VFL ROUND 8 AFL VICTORIA MAY 21-22, 2011

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Indigenous Round This weekend is an opportunity to recognise the contribution to our game of Indigenous people and their culture.

FOOTBALL across the country this is responsible for the engagement of It will be a fantastic experience for week celebrates Indigenous Round, the Victorian Indigenous community all these players. recognising and paying tribute to the in football programs from Auskick All of the grid games at half time Indigenous peoples’ contribution to right through community football of the MCG game will be umpired Australian Football. (including female participation) and by Indigenous girls from Worawa Certainly, the game is greater for into the talent pathway (TAC and College in Healesville. These young the explosive presence of Buddy VFL). girls have completed an umpiring Franklin, exquisite skills of Cyril Those programs are not solely for course as part of the school Rioli and the class of , players, but also for those who curriculum, a program organised a product of the VFL, to name but would like to be involved in football with the school by Neville Nash, AFL a few. at any level, coaching, umpiring and Victoria’s Umpiring Development It is a weekend where the volunteering. Manager. greater community can salute Recently, Leon organised and To round off the 2011 season, their importance to the growth facilitated an AFL Level 1 Coaching in August a team of under 15 of the game and also provides Course which targeted an Indigenous boys will be selected the opportunity to engage wider Indigenous participation audience. to represent Victoria at the National Australia in the culture of our The one day course took place Kickstart Carnival on the Gold Indigenous people. with 33 potential future coaches at Coast. From the carnival, the Flying At AFL level, there is currently the newly opened Korin Gamadji Boomerangs National Under 15 a record 85 Indigenous players Indigenous Institute within the team will be selected to represent - or 11% of club lists. Such an ME Bank Centre at the Richmond our country and travel overseas involvement at the game’s elite level Football Club. to share their culture with other is underpinned by our Indigenous During half time at the Dreamtime at Indigenous people and showcase framework and our broad range of the G game – Leon has organised our great game to an international programs across Australia. for more than 100 Victorian audience later this year. Headlining the celebration, now in Indigenous Auskickers from fi ve Ultimately, AFL Victoria hope that its seventh year, is the Dreamtime “Koori Kids Auskick Centres” our Indigenous programs, which are at the G, one of the undoubted across the state (Fitzroy Stars FC, in line with the national plan led by highlights of the season and Rumbalara FC, Nowa Nowa Primary Jason Mifsud at the AFL, will result an event that showcases the School, Bairnsdale West Primary in more Indigenous people being importance of the Indigenous School and Robinvale) to play on the involved at all levels of the game people in our game and society. night. In addition, there will be 22 including the TAC Cup Program and Importantly, celebrating the players from the remote Aboriginal the VFL competition. Indigenous people is not solely an community of Parrngurr in Western AFL initiative. Australia, located 370km east of - Grant Williams AFL Victoria has an Indigenous Newman in the Pilbara region, on AFL Victoria General Manager Programs Manager, Leon Egan, who the edge of the Great Sandy Desert.

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Top to bottom in a week

This week it is the other end of the ladder that draws interest as clubs fi ght for their fi rst win of the season.

LAST week it was the top of the the season. Gaining that fi rst season of 60 points. Their biggest ladder clash that drew everyone’s win of the season would possibly and smallest losing margins were attention. see both clubs still in reach of a recorded within a week of each Port Melbourne and Williamstown fi nals spot, with the bottom placed other – 122 points against Port went head to head for outright top sides just three games off sixth Melbourne in round six, then 16 spot, with the Borough after seven spot on the ladder after seven points last week against Northern rounds now sitting proudly on top rounds. I am sure that fi nals is the Bullants in round seven. of the VFL ladder. Depth seems last thing on the minds of Adam This week one team will be gain to be the key for Port with Myles Potter and Simon Goosey as they their fi rst for points, for the other, Pitt fi nally given his chance in the enter round eight of action – their the only consolation with be that seniors (with Dean Galea missing) fi rst four points of the year would Geelong will still be sitting with and continued on his good be the priority. them at the bottom of the ladder reserves form (leading reserves Coburg were oh so close, but (Geelong have the bye this week, goal kicker with 21 goals) by yet so far in the early rounds of and have had a 0-6 start to the repaying coach Gary Ayres with the season – the result of their year). three goals. Patrick Rose did fi rst two defeats being under two In other VFL news, the next not show any nerves against goals (versus Sandringham and round of the Foxtel Cup has his old side slotting through fi ve Northern Bullants). What could been announced. Williamstown majors, taking outright top spot have been a 2-0 start to the are heading interstate again for on the VFL goal kicking ladder. year saw them sitting 0-2 after their Quarter Final, facing West As Ayres is quoting saying in an three rounds, and they went on Adelaide on Saturday June 4 at article in the Record this week, to suffer eight goal plus defeats AAMI Stadium in Adelaide. The “the premiership is not won in at the hands of Box Hill (76 pts), Northern Bullants next game will May”, but his side have certainly Williamstown (52) and last week be on Saturday June 11 against broadcast their intentions, and North Ballarat (60). Claremont at Metricon Stadium have stamped themselves as the For Frankston, after being (Carrara). Best of luck to both team to beat this year. competitive in a number of games sides. This week however attention turns this year, they have not been able - Anthony Stanguts to the other end of the ladder, as to run out the full game, suffering both Coburg and Frankston look an average losing margin this Communications Offi cer to record their fi rst senior win of media coverage Round 8, May 21st - 22nd: Saturday, 21st May ABC TV: Werribee Tigers vs Northern Bullants tune into ABC1 from 1pm 3WBC: North Ballarat vs Box Hill Hawks Listen live on 94.1fm or online at www.3wbc.org.au from 1pm Sunday, 22nd May VFL Radio: Bendigo vs Port Melbourne from 1:30pm www.vfl .com.au or www.bpmmedia.com.au or Aussie Digitial Thursday, 26th May SEN: ‘State of Play’ - the VFL half hour 8:30pm-9pm

4 www.afl vic.com.au patrick rose

Rose shines in new colours

for Williamstown against the was to improve on last year’s Borough when he slotted performance of reaching a through fi ve goals. Semi Final. He noted that whenever “I’m really pleased we were planning for a match against able to secure him, he’s a the Seagulls, Rose was one of quality player,” Ayres said. the players that occupied most “He’s got that uncanny knack of his energy. of being able to produce It’s little wonder that Ayres now something pretty special and refers to Rose, no longer a foe, that always stands him aside but an ally, as potentially the from the average player. recruit of the year. “We know for his size he has a Ayres didn’t need much think terrifi c understanding of where music when Port full forward the goals are. Paddy’s ability Dean Galea approached to kick goals on a regular him late last year with the basis is a real star quality. news that Rose - one of his “And, he’s pretty cool when friends from his days at Point he needs to make a decision Gellibrand - was looking for when there is a lot of heat and a football home and Port his size makes him hard to Melbourne was very much in match up on.” his planning. What Rose also demands is a The former Hawthorn quality defender and it helps premiership great knew fi rst alleviate the pressure on other hand just how damaging a forwards who can then apply - SNAPSHOT - player Rose could be and scoreboard pressure. what an acquisition he would Patrick Rose Rose, a prolifi c goal kicker be for Port Melbourne. Age: 24 for Williamstown the past four “Paddy was looking for a seasons, has fi tted like a glove Clubs: Williamstown, Port change in direction, to put into the Borough team. He Melbourne it in simple terms, and his currently leads the club goal Games: 100 friendship with Dean was kicking with 24, a mark that Goals: 234 obviously a fair factor in him also sees him atop of the VFL Highlights: VFL coming here,” Ayres said. goal kicking chart. Representative 2010; VFL “It was really pleasing Certainly, Rose is on target for Team Of The Year 2009; because we know what a a career year. He kicked 55 Rookie Listed by Western quality player Paddy is at goals in the ’08 season. Bulldogs 2009 the VFL level, he’s a very “We believe that we have the dangerous player and you recruit of the year,” Ayres said. OVER recent years Patrick always have to give him the Rose has caused Port respect that you afford an Melbourne coach Gary Ayres excellent player at this level.” more headaches than he Ayres viewed Rose, who cares to remember. plays his 100th VFL game Ayres recalled one game, against Bendigo Bombers this late in the 2009 season, Sunday, as exactly what the when Rose engineered a win Borough needed if the club

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VFL representative team

OKAY, so it’s about this drivers behind Williamstown was kicking goals – 110 in time of the year that a VFL again surging from the gates to fact – for Noble Park, but the representative team would be occupy its front running position former Frankston forward has playing against South Australia towards the top of the ladder. re-acclimatised to VFL in a or West Australia. But, his sole Seagull teammate twinkling of an eye with the VFL The State representative is Ben Jolley, who Williamstown Bombers. matches have been put on faithful claim has been the most What he might lack in height, hold this year to accommodate infl uential player this season. Dickson makes up for in football the inaugural Foxtel Cup, a There are several ex-Seagulls in smarts. He fi nds space, marks competition that has pitted 16 the Record squad – Dean Galea, well and tellingly knows where teams representing every State Paddy Rose and , the goals are. and Territory. who all now call Port Melbourne Northern Bullants Ahmed Saad, Certainly, the initiative has been home. one of the revelations from 2010, a great boost for the profi le of Rose is a State representative has been in sparkling form this the respective State League from last season while Skipper, season. Several AFL clubs have clubs, especially Northern a veteran of 100 VFL games, their eye on this excitement Bullants and Williamstown, has been ineligible in the past machine. which have progressed to the because he’s been an AFL listed Down back, Port Melbourne’s Foxtel Cup Quarter Finals. player. Sam Pleming is clearly the But, in the absence of a State Skipper gains the nod for most dominant defender in the match the VFL Football Record No 1 ruckman from Orren competition. He’s carried over has decided to select its Stephenson, whose credentials, his best and fairest form from squad of players who would of course, saw him included on last year. have been in the running for a the interchange bench. Bullants captain Adam representative match. Liston Trophy winner Shane Iacobucci, a regular State We’ve followed the criteria used Valenti, overlooked for last representative and Team Of The in selecting the State squad year’s State match, takes Myles Year representative, and former – only VFL Listed players are Sewell’s spot. Valenti’s start to Sydney Swan Matt O’Dwyer slot eligible for selection as well as the season has been super but into the back fl anks either side AFL Rookies. injury could curtail his season. of Pleming. While veteran Valenti’s teammate Adam Former North Ballarat big man Mitch Hahn was up for selection Bentick, another member of Andrew McLean has been one - enjoying a good season for last year’s victorious VFL team, of the revelations in an otherwise Williamstown - we’ve opted for comes off the interchange disappointing start to the season players who are younger and bench to provide the necessary for Geelong. Collingwood’s Kris with an opportunity to take their rotation support. Pendlebury, elder brother of football further. Galea’s selection may cause Magpie superstar Scott, and As with all representative teams, some queries, but there’s no Bendigo Bomber co-captain our ‘Record’ team is selected on denying that he’s in form and, Trent Shinners fi ll out the last line those players who have shone importantly, kicking goals in of defence. during the fi rst seven rounds of tandem with Rose. And, there’s an over-load the season. As good as Galea has been of talent on the interchange Not surprisingly, our team playing, Bendigo Bomber bench. Coburg Tigers’ captain includes several players who are spearhead Matthew Little is Nick Carnell, one of the most regular representative players, the clear choice as full forward. consistent players in the led by Williamstown skipper Little, winner of the Frank competition, Sandringham’s Brett Johnson, who last season Johnson Medal for best VFL , enjoying his captained the VFL team, which player last year in the State best ever season, Bentick demolished West Australia over game, has been in great touch and Stephenson round out a in the west. for his new club. formidable team. Johnson has been one of the Last season Tory Dickson - Adrian Dunn

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FOLLOWERS Wayde Skipper Port Melbourne Shane Valenti Port Melbourne Ben Jolley Willamstown BACKS

BP Andrew McLean FB Trent Shinners BP Kris Pendlebury Geelong Bendigo Bombers Collingwood

HALF BACKS

HB Adam Iacobucci CHB Sam Pleming HB Matt O’Dwyer Northern Bullants Port Melbourne Werribee Tigers

CENTRE

WCJames Wall Brett Johnson WNathan Batsanis Casey Scorpions Williamstown Port Melbourne

HALF FOWARDS HF Ahmed Saad CHF Tory Dickson HF Northern Bullants Bendigo Bombers Box Hill Hawks

FORWARDS FP Patrick Rose FF Matthew Little FP Dean Galea Port Melbourne Bendigo Bombers Port Melbourne

INTERCHANGE James Magner Adam Bentick Sandringham Port Melbourne Nick Carnell Orren Stephenson Coburg Tigers North Ballarat

So, how does your VFL team shape up? Let us know. Email vfl news@afl vic.com.au with your team and one lucky supporter will receive a VFL season pass for submitting their team.

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Spider’s trivia Test your knowledge of the VFL in Matt ‘Spider’ Lee’s 10 question trivia quiz.

1 Who kicked 5 goals for Port Melbourne in the win over Williamstown last week? 2 What is the nickname of defunct VFA Club Moorabbin? 3 Who was captain of Box Hill Hawks in 2006 & 2007? 4 Box Hill Hawks Jarrad Boumann was on which AFL club list in 2010? 5 Which Northern Bullants player played his 100th VFL game last week? 6 Ryan Mckenzie plays for which VFL Club? 7 Who won the 2006 Norm Goss Medal? 8 Who won the 1991 J.J. Liston Trophy? 9 Who coached the Bendigo in 2002?

10 Shepley Oval was the home of which defunct VFA club?

8. Anthony Eames - Werribee, 9. Damian Drum, 10. Dandenong Dandenong 10. Drum, Damian 9. Werribee, - Eames Anthony 8.

5. Jarrod McCorkell, 6. North Ballarat, 7. Phil Read - Sandringham, Sandringham, - Read Phil 7. Ballarat, North 6. McCorkell, Jarrod 5. Matt ‘Spider’ Lee is a VFL

1. Patrick Rose, 2. Kangaroos, 3. Kristan Height, 4. Western Bulldogs, Bulldogs, Western 4. Height, Kristan 3. Kangaroos, 2. Rose, Patrick 1. commentator & producer of Evenings Answers with Mark Fine on 1116 SEN

8 www.afl vic.com.au michael tanner

Tanner becomes a tiger

never contemplated looking “Adam (Potter) gave me a shot elsewhere. all last year when I was under “Williamstown was a good him. He gave me a shot up club, it always supported me forward, moved me around to on and off the fi eld. It was help me in different areas and I always a good environment to had a great year. continue playing there. I had “Ultimately, Adam’s move to a lot of mates there who were Coburg and my goal to play somewhat in the same position some senior football saw me I was,” he said. move.” Tanner harbours no ill feeling. Not only has Tanner played He understood that the depth every game in Coburg Tigers of players, both at Williamstown seniors, but he’s been among and its affi liate Western the club’s best players in what Bulldogs, made securing a has been a tough start to the senior spot extremely tough. season. “On a personal level you Just as signifi cantly, Tanner probably thought you deserved was voted by his peers into the a game, but there just wasn’t leadership group. a spot there. You had to back While it has been a frustrating up each week in an attempt to start – Coburg Tigers have lost keep pushing your goal to get a two games by seven points - SNAPSHOT - game,” Tanner said. or less and endured a tough Michael Tanner It didn’t stop him giving his all. draw – Tanner believes the Age: 23 No better illustration than last club is still on track to make its year’s reserves Grand Final presence felt before the season Clubs: Coburg Tigers where he kicked seven goals in is over. Games: 5 a losing effort. “’Potts’ (Adam Potter) has put Goals: 0 Such was his stellar season us in the right direction and we that Tanner won the reserves have a good game plan. We’ll MICHAEL Tanner loved the best and fairest, but he move forward,” he said. Williamstown Football Club, the decided it was time to draw a Personally, Tanner described players, coaches, offi cials and line in the sand and look for a as “amazing” the experience of fans and the camaraderie that new football home in season fi nally playing senior football. engulfs such a successful club. 2011. “You are up against seasoned Tanner enjoyed everything When Adam Potter, one of the campaigners at AFL level and about the club except for the assistants at Williamstown, to be opposed to them is a fact that he was unable to gained the coaching job at great feeling. It lets you know break into the seniors for one Coburg Tigers, Tanner decided where you are with your own game, albeit that he came to follow him across to City football,” he said. close. Oval. “I’ve never been gifted with Seven times last season he “The main reason I left great talent so it was a struggle, was named as an emergency. Williamstown was the and to fi nally be rewarded with Close, but no cigar. realisation that there wasn’t a game against blokes you see Although he played at going to be a position for me in playing AFL every other week Williamstown from the 2007 the upcoming years,” Tanner was great. It’s something that season, Tanner said he said. I’ll never forget.”

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10 www.afl vic.com.au derick micaleff

Micaleff fi nds focus

the school of hard knocks, Gerard FitzGerald said was listed in 2007 with the the difference in Micallef’s Roosters. He managed the application, dedication and solitary game. professionalism was evident He spent the entire 2008 when pre-season training season in North Ballarat’s began for the 2010 season. reserves, broke back into FitzGerald noted that Micallef the seniors for one game in previously had really battled 2009 to give him a total of two to get a game and then really games in three years. battled to hang in the team Instead of being disillusioned, when he got one. Micallef was buoyed by the “We use examples of Derick fact that he was getting his and Nick Peters of boys who life together off the fi eld – were overlooked for the 2009 he gained admittance to Grand Final team and ended a primary school teaching up in the best six in the 2010 degree at Ballarat University. premiership team. It was a And, importantly, he began to fantastic effort,” FitzGerald focus more on his football than said. his social skill set. Micallef Micallef said a lifestyle change admits his liking for the amber was also a key component fl uid and other party drinks for the turnaround. “I live with - SNAPSHOT - proved an anchor early in his some wild guys, so just not Derick Micaleff career. drinking, concentrating on my Age: 24 Last season he played 16 footy and Uni. I just became Clubs: North Ballarat games with North Ballarat, more dedicated in everything. Games: 24 including the club’s historic “I’d had a pretty rough Goals: 27 third successive premiership background, personal issues Highlights: North Ballarat where he was named among with the family and schooling. premiership player 2010 the best six. All things I’ve gone from where I was to considered a remarkable where I am now,” Micallef said. achievement. “Everyone involved at North DERICK Micaleff’s story is It wasn’t the only Ballarat have helped me one of overcoming adversity, accomplishment Micallef evolve and develop. It made perseverance and reward. received. He was named the me want to go to Uni rather It is one that North Ballarat City of Ballarat Challenge and than work in a factory, do a bit continually highlight and Change Award winner. more with myself.” understandably so. So, what changed? “It sounds And, that’s a young man with a Not considered good enough funny. I love my football, but I purpose, vision and a future. to play for North Ballarat hadn’t been serious about it,” Rebels in the TAC Cup, Micallef said. Micallef won an invitation to pre-season with the Roosters “Last year, I just decided to through his form with Redan in give it a crack. It paid off and I the Ballarat Football League. gained a premiership from it.” Micallef, a graduate from North Ballarat coach

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12 www.afl vic.com.au port melbourne vs williamstown

Port fi rm as fl ag favourite

THE Seagulls were nowhere in sight at TEAC Oval on Saturday, as Port’s Patrick Rose kicked fi ve goals to help the Borough to a convincing 51-point win in wet conditions, to consolidate his side as fl ag favourites. Brendan Lucas reports. Despite it being another top of the table clash for Port Melbourne, from start to fi nish it looked far from it. The Boroughs showed all the class, with their scoreboard pressure for the little bit when [Shane] went disposal in the wet proving the Borough. down, but the beauty of playing better. A highly contested third quarter 22 is it just gives you an Midfi elder Shane Valenti - saw Williamstown attempt to opportunity to do that. who has been prolifi c in his reduce the 49-point defi cit after “Lynch has improved, Batsanis sides’ ascendency - had his the half to no avail, managing has improved, Bentick, Marc season come to an abrupt halt, just one goal through Western Johnston, Hugh Sandilands, suffering a possible fractured Bulldogs listed AFL rookie Luke Jake Edwards has been rock ankle in the fi rst fi ve minutes of Dahlhaus who was competitive solid down in defense, Purcell the second term. all day. Rose went on to kick his has been good, it is all about an However, this did not stop fi nal two goals for Port to round all round effort,” Ayres said. the Borough whose midfi eld out the quarter. “That’s the group that I’ve got drive through the likes of Ryan By the fi nal change, the game here, they are very coachable McMahon and Nathan Batsanis was all but lost, as three last and you can see the way they proved themselves as worthy quarter consolation goals to play for themselves and this counterparts. Williamstown provided no football club, you can never Williamstown offered little solution, after such a highly question what they do.” resistance to the hard running anticipated game they looked Asked about whether he of Port, as coach Peter German lacking in desire to match Port. believed Port Melbourne gave the players a spray at After the game, Gary Ayres was could win a premiership this quarter time, crucifying their very pleased with his side’s season Ayres simply said, poor decision-making and lack four-quarter performance, “premierships are not won in of pressure. praising the strong level of May.” Despite a noticeable lift in intensity and all round effort Port Melbourne will travel to intensity by the Seagulls early in from the playing group. Windy Hill to face the Bendigo the second term, their inability “The conditions were always Bombers this week, whilst to damage the scoreboard going to be very tough for both Williamstown will take on saw the Boroughs kick away sides because the ground Collingwood at Victoria Park. with 11 goals in the fi rst half to became pretty heavy from Williamstown’s two. the water, and we were about pressing hard, and doing Port Melbourne Notable contributions from Port 6.0 11.1 13.3 15.7 (97) forward Patrick Rose and Myles it early, and I thought we Pitt with three each in the fi rst achieved that. Williamstown half provided much of the “We had to mix and match a 1.1 2.6 3.9 6.10 (46)

www.vfl .com.au 13 frankston dolphins vs northern bullants

Drought broken for Dolphins

FRANKSTON last week broke with their endeavour, applied James Anwyl that the Dolphins their 26 game losing streak in themselves on the track working coach thought they were home. the reserves when they staged on their skills and have done a “No matter what team you a come from behind win against lot of repetition work to improve are playing, once you hit the the Northern Bullants. the skills and to hit our targets front you gain that little bit of The Dolphin reserves last tasted under fatigue, so it has paid off. momentum and confi dence. victory in round 18, 2009 when “It has been building – the In the coaches box we were they held on for an eight point last two weeks the effort has thinking ‘get that one or two win against Sandringham. been fantastic. Against Port more’ and a bit of a buffer, and Early in the third term however, Melbourne last week I think at we should be able to defend victory looked slim for the home three quarter time we were only the lead.” side as they trailed by close eight goals down against one While they may have liked to to six goals, but an amazing of the top sides. It was always have gone 2-0 from their two turnaround saw them trail by going to come, the guys set matches last weekend against just eight points at three quarter themselves for a win, and they the Northern Bullants, Frankston time. worked hard and got it.” were pretty please to go 1-1 for 15 minutes into the last quarter Mottram was pleased with his the day for the fi rst time since Anthony Simpson kicked one sides revival, especially in front round two, 2010 (the last time on the run to put the Dolphins of the parochial home crowd for the senior won). in front, and they never looked ‘I love Frankston’ football day. With the battle of the two back. “It was 10 goals to four at the 10 bottom sides on the VFL ladder “It is fantastic,” Frankston minute mark of the third quarter. this weekend, can Frankston reserves coach Shane In the last 50 minutes of football break their 22 game senior Mottram said about his sides’ we kicked nine goals to nil losing streak? Ironically the last performance after the match. which was fantastic.” team that the Dolphins defeated Despite hitting the front half way in the seniors, just happens “The boys have worked hard to be their opponents this over the last three weeks through the last term, it was not till goals to Nick Boland and weekend – Coburg. Clark fi res for fi ve

