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TAC Cup Round 2 28-29 March 2015 $3.00 ANY TWO SUITS FOR $795* PREMIER PARTNER VICTORIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Features 8 9 Opportunity knocks for 19 year olds 10 11 TAC Cup Facts and Figures Every week Editorial 3 TAC Cup News 4 VFL News 5 AFL Vic News 7 Club Whiteboard 14 15 Draft Watch 40 Who’s playing who 20 21 Calder v Northern UNDER 16’s 22 23 Gippsland v Dandenong 36 Gippsland v Dandenong 24 25 Murray v Bendigo 37 Murray v Bendigo 26 27 Oakleigh v Eastern 38 Geelong v Nth Ballarat 28 29 Western v Sandringham 30 31 Geelong v Nth Ballarat Round 1 starts on Friday 17th April Editor: Kate Mitchell kate.mitchell@afl vic.com.au Contributors: Dave O’Neill, Anthony Stanguts Design & Print: Cyan Press Photos: AFL Photo’s (unless otherwise credited) Ikon Park, Gate 3, Royal Parade, Carlton Nth, VIC 3054 Advertising: Ryan Webb (03) 8341 6062 GPO Box 4337, Melbourne, VIC 3001 Phone: (03) 8341 6000 | Fax: (03) 9380 1076 AFL Victoria CEO: Steven Reaper www.afl vic.com.au State League & Talent Manager: John Hook High Performance Managers: Anton Grbac, Leon Harris Front cover photo: Eastern Ranges run away Round 1 win over Talent Operations Coordinator: Rhy Gieschen Western Jets Talent Operations Coordinator: Lauren Bunting www.taccup.com.au 01 Television Online VFL Online Website: www.vfl .com.au Twitter: @VFLnews #PJVFL Facebook: www.facebook.com/vfl footy Broadcasting the Peter Jackson VFL in 2015 TAC Cup Online First game: Saturday April 18 - 12pm Website: www.taccup.com.au Footscray Bulldogs vs Box Hill Hawks Twitter: @TACCup Facebook: www.facebook.com/taccupfooty Radio TAC Cup Radio Saturday March 28: Gippsland Power v Dandenong Stingrays From 12.45pm Listen live on the Red Time Sport iPhone App or www.taccup.com.au VFL Radio Broadcasting VFL matches each Sunday Live on Digital Radio via Aussie, Red Time Sport and SEN iPhone Apps, online via vfl .com.au or sen.com.au 3WBC Saturday April 18: Footscray vs Box Hill From 11am Listen to 94.1FM, online at www.3wbc.org.au or the Tune In Radio app Casey Radio Sunday April 19: Casey Scorpions vs Frankston, 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. 02 www.vfl .com.au Season Launch This week we previewed the upcoming season for AFL Victoria’s premier competitions, with the Season Launch for the Peter Jackson VFL, TAC Cup and VWFL at Port Melbourne. The launch provided the opportunity to thank our corporate and community partners, in particular the TAC and Peter Jackson. Their support is crucial to the success of our premier competitions, which in turn allows the Victorian talent pathway to prosper and continue to be the benchmark nationally. The strength of this pathway was demonstrated at the end of 2014 with 64 Victorians selected in either the NAB AFL National or Rookie Draft . This result highlighted the quality of the TAC Cup Competition and our Victoria Metro and Country Academies and saw eight of the top ten players selected in the National Draft hail from Victorian community clubs. Four VFL players also progressed their careers to the elite level with Kane Lambert and Adam Saad this week upgraded to the senior list of Richmond and the Gold Coast Suns respectively. Both are former TAC Cup players, with Northern Knights and Calder Cannons, and proves the AFL dream does not end if you are not draft ed at the end of your 18th year in the competition. The selection of Lambert and Frankston’s Nic Newman in the Rookie Draft also ensured the continuation of an outstanding statistic. Of the past nine players to win the Peter Jackson VFL Fothergill-Round Medal - awarded to the best U23 player in the VFL - all have now gone on to careers at AFL level. Through the extensive TAC Program players participate in and the education provided by AFL Victoria, TAC Cup regions and VFL clubs, we are confi dent these young Victorians have and will continue to become role models both on and off the fi eld. The launch provided an opportunity to showcase the enormous role AFL Victoria plays in all facets of football, from our premier competitions to community football, which of course underpins the talent pathway. We have upwards of 290,000 participants across our various competitions and programs and it is the amazing work of hard working volunteers in every corner of the state who drive community clubs and ensure football continues to be the sport of choice for Victorians. Fantastic growth continues in female football and 2015 marks AFL Victoria’s second year of managing the