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DOLPHINSDOLPHINS OVEROVER TIGERS ... AGAINN VFL ROUND 21, TAC CUP ROUND 16 AFL VICTORIA AUGUST 18 - 19, 2012 $33 KNIGHTSKNIGHTS OFFOFF THETHE BOTTOMBOTTOM EDITORIAL Countdown to finals WITH the home and away season in both the Peter Jackson VFL and TAC Cup competitions heading towards their conclusions there is much for Victorian football to be proud about. ALREADY, we have seen In addition, there has been a Kyle Hartigan, Adam Marcon, the VFL rep team win its further 6 ex-TAC Cup players Kyle Martin, Leigh Osborne State League match against selected by Greater Western and Dean Towers – who Tasmania and Vic Metro Sydney from their draft represented the VFL in the emerge with the crown concessions to also make their State match could all be in from the NAB AFL U18 AFL debuts. contention for this year’s Championships. A number of other positive Fothergill Round Medal award Both victories are signifi cant stories have also originated at next month’s J.J. Liston pointers to the health of the from the Peter Jackson VFL Trophy awards night. two premier competitions in where 12 of the 16 players Others also under the State, but delve deeper selected in one of last year’s consideration are David Mirra, and there are many compelling AFL Drafts have also made Luke Andrews, Willie Wheeler, reasons that suggest that their AFL debuts. Stephen Witkowski, Lachlan Victorian football is travelling It takes to 21 the number of Wallace, Josh Freezer, Scott along pretty well. ex-VFL players in the past Sherlock, Jackson Coleman As detailed within the TAC Cup two seasons to progress and and Mitch Woffi ndin. section of this Football Record realise their football ambition to The Fothergill Round Medal is the progress and on-going play at the game’s elite level. awarded to the player aged 23 success of many TAC Cup These numbers refl ect a years or younger who shows graduates continues. success rate of 75 per cent the capacity to take his game Just this week, Sam Blease, – the best result since the to the next level. who played for the Eastern competition was revamped in Recently, the Fothergill Round Ranges in 2008, was 2000 - which underscores how Medal has been won by nominated for the NAB AFL well prepared Peter Jackson Robin Nahas, Michael Barlow, Rising Star award. Blease is VFL players are now to make Michael Hibberd and Ahmed the 17th player with a TAC the transition to the AFL. Saad. Cup background this season While the above statistics are We await with interest to to be in the running for the very satisfying what is also discover the identity of the 2012 prestigious award. pleasing is the array of young Fothergill Round Medallist. And, we have seen 27 players talent that has been evident Victorian football looks bright step from the TAC Cup throughout the Peter Jackson on so many fronts. competition last season to VFL this season. play this season in the AFL. Many of the young players – - Grant Williams General Manager VFL ROUND 21, TAC CUP ROUND 16 HEADQUARTERS. CONTENTS. AUGUST 18 - 19, 2012 Media Coverage 4 VFL Team Lists 31 Visy Park Home Ground Advantage 5 Progressive Scores 38 Gate 3 Royal Parade Trivia 8 AFL Victoria Development 39 Carlton Nth VIC 3054 Brett Lovett 10 Hugh Goddard 40 GPO Box 4337 Winning Close Games 14 Nursery of the Stars 41 MELBOURNE VIC 3001 NAB AFL Draft Combine 16 Geelong Falcons 42 Phone: (03) 8341 6000 Bailey Ladder Possibilities 17 Sandringham Dragons 44 Fax: (03) 9380 1076 Last Time They Met 27 TAC Cup Team Lists 52 Website: www.afl vic.com.au www.vfl .com.au | 3 MEDIA COVERAGE Media Coverage ABC TV Saturday August 18 Port Melbourne vs Bendigo From 1pm Replay: 2:30am Wednesdays ABC TV Next Week: Casey Scorpions vs Sandringham VFL RADIO Sunday August 19 Northern Blues vs Werribee Tigers From 1:30pm AEDT Live on Digital Radio via Aussie, Red Time Sport and SEN I-Phone Apps or online via vfl .com.au or sen.com.au Next week: North Ballarat vs Port Melbourne 3WBC Friday August 24 Bendigo vs Box Hill Hawks From 6:30pm Listen to 94.1 FM or online at www.3wbc.org.au SEN Sunday August 19 The Peter Jackson VFL Review Thursday August 23 The Peter Jackson VFL Show 8:30pm – 9pm 3AW Saturday August 18 Peter Jackson VFL Review – 6:50pm Video Streaming – vfl.com.au Sunday August 18: Northern Blues vs Werribee Tigers Visit the website from 1:50pm Sunday for a live stream of the Northern Blues vs the Werribee Tigers game COVER FOOTY ONLINE CONTRIBUTORS VFL: Frankston won their fi fth game in three Keep