DESPITE their 16 point loss Moments later it was Clark the Dolphins to within seven in the seniors to the Northern again marking strongly up points. Khan Haretuku fi nally Bullants, one highlight from forward on the lead, to kick his broke the Clark run of goals to the match for the Dolphins was third and draw the margin back kick Frankston’s sixth goal of the blistering third term from to 12 points. While the Bullants the quarter, which brought the forward Luke Clark that got the broke his run of goals when home side within two points at home side right back into the Wayde Twomey kicked his fi rst the 31 minute mark. But it was a game. of the day, it was not long till mark and goal Trailing by 30 points at half Clark added mark of the day to right on the three quarter time time, Clark turned the game his collection as he launched siren that seemed to defl ate on its head kicking fi ve third himself up forward to mark, and the Dolphins, unable to kick term goals. Clark began his went back to slot through his their next goal till the 15 minute run by kicking goal of the day fourth. mark of the fi nal term, after the along the boundary line one Clark was not fi nished yet, Bullants had jumped back out minute into the term, and then and nine minutes later he to a 21 point lead. followed it up with a strong lead again marked up forward to and mark to kick his second. kick his fi fth goal, and draw

14 www.afl vic.com.au stephen clifton

What ever happened to... Stephen Clifton

Year and play in a third successive to bond and they are a great bunch North Ballarat premiership, heard of player. It’s been a blessing to be nothing. a part of it,” Clifton said. And, the phone didn’t ring on “It’s certainly exciting to be any of the days leading into the involved with a club that is building Rookie Draft. It is fair to say that something from scratch. Obviously, Clifton’s expectations of an AFL with Kevin Sheedy and Mark club throwing him a lifeline after fi ve Williams there are two of the most seasons in the VFL were low. experienced coaches in the AFL. While he had done some training “To be taught aspects of the game with Roosters’ teammate Myles and to use them as mentors is Sewell at North Melbourne, interest, certainly something that is going to surprisingly, had hardly registered be of tremendous value not only for on any level. myself but for all of the guys on the “I thought they had gone cold,” GWS list.” Clifton said. Clifton, a week shy of his 24th “I went into the Draft with the birthday, is the oldest player on uncertainty of whether my name the Giants list. There’s only one was going to be called out.” other player, Jonathon Giles, who is roughly the same age. The average It didn’t take long, however, for Giants’ list age is about 18. Clifton’s spirits to soar. The Giants, with their fi rst pick and No 1 overall, The Giants play in the North chose Clifton to join the AFL’s East Australian Football League, newest franchise. which comprises fi ve teams from Canberra, four Brisbane-based - SNAPSHOT - Over the previous seasons Clifton clubs, three from the Gold Coast Stephen Clifton had developed his game to the and one from Northern Territory as point where he was one of the Age: 23 well as, Sydney Swans, Brisbane pivotal players in the competition. Lions and Gold Coast reserves. Clubs: North Ballarat Like so many others, all he needed Games: 93 was a chance to showcase his It’s broken into a northern talent in the AFL. and eastern conference and, Goals: 48 according, to Clifton the standard Highlights: 2008-09-10 North “When my name was read out is reasonably good although not up it was just pure shock. I was to the VFL. Ballarat premiership player; J overjoyed obviously to get an J Liston Trophy winner (2010); opportunity in the AFL,” he said While Clifton, not surprisingly, VFL representative player has been one of the Giants better With that announcement, Clifton’s players he’s fi ne tuning his game in 2010; VFL Team Of The Year life was literally thrown into a 2009-10; Drafted by Greater several areas to give himself every washing machine rotation. He had opportunity to play in the AFL when Western Sydney (2010) to move to a new State, to join a GWS is admitted next year. new team full of new teammates, “I’ve always been an inside THREE days before the AFL none of whom he’d heard about let midfi elder, but I’m trying to expand Rookie draft, Stephen Clifton alone met. my game to get a lot more outside received a phone call from his Clifton noted how quickly his football. Leg speed is an area I’m manager with the news to expect a life changed. Within three days working really hard on in a bid to call that day from Greater Western he was living in a city that he’d gain a few extra yards,” he said. Sydney (GWS). previously never visited with a Stephen Clifton loves everything Clifton, coming off a career season bunch of aspiring young footballers about his adopted football club that saw him joint winner with Port in a gated community at Breakfast and State and he’s especially Melbourne’s Shane Valenti in the J Point. not missing Ballarat’s character J Liston Trophy, represent the VFL, “It took me out of my comfort zone, building winters. named in the VFL Team Of The but it’s given us a great opportunity

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VFL tipsters

Paul Amy Ross Booth Phil Cleary Brad McGrath Leader Newspapers ABC-TV ABC-TV The Weekly Werribee Tigers Northern Bullants Northern Bullants Northern Bullants Williamstown Williamstown Williamstown Williamstown North Ballarat North Ballarat North Ballarat Box Hill Hawks Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Coburg Tigers Last rd: Coburg Tigers Last rd: Coburg Tigers Last rd: Coburg Tigers Last rd: 6 4 5 6

John Hook Brent Diamond Adrian Dunn Football Operations The Gospel The Age Herald Sun Manager AFL VIctoria Northern Bullants Northern Bullants Northern Bullants Northern Bullants Williamstown Williamstown Williamstown Williamstown North Ballarat North Ballarat North Ballarat North Ballarat Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Coburg Tigers Last rd: Coburg Tigers Last rd: Coburg Tigers Last rd: Frankston Last rd: 5 4 6 6

Peter Jackson Paul Hooper Sam Landsberger Nigel Carmody Menswear 3WBC Herald Sun VFL Radio Sponsor Northern Bullants Werribee Tigers Northern Bullants Northern Bullants Williamstown Williamstown Williamstown Williamstown Box Hill Hawks North Ballarat North Ballarat North Ballarat Bendigo Bombers Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Coburg Tigers Last rd: Coburg Tigers Last rd: Coburg Tigers Last rd: Frankston Last rd: 6 5 5 6

TIPSTERS LEADERBOARD Paul Amy 33 Brad McGrath 29

Mark Stone The Gospel 33 Peter Jackson Menswear 29 SEN Adrian Dunn 32 John Hook 29 Werribee Tigers Paul Hooper 31 Mark Stone 28 Williamstown Sam Landsberger 30 Ross Booth 27 North Ballarat Brent Diamond 29 Phil Cleary 27 Bendigo Bombers Nigel Carmody 29 Coburg Tigers Last rd: 5

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Highlights from Collingwood vs Geelong (Round 7) and Northern Bullants vs Casey Scorpions (Round 6). Photos courtesy of Damien Visentini.

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VFL club notes All the latest news, events and match information from inside each VFL club.

in June. On 22 October we have Facebook, fi nd our page and a shopping tour, $40 pp. For ‘Like’ it to stay up to date with the further details and/or bookings latest club news including live for any Scorpions events contact quarter by quarter scores each the club on 5996 1111 or email: weekend. For further information BOX HILL: June is set to be a [email protected] You please go to the Coburg FC big month with back-to-back can also keep up to date with website – www.coburgtigers. President’s Lunches in Rounds everything that is happening at com.au ... Go Burgers! 10 & 11. Hawthorn premiership the Casey Scorpions by visiting player Brad Sewell will be our website. our guest speaker, thanks to www.scorpions.com.au Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation. The following week we will be celebrating the 10 year COLLINGWOOD: Many people anniversary of the 2001 VFL are asking about our top up Premiership. Tickets to both players who are attracting lunches are now available COBURG: Coburg Football some attention when called up at $60 per lunch or $110 for Club welcomes all members, to the Collingwood VFL team. both. The inaugural Eastern sponsors and supporters Some players have had regular Business Network Luncheon is to the fi rst home match at games fi lling in when we have on Wednesday 22 June at The Craigieburn this year. Coburg injuries at the club. You can Pavilion with guest speaker Jeff will play 4 home matches at visit the Collingwood website Kennett. The Eastern Business Highgate Recreational Reserve, and go to the headings “VFL” Network Luncheons presents Craigieburn this year. President and “Players” to fi nd out more local businesses with a valuable Lunch tickets are now on sale about them and others on our opportunity to network with for all Coburg Football Club top up list. This week it will be a like-minded businesses in and home matches. Make sure tough game against our former around the Eastern Suburbs. you come and check out the affi liate, Williamstown. We are Tickets include a two course Coburg Football Club stall at the hoping to make it three in a row meal, drinks and parking are $ Craigieburn Farmer’s Markets, at home. Season ticket holders 60 pp or $ 550 for a table of 10. held on the 3rd Saturday of every are welcome to our after match Bookings for all events can be month... Coburg’s next home function put on by our hard made on 9890 9442 or admin@ match at Mantello Holden Oval, working coterie group “The boxhillhawks.com.au Coburg, will be held on Saturday Magpie Club”, which are usually May 22nd when the Tigers face attended by both teams’ players Collingwood. President Lunch and coaches. tickets are now on sale for $40 per person and include a complimentary two-course meal. CASEY: Our next Home Game The lunch will host former St is Saturday 11th June, Round Kilda coach and prominent AFL 11 Vs Collingwood (Pink Ribbon media personality Stan Alves FRANKSTON: We will be Day). Events at the Scorpions: as the Guest Speaker. Tickets holding our annual “Champagne Our Annual Pink Ribbon are on sale now and selling Luncheon” on Sun 10th Fundraiser, come along to watch fast. To book, please contact July. Only $30 per head for the boys play in pink and donate the Club on 03 9354 8228 or a smorgasbord luncheon & to such a great cause. Also our [email protected] ... complimentary champers (12 till Red, White and Blue after Match Coburg Football Club is now on 2pm). Bookings on 9783 7888.

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Our Dolphin Bistro is open from Gold Coast to cheer on the out the annual Poker Tournament 12 till 2pm every home game. Mighty Bullants. The game will hosted by the Full House Group, At only $23 a head for a three also be televised on FOX Sports thanks to their staff lead by course luncheon it’s great value. at 5pm that day. Paul Shaw for organising the We are running a Major Raffl e night. Our Annual Cocktail night this year with a $15,000 Travel is to be held on the 4th June Voucher as fi rst prize. Tickets following the Port Melbourne are only $100 each. Are you game for details call the club a member yet? We have our on 9741 6688. Let’s cheer on Members Night each Friday with PORT MELBOURNE: PMPPA the Tigers in 2011 be sure you a members draw at 6.15pm. Reunion Saturday June 4, are here next Sunday when we Prize jackpots each week if not Round 10 v Werribee (TV host Sandringham (reserves claimed!. For any further info game) @ TEAC Oval for all at 11 seniors at 2pm), tickets contact the Club on 9783 7888. bookings contact Gary Brice to the match day luncheon (0407.560.855) Super Draw to are still available with guest be held on Sunday June 26, speaker Eugene Arocca ( North only 100 tickets @ $100.00 Melbourne Kangaroos CEO), ticket admits 3 persons, buffet tickets cost $40 and can be lunch, beer, wine & soft drink purchased by calling the club. NORTH BALLARAT: We from 11.00 am – 3.00 pm. Guest For the latest news, photos and welcome Box Hill Hawks Entertainer, comedian, Brad events log onto today to Eureka Stadium Oakes. Outstanding Value. www.werrribeefc.com.au. and also welcome Ballarat PMPPA Sports Night on Friday Health Services as our Match July 29 all details TBA. October Day Sponsor. Our Gold Coin 7th Presentation Night @ benefi ciary today is for the International Receptions tickets BHS Blossom campaign and are limited to 150 @ $100.00pp assisting to raise funds for the all inclusive. Book early by WILLIAMSTOWN: Our new Special Care Nursery. Please ringing the club offi ce 9646.2094 website has been launched! make sure you book in for our or email [email protected]. Check out www.williamstownfc. popular Chairman’s Luncheons au Throughout the season we com.au to see match highlights, throughout the season. $60 per encourage everyone to buy the player interviews, all the person for a delicious 2 course VFL Football Record to keep up latest news and much more! meal and drinks. Phone 5339 to date with what is happening at Williamstown is hitting the road 5944. Good luck to everyone the Borough. Visit our website for again for the Foxtel Cup with our today and we hope you have the latest information www.pmfc. quarter-fi nal clash against West a great day at Eureka Stadium com.au “Go Boroughs” Adelaide to be played at AAMI Ballarat. Stadium, Adelaide. The game will be played at 5:15pm Melbourne time and broadcast live on Fox Sports. Please note the game has been moved 30 minutes WERRIBEE: Welcome to Avalon earlier. Get in early for our next NORTHERN BULLANTS: The Airport Oval for this week’s ABC President’s Luncheon: Round 9 Northern Bullants next FOXTEL game as the Werribee Football Saturday 28th May Vs Casey – Cup game will be on Saturday Club host the Northern Bullants Avalon Airport Oval, Werribee. 11th June against Claremont for the Matchworks dedication President Luncheon Costs Football Club. The Club has game. A reminder that $45.00 per head - 2 Course been advised that the game will Werribee members can attend Meal with Complimentary Beer/ be played at Carrara Stadium, on Williamstown games for $5 when Wine/Soft Drink. For Bookings or the Gold Coast at 4pm. We value they play at Avalon Airport Oval Information call: Brendan Curry / the support of everyone that can in 2011. Congratulations to our Norhana Stipic 9391 0309. make the trip up to the ‘Sunny’ coach Paul Satterley who took

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Werribee Tigers Coach: Paul Slattery | Captain: Dominic Gleeson

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Pedersen# Cameron 17-Mar-87 193 100 Box Hill Hawks 59 57 2 Sherlock Scott 25-Feb-90 173 76 Western Jets 15 1 3 Kennedy Steven 25-Aug-89 182 78 Altona/ Western Jets 21 10 4 Chisholm Flinn 04-Apr-88 180 81 Geelong Amateur/Geelong Falcons 59 20 5 Bryce Joshua 11-Dec-90 185 87 Jerilderie Demons/ Murray Bushrangers 12 2 6 O'Dwyer Matthew 21-Jul-88 181 80 Calder Cannons/ Sydney Swans 0 0 7 Sharp Ben 10-Jul-86 187 92 West Perth/ West Coast Eagles 43 9 8 Black Nathan 29-Sep-89 184 87 Western Jets/ Williamstown (VFL) 8 1 9 Rockefeller Michael 20-Feb-88 179 79 Geelong College/ Geelong Falcons 70 22 10 Mather Jarrod 03-Mar-88 175 79 Werribee Juniors/ Western Jets 10 4 11 Martiniello William 15-Jun-90 176 80 Benalla Saints/ Murray Bushrangers 32 29 12 Prismall Rhyce 04-Jun-89 189 89 Werribee Juniors/ Western Jets 18 4 13 Sullivan Will 24-Jul-89 202 94 Western Jets/ West Coast 0 0 14 Magnabosco Joel 23-Dec-87 181 81 Altona/ Western Jets 15 0 15 Ross* Ben 21-Sep-88 179 79 Bunyip/Gippsland Power 44 27 16 Allwright Tom 15-Jun-90 188 87 Tasmania U18/ Geelong 25 18 18 Hartigan Kyle 11-Jul-91 193 89 Western Jets 8 0 19 Laracy Nathan 23-Nov-89 176 78.6 Wodonga 5 0 20 Wormald Sam 13-Aug-87 187 87 South Warrnambool/Geelong Falcons 40 6 21 Robbins Jordan 05-Aug-90 178 78 Altona/ Western Jets 0 0 22 Still Michael 24-Mar-91 195 90 Northern Knights/ Essendon 19 20 23 Castello Robbie 13-Dec-85 178 80 Keilor Park/ Calder Cannons 111 97 24 Gleeson Dom 19-Mar-83 179 79 Koroit/ Geelong Falcons/ Carlton 121 75 25 Tarrant* Robbie 25-Apr-89 196 96 Mildura/Bendigo Pioneers 15 7 26 Moloney Ben 02-Jul-91 183 79 Terang/Mortlake/ Geelong Falcons 5 5 27 Tighe Sean 09-Jan-91 197 90 Western Jets / Aspley 1 0 28 Harper* Kieran 15-Jun-92 187 79 Lilydale/Yarra Valley Grammar/Eastern Ranges 0 0 29 Harrison Shaun 17-Nov-88 178 72 Keilor juniors/Grovedale/Deer Park 1 0 30 Tuck Travis 7-Sep-87 188 89 Hawthorn 13 2 31 Risol Jared 17-Oct-90 192 92 Gippsland Power 4 1 32 Dickson Brant 27-Jul-87 195 94 Western Jets/ Williamstown (VFL) 26 8 33 Sodomaco Michael 06-Mar-91 174 72 Geelong Falcons 1 0 34 MacMillan* Jamie 23-Sep-91 188 82 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers 12 1 35 Lunardi Travis 01-Feb-90 178 80 Altona/ Western Jets 5 3 36 Kennedy* Ayden 30-Oct-91 192 82 Wantirna South/Eastern Ranges 4 0 37 Saker James 21-Aug-88 191 89 Benalla Saints/Violet Town/ Murray Bushrangers 48 3 38 Daw# Majak 11-Mar-91 195 94 Wyndham Vale/Western Jets 50 39 Harding Leigh 26-Apr-81 180 82 Geelong (VFL)/ North Melbourne 104 174 40 Priest Farran 31-Jul-91 173 79 Benalla Saints/ Murray Bushrangers 23 41 Ruggles Tom 25-Apr-92 184 75 Geelong Falcons 00 42 McMahon* Scott 02-Jun-86 184 86 Woodville-West Torrens (SA) 39 22 43 James Marc 02-Jul-92 188 83 Sandringham Dragons 00 44 Scott# Matthew 12-Apr-91 185 74 Yarra Valley Grammar/Eastern Ranges 93 45 Mangan Bradley 27-Apr-91 190 95 Kyabram/ Murray Bushrangers 22 46 Speight* Ben 02-May-90 183 78 Norwood (SA) 24 17 47 Treloar Jordan 12-Dec-92 192 85 Northern Knights 00 48 Paliouras Kieren 19-Sep-92 182 80 Geelong Falcons 00 49 Notman Matthew 15-Sep-90 182 83 Western Jets 00 50 Caldow Josh 18-Aug-89 193 90 North Ballarat (VFL) 00 51 Halloran Joey 22-Jan-91 190 93 Wyndham Vale/Western Jets 00 52 Davis Jackson 16-Apr-92 176 75 Geelong Falcons 00 53 Simpson Alexander 03-Oct-90 202 91 Geelong Falcons 00 54 Schroder Nathan 06-Apr-90 180 86 Western Jets 10 55 Perkins Jase 01-Dec-89 184 82 Port Melbourne Colts 00 56 McCormack Jarryn 26-Jul-91 191 78 Colac/ Geelong Falcons 20 57 Huxtable Joshua 10-Dec-92 186 87 Western Jets 00 58 Williams Trent 20-May-92 192 91 Geelong Falcons 00 59 Schibeci Daniel 05-Jan-92 180 78 Werribee Amatures/ Western Jets 00 60 Stephens Sam 11-Jun-92 186 91 Albion/ Western Jets 00 63 Warren* Ben 11-Feb-89 186 89 Zillmere (Qld) 38 17 64 Greenwood* Levi 19-Feb-89 181 85 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 30 7 65 Wright* Sam 15-Jul-90 188 82 Katamatite/Murray Bushrangers 13 8 66 Grima* Nathan 05-Aug-85 192 96 South Launceston (Tas)/Central District (SA) 42 5 67 Urquhart* Gavin 18-May-88 181 82 Morningside (Qld) 29 9 68 McKinley* Ben 04-Mar-87 185 85 Yarrambat/Northern Knights/West Coast 00 69 Ziebell* Jack 28-Feb-91 188 87 Wodonga/Murray Bushrangers 00 70 Firrito* Michael 27-Nov-83 190 94 Gembrook/Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks 44 12 71 Adams* Leigh 06-Apr-88 176 78 Woori Yallock/Eastern Ranges 26 24 72 Thompson* Scott D. 09-May-86 193 93 South Barwon/Geelong (VFL) 00 73 McIntosh* Hamish 04-Sep-84 203 103 Lavington (NSW)/Murray Bushrangers 47 58 74 Goldstein* Todd 01-Jul-88 201 102 Trinity Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers 45 19 75 Hansen* Lachlan 17-Aug-88 197 97 Nar Nar Goon/Gippsland Jets 28 13

Note: All fi gures for player’s games and goals are accurate as of the end of 2010.

