AFL Debut Watch – Round 6: Pies, Hawks duos lead list of 11 potential debutants
ROUND 6 of the AFL Premiership Season got underway last night, with a grand total of zero newcomers making it onto centre stage. That is all about to change though, with both Collingwood and Hawthorn naming two debutants each for their Friday night clash, leading a list of 11 total fresh faces named across the […]
Q&A: Reef McInnes (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro)
AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last few weeks, we head back to the pre-season where we sat down with a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central‘s Michael Alvaro chatted with Oakleigh Chargers’ Reef McInnes at the NAB League Fitness Testing Day hosted […]
Classic Contests: Last-placed Jets shock ladder-leading Chargers
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest we look at one of the would-have-been Round 2 clashes in the NAB League this year between Western Jets and Oakleigh Chargers. In this edition, we wind […]
Classic Contests: Performance fit for a King helps Dragons roar
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest it is a clash between sides who would have played last Sunday week ago if the NAB League Boys competition was on, and we travel back in […]
AFL Draft review: Collingwood
THERE were no big surprises come draft night for the Magpies, getting both Isaac Quaynor and Will Kelly who had been touted to join the club. Many were nervous about whether or not the club would have enough draft points to secure both players but credit to Collingwood they held strong and landed both defenders […]
2018 National AFL Draft selections
THE 2018 National AFL Draft selections and club by club selections as they happen today will appear here: Round 1: 1 – Carlton – Sam Walsh (Geelong Falcons/Vic Country) 2 – Gold Coast – Jack Lukosius – (WWT Torrens/South Australia) 3 – Gold Coast – Izak Rankine (West Adelaide/South Australia) 4 – St Kilda – […]
AFL Draft preview: Collingwood
WITH draft season approaching all hands are on deck to secure the young up and coming stars of the future and if all things go to plan Collingwood could land themselves two very handy players that would provide plenty of run and carry off the back half. List needs: Key position defender General defender Key […]
Comprehensive 2018 TAC Cup Grand Final Preview
IT is the equivalent of Christmas Day for the TAC Cup competition, with the two best teams for the year facing off in a decider. We have the clear benchmark all season, in the Dandenong Stingrays, taking on the red-hot Oakleigh Chargers, who have been in sensational form since all their school kids returned to […]
Black hopes sixth time’s a charm for Stingrays
DANDENONG Stingrays coach, Craig Black is hoping for a fairytale finish to his stint at the club as head coach, before joining Collingwood in a development role. Speaking at the TAC Cup Grand Final press conference, Black said he hoped the Stingrays could win their first flag upon their sixth attempt in the competition, but […]
Oakleigh charges into Grand Final with 93-point victory over Gippsland
OAKLEIGH Chargers have won their third consecutive game by 15 goals or more with a 93-point thrashing of second-placed Gippsland Power. The Chargers were all over the Power from start to finish and never realistically looked like losing. Their ball use in the wet was superb It was a sense of deja vu for the […]
