VFL ROUND 18, TAC CUP ROUND 14, AFL VICTORIA JULY 30-31, 2011 section heading Blood Your last chance to swear a Blood Oath! Swear this Blood Oath to look after your mates when you’re behind the wheel: “I swear I will always put my mates’ safety first when driving.” Do it on Facebook before midnight on Sunday July 31. Competition closes 31/07/11 at 11.59pm. VIC Permit No. 11/1171. For full terms and conditions go to facebook.com/mybloodoath 2 www.afl vic.com.au Oath. section heading And by making a Blood Oath you could help your local footy club win cash rewards of up to $30,000. facebook.com/mybloodoath www.afl vic.com.au 3 ALL-NEW RANGER Ready to take on the world Tested to the limits and beyond Meet the team and the locations that pushed the all-new Ranger to the limits and beyond at ford.com.au/newranger Pre-production 4x4 XLT Crew Cab shown in Aurora Blue. Appearance may change at time of introduction. editorial Road Safety Round This weekend is Road Safety Round, and it is a great chance for players and supporters in the Peter Jackson VFL and TAC Cup to take an oath to drive safely and look after their mates. WHILE the curtain has fallen gained their driving licence or empowers everyone, especially on the NAB AFL Under 16 & 18 those learning to drive. young drivers to the fact that Championships for this year, the While some teams may be road trauma remains the TAC Cup season enters perhaps trying to save their seasons this biggest killer of young people in its most entertaining and weekend, Road Safety Round Australia and overseas. exciting phase – the race for the and the Blood Oath campaign Blood Oath aims to engage fi nals and then the countdown to are trying to save lives, and local young people through the the Grand Final. footy clubs. campaign Facebook page, Over the next seven weeks Blood Oath, a campaign fronted www.facebook.com/ all the talent that has been by AFL coaching twins Brad and mybloodoath and local football showcased during the Chris Scott, reminds young men clubs. Championships coupled that ‘your mate’s life is in your Already, random weekly prize with all the players who have hands’ and reinforces the road winners have included the blossomed, developed and safety message through football Werribee Centrals Football Club, emerged as the season has clubs at all levels. and Lalor Stars Junior Football progressed will be on display. The campaign, supported by Club, which both won $5000. It will give AFL recruiting staff AFL Victoria, is the TAC’s largest As the campaign closes on an excellent chance to assess ever social media venture midnight, 31 July, all TAC all players under the intensity of and highlights the need for all Cup and VFL supporters, meaningful games running into drivers to act, behave and drive fans, players, coaches and the fi nals, then under the added responsibly. volunteers are encouraged to pressure of fi nals. Over the past month Blood Oath visit the Facebook page at www. Certainly, the prospects of has travelled the state, visiting facebook.com/mybloodoath and players will be enhanced by how grass-roots football clubs, take an oath. they perform over these coming encouraging players, fans, Not only could you help save weeks as AFL clubs continue coaches and volunteers to take young people’s lives, but also to fi ne tune their Draft selection an oath to drive safely and look win some much-needed cash process. after their mates. for your local football club. It’s also a vitally important This weekend, as the weekend in another aspect that campaign draws to a close, the - Grant Williams touches all TAC Cup players, signifi cance of the road safety General Manager, AFL Victoria especially those who have just message is underscored and JULY 30th-31st, 2011 Editor: Anthony Stanguts anthony.stanguts@afl vic.com.au HEADQUARTERS CONTENTS Contributors: Adrian Dunn, Matt Lee, Kane Hunkin, Brendan Lucas, Visy Park Ben Carbonaro. Design & Print: Red Onion Creative (03) 5221 4408 Gate 3 Royal Parade Photos: Getty images, Damian Visentini, Leader, Carlton Nth VIC 3054 Slattery Media Group Advertising: David Howard (03) 8341 6007 GPO Box 4337 AFL Victoria General Manager: Grant Williams MELBOURNE VIC 3001 Football Operations Manager: John Hook VFL 7 - 41 High Performance Managers: Anton Grbac, Phone: (03) 8341 6000 TAC Cup 42 - 64 Leon Harris Fax: (03) 9380 1076 Football Operations Offi cer: Luke Gatti Football Operations Coordinator: Sophie Timms Website: www.afl vic.com.au www.vfl .com.au 5 note from the editor Blood Oath It is the last weekend of the campaign, so have you pledged your Blood Oath