Ben Cavarra: An underrated champion
Premiership captain. TAC Cup medal winner for best-on-ground in a grand final. Vic Metro representative. Tied Morrish Medal winner for the TAC Cup’s Best and Fairest. Likely Eastern Ranges Best and Fairest winner. Usually, winning all of these accolades in a season would point to the player in question having high draft prospects, and being […]
Eastern Ranges storm to 2013 TAC Cup premiership
Photo: Evette Johnson The TAC Cup Grand Final in 2012 was one of the great grand finals to ever be played in the premier under 18 competition, with Oakleigh prevailing over Gippsland by just the solitary point in ‘golden point’ extra time. The 2013 grand final was built up to be another close contest, with […]
Eastern Ranges celebrate huge premiership win
Photo: Evette Johnson Eastern Ranges were announced the premiers not long after 1:00 pm on Sunday afternoon. For Eastern’s coach Darren Bewick and the team who had slaved away for just under 12 months (more for some), they had finally earned the right to celebrate. It would be ironic that the largest margin of the […]
TAC Cup: Ultimate Grand Final preview
After 17 rounds, three weeks of finals and an immense amount of blood, sweat and tears; the final frontier is upon us with the TAC Cup Grand Final taking place at Etihad Stadium. The two competing teams met three weeks ago with the third-placed Dandenong Stingrays upsetting the second-placed Eastern Ranges in a tenacious game […]
2013 Morrish Medal wrap
As the 2013 TAC Cup finals series heats up, the players had a chance to take their mind off the game for a night as the prestigious Morrish Medal award ceremony took place at Etihad Stadium on Sunday night. Remarkably, there was a four-way tie for first place, with hot tip Lewis Taylor surprisingly not […]
2013 Draft Profile: Michael Apeness
Michael Apeness (Eastern Ranges) Height: 199 cm Weight: 101 kg Position: Forward/Ruck Player comparison: Tom Bellchambers Strengths: Marking, versatility, tap work Weaknesses: Influence across four quarters The rise of Michael Apeness was one of the only positives to come out of the Tom Boyd injury, as he had to step up for both Eastern and […]
2013 Draft Profile: Ben Cavarra
Ben Cavarra (Eastern Ranges) Height: 173 cm Weight: 69 kg Position: Midfielder Player comparison: Dan Hannebery Strengths: Speed, Ball-winning ability, leadership Weaknesses: Size, kick penetration Ben Cavarra is one of those players in this year’s draft pool who’s exact draft range is still a mystery to most people. He has the potential to be as […]
2013 Draft Profile: Mitch Honeychurch
Mitch Honeychurch (Eastern Ranges) Height: 175 cm Weight: 65 kg Position: Midfielder Player comparison: Nat Fyfe Strengths: Skill, clearances, vision, football smarts Weaknesses: Strength Mitch Honeychurch may seem like the novelty name in the draft crop this year, but the skinny number 12 from Eastern Ranges has talent galore. He’s a dual midfielder who has […]
TAC Cup: Round 13 review
In a round where two games were decided by a point and there were a number of blowouts, it was an interesting set of games in round 13 of the TAC Cup. Calder and Sandringham both recorded the narrowest of wins against Western and Eastern Ranges respectively while Oakleigh defeated Northern, Dandenong smashed Bendigo and […]
Humble Patolo seeks giant improvement
At 197cm and 98 kgs, Agape Patolo’s presence on the field is undeniable, but the Dandenong Stingrays ruck still feels he has a way to go before he is content with his on-field performance. Having been sidelined for around a month due to a torn calf muscle, Patolo returned to the Stingrays side on Sunday […]
