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VFL ROUND 4 ANZAC Day Round APRIL 25-27, 2014 AANZACNZAC DDayay RRoundound $3.00 Photos: Dave Savell EEssendonssendon 111.25-911.25-91 d BBendigoendigo GGoldold 99.9-63.9-63 CCaseyasey SScorpionscorpions 99.14-68.14-68 d FFrankstonrankston 66.18-54.18-54 AFL VICTORIA CORPORATE PARTNERS NAMING RIGHTS PREMIER PARTNERS OFFICIAL PARTNERS APPROVED LICENSEES EDITORIAL ANZAC Day ANZAC Day is a special day on the Australian calendar. It is a day when we remember and pay tribute to all those In Round fi ve TAC Cup action, women and men who served their country so selfl essly Calder Cannons will host North and bravely in various confl icts over the years. Ballarat Rebels on ANZAC Day, And, it is a day we salute those fallen heroes who playing for the ANZAC Day Cup. sacrifi ced their life so we can enjoy the lifestyle we As part of this week’s round of currently do. Peter Jackson VFL matches, Frankston and Bendigo will Just last June, the Victorian football community was host Richmond and Footscray respectively on ANZAC Day saddened to hear of the loss of one of its ‘graduates’ where the pregame activities will suitably commemorate when Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird was killed while the spirit of ANZAC Day. on active duty in Afghanistan. The AFL match between Collingwood and Essendon has The loss of Corporal Baird resonates particularly strongly become intrinsically linked to ANZAC Day as a suitable within the TAC Cup competition as he played for the tribute and opportunity for refl ection about those who Calder Cannons, under legendary coach Robert Hyde, have and currently serve our country so proudly. These where he counted Paul Chapman, Jude Bolton and Ryan two sides also play each other in the VFL this weekend in O’Keeffe amongst others as his teammates. the ABC TV game. Corporal Baird was posthumously awarded the Victoria ANZAC Day services and those football matches that Cross (the 100th recipient of the award) earlier this year. incorporate tributes provide us all with an opportunity to According to the Defence Force’s offi cial citation, salute our courageous service people, past and present. Cameron Baird died how he lived - at the front, giving his Also on ANZAC Day, AFL Victoria launches the Victorian all with no hesitation or indecision. Women’s Football League season with three matches Six years earlier Corporal Baird was award a medal for at Shepley Oval, Dandenong. The headline match is the gallantry. From all that you read and hear about him, VWFL All Stars, a team selected from 14 teams over fi ve Corporal Baird was the sort of person who was always divisions, and the Defence Force All Stars, a team of prepared and willing to put the welfare of others before players who are current service women within the Army, his own. Navy or Air Force. At the time that the award was announced, Ian Kyte, the This game is preceded by an U18 girls match between current Talent Manager of Corporal Baird’s former club, Vic Country and Vic Metro as well as a women’s game the Calder Cannons, said that “it really brought home between two sides made up of female players striving to to our kids last year that footy is just a game and we’re be drafted at this year’s Women’s Draft to play for either lucky to live in this country.” the Western Bulldogs or Melbourne in the upcoming AFL This season the Calder Cannons will name their ‘’most match in June. courageous player’’ award after Corporal Baird, a small gesture but a fi tting tribute which “will keep him in the Grant Williams minds of everybody at the club,’’ Kyte said. 