Prespakis Sunbury 4 Tenille Cook Sunbury 5 Caesha Langborne Wallan 8 Eliza Vale Melbourne Uni 9 Zoe Hardiman Sunbury 10 Molly Hemburrow Sunbury 11 Alana Barba 12 Alicia Rooth Kyneton 15 Georgia Marsland Pascoe Vale 16 Chloe Hodgson Sunbury 17 Chloe Molloy Diamond Creek 18 Carla Rendelmann Aberfeldie 21 Georgia Patrikios Pascoe Vale 22 Mia Muscat Strathmore 23 Jessie Cameron Keilor 25 Kiandra Tuvaine Pascoe Vale 27 Molly Warburton Gisborne 28 Rose Love Wallan 29 Stephanie Elias Brunswick 30 Cadence Ashley Montmorency 31 Jacinta Taylor Sunbury 32 Terira Fry Craigieburn 33 Bianca Pepper Sunbury 34 Lauren Anthony Airport West 35 Rainbow Ebert Glenroy 37 Eleanor Cornish Assumption College 38 Erin Bult Keilor 39 Phoebe Chisholm Laurimer 41 Lauren Caruso Keilor 42 Kellie Sutton Sunbury 45 Cheyene Macumber Sunbury 46 Sarah Dargan Pascoe Vale 48 Caitlyn Brown Gisborne 49 Monique Conti Melbourne Uni 50 Shenay Thomas Keilor No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Paige Buruma East Ringwood 2 Gabriella De Angelis Whitehorse Colts 3 Phyllisia Palipuaminnini Worowa 4 Caitlin Vippond Knox Falcons 5 Isabella Rennick Emerald 6 Karli Banks Norwood 7 Katherine Chamberlain Vermont 8 Abbey Goullet Blackburn 9 Lauren Szigeti Bulleen Templestowe 10 Sophie Braunthal Knox 11 Madeline Edwards whitehorse colts 12 Jessica Provan Mt evelyn 13 Jenna Richardson Donvale 14 Imogen Ball Knox Falcons 15 Melanie Hogg Mount Evelyn 16 Emma Horne Billanook College 17 Savannah Bowden My Evelyn 18 Olivia Flanagan Chirnside Park 19 Ella Mooney Donvale 20 Bronte Rowlands Bayswater 21 Paige Whitworth N/A 22 Emerson Woods Mt Evelyn 23 Sophie Faulwetter Chirnside Park 24 Ysabelle Price Mount Evelyn 25 Georgia Macpherson Chirnside Park 26 Laura McClelland Ferntree Gully 27 Gabrielle Zappia Wandin 28 Lilly Kelly Mount Evelyn 29 Holly Spicer Knox Falcons 30 Hayley Tucker Mt Evelyn 31 Marina Taverna Donvale 32 Charlotte Wilson Ferntree Gully 33 Ashleigh Watt Norwood 34 Sarah Kendall Knox 35 Jorja Borg Chirnside Park 51

56 TAC Cup Girls: Sandringham Dragons vs Oakleigh Chargers Coach: Leeann Gill Coach: Luke O Shannessy No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Isabel Quintal St Peters 2 Jemma Owen St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 3 Charis Ulu-Peniata Parkmore 5 Maddi Wilson St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 10 Leora Elias St Peters 11 Kate Holden St Peters 13 Izzy Huntington Melbourne University 14 Jessica Campbell East Brighton 15 Nicole Amiet Brighton East 16 Alanna Dalley East Brighton 17 Holly Bate Prahran 18 Ally Bild Ajax 19 Chelsea Bowen St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 20 Carly Dillon Melbourne University 21 Abbie McKay Prahran 22 Beth Supple St Peters 23 Olivia Vesely Glen Iris 25 Sophia Rothfield Prahran 30 Emily Whitehouse St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 32 Olivia Poole Prahran 33 Molly Denahy Maloney St Kilda City 34 Bryanna Arnold East Malvern 35 Eleanor Brown Glen Iris 36 Karina Diaz Parkmore 37 Oliva Appleby Port Melbourne Colts 38 Sophie Dethridge St Kilda City 39 Georgia Ricardo St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 40 Sasha Long St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 41 Charlotte Davis Modicalloc Braeside 44 Georgia Wilson St Bedes / Mentone Tigers 45 Mietta Nolan East Brighton 54 Kenika Reth Parkmore 55 Taylah Grasso St Peters 56 Issabella Stutt Port Melbourne Colts 66 Taylah Tysoe St Bedes / Mentone Tigers No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 5 Amelia Van Oosterwijck Waverly Blues FC 16 Alana Porter St Peters FC 17 Nicola Xenos Kew Comets FC 21 Charlotte Moon Glen Iris 22 Zoe Makris Whitehorse Colts FC 24 Ayla Williams Blackburn FC 25 Stephanie Charakas Beverley Hills FC 29 Melanie Bertuna Bulleen Templestowe JFC 30 Gemma Lagioia Blackburn FC 32 Chloe O Malley Blackburn FC 34 Julia Halaseh-Russo Old Trinity Football Club 36 Sarah Ezzat Glen Iris Gladiators FC 37 Miriam Youkhana Blackburn FC 38 Alicia Mckertish Ashburton Redbacks FC 39 Georgia Relph Bulleen Templestowe JFC 40 Rachael Traplin Bulleen Templestowe JFC 42 Tess Plowman Prahran JFC 43 Chelsea Mitchell Old Xavier 44 Jasmine D Amato Donvale FC 45 Tricia Cowan Blackburn FC 46 Alice Pamminger Whitehorse Colts FC 49 Sarah Cameron Glen Iris Gladiators FC 51 Millie Klingbeil Ashburton Redbacks FC 54 Emily Roos Ashburton Redbacks FC 55 Atlanta Stubbings Glen Iris Gladiators FC 58 Lilah Flanigan Prahran Sharks FC 61 Eleanor Owen Glen Iris Gladiators FC 62 Holly Spencer Kew Rovers FC 63 Georgia Wyett Ashburton Redbacks FC 65 Shenae Dixon Bulleen Templestowe JFC 67 Hannah McLaren Surrey Park FC 68 Allysha Dyer Prahran JFC 69 Laura Mayne Bulleen Templestowe JFC 70 Eliana Parratt Blackburn FC 71 Bridie Winbanks Blackburn FC 72 Katie Lynch Kew Rovers FC 74 Emily Harley Blackburn FC 75 Emerson Angove Ashburton Redbacks FC 52

