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VFL ROUND 10 JUNE 15-16, 2013 $3.00 HHawksawks oonn a wwinninginning sstreaktreak EEssendonssendon 221.17.1431.17.143 d SSandringhamandringham 112.9.812.9.81 AFL VICTORIA CORPORATE PARTNERS NAMING RIGHTS PREMIER PARTNERS OFFICIAL PARTNERS APPROVED LICENSEES EDITORIAL Step Back Think THREE simple words – Step Back Think – carry a powerful meaning that’s relevant to everyone, particularly young adults. AFL Victoria endorses the message of Step Back Think, a NAB AFL U18 Championships enter non-profi t organisation which is raising awareness about the Division 1 phase. street violence. Vic Country and Vic Metro have Its theme of using your head instead of your fi sts will be both posted two emphatic wins in highlighted across a number of games this weekend in the the Division cross-over section of the Championships, AFL, Peter Jackson VFL and TAC Cup through its ‘Lace Up’ which again has showcased the untapped potential of so campaign. many young Victorians. Clubs have been asked to wear orange boot laces in a Vic Country travels to South Australia while Vic Metro will united stand against street violence and its serious play Western Australia in the curtain raiser to the consequences. Fremantle/Brisbane Lions match. One reckless punch can deliver devastating, even lethal It’s a challenging assignment, but that’s what football is all ramifi cations which can change a person and their family’s about and one which both Victorian teams embrace. life forever. Already, both teams have exposed more than 60 talented Sadly, one punch was the catalyst for launching Step Back young players to a standard of football they’ve never Think following the assault of young Melbournian James previously experienced. Macready-Bryan, who was felled and suffered brain And, that’s one of the great things about the Victorian damage in a tragic street violence act in our CBD. talented player pathway – the opportunity it provides for The scary thing is that anyone can be targeted in random, players to challenge themselves and maximize their ability. senseless acts of street violence. We wish both Victorian teams the best. AFL Victoria hopes the campaign can engage and help At the North Port Oval on Sunday, Port Melbourne coach educate people about how to behave when confronted with Gary Ayres will equal a coaching record he established a potentially explosive situation. during his time at Geelong. The message is clearly Step Back Think and help erase Ayres, already the longest serving coach in the storied street violence. 130-year history of Port Melbourne, will coach the club for Also this weekend, Williamstown will continue their the 116th time. support of the charity Ladder, raising funds for youth homelessness, while Sandringham and Box Hill Hawks will AFL Victoria, and indeed Port Melbourne, is fortunate to recognise the Blue Ribbon Foundation as they play for the have a person of Ayres’ standing involved for so long in the Blue Ribbon Cup. Peter Jackson VFL. Victoria’s two Under 18 teams – Country and Metro – take Grant Williams their unbeaten records on the road this weekend as the AFL Victoria General Manager Editor: Anthony Stanguts anthony.stanguts@afl vic.com.au Contributors: Adrian Dunn, David O’Neill, Kent Winzer Design & Print: Cyan Press Photos: AFL Photo’s (unless otherwise credited) Visy Park, Gate 3, Royal Parade, Carlton Nth, VIC 3054 Advertising: Ryan Webb (03) 8341 6062 GPO Box 4337, Melbourne, VIC 3001 AFL Victoria General Manager: Grant Williams Phone: (03) 8341 6000 | Fax: (03) 9380 1076 www.afl vic.com.au State League & Talent Manager: John Hook High Performance Managers: Anton Grbac, Leon Harris Talent Operations Coordinator: Sophie Timms Cover photo: Box Hill Hawks Pat Lawlor Talent Operations Offi cer: Lauren Bunting www.vfl .com.au 1 MEDIA COVERAGE ABC TV Saturday June 15: Northern Blues vs Frankston – 1pm Next Week: Geelong vs Port Melbourne Peter Jackson VFL Radio Sunday June 16: Collingwood vs Coburg – From 1:30pm Live on Digital Radio via Aussie, Red Time Sport and SEN I-Phone Apps, online via vfl .com.au or sen.com.au and on Vision Australia Radio on 1179AM Next game: North Ballarat vs Bendigo 3WBC Sunday June 16: Sandringham vs Box Hill Hawks – 1pm Listen to 94.1 FM or online at www.3wbc.org.au Next game: Werribee Tigers vs Box Hill Hawks SEN Sunday June 16 – Peter Jackson VFL review 9:05pm Thursday June 20 – The Peter Jackson VFL Show 8:30pm – 9pm Peter Jackson VFL Online Keep up to date with the Peter Jackson VFL via the following methods: Website: www.vfl .com.au @VFLnews #PJVFL www.facebook.com/vfl footy 2 www.afl vic.com.au STEVEN