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2013 Draft Profile: Aaron Heppell
Aaron Heppell (Gippsland Power) Height: 181 cm Weight: 78 kg Player Comparison: Heath Shaw Player Style: Corey Enright Strengths: Ground contests; Football IQ; Positioning Weaknesses: Stamina; Overhead contested marking Gippsland Power have started the 2013 TAC Cup season with a bang and despite losing their past two games, are still sitting nicely in fifth position […]
TAC Cup: round four review (Country round)
In the final split round for the year, the Geelong Falcons, Dandenong Stingrays and Murray Bushrangers all recorded wins. The Falcons held off a spirited Pioneers outfit with the Bendigo midfield standing strong against the classy Falcons. The North Ballarat Rebels matched it with the Stingrays for a half, but after key forward Dallas Willsmore […]
Jacob Chisari leads list of puzzling Vic Country omissions
Every year the All-Australian team is critiqued by both the media and the fans. At TAC Cup level, this is no different for the Victorian Under 18 squads. Unlike the 40-man All-Australian squad at AFL level, there are two squads representing Victoria: Vic Metro and Vic Country. Each squad is comprised of players from six […]
TAC Cup: round seven review
The TAC Cup is almost halfway through the season with still plenty of surprises occurring. Tasmania pulled off a surprise win in terrible conditions against the Western Jets while in the second game, the Geelong Falcons managed to continue their unbeaten streak to see off the Calder Cannons. In other matches, Sandringham belted Oakleigh, Eastern […]
Future stars impress in Victorian trials
(Photo: Nathan Freeman evades a tackler – Rising Stars Head Photographer Christian Hartung) With the first round of the Under 18s Championships beginning in a fortnight, the Victorian sides had a couple of scratch matches for their squads to dust off the cobwebs and begin getting players from across the twelve TAC Cup clubs used […]
Falcons football factory open for business
Unlike the AFL, TAC Cup lists turnover drastically from year to year. While they are primarily made up of top-age players or those that turn 18 this year, they are also able to contain bottom-age players (those turning 17 this year) and a maximum of five over-age players (those who weren’t selected at the drafts […]
TAC Cup: round six review
The TAC Cup round six kicked off with the state teams Queensland and Tasmania entering the fray, but unfortunately suffering heavy losses to Calder and Eastern Ranges respectively. Bendigo Pioneers held on against a fast-finishing Oakleigh Chargers while the Dandenong Stingrays comfortably accounted for the Murray Bushrangers. Geelong Falcons wiped the floor with the Northern […]
2013 Draft Profile: Jake Kalanj
Jake Kalanj (Northern Knights) Height: 184 cm Weight: 78 kg Player Comparison: Ryan O’Keefe (except less of a goal kicker) Style: Jimmy Bartel Strengths: Marking, reading the play and tackling Weaknesses: Lacks a damaging kick, predominately an outside midfielder and is one paced. It’s impossible to really place the Northern Knights this season. They are […]
TAC Cup: round five review
Photo: Western Jets and Dandenong Stingrays players fly for the mark (BFGN Head Photographer Christian Hartung) The ladder is beginning to shape itself in the early part of the season as round five was completed. Northern Knights started off with a bang, defeating the Bendigo Pioneers by 21 points at Preston. Calder then belted a […]
Future stars light up Visy Park
Photo: Bendigo’s Jordan Mangan flies for a mark against the Northern Knights (BFGN Head Photographer Christian Hartung) The Victorian squads for the Under 18’s championships are beginning to firm as over 120 players from the twelve competing TAC Cup teams took part in an Intra Club match for their respective club. For those players from […]