yet? THIS is your last weekend to do “It might seem like a small thing to the only team in the competition your bit to curb the road toll for do, but every person who takes an not to have an offi cial bye (all four young drivers, and pledge your oath is showing their team mates byes have coincided with Foxtel Blood Oath. Visit www.facebook. that they care about them, and Cup matches). We will have a com/mybloodoath select your that they will look after them on the preview of the Grand Final in next team, select an oath to drive safely road,” Ms Dore said. week’s Record, but be sure to and post your oath to your own “We congratulate FTG Eagles, tune into Foxtel Saturday August Facebook page. Werribee and Lalor Stars, 6 for a live broadcast of the game Every person that pledges their and hope they not only spend from 5pm. Oath goes into the draw to win the $5,000 wisely, but have a - Anthony Stanguts a weekly prize of tickets to this successful year on and off the Communications Offi cer, years AFL Grand Final, and the fi e l d . ” AFL Victoria club the person nominates will be During the week Southern rewarded with $5,000. Dragons were the leading metro Blood Oath Pledge Ladder In the fi rst week of the Blood Oath club and Corio Community SC VFL TAC Cup Campaign, the winner was Chris were the leading country club, West who nominated Lalor Stars both in the box seat to receive Collingwood Oakleigh Chargers JFC as his team. The club let him $30,000 as reward for having Geelong Northern Knights and his friends that play with the the most pledges. Clubs have Rusty & Unfi t Football League till midnight Sunday July 31 to Werribee Tigers Bendigo Pioneers train at their club. Samantha Dean get their pledges in – so stop Casey Scorpions Calder Cannons was the week two winner, taking reading this Record (just for a few the oath and nominating the minutes), and get your last minute Box Hill Hawks Geelong Falcons Werribee Centrals Football Club. pledge in. The Peter Jackson VFL Bendigo Bombers Western Jets And last week the winner was and TAC Cup club leader board Frankston Murray Bushrangers Andrew Barnes, who nominated is below. the club he plays for, the Ferntree In other news, Williamstown Williamstown Dandenong Stingrays Gully Eagles. will be representing the Peter North Ballarat Eastern Ranges TAC Chief Executive Offi cer, Janet Jackson VFL against Claremont Northern Bullants North Ballarat Rebels Dore, congratulated the winners next Saturday night at Patersons for showing leadership within their Stadium in WA in the Grand Final Port Melbourne Gippsland Power community and being involved in of the Foxtel Cup. It has been a Sandringham Sandringham Dragons the campaign. big year for the Seagulls, having various home grounds and being Coburg Tigers media coverage Round 18, July 30th - 31st: Saturday, 30th July ABC TV : Northern Bullants vs Coburg Tigers, tune into ABC1 from 1pm Sunday, 31st July VFL Radio: Sandringham Vs Werribee @ Sandringham from 1:30pm On Aussie Digital, www.vfl .com.au, www.bpmmedia.com.au AND the Red Time Sport iPhone app (download for free from the iTunes store) Thursday, 4th August SEN: ‘State of Play’ - the VFL half hour 8:30pm-9pm 6 www.afl vic.com.au vfl player landscape VFL player landscape MORE than 90 players have Coburg Tigers has played the are all Essendon listed/rookie made their Peter Jackson VFL most number of VFL listed players. debuts in season 2011 while players (26) from the fully Josh Freezer, recruited from ladder leader Port Melbourne aligned clubs while reigning Old Melburnians, has played provides some of the more premiers North Ballarat owns the most games of any of the interesting insights in a club the mark for the most VFL club’s debutants – fi ve. by club analysis into the VFL listed players (32) in partly player landscape. aligned clubs. That’s the overview of the Stand-alone AFL clubs VFL player population, so to Collingwood and Geelong speak, up to and including both have used 14 top-up round 16 conducted by players. Adrian Dunn for the VFL Below is a break down on the Record. player landscape at every While the number of new VFL club. BOX HILL HAWKS VFL players (95) – that Box Hill Hawks season has number includes TAC Cup been thwarted by a raft players used under the 23rd of close defeats – four by player rule – is certain to 11-points or less – as well reach the ‘ton’ before the as injuries to key VFL Listed end of the home and away players, particularly Beau season there’s a number of Muston and Shaun Pollard revealing components to Port and a spate of injuries to Melbourne’s stellar season.