57 TAC Cup Girls: Western Jets vs Northern Knights Coach: Bridget Barker Coach: Rebecca Privitelli No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Elise Vella Wyndhamvale 2 Elizabeth Georgostathis VU Western Spurs 3 Emily Gardner Point Cook 4 Tylah Hohapata Wyndhamvale 5 Leah Spargo Keilor 6 Madison Lister VU Western Spurs 7 Olivia Forsythe VU Western Spurs 8 Maddison Field Bacchus Marsh 9 Tatiana Zahra Keilor 10 Emma Ludolff Caroline Springs 11 Maddison James Darley 12 Chelsea Jansen Deer Park 13 Caitlyn Gashi Aberfelfie 14 Laura Wright Keilor 15 Mary Daw Wyndhamvale 16 Charlee Macpherson Darley 17 Celeste Defina Aberfelfie 18 Mollie-Ann Gregory Sunbury 19 Maddison Cooper Deer Park 20 Isabelle Pritchard Spotswood 21 Larissa Renaut Wyndhamvale 22 Isabella Grant Spotswood 23 Aleesha Hobbs Keilor 24 Isabella Negri Deer Park 25 Emmerson Hitch Melton Centrals 26 Kaitlyn O keefe Keilor 27 Kayla Koropeckyj Wyndhamvale 28 Lauren Basto Wyndhamvale 29 Katarina Rebuffo VU Western Spurs 30 Sheyanne Love Deer Park 31 Maddison-Eve Fenech Caroline Springs 32 Brodie Stevens Deer Park 33 Cleo Saxon-Jones Wyndhamvale 34 Sharnie Whiting Wyndhamvale 35 Abbi Bolt Darley No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Lily Brancatisano Laurimar 2 Marnie Jarvis Yarrambat 3 Nell Morris-Dalton Fitzroy 4 Neve O Connor Diamond Creek 5 Madeline Brancatisano Laurimar 6 Keely Fitzgerald Hurstbridge 7 Bailey Schultz Montmorency 8 Maddy Guerin Fitzroy 9 Courtney Jones-Hughes Donvale 10 Charlotte Mikic St Marys 11 Lily Paterson Eltham 12 Natasha Reeve Ivanhoe 13 Mika Suzuki Yarrambat 14 Bonnie Cantrill Diamond Creek 15 Alice Doyle Ivanhoe 16 Taylah Manson Greensborough 17 Ciara Fitzgerald West Preston 18 Sarah Sansonetti Bundoora 19 Ruby Panozzo Montmorency 20 Olivia Antonello Yarrambat 21 Eve Capetola Banyule 22 Britney Gutknecht Laurimar 23 Gabrielle Newton Montmorency 24 Alexandra Pronesti Yarrambat 25 Emma Toscano Bulleen-Templestowe 26 Ebony Clayton St Marys 27 Paije Kearney Epping 28 Bridgette Hallal Darebin Falcons 29 Lauren Durante Diamond Creek 30 Gabby Cleeman Parkside 32 Abby Glascott Ivanhoe 33 Taylah Curavic Laurimar 34 Stephanie Yoannidis Montmorency 35 Malaya Rodezno Eltham 37 Cameron Schultz Montmorency 38 Courtney Beaton Greensborough 40 Sarah Townsend Montmorency Greta Miller 53

