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JACKSON TRENGOVE DANIEL BUCKLEY U18 MATCHES ROUND 10 JUNE 28-29, 2008 $ INC 3 GST RECORD TIME TO FIRE UP Dragons to regain lost spark against Power ??????? ?? ?? ??? Make sure everyone makes it to the finals. 120 hours practice. Experience not excuses. TAC CUP RECORD 2 TAC 6778 Press_LPlate 228mmx170m2 2 6/3/08 9:33:00 AM EDITORIAL Meanwhile, the Vic Country TAC Cup always and Vic Metro squads for next month’s NAB AFL Under-16 Championships have been looking to improve reduced to 38-40 players as the program enters its ‘Nationals Victorian teams on U18 winners’ list preparation’ stage. The current squads will then be reduced to the 25 players that There’s no magic formula to those players, undertook further will represent Vic Country and sustained success, but one tests, some of which are reflective Vic Metro in the Championships, proven method is to continually of what AFL clubs analyse. which begin on July 25. strive to improve. Significantly, this study reflects Following a challenge match, That has been the philosophy the capabilities of young athletes the teams will play three matches behind the TAC Cup, the premier at 16 and 17 and is far more with the top-two sides then playing youth competition in Australia for relevant than using data from tests in a curtain-raiser to the AFL the past 17 seasons. on adults. Grand Final. Mindful complacency can What a great result for Victoria More immediately, the TAC erode such foundations, AFL with both Vic Country and Vic Cup is poised for an enthralling Victoria is forever looking to make Metro winning their respective second half of the season with the TAC Cup even better in a bid NAB AFL Under-18 Championships just two games separating the to maximise players’ development. matches last weekend. top-eight teams. One innovation that AFL It was particularly pleasing for Finally, congratulations to the Victoria is pleased to support is Vic Country, which rebounded following TAC Cup graduates who the study conducted by Victorian from two narrow losses to recently made their AFL debuts: University conditioning coach comfortably defeat Western Callan Ward (Western) with the James Veale on the physiological Australia at Subiaco. Western Bulldogs, Andrew Otten testing that is relied on in the Vic Metro maintained its (Oakleigh) with Adelaide, and drafting process. unbeaten record when it posted Ben McEvoy (Murray), Jarryd The study, now in its second an emphatic win against South Allen (Calder) and Robert Eddy year, profiles the results of Australia at the Adelaide Oval. (Gippsland) with St Kilda. about 40 players from TAC The Championships now Cup metropolitan clubs in a raft return to Victoria with the final Leon Harris of different tests. During last two games – at Casey Fields and High Performance Manager, weekend’s development day, Telstra Dome – on July 5 and 9. AFL Victoria JACKSON TRENGOVE DANIEL BUCKLEY U18 MATCHES ROUND 10 AFL Victoria Chief Executive Officer: ROUNDRROOUNUND 10 JUNE 28-29,28-29, 2008 $3 Peter Schwab CONTENTS JUNE 28-29, 2008 Football Operations Manager: RECORD John Hook Jackson Trengove 4 COVER: Samuel McGarry’s High Performance Managers: Anton Grbac, Leon Harris Daniel Buckley 5 strong form with Sandringham Statistics: Stacey Goad this season was recognised Manager Director, Geoff Slattery Publishing: Under-18 Championships 6 Geoff Slattery when he was selected in Round nine statistics 7 TIME TO Editor: Nick Bowen Vic Metro’s under-18 squad. Designer: Karl Chandler Team lists 10-23 FIRE UP Photo Manager: Natalie Boccassini DragonsDragons toto rregainegain llostost Photography: Getty Images (02) 9004 2250 Address correspondence: sparkspark againstagainst PowerPower Advertising: Jennifer Pryor (03) 8663 3007 The Editor, GPO Box 4337, Melbourne, 3001. Printed by: Condor Printing Phone: (03) 8663 3005 TAC CUP RECORD 33 JACKSON TRENGOVE It can’t come quickly enough for Trengove, who, because Injury shatters of the AIS-AFL Academy tour of South Africa and his school Trengove’s season commitments, has played just twice for the Cannons. Cannon shifts sights to 2009 season But Trengove realises the importance of not cutting corners in his rehabilitation. As Vic Metro prepared gotten to know through the AIS- “Nothing is going to change for its NAB AFL Under-18 AFL Academy. what has happened,” he said. Championships match He recalled how Voss would “I’ve written a list of what I can against Tasmania earlier this sign off all his emails ‘live for do at the moment and that’s what month, its players were going the now’. I’m working on.” through a training drill with “I