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Werribee Tigers

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Watton Street, Werribee, 3030 1 Cameron Pedersen# Ground Address: Avalon Airport Oval 3 Steven Kennedy (Chirnside Park), Watton Street, Werribee Postal Address: PO Box 2049, Werribee, 3030 4 Flinn Chisholm Telephone: 9741 6688 6 Matthew O’Dwyer Facsimile: 9741 0253 7 Ben Sharp Email: [email protected] Website: www.werribeefc.com.au 9 Michael Rockefeller 10 Jarrod Mather PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 11 William Martiniello 12 Rhyce Prismall Major Sponsor 13 Will Sullivan 14 Joel Magnabosco 15 Ben Ross* 18 Kyle Hartigan 20 Sam Wormald 22 Michael Still 23 Robbie Castello

Social Venue 24 Dom Gleeson (Capt) 25 * 27 Sean Tighe 29 Shaun Harrison

Gold Sponsors 30 Travis Tuck 32 Brant Dickson 36 Travis Lunardi 37 James Saker 38 # 39 Leigh Harding 44 Matthew Scott#

Oval Naming Rights 45 Bradley Mangan 46 * 55 Jase Perkins 56 Jarryn McCormack 63 Ben Warren* 64 * 67 * 68 Ben McKinley*

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Northern Bullants

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Cramer Street, Preston, 3072 1 Jarrod McCorkell Ground Address: Preston City Oval, Cramer Street, Preston, (Melways 18 F12) 2 Bryce Carroll Visy Park, Royal Parade, North Carlton, (Melways 29 G12) 3 Ash Arrowsmith Postal Address: PO Box 231, Preston, 3072 Telephone: 9470 2224 4 Andre Gianfagna Facsimile: 9470 2059 5 Adam Iacobucci (Capt) Email: [email protected] Website: www.northernbullants.com.au 6 Tom German 7 Nick Smith PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 8 Brent Bransgrove 10 Adam Marcon 14 Brock McLean* 15 Ryan Gale 17 Setanta O’hAilpin* 18 Paul Bower* 19 Matthew Watson* 20 Rhys O’Keeffe# 23 Ahmed Saad 24 Pat McCarthy* 26 Andrew McInnes* 27 Nick Meese 28 # 31 Marcus Davies* 32 Bret Thornton* 33 Tyson Thomas 36 Rohan Kerr* 37 Joe Dare# 48 Dennis Armfi eld* 50 Shaun Hampson* 52 Wayde Twomey# 58 # 66 Mitch Carter# 68 Tim Lincoln 74 * 75 Ryan Houlihan* 76 Aaron Joseph* 77 Kane Lucas*

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Northern Bullants Coach: Darren Harris | Captain: Adam Iacobucci

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 McCorkell Jarrod 03-Mar-84 186 88 Warrnambool/Perth (WA)/North Ballarat (VFL) 95 56 2 Carroll Bryce 25-Jun-90 186 79 Aspley Hornetts (QAFL)/Essendon 10 2 3 Arrowsmith Ash 12-Apr-89 189 89 Calder Cannons/West Coast Eagles 22 24 4 Gianfagna Andre 04-Dec-87 182 80 Melbourne/Northern Knights 27 15 5 Iacobucci Adam 17-Jan-86 181 84 Calder Cannons/Collingwood 112 30 6 German Thomas 29-Aug-90 178 75 Calder Cannons/Essendon/Williamstown 29 9 7 Smith Nick 20-Jun-88 183 82 Beaconsfi eld 4 0 8 Bransgrove Brent 28-Jun-88 170 76 Whittlesea/Northern Knights 34 8 9 Nesbitt Josh 29-May-91 179 74 Keilor/Newcastle City 0 0 10 Marcon Adam 28-Jul-92 180 80 Preston Bullants Juniors/Northern Knights 1 0 11 Lambert Kane 26-Nov-91 177 77 Preston Bullants Juniors/Northern Knights 0 0 12 Robinson* Mitch 07-Jun-89 185 86 Lauderdale/Tas U18/Tas VFL 24 13 13 Yarran* Chris 19-Dec-90 180 84 Swan Districts (WA) 16 20 14 McLean* Brock 11-Mar-86 184 84 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons/Melbourne 13 14 15 Gale Ryan 05-May-86 193 93 Claremont (WA) 23 2 16 Pullen Braden 15-Jan-90 178 83 Shepparton Bears 0 0 17 O'hAilpin* Setanta 18-Mar-83 199 98 Ireland 53 79 18 Mitchell* Luke 28-Feb-92 198 94 St Bernards/Calder Cannons 0 0 19 Watson * Matthew 16-Jul-92 195 99 Pascoe Vale/Calder Cannons 0 0 20 O'Keeffe# Rhys 08-Aug-90 188 86 North Adelaide (SA) 10 0 21 Austin* Mark 24-Feb-89 193 95 Jeparit-Rainbow/Glenelg (SA) 56 12 22 Toman Daniel 09-Jun-92 175 75 Assumption College/Woodend 0 0 23 Saad Ahmed 09-Oct-89 180 75 Roxburgh Park 15 23 24 McCarthy* Pat 11-Mar-92 196 84 Glenelg (SA) 0 0 25 Church Mitch 23-Aug-91 188 78 St Bernards/West Meadows 2 0 26 McInnes* Andrew 20-Mar-92 191 86 Devon Meadows/Dandenong Stingrays 0 0 27 Meese Nick 27-Sep-88 197 102 West Preston/Northern Bullants 7 1 28 Cachia# Jaryd 08-May-91 184 84 St Kevins/Northern Knights 15 4 29 Scotland* Heath 21-Jul-80 182 82 Darley/Western Jets/Collingwood 49 53 30 Caspersz Jesse 16-Apr-89 200 85 West Preston 0 0 31 Davies* Marcus 06-Apr-91 188 86 North Hobart/Tas U18 14 1 32 Thornton* Bret 15-Nov-83 192 94 Mt Waverley Blues/Oakleigh Chargers 22 9 33 Thomas Tyson 24-Jan-90 181 79 Xavier College/Sandringham Dragons 14 12 34 Duigan* Nick 07-Sep-84 186 88 Norwood (SA) 0 0 35 Laidler* Jeremy 05-Aug-89 189 88 Doutta Stars/Calder Cannons/Geelong 50 4 36 Kerr* Rohan 17/11/1991 184 80 Parkdale/Dandenong Stingrays 14 13 37 Dare# Joe 17-Oct-91 188 84 Colac/Geelong Falcons 13 0 38 Garlett* Jeff 03-Aug-89 180 74 Swan Districts (WA) 14 18 39 Way Ben 17-Feb-87 198 92 Berrigan 0 0 40 Lawless Nick 23-Oct-91 184 78 Assumption College/Murray Bushrangers 4 1 41 Casboult# Levi 15-Mar-90 198 99 Beaconsfi eld/Dandenong Stingrays 19 17 42 McCann Brad 07-Jan-91 185 78 Old Essendon Grammar/Calder Cannons 0 0 43 White* Simon 17-Jun-88 190 91 Subiaco (WA) 2 0 44 Valladares Nathan 08-Aug-88 188 81 Oak Park 0 0 45 Marchbank Josh 10-Jun-91 200 88 Eltham/Northern Knights 0 0 46 Ellard* David 13-Mar-89 177 78 Swan Districts (WA) 52 38 47 McLellan Joel 07-Sep-90 200 97 Northern Knights/Lower Plenty 0 0 48 Armfi eld* Dennis 22-Dec-86 181 79 Swan Districts (WA) 11 3 49 Collins* Andrew D. 17-Nov-88 187 80 Sandhurst/Bendigo Pioneers/Richmond 21 23 50 Hampson* Shaun 21-Mar-88 201 102 Mt Gravatt (Qld) 28 14 51 Curnow# Ed 07-Nov-89 182 83 Geel Falcons/Adelaide Crows/Box Hill Hawks 33 11 52 Twomey# Wayde 21-Jan-86 184 82 Western Jets/Werribee Tigers/Swan Districts (WA) 10 11 53 Dorman Myles 10-Nov-91 180 75 Lancefi eld/Kyneton 0 0 54 Papas Mitch 01-Nov-90 187 75 Northcote Park 0 0 55 Bray# Blake 07-Jul-92 191 83 Western Suburbs/GWS U18 0 0 56 Ogilvie Kamen 01-Jan-92 180 76 Assumption College/Seymour 0 0 57 Labi # Peter 30-Dec-91 184 85 PNG/Mt Gravatt (Qld) - International Scholarship 1 0 58 Tuohy# Zach 10-Dec-89 187 91 Ireland 17 3 59 Abdul-Wahed Marwan 27-Mar-89 183 89 West Coburg 0 0 60 DiRago Paul 13-Nov-92 191 90 Preston Bullants Juniors/Northern Knights 0 0 61 Farrelly Hayden 15-Nov-91 178 83 Greenvale/Therry Penola 0 0 62 Soncin Dean 23-Nov-92 183 83 Hadfi eld 0 0 63 Gianfagna Christian 28-Sep-91 183 80 Old Ivanhoe/Ivanhoe Grammar 0 0 64 Jenkins Eamon 07-Oct-88 180 80 Templestowe/Marcellin 0 0 65 Duffi cy Michael 07-Aug-90 186 81 West Preston/Northern Knights 0 0 66 Carter# Mitch 02-Jul-91 184 82 South Fremantle (WA) 0 0 67 House David 02-Sep-92 183 83 Lancefi eld/Western Jets 0 0 68 Lincoln Tim 16-Aug-91 185 75 Marcellin/Northern Knights 0 0 69 Overman Tom 07-Jan-89 177 76 St Bernards 0 0 70 Biffi nTyson08-Jun-9118773Alexandra/Northern Knights 11 71 Delbridge Kent 11-May-89 184 82 Morningside (QAFL) 0 0 72 Wills Phillip 18-Jul-87 173 74 Avondale Heights/Darwin Buffaloes 0 0 73 Stellas Andrew 03-Dec-90 188 84 Bundoora 0 0 74 Henderson* Lachie 14-Dec-89 196 95 Birregurra/Geelong College/Geelong Falcons/Brisbane 4 16 75 Houlihan* Ryan 21-Jan-82 187 85 Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray Bushrangers 26 32 76 Joseph* Aaron 04-Jul-89 180 78 Glenorchy/Tas U18 22 11 77 Lucas* Kane 26-Jun-91 188 82 East Fremantle (WA) 3 1 78 Carrazzo* Andrew 15-Dec-83 187 84 East Burwood/Oakleigh Chargers/Geel 60 28 79 Walker* Andrew 18-May-86 190 89 Echuca/Bendigo Pioneers 17 11 80 Warnock* Robert 19-Jan-87 206 103 Old Brighton/Sandringham Dragons/Fremantle 16 11 81 Buckley Daniel 05-Mar-89 194 92 Calder Cannons/Collingwood (VFL)/Northcote Park 1 0 82 Byrne Nathan 09-Apr-89 193 91 Avondale Heights/Old Scotch 5 4

Note: All fi gures for player’s games and goals are accurate as of the end of 2010.

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2011 VFL statistics

2011 VFL SENIORS Club PWLDBFA%PTS Port Melbourne66001728481151.3524 Northern Bullants65101587476123.3220 Williamstown 6 5 1 0 1 700 570 122.81 20 Casey Scorpions 6 4 2 0 1 629 462 136.15 16 Bendigo Bombers 6 4 2 0 1 698 576 121.18 16 North Ballarat 63301538498108.0312 Werribee Tigers 6 3 3 0 1 603 574 105.05 12 Sandringham 6330159760099.5012 Collingwood 6330152063881.5012 Box Hill Hawks 5 2 3 0 2 485 486 99.79 8 Geelong 6060144461172.670 Coburg Tigers 5050239759566.720 Frankston 6060135871749.930 ROUND 7: VFL SENIORS

COLLINGWOOD 6.5 6.7 8.11 10.15-75 FRANKSTON 1.2 2.4 8.5 10.6-66 GEELONG 0.2 5.8 7.11 10.11-71 NORTHERN BULLANTS 1.1 7.4 9.7 12.10-82

Collingwood Frankston Goal Kickers: J. Perham 2, A. Fasolo 2, B. Eddy 2, T. Sundberg 2, D. Beams, Goal Kickers: L. Clark 5, K. Haretuku, A. Douglas, D. Uzarevic, S. Hockey, L. Potts J. McCarthy Best Players: L. Potts, R. Gabriel, L. Clark, E. Bitters, R. Clements, G. Marusic Best Players: T. Sundberg, D. Beams, J. McCarthy, S. Reed, A. Fasolo, T. Young Northern Bullants Geelong Goal Kickers: A. Marcon 2, R. Houlihan 2, S. Hampson 2, T. Thomas 2, T. Lincoln, Goal Kickers: S. Motlop 4, N. Vardy 2, C. Tutungi, R. Bathie, J. Schroder, J. Barham L. Henderson, A. Saad, A. Iacobucci Best Players: M. Corrigan, J. Simpkin, A. McLean, C. Guthrie, B. Raidme, S. Motlop Best Players: J. McCorkell, A. Iacobucci, W. Twomey, Z. Tuohy, T. Thomas

BOX HILL HAWKS 4.2 8.6 9.9 12.11-83 PORT MELBOURNE 6.0 11.1 13.3 15.7-97 SANDRINGHAM 1.2 5.3 6.5 12.6-78 WILLIAMSTOWN 1.1 2.6 3.9 6.10-46 Box Hill Hawks Port Melbourne Goal Kickers: J. Lisle 3, H. Kiel 2, D. Wanganeen 2, J. Sketcher, S. Gibson, T. Schneider, Goal Kickers: P. Rose 5, M. Pitt 3, C. Cain 2, R. McMahon, T. Pinwill, W. Burstin, R. Ladson, R. Jackson C. McGrath, H. Sandilands Best Players: R. Ladson, J. Lisle, L. Andrews, M. Bailey, R. Milne, H. Kiel Best Players: H. Sandilands, M. Lynch, W. Burstin, P. Rose, S. Pleming, R. McMahon Sandringham Williamstown Goal Kickers: M. Lourey 4, W. Johnson 2, C. Michaliades, B. Peake, A. Smith, C. Waller, Goal Kickers: M. Panos 4, Z. Skinner, L. Dahlhaus T. Lynch, N. Heyne Best Players: M. Wallis, L. Dahlhaus, B. Goodes, A. Hooper, M. Panos, B. Johnson Best Players: M. Lourey, J. Magner, A. Smith, T. Lynch, B. Peake, N. Heyne CASEY SCORPIONS 2.2 7.6 15.9 19.11-125 NORTH BALLARAT 3.3 3.3 4.9 9.12-66 BENDIGO BOMBERS 6.5 12.5 13.11 14.14-98 COBURG TIGERS 4.6 7.10 11.14 17.16-118 Casey Scorpions North Ballarat Goal Kickers: B. Fevola 5, J. Howe 3, K. Lawrence 3, S. Blease 2, T. McNamara 2, Goal Kickers: S. Hughes 3, A. Black 2, D. Micallef 2, R. McKenzie, L. Anthony, L. Cook, M. Bate, D. Nicholson, J. Wall O. Stephenson, J. Linke, B. Evans, B. Driscoll, L. George, M. Sewell, J. Walker, Best Players: J. Howe, J. McKenzie, T. Mohr, C. Morton, J. Macdonald, M. Evans B. Norris Bendigo Bombers Best Players: L. Anthony, B. Driscoll, L. Delaney, R. McKenzie, M. Sewell, C. Delaney Goal Kickers: T. Dickson 2, M. Little 2, C. Stewart 2, M. Williams 2, B. Prismall 2, Coburg Tigers D. Meli, B. Duscher, R. Dyson, T. Silverlock Goal Kickers: N. Carnell 3, T. Hislop, B. Clifton, G. Grgic Best Players: B. Prismall, M. Quinn, R. Dyson, B. Duscher, J. Jenkins Best Players: B. Clifton, T. Hislop, W. Wheeler, J. Webberley, G. Grgic, D. Gourdis

ROUND 7: LEADING GOAL KICKERS

Last rd Total Last rd Total Patrick Rose Port Melbourne 524 Myles Pitt Port Melbourne *21 Matthew Little Bendigo Bombers 221 Tom Hill Williamstown -17 North Ballarat DNP 18 Benjamin Monkhorst Box Hill Hawks -16 Ahmed Saad Northern Bullants 116 Jase Perkins Werribee Tigers Bye 15 Dean Galea Port Melbourne DNP 16 Matthew Boland Sandringham *15 Jordan Lisle Box Hill Hawks 316 Richard Knight Williamstown 114 Mitchell Hahn Williamstown DNP 16 Jack Purton-Smith Williamstown -13 Tory Dickson Bendigo Bombers 216 Travis Lunardi Werribee Tigers Bye 13 Luke Clark Frankston 515 Jonathan Mullins Port Melbourne 212

SENIORS Ben McKinley Werribee Tigers DNP 14 RESERVES Myles Dorman Northern Bullants 212 DNP - Did not play, * - Seniors

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2011 VFL statistics

2011 VFL RESERVES Club PWLDBFA%PTS Port Melbourne65101677378179.1020 Werribee Tigers65101638387164.8620 Box Hill Hawks 6 5 1 0 1 578 451 128.16 20 Williamstown 64201667342195.0316 Casey Scorpions53202616397155.1612 Coburg Tigers 53202494436113.3012 Sandringham 6240145457878.558 Northern Bullants6150143067863.424 Frankston 6150125790228.494 North Ballarat 6060136863058.410

ROUND 7: VFL RESERVES

FRANKSTON 1.1 4.4 9.4 13.7-85 BOX HILL HAWKS 1.2 4.10 7.15 9.18-72 NORTHERN BULLANTS 2.1 8.3 10.6 10.13-73 SANDRINGHAM 0.3 0.4 1.9 4.10-34 Frankston Box Hill Hawks Goal Kickers: N. Boland 4, C. Bywater 2, J. Bennett 2, J. Anwyl 2, B. Wells, Goal Kickers: L. Kitchin 2, B. Wallace, S. Cust, T. Purcell, J. Hoegel, J. Cass, J. Appleford, B. McGrath M. Thompson, T. Kickett Best Players: J. Greeley, J. Cole, N. Boland, N. Bateman, D. Barton, J. Appleford Best Players: J. Hoegel, M. Thompson, L. Kitchin, K. Nye, L. Tobin, S. Cust Northen Bullants Sandringham Goal Kickers: M. Dorman 2, N. Valladares 2, M. Duffi cy, R. Gale, D. Toman, Goal Kickers: M. Stapleton 2, R. Cathcart 2 J. Nesbitt, J. McLellan, T. German Best Players: R. Ferraro, R. Cathcart, T. Mavric, P. Shakallis, K. Smith-Cameron, Best Players: T. German, E. Jenkins, J. McLellan, T. Wilson, D. Toman, B. Pullen T. Curren

PORT MELBOURNE 1.1 3.2 6.4 8.4-52 WILLIAMSTOWN 0.2 1.4 1.5 3.9-27 VFL RESERVES SEASON 2011 FIXTURE Port Melbounre Saturday 21st May Goal Kickers: J. Mullins 2, T. Langford, C. Sinclair, T. Francis, J. Muling, J. Scipione, T. Allan Werribee Tigers vs Northern Bullants Avalon Airport Oval 10:10 AM Best Players: B. Nixon, S. Brewer, J. Burge, M. Smith, M. Woods, D. Keely North Ballarat vs Box Hill Hawks Eureka Stadium 11:00 AM Williamstown Williamstown vs Port Melbourne Victoria Park 11:00 AM Goal Kickers: M. Fogarty, D. Conway, R. Knight Best Players: N. Sing, E. Carr, J. Johannisen, D. Hoghton, J. Frost, S. McCallum Sunday 22nd May Coburg Tigers vs Frankston Highgate Recreation Reserve 11:00 AM ROUND 8 NORTH BALLARAT 0.3 3.5 6.7 10.8-68 BYE- Casey Scorpions, Werribee Tigers COBURG TIGERS 3.5 5.8 10.11 13.14-92

North Ballarat Saturday 28th May Goal Kickers: D. Jones 3, J. Keeble 2, G. Bell 2, C. Giampaolo, L. Dare, N. Kelly Best Players: C. Giampaolo, L. Anderson, Z. Struth, D. Jones, B. Curnow Coburg Tigers vs Port Melbourne Mantello Holden Oval 10:10 AM Coburg Tigers Williamstown vs Casey Scorpions Avalon Airport Oval 11:00 AM Goal Kickers: D. MacDonald 2, T. Lucin 2, D. Murphy 2, B. Griffi ths 2, N. Lynch 2, N. Linton, T. Groves, L. Madden Sunday 29th May Best Players: T. Lucin, K. Murphy, J. Saville, B. Griffi ths, T. Stephens, M. Ambrose Werribee Tigers vs Sandringham Avalon Airport Oval 11:00 AM Northern Bullants vs Box Hill Hawks Visy Park 11:00 AM Bye - Casey Scorpions, Werribee Tigers ROUND 9 BYE- North Ballarat, Frankston

