OAKLEIGH Chargers and Sandringham Dragons make up more than half of the finalised Vic Metro side heading to the National Under 18 Championships next month. The Chargers had 10 players included in the squad, with the Dragons just one shy with a total of nine members to don the ‘Big V’. Western Jets managed six players in the squad, ahead of Calder Cannons (five), Northern Knights (four) and Eastern Ranges (three).
The 37-man squad includes eight bottom-agers as well as three over-agers in Oakleigh’s Noah Answerth, Northern’s Mark Baker and Sandringham’s Joe Griffiths. Among the top prospects in the Victorian squad are AFL Academy top-age members Rhylee West, Curtis Taylor, Isaac Quaynor, Jack Bytel, Buku Khamis, Ben King and Bailey Smith.
With potential top five pick Max King out for the year with an ACL, the Metro side will look to brother Ben as a key target who can play at either end, as can bottom-age AFL Academy member Emerson Jeka. A midfield containing Western Jets’ skipper Xavier O’Halloran, Oakleigh duo James Rowbottom and Riley Collier-Dawkins, and Northern’s Tom McKenzie along with West, Bytel and Smith.
2018 VIC METRO SQUAD
| No. |
Name
|
Surname
|
DOB
|
HT(cm)
|
WT (kg)
|
Region
|
Local Club/School
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Mahony | 12/11/2001 | 176 | 68 | Sandringham Dragons | St Kevins FC / St Kevins College |
| 2 | Joseph | Ayton-Delaney | 25/03/2000 | 180 | 68 | Oakleigh Chargers | Camberwell Sharks FC / Xavier College |
| 3 | Zak | Butters | 8/09/2000 | 181 | 70 | Western Jets | Darley FC / Maribyrnong College |
| 4 | Rhylee | West | 12/07/2000 | 180 | 80 | Calder Cannons | Strathmore FC / St Kevins College |
| 5 | Matthew | Rowell | 1/07/2001 | 180 | 73 | Oakleigh Chargers | Booroondara Hawks FC / Carey Grammar |
| 6 | Curtis | Taylor | 6/04/2000 | 186 | 79 | Calder Cannons FC | Keilor FC |
| 7 | Angus | Hanrahan | 9/08/2000 | 182 | 68 | Sandringham Dragons | St Kilda FC / St Kevins College |
| 8 | James | Rowbottom | 19/09/2000 | 185 | 78 | Oakleigh Chargers | Camberwell Sharks FC / St Kevins College |
| 9 | Daly | Andrews | 22/02/2000 | 183 | 76 | Western Jets | Werribee Districts FC / MacKillop College |
| 10 | Xavier | Fry | 8/08/2000 | 183 | 68 | Eastern Ranges | Vermont FC / Yarra Valley Grammar |
| 11 | Ryan | Gardner | 22/03/2001 | 184 | 72 | Northern Knights | Montmorency JFC / Montmorency SC |
| 12 | Tom | McKenzie | 23/06/2000 | 184 | 76 | Northern Knights | Fitzroy FC / Ivanhoe Grammar |
| 13 | Lachlan | Sholl | 7/03/2000 | 185 | 77 | Calder Cannons | St Bernards FC / St Bernards College |
| 14 | Isaac | Quaynor | 15/01/2000 | 182 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers | Doncast East FC / East Doncaster SC |
| 15 | Bailey | Smith | 7/12/2000 | 185 | 82 | Sandringham Dragons | Old Xaverians FC / Xavier College |
| 16 | Noah | Answerth | 6/08/1999 | 182 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers | Caulfield Bears FC |
| 17 | Jack | Evans | 21/03/2000 | 186 | 83 | Calder Cannons | Aberfeldie FC |
| 18 | Xavier | O’Halloran | 11/07/2000 | 187 | 83 | Western Jets | St Bernards FC / St Bernards College |
| 19 | Jack | Bytel | 14/03/2000 | 187 | 81 | Calder Cannons | Aberfeldie FC |
| 20 | Alastair | Richards | 9/05/2000 | 187 | 78 | Sandringham Dragons | St Kevins FC / St Kevins College |
| 21 | Dylan | Williams | 1/07/2001 | 188 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers | Whitefriars Old Boys FC / Whitefriars College |
| 22 | Jamieson | Rossiter | 17/11/2001 | 189 | 77 | Eastern Ranges | Rowville FC / Rowville Sports Academy |
| 23 | Buku | Khamis | 24/03/2000 | 190 | 81 | Western Jets FC | St Albans FC / Maribyrnong College |
| 24 | Noah | Anderson | 17/02/2001 | 190 | 83 | Oakleigh Chargers | Booroondara Hawks FC / Carey Grammar |
| 25 | Stefan | Radovanovic | 7/09/2000 | 192 | 85 | Western Jets | Keilor FC / Maribyrnong College |
| 26 | Riley | Collier-Dawkins | 3/02/2000 | 193 | 88 | Oakleigh Chargers | Waverley Blues FC / Salesian College |
| 27 | Will | Kelly | 16/08/2000 | 193 | 83 | Oakleigh Chargers | Glen Iris JFC / Scotch College |
| 28 | Ben | Silvagni | 7/05/2000 | 194 | 84 | Oakleigh Chargers | Greythorn Falcons FC / Xavier College |
| 29 | James | Blanck | 20/11/2000 | 195 | 80 | Eastern Ranges | Park Orchards JFC / Whitefriars College |
| 31 | Mark | Baker | 22/02/1999 | 196 | 83 | Northern Knights | Whitefriards Old Collegians FC |
| 32 | Emerson | Jeka | 18/09/2001 | 198 | 88 | Western Jets | Altona FC / Maribyrnong College |
| 33 | Will | Kennedy | 18/06/2000 | 198 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons | Caulfield Grammarians FC / Caulfield Grammar |
| 34 | James | Rendell | 9/05/2000 | 198 | 90 | Sandringham Dragons | Parkdale FC / Parkdale SC |
| 35 | Thomas | Hallebone | 19/07/2000 | 201 | 83 | Northern Knights | Preston Bullants FC / Parade College |
| 36 | Ben | King | 7/7/2000 | 202 | 85 | Sandringham Dragons | Old Haileybury FC / Haileybury College |
| 37 | Joe | Griffiths | 28/5/1999 | 203 | 90 | Sandringham Dragons | Old Geelong FC |
| 38 | Fischer | McAsey | 8/3/2001 | 195 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons | East Brighton FC / Caulfield Grammar |
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