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VFL FINALS WEEK 3 PRELIMINARY FINALS SEPTEMBER 13-14, 2014 $3.00 WWilliamstownilliamstown rrunun aawayway wwinnersinners PPortort MMelbourneelbourne 116.23.1196.23.119 d SSandringhamandringham 111.6.721.6.72 AFL VICTORIA CORPORATE PARTNERS NAMING RIGHTS PREMIER PARTNERS OFFICIAL PARTNERS APPROVED LICENSEES EDITORIAL Morrish Medal Alex Carr is the toast of the TAC Cup community following his success in the Morrish Medal, the highest individual honour in the competition. Carr, the younger brother of Williamstown’s Ed Carr and for yet another outstanding the Gippsland Power captain in 2014, produced a stunning season with the honour of being second half of the season to claim the Morrish at the TAC named as the TAC Cup Coach of Cup night-of-nights last Sunday. the Year. After not being on the leaderboard at the midway mark, Completing a great evening for the club, North Ballarat Carr surged home with three best-on-grounds as well as Rebels was named as the recipient of the TAC Cup Speed a single vote in the fi nal four home and away rounds to Hurts Award. Congratulations to all involved at the club. become the sixth Gippsland player and fourth in fi ve years to win the Morrish Medal. Western Jets fi nished second, Northern Knights third with Murray Bushrangers and Bendigo Pioneers highly No other club has produced as many Morrish Medallists as Gippsland Power. commended. It is a credit, obviously, to the talent, commitment and Dandenong Stingrays and Sandringham Dragons won dedication of Carr, but also to Gippsland coach Leigh their way into Preliminary Finals against Calder Cannons Brown, long-serving Talent Manager Peter Francis and all and Oakleigh Chargers respectively. the coaching staff. Meanwhile, in the Peter Jackson VFL, the top four clubs Oakleigh Chargers Toby McLean was runner-up with - Port Melbourne, Footscray, Williamstown and Box Hill Eastern Ranges Christian Petracca, Calder Cannons Touk Hawks - at the end of the home and away season meet in Miller, Western Jets Brayden Monk and Chargers’ Alex the Preliminary Finals. Urban all tied for third. On behalf of the VFL community, I’d like to take the Carr’s barnstorming Morrish success headlined an evening opportunity to congratulate retiring Geelong and where the TAC Cup honoured its individual stars of 2014. Essendon captains Dominic Gleeson and Ben Duscher on Calder’s Jayden Foster was crowned as the leading goal their marvellous Peter Jackson VFL careers. kicker with his 39 goals, four more than Northern Knights’ With the preliminary fi nals in both the TAC Cup and Peter Reece Mckenzie. Jackson VFL being decided this weekend we collectively North Ballarat’s Oscar McDonald was named as the TAC move to Etihad Stadium next Sunday for the TAC Cup and Cup Coaches Award winner, as voted upon by all coaches Peter Jackson VFL Grand Finals. after each TAC Cup match. It’s the pinnacle of Victorian football, a day we encourage Not surprisingly, Carr and McDonald feature in the TAC all footy fans to make their way to Etihad Stadium. Cup Team of the Year with at least one player from each club included in the team. Grant Williams North Ballarat Rebels coach David Loader was rewarded AFL Victoria General Manager Editor: Anthony Stanguts anthony.stanguts@afl vic.com.au Contributors: Adrian Dunn, Dave O’Neill, Kate Mitchell Design & Print: Cyan Press Photos: AFL Photo’s (unless otherwise credited) Visy Park, Gate 3, Royal Parade, Carlton Nth, VIC 3054 Advertising: Ryan Webb (03) 8341 6062 GPO Box 4337, Melbourne, VIC 3001 AFL Victoria General Manager: Grant Williams Phone: (03) 8341 6000 | Fax: (03) 9380 1076 State League & Talent Manager: John Hook www.afl vic.com.au High Performance Managers: Anton Grbac, Leon Harris Cover photo: Adam Marcon, Williamstown Seagulls Talent Operations Coordinator: Rhy Gieschen Talent Operations Coordinator: Lauren Bunting www.vfl .com.au 1 MEDIA COVERAGE ABC TV Saturday September 13: Footscray v Port Melbourne, 2pm Sunday September 14: Box Hill Hawks v Williamstown, 2pm Next Week: Sunday Grand Final, 2pm VFL Radio Saturday September 13: Footscray v Port Melbourne. From 1:30pm Sunday September 14: Box Hill Hawks v Williamstown. From 1:30pm Live on Digital Radio via Aussie, Red Time Sport and SEN I-Phone Apps, online via vfl .com.au or sen.com.au and on Vision Australia Radio on 1179AM (only Sunday) Next game: Grand Final 3WBC Sunday September 14: Box Hill Hawks v Williamstown, 1pm Listen to 94.1FM, online at www.3wbc.org.au or the Tune In Radio app SEN Thursday September 18 The Peter Jackson VFL Show 8:30pm – 9pm Peter Jackson VFL Podcast Visit the VFL website each Tuesday for the