Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League – Round 16
THE NAB League’s final regular season round for 2022 was headlined by a quartet of dramatic finishes, with four games decided by under a goal. As Wildcard Round fixtures were locked in and the top three sides sealed their spots, a bunch of highly touted AFL Draft prospects came to the fore. We highlighted some […]
Scouting Notes: Young Guns vs. Vic Country U18s
IN their second outing for 2022, the Young Guns defeated Vic Country’s by 30 points at Princes Park on Sunday. It was a scrappy affair, but the Under 23 side made it two from two against their makeshift Under 18 opponents, after downing Metro last week. We noted some of the top performers from either […]
NAB League Boys 2019 Throwback: Round 11 – Gippsland the big winners on super Saturday
FIVE of the six fixtures scheduled for Round 11 of the 2019 NAB League were played out on a super Saturday, with Gippsland among the big winners. In an interesting quirk, the eventual top four sides all squared off against each other, with the Power facing Oakleigh, while Eastern and Sandringham went head-to-head in Sunday’s […]
Weekend preview: NAB League Boys – Round 1
TOMORROW marks the start of a new era in Victorian Under 18 Boys football, with the brand new NAB League Boys competition kicking off. A standalone game at MARS Stadium begins the first round, before a spread of matches across Victoria on Sunday will provide plenty of highlights for the 2019 draft crop. GREATER […]
Weekend Previews: TAC Cup – Wild Card Round
FOR players of four TAC Cup sides, they will run out for the final time this weekend with the new concept of a Wild Card Round giving every team the chance of winning a premiership, regardless of finishing position during the season. The four games will be played across two days, with a Double Header […]
Team Selection: TAC Cup – Round 12b
TO complete Round 12, the remaining six teams take to country grounds, with matches in Dandenong, Shepparton and Morwell. DANDENONG STINGRAYS v. BENDIGO PIONEERS Round 12 – Saturday, July 21, 1pmShepley Oval, Dandenong Two sides which bookend the TAC Cup ladder go head-to-head at Shepley Oval in the only Saturday game. The Dandenong Stingrays have an […]
Team Selection: Sandringham Dragons vs. Eastern Ranges
WITH the Vic Metro and school football bye, both the Sandringham Dragons and Eastern Ranges will head into their standalone Round 9 clash with fairly healthy looking sides. Alastair Richards and Xavier Fry return for their respective teams after a stint with Vic Metro and one would assume they are not playing in Wednesday’s final […]
Mid-Season Team of the Year: TAC Cup
SEVEN rounds down in the TAC Cup and during the week off, we at AFL Draft Central have come up with our TAC Cup Mid-Season Team of the Year, comprised of those players with the most nominations from AFL Draft Central TAC Cup Team of the Week‘s so far this season. Looking at the nominations, there […]
Weekend previews: TAC Cup – Round 7
IN Round 7 of the TAC Cup, spectators can witness a Triple Header at RAMS Arena on Saturday, before a number of neck-and-neck contests on the Sunday at various metropolitan grounds. CALDER CANNONS v. NORTHERN KNIGHTS Round 7 – Saturday, May 19, 10amRAMS Arena, Craigieburn In the first game of the round, the sixth placed […]
Team of the Week: TAC Cup – Round 6
CALDER Cannons’ big win over Bendigo Pioneers has seen them top the list for the most nominees in the AFL Draft Central TAC Cup Team of the Week for Round 6. The Cannons had three nominees in what was an even spread across the board with every other winning (and drawing) side, as well as […]