Tate Marsh: The next Dale Thomas
Photo: Kate from Gippsland Power In 2005, Gippsland Power listed a skinny, shaggy-haired midfielder by the name of Dale Thomas. Almost 10 years on, Power’s talent manager Peter Francis is dumbfounded by the striking comparisons between the now AFL star, and a young lad from Traralgon, by the name of Tate Marsh. “By gee, they’ve […]
TAC Cup review: Round two
Northern Knights 18.8 (116) defeated Calder Cannons 15.12 (102) Northern goals: K. Langford 5, R. McKenzie 3, L. Hunt 3, K. Malone 2, M. Perry 2, J. Castagna, S. Peet, J. Perry Calder goals: P. Wright 5, A. Christensen 2, J. Cauchi 2, T. Miller 2, J. Foster, L. Cavanagh, X. Dimasi, Z. Wunhym Northern […]
TAC Cup review: Finals week one
Dandenong Stingrays 14.5 (89) Eastern Ranges 8.8 (56) Stingrays goals: Egan (3), Rennie (2), Pickess (2), McCartney (2), Jones, Bastinac, Lonie, Gardiner, Mullane Eastern Ranges goals: Apeness (2), Keedle (2), Hannon, Roth, McStay, Petracca Stingrays best: Jones, Pickess, Harmes, McCartney, Foote, Basinac Eastern Ranges best: Cavarra, Apeness, Nielson, Petracca, McStay, O’Sullivan Just six days after […]
TAC Cup: Round 17 review
The TAC Cup has now concluded with only the finals series to come. The North Ballarat Rebels, Bendigo Pioneers, Oakleigh Chargers and Sandringham Dragons all wrapped up their seasons with the eight other teams still alive for 2013. For the Western Jets, Northern Knights, Gippsland Power and Murray Bushrangers, they can’t afford to lose another […]
2013 TAC Cup team of the year
TAC Cup AA Discussion Listen to the discussion on the team with Peter Williams and Jourdan Canil on SYN FM’s ”The Sports Desk’. Rising Stars writer Jourdan Canil, who wrote his phantom draft earlier in the year, has devised a team of the best TAC Cup players for 2013. Much like the All-Australian team there are […]
TAC Cup: Ultimate round 17 preview
After 16 rounds of enthralling football it has all come down to the last week with finals berths up for grabs for two teams and a double chance at stake for four others. The Geelong Falcons and Eastern Ranges are assured of a double chance while Oakleigh, Bendigo and North Ballarat are unable to make […]
TAC Cup: Round 16 review
In the second last round of the TAC Cup, the finals are still yet to be confirmed after a full-strength Sandringham defeated the eighth placed Bushrangers at Victoria Park. In other results, Bendigo were no match for the Jets; likewise the Rebels crumbled against the Northern Knights; Calder upset the Falcons by a point; the […]
TAC Cup: Round 15 review
As the third last round of the TAC Cup completed, several teams staked their case for top four and top eight claims. Western Jets all but ended Oakleigh’s chance of making finals while Geelong and Dandenong did enough enough the bottom two sides in Bendigo and North Ballarat to win. Eastern Ranges had an inaccurate […]
TAC Cup: Round 14 review
With only a handful of rounds left, the TAC Cup results became as important as ever with finals spots up for grabs. Dandenong started off the weekend with an annihilation of an under-strength Dragons side while Eastern Ranges and Northern Knights had surprise narrow victories over the Gippsland Power and Geelong Falcons respectively. The Oakleigh […]
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 […]