STROOBANTS Gold look long term THERE’S been more short term pain than he would have wished, but for Steven Stroobants the long term gain for Bendigo Gold dwarfs all those early-season beltings. Stroobants, the inaugural captain for Bendigo, is get them up and instill the belief they can play VFL footy.” unequivocal in his belief that the club is on the right track Stroobants is one of a handful of Bendigo players who and all that is needed is patience and perseverance. previously had experience playing in the VFL. He can For Stroobants, a graduate of the Bendigo Pioneers and a understand why so many of the Melbourne-based Bendigo Bendigo resident, what is non-negotiable is that Bendigo players from last year chose to play this season with must have a VFL club. Essendon. “We’re looking at the big picture, it’s no good Bendigo not Most of the Gold list has been harvested from surrounding having a VFL team,” Stroobants said. country competitions and Stroobants said it is to be expected they will take time to adjust to the VFL. “We’re not looking at the He said the signs are emerging that the players are adapting and improving to a standard that was way above short term, we’re looking what they had previously encountered. “Every bloke on our list is a champion fella. If you came down the track. If we all stick down and watched training you would see the enthusiasm and how much enjoyment among the group,” Stroobants together, I think we can be a said. “It’s hard getting beaten by big margins, but the youth and pretty competitive side in a enthusiasm of the group is really exciting.” couple of years,” Stroobants said. The captaincy is something that Stroobants didn’t expect, but he said it brought great pride to lead such a storied football city. While he admitted the captaincy was a little daunting when it was fi rst bestowed upon him, he’s continually worked on his leadership both on and off the fi eld. “It’s a great experience and one which will hold me in great stead for the future,” said Stroobants, who fi lled in as captain for the Pioneers for a couple of games. Bendigo has been on the receiving end of some frightful hidings – its average losing margin is 100 points – the magnitude that most didn’t see coming. Stroobants said the spirit, enthusiasm and unity among the playing group is in stark contrast to its sorry scoreline. He added that coach Aussie Jones has been positive, upbeat and intuitive with his game plan and message to FAST FACTS the players. STEVEN STROOBANTS ‘‘Obviously, some of the results we’ve had haven’t gone to plan, but I think we saw against Coburg Tigers that if we AGE: 24 play to our structures and what Aussie (Jones, the coach) CLUB: Bendigo Gold is putting in place we can be very competitive,” Stroobants GAMES: 44 said. GOALS: 38 “As captain, given we are so young, I try and give as much HIGHLIGHTS: Bendigo captain 2013 encouragement and confi dence as possible. I’m trying to www.vfl .com.au 3 $75 CASH BACK Buy a selected, specially marked Bailey Fibreglass Ladder between 11th February 2013 and 30th June 2013 and receive $75 cash back*. Complete and return the official claim form, along with your original tax receipt, by the closing date to receive your cash. *Refer to the official claim form for details or go to www.baileyladders.com.au/cashbackpromotion. Offer ends midnight 30th June 2013. All Cashback claims to be received by the 31st July 2013 to be valid. Photo: Arj Giese baileyladders.com.au 4 www.afl vic.com.au GARY AYRES Record keeps getting better for Ayres WHEN Port Melbourne hosts North Ballarat, Gary Ayres Borough has posted a winning season with the club will add yet another layer to his extraordinary football fi nishing in the top four at the end of the home and away career. season. Ayres, the fi ve-time Hawthorn premiership player and just But, here’s the most remarkable statistic: Ayres, who one of two players to win two Norm Smith Medals, will signed a two-year coaching extension with an option coach the Borough for the 116th time. for a third at the end of last season, has coached Port And, while his coaching tenure at Port Melbourne is Melbourne longer than other club legends Norm Brown already consigned to the archives as a record, it will match and Gary Brice. his coaching games achievement at Geelong. Brown and Price, who presided over the club in its halcyon days in the 1970s and early 80s when it won a remarkable Ayres coached the Cats to 116 games, nine more than six fl ags, coached Port for fi ve seasons. he did at Adelaide in a 223 game AFL coaching career, stretching from 1995 to 2004.
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