took on board that advice simulated pressure. and thought ‘I’m not going to When Jackson Trengove, an sook about what has happened’,” AIS-AFL Academy scholarship Trengove said. holder, went to kick, a teammate “Obviously you are disappointed came into smoother and there for the first couple of days that was severe impact. you can’t play for Victoria and The force of Trengove’s kick you won’t be able to play for the combined with the force of the Cannons. smoother caused the 17-year-old’s “But there are other things I knee to buckle. can do and that’s what my focus Trengove’s hamstring was has to be.” ripped from his fibula. Surgeons Just two nights before he had to realign the bone and went under the surgeon’s knife, reattach torn ligaments. Trengove was down at Cannons It means Trengove will miss the training doing a gym session. Championships and the rest of the He’ll continue to work in the year with the Calder Cannons. gym until he’s allowed to jump on Which would be a bitter a bike in about four weeks, while disappointment to any young it’s about six to eight weeks before player but, fortunately, Trengove is he can resume running. an extremely positive person. After Doctors have told his initial shock, Trengove set his Trengove the injury sights on the 2009 season. will not stop him “My personality is that you just being ready for 2009 have to move on, get on with it,” pre-season training. Trengove said. Trengove said he followed the Jackson Trengove will miss advice and support offered by the NAB AFL Under-18 Brownlow medallists Michael Voss Championships and the rest of the season after a and Nathan Buckley, who he had severe hamstring injury. 4 visit: www.taccup.com.au DANIEL BUCKLEY For Buckley, confidence Buckley’s has played a pivotal role in his improvement and so, too has his move from defence to a roaming belief building midfield/forward role. “I just like to run off, beat Cannon getting better with age my opponent and then work hard on my defensive game,” Buckley said. As the Calder Cannons possessions, laid three tackles What has also helped Buckley, steamrolled the Northern and capped off his game with one of the club’s three 19-year-old Territory on their way to an two goals. players, is that he’s getting fitter. emphatic 76-point victory in Buckley missed a large chunk round nine, most would have At 19, Daniel of the pre-season because he Buckley has taken little notice when Daniel stepped up couldn’t get to training because Buckley slotted through a goal for the Calder of work commitments and the from the boundary. Cannons fact he didn’t have a car. this season. But for Cannons coach David “I’ve got a car now and Flood it was further evidence of I’ve been doing extra work to Buckley’s coming of age. get fitter,” Buckley said. “I feel Flood said Buckley, who each week that I’m getting fitter missed three years of football and fitter.” because of knee injuries, Flood hoped Buckley would would not have contemplated be pushed up into the Coburg having a shot for goal from that Tigers team before the end of the position last year. season, something the club did “He would not have backed last year with James Polkinghorne himself,” Flood said. and Mitchell Farmer. “That’s the biggest thing “I think Daniel’s form has about Daniel. I think that was the warranted us keeping him on as thing missing last year – a bit of a 19-year-old,” Flood said. self-belief and confidence.” “His form has been really Flood said once young players good, his athleticism, his GPS had the self-belief and confidence results have been outstanding. then all aspects of their game Last year we saw him as a third seemed to click. tall defender. He noted players’ skills lift, “He did a good job, but he they discard their inhibitions and didn’t do a great job and he didn’t play their best football. come on as much as we would Buckley earned the maximum have liked. votes in the TAC Cup Coaches’ “This season we have played Award for his match him in a ruck-rover/wing role and against the Northern he’s really improved. His hands off Territory where the ground and his marking have he collected 22 been really good.” TAC CUP RECORD 55 NAB AFL U18 CHAMPIONSHIPS Metro captain David Zaharakis Good weekend and Luke Shuey also provided plenty of midfield drive, while Tom Scully, Rory Sloane and for Victorian teams Taylor Hunt were others among Metro’s best. Metro and Country beat traditional rivals Hunt received special praise from Dickson for his work-rate, especially in one passage in Vic Country buried its Country ran out 27-point winners, the last quarter frustrations and Vic Metro 11.4 (70) to 6.7 (43).