2011 VFL SENIOR FIELD UMPIRES Note: AFL Umpires will wear 27, 28, 31, 33, 39, 40

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ROUND 1 Bendigo Bombers vs. Port Melbourne Windy Hill 2:00 PM Port Melbourne vs. Bendigo Bombers TEAC Oval 2:00 PM Saturday 2nd April Coburg Tigers vs. Frankston Highgate Recreation Res 2:00 PM Sunday 17th July Sandringham 16.12.108 def. Coburg Tigers 16.9.105 BYE - Casey Scorpions, Geelong, Sandringham Williamstown vs. Collingwood Norm Minns Oval 1:30 PM Box Hill Hawks 10.13.73 def. by Port Melbourne 15.7.97 Frankston vs. Casey Scorpions Frankston Oval 2:00 PM Northern Bullants 19.11.125 def. Bendigo Bombers 6.13.49 ROUND 9 Box Hill Hawks vs. North Ballarat Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM Casey Scorpions 13.14.92 def. Geelong 9.11.65 Saturday 28th May BYE - Northern Bullants, Sandringham, Werribee Tigers Werribee Tigers 15.13.103 def. by Williamstown 23.16.154 Geelong vs. Bendigo Bombers Skilled Stadium 11:15 AM Sunday 3rd April Coburg Tigers vs. Collingwood Mantello Holden Oval 1:10 PM ROUND 17 Frankston 7.6.48 def. by Collingwood 18.14.122 Williamstown vs. Casey Scorpions Avalon Airport Oval 2:00 PM Saturday 23rd July BYE - North Ballarat Sunday 29th May Port Melbourne vs. Sandringham TEAC Oval 1:10 PM Northern Bullants vs. Box Hill Hawks Visy Park 2:00 PM Box Hill Hawks vs. Northern Bullants Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM ROUND 2 Werribee Tigers vs. Sandringham Avalon Airport Oval 2:00 PM Coburg Tigers vs. North Ballarat Highgate Rec Reserve 2:00 PM Saturday 9th April BYE - Frankston, North Ballarat, Port Melbourne Sunday 24th July North Ballarat 15.6.96 def. by Bendigo Bombers 18.15.123 Williamstown vs. Werribee Tigers Avalon Airport Oval 2:00 PM Northern Bullants 14.16.100 def. Collingwood 11.7.73 ROUND 10 Bendigo Bombers vs. Geelong Queen Elizabeth Oval 2:00 PM Port Melbourne 19.10.124 def. Casey Scorpions 17.12.114 Saturday 4th June BYE - Casey Scorpions, Collingwood, Frankston Sunday 10th April Port Melbourne vs. Werribee Tigers TEAC Oval 1:10 PM Geelong 6.10.46 def. by Werribee Tigers 9.20.74 Collingwood vs. Northern Bullants Victoria Park 2:00 PM ROUND 18 Frankston 10.8.68 def. by Sandringham 12.15.87 Box Hill Hawks vs. Geelong Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM Saturday 30th July BYE - Box Hill Hawks, Coburg Tigers, Williamstown Bendigo Bombers vs. Coburg Tigers Queen Elizabeth Oval 2:00 PM Geelong vs. Casey Scorpions* Skilled Stadium 10:40 AM Sunday 5th June Northern Bullants vs. Coburg Tigers Preston City Oval 1:10 PM ROUND 3 Frankston vs. North Ballarat Frankston Oval 2:00 PM Collingwood vs. Frankston Victoria Park 2:00 PM Saturday 16th April Sandringham vs. Casey Scorpions Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2:00 PM North Ballarat vs. Williamstown Eureka Stadium 2:00 PM Collingwood 12.10.82 def. by Werribee Tigers 25.22.172 BYE - Williamstown Sunday 31st July North Ballarat 8.8.56 def. by Casey Scorpions 16.16.112 Sandringham vs. Werribee Tigers Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2:00 PM Sunday 17th April ROUND 11 BYE - Bendigo Bombers, Box Hill Hawks, Port Melbourne Williamstown 16.13.109 def. Box Hill Hawks 14.14.98 Saturday 11th June Bendigo Bombers 17.29.131 def. Frankston 12.7.79 Casey Scorpions vs. Collingwood Casey Fields 1:10 PM ROUND 19 Coburg Tigers 15.11.101 def. by Northern Bullants 16.12.108 Coburg Tigers vs. Port Melbourne Mantello Holden Oval 2:00 PM Saturday 6th August Sandringham 15.8.98 def. by Port Melbourne 17.12.114 Williamstown vs. North Ballarat Keilor Football Ground 2:00 PM Geelong vs. Collingwood* Skilled Stadium 10:40 AM BYE - Geelong Sunday 12th June Werribee Tigers vs. Bendigo Bombers Avalon Airport Oval 1:10 PM Box Hill Hawks vs. Frankston Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM Coburg Tigers vs. Box Hill Hawks Mantello Holden Oval 2:00 PM ROUND 4 Werribee Tigers vs. Geelong Avalon Airport Oval 2:00 PM Sunday 7th August Saturday 23rd April Sandringham vs. Bendigo Bombers Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2:00 PM Frankston vs. Port Melbourne Frankston Oval 2:00 PM Northern Bullants 18.3.111 def. by Port Melbourne 21.9.135 BYE - Northern Bullants Casey Scorpions vs. Sandringham Casey Fields 2:00 PM Bendigo Bombers 25.22.172 def. Collingwood 13.14.92 BYE - North Ballarat, Northern Bullants, Williamstown Werribee Tigers 8.17.65 def. by North Ballarat 13.6.84 ROUND 12 Sunday 24th April Saturday 18th June ROUND 20 Box Hill Hawks 21.22.148 def. Coburg Tigers 11.6.72 Geelong vs. Northern Bullants Skilled Stadium 1:10 PM Saturday 13th August Williamstown 19.20.134 def. Geelong 15.12.102 North Ballarat vs. Port Melbourne Eureka Stadium 2:00 PM Collingwood vs. Bendigo Bombers Victoria Park 1:00 PM BYE - Casey Scorpions, Frankston, Sandringham Williamstown vs. Frankston Avalon Airport Oval 2:00 PM Williamstown vs. Port Melbourne Avalon Airport Oval 1:10 PM Sunday 19th June North Ballarat vs. Frankston Eureka Stadium 2:00 PM ROUND 5 Casey Scorpions vs. Coburg Tigers Casey Fields 2:00 PM Northern Bullants vs. Geelong Visy Park 2:00 PM Saturday 30th April Bendigo Bombers vs. Box Hill Hawks Queen Elizabeth Oval 2:00 PM Coburg Tigers vs. Casey Scorpions Highgate Rec Reserve 7:00 PM Casey Scorpions 21.8.134 def. Frankston 8.10.58 BYE - Collingwood, Sandringham, Werribee Tigers Sunday 14th August Collingwood 11.10.76 def. North Ballarat 11.9.75 Sandringham vs. Box Hill Hawks Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2:00 PM Sunday 1st May ROUND 13 BYE - Werribee Tigers Coburg Tigers 9.12.66 def. by Williamstown 17.16.118 Saturday 25th June Werribee Tigers 20.10.130 def. Box Hill Hawks 11.17.83 Port Melbourne vs. Geelong TEAC Oval 1:10 PM ROUND 21 Sandringham 18.14.122 def. Geelong 13.13.91 Bendigo Bombers vs. Williamstown Queen Elizabeth Oval 2:00 PM Saturday 20th August BYE - Bendigo Bombers, Northern Bullants, Port Melbourne Northern Bullants vs. North Ballarat Visy Park 2:00 PM Collingwood vs. Sandringham Victoria Park 1:00 PM Sunday 26th June Box Hill Hawks vs. Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 1:10 PM ROUND 6 Werribee Tigers vs. Coburg Tigers Avalon Airport Oval 2:00 PM Bendigo Bombers vs. North Ballarat Queen Elizabeth Oval 2:00 PM Saturday 7th May Sandringham vs. Collingwood Trevor Barker Beach Oval 2:00 PM Casey Scorpions vs. Werribee Tigers Casey Fields 2:00 PM Geelong 10.9.69 def. by North Ballarat 17.12.114 BYE - Box Hill Hawks, Casey Scorpions, Frankston Port Melbourne vs. Northern Bullants TEAC Oval 2:00 PM Williamstown 20.13.139 def. Sandringham 16.8.104 Sunday 21st August Port Melbourne 24.7.161 def. Frankston 6.3.39 ROUND 14 Frankston vs. Coburg Tigers Frankston Oval 2:00 PM Bendigo Bombers 18.17.125 def. Werribee Tigers 7.17.59 Saturday 2nd July BYE - Geelong Sunday 8th May Geelong vs. Frankston Skilled Stadium 1:00 PM Northern Bullants 8.13.61 def. Casey Scorpions 7.10.52 Box Hill Hawks vs. Collingwood Box Hill City Oval 1:10 PM ROUND 22 BYE - Box Hill Hawks, Coburg Tigers, Collingwood North Ballarat vs. Sandringham Eureka Stadium 2:00 PM Saturday 27th August Werribee Tigers vs. Casey Scorpions Avalon Airport Oval 2:00 PM Geelong vs. Sandringham* Skilled Stadium 10:40 AM ROUND 7 Sunday 3rd July Port Melbourne vs. Box Hill Hawks TEAC Oval 1:10 PM Saturday 14th May Northern Bullants vs. Williamstown Preston City Oval 2:00 PM Casey Scorpions vs. Northern Bullants Casey Fields 2:00 PM Collingwood 10.15.75 def. Geelong 10.11.71 BYE - Bendigo Bombers, Coburg Tigers, Port Melbourne Sunday 28th August Frankston 10.6.66 def. by Northern Bullants 12.10.82 Frankston vs. Williamstown Frankston Oval 2:00 PM Box Hill Hawks 12.11.83 def. Sandringham 12.6.78 ROUND 15 North Ballarat vs. Werribee Tigers Eureka Stadium 2:00 PM Port Melbourne 15.7.97 def. Williamstown 6.10.46 Saturday 9th July BYE - Collingwood, Bendigo Bombers, Coburg Tigers Sunday 15th May Sandringham vs. Northern Bullants Trevor Barker Beach Oval 1:10 PM North Ballarat 17.11.113 def. Coburg Tigers 6.17.53 Collingwood vs. Port Melbourne Victoria Park 2:00 PM 2011 VFL Finals Series Casey Scorpions 19.11.125 def. Bendigo Bombers 14.14.98 Sunday 10th July Qualifying and Elimination Finals BYE - Werribee Tigers Frankston vs. Werribee Tigers Frankston Oval 2:00 PM Saturday 3rd September / Sunday 4th September Casey Scorpions vs. Box Hill Hawks Casey Fields 2:00 PM Semi Finals ROUND 8 Coburg Tigers vs. Bendigo Bombers Highgate Rec Reserve 2:00 PM Saturday 10th September / Sunday 11th September Saturday 21st May BYE - Geelong, North Ballarat, Williamstown Preliminary Finals Werribee Tigers vs. Northern Bullants Avalon Airport Oval 1:10 PM Saturday 17th September / Sunday 18th September Collingwood vs. Williamstown Victoria Park 2:00 PM ROUND 16 Grand Final North Ballarat vs. Box Hill Hawks Eureka Stadium 2:00 PM Saturday 16th July Sunday 25th September Etihad Stadium Sunday 22nd May Geelong vs. Coburg Tigers Skilled Stadium 1:10 PM Note: Finals Venues & Times to be advised.

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Tighe returns to Victoria

the time when AFL clubs are a spectator when his fi nalising their rookie list spots. involvement stopped. And, that’s what befell Tighe. “’Satts’ has challenged me on When he was overlooked, what I need to improve upon if Tighe’s confi dence dropped, I want to play AFL,” Tighe said. he became disillusioned and Satterley had done his headed north where he played homework on Tighe. He’d for Aspley in the Queensland spoken to several AFL Australian Football League. recruiting scouts to get While he played well, Tighe the word on the promising decided that if he was going ruckman/key position forward. to make a play for the AFL, What Satterley was hearing Aspley was not going to be the was that Tighe needed to launching place. be competitive in contested Initially, Tighe thought of situations, and become more heading to Adelaide or Perth, involved in the play. but after a meeting with Paul Already, Tighe has ramped up Satterley, fi rst year coach of his ferocity. He laid what he Werribee, he chose to make claims would be a career high Chirnside Park his football nine tackles against Bendigo home. Bombers. “I was set on going to the - SNAPSHOT - It’s a matter now of Tighe WAFL actually and Werribee Sean Tighe continuing to work hard to gain came into it pretty late. Once the rewards he’s pursuing. Age: 20 I met ‘Satts’ (Werribee coach Clubs: Werribee Paul Satterley) I pretty much “There is a fair bit of scope with this kid, he’s got a fair Games: 3 did a back fl ip,” Tighe said. bit going for him. There’s no Goals: 2 “I liked what he had to say. He doubt he’s an exciting talent,” was pretty open and honest Satterley said. with me about what he’d heard AS the curtain dropped on the While he started the season 2009 TAC Cup season, Sean about me and what I needed to do to improve. in Werribee’s reserves, Tighe Tighe seemed an AFL player said the standard is such in waiting. “From the get-go ‘Satts’ was that it allows you to work on At 197cm and coming off a honest and open with me, he things against good quality season where he won Western didn’t sugar coat things, he opposition. was straight down the line.” Jets best and fairest and a After a six goal haul, Tighe place in the TAC Cup Team Of Tighe acknowledged that he earned a call-up to the seniors The Year, Tighe attracted, not probably “coasted” in the as the back-up ruckman to surprisingly, interest from AFL way he played and that lack Majak Daw and has not looked clubs. of urgency is one area that back. But, it didn’t amount to him Satterley is addressing. being selected in the AFL NAB He noted his strengths were National Draft. okay, but he had done little It’s never a good time to get to work on other aspects. sick, but especially not during In short, Tighe became

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Duscher leads by example

“I was a little bit young and Grant said he was keen to my body was a little under push Duscher through the developed,” Duscher said. midfi eld rotations before going For a couple of seasons forward and kicking goals. Duscher played with Goulburn “He’s more versatile this year, Valley Football League club he’s had a bigger pre-season Rochester, played in the and getting a lot more time club’s 2008 premiership, through the midfi eld whereas before following coach Daniel last year he just played up Schmidt, now the coach of forward,” Grant said. the Bendigo-based Bombers, “We knew he could play up back to the VFL. forward, but we wanted to test Initially, there was frustration him to see if he had the engine at not getting a game, but to go through the midfi eld it didn’t dent Duscher’s so he could become a really enthusiasm to prove he could good midfi elder at this level. play at the level. “He’s getting exposed to a few Duscher played the fi nal nine different areas on the ground games for the VFL Bombers and he’s getting better each last season, made an week that he plays.” immediate impact featuring in It’s a role that Duscher enjoys the best fi ve times. and it’s strengthened the VFL Such was the impression that Bombers, who are on pace to Duscher made that he was better their club record of 11 named co-captain this season wins in a season. along with Trent Shinners The addition of Matthew when James Flaherty, the Little and Tory Dickson has captain for the previous three - SNAPSHOT - strengthened Bendigo’s seasons, moved to West goal-scoring capabilities Ben Duscher Australia. with Duscher noting the pair Age: 23 “I really made sure last year instil confi dence into their Clubs: Bendigo Bombers that I made the most of it and teammates. Games: 15 this year I’ve got fi tter and a bit “You know they are going Goals: 19 more comfortable with my role to mark it or put up a very in the team,” Duscher said. good challenge and create a BY his own admission when “I don’t have to worry every stoppage and it gives us the Ben Duscher wasn’t ready for week if I’m going to get a chance to go again,” Duscher VFL when he fi rst arrived at game so I can relax and just said. the Bendigo Bombers. play good football.” “This year I think we are more It was back in the 2007 Bendigo coach Shannon evenly spread across the season, fresh out of Bendigo Grant stressed to Duscher the board. We don’t rely on too Pioneers and it proved too importance of becoming fi tter few to do too much work.” daunting. Duscher didn’t so he wasn’t stereo-typed as a And, no one is pulling their see the season out before one dimensional forward-type weight more than Ben returning to his local club. player. Duscher.

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EACH week at a VFL game we Clarke). A sensational player we got done by a point. When will catch up with a fan in the again, and another great we went into the rooms after crowd. clubman. What I like about the game, Lovett was crying Frankston is the clubman type and saying that he could not be players- the ones that really get more proud of the guys. That involved in the club, and will is the thing with Frankston, we do anything for the club. David are so proud of Frankston. We Rhys-Jones was a great coach are struggling at the moment, – he got us to a few Grand and trying to build a new team Finals. Also I had a bit of a soft ... but we are starting to build spot for Dean Burnell, he was again and we will be a force. a good player down here for What do you enjoy about VFL Frankston for awhile. football: I love the crowd, love Are there any players from the drums from the boys on the other VFL teams you have hill (at Frankston) and love the been impressed by: The other atmosphere here. Everyone Name: Brendan Higgins week Fevola. I thought he says that Frankston has the Lives: Langwarrin did not play that well, but he best atmosphere as we have VFL team you support: is really trying and that is an always been stand alone and Frankston inspiration after what he has we love coming down here – it How did you come to support gone through in his personal is our religion rain, hail or shine. Frankston: Through my mother life. I think it is an inspiration Any possible AFL draftees and father. They have followed that he has come back and currently playing in the VFL in Frankston ever since they is trying, is still playing and 2011: Russell Gabriel for us. He started, and I have as well. I hopefully he will come to has been close, but still has not used to come down as a little Frankston! been picked. kid and collect cans, and I AFL club you support: Favourite food at the footy: have been down here ever Collingwood Hot chips and dim sims – they since and adore the club. Most memorable VFL moment: make some mean dim sims at Favourite VFL player currently When we played Williamstown Frankston (when they are hot). at Frankston: I would have to in the Semi Final in 2008 at Port Grand fi nal prediction: Port say PK (Paul Kennedy) for sure. Melbourne, and we got beaten Melbourne and Bullants. And True, absolute club man. He by a point. It was the last year Port Melbourne will win the loves the club and would do Brett Lovett was our coach, fl ag. anything for the club. and it was his last game as Liston Medal Winner: Bit early Favourite past player at coach. We were 13 points up in the year to make a call on the Frankston: Normie (Daniel with about a minute to go, and possible winner yet I think.

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Casey into top four

CASEY have stamped quarter keeping the margin to Lawrence capped off his fi ne themselves as a VFL top-four a slightly more respectable 27 quarter as he received the ball contender after outgunning points at quarter time. inside 50, ignoring Fevola in Bendigo 19.11.125 to 14.13.97 Gotch urged his troops to step the goalsquare and slamming at Casey Fields as Anna up their game at the huddle the goal through himself, giving Harrington reports. and his team responded as the Scorpions a little breathing Despite Bendigo leading by 29 Lawrence got on the end of space as they went into the fi nal points at halftime, the Scorpions a string of passes to kick the huddle with a 10 point lead. continued to press, kicking opening goal. Casey continued their run early twelve second half goals to two Despite responses from Mark in the fi nal quarter as Lucas in a remarkable show of heart. Williams and Prismall, Casey Cook kicked his fi rst goal for the Jeremy Howe and Kelvin piled on the goals, Brendan day, pushing the lead out to 17 Lawrence provided spark Fevola kicking his fi rst from the after barely fi ve minutes. around the ground, while Brent goalsquare to cut the defi cit While a steadying goal by Chris Prismall was the Bombers’ best to less than a goal, the home Stewart kept the Bombers within with a similarly consistent four- crowd erupting. two goals, Tom McNamara and quarter performance. But Bendigo answered the Howe hit back to put the game Scorpions coach Brad Gotch challenge, replying with four almost out of Bendigo’s reach. said he was thrilled with his unanswered goals to go into the Having set up several scoring team’s display of mental main break ahead 12.5.77 to opportunities earlier in the toughness and persistence after 7.6.48. match, Matthew Bate stepped Bendigo trampled several earlier The Scorpions sparked back up to the plate, booting a comeback efforts. to life in the third quarter, Howe monster goal to ice the game, “I’m rapt in the guys, because sneaking a goal in the fi rst the Scorpions running out to be down like that early and minute to cut the defi cit to 23. 28-point winners. get played all over… to fi nd But the next fi fteen minutes Bendigo coach Shannon Grant something was really pleasing,” turned into the Fevola show, the said while his team’s second- Gotch said. star forward kicking four goals to half fadeout was disappointing, “I thought it was just a true test power the home side back into he was confi dent they would of character today whether they contention. return to top form. could rise to the challenge… [so] Casey skipper James Wall “We started the game pretty well to kick fi ve in eight minutes early interrupted the Fevola and we were playing pretty good in the third quarter was quite juggernaut as he kicked a true footy early on, but unfortunately special.” captain’s goal from a tight angle our workrate and our intensity Bendigo got off to a dream start, to put his side in front for the fi rst around the footy dropped off kicking the fi rst four goals as time early in the quarter. and we just didn’t sustain it over they dominated the midfi eld, But “Fev” soon stole back four quarters,” Grant said. ruckman Josh Jenkins giving the spotlight as he snared a “[There’s] a few areas to work his onballers fi rst use out of the spectacular one-handed mark on… we’ve come back to the middle. before converting from 30 fi eld a little bit today but we’ve But the Bombers were largely metres out, to the delight of the got a good group and I’m sure wasteful, with small forward Casey fans. they’ll train well during the week Tory Dickson the chief culprit, Aside from the party tricks, and bounce back.” kicking 1.2 for the quarter from Casey dominated the quarter, This week Bendigo will return to several relatively straightforward kicking eight goals to one as Windy Hill for the match against attempts. Max Gawn and the all-conquering Borough, Casey didn’t draw blood until lifted in the ruck and midfi eld while Casey will get a well- the 24-minute mark when Sam respectively, providing the deserved break thanks to their Blease nailed a running goal, support Howe and Lawrence scheduled bye. Lawrence’s major late in the had been begging for.

34 www.afl vic.com.au james magner

Magner leads from the front

JAMES Magner is one of the two were team mates at to simply play good footy for those players that lets his the Dolphins. Sandringham. actions on the fi eld do the It’s interesting for both After a narrow loss to Box talking. With David Gallagher Lovett and Magner to be at Hill last week, Sandringham injured, Magner is the stand- an AFL aligned club after will have a bye this week in captain of the Sandringham experiencing the stand-alone and prepare for the following Zebras and a natural leader. status of Frankston. Both round against Werribee at It’s a great honour as Magner describe the difference as Avalon Airport Oval. is in only his second year at having a few extra staff, You can be assured that the club. doctors and physios and James Magner will be there The 23-year old on-baller has of course managing the marshalling his troops and been listed in the best players St Kilda players within the leading from the front as he every game this year with Sandringham structure. always does. his tough, uncompromising During a pre-match interview - Paul Hooper attack on the ball. last Saturday at Box Hill, Magner was recruited after a Brett Lovett said that he was good 2009 season with the really enjoying the challenge Frankston Football Club. He of the alignment. “It’s great felt that after a tough fi nal’s to be back coaching and the campaign it was time for a alignment albeit different is move and a new challenge also very rewarding” Brett with another club. also noted that it was great Casey showed considerable to re-acquaint himself with interest in Magner but after Magner, Lourey and others he a call from John Mennie at has coached in the past. Sandy, Magner was invited to James Magner says that he is train with the Zebras. After also enjoying the alignment. one training session, he knew “Sometimes you meet the St it was exactly the place he Kilda boys for the fi rst time on wanted to be. game day. It doesn’t matter “Individually I had a good because at the end of the day, season at Frankston in 2009, footy brings you all together. but it felt like the right time It’s that simple”. Magner also to look for a fresh challenge. says that the St Kilda boys One training session at give their best when they pull Sandringham and I knew this on the Sandringham jumper was the club for me”. and are also great for the younger Zebra players. A pleasant surprise was when Brett Lovett was appointed I asked James as a 23-year coach of Sandringham this old, whether his AFL dream year. James played under is over. He says that it is not Brett at Frankston and rates on his radar and although him as a great coach. The other 23 and 24 year olds recruitment of Marcus have been recruited over Marigliani to the Zebras was the last couple of years, and also exciting for Magner as have done well, the 180cm and 86kg hard man wants

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‘Thanks Ump’ weekend snapshots

Photos: Island Images

Photos: Island Images

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36 www.afl vic.com.au afl victoria development

AFL umpires help local leagues

The AFL Victoria ‘Mates “One of the key lessons is the when they were making their way Program’ is now in its sixth year importance of enjoying umpiring through the umpiring ranks, they of operation, and continues to start with. If you don’t really did acknowledge the people that to give up and coming local enjoy it, and your heart and mind helped them on their journey. umpires the chance to are not really into it, it is better “I have been doing it for the last develop their umpiring with the to pursue other areas or other two years, and obviously I had assistance of an AFL umpire. goals. heard from the guys that had The program pairs promising “Skills will include developing been there and done it prior to fi eld umpires from the seven relationships and a strong work me taking it on that they had senior metropolitan umpiring ethic - which employers also got a lot out of it teaching the groups with AFL listed umpires look for coming through being a younger guys about footy and and creates opportunities for young person. More life based life,” Pannell said. the exchange of knowledge skills rather than just umpiring. If “I thought it would be good to and help with the personal you take on board the life based be a role model in umpiring and development of these young skills the umpiring tends to follow give something back and help umpires in their progression a little bit as well,” Pannell said. them out with their pathway.” through the umpiring ranks Umpire Rob Findlay’s focus to Rob Findlay mentioned the towards the AFL. his umpires is the pathway he coaches that invested time in him Launched in April, the program used to progress to the AFL. as a young umpire as a reason this year features seven AFL “I want to give them an why he wanted to give something umpires including Michael understanding of my pathway back via the mates program. Jennings, Hayden Kennedy, through umpiring from local “ I have had a lot of people put Heath Ryan, Troy Pannell, levels right through the VFL to a lot of time into my umpiring Stephen McBurney, Shane the AFL. development ... there have been McInerney and Rob Findlay “To give them an understanding a heap of coaches on the way The AFL umpires will liaise with of what the expectations are up that have helped me to get to their selected local umpires of umpiring as you move up where I am in umpiring. I would during the year via phone and in through those ranks and what not be where I am if not for them. person to help their development they have to do to get through to throughout the season. “I feel like I should put something AFL level if that is what they want back in to the careers of other The various AFL umpires have to do.” people as well. Where I started different aims for their particular Both umpires strongly believe in the DDJFL I had a great umpires via the mates program. in the mates program and the coach in Hughey Moore and the Troy Pannell believes the program benefi ts it can have for the environment he created was one is not all about skills the umpires umpires involved. While they did where you embrace umpiring need to learn on the fi eld. not have a similar program back and really taught me a lot.”