up with the latest VFL news Editor: Anthony Stanguts years last weekend – all against Coburg Tigers anthony.stanguts@afl vic.com.au (Photo: Dave Savell). online via: Contributors: Adrian Dunn, Kate Gurney, Matt Lee, TAC Cup: Northern Knights captain Nick website: www.vfl .com.au Brad Green, Kane Hunkin, Arj Giese, Dave Savell, Vlastuin in action earlier this season – last www.facebook.com/vfl footy Anthony Stanguts. round the Knights moved off the bottom of Design & Print: Red Onion Creative (03) 5221 4408 the ladder @VFLnews #PJVFL. Photos: AFL Photos (unless otherwise credited 4 | www.afl vic.com.au HOME GROUND ADVANTAGE Home Ground Advantage IT IS LITTLE wonder Port Final then it will play a ‘home’ with a win. Bendigo is 0-5 at Melbourne fans described Preliminary Final as the the QE Oval and that includes the North Port Oval as a North Port Oval is locked in a 100-point loss to Northern fortress. as the venue for the VFL’s Blues. Port Melbourne have won penultimate round. At Windy Hill, its other ‘home’, 19 games in a row at home, Building up such a ‘fortress’ Bendigo owns a 2-1 record stretching back to the six- mentality is something and its loss against Casey point loss against Box Hill every club lists in its pre- Scorpions was by three Hawks in the 2010 Semi Final. season mission statement. points. Over the past three seasons, Clubs like to instil such an While Bendigo hasn’t Port Melbourne owns a 26-3 intimidation image about their capitalised on playing at record at home. home ground to make it as home, the Gold has kept in inhospitable as possible for And, not only did Port the final’s race by owning the all visiting teams. Melbourne rack up such an equal second best record – impressive home record, but While in the past hostile 6-2 - on the road. they did so with conviction. home fans added an extra ‘fear’ factor, these days the Port Melbourne’s average best way to make rival clubs winning margin during last’s uncomfortable is for clubs to season home and away ensure they win their home games was 40-points and BOX HILL HAWKS games. then they won the Qualifying Box Hill Hawks own a winning Final by 103-points and the And, just as Port Melbourne record at home, but only just. has done, ensure little mercy Preliminary Final by 22-points. It moved to the winning is displayed. Inflicting heavy The Borough have been category on the back of losses on clubs definitely even more emphatic at home winning its last home game leaves a scarring image. this season with an average against Coburg Tigers to winning margin of 64 points! While Port Melbourne again go with wins against North boasts the best home ground Box Hill Hawks came closer Ballarat by 81-points, advantage this season it is than any other club when Collingwood (55), Northern not alone in owning a winning they got within three points Blues (57) and Frankston record. in Round 20. The previous (36). smallest winning margin Below is a look at all the While all those wins have was 30-points against clubs’ home and away been clear-cut, Box Hill Sandringham in Round 14. performances up to and Hawks suffered considerable including Round 20. So, when fans talk about home losses to Port home ground advantages Melbourne (34) and Bendigo then Port Melbourne is clearly (32) while it kicked itself the envy of all its rivals. out of its 18-point loss to Werribee. It takes on added significance BENDIGO when it’s considered that if Box Hill Hawks also owns a Port Melbourne finishes with a Bendigo, like Coburg Tigers 4-3 winning record on the top two finish at the end of the and Northern Blues, has more road. Its biggest win was home and away season then than one ‘home’, but it hasn’t a 116-point thumping of it will get to play a home final helped them this season. Collingwood, but its most in the Qualifying Final. The Gold are 2-6 at home, but significant away win was against Williamstown, a grave And, if Port Melbourne is worse still they haven’t treated their home fans in Bendigo to so many teams that travel successful in the Qualifying to Point Gellibrand. www.vfl .com.au | 5 SECTIONHOME GROUND HEADER ADVANTAGE that in no small way has shaped Coburg Tigers woes have been the Scorpions season. compounded by its inability to win Werribee, which infl icted a away – they’ve a competition equal 78-point defeat at Chirnside Park worst 1-7 - and that fi ve-point win CASEY SCORPIONS in Round 14, is the only away was against Sandringham way Casey Scorpions has a top four venue where Casey hasn’t won back in Round 3.