SANDRINGHAM Dragons and Gippsland Power make up one third of the total Victorian representatives in the Vic Country and Vic Metro sides which were officially announced this week. Following the Victorian trial games which saw the Victorian teams face-off against Allies at Ikon Park on Sunday, the two squads are set ahead of the National Under 18 Championships starting on Saturday, June 1.
Sandringham Dragons have a whopping 14 players across the sides, with 13 players – Jack Mahony, Ryan Byrnes, Louis Butler, Hugo Ralphsmith, Miles Bergman, Finn Maginness, Fischer McAsey, Joshua Worrell, Corey Watts, Charlie Dean, Andrew Courtney and Jack Bell – making the Metro side, while the Country-based Darcy Chirgwin earned a place in the Country squad. Gippsland Power had nine representatives themselves, with Caleb Serong, Sam Flanders, Riley Baldi, Harrison Pepper, Ryan Sparkes, Fraser Phillips, Brock Smith, Josh Smith and Charlie Comben all securing a spot in the final Country squad.
Oakleigh Chargers – led by potential top two picks Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson – had seven players in the Metro squad, while Dandenong Stingrays also had seven players in the Country squad, including top 10 potential pick Hayden Young. Bendigo Pioneers had six representatives in the Country squad, including the injured Flynn Perez, while the likes of Cooper Stephens, Tanner Bruhn and Chirgwin are also currenly in the rehab program but are involved in the development camp tomorrow.
The two sides go head-to-head this Saturday at the MCG as a curtain raiser to the Collingwood-Fremantle clash in a Round 2 battle of the championships which has been brought forward. Vic Country then heads south to Launceston to face the Allies a week later, while Vic Metro traves to Western Australia.
VIC COUNTRY:
1 Ned Cahill (Dandenong Stingrays)
2 Caleb Serong (Gippsland Power)
3 Cody Weightman (Dandenong Stingrays)
4 Sam Flanders (Gippsland Power)
5 Cameron Wild (Murray Bushrangers)
6 Riley Baldi (Gippsland Power)
7 Mitch Martin (GWV Rebels)
8 Thomson Dow (Bendigo Pioneers)
9 Isaac Wareham (GWV Rebels)
10 Harrison Pepper (Gippsland Power)
12 Lachlan Ash (Murray Bushrangers)
13 Jay Rantall (GWV Rebels)
14 Liam Herbert (GWV Rebels)
15 Ryan Sparkes (Gippsland Power)
16 Brodie Kemp (Bendigo Pioneers)
17 Hayden Young (Dandenong Stingrays)
18 Brady Rowles (Bendigo Pioneers)
19 Fraser Phillips (Gippsland Power)
20 Elijah Hollands (Murray Bushrangers)
21 Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons)
22 Darcy Chirgwin (Sandringham Dragons)
24 Brock Smith (Gippsland Power)
25 Flynn Perez (Bendigo Pioneers)
26 Jesse Clark (Geelong Falcons)
27 Oliver Henry (Geelong Falcons)
29 Lachlan Williams (Dandenong Stingrays)
30 James Schischka (Bendigo Pioneers)
32 Ben Worme (Bendigo Pioneers)
33 Josh Treacy (Bendigo Pioneers)
34 Bigoa Nyuon (Dandenong Stingrays)
35 Toby Mahony (GWV Rebels)
36 Sam De Koning (Dandenong Stingrays)
37 Blake Kuipers (Dandenong Stingrays)
38 Henry Walsh (Geelong Falcons)
39 Josh Smith (Gippsland Power)
40 Charlie Comben (Gippsland Power)
41 Tanner Bruhn (Geelong Falcons)
VIC METRO:
1 Jack Mahony (Sandringham Dragons)
2 Mitch Mellis (Eastern Ranges)
5 Trent Bianco (Oakleigh Chargers)
6 Finlay Macrae (Oakleigh Chargers)
7 Lachlan Stapleton (Eastern Ranges)
8 Adam Carafa (Northern Knights)
9 Will Phillips (Oakleigh Chargers)
11 Matthew Rowell (Oakleigh Chargers)
12 Ryan Byrnes (Sandringham Dragons)
13 Daniel Mott (Calder Cannons)
14 James Ross (Eastern Ranges)
15 Louis Butler (Sandringham Dragons)
16 Darcy Cassar (Western Jets)
17 Ryan Gardner (Northern Knights)
18 Lachlan Potter (Northern Knights)
19 Josh Honey (Western Jets)
20 Connor Downie (Eastern Ranges)
21 Hugo Ralphsmith (Sandringham Dragons)
22 Miles Bergman (Sandringham Dragons)
23 Dylan Williams (Oakleigh Chargers)
24 Noah Anderson (Oakleigh Chargers)
25 Finn Maginness (Sandringham Dragons)
26 Ryan Sturgess (Northern Knights)
27 Oscar Lewis (Sandringham Dragons)
28 Jamieson Rossiter (Eastern Ranges)
29 Fischer McAsey (Sandringham Dragons)
30 Harrison Jones (Calder Cannons)
31 Joshua Worrell (Sandringham Dragons)
33 Corey Watts (Sandringham Dragons)
34 Charlie Dean (Sandringham Dragons)
35 Nikolas Cox (Northern Knights)
36 Emerson Jeka (Western Jets)
37 Andrew Courtney (Sandringham Dragons)
38 Brodie Newman (Calder Cannons)
39 Jack Bell (Sandringham Dragons)
40 Nick Bryan (Oakleigh Chargers)
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