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DRAGONS REMAIN UNDEFEATED AFL VICTORIA VFL ROUND 6, TAC CUP ROUND 5 APRIL 27-29, 2012 $3 HAWKS WIN AT HOME EDITORIAL Big V honours await The countdown is on to State football in both the Peter Jackson VFL and the TAC Cup. Next month begins a pivotal Already, we have seen the Clifton and Peter Faulks - all part of the Victorian football AFL Vic Country and AFL progressing to play AFL. calendar for hundreds of Vic Metro Academies select And, of course, it should not aspiring young players. players to play in trial matches be forgotten that Jarryd Blair, It starts with the Peter Jackson in preparation for upcoming a member of that VFL team, VFL State Representative game games. was upgraded from the rookie against the Tasmanian State Over the coming weeks list to play in Collingwood’s League which is followed by the respective coaches Mark Ellis, premiership team later that year. commencement of games of the who’ll coach AFL Vic Country Two years earlier James NAB AFL U18 Championships Academy team for the first time, Podsiadly and Robin Nahas and then the NAB AFL U16 and AFL Vic Metro Academy represented the VFL. Championship carnival. team coach Rohan Welsh and Will history repeat itself, both Players from all Peter Jackson selectors will begin formulating in terms of team success and VFL clubs as well as TAC Cup their preferred team line ups. also players enhancing their clubs will gain the opportunity For the Peter Jackson VFL credentials in the eyes of AFL to represent Victoria. team, this year under Port Clubs? These teams provide some of Melbourne premiership coach Obviously, this year’s Peter the few remaining opportunities Gary Ayres, there is a return Jackson VFL team will have in football that players have to to State football with a match a far different look, but it will represent their State. against Tasmania at Bellerive provide so many first time Big Indeed, it is a moment to Oval on May 26. V wearers with the chance to savour. It will be the VFL’s first showcase their ability. For many of those players it representative match since We await with interest, firstly for will be an audition, if you like, its resounding victory against all the Victorian representative before the scrutinising eyes Western Australia at Leederville teams, from both AFL Victoria’s of AFL Club recruiters and, Oval, Perth in 2010. underage Academies and the potentially, a launching pad to Quite apart from the magnitude Peter Jackson VFL level, to be an AFL career. of the nine goal win, the most finalised and then for those History tells us that so many significant aspect of the game playing capturing the attention players are chosen by AFL was the number of VFL players of the wider football community. Clubs on how they perform on subsequently drafted. It’s an exciting time across all the national stage during the Nine players were drafted levels of Victorian football. NAB AFL U18 Championship from that VFL team with five games, where the best play the - Ed Curnow, Cam Pederson, - Grant Williams best from around the country. Orren Stephenson, Stephen General Manager V FL ROUND 6, TAC CUP ROUND 5 HEADQUARTERS. CONTENTS. APRIL 27-29, 2012 Media Coverage 4 Port blitz Roosters 25 Visy Park Evan Panozza 5 Last time they met 27 Gate 3 Royal Parade Jack Purton-Smith 7 VFL Team Lists 35 Carlton Nth VIC 3054 Sam Dwyer 9 AFL Victoria Development 39 GPO Box 4337 Around the grounds - VFL 13 Ford Face in the Crowd - TAC 40 MELBOURNE VIC 3001 Daniel Vinditti 17 TAC Cup Coaches Award 40 Phone: (03) 8341 6000 Wayne Schultz 16 Around the grounds - TAC 44 Fax: (03) 9380 1076 Ford Face in the Crowd - VFL 23 TAC Cup Team Lists 50 Website: www.aflvic.com.au Everyone’s a winner 24 www.vfl.com.au | 3 MEDIA COVERAGE Media Coverage VFL RADIO Friday 27th April – Bendigo vs Geelong From 6pm AEDT Sunday 29th April – Werribee Tigers vs Williamstown From 1:30pm AEDT Live on the Red Time Sport iPhone App, vfl.com.au, sen.com.au Aussie Digital Radio and the SEN iPhone app. Next Week: Sandringham vs Bendigo 3WBC Saturday 28th April – Coburg Tigers vs Box Hill Hawks 12pm Listen to 94.1 FM or online at www.3wbc.org.au Next Week: Box Hill Hawks vs Frankston ABC TV Saturday 28st April – Collingwood vs Sandringham at 1pm Replay: 3am Wednesdays ABC TV Next Week: Port Melbourne vs Williamstown SEN Sunday 29th April Peter Jackson VFL Review – 9:05pm Thursday 26th April The Peter Jackson VFL Show 8:30pm – 9pm Saturday 28th April Peter Jackson VFL Review – 6:50pm Footy Online Keep up with the latest VFL news online via: website: www.vfl.