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38 www.afl vic.com.au www.taccup.com.au 38 north ballarat rebels vs eastern ranges

Rebels strong start creates big win

A TERRIFIC team effort from opening term to keep the in two young kids and have the North Ballarat Rebels Ranges at bay. them perform like that, it’s has driven them to a large Key forward Sam Dobson and really exciting,” Loader said. 43-point victory against the midfi elder Rory Taggert led “You love that as a coach Eastern Ranges on Saturday. the goal kicking with three because you know that there’s A scintillating fi rst term in goals each, but they were just more kids coming through which North Ballarat piled two of the ten individual goal that can play.” on nine goals to one was the kickers the Rebels had on the Another development catalyst, eventually running day. weekend is scheduled for out 18.8 (116) to 10.13 (73) The big matchup on the day all TAC Cup sides this week, winners. for North Ballarat was Eastern allowing all players some time The victory against the Ranges tall forward Jonathon to concentrate on their study Ranges now places the Patton, who is largely being and rack up some more hours Rebels in third spot on the touted as one of the prized on their driving log books on TAC Cup ladder as the picks in this year’s upcoming their L plates. season almost reaches its AFL NAB National Draft. The Rebels next game is on midway point. Patton was dominant around Saturday, May 28 in Mildura With a strong wind favouring the ground, taking countless against regional rivals the one end of the ground, North towering marks across centre Bendigo Pioneers, while the Ballarat used this advantage half-forward for the Ranges. Ranges will host the Northern to put the game seemingly out The Rebels tried to curtail his Knights. of reach of Eastern in the fi rst infl uence by rotating Tanner - Stuart Wilson term; however the Ranges Smith, Tim Mackenzie and were able to make the contest captain Nick O’Brien on him. much closer when kicking To some degree it worked, as with the breeze in the second while Patton was taking a lot and fourth quarters. of marks around half-forward, Coach of the Rebels David he remained goalless for the Loader was ecstatic with how match which must be seen as his side started the match a win to North Ballarat given after losing in disappointing at the time he was the TAC circumstances the week Cup’s leading goal kicker. before. The game also boasted two “For the fi rst 25 minutes, debutants for North Ballarat everyone just played their in Liam Youl and Ashley role. Every single player Simpson, who both showed on the ground and we just they are more than capable became systematic with what of playing great football at we were doing,” said Loader. TAC Cup level despite both That team performance being just 16 years of age at refl ected well on the present. scoreboard throughout the Loader was pleased that match, as North Ballarat were the two new boys were able able to boot a consistent to come in and impact the three goals in every quarter match. following the dominant “I’m rapt for those kids…to put

www.afl vic.com.au 39 northern knights vs dandenong stingrays

Knights into top eight

A MIGHTY defensive effort midfi elder Anthony Bonaddio and Alex Benbow providing from the Northern Knights saw was stretchered off with what crucial efforts, attacking the them hold on for an enthralling looked to be a serious leg injury, footy with ferocity. 11-point win over the Dandenong which was later confi rmed as a But despite all their hard work, Stingrays at Preston City minor corked buttock. the trend of not being able to Oval last Saturday, as Adem They struggled to move the ball convert in the fourth quarter was Saricaoglu and Ben Guthrie through the corridor, which was a microcosm of their troubles report. constantly fl ooded by Stingrays. throughout the whole game. Percentage footy was the go as Dandenong regularly had Northern’s sturdy back line, greasy conditions and a muddy numbers in dangerous positions, led by Tom Grimes, refused to centre-wicket area provided for which gave them the advantage give up, and their persistence a low-scoring, muddy slog, with for forward 50 entries. eventually paid off close to the only 11 goals scored all up. Yet, they continually let siren. The Knights worked hard to stay themselves down as they A clearing kick out to centre- in front all day, extending their were ineffi cient in taking their half back was brilliantly marked one point lead at quarter time to opportunities. by Matthew Atta, who quickly 14 points at the main break, with Northern coach Anthony sent the ball to the outer-wing, Thomas McEwan, Aidan Corr Allen praised his back line where Douglas Morris fed the and Jack Langford all scoring for standing tall during the ball to Langford, who fi nished crucial goals. bombardment in the second the classy counter-play with the After scoring the only goal of half. sealing goal. the third quarter, the Stingrays “We started to adjust to it a little Allen said his side’s persistent fi nished the game with all the bit, but Dandenong are good defensive efforts earned the running and smashed the tactically and they’ve been Knights their third win of the Knights in the inside 50 count, playing good, strong footy,” he year. but they couldn’t make the most said after the game. “The tackle and pressure stats of their forward entries and “Late in the game we really were nice and high, we felt we fi nished short of the mark, 6.10 needed to play one-on-one, but kept up our structures, and it (46) to 5.5 (35). I thought we held up the footy a was simply a matter of keep on A steady breeze caused havoc little bit instead of moving it out.” keeping on,” he said. for them during the third quarter Yeates said a lack of scoreboard “It was pleasing because we as they tried to capitalise their pressure cost his Stingrays the were very good in our defensive dominance onto the scoreboard, game. end, and I think we’re second- which proved costly in the end. “I think the inside 50s were last in terms of our defence Dandenong coach Graeme 50-30 (in favour of Dandenong) performance, so today was very Yeates was disappointed with and you can never win a game good. his team’s effort in the second of footy when you only kick fi ve “The conditions helped, but I quarter, one he counted as a goals with 50 forward entries,” think we were more defensive major turning point in the game. he said. with our attack on the footy “Our second quarter cost us the “It’s been a problem for us all down back.” game because we became non- year. The win brought the Knights up competitive, we were reactive to eighth spot on the ladder. all over the ground and we just “We’re just not getting reward, Round seven of the TAC Cup allowed them to control the for the amount of times we’re will take place next week, where game,” Yeates said. going in there.” the Knights take on the Eastern “We became a bit undisciplined Dale Sutton’s early last quarter goal brought the Stingrays Ranges and Dandenong face and selfi sh, which hurt us in the the Gippsland Power. end.” within two points of the lead and provided them with all the The Knights became stagnant momentum, with Nathan Wright during the third quarter after

40 www.afl vic.com.au statistics - tac cup

2011 TAC Cup statistics

2011 TAC CUP - ROUND 6 TAC CUP: ROUND 6 Club P W L D F A % PTS Sandringham Dragons7610710418169.8624 GOAL KICKERS Gippsland Power 6 5 1 0 489 338 144.67 20 Jonathon Patton Eastern Ranges 22 (-) Calder Cannons 7 5 2 0 656 559 117.35 20 Nick Murphy Oakleigh Chargers 20 (-) North Ballarat Rebels6420431391110.2316 Josh Burgess Calder Cannons 18 (1) Daniel Castellano Western Jets 16 (-) Eastern Ranges 7 4 3 0 590 666 88.59 16 Daniel Markworth Calder Cannons 15 (2) Dandenong Stingrays 6 3 3 0 435 319 136.36 12 Nick Maric Northern Knights 15 (-) Geelong Falcons 6 3 3 0 478 444 107.66 12 Braeden Knox Bendigo Pioneers 13 (1) Oakleigh Chargers 7 3 4 0 611 586 104.27 12 Tim Membrey Gippsland Power 12 (2) Northern Knights734053068677.2612 Sam Hudson Oakleigh Chargers 12 (-) Murray Bushrangers624046449394.128 Brett O'Hanlon Dandenong Stingrays 11 (2) Western Jets 725055764386.638 Anthony Papa Eastern Ranges 11 (1) Hayden Crozier Eastern Ranges 11 (1) Tasmania 110010532328.124 Jai Sheahan Geelong Falcons 11 (6) NSW ACT Rams211017619689.804 Jordan Staley Gippsland Power 11 (2) Queensland 303020230765.800 Ashlin Brown Western Jets 11 (1) Bendigo Pioneers606032367947.570 KICKS ROUND 6 Jack Newnes Northern Knights 24 Matt Buntine Dandenong Stingrays 23 TASMANIA 5.3 9.5 12.11 15.15-105 Douglas Morris Northern Knights 21 SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS 0.1 0.4 1.6 4.8-32 Jason Pongracic Dandenong Stingrays 20 Taylor Adams Geelong Falcons 20 Tasmania Goal Kickers: J. Dobosz 6, J. Thurlow 2, R. Fox, D. Joseph, M. Allison, L. Owen, B. Cox-Goodyer, J. McKenzie, J. Jenkins Jackson Merrett Geelong Falcons 19 Best Players: D. Riley, D. Fox, J. Harper, J. McKenzie, D. Smith, M. Allison Dom Tyson Oakleigh Chargers 19 Sandringham Dragons John McKenzie Tasmania 19 Goal Kickers: D. Gabron-uhe 2, L. Sumner, J. Coleman Alex Benbow Dandenong Stingrays 18 Best Players: T. La Rocca, S. Glennen, D. Brown, C. Mangoni, D. Maitland, A. Anastasio Jai Sheahan Geelong Falcons 18 NORTHERN KNIGHTS 2.2 5.5 5.9 6.10-46 Jonathon Patton Eastern Ranges 17 DANDENONG STINGRAYS 2.1 3.3 4.3 5.5-35 Murray Bushrangers 17 Jackson Rolfe Queensland 17 Northern Knights 17 Goal Kickers: J. Langford 2, T. McEwan, T. Totevski, M. Atta, A. Corr Dylan Riley Tasmania Best Players: J. Newnes, D. Morris, N. Vlastuin, M. Atta, T. Grimes., N. Bourke Sam Kerridge Bendigo Pioneers 16 Dandenong Stingrays Goal Kickers: B. O’Hanlon 2, D. Sutton, J. Pongracic, A. Giobbi MARKS Best Players: N. Wright, A. Benbow, J. Pongracic, D. Johnston, N. Tuddenham, B. O’Hanlon Jai Sheahan Geelong Falcons 15 QUEENSLAND 5.2 9.6 11.7 15.10-100 Jonathon Patton Eastern Ranges 11 CALDER CANNONS 6.3 8.7 12.9 16.10-106 Damien Hector Gippsland Power 11 Lachlan Smith Murray Bushrangers 11 Queensland Goal Kickers: A. Sexton 4, J. Starcevich 4, C. Cameron 2, F. Thurlow 2, A. Oxley 2, D. Tucker, L. Russ Matt Buntine Dandenong Stingrays 10 Best Players: J. Rolfe, J. Wagner, L. Chitty, A. Sexton, H. Joyce, A. Oxley Lachlan Edwards Geelong Falcons 10 Calder Cannons Trad Duggan Tasmania 10 Goal Kickers: J. Solomon 5, L. McBean 3, D. Markworth 2, B. Grenfell 2, J. Burgess, N. Fletcher, T. Sheridan, J. Williams Best Players: L. Plowman, D. Bugeja, D. Markworth, J. Solomon, T. Sheridan, O. Abdallah Dylan Riley Tasmania 10 Taylor Adams Geelong Falcons 9 NORTH BALLARAT REBELS 9.3 12.3 15.4 18.8-116 Luke Mahoney Geelong Falcons 9 EASTERN RANGES 1.3 6.5 7.11 10.13-73 Shaun Wyatt Gippsland Power 9 Jordan Mead Western Jets 9 North Ballarat Rebels Goal Kickers: R. Taggert 3, S. Dobson 3, N. O’’Brien 2, S. Ross 2, L. Youl 2, H. Drew 2, J. Neade, W. Pomorin, C. Schache, M. Close Zac Sherman Geelong Falcons 8 Best Players: N. O’’Brien, B. Crouch, R. Taggert, S. Ross, W. Pomorin, M. Close Douglas Morris Northern Knights 8 Eastern Ranges Goal Kickers: T. Jones 3, M. Bussey 2, B. Dolan, A. Greenwood, H. Crozier, A. Papa, D. Graham Dom Tyson Oakleigh Chargers 8 Best Players: J. Patton, H. Crozier, A. Greenwood, N. Mill, B. Slattery, M. Warren HANDBALLS GIPPSLAND POWER 3.2 6.4 11.6 13.10-88 Shaun Wyatt Gippsland Power 20 OAKLEIGH CHARGERS 1.1 2.6 4.6 6.9-45 Damien Bugeja Calder Cannons 19 Gippsland Power Dylan Riley Tasmania 17 Goal Kickers: M. Willcocks 4, J. Staley 2, T. Membrey 2, J. Scott, S. Marusic, C. Smith, D. Butcher, J. Cashman Jordan Keras Geelong Falcons 16 Best Players: M. Willcocks, D. Butcher, S. Marusic, L. Thompson, J. Tynan, R. Hall Oakleigh Chargers Oliver Wines Bendigo Pioneers 15 Goal Kickers: D. Tyson 3, G. van den Broek, A. Forato, L. Jong Adam Kennedy Western Jets 15 Best Players: D. Tyson, J. Williams, L. Jong, G. van den Broek, A. Forato, D. Heath Jackson Merrett Geelong Falcons 14 WESTERN JETS 1.3 5.7 9.11 14.11-95 Dom Tyson Oakleigh Chargers 14 Dalton Tucker Queensland 14 MURRAY BUSHRANGERS 5.5 8.5 13.8 17.10-112 Daniel Maitland Sandringham Dragons 14 Western Jets Jobi Harper Tasmania 14 Goal Kickers: J. Mead 5, L. Hunter 2, A. Elkasovic, A. Brown, W. Hoskin-Elliott, C. Nastasi, C. Hylton, R. Davis, J. Charleston Alex Benbow Dandenong Stingrays 13 Best Players: J. Mead, J. Walker, A. Kennedy, L. Fairley, C. Nastasi, J. McKenzie Brad Crouch North Ballarat Rebels 13 Murray Bushrangers Goal Kickers: J. Elliott 3, T. Clurey 2, A. Pollard 2, P. Wearden 2, S. Milne, S. Martyn, L. Visser, S. Johns, L. Smith, Dustin Harris Oakleigh Chargers 13 J. Pallpratt, X. Stevenson, J. Crisp Dylan Jones Western Jets 13 Best Players: J. Crisp, L. Smith, T. Clurey, J. Elliott, S. Milne, J. Young GEELONG FALCONS 4.8 11.11 17.11 23.16-154 COACHES VOTES Nick O’Brien (North Ballarat Rebels) BENDIGO PIONEERS 0.0 1.3 2.7 7.7-49 Jack Newnes (Northern Knights) Geelong Falcons Dylan Riley (Tasmania) Goal Kickers: J. Sheahan 6, L. Edwards 4, T. Battaglia 3, J. Lever 2, F. Lucas, D. Watson, J. Merrett, C. Tudor, T. Gribble, J. Bews, T. Stack, T. Adams Lachlan Plowman (Calder Cannons) Best Players: T. Adams, J. Merrett, J. Sheahan, A. Boseley, L. Edwards, L. Mahony Matthew Willcocks (Gippsland Power) Bendigo Pioneers Taylor Adams (Geelong Falcons) Goal Kickers: T. Donnan 2, B. Knox, D. Iudica, V. Flood, C. Slattery, S. Kerridge Best Players: J. Collins, S. Kerridge, S. Heavyside, V. Flood, T. Donnan, B. McPhee Jack Crisp (Murray Busrangers)

www.taccup.com.au 41 tac cup season 2011 fi xture

METRO ROUND Queensland 15.10.100 def. by Calder Cannons 16.10.106 ROUND 13 Sunday 27th March Sunday 15th May Saturday 16th July Nthrn Knights 14.8.92 def. by Calder Cannons 23.12.150 Gipps. Power 13.10.88 def. Oakleigh Chargers 6.9.45 Oakleigh Chargers vs. Dand. Stingrays Warrawee Park 11:00 AM Eastern Ranges 8.6.54 def. by Oakleigh Chargers 24.13.157 Geelong Falcons 23.16.154 def. Bendigo Pioneers 7.7.49 Estrn Ranges vs. Calder Cannons Box Hill City Oval 11:30 AM Western Jets 10.3.63 def. by Sandringham Dragons 15.13.103 Western Jets 14.11.95 def. by Murray Bushrangers 17.10.112 Gipps. Power vs. Bendigo Pioneers Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM Nthrn Knights vs. Sand. Dragons Preston City Oval 2:00 PM ROUND 1 Development Weekend 21st & 22nd May Sunday 17th July Saturday 2nd April Murray Bushrangers vs. Western Jets Norm Minns Oval 11:00 AM Murray Bushrangers 7.6.38 def. by Geelong Falcons 11.16.82 ROUND 7 Geelong Falcons vs. Nth Ballarat Rebels Skilled Stadium 1:00 PM Nth Ballarat Rebels 12.14.86 def. Bendigo Pioneers 6.7.4 3 Saturday 28th May Gippsland Power 9.7.61 def. Dand. Stingrays 7.18.60 Bendigo Pioneers vs. Nth B. Rebels Sara Oval, Mildura 10:00 AM Development Weekend 23rd & 24th July Sunday 3rd April Oakleigh Chargers vs. Tasmania Warrawee Park 11:00 AM Eastern Ranges 11.6.72 def. by Western Jets 16.5.101 Calder Cannons vs. Sand. Dragons Highgate Rec. Reserve 11:30 AM ROUND 14 Oakleigh Chargers 16.9.105 def. Calder Cannons 14.5.89 Western Jets vs. NSW/ACT RAMS Box Hill City Oval 11:30 AM Saturday 30th July Sandringham Dragons 17.9.111 def. Nthrn Knights 8.11.59 Eastern Ranges vs. Nthrn Knights Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM Calder Cannons vs. Oakleigh Chargers Highgate Rec. Res. 11:00 AM Geelong Falcons vs. Murray Bushrangers Highgate Rec. Res.2:00 PM Bendigo Pioneers vs. Nthrn Knights Epsom Huntly Res. 1:00 PM ROUND 2 Dand. Stingrays vs. Gippsland Power Shepley Oval 2:00 PM Murray Bushrangers vs. Gippsland Power Highgate Rec. Res. 1:30 PM Saturday 9th April Sunday 31st July Calder Cannons 13.14.92 def. Bendigo Pioneers 7.8.50 ROUND 8 Sand. Dragons vs. Eastern Ranges Box Hill City Oval 11:00 AM Eastern Ranges 11.11.77 def. Murray Bushrangers 9.9.63 Saturday 4th June Nth Ballarat Rebels vs. Western Jets Eureka Stadium 1:00 PM Western Jets 14.10.94 def. Geelong Falcons 9.4.58 Calder Cannons vs. Western Jets Highgate Rec. Reserve 11:00 AM Dand. Stingrays vs. Geelong Falcons Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM Sand. Dragons 20.12.132 def. Gippsland Power 5.8.38 Dand. Stingrays vs. Eastern Ranges Shepley Oval 11:00 AM Sunday 10th April Bend. Pioneers vs. Oakleigh Chargers Queen Elizabeth Oval 11:00 AM Development Weekend 6th & 7th August Nth Ballarat Rebels 3.6.24 def. by Dand. Stingrays 12.14.86 Gippsland Power vs. Nth B. Rebels Morwell Football Ground 1:00 PM Nthrn Knights 15.8.98 def. Oakleigh Chargers 13.9.87 Sand. Dragons vs. Geelong Falcons Highgate Rec.Res. 2:00 PM ROUND 15 Sunday 5th June Saturday 13th August ROUND 3 Murray Bushrangers vs. Nthrn Knights Norm Minns Oval 1:00 PM Dand. Stingrays vs. Sandringham Dragons Shepley Oval 11:00 AM Saturday 16th April Nthrn Knights vs. Murray Bushrangers Highgate Rec. Res. 1:00 PM Bendigo Pioneers 4.5.29 def. by Gippsland Power 11.26.92 Development Weekend 11th & 12th June Geelong Falcons vs. Eastern Ranges Skilled Stadium 1:00 PM Nth B.Rebels 10.16.76 def. Murray Bushrangers 11.5.71 Western Jets vs. Bendigo Pioneers Queen Elizabeth Oval 1:00 PM Geelong Falcons 10.7.67 def. Dand. Stingrays 9.12.66 ROUND 9 - Country Round Oakleigh Chargers vs. Gippsland Power Warrawee Park 2:00 PM Sunday 17th April Saturday 18th June Sunday 14th August Oakleigh Chargers 7.10.52 def. by Sand. Dragons 12.11.83 Bend. Pioneers vs. Murray Bushrangers Epsom Huntly Res. 1:00 PM Nth B. Rebels vs. Calder Cannons Horsham City Oval 1:00 PM Western Jets 13.11.89 def. by Northern Knights 15.13.103 Sunday 19th June Calder Cannons 12.7.79 def. by Eastern Ranges 15.9.99 Geelong Falcons vs. Gippsland Power Visy Park 11:30 AM ROUND 16 Dand. Stingrays vs. Nth Ballarat Rebels Visy Park 2:00 PM Saturday 20th August Development Weekend (Easter) 23rd & 24th April Calder Cannons vs. Nthrn Knights Highgate Rec. Res. 11:00 AM ROUND 10 Gippsland Power vs. Sand. Dragons Morwell Football Ground 12 NOON ROUND 4 Saturday 25th June Geelong Falcons vs. Western Jets Skilled Stadium 1:00 PM Saturday 30th April Bend. Pioneers vs. Calder Cannons Queen Elizabeth Oval 11:00 AM Murray Bushrangers vs. Nth B. Rebels Norm Minns Oval 1:00 PM Dand. Stingrays 13.13.91 def. Oakleigh Chargers 10.9.69 Dand. Stingrays vs. Western Jets Shepley Oval 10:30 AM Oakleigh Chargers vs. Bendigo Pioneers Warrawee Park 2:00 PM Nthrn Knights 13.14.92 def. by NSW/ACT Rams 16.7.103 Oakleigh Chargers vs. Geelong Falcons Warrawee Park 1:00 PM Sunday 21st August Bendigo Pioneers 15.11.101 def. by Eastern Ranges 17.8.110 Murray Bushrangers vs. Sand. Dragons Norm Minns Oval 1:00 PM Eastern Ranges vs. Dand. Stingrays Box Hill City Oval 11:00 AM Murray Bushrangers 9.12.66 def. by Calder Cannons 14.6.90 Nth Ballarat Rebels vs. Nthrn Knights Eureka Stadium 1:00 PM Sandringham Dragons 16.8.104 d e f . Q u e e n s l a n d 7. 8 . 5 0 Sunday 26th June ROUND 17 Sunday 1st May Gippsland Power vs. Estrn Ranges Morwell Football Ground 12 NOON Saturday 27th August Gippsland Power 15.9.99 def. Western Jets 4.8.32 Sand. Dragons vs. Western Jets Highgate Rec. Reserve 9:45 AM Nth Ballarat Rebels 12.10.82 def. Geelong Falcons 10.8.62 ROUND 11 Bendigo Pioneers vs. Dand. Stingrays Highgate Rec. Res. 12:15 PM Saturday 2nd July Gippsland Power vs. Calder Cannons Highgate Rec. Res. 2:45 PM ROUND 5 Eastern Ranges vs. Bendigo Pioneers Box Hill City Oval 10:10 AM Sunday 28th August Saturday 7th May Calder Cannons vs. Dand. Stingrays Highgate Rec. Res. 11:00 AM Geelong Falcons vs. Oakleigh Chargers Visy Park 9:45 AM Oakleigh Chargers 15.6.96 def. Western Jets 13.5.83 Nthrn Knights vs. Geelong Falcons Preston City Oval 1:00 PM Murray Bushrangers vs. Eastern Ranges Visy Park 12:15 PM Eastern Ranges 16.9.105 def. Geelong Falcons 6.13.49 Oakleigh Chargers vs. Murray Bushrangers Warrawee Park 2:0 0 PM Nthrn Knights vs. Nth Ballarat Rebels Visy Park 2:45 PM Murray Bushrangers 15.14.104 def. NSW/ACT 10.13.73 Western Jets vs. Gippsland Power Shepley Oval 2:00 PM Dandenong Stingrays 14.3.97 def. Queensland 8.5.52 Sunday 3rd July 2011 TAC Cup Finals Series Sand. Dragons 22.13.145 def. Bendigo Pioneers 7.9.51 Sand. Dragons vs. Nth B. Rebels Trevor Barker Beach 11:00 AM Qualifying and Elimination Finals Sunday 8th May Saturday 3rd September / Sunday 4th September Calder Cannons 7.8.50 def. Nth Ballarat Rebels 6.11.47 ROUND 12 Semi Finals Nthrn Knights 6.4.40 def. by Gippsland Power 16.15.11 Saturday 9th July Saturday 10th September / Sunday 11th September Western Jets vs. Eastern Ranges Box Hill City Oval 11:00 AM Preliminary Finals ROUND 6 Bendigo Pioneers vs. Sand. Dragons Epsom Huntly Reserve 1:00 PM Saturday 17th September / Sunday 18th September Saturday 14th May Geelong Falcons vs. Calder Cannons Skilled Stadium 1:00 PM Grand Final Northern Knights 6.10.46 def. Dandenong. Stingrays 5.5.35 Gippsland Power vs. Nthrn Knights Morwell Football Ground 1:00 PM Sunday 25th September Etihad Stadium Tasmania 15.15.105 def. Sandringham Dragons 4.8.32 Nth B. Rebels vs. Oakleigh Chargers Eureka Stadium 1:00 PM Nth Ballarat Rebels 18.8.116 def. Eastern Ranges 10.13.73 Dand. Stingrays vs. Murray Bushrangers Shepley Oval 2:30 PM Note: Finals Venues & Times to be advised.