Victorian Women’s Football League. We are excited by a 30 per cent increase in teams across the competition and nine new clubs entering the VWFL in 2015. The competition will continue to grow thanks to the huge amount of work being done to provide young girls the opportunity to play in female competitions. The huge growth in community football Youth Girls teams, combined with the six TAC Youth Girls Academies we now have in place in diff erent locations around the state create a pathway that one day down the track may include a National competition. Turning our attention back to the TAC Cup, we welcome the country regions this week for their fi rst game of the season, aft er the metro clubs started us off last weekend. It will be an exciting fi rst round for the country teams with their U16 sides playing curtain raiser games to all three country matches in Geelong, Benalla and Morwell this weekend. Steven Reaper AFL Victoria CEO www.taccup.com.au 03 Double headers There is plenty of great junior football on off er News this weekend with the country under 16 squads all playing double headers with their TAC Cup counterparts. Both the metro and country under 16 carnivals will be played out in the coming weeks with New talent manager for Pioneers spots in the Vic Metro and Vic Country 2015 NAB AFL U16 National Championships teams up for grabs. One of the longest serving staff members in the TAC Cup competition, Bendigo Pioneers talent manager Ray Byrne announced his retirement plans in late February. Byrne’s last day in the role will be on April 10, as the fi ve other country TAC Cup teams converge on Bendigo for Country Round. Byrne, who started his career with AFL Victoria in 1991 as the Gippsland development manager, helped set up Gippsland Power, becoming its fi rst regional (talent) manager. He returned to his home town of Bendigo in 2001 to take on the role of talent manager for the Pioneers, a position he has held for the last 15 years. During Byrne’s time at the helm of the Pioneers their AFL draft ees have included Adam, Troy, Joel and Scott Selwood, Andrew Walker, Robbie Tarrant, Dustin Martin, Jake Stringer and Ollie Wines. Stephen Sharp, who is well known in the Bendigo footballing community, has been announced as Byrne’s successor. A highly experienced football administrator, Sharp also has coaching, playing and development experience. Sharp progressed from committee member, to vice president and then president of Golden Square Football Club between 2002 and 2012. He also coached a number of Golden Square’s under age teams. Prior to that, Sharp was involved with AFL NSW/ACT U16 & U18 National Championship teams. Sharp isn’t the only new face at the Pioneers, a change of head coaches in the off season has seen former Williamstown development coach Brett Henderson take the coaching reins from David Newett. The Pioneers kick off their 2015 season this weekend on the road, travelling to Benella to take on Murray Bushrangers. Soldo returns Ivan Soldo has been added to Northern Knights list again for season 2015 to continue his development as a ruckman. Turning 19 in April, Soldo, a 204cm basketball convert from the ACT is the cousin of Richmond ruckman Ivan Maric. Aft er showing promise as a developing ruckman and playing his fi rst ever game of football for the Knights in 2014, Richmond Football Club signed him on as a three year non registered category B rookie. Viewed as a development player by the Tigers, Soldo will gain crucial match experience in the TAC Cup competition with the Northern Knights. 04 www.vfl .com.au VFL News Rookie elevation for Lambert Could Kane Lambert make his AFL debut in the opening game of the 2015 season as Richmond faces Carlton? The opportunity now awaits him aft er the former Northern Knights, Northern Blues and Williamstown player was elevated to the Tigers senior list. Taken with pick 46 in the 2014 AFL Rookie Draft last December, Lambert has left no doubt that he is up to playing at the elite level aft er playing in all three of Richmond’s NAB Saad now a Challenge matches and averaging 12 disposals a game. senior list Sun “He’s been really impressive,” Richmond coach Damien Hardwick told the club website. Impressive NAB Challenge form for the Gold Coast Suns “He’s a mature-age prospect, so we always expected him to has seen former Coburg and Calder Cannons player be a little bit further advanced than our fi rst-year players. Adam Saad earn a rookie elevation prior to the start of “The way he’s attacked his training, and the way he’s fi tted the AFL season.