58 TAC Cup Girls: Geelong Falcons vs GWV Rebels Coach: Jason Armistead Coach: Jeff Whittaker No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Tiahna Andree-Janez Barwon Heads 2 Hayley Boehm Grovedale 3 Gabrielle Deller Modewarre 4 Phoebe Lingam Torquay 5 Murphy Floyd 6 Olivia Purcell St. Mary s 7 Paige Sheppard Bell Post Hill 8 Luka Lesosky-Hay Torquay 9 Zoe Brauer Modewarre 10 Zoe Inei Geelong West 11 Nina Morrison 12 Annie Haigh Lara 13 Lucy McEvoy St. Mary s 14 Tiarna Pitt Torquay 15 Eliza Shannon Newtown & Chilwell 16 Abbey Chapman Geelong West 17 Ellie Loughnane 18 Kaitlyn Haustorfer Lara 19 Ellie Nigro Torquay 20 Ciara Larkins Torquay 21 Denby Taylor Newtown & Chilwell 22 Sachi DeGiacomi Torquay 23 Ruby Benham Modewarre 24 Sophie Baker St Mary s 25 Sophie Dinneen Barwon Heads 26 Mia Sheppard Bell Post Hill 27 Paris Sharp Lara 28 Emily Allan Newtown & Chilwell 29 Jazlyn Fisher Grovedale 30 Amy Gorell Modewarre No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 2 Tara Jasper Horsham 3 Katie McAloon Redan 4 Cecilia Lowrey Ararat 5 Aily McAuliffe Horsham 6 Nyakoat Dajiak East Point 7 Tess Heath Ballarat 8 Tess Marra Nhill 9 Amy McDonald Redan 10 Amy Jackson Lake Wendouree 11 Amelia Monk Warnambool 12 Ayesha Nicholson Ararat 13 Caitlyn Smith South Warnambool 14 Chloe Leighton South West 15 Denver Henson South Warnambool 16 Ella Wood Ararat 17 Hannah Simpson Ballarat 18 Isabel Fraser Ballarat 19 Jaymie Saunders North Ballarat 20 Jordie McAuliffe Horsham 21 Kristen Prebble Redan 22 Laura Booth Lake Wendouree 23 Lauren Butler Maryborough 24 Natasha Hinchcliffe Waubra 25 Nekaela Butler Ararat 26 Nicola Penny Ballarat 27 Portia Hughes Redan 28 Rebecca Sinclair Lake Wendouree 29 Rene Caris Quantong 30 Sophie van de Huevel Ballarat 33 Jasmine Kawa Redan 34 Amelia Cross Ballarat 35 Angela Stoneman Sailors Falls 36 Faith McKenzie Horsham 37 Georgia Clarke South West 38 Lauren Sykes Ararat 39 Maddy Selmon Ballarat 40 Sophie Draffin Vite Vite North 41 Sohpie Molan Lake Wendouree 43 Kate Gleeson South West 44 Ella Bibby Waracknabeal 45 Alyssa Humphries Ararat 54