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/vflfooty twitter: @VFLnews #PJVFL COVER CONTRIBUTORS VFL cover: Box Hill Hawks Danny TAC Cup Cover: Sandringham Editor: Anthony Stanguts [email protected] Hughes (Photo: Jenny Owens) Dragons Nathan Freeman in action Contributors: Adrian Dunn, Matt Lee, Brendan Lucas, Kate Gurney. Design & Print: Red Onion Creative (03) 5221 4408 Photos: AFL Photos (unless otherwise credited) 4 | www.aflvic.com.au Evan PanoZZA Panozza enjoys leading role NEWCOMEN Road these well remembers sitting in views as an honour. days is the home of the the cramped confines of What makes the position even Springvale Districts coach’s box alongside then more telling in Panozza’s eyes Football Club, but it coach Peter Banfield, who is that initially it was a vote remains very much a also taught him at Aquinas among the players for the special location for the College. leadership group. From it, it Scorpions faithful. Panozza came through TAC then went to the coaches and Wind back the clock Cup club Eastern Ranges the Board. more than a decade and along with Travis Cloke, Leigh “Early on I gained a good Newcomen Road was home Adams, Heath Hocking, Matt grounding on leadership to Springvale, an earlier Bate, Chris Knights and Lucas under Steve Harrison version of Casey Scorpions, Markovic, whom he played and Nigel Carmody, past the dominant club in the VFL juniors with at South Croydon. champions, whose record in the 1990s. When he graduated from the stack up so to learn under The Scorpions won four Ranges the choice of club those guys was fantastic,” flags based at the suburban seemed a formality. Panozza said. ground, a couple of torpedo “I had a good relationship “To be promoted to captain punts off Springvale Road. with Peter Banfield through alongside Kyle, one of my As the VFL evolved, the my school and that’s how I closest mates, is an honour Newcomen Road facility was got to learn about Casey,” and a reward, but in the unable to keep pace and the Panozza said. whole scheme of things it club relocated to its current “He invited me into the rooms doesn’t feel like anything has site at Casey Fields. just to see what the club was changed, you just continue to Evan Panozza, one of the about. I met John Sharkie lead by example. longest serving Scorpions, (long serving president) and “It’s a bit of a reward for didn’t get to play at Brian Woodman (club general effort, which is nice.” Newcomen Road, but he manager) and that’s how I got Now Panozza would like to know the club. the Scorpions to taste some “Once I finished in the finals success. He likes all Under 18s, it was a natural the stories about the club’s progression to go there and success in the 1990s, but he play under Peter.” wants to update that history. While he didn’t get the chance to play at Newcomen FAST FACTS Road, Panozza understands EVAN PANOZZA the proud history and significance the venue holds. Age: 24 Now in his seventh season Club: Casey Scorpions with Casey, Panozza, the Games: 72 vice-captain for the past Goals: 5 three seasons, was elevated Highlights: Club co-captain to co-captain alongside Kyle (2011) Casey co-captain Evan Panozza Matthews, something he www.vfl.com.au | 5 Port set modern daY record 6 | www.aflvic.com.au JacK Purton-Smith Purton-Smith earns senior spot FOR Jack Purton-Smith the opportunities may be limited at move from Williamstown reigning premiers Port Melbourne to Werribee is all about who have a bunch of similar type opportunities, even if it means players. more travel time. “It (Werribee) is a little further, but When Purton-Smith decided at the sometimes you’ve got to do what end of the 2011 season that he you’ve got to do,” Purton-Smith would be best served looking for said. another VFL club, he did his due “I thought about Port Melbourne, diligence. but I just felt Werribee suited me Purton-Smith met with officials of the best.” both Port Melbourne and Werribee After an injury-prone top age year before finally settling with the with Sandringham Dragons, where latter. he required surgery on a knee and It would have been easier to select then hurt a hamstring, Purton- Port Melbourne given he works in Smith chose Williamstown as his Elsternwick and lives locally, but next football home. Purton-Smith believed his best Purton-Smith played two games in chance to play senior football lie his first year with the Seagulls, but with Werribee. spent the entire season with the After starting in the Development club’s Development League team League where he sits in equal third last year.