Peter Jackson VFL Podcast. Join Peter Marcato and Anthony Stanguts each week as they analyse the round, and chat to special guests. This week they chat with: Williamstown Development League coach Brett Henderson & Port Melbourne mid Tom O’Sullivan Find the link on vfl .com.au or search ‘AFL Victoria’ on SoundCloud or iTunes VFL Online Keep up to date with the Peter Jackson VFL via the following methods: Website: www.vfl .com.au @VFLnews #PJVFL www.facebook.com/vfl footy Save the Date Peter Jackson VFL and TAC Cup Grand Final day Sunday September 21 Etihad Stadium Entry: Adults $20, Concession $15, Kid 12& under free J.J. Liston Trophy video replay Visit www.vfl .com.au for a full replay of the video stream of the 2014 J.J. Liston Trophy night, with all the speeches and presentations 2 www.afl vic.com.au DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE GRAND FINAL Development League Grand Final Introductions are really not necessary, Box Hill Hawks and Williamstown are on fi rst name basis when it comes to this big dance. It seems Box Hill Hawks and Photo: Jenny Owens Williamstown have a date in the Development League Grand Final each year. Over the past nine years, the VFL Hawks have won four Development League premierships, Williamstown has won three. Box Hill Hawks are lining up for its seventh successive Development League Grand Final, Williamstown it’s second. Who will forget the extraordinary match these two clubs played last year when the game went into extra time with the outcome decided by the ‘golden point’. It took an agonising seven minutes before Williamstown was able to register the fi rst score in extra time to seize a truly memorable premiership. It was the second successive year that Box Hill Hawks had lost a heart- breaker as Coburg defeated them by So, the Hawks and Seagulls again square off, just as they seven points in 2012, snapping the VFL Hawks stretch of do in the VFL Preliminary Final. three straight premierships. Box Hill Hawks went into the Second Semi Final without A. The depth of these two great clubs as well as their intense Todd Medallist and competition leading goal kicker Peter rivalry has again been on display this season. McEvoy, who was rewarded with his fi rst senior match, Williamstown won the Grand Final rematch, way back in and the talented Sam Cust. late March, by, would you believe, one point! Much interest will rest on selection for both clubs with Box Hill Hawks extracted their revenge when the clubs Hawthorn AFL Listed players dropping to the VFL, which in next met, but again it was an epic, with just 11-points turn will push players back to the Development League. separating the clubs. Andy Collins swung fi ve changes to the Williamstown At the last meeting in the Second Semi Final, the Seagulls team that lost to Footscray so the interest there will be won its way through to the Grand Final with a 44-point what changes, if any, are made this week. win, built on the back of a 7.4 to 0.1 second quarter. Whichever way you try to dissect the match there’s little Take that quarter out of the equation it was again a close between the teams. It won’t surprise anyone who has match, but unfortunately for Box Hill Hawks that’s great in watched these two powerful clubs if this game once again theory, but not in reality. goes down to the wire. Box Hill Hawks overcame a tenacious fi rst half from Port Melbourne in the Preliminary Final, which saw them lead See page 16 & 17 for the Development League by just four points at half time, but they applied the blow Grand Final team lis ts. torch in the second half to run out 82-point winners. www.vfl .com.au 3 FINALS PREVIEW Footscray v Port Melbourne Many thought Footscray and Port Melbourne would meet deep in the fi nals series, just not in the Preliminary Final. Many had the clubs penciled in for the VFL Grand Final, but, that’s the vagaries of the game after the Borough lost its Qualifying Final to reigning premiers Box Hill Hawks. Now, Port Melbourne must defeat Footscray, which has had a week to freshen up after a stirring win against Williamstown, if it’s to reach the Grand Final. While the VFL Bulldogs were outstanding and rocketed to fl ag favouritism on the back of that win against Williamstown, queries hover over who will and won’t play. Five players - Mark Austin, Tom Campbell, Jason Johannisen, Fletcher Roberts and Tom Young - who played Port Melbourne took an eternity to shake off a persistent in Western Bulldogs’ fi nal home and away loss to Greater Sandringham, but really the Borough’s atrocious conversion Western Sydney are eligible to play in the Preliminary. rate made the game more interesting than it really was.