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VFL Round 19 TAC Cup Round 17 21 - 23 August 2015 $3.00 Tips to avoid BetRegret Gamble less than once a week Leave your debit and credit cards at home Take breaks when gambling Don’t let it lead to something bigger. Get all the tips at betregret.com.au Authorised by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, Melbourne. Photo: Dave Savell Features 4 5 Nick Carnell 7 Alan Hales / Peter Henderson 9 Gary Ayres Every week Editorial 3 VFL Highlights 10 VFL News 11 TAC Cup Highlights 14 TAC Cup News 15 AFL Vic News 16 Club Whiteboard 18 21 Events 23 Get Social 24 25 Draft Watch 64 Who’s playing who 34 35 Essendon vs Footscray 52 53 North Ballarat vs Calder 36 37 Collingwood vs Richmond 54 55 Oakleigh vs Geelong 38 39 Coburg vs Casey Scorpions 56 57 Bendigo vs Northern 40 41 Northern Blues vs Box Hill Hawks 58 59 Gippsland vs Sandringham 42 43 Port Melbourne vs Frankston 60 61 Western vs Dandenong 44 45 Williamstown vs Werribee 62 63 Murray vs Eastern 46 47 Sandringham vs Geelong Editor: Ben Pollard ben.pollard@afl vic.com.au Contributors: Anthony Stanguts Design & Print: Cyan Press Photos: AFL Photos (unless otherwise credited) Ikon Park, Gate 3, Royal Parade, Carlton Nth, VIC 3054 Advertising: Ryan Webb (03) 8341 6062 GPO Box 4337, Melbourne, VIC 3001 Phone: (03) 8341 6000 | Fax: (03) 9380 1076 AFL Victoria CEO: Steven Reaper www.afl vic.com.au State League & Talent Manager: John Hook High Performance Managers: Anton Grbac, Leon Harris Cover: Dion Hill in action for Coburg during the Lions’ Talent Operations Coordinator: Rhy Gieschen Round 18 win against Richmond at Punt Road Oval Talent Operations Coordinator: Lauren Bunting www.taccup.com.au 01 Television Online VFL Online Website: www.vfl .com.au Twitter: @VFL #PJVFL Facebook: www.facebook.com/vfl footy Broadcasting the Peter Jackson VFL in 2015 TAC Cup Online Saturday August 22 – 12pm Collingwood vs Richmond Website: www.taccup.com.au (delayed telecast) Twitter: @TACCup Facebook: www.facebook.com/taccupfooty Next week: Werribee vs Footscray Radio L VFL Live I Sunday August 23, Sandringham vs Geelong from 1.45pm Live on Digital Radio via Aussie, Red Time Sport and SEN iPhone Apps, V online via vfl .com.au or sen.com.au E Next week: Sandringham vs Casey Scorpions R TAC Cup Radio A D Saturday August 22, North Ballarat Rebels vs Calder Cannons from 11.45am I Listen live on the Red Time Sport iPhone App or www.taccup.com.au O Next week: Northern Knights vs Gippsland Power 3WBC Saturday August 22, Northern Blues vs Box Hill Hawks from 1pm Listen to 94.1FM, online at www.3wbc.org.au or the Tune In Radio app Next week: Box Hill Hawks vs Williamstown Casey Radio Sunday August 23, Sandringham vs Geelong from 1pm Tune to 97.7fm in Melbourne, via the web at www.caseyradio.com.au, or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone. Next game: Finals Essendon VFL Radio Friday August 21: Essendon vs Footscray from 7.30pm Download the Essendon app or listen on essendonfc.com.au/vfl . Collingwood VFL Radio Saturday August 22, Collingwood vs Richmond from 10.30am Commentary will be streamed through the Collingwood app and on collingwoodfc.com.au Video Streaming Visit vfl .com.au on Sunday at 2pm for a link to a live video stream of: Sandringham vs Geelong Next week: Sandringham vs Casey Scorpions 02 www.vfl .com.au Women take centre stage Women’s football took centre stage last weekend, with the start of the Victorian Women’s Football League fi nals and the fourth AFL Women’s Exhibition game. The AFL game between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne, featuring 22 players and numerous coaches and staff from the VWFL, was judged an overwhelming success from the standard of football to the media coverage given to the fi rst women’s game to be broadcast on national television. It was a landmark day for women’s football, with 175,000 Victorians watching the broadcast on Channel 7 and over 7,000 people viewing the game live at Etihad Stadium. Peter Jackson VFL broadcast partner Channel 7 should be commended for its role in promoting women’s football to the masses, with Jason Bennett, Chyloe Kurdas, Julia Price and Sam Lane providing quality coverage of the game. Such was the mainstream media coverage of the match, you could not avoid knowing that the game was on – which can only help raise the profi le of the female players involved. In its third year, the game is starting to be more than just an exhibition of women’s football, but a