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Collingwood Coach: Tarkyn Lockyer | Captain: Kris Pendlebury

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player #PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Davis* Leon 17-Jun-81 177 80 Perth (WA) 26 29 2 Tarrant* Chris 18-Sep-80 193 94 Bendigo Pioneers/Collingwood/Fremantle 34 42 3 McCarthy* John S. 19-Nov-89 189 82 Sorrento/Dandenong Stingrays 32 36 4 Didak* Alan 15-Feb-83 184 85 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 19 18 5 Maxwell* Nick 03-Jun-83 193 93 Geelong Falcons/North Ballarat 33 5 6 Goldsack* Tyson 22-May-87 193 88 Pakenham/Gippsland Power 26 3 7 Krakouer* Andrew J. 04-Feb-83 176 78 South Fremantle (WA)/Collingwood/Swan Districts (WA) 39 57 8 Liston Pat 20-Jan-91 185 84 Sandringham Dragons 73 8 O'Brien* Harry 15-Nov-86 188 92 Claremont (WA) 20 3 9 Lucevic Davor 21-Feb-87 179 78 North Brunswick 00 10 Pendlebury Kris 16-Apr-86 190 89 Bendigo Bombers (VFL) 61 16 10 Pendlebury* Scott 07-Jan-88 191 91 Sale/Gippsland Power 10 4 11 Blair* Jarryd 14-Apr-90 174 81 Wonthaggi/Gippsland Power 42 14 12 Ball* Luke 25-May-84 183 83 Sandringham Dragons/St Kilda 72 13 Thomas* Dale 21-Jun-87 185 86 Drouin/Gippsland Power 14 14 Rounds* Luke 10-Feb-91 181 75 Terang-Mortlake/Geelong Falcons 33 30 15 Brown* Leigh 23-Feb-82 194 104 Gippsland Power/Fremantle/North Melbourne 18 43 16 Brown* Nathan J. 17-Dec-88 195 101 Ballarat/North Ballarat Rebels 29 6 17 Beams* Dayne 12-Feb-90 186 83 Southport (Qld) 33 18 Jolly* Darren 06-Nov-81 200 108 North Ballarat/Melbourne/Sydney 37 18 19 Wood* Cameron 04-Mar-87 204 107 West Adelaide (SA)/Brisbane 33 19 20 Reid* Ben 29-Apr-89 195 102 Wangaratta Rovers/Murray Bushrangers 44 29 21 Wellingham* Sharrod 07-Jul-88 185 85 Perth (WA) 27 6 22 Sidebottom* Steele 02-Jan-91 180 84 Congupna/Murray Bushrangers 11 9 23 Keeffe* Lachlan 14-Apr-90 204 99 Marist College, Brisbane (Qld) 43 2 24 Thomas* Josh 01-Oct-91 176 77 Broadbeach (Qld)/Gold Coast U18 15 7 25 Young* Tom 26-Apr-92 191 91 Campbelltown/NSW-ACT U18/Collingwood VFL 19 3 26 Johnson* Ben L. 05-Apr-81 183 84 St Marys (VMFL)/Northern Knights 21 20 27 Buckley* Simon 18-Apr-87 190 93 St Pauls/Sandringham Dragons/Melbourne 36 9 28 Sinclair* Ben 01-Oct-90 181 76 Scotch College/Oakleigh Chargers 14 3 29 Ceglar* Jonathon 14-Feb-91 204 90 Wodonga Raiders/Murray Bushrangers 00 30 Childs Axel 11-Jan-92 178 79 Echuca FC 00 30 Macaffer* Brent 29-Feb-88 187 92 Kilcunda-Bass/Gippsland Power 42 49 31 Dawes* Chris 16-May-88 193 105 Brighton Grammar/Sandringham Dragons 40 66 32 Cloke* Travis 05-Mar-87 196 108 Park Orchards/Eastern Ranges 8 14 33 Dick* Brad 25-Jul-88 181 81 East Fremantle (WA) 23 36 34 Toovey* Alan 23-Mar-87 189 89 Claremont (WA) 31 0 35 Fasolo* Alex 08-Jun-92 181 80 East Fremantle (WA) 0 0 36 Tran James 29-Mar-90 175 75 Melbourne High Old Boys 0 0 37 Folino David 02-Jun-88 179 80 Eltham FC 0 0 36 Swan* Dane 25-Feb-84 185 92 Westmeadows/Calder Cannons 42 38 37 Frost Rohan 21-Nov-87 190 93 Ringwood/ Casey Scorpions (VFL) 38 13 37 Ugle* Kirk 06-May-92 172 73 Swan Districts (WA) 0 0 38 Reed# Scott 03-Oct-90 192 85 Pennant Hills/NSW-ACT RAMS 36 32 39 Shaw* Heath 27-Nov-85 184 86 Diamond Creek/Northern Knights 29 16 40 Seedsman* Paul 11-Jan-92 189 72 Rowville/Eastern Ranges 0 0 41 Farmer* Daniel 22-Jul-92 189 85 Mordi-Braeside/Sandringham Dragons 0 0 42 Sharpe Aaron 30-Nov-91 180 78 Alice Springs Community Football 0 0 43 Stubbs * Trent 26-Mar-92 187 78 East Coast Eagles/NSW-ACT RAMS 0 0 44 Gordon# Tom 19-Apr-92 194 90 Marcellin/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 46 Hayes Pat 11-Apr-89 194 85 Calder Cannons 5 0 45 Hunter# Tom 03-Feb-91 185 85 East Keilor/Calder Cannons 16 8 46 Reilly# Declan 09-Dec-92 193 85 East Sandringham/Sandringham Dragons 0 0 47 Perham# Jack 12-Jun-90 192 87 East Fremantle (WA) 0 0 48 Bolton# Jye 03-Mar-92 183 80 Leopold/Geeelong Falcons 0 0 49 Post Kalem 31-May-92 195 92 Vermont/Eastern Ranges 0 0 49 Cribbin# Paul 25-Jun-92 191 82 Ireland 0 0 50 Boshnevski Adam 13-Apr-90 184 84 Mansfi eld/Murry Bushrangers 2 0 50 McNamara# Shae 02-Jun-85 204 104 United States 16 14 51 Millard Cory 11-May-91 193 89 Dandenong Stingrays 3 0 53 Bull Jack 03-Apr-90 176 73 Collegians (VAFA) 00 54 Sundberg Tom 22-Dec-88 183 83 Caufi eld Grammarians 20 5 55 Eddy Brett 20-Oct-92 194 89 De La Salle/Sandringham (VFL) 00 70 Hine Matthew 06-Jul-89 189 80 Ormond 0 0 71 Hunt Tyson 07-Jan-91 191 80 De La Salle (VAFA) 0 0 71 Walsh Jake 30-Mar-91 195 87 Old Trinity 0 0 72 Collins Rocky 25-Mar-87 177 76 Whittlesea FC 0 0 73 Condy Rob 29-Oct-88 190 88 Newtown 0 0 74 Couch Tom 17-Jun-88 183 83 Grovedale/Geelong (VFL) 0 0

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Collingwood

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Cnr Batman Avenue & Swan 3 John McCarthy * Street, Olympic Park, Melbourne, 3000 (Melways 2C K6/7) 6 * Ground Address: Victoria Park, Lulie Street, Collingwood, 3066 14 Luke Rounds * Postal Address: PO Box 165 Abbotsford, 3067 Telephone: 8412 0000 19 Cameron Wood * Facsimile: 8412 0170 23 * Email: [email protected] Website: www.collingwoodfc.com.au 24 Josh Thomas * 25 Thomas Young * PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 27 Simon Buckley * 28 Ben Sinclair * 29 John Ceglar * 30 Brent Macaffer * 33 * 35 Alex Fasolo * 37 Kirk Ugle * 38 Scott Reed # 40 Paul Seedsman * 41 Daniel Farmer * 43 Trent Stubbs * 44 Tom Gordon # 45 # 46 Declan Reilly # 47 Jack Perham # 48 Jye Bolton # 49 Paul Cribbin # 50 Seamus McNamara # 51 Kris Pendlebury (Capt) 52 Daniel Frost 53 Jack Bull 54 Tom Sundberg 55 Brett Eddy 56 57 Rob Condy 58 James Tran 59 Pat Hayes 60 Pat Liston

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Williamstown

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Level 1, 1 Mason St, Newport, 3015 1 Ed Carr Ground Address: Avalon Airport Oval, Walton St Werribee (Melways 205 H9) 2 Mitch Wallis * Spring Creek Reserve, Torquay (Melways 237 F6) Keilor Football Ground, Keilor (Melways 14 H6) 3 Ben Davies Norm Minns Oval, Evans St, Wangaratta Postal Address: PO Box 307, Williamstown, 3016 4 Ben Jolley Telephone: 9391 0309 Facsimile: 9391 5497 7 David Stretton Email: [email protected] Website: www.williamstownfc.com.au 8 Mitch Hahn # 9 Mathew Grossman PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 10 Brett Johnson (Capt) 11 Sam Reid * 12 Phil Smith 16 Dane Rampe 17 Nick Sing 18 * 19 Brian Lake * 20 Brett Goodes 22 Dylan Addison * 23 Jordan Roughead * 24 Jayden Schofi eld * 26 Zephaniah Skinner * 29 Anton Woods 30 Christian Howard * 31 James Mulligan * 32 * 33 * 34 Jason Tutt * 40 Luke Dahlhaus # 41 * 43 Ed Barlow # 44 * 48 Matthew Panos # 49 Ayce Cordy * 53 Dylan Conway 65 Jordan Mead 70

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Williamstown Coach: Peter German | Captain: Brett Johnson

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Carr Ed 12-Apr-91 180 82 Gippsland Power 9 1 2 Wallis * Mitch 24-Oct-92 185 80 Calder Cannons 0 0 3 Davies Ben 10-Feb-86 187 79 Western Jets/North Melbourne/Collingwood 106 48 4 Jolley Ben 12-Feb-86 185 76 Bendigo/Calder Cannons/Essendon 114 37 5 Lockwood Cameron 29-Aug-88 175 83 Williamstown Juniors/Western Jets 45 12 6 Cook Adam 16-Jun-86 190 91 Wodonga Raiders/Williamstown 0 0 7 Stretton David 06-Oct-86 173 74 Melton/Western Jets 73 38 8 Hahn # Mitch 10-May-81 188 99 Northern Eagles (Qld) 34 26 9 Grossman Matthew 03-Dec-85 185 78 Williamstown Juniors 18 0 10 Johnson Brett 28-Oct-81 178 82 Hawthorn Hawks/Carlton Blues 160 112 11 Reid * Sam 07-Nov-89 188 77 Zillmere (Qld) 32 20 12 Smith Phil 15-Apr-89 188 82 Box Hill Hawks 10 0 13 McCallum Stephen 24-Jan-91 178 68 Calder Cannons 0 0 14 Witkowski Stephen 23-Aug-91 189 87 Northern Knights 0 0 15 McHarg Kwame 20-Jul-91 177 81 Sandringham Dragons 9 0 16 Rampe Dane 02-Jun-90 188 88 Uni of NSW 4 1 17 Sing Nick 15-May-91 188 80 Gippsland Power 2 0 18 Stack * Brennan 26-May-88 184 80 Perth (WA) 43 26 19 Jones * Liam 24-Feb-91 195 86 Scotch College/Tassie Maringers/North Hobart 15 23 20 Goodes Brett 17-Feb-84 183 94 North Ballarat (VFL)/NT Thunder 85 34 21 Liberatore * Tom 16-May-92 182 77 Calder Cannons 0 0 22 Addison * Dylan 07-Oct-87 186 83 NSW ACT RAMS/ St George 44 3 23 Roughead * Jordan 03-Nov-90 200 92 Lake Wendouree/North Ballarat Rebels 19 9 24 Schofi eld * Jayden 14-May-92 179 75 East Fremantle 0 0 25 Griffi ths Josh 15-Aug-91 185 83 Northern Knights 3 0 26 Skinner * Zephaniah 27-Jun-89 189 78 Northern Territory 0 0 27 Purton-Smith Jack 24-Apr-91 175 83 Sandringham Dragons 2 0 28 Frost Jack 25-Feb-92 194 82 Sandringham Dragons 0 0 29 Woods Anton 06-Oct-91 171 75 Northern Knights/Northern Bullants 0 0 30 Howard * Christian 19-Mar-91 184 81 Glenelg (SA) 10 0 31 Mulligan * James 14-Jun-89 199 93 Southport (Qld) 7 1 32 Veszpremi* Patrick 01-Sep-89 181 85 Northern Knights/Sydney Swans 0 0 33 Djerrkura* Nathan 19-Sep-88 176 84 Geelong (AFL) 51 28 34 Tutt * Jason 15-May-91 177 72 NSW-ACT/Anslie 6 0 35 Hill * Tom 07-Apr-91 199 82 Northern Bullants JFC/Northern Knights 0 0 36 Cravino Matthew 01-Jul-87 173 78 Wyndhamvale/Western Jets 8 1 37 Markovic * Lukas 05-Jan-87 193 94 Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks (VFL)/Hawthorn (Rookie) 61 4 38 Fogarty Michael 30-Jul-91 186 78 Western Jets 48 17 39 Johannisen # Jason 08-Nov-92 176 68 East Fremantle 0 0 40 Dahlhaus # Luke 21-Aug-92 178 72 Geelong Falcons 0 0 41 Hooper * Andrew 18-Jan-91 172 79 Golden Point/North Ballarat Rebels 22 36 42 Lawson Dion 04-May-91 176 77 Western Jets 0 0 43 Barlow # Ed 21-Jan-87 196 99 Oakleigh Chargers/Sydney Swans 0 0 44 Moles * Brodie 07-Nov-85 184 85 Geelong (Rookie)/Tasmania (VFL)/Tassie Mariners 53 49 45 Prato # Eddie 15-Jan-90 202 85 Maryborough 1 0 46 Wilson Jake 01-Dec-91 193 94 Portland 0 0 47 Coles Brydon 20-May-89 182 84 Geelong West / St.Peters 0 0 48 Panos # Matthew 03-Jan-00 191 91 Norwood (SA) 10 21 49 Cordy * Ayce 06-Aug-90 202 80 Geelong Falcons 10 6 50 Knight Richard 15-May-88 191 91 Williamstown Juniors/Western Jets 0 0 51 Dimartino Nick 09-Jul-89 193 101 Western Jets 0 0 52 Lawson Corey 19-Sep-89 182 84 Werribee (VFL) 0 0 53 Conway Dylan 28-Jan-92 185 83 Western Jets 1 0 54 Hevern Johnno 22-Apr-89 189 85 Glenorden 0 0 55 Kefford Alistair 31-May-92 192 93 Calder Cannons 0 0 56 Caruso Sam 22-Jul-91 178 72 Wangaratta Rovers/Murray Bushrangers 0 0 57 Jones Taylor 31-Jan-92 189 85 Western Jets 0 0 58 Morris Justin 23-Feb-91 178 77 Western Jets 1 0 59 Hoghton Dale 14-Oct-91 184 74 Gippsland Power 1 0 60 Spiteri Lee 29-Dec-89 180 73 Altona 0 0 61 Ryan Toby 20-Apr-91 182 78 Wangaratta Rovers 0 0 62 Giles Nathan 27-May-91 197 86 Western Jets 0 0 63 Mason Sam 14-Mar-90 194 95 Bendigo Bombers 0 0 64 Gray Jack 16-Sep-91 186 74 Western Jets 1 0 65 Illman Clay 06-Jul-87 188 85 Gisborne 0 0 66 Walters Nick 08-Aug-88 180 82 Burnie Dockers 0 0 70 Hill * Josh 19-Jan-89 186 79 Claremont (WA) 30 27 71 Wood* Easton 04-Sep-89 185 82 Geelong Grammar/Camperdown 35 6 72 Picken * Liam 01-Aug-86 183 80 North Ballarat Rebels/Williamstown (VFL) 62 45 73 Grant * Jarrad 06-Jul-89 192 80 Frankston Bombers/Dandenong Stingrays 25 39 74 Higgins * Shaun 04-Mar-88 184 89 Newtown/Geelong Falcons 11 7 75 Ward * Callan 10-Apr-90 185 76 Spotswood/Western Jets 21 26 76 Sherman * Justin 26-Jan-87 183 87 Brisbane Lions 0 0 77 Williams * Tom 17-Jul-86 196 101 Morningside (Qld) 20 3 78 Minson * Will 11-Apr-85 199 106 Norwood (SA) 34 15 79 Giansiracusa * Daniel 11-Mar-82 182 83 Williamstown/Western Jets 20 21 80 Hargrave * Ryan 26-Jul-81 190 85 Perth (WA) 34 11 Boyd * Matthew 27-Aug-82 184 90 Narre Warren/Dandenong Stingrays/Frankston (VFL) 32 18 Cooney * Adam 30-Sep-85 186 90 West Adelaide (SA) 2 4 Cross * Daniel 30-Mar-83 187 86 Albury (NSW)/Murray Bushrangers 48 19 Gilbee * Lindsay 08-Jul-81 180 83 Coldstream/Eastern Ranges 44 51 Griffen * Ryan 27-Jul-86 188 86 South Adelaide (SA) 4 5 Hall * Barry 08-Feb-77 194 104 St Kilda Saints/Sydney Swans 0 0 Hudson * Ben 24-Feb-79 199 108 Adelaide/Werribee (VFL)/Mt Gravatt (Qld) 18 10 Lake (Harris) * Brian 27-Feb-82 195 104 Woodville-West Torrens (SA) 21 4 Morris * Dale 29-Dec-82 190 92 Werribee Tigers (VFL) 35 0 Murphy * Robert 09-Jun-82 186 82 Warragul/Gippsland Power 25 8

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North Ballarat Roosters Coach: Gerard FitzGerald | Captain: Marc Greig

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Driscoll Bill 29-May-87 176 73 Navaare/North Ballarat Rebels 48 72 2 Greig Marc 05-Mar-80 177 92 Warrack Eagles/North Ballarat (VFL) 175 52 3 Sharkey Matthew 05-Dec-85 184 84 Ballarat/North Ballarat Rebels 100 6 4 Orr Seamus 04-Apr-91 171 70 Geelong West/St Peters/Geelong Falcons 0 0 5 Barber Pat 09-Jun-92 185 86 Horsham Saints/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 6 Couch Nick 22-Oct-87 180 81 Terang-Mortlake/Geelong Falcons 13 5 7 Tyler Matt 20-Jan-88 194 89 North Ballarat Rebels/Brisbane Lions 20 7 8 Peters Nick 27-Oct-89 179 78 Warrack Eagles/North Ballarat Rebels 20 10 9 Lynch Chris 17-Mar-89 182 76 Bell Park/Geelong Falcons 3 2 10 Conroy Sam 19-Oct-91 195 94 Hepburn 9 1 11 McKenzie Ryan 12-Feb-90 175 80 Warrack Eagles/North Ballarat Rebels 14 6 12 Hoy Liam 12-Dec-91 180 81 Warrnambool/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 13 Dare Levi 02-Dec-89 195 97 Cobden/Port Melbourne (VFL) 0 0 14 Brayshaw Tim 19-Jan-89 184 81 Redan/Portland 5 1 16 Tate Oliver 23-Jun-91 184 84 North Ballarat City/North Ballarat Rebels 12 0 17 Currie Callum 25-Nov-92 183 82 Casterton/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 18 Stephenson Orren 15-Jul-82 200 104 Redan 99 36 19 Giampaolo Chris 14-Mar-91 175 77 Horsham Demons/North Ballarat Rebels 2 0 20 George Lachie 02-Apr-88 182 91 North Ballarat (VFL)/Tasmania (VFL)/Box Hill (VFL) 43 16 21 Richardson* Cameron 02-Dec-87 189 83 North Ballarat (VFL) 35 15 22 Anderson Lucas 07-Apr-92 190 85 Donald/Bendigo Pioneers 2 0 23 Bell Grant 20-Dec-89 185 89 Creswick/North Ballarat Rebels 3 1 24 Hughes Sam 24-Jun-90 178 70 Geelong (VFL)/Leopold 0 0 25 Lower* Ed 23-Jun-87 186 84 Norwood (SA) 51 13 26 Dobson Ben 13-Feb-90 190 92 Koroit 3 2 27 Edwards* Aaron 02-Mar-84 184 92 Dandenong Stingrays/West Coast/Frankston (VFL) 42 142 28 Walker Jye 14-Oct-87 176 79 Werribee Tigers (VFL)/Geelong (VFL)/Leopold 1 1 29 Darmody Marcus 26-Oct-91 189 88 North Warrnambool/North Ballarat Rebels 2 3 30 Micallef Derick 20-Feb-87 182 75 Redan 18 18 31 Delaney* Cameron 19-Jun-92 194 86 Grovedale/Geelong Falcons 0 0 32 Garlett* Cruize 06-Mar-89 174 74 Perth (WA) 38 19 33 Sewell Myles 10-Feb-88 186 80 Coburg (VFL)/North Ballarat Rebels 70 27 34 Atley * Shaun 13-Sep-92 189 81 Wodonga Raiders/Murray Bushrangers 2 0 35 Black* Aaron 29-Nov-90 192 82 Peel Thunder (WA) 3 5 36 Semmens Daniel 14-Feb-92 177 73 Cobden/Geelong Falcons 0 0 37 Norris* Brayden 27-Nov-91 186 71 Alexandra/Murray Bushrangers 17 13 38 Ross-Smith Daniel 01-Mar-90 191 104 North Ballarat Rebels/North Ballarat City 0 0 39 Slabbert Jandre 22-Aug-92 192 91 Hamilton/North Ballarat Rebels 1 0 40 Mabon* Ben 14-Jun-92 200 81 Redan/Hay (NSW)/North Ballarat Rebels 1 0 41 Mullett# Aaron 23-Feb-92 184 73 Vermont/Eastern Ranges 0 0 42 Curnow Bryce 25-Sep-91 194 84 Golden Square 0 0 43 White# Marcus 24-Oct-90 185 81 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons 37 10 44 Suban Michael 09-May-92 181 80 Bacchus Marsh/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 45 Delaney# Luke 24-Jun-89 194 97 Grovedale/Geelong Falcons 21 0 46 Kelly Nathan 04-Apr-92 184 76 Horsham Demons/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 47 Linke Jason 15-Apr-90 190 87 Hamilton Imperials/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 48 Dillon Jordan 04-Apr-90 200 99 South Warrnambool/North Ballarat Rebels 2 0 49 McMahon Chris 31-Jan-92 173 69 Swan Hill/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 50 Jewell Robb 14-Nov-90 185 80 Finley (NSW) 0 0 51 Struth Zacc 28-May-89 176 76 South Warrnambool 0 0 52 Keeble James 11-Apr-91 184 72 Boort/Bendigo Pioneers 0 0 53 Barry Bill 06-Jul-92 184 74 Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 54 Jones Daniel 02-Feb-91 182 83 Golden Square/Bendigo Pioneers 2 1 55 Arnott Connor 02-Dec-92 190 93 Terang-Mortlake/North Ballarat Rebels 0 0 56 Lenehan Kurt 26-May-91 166 64 Warrnambool 0 0 57 Towers Dean 04-May-90 188 78 Colac 0 0 58 Evans Ben 10-Sep-89 180 91 St Albans Supersaints 0 0 59 Nicholls Pat 02-Nov-89 194 87 Sandringham Dragons/Frankston (VFL) 2 0 60 Edwards Lachie 27-Apr-92 193 83 Somerville/Dandenong Stingrays 2 0 61 FitzGerald Tim 04-Jun-89 185 87 Uni Blues/North Ballarat JFC 0 0 62 McDermott Josh 26-Apr-86 196 84 North Ballarat City 0 0 63 Wiltshire Alec 23-Nov-90 180 88 Lake Wendouree 0 0 64 Phillips Bart 05-Sep-91 183 89 East Point 0 0 65 Cunnington* Ben 30-Jun-91 185 86 Cobden/Geelong Falcons 2 1 66 Campbell* Matt 21-Jan-87 170 72 North Adelaide (SA)/Pioneers (NT) 16 20 67 Thomas* Lindsay 29-Feb-88 180 78 Port Adelaide (SA) 11 23 68 Bastinac* Ryan 22-Jun-91 184 76 Rowville/Dandenong Stingrays 0 0 69 Wells* Daniel 03-Feb-85 181 82 Peel Thunder (WA) 4 2 70 Pratt* Daniel 21-Mar-83 185 93 Northern Eagles (Qld)/North Melbourne/Brisbane Lions 58 10 Anthony* Liam 09-Sep-87 189 86 East Fremantle (WA) 2 0 Harvey* Brent 14-May-78 172 75 Preston RSL/Northern Knights 19 35 Petrie* Drew 15-Oct-82 197 102 Ballarat/North Ballarat Rebels 28 24 Rawlings* Brady 10-Jun-81 184 84 Tassie Mariners/Devonport 57 28 Swallow* Andrew 02-Jun-87 182 80 East Fremantle (WA) 26 9

