Country upstages Metro to open national carnival with a win
VIC Country has upstaged its highly fancied Victorian rivals, defeating Vic Metro with maniac pressure and four quarter consistency. While Metro started strongly and had a patch early in the second term, it was mostly a game that belonged to Country with the defensive work of the back six, and elite kicking from Hayden Young […]
Victorian sides prepare for battle at National Championships
THE first match of the AFL National Under 18 Championships gets underway on Saturday, with an all-Victorian battle at the MCG. The game will be a curtain-raiser to the Collingwood-Fremantle match, with the first bounce from 10.35am. Sandringham Dragons and Gippsland Power dominated the Vic Metro and Vic Country squads, and it looks to be […]
AFL Under 18 National Championships preview: Vic Metro
VIC Metro’s top-end talent is again something that will hold it in good stead this season, with quite possibly the top two picks in this year’s draft – Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson – as well as a host of skilful types, strong marking talls and speedy smalls. If they are not the team to […]
Dragons, Power dominate finalised Victorian squads
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 […]
Team of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 8
GIPPSLAND Power and Western Jets’ big wins over their opponents have resulted in making up almost one third of the Draft Central NAB League Boys Team of the Week for Round 8. Seven other teams recorded two players each, while Round 8 losing sides, Geelong Falcons, Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Tasmania Devils each […]
NAB League Boys Round 8 wash-up: Mixed bag sees three games decided by under a goal
ROUND 8 of the NAB League Boys season threw up three close results, as well as three not so close ones. Calder broke the early trend of tight finishes with a huge victory to keep Murray languishing near the bottom, while Tasmania brought it to league-leaders Dandenong in another surprise scoreline. All that, and more […]
Scouting notes: NAB League Boys – Round 8
A TRULY mixed bag of NAB League results in Round 8 saw some teams play above their level and match their more fancied opponents. Plenty of players shone across the weekend, and we cast eyes on each game to provide you with notes on players selected in initial representative squads. Each note is the opinion […]
Scouting notes: NAB League Boys – Round 7
WITH NAB League proceedings back to the norm, performances were even across the board, but a few players managed stand out in a mixed bag of results. Our scouts cast eyes across all six games in Round 7, and here are their opinion-based notes on players included in the initial Victoria Country and Metro squads, […]
Team of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 6
DANDENONG Stingrays’ big win over Brisbane Lions Academy has seen them earn the most players of any side in our Draft Central NAB League Boys Team of the Week for Round 6. The Stingrays have four players in our Team of the Week, one more than other Round 6 winners, Calder Cannons and Gippsland Power, […]
Scouting notes: NAB League Boys – Round 6
ROUND 6 was the last chance for many to get a close look at Northern Academy products, as all five academies this week bowed out of NAB League action. With eight games to cast eyes on, here are our scouting notes on players from Victoria Metro and Country squad lists, as well as those pointed […]
