TAC Cup finals preview: North Ballarat Rebels
North Ballarat might not have been in premiership contention earlier in the season after losing their opening four games of the year. The mental toughness and resilience of this football club from top to bottom since could not have been bigger with the Rebels finishing top four ahead of the finals series. Geelong, Bendigo, Murray […]
TAC Cup review: Round 14
Dandenong Stingrays 12.15 (87) defeated Bendigo Pioneers 2.10 (22) Dandenong goals: L.Williams 4, T.Joyce 4, D.Kempster, J.Holden, A.Wilson, J.Weitering Bendigo goals: C.Oliver, J.Ryan Dandenong best: L.Williams, A.Wilson, S.Geurts, B.Mullane, D.Kempster, M.White Bendigo best: L.Barrett, J.Ryan, J.Brain, B.Evans, T.Cole, M.Chisari Round 14 of the 2014 TAC Cup season opened with the battle between cellar-dwellers Bendigo and […]
North Ballarat rebelling in 2014
The North Ballarat Rebels have won their last eight games to leap to third on the TAC Cup ladder. That streak in itself would be impressive for a team in any league, but there’s just something more to account for when it has been earned by this young team from Western Victoria. After a dismal […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round 12
Calder Cannons 10.11 (71) defeated Dandenong Stingrays 6.6 (42) GOAL KICKERS: Calder: J.Foster 3, X.Dimasi 2, H.Kerbatieh 2, C.Kilbane, R.O’Brien , Z.Wunhym Dandenong: J.Wheeler 2, D.Moloney , T.Joyce , B.Rice , B.Dale BEST: Calder: R.O’Brien, Z.Wunhym, T.Nilsson, M.Conn, R.Smith, N.O’Kearney Dandenong: A.Harnett, T.Glen, J.Wilson, J.Rouse, T.Joyce, R.Fischer With an array of the Calder Cannons’ first-choice players on […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round 11 Country round
Bendigo Pioneers 7.6 (48) defeated by Gippsland Power 11.16 (82) Goals: Bendigo: S.Ayre 2, J.Brain 2, F.Payne , L.Ryan , C.Barrett Gippsland: A.Ferreira 3, T.Papley 2, N.Holmes, A.Carr, S.Skinner, A.Di Ciero, B. Olsson, D.Keilty Best: Bendigo: T.Cole, L.Ryan, H.Conway, J.Marciano, C.Barrett, S.Harper Gippsland: N.Argento, J.Hammond, A.Ferreira, T.Marsh, A.Di Ciero, J. Patullo Gippsland Power recorded their second win of […]
Finals-bound Rebels starting to hit straps
Confidence is a wonderful thing and it’s something that has hit the gold rush country at TAC Cup level in the past month. North Ballarat Rebels’ season has begun, albeit a month too late, winning its past four games to level its win-loss ratio at 4-4. After a tumultuous start that threatened to derail another […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round five
Eastern Ranges 11.10 (76) defeated Murray Bushrangers 8.11 (59) Murray goals: N. Drummond 3, B. Webster 2, C. Marchbank, J. Schache, J. Marshall Murray best: D. Howe, N. Drummond, C. Marchbank, M. Mahady, I. Muller, N. Mellington Eastern goals: C. Jones 2, S. Weideman 2, L. Sverns, N. Gatwech-Chuol, L. Hannon, D. Crocker, R. Sheridan-Ferrie, […]
TAC Cup Round Review: Round three
Bendigo Pioneers 13.6 – 84 defeated North Ballarat Rebels 10.6 – 66 Bendigo goals: B. Evans 2, D. Jones 2, B. Poyser 2, F. Payne 2, J. Ryan 2, L. Ryan, R. Barrack, L. McGlashan North Ballarat goals: J. Neville 2, O. McDonald, D. Tucker, S. Bennett, T. Templeton, E. Guthrie, R. Kemp, M. Johnston, […]
2013 Draft Profile: Sam Bennett
Sam Bennett (North Ballarat Rebels) Height: 189 cm Weight: 79 kg Position: Rotating half back flank/wing Player comparison: Marley Williams Strengths: Agility, game sense, willingness to learn and improve Weaknesses: Lacks experience, inconsistent He may be touted as one of the surprise inclusions of the national draft combine, however in a competition as cut-throat as […]
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 […]