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North Ballarat Roosters

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#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Creswick Road, Ballarat, 3350 1 Bill Driscoll Ground Address: Eureka Stadium, 2 Marc Greig (Capt) Creswick Road, Ballarat Postal Address: PO Box 151N, 3 Matthew Sharkey Ballarat North, 3350 Telephone: 5333 4762 7 Matt Tyler Facsimile: 5332 9538 9 Chris Lynch Email: [email protected] Website: www.theroosters.com.au 10 Sam Conroy 11 Ryan McKenzie PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 12 Liam Hoy 13 Levi Dare 14 Tim Brayshaw 16 Oliver Tate 18 Orren Stephenson 20 Lachie George 21 Cameron Richardson * www.selkirk.com.au 23 Grant Bell 24 Sam Hughes 28 Jye Walker 29 Marcus Darmody 30 Derick Micallef 31 Cameron Delaney* www.icp.edu.au 32 * 33 Myles Sewell 35 Aaron Black * 37 Brayden Norris

www.mulcahy.com.au 39 Jandre Slabbert 41 Aaron Mullett # 45 # 47 Jason Linke 51 Zacc Struth 52 James Keeble 54 Daniel Jones 58 Ben Evans 59 Pat Nicholls www.jgking.com.au 65 Ben Cunnington * 71 Liam Anthony *

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Box Hill Hawks

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Cnr. Middleborough & 1 Jarrad Boumann Whitehorse Roads, Box Hill, 3128 Ground Address: Box Hill City Oval, 2 Jayden Hoegel Cnr. Middleborough & Whitehorse Roads, Box Hill, 3128 (Melways 47 G9) 3 Ryan Jackson Postal Address: PO Box 143, Box Hill, 3128 Telephone: 9890 9442 5 Kris Nye Facsimile: 9899 9473 6 Brad Neil Email: [email protected] Website: www.boxhillhawks.com.au 8 Leigh Kitchin 11 Ben Fagan PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 12 Haydn Kiel 15 Sam Gibson (Capt) 16 17 Ben Kennedy 18 David Mirra 20 Tim Northe 28 Dylan Van Unen 29 Sam Cust 30 Michael Thompson 32 Luke Andrews 36 Jordan Lisle* 37 * 38 Luke Lowden* 40 Jordan Williams* 41 Taylor Duryea* 42 Angus Litherland* 43 Will Sierakowski* 45 Tom Schneider* 46 Derek Wanganeen* 47 * 62 Riley Milne* 63 Michael Osborne* 66 David Hale* 68 * 70 Mitch Hallahan* 76 Ryan Schoenmakers* 80 Thomas Murphy* 84 Max Bailey*

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Box Hill Hawks Coach: Damian Carroll | Captain: Sam Gibson

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Boumann Jarrad 18-Aug-89 196 90 Dandenong Stingrays/Western Bulldogs 30 5 2 Hoegel Jayden 28-Jun-91 179 75 Oakleigh Chargers/Whitefriars 15 24 3 Jackson Ryan 04-Apr-87 188 86 Claremont (WA)/Carlton 42 26 4 Pollard Shaun 28-Feb-81 190 87 Doveton/Frankston (VFL) 113 41 5 Nye Kris 25-Nov-89 176 71 Norwood/Eastern Ranges 9 1 6 Neil Brad 20-Feb-88 181 82 Vermont/Eastern Ranges 41 14 7 Gilchrist Taylor 19-Oct-90 189 80 Sandringham Dragons/Sydney Swans 0 0 8 Kitchin Leigh 08-Jan-90 180 74 Wantirna South/Eastern Ranges 7 0 9 Muston Beau 01-Mar-87 189 84 Murray Bushrangers/Hawthorn 41 21 10 Johns Aaron 11-Aug-91 185 79 Rowville/Eastern Ranges 2 0 11 Fagan Ben 04-Nov-87 192 90 Mansfi eld / Clarence (TSL) 27 25 12 Kiel Haydn 15-Jan-88 180 82 Hawthorn / Brisbane Lions 37 1 13 Wallace Brent 16-Aug-91 180 72 Northern Knights/Carey Grammar 1 0 14 Sketcher Jackson 17-Feb-92 180 84 Springvale Districts/Sandringham Dragons 0 0 15 Gibson Sam 27-May-86 184 82 Box Hill Hawks (VFL)/Hawthorn 84 83 16 Pattison Adam 05-Mar-86 198 98 St Kilda / Richmond 45 37 17 Kennedy Ben 14-Jun-90 190 93 Sandringham Dragons / Xavier College 0 0 18 Mirra David 20-Mar-91 186 86 Scoresby/Eastern Ranges 1 0 19 Phelps Guy 01-Feb-92 189 92 North Ringwood/Eastern Ranges 0 0 20 Northe Tim 24-Mar-92 175 71 Trarlagon/Gippsland Power 0 0 21 Purcell Tom 20-Apr-89 189 82 East Ringwood/Eastern Ranges 0 0 22 Monkhorst Ben 30-Dec-91 189 83 Woori Yallock/Eastern Ranges 0 0 23 Murphy Xavier 23-Nov-91 178 71 De La Salle / Sandringham Dragons 0 0 24 Wilsen James 14-Jul-89 195 99 Sturt (SANFL) / North Melbourne 0 0 25 Cassidy Corey 21-Jun-92 189 78 Blackburn/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 26 Cass Jayden 01-Dec-91 180 71 Croydon/Eastern Ranges 1 1 27 Wilson Ryan 29-Apr-92 182 73 Scoresby/Eastern Ranges 1 0 28 Van Unen Dylan 22-Jun-90 189 84 North Ringwood/Eastern Ranges 7 0 29 Cust Sam 26-Aug-92 179 76 Camberwell Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 30 Thompson Michael 19-Jun-91 187 85 Surrey Park/Oakleigh Chargers 5 0 31 Tobin Liam 31-Jul-91 186 82 Noble Park/Sandrigham Dragons 1 0 32 Andrews Luke 22-Jan-91 178 73 St Kevins/Oakleigh Chargers 8 2 33 Bolton Jackson 15-Jul-92 185 74 Blackburn/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 34 Ralph Joshua 11-Apr-92 192 94 Donvale/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 35 Grimley* Sam 03-Jan-91 199 86 Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern Knights 0 0 36 Lisle* Jordan 12-Jul-90 196 92 Blackburn/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers 39 50 37 Whitecross* Brendan 25-Jan-90 183 85 Zillmere (Qld) 26 14 38 Lowden* Luke 22-Feb-91 204 89 Dookie United/Wunghnu/Shep Bears/Sandr U18 7 1 39 Stratton* Ben 01-Mar-89 189 82 East Perth (WA) 0 0 40 Williams* Jordan 06-May-91 185 80 Echuca/Bendigo Pioneers 7 1 41 Duryea* Taylor 24-Apr-91 179 74 Wahgunyah/Murray Bushrangers 6 7 42 Litherland* Angus 12-Oct-92 190 86 Claremont (WA) 0 0 43 Sierakowski# Will 26-Jul-90 187 83 Riverview/NSW-ACT RAMS 12 0 44 Menegola# Sam 07-Mar-92 189 79 East Fremantle (WA) 0 0 45 Schneider# Tom 30-Sep-92 178 77 Blackburn/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 46 Wanganeen# Derick 05-Feb-91 174 68 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 0 0 47 Breust# Luke 11-Nov-90 184 76 Temora/NSW-ACT RAMS 34 50 48 Langford# Will 03-Jul-92 187 80 East Sydney/NSW-ACT RAMS 0 0 49 Mahony# Jack 07-May-92 179 78 Wollongong/GWS U18 0 0 50 Cooper John 14-Oct-90 192 85 St George (NSW AFL) / Orange 0 0 51 Cooper Daniel 28-Aug-92 185 77 GWS U18 / St George (NSW AFL) 0 0 52 Carroll Scott 11-Jun-92 184 70 East Ringwood/Eastern Ranges 0 0 53 Allen Robert 01-Dec-88 184 78 Woori Yallock 0 0 54 Iliov Nicholas 27-Aug-92 188 75 East Ringwood/Eastern Ranges 0 0 55 Cunningham Tom 10-Jan-92 174 68 St Kevins / Camberwell Sharks 0 0 56 Ellis Andrew 07-Aug-91 178 78 Vermont/Eastern Ranges 0 0 57 Fagan Anthony 26-Jun-89 167 70 Geelong Amatuers / Geelong Falcons 0 0 58 Wilson Tom 16-May-92 175 77 Eastern Ranges/ Yarra Valley Grammar 0 0 61 Suckling* Matt 25-Jul-88 187 82 Wagga Tigers (NSW) 42 21 62 Milne# Riley 20-Jul-90 193 80 Mooroopna/Murray Bushrangers 26 6 63 Osborne* Michael 29-Jul-82 178 81 Labrador (Qld) 1 2 64 Ellis* Xavier 28-Feb-88 187 76 Lakes Entrance/Gippsland Power 11 4 65 Young* Clinton 16-Feb-86 189 87 Minyip-Murtoa/North Ballarat Rebels 18 11 66 Hale* David 22-May-84 201 102 Broadbeach (Qld)/North Melbourne 63 63 67 Birchall* Grant 28-Jan-88 193 93 Devonport/Tas U18 5 0 68 Cheney* Kyle 25-Aug-89 186 87 Warrack Eagles/North Ballarat Rebels/Melbourne 33 1 70 Hallahan* Mitch 23-Aug-92 183 77 Sorrento/Dandenong Stingrays 0 0 71 Guerra* Brent 29-May-82 182 90 Bendigo Pioneers/Port Adel/St Kilda 7 12 72 Morton* Jarryd 05-Oct-88 191 86 Claremont (WA) 44 25 73 Smith* Isaac 30-Dec-88 188 77 Redan/North Ballarat Roosters 6 7 74 Savage* Shane 05-Jan-91 185 80 Noble Park/Dandenong Stingrays 26 12 76 Schoenmakers* Ryan 08-Nov-90 193 86 Norwood (SA) 18 3 77 Shiels* Liam 29-Apr-91 183 80 The Basin/Eastern Ranges 19 8 78 Gilham* Stephen 02-Sep-84 192 86 East Doncaster/Oakleigh Chargers/Port Adel 17 0 79 Bruce* Cameron 30-Sep-79 190 87 MHSOB/Melbourne Demons 4 10 80 Murphy* Thomas 19-Mar-86 189 85 Murrumbeena/Sandringham Dragons 35 11 81 Puopolo* Paul 02-Dec-87 173 76 Norwood (SA) 0 0 82 Renouf* Brent 03-May-88 200 98 Southport (Qld) 35 19 83 Ladson* Rick 18-Feb-84 181 86 Golden Square/Bendigo Pioneers 31 30 84 Bailey* Max 23-Oct-86 206 101 West Perth (WA) 20 7 Bateman* Chance 21-Jun-81 175 75 Perth (WA) 36 14 Burgoyne* Shaun 21-Oct-82 186 88 Port Adelaide (SANFL)/Port Adel 1 1 Franklin* Lance 30-Jan-87 196 102 Perth (WA) 6 10 Gibson* Josh 13-Mar-84 189 92 Port Melbourne/North Melb 40 7 Hodge* Luke 15-Jun-84 185 90 Colac/Geelong Falcons 8 10 Lewis* Jordan 24-Apr-86 186 90 Warrnambool/Geelong Falcons 2 2 Mitchell* Sam 12-Oct-82 179 83 Mooroolbark/Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks 28 20 Rioli* Cyril 14-Jul-89 177 80 St Marys (NT)/Scotch College 0 0 Roughead* Jarryd 23-Jan-87 193 100 Leongatha/Gippsland Power 8 18 Sewell* Brad 02-Feb-84 181 86 Newlyn/North Ballarat Rebels 43 17

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Bendigo Bombers Coach: Shannon Grant | Captain: Ben Duscher / Trent Shinners

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Neagle# Jay 17-Jan-88 189 100 Traralgon/Gippsland Power 24 26 2 Dyson* Ricky 28-Sep-85 183 86 Epping/Northern Knights 45 29 3 Gumbleton* Scott 03-Aug-88 197 97 Peel Thunder (WA) 10 17 4 Little Matthew 3-Jan-86 191 80 Hawthorn/Williamstown 95 258 5 Dickson Tory 26-Sep-87 180 80 Noble Park/Frankston 46 56 6 Liddle Pierce 1-Oct-90 178 76 Bendigo Bombers 16 10 7 Jetta* Leroy 06-Jul-88 177 75 South Fremantle (WA) 23 15 8 Page Shane 30-Apr-91 183 80 Kyneton/Bendigo Pioneers 12 4 9 Duscher Ben 29-Sep-87 186 83 Rochester/Sandthurst 913 10 Freezer Josh 12-Jun-89 193 90 Old Melburnians 00 11 Zaharakis* David 21-Feb-90 182 79 Eltham/Northern Knights 73 12 Maddern Justin 7-Nov-84 193 92 Bendigo Bombers/Kangaroo Flat 18 18 13 Long* Anthony 06-Jan-91 187 81 St Marys (NT)/Calder Cannons 70 14 Lonergan* Sam 26-Mar-87 182 81 Launceston/Tasmania (VFL) 38 42 15 Dempsey* Courtenay 28-Aug-87 185 80 Morningside (Qld) 17 4 16 Shinners Trent 19-Dec-88 190 95 Narre Warren/Frankston 63 3 17 Melksham* Jake 29-Aug-91 185 78 Oak Park/Calder Cannons 32 18 Collins Brad 28-Mar-88 186 86 Rochester 80 19 Delahunty Lachlan 26-Oct-90 190 88 Noble Park/Minyip Murtoa 14 8 20 Slattery* Henry 22-Jan-86 185 86 West Adelaide (SA) 17 6 21 Heppell Dyson 14-May-92 189 81 Leongatha/Gippsland Power 00 22 Carlisle* Jake 01-Oct-91 198 92 Craigieburn/Calder Cannons 15 12 23 Myers* David 30-Jun-89 191 88 Perth (WA) 17 10 24 Browne* Alex 09-Aug-92 187 85 Hawthorn Citizens/Oakleigh Chargers 00 25 Steinberg * Ariel 26-Aug-92 191 86 Mildura Imperials/Bendigo Pioneers 00 26 Hooker* Cale 13-Oct-88 196 97 East Fremantle (WA) 19 12 27 Davis* Luke 23-Dec-92 190 92 West Adelaide (SA) 00 28 Daniher* Darcy 21-Sep-89 191 93 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons 23 29 29 Stroobants Steven 15-May-84 180 81 South Bendigo/Swan Hill/Bendigo Pioneers 20 17 30 O'Brien Sam 5-Feb-88 188 86 Rochester/Bendigo Pioneers 00 31 Stewart Chris 12-Feb-86 195 95 Coburg Tigers/Maribrynong Park 31 32 Colyer* Travis 24-Aug-91 174 72 Claremont (WA) 57 33 Williams* Mark 13-Apr-83 180 81 South Fremantle (WA)/Hawthorn 64 102 34 Hardingham* Kyle 01-Sep-88 186 85 East Fremantle (WA) 12 4 35 Silverlock# Taite 25-Jan-91 178 75 West Adelaide (SA) 10 4 36 Slattery# Tyson 03-Dec-90 191 87 West Adelaide (SA) 31 4 37 Reimers* Kyle 10-Jan-89 182 85 Peel Thunder (WA) 23 22 38 Ross* Michael 16-Sep-91 185 75 Warragul/Gippsland Power 00 39 Hocking* Heath 27-Dec-87 184 87 Mooroolbark/Eastern Ranges 26 17 40 Howlett* Ben 21-Oct-88 180 78 Peel Thunder (WA) 52 41 Quinn# Michael 26-Jan-90 185 80 Ireland 25 20 42 Lovett-Murray* Nathan 18-Nov-82 190 87 Heywood/Nth Ball U18/Coll Rook/Williamstown/Bendigo Bombers 62 46 43 Hibberd* Michael 03-Jan-90 186 86 Somerville/Dandenong StingraysFrankston 33 10 44 Bellchambers* Tom 09-Jul-89 202 106 Northern Bombers/Tas U18 37 25 45 Crameri# Stewart 10-Aug-88 190 95 Maryborough/Bendigo Bombers 52 19 46 Jenkins# Josh 08-Feb-89 199 103 Lake Boga 00 47 Webster# James 12-Feb-92 184 78 North Shore (NSW)/NSW-ACT U18/GWS 00 48 Meli David 9-Oct-92 178 80 Calder Cannons 21 49 Ladson Matthew 21-Oct-92 180 78 Strathfi eldsaye/Bendigo Pioneers 40 50 Dennis Anthony 24-Aug-91 180 80 Bendigo Pioneers 20 51 Campbell Tom 2-Nov-91 199 99 Old Scotch 00 52 Biggs Shane 5-Aug-91 188 76 Warrandyte 00 53 Vale Sam 6-Apr-90 188 88 Rochester 00 54 Thompson Jacob 20-Jul-91 184 88 Greenvale/Calder Cannons 41 56 Watson* Jobe 08-Feb-85 190 94 Xavier College/Sandringham Dragons 00 57 Stanton* Brent 01-May-86 182 84 Banyule/Northern Knights 911 58 Monfries* Angus 19-Jan-87 184 78 Sturt (SA) 13 24 59 Winderlich* Jason 10-Oct-84 188 82 Thorpdale/Gippsland Power 34 31 60 Prismall* Brent 14-Jul-86 186 83 Werribee/Western Jets/Geelong 56 32 61 McVeigh* Mark 26-Jan-81 184 85 Pennant Hills/NSW-ACT RAMS 21 27 62 Welsh* Andrew 11-Feb-83 188 87 Westmeadows/Calder Cannons 12 7 63 Hurley* Michael 01-Jun-90 193 92 Macleod/Northern Knights 65 64 Pears* Tayte 24-Mar-90 191 92 East Perth (WA) 70 65 Hille* David 02-Jun-81 202 108 Peninsula School/Dandenong Stingrays 38 24 66 Davey* Alwyn 15-May-84 173 72 Palmerston (NT)/South Adelaide (SA) 21 67 Ryder* Patrick 14-Mar-88 196 92 East Fremantle (WA) 56 68 Fletcher* Dustin 07-May-75 198 92 Essendon Grammar/Western Jets 00

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Bendigo Bombers

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Poyser Motor Complex, 1 Jay Neagle # 119-141 Midland Highway, Epsom, 3551 Ground Address: Queen Elizabeth Oval, 2 Ricky Dyson * View Street, Bendigo, 3550 Windy Hill, Napier St, Essendon, (Melways 28 H3) 3 Scott Gumbleton * Postal Address: PO Box 470, Golden Square, 3555 4 Matthew Little Telephone: 5444 1737 5 Tory Dickson Facsimile: 5444 8950 Email: [email protected] 6 Pierce Liddle Website: www.bendigobombers.com 9 Ben Duscher (Capt) PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 10 Josh Freezer 12 Justin Maddern 16 Trent Shinners (Capt) 18 Brad Collins 19 Lachlan Delahunty 22 Jake Carlisle * 24 Alex Browne * 25 Ariel Steinberg * 27 Luke Davis * 28 Darcy Daniher * 30 Sam O’Brien 31 Chris Stewart 32 Travis Colyer * 33 Mark Williams * 35 Taite Silverlock # 36 Tyson Slattery # 37 * 38 Michael Ross * 41 Michael Quinn # 43 Michael Hibberd * 46 Josh Jenkins # 47 James Webster # 49 Matthew Ladson 50 Anthony Dennis 51 Tom Campbell 52 44 Tom Bellchambers * 62 Andrew Welsh *

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Port Melbourne Boroughs

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Offi ce Address: 525 Williamstown Road, 1 Adam Bentick Port Melbourne, 3207 Ground Address: TEAC Oval, 2 Shane Valenti Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne (Melways 2J F1) 5 Dean Galea Postal Address: PO Box 247, Port Melbourne, 3207 7 Cory Mcgrath Telephone: 9646 2094 8 Stephen Brewer Facsimile: 9646 3895 Email: [email protected] 9 Patrick Rose Website: www.pmfc.com.au 10 Toby Pinwill PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 11 Myles Pitt 12 Tristan Francis 13 Tomi Johnston 14 Ryan McMahon 15 John Baird (Capt) 16 17 Bo Nixon 18 Wayde Skipper 20 Sam Dwyer 21 Jake Edwards 22 Callum Sinclair 23 Hugh Sandilands 24 Michael Dillon 26 Nathan Batsanis 27 Fabian Deluca 28 Josh Scipione 29 Chris Cain 30 David Fanning 31 Jarrod Dalton 32 Tim Martin 33 Jake Dermott 35 Marc Johnston 36 Sam Pleming 38 Matthew Wall 39 Billy Burstin 40 Daniel Keely 45 Matthew Smith 46 Joshua Purcell

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Port Melbourne Boroughs Coach: Gary Aryes | Captain: John Baird