59 TAC Cup Girls: Gippsland Power vs Dandenong Stingrays Coach: Scott McDougal Coach: Dee Longwill No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Megan Fitzsimon Bairnsdale 2 Samara Beaton D.W.W.W.W. 3 Jess Gysberts Phillip Island 5 Tyla Hanks Beaconsfield 6 Emily Haeusler Traralgon 7 Lily Van Berkel Traralgon 8 Chandra Abrahams Neerim Neerim Sth JFC 9 Lucy Deller Bairnsdale 10 Holly Whitford Maffra 11 Juliette Townsend Dalyston 12 Makeisha Muller Phillip Island 13 Channen Dare Warragul Colts 14 Shaye Symes Yarragon JFC 15 Chelsey Bray Sale 16 Darcy Guttridge Traralgon 17 Seanan Trewin Leongatha 18 Ashley Jans Maffra 19 Georgia Collins Maffra 20 Laura Thompson Phillip Island 21 Sarah Orton Hill End 22 Hayley Balmer Dalyston 23 Caitlyn Beale Morwell 24 Demi Plunkett Traralgon 25 Jocelyn Warwick Traralgon 26 Amy Dunn Maffra 27 Nikia Webber Traralgon 38 Tayla Walsh Morwell 43 Ella O flynn Dalyston 45 Jules Redmond Phillip Island No. NAME LOCAL CLUB G B 1 Shelley Heath Dromana FC 2 Shaneece Stratton Cranbourne JFC 3 Dayna Smith Frankston Dolphins JFC 4 Jessica Guy-Toogood Beleura JFC 5 Eloise Allen-Burns Mount Eliza JFC 6 Ruby Clayton Beaconsfield Youth Girls 7 Sophie Phillips Cranbourne Womens FC 8 Tilly Giddings-Constable Seaford JFC 10 Abbey Jordan Rye JFC 11 Bridie Kennedy Dromana FC 12 Molly McDonald Seaford JFC 13 Georgia Gee Beaconsfield JFC 14 Tayla Prentice Rosebud FC 15 Jordyn Allen Rye JFC 16 Chloe Anderson Beaconsfield Youth Girls 17 Kaitlynn Bader Beaconsfield JFC Girls 18 Saige Bayne Mount Eliza JFC 19 Brooke Borchard Beaconsfield JFC 20 Emily Browning Seaford Seniors 21 Lauren Field Frankston Dolphins 22 Taylah O Hagan Cranbourne Seniors Womens 23 Amelia (Ash) Jordan Rye JFC 24 Courtney Jones Seaford 25 Charlotte Seedsman Balnarring Thunder 26 Isabella Shannon Balnarring JFC 27 Ashlee Sibly Cranbourne Youth Girls 28 Tyanna Smith Beaconsfield Youth Girls 29 Brooke Struylaart Beaconsfield JFC 30 Piper Swayn Rosebud JFC 31 Brooke Vernon Rye JFC - Youth 32 Jasmine Watson Tooradin Delmore 33 Maddison Watson Tooradin Delmore 35 Lucinda Cripps Frankston Dolphins JFC 36 Georgia Gourlay Cranbourne Womens FC 38 Chandler Felton Fountain Gate 44 Samantha Ryan Frankston Dolphins JFC 54 Suede Croad Rye JFC 55

60 Quiz Test your knowledge of TAC Cup players selected in the 2016 NAB AFL Draft and Rookie Draft with this week s AFL Victoria Record quiz. 1. How many selections did 2016 TAC Cup premiers the Sandringham Dragons produce within the first 11 picks of the AFL Draft? 2. Which country TAC Cup club produced the most total selections in the AFL Draft and Rookie Draft? 3. With which pick was 2016 Morrish Medallist Hugh McCluggage of the GWV Rebels selected in the AFL Draft? 4. Which top-10 AFL Draft pick was the Gippsland Power s only player to be selected by an AFL club last year? 5. Which Oakleigh Chargers now Fremantle defender/midfielder was the first TAC Cup player selected in the Rookie Draft? 6. Which Geelong Falcons big man was the TAC Cup s only recognised no.1 ruckman to be selected in the AFL Draft? 7. How many TAC Cup players were taken as father-son selections in the AFL Draft? 8. Which two players a Murray Bushrangers forward and Geelong Falcons defender were selected within the top 23 picks of the AFL Draft despite suffering broken legs early in the season? 9. Which Eastern Ranges forward was the first to be taken as a rookie under the AFL s Next Generation Academy rules by the Western Bulldogs last year? 10. Which key forward was the last TAC Cup player and first from the Calder Cannons selected in the AFL Draft? Question 10 Answers: 1. Five Andrew McGrath (pick no.1 to Essendon), Tim Taranto (no.2 to GWS), Will Setterfield (no.5 to GWS), Jack Scrimshaw (no.7 to Gold Coast) and Oliver Florent (no.11 to Sydney) / 2. Murray Bushrangers (with 10 ahead of the Oakleigh Chargers and Sandringham Dragons with eight each) / 3. No.3 (by Brisbane) / 4. Ben Ainsworth (pick no.4 to Gold Coast) / 5. Taylin Duman / 6. Sean Darcy (pick no.38 to Fremantle) / 7. Two Eastern s Callum Brown (son of Gavin pick no.35 to Collingwood) and Oakleigh s Josh Daicos (son of Peter pick no.57 to Collingwood) / 8. Murray s Jy Simpkin (pick no.12 to North Melbourne) and Geelong s Alex Witherden (no.23 to Brisbane) / 9. Tristan Tweedie / 10. Mitch Lewis (pick no.76 to Hawthorn) 56

61 Photo: Shaun Kelly (On Deck Media)

62 The top 10 picks from the 2016 NAB AFL Draft, including former TAC Cup players: - GWS Will Setterfield (pick no.5 from the Sandringham Dragons back row, far left) - Gold Coast s Jack Scrimshaw (pick no.7 from Sandringham back row, second from left) - Gold Coast s Will Brodie (pick no.9 from the Murray Bushrangers back row, second from right) - Gold Coast s Ben Ainsworth (pick no.4 from the Gippsland Power front row, far left) - GWS Tim Taranto (pick no.2 from Sandringham front row, second from left) - Essendon s Andrew McGrath (pick no.1 from Sandringham front row, centre) - Brisbane s Hugh McCluggage (pick no.3 from the GWV Rebels front row, second from right)

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