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 Talent Operations Coordinator: Rhy Gieschen Cover photo: ANZAC Day Talent Operations Coordinator: Lauren Bunting www.vfl .com.au 1 MEDIA COVERAGE ABC TV Saturday April 26: Essendon vs Collingwood, 1pm Next Week: Northern Blues v Coburg VFL Radio Sunday April 27: Williamstown vs Port Melbourne. From 1:30pm Live on Digital Radio via Aussie, Red Time Sport and SEN I-Phone Apps, online via vfl .com.au or sen.com.au and on Vision Australia Radio on 1179AM Next game: Sandringham vs Essendon 3WBC Saturday April 26: Coburg vs Box Hill Hawks, 1pm Listen to 94.1FM, online at www.3wbc.org.au or the Tune In Radio app Next game: Box Hill Hawks vs Frankston Casey Radio Sunday April 27: Casey Scorpions vs Sandringham, 1pm Tune to 97.7fm in Melbourne, via the web at www.caseyradio.com.au, or on the Tune In Radio app on your smart phone. Next game: Casey Scorpions vs Werribee Tigers SEN Thursday May 1 The Peter Jackson VFL Show 8:30pm – 9pm Tiger Radio Friday April 25: Frankston vs Richmond, 2pm Users can listen by downloading Richmond’s app, via the iTunes App Store or Google Play, and choose ‘VFL Radio’ in the menu or via link on www.richmondfc.com.au 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 each round, and chat to special guests. Guests this week were: Frankston coach Simon Goosey & Collingwood coach Dale Tapping. Find the link on vfl .com.au or search ‘AFL Victoria’ on SoundCloud VFL Online Keep up to date with the Peter Jackson VFL via the following methods: Website: www.vfl .com.au @VFLnews #PJVFL www.facebook.com/vfl footy 2 www.afl vic.com.au DAMIAN CARROLL Damian Carroll returns as VFL State Coach Few people over the past 20 years have made as telling an impact on the VFA/VFL as Damian Carroll. During a 12-season tenure with Springvale (nee Casey Carroll works with this group whether they are playing in Scorpions), Carroll played a club record 233 games, the AFL or Box Hill Hawks Development League team. played in three premierships with a broken jaw keeping “We work with them on improving their game through him out of a fourth, won a best and fairest and twice the extra work we do with them on top of the organised represented the VFL. sessions as well as the one-on-one,” Carroll said. In his three years as coach, Carroll led Box Hill Hawks to “It keeps you busy, but it is a really rewarding job.” an emphatic upset win over raging favourite Geelong in last year’s VFL Grand Final. It meant that his three year tenure as Box Hill Hawks coach had come to an end. While his new job with Hawthorn has seen him relinquish his coaching role with the VFL Hawks, Carroll While he’s no longer actively involved, Carroll works with returns this year as the VFL State coach for next month’s new VFL Hawks coach Marco Bello with all the young match against South Australia. players who play at VFL level. “It’s a wonderful opportunity, something I was really keen “It’s a great club and one that I want to see remain right to get involved with,” Carroll said. at the top,” Carroll said. While Carroll is forever looking ahead, he has much to proudly refl ect on, none more so than his effort to take the VFL Hawks to just their second VFL premiership, seemingly against all odds. “It was a great thrill, a great day to look back on,” he said. “I was lucky enough to do it as a player a few times, but it was fortunate that pretty much everything went to plan and right for us on the day against a quality team like Geelong, who really set the scene through the year. “We managed to get a good team on the park, our timing was good, our form was good and we gelled pretty well. “We felt we were in a good position with our list and the fact the Hawthorn were still playing and had a Grand Final to focus on and we had players who were desperate for an opportunity at that level. “The hardness our boys displayed and the willingness to get to a contest was as good from a group of players as I’ve seen from a team I’ve coached.” Not long after the curtain fell on the 2013 season, Carroll was elevated to coach of Hawthorn’s Academy, players in their fi rst to fourth year on the list. www.vfl .com.au 3 4 www.afl vic.com.au ANDY COLLINS Passion for competition burns bright For many, Andy Collins is one of the all-time great Hawthorn players. Collins features in the Hawks’ top 25 all-time for games After spending the previous six seasons as coach of West played (212); won a best and fairest and played in three Adelaide in the SANFL where he took the club to the 2012 premierships - 1988-89-91. Grand Final and won the Foxtel Cup, Collins decided to What may not be as well known is that Collins also investigate the prospect of ‘returning home’.