match that the general public looks fo rward to on an annual basis as they learn more about the stars of our game. Names like Daisy Pearce and Katie Brennan are now regular features of the match and both displayed their star qualities in the game. Pearce, Melbourne’s captain, collected 30 disposals and 221 Champion Data ranking points while Brennan almost kicked her side to victory off her own boot, adding the fi rst four goals for the Bulldogs to get them back into the game. They were joined by the next generation of stars like Youth Girls All Australian player Brit Bonnici and former Matildas goalkeeper Brianna Davey, who made their AFL debuts last weekend to show the future is looking bright. The wheels are now in motion to take the next step from AFL Women’s Exhibition games to a proposed national competition. AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said it is now a matter of when and not if regarding the national competition for women, explaining post-game that AFL clubs have been canvassed for their interest in following the lead of the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne in forming women’s teams. It is certainly exciting times for women’s football, especially with the majority of the VWFL players in the AFL Women’s Exhibition game, who will be returning to the fi eld back at their local clubs in the fi nal round of Premier Division football before their fi nals begin next weekend. It’s a great opportunity to further support our future stars of the game. Finally, this week in the Record we recognise key achievements by people within two TAC Cup clubs. Congratulations to North Ballarat Rebels head trainer Peter Henderson who this week brings up game 400 and to Western Jets life member Alan Hales who will conclude his variety of match-day roles at the end of the season. Well done to both on their support of up-and-coming players in the competition. Steven Reaper AFL Victoria CEO www.taccup.com.au 03 Curtains for captain Carnell The longest-serving captain in Coburg Football Club history will hang up his boots at the end of the club’s 2015 Peter Jackson VFL campaign. Nick Carnell has led the Lions for seven of his 10 years “We’ve got a really good culture and a really good at the club, establishing a reputation as one of the group of guys who can take the club forward now.” most respected and uncompromising leaders in the However, Carnell’s leadership ability doesn’t look like competition. being lost to the game. The 28-year-old has played 167 matches but recently In his 13 matches for the Lions this season, the four- started to fi nd it diff icult to balance the increasingly time club leading goalkicker has acted as an on-fi eld professional demands of playing in the VFL with his coach for the forward line group and said coaching career outside football as a construction manager. was a role he was thinking about exploring in the “It’s something I’ve been dealing with the last couple future. of months,” Carnell said. “It’s something I’ve really enjoyed,” Carnell said of his “The VFL’s moving at such a speed now where the role this season. demands on your time and your body are so great that it’s very diff icult to sustain. “We’ve found it really useful from a team perspective, as I’ve got a really good handle on where things are at “I think it’s the right time – I feel the club’s in a position now where it can quite easily stand on its on the ground and I know what the guys want up in own two feet from a leadership point-of-view with a the coaching box. lot of the guys we’ve got around. “I’m going to take some time to miss footy a little bit 04 www.vfl .com.au – get away from it for a touch – but there’ll be some He said the Lions’ fi rst victory as a standalone club in sort of footy involved next year. Round 5 last year meant a lot to everyone involved. “Coaching is something that’s in my future, but the “That was a highlight for us, because no one backed time commitment you need to spend on coaching is us in,” Carnell said. just as much as playing, so that’s where the diff iculty “It was good to get that one out of the way – it gave us lies.” confi dence in the weeks aft er to keep winning games Carnell requires a shoulder reconstruction once the of footy, which was really important for our young season is over and said aft er taking some time off to group.” refresh his body, he wouldn’t be going too far from That group has kept developing in 2015, to the point the club both he and his wife love to be part of.