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Bentick Adam 13-Jun-85 184 84 Calder Cannons/Carlton 67 47 2 Valenti Shane 29-Jan-87 176 79 Sandringham/Melbourne 81 61 3 Mullins Jonathan 26-Jun-86 166 71 Coburg/Southern Districts(NT) 42 52 4 O'Farrell Heath 06-Sep-90 180 79 Ivanhoe/Oakleigh Chargers 89 5 Galea Dean 11-Jan-85 188 93 West Adelaide/Williamstown 59 128 6 Keddell Mitch 07-Aug-88 187 84 Shepparton Swans/Williamstown 17 4 7 McGrath Cory 04-Feb-79 185 87 South Adelaide/Carlton 121 55 8 Brewer Stephen 22-Nov-83 188 84 Williamstown/Springvale 103 9 9 Rose Patrick 10-Jun-86 183 83 Williamstown/Western Bulldogs 93 210 10 Pinwill Toby 17-Feb-85 188 89 Oakleigh Chargers 99 53 11 Pitt Myles 26-Jun-91 192 92 Sorrento/Dandenong Stingrays 78 12 Francis Tristan 15-Aug-89 181 82 Gippsland Power/Collingwood 20 10 13 Johnston Tomi 02-Feb-88 179 70 Sandringham Dragons/Sandringham (VFL) 28 4 14 McMahon Ryan 07-Oct-80 178 78 Oakleigh Chargers 186 114 15 Baird John 11-Jun-80 194 93 Port Adelaide / North Melbourne Kangaroos 127 46 16 Lynch Malcolm 16-Mar-88 178 70 NSW ACT Rams/Western Bulldogs 22 16 17 Nixon Bo 25-Jul-84 190 88 Old Melbourians/Port Melbourne 89 24 18 Skipper Wayde 01-Mar-83 194 95 Western Bulldogs/Hawthorn Hawks 100 104 19 Sengstock Zach 31-Jul-89 191 85 Caulfi eld Grammar/Sandringham Dragons 22 20 Dwyer Sam 29-Aug-86 177 74 Sth.W'bool/Geelong Falcons 62 61 21 Edwards Jake 06-Jan-88 192 93 Western Jets/Carlton Blues/Darley 51 33 22 Sinclair Callum 23-Sep-89 200 95 Caulfi eld Grammar/Collingwood 18 34 23 Sandilands Hugh 07-Mar-89 189 90 Hawthorn/Box Hill Hawks (VFL) 17 2 24 Dillon Michael 13-Apr-83 187 81 Gisborne/Bendigo Bombers (VFL) 56 12 25 Bonaddio Adrian 26-May-86 195 112 Adelaide / Port Melbourne 81 135 26 Batsanis Nathan 18-Mar-88 181 79 Port Adelaide/Box Hill Hawks (VFL) 45 24 27 Deluca Fabian 27-Jan-87 200 100 Port Melbourne/Port Adelaide Power 16 9 28 Scipione Josh 06-Dec-90 180 79 De La Salle/Oakleigh Chargers 711 29 Cain Chris 14-Jul-87 181 83 Oakleigh Chargers 66 75 30 Fanning David 20-Jul-84 204 104 Aberfeldie/Collingwood 93 34 31 Dalton Jarrod 03-Jan-86 193 92 Eastern Ranges/Box Hill Hawks 55 10 32 Martin Tim 13-Jan-89 200 100 Bendigo Bombers (VFL) 19 6 33 Dermott Jake 04-May-92 188 82 Highett/Sandringham Dragons 00 34 Henderson Sebastian 15-Nov-91 186 81 Mulgrave/Oakleigh Chargers 4 3 35 Johnston Marc 26-Aug-84 180 80 Sandringham Dragons/Sandringham (VFL) 37 2 36 Pleming Sam 05-Aug-85 194 83 Gippsland Power/Carlton 132 33 37 Furey Jack 25-Apr-90 184 78 Box Hill Hawks 0 0 38 Wall Matthew 04-May-90 181 73 De La Salle/Oakleigh Chargers 17 0 39 Burstin Billy 02-Dec-89 192 91 Fitzroy/Oakleigh Chargers 13 10 40 Keely Daniel 13-Sep-85 189 80 De La Salle/Frankston (VFL) 30 12 41 Thornton Callan 31-Oct-91 180 77 Xavier/Oakleigh Chargers 2 1 42 Langford Tom 12-Mar-87 184 82 West Adelaide/Tasmania 34 28 43 Lello Matthew 02-Feb-91 190 85 Murrumbeena/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 44 Johnston Clay 04-Jan-90 178 68 Sandringham Dragons/Sandringham (VFL) 0 0 45 Smith Matthew 11-Jan-91 181 74 Calivil United/Bendigo Pioneers 77 66 46 Purcell Joshua 25-Jan-91 188 83 St Kevins/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 47 O’Sullivan Sam 23-Nov-90 187 82 Oakleigh Chargers/Sandringham Dragons 1 0 48 Woods Mitch 15-Nov-91 184 80 Scotch/Oakleigh Chargers 2 0 49 Castricum Jacob 01-May-91 193 86 Oakleigh Chargers 1 0 50 Free Joshua 02-Jul-91 176 80 North Ballarat Rebels 3 1 51 Muling Joshua 11-May-91 176 72 Surrey Park/Oakleigh Chargers 0 0 52 Oakley Scott 23-Aug-91 192 93 Rochester/Bendigo Pioneers 0 0 53 Noonan Daniel 01-Oct-90 193 92 Old Xaverians/Sandringham Dragons 0 0 54 Allan Tim 22-Oct-90 192 91 Sandringham Dragons/Ormond AFC 0 0 55 North James 28-Oct-91 182 74 Old Brighton/Sandringham Dragons 0 0 56 Burge Jason 05-Dec-86 174 72 Southport Sharks 7 2 57 Bean Tyrone 31-Dec-91 180 75 Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham Dragons 0 0 58 Cairns Tom 06-Jan-92 183 76 Great Western/North Ballarat 0 0 59 Willis Daniel 30-Jun-90 188 93 Ormond AFC / Murrumbeena 0 0 60 Gordon Tom 11-Oct-91 178 70 Heywood 0 0 61 Green Nick 24-Oct-91 181 75 Emerald 0 0 62 Morris James 13-Jul-92 186 83 Sandringham Dragons 0 0 63 Leishman Max 30-May-92 187 85 Brighton Grammar 0 0 64 Sobetwa Bayanda 13-Mar-90 184 79 Grreater Western Sydney 0 0 65 Michell Lachlan 12-Jan-92 187 85.5 Waratahs (NT) 0 0

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Coburg Tigers Coach: Adam Potter | Captain: Nick Carnell

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Kahlefeldt Justin 23-Dec-87 182 78 Southport (QLD) 16 7 2 Carnell Nick 17-Mar-87 180 81 Greensborough/Northern Knights 84 72 3 Power Sam 02-Jul-83 189 81 North Melbourne/Western Bulldogs 60 29 4 Daniels Jamason 10-Aug-90 182 79 Shepparton/Murray Bushrangers/Western Bulldogs 96 5 Rayson Damien 17-Apr-85 177 77 De La Salle 37 5 6 Miller# Brad J. 06-Jul-83 194 96 Mt Gravatt (Qld)/Melbourne Demons 50 83 7 McErlain Christian 04-Jun-88 181 79 Craigieburn/Calder Cannons 20 8 Jordon Rhett 20-May-89 185 88 Croydon 14 7 9 Clifton Ben 27-Jul-89 178 80 Assumption College/Seymour 27 9 10 Cartelli Luke 05-May-89 176 77 Williamstown/Keilor 41 11 Tanner Michael 05-Feb-88 190 80 Williamstown 00 12 Duhau Andy 21-Dec-90 189 79 Sunbury/Calder Cannons 12 4 13 Warren Jye 15-Mar-90 178 65 Murray Bushrangers/Bendigo Bombers 10 14 Ambrose Murphy 13-May-90 187 79 Old Xaverians 82 15 Lucin Tom 04-Jul-91 180 75 Doutta Stars/Calder Cannons 42 16 Hore Rowan 07-Mar-86 192 79 Traralgon 00 17 Morris Jonathan 23-Nov-86 186 80 Doutta Stars 21 0 18 Gestier Luke 25-Mar-90 193 92 Wagga Tigers (NSW)/Old Essendon Grammar 00 19 Masters Leigh 22-Jun-92 187 80 Bendigo Pioneers 10 20 Wood Nick 22-Sep-90 180 80 Oakleigh Chargers 00 21 Grgic Glenn 19-Aug-92 176 80 Nth Heidelberg/Northern Knights 10 22 Lynch Nick 07-Jan-87 179 78 McLeod/Coburg 00 23 Groves Tom 15-Nov-89 186 76 Assumption College/Coleambally (NSW) 10 24 Wheeler Willie 21-Jun-92 176 75 Seymour/Murray Bushrangers 00 25 Fewster Brendan 02-Apr-90 198 94 Calder Cannons/Rupertswood 22 26 Saville James 16-Apr-89 190 82 Calder Cannons/Collingwood 20 27 Collins Jake 02-Oct-87 189 85 Albury/Murray Bushrangers 00 28 Fahey David 22-Dec-91 194 79 Aberfeldie/Calder Cannons 10 29 Dahl Hamish 05-Jun-87 201 104 Kangaroo Flat /Bendigo Pioneers 63 30 Lawton James 17-Jan-91 192 81 Ganmain (NSW)/Calder Cannons 12 17 31 Batchelor* Jake 13-Feb-92 188 78 Frankston Bombers/Dandenong Stingrays 00 32 Helbig* Brad 28-Feb-92 185 77 West Adelaide (SA) 00 33 McLeod Alex 28-Jan-92 179 75 Calder Cannons 00 34 Ambrose Patrick 01-Sep-91 192 83 Old Xaverians 30 35 Murphy Kayne 30-Oct-92 171 70 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons 00 36 MacDonald* Dean 06-Jul-92 184 87 Morwell/Gippsland Power 00 37 Murphy Dylan 30-Oct-92 170 70 Rupertswood/Calder Cannons 20 38 Madden Luke 27-Jan-92 177 79 St Bernards/Calder Cannons 00 39 Bisetto Daniel 06-Jun-91 195 91 West Preston/Calder Cannons 10 40 Price David 31-Jan-91 178 77 Colbinanan 00 41 Barrack Jayke 18-Mar-92 178 79 Bendigo Pioneers 00 42 O'Reilly# Jamie 28-Apr-88 185 77 Ireland 14 0 43 Dea* Matt 13-Oct-91 186 84 North Ballarat Rebels 10 44 Taylor* Troy 12-Sep-91 192 83 South Alice Springs (NT) 85 45 Hicks# Robert 10-Sep-91 176 71 Calder Cannons 812 46 Webberley* Jeromey 12-Jul-88 182 78 Clarence (Tas) 75 47 Jakobi# Ben 01-Apr-91 186 82 Sandringham Dragons/Coburg 20 48 Grimes* Dylan 16-Jul-91 193 87 Hurstbridge/Northern U18 90 49 Contin# Pat 23-May-91 183 79 Glenelg (SA) 10 0 50 Stephens Tom 06-Dec-89 190 80 Aberfeldie 00 51 Westhoff# Nick 11-May-91 197 85 West Adelaide (SA) 00 52 Lirosi Luke 26-Apr-89 176 79 Epping 00 53 Thomas Nathan 01-Mar-89 175 72 Lalor 00 54 Sullivan Tom 15-Mar-92 173 71 St Bernards/Calder Cannons 00 55 Easton Jordan 24-Dec-91 177 69 Old Carey 00 56 Linton Nick 17-Oct-91 177 76 Strathmore 00 57 Garland Matthew 05-Dec-92 191 89 Keilor/Western Jets 00 58 Pound Josh 19-Apr-90 178 82 Aberfeldie 00 60 Conca* Reece 12-Aug-92 185 78 Perth (WA) 00 61 Browne* Andrew L. 07-Jul-90 203 105 Mansfi eld/Murray Bushrangers 27 9 62 Rance* Alex 09-Oct-89 194 93 Swan Districts (WA) 30 1 63 Griffi ths* Ben 17-Sep-91 198 99 Blackburn/Eastern Ranges 22 64 Gourdis* David 14-Mar-89 193 91 Subiaco (WA) 21 9 65 Nason* Ben 03-Jun-89 179 79 Central District (SA) 00 66 White* Matt 15-Apr-87 180 82 Sunbury/Calder Cannons 27 20 67 Graham* Angus 16-Apr-87 201 102 Currie (Tas)/Calder Cannons 41 15 68 Nahas* Robin 10-Nov-87 176 70 Oakleigh Dragons/Oakleigh Chargers/Port Melbourne 67 97 69 King* Jake 26-Mar-84 178 80 North Heidelberg/Coburg Tigers 36 16 70 Thursfi eld* Will 19-Apr-86 192 86 Ormond/Sandringham Dragons 12 1 71 Vickery* Tyrone 31-May-90 200 95 East Brighton/Sandringham Dragons 13 9 72 Post* Jayden 05-Dec-89 195 93 Altona/Western Jets 20 14 73 Foley* Nathan 08-Sep-85 178 80 Colac/Geelong Falcons 28 14 74 Connors* Daniel 22-Sep-88 186 84 Echuca/Bendigo Pioneers 46 29 75 Tuck* Shane 24-Dec-81 189 92 Drouin/Dandenong Stingrays/West Adelaide (SA) 19 8 76 Morton* Mitch 28-Jan-87 186 81 Claremont (WA)/West Coast 12 24 77 Edwards* Shane 25-Oct-88 182 78 North Adelaide (SA) 17 8 78 Houli* Bachar 12-May-88 180 82 Spotswood/Western Jets/Essendon 33 20 79 Astbury* David 26-Feb-91 195 92 Tatyoon/North Ballarat Rebels 11 80 Farmer* Mitch 04-Jan-89 181 82 Craigieburn/Calder Cannons/Port Adelaide 10 81 Hislop# Tom 07-Jun-88 185 83 Burnie/Tas U18/Essendon 810 82 Moore* Kelvin W. 25-Mar-84 190 90 Yarra Valley O.B. 51 24 83 Grigg* Shaun 19-Apr-88 190 84 Redan/North Ballarat Rebels/Carlton 24 10 84 McGuane* Luke 12-Feb-87 192 91 Broadbeach (Qld) 32 15 85 Derickx * Tom 07-Dec-87 201 99 Claremont (WA) 00 Cotchin* Trent 07-Apr-90 185 83 PEGS/Northern Knights 50 Deledio* Brett 18-Apr-87 188 88 Kyabram/Murray Bushrangers 00 Jackson* Daniel 25-Apr-86 188 91 Carey Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers 41 17 Martin* Dustin 26-Jun-91 187 86 Castlemaine/Bendigo Pioneers 00 Newman* Chris 18-May-82 183 82 Beaconsfi eld/Dandenong Stingrays 30 9 Riewoldt* Jack 31-Oct-88 195 93 Clarence/Tas U18 28 80 Note: All fi gures for player’s games and goals are accurate as of the end of 2010.

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Coburg Tigers

* AFL Primary Listed Player # AFL Rookie Listed Player

#Player G B

Offi ce Address: Coburg City Oval, Harding 2 Nick Carnell (Capt) Street, Coburg, 3058 Ground Address: Mantello Holden Oval, 3 Sam Power Harding Street, (Melways 29 J1) Coburg Highgate Recreation Reserve, 4 Jamason Daniels Craigieburn (Melways 386 J3) Postal Address: PO Box 154, Coburg, 3058 5 Damien Rayson Telephone: 9354 8228 6 Brad Miller # Facsimile: 9350 5551 Email: [email protected] 7 Christian McErlain Website: www.coburgtigers.com.au 8 Rhett Jordon PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 9 Ben Clifton Elite Partners 10 Luke Cartelli 11 Michael Tanner 12 Andrew Duhau 16 Rowan Hore 17 Jonathon Morris 19 Leigh Masters 21 Glenn Grgic 24 Willie Wheeler 28 David Fahey 30 James Lawton 32 Brad Helbig * 39 David Astbury* 45 Robert Hicks # 46 Jeromey Webberley * 49 Pat Contin * 61 Andrew Browne * 63 Ben Griffi ths * 64 David Gourdis * 65 Ben Nason * 67 Angus Graham * 70 Will Thursfi eld 72 Jayden Post * 74 Dan Connors * 76 Mitch Morton * 80 * 81 # 85 Tom Derrickx *

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Frankston Dolphins

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Offi ce Address: Cnr. Young Street & 1 Russell Gabriel Plowman Place, Frankston, 3199 Ground Address: Frankston Oval, 2 Warwick Miller Cnr. Young Street, Plowman Place, Frankston (Melways 102 C3) 3 Luke Potts Postal Address: PO Box 354, Frankston, 3199 Telephone: 9783 7888 4 Marc Westcott Facsimile: 9783 2333 5 Paul Rogasch Email: [email protected] Website: www.frankstonfc.com.au 6 Clinton Proctor 7 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 9 Benny Lean 10 Paul Kennedy (Capt) 12 Christian Ongarello 13 Anthony Simpson 14 Mitch Bosward (Capt) 15 Clinton Rowe 16 Matt Clark 17 James Appleford 18 Khan Haretuku 19 Rob McCallum 20 Scott Sienkiewicz 21 Luke Clark 23 Shane Hockey 24 Joel Miller 25 Toby Thoolen 26 Ben Crowe 29 Riley Heddles 30 Chris Doria 35 Tyson Mitchem 37 Blake McGrath 38 Rob Clements 41 Mark Collison 43 Andrew Douglas 44 Jake Greeley 45 Gavin Marusic 46 Daniel Campisano 54 Nicholas Boland 55 Emilio Bitters

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Frankston Dolphins Coach: Simon Goosey | Captain: Paul Kennedy / Mitch Bosward

#PLAYER DOB H W PREVIOUS CLUB GAMESGOALS 1 Gabriel Russell 22-Apr-89 197 102 Doveton 36 10 2 Miller Warwick 05-Aug-85 190 89 Rosebud 16 2 3 Potts Luke 25-Feb-89 181 79 Pines/Dandenong Stingrays 28 9 4 Westcott Marc 25-Dec-89 196 91 Mt Eliza 22 0 5 Rogasch Paul 28-Feb-90 189 87 Hastings/Dandenong Stingrays 20 0 6 Proctor Clinton 29-Apr-85 180 79 Drouin/Williamstown (VFL) 82 74 7 Baguley Mark 21-May-87 179 82 Langwarrin 35 13 8 Whelan Dale 26-Jul-88 192 91 Mornington 0 0 9 Lean Benny 07-Feb-90 177 83 Frankston YCW 6 3 10 Kennedy Paul 31-Oct-78 180 83 Sandringham (VFL) 114 34 11 Lee Alex 24-Sep-88 195 95 Red Hill 15 3 12 Ongarello Christian 20-May-86 185 81 Mornington 29 0 13 Simpson Anthony 04-May-91 172 63 Mt Eliza 14 6 14 Bosward Mitch 24-Jun-88 180 85 Frankston Bombers/Dandenong Stingrays 29 4 15 Rowe Clinton 20-Feb-90 182 82 Warragul 10 3 16 Clark Matt 25-Sep-90 177 81 Edithvale Aspendale/Dandenong Stingrays 21 5 17 Appleford James 16-Oct-90 194 95 Rye 0 0 18 Haretuku Khan 19-Oct-89 199 101 St Kilda Saints (AFL) 14 1 19 McCallum Rob 15-Apr-86 198 93 Drouin 0 0 20 Sienkiewicz Scott 27-Mar-90 183 78 Langwarrin/Dandenong Stingrays 19 2 21 Clark Luke 07-Sep-88 188 99 Crib Point 31 44 22 West Joel 12-Apr-87 195 108 Kangaroo Flat 0 0 23 Hockey Shane 21-Jul-88 177 81 Mornington 18 2 24 Miller Joel 20-Dec-91 183 80 Mornington/Dandenong Stingrays 13 4 25 Thoolen Toby 23-Feb-90 197 100 Bendigo Pioneers/Collingwood (AFL) 53 13 26 Crowe Ben 01-Jun-87 190 104 Somerville 22 11 27 Cottrell James 28-Jan-91 188 86 Pearcedale/Dandenong Stingrays 2 0 28 Bateman Nick 19-May-88 179 81 Mornington/Dandenong Stingrays 9 0 29 Heddles Riley 15-Jan-91 182 80 Berwick/Dandenong Stingrays 0 0 30 Doria Chris 02-May-90 181 78 Cranbourne/Dandenong Stingrays 13 3 31 Wise Dan 06-Jul-90 186 88 Crib Point/Dandenong Stingrays 0 0 32 Barton David 24-May-90 176 81 Mt Eliza 0 0 33 Hayes Bryce 09-Jan-91 181 80 Mt Eliza 0 0 34 Anwyl James 19-Feb-91 188 82 Mt Eliza 1 0 35 Mitchem Tyson 15-Jul-91 179 80 Northern Bullants 2 0 36 Mitchell Thomas 29-Sep-91 197 98 Frankston YCW/Dandenong Stingrays 00 37 McGrath Blake 24-Apr-90 209 98 St Kilda 0 0 38 Clements Rob 16-Oct-91 172 70 Karingal 0 0 40 Greenway Maxwell 28-Sep-90 189 82 Hampton Rovers 0 0 41 Collison Mark 18-May-89 181 82 Traralgon 10 1 42 Stratton Taylor 03-Jul-91 190 85 Sandringham (VFL) 0 0 43 Douglas Andrew 15-Jun-89 191 80 Frankston YCW 0 0 44 Greeley Jake 18-Feb-92 173 70 Chelsea/Dandenong Stingrays 1 0 45 Marusic Gavin 21-Nov-89 177 80 KooWeeRup 0 0 46 Campisano Daniel 01-Sep-87 190 90 Cheltenham 12 0 48 Wells Ben 20-Apr-92 181 75 Mornington/Dandenong Stingrays 1 0 49 Elton Jarryd 12-Jun-91 201 102 Somerville/Dandenong Stingrays 00 50 Bleeker Rohan 12-Feb-92 187 83 Frankston YCW/Dandenong Stingrays 0 0 51 Teper Roman 20-Apr-90 199 94 Frankston Bombers 0 0 52 Cole Jack 07-Nov-90 183 80 Tooradin/Dandenong Stingrays 3 3 53 Jaroszczuk Richard 16-Mar-93 185 80 Hamilton Imperials 0 0 54 Boland Nicholas 27-Aug-91 191 85 Sandringham (VFL) 0 0 55 Bitters Emilio 18-May-92 183 84 Somerville 0 0 56 Baker Thomas 26-Feb-92 192 90 Rye 0 0 57 Hughes Kane 12-Jun-91 183 82 Beaconsfi eld 0 0 58 Bennett Josh 31-Aug-90 190 90 Heatherton 0 0 59 Coles Benjamin 03-Jun-90 189 87 Gladstone AFC (QLD) 0 0 60 Pearce Jesse 23-May-89 185 73 Belgrave 00 61 Schepis Jacob 18-Jul-91 176 71 Monee Valley 0 0 62 Chin Patrick 17-Mar-92 172 65 Beaconsfi eld 0 0 63 Beech Alex 22-Nov-92 192 92 Beaconsfi eld 0 0 64 Uzarevic Daniel 04-Feb-90 180 78 Narre Warren 0 0 65 Morey Stephen 04-May-92 183 87 Pakenham 0 0 66 Bywater Curtis 02-Nov-92 183 87 Langwarrin 0 0 67 Hancock Jak 04-Jan-89 181 86 Cheltenham 0 0

Note: All fi gures for player’s games and goals are accurate as of the end of 2010.

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