Classic Contests: Three goals in four minutes helps GIANTS seal first win
IF you are missing footy like we are, then let us somewhat salvage that with a look back in a new series of Classic Contests. In today’s contest we look at one of the would-have-been Round 5 clashes in the NAB League this year between the GWS GIANTS Academy and Northern Knights. In this edition, […]
APS eyes off eight straight as AGSV looks to break drought
IT is a rivalry stretching into its nineteenth year, but everything will be on the line for the football match between the Associated Public Schools (APS) and Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) at Trinity College on Saturday. The game kicks off at 12.30pm in Bulleen, with plenty of TAC Cup talent on show. The […]
Weekend wash-up: TAC Cup – Round 10
ROUND 10 saw a couple of upsets, a record low, and some tight contests, making for an entertaining round of TAC Cup football. Oakleigh Chargers 8.10 (58) defeated by Sandringham Dragons 8.13 (61) Sandringham Dragons have recorded a vital win over Oakleigh with a Finn Maginness goal in the last term sealing the deal […]
Team Selection: TAC Cup – Round 10
IN the first of two Futures rounds, TAC Cup sides are able to play 24 players and show off mostly bottom-age talent in what is a round for recruiters to look to 2019 and beyond. There is still plenty of good top-age talent on show despite the Victorian sides facing off at the MCG, with […]
Mid-Season Review: 2018 APS season
AT the mid-point in the Associated Public Schools (APS) Australian Rules competition, we take a look at how each of the schools are going and some of the names who have stood out, both TAC Cup-listed players and non TAC Cup-listed players. For those schools in the Associated Grammar Schools (AGS), we will review them […]
Victorian bottom-agers flying under the radar
WITH the announcement of the NAB AFL Under 17 All-Stars squads and the NAB AFL Academy Level Two squads imminent, we look at 12 Victorian players flying under the radar in their bottom age year. Thomas Berry (GWV Rebels/Vic Country) Berry was captain of the Vic Country Under 16 side last year and this year […]
APS premiership favourites Haileybury down Carey in top two clash
It was a cold but crisp and clear day when venturing to Bulleen to watch the highly-anticipated top of the table clash between Carey Grammar and Haileybury College. Weaving through luxury European cars and poodle-crosses, lured by the smell of many a charity snag, it clear that the anticipation surrounding the contest had caused a […]
Victorian school football update June edition
WE ARE at the midterm break into the APS and AGSV school boy Victorian football competitions and Matt Balmer delves deeper into which prospects have performed well in the school season. The old saying that “If you’re good enough, recruiters will find you, no matter where you play” rings true in the Victoria school football competition […]
