2014 Draft Profile: Teia Miles
Teia Miles (Geelong Falcons) Height: 179 cm Weight: 68 kg Position: Midfielder Strengths: Contested ball, clearances, courage Areas for improvement: Offensive game, kicking penetration Player comparison: Luke Ball Teia Miles is your typical inside midfielder who fearlessly throws himself at every contest and is great at finding ways to clear the ball from the stoppages. […]
2014 Draft Profile: Zac Ballard
Zachary Ballard (Northern Knights) Height: 184 cm Weight: 77 kg Position: Midfielder Strengths: Ball winning ability, clearances, tackling, speed Weaknesses: Kicking can be hit or miss, goal kicking Player Comparison: Nathan Freeman Zac Ballard is arguably one of the top midfielders in this draft, but he is criminally underrated. Based on his AFL ready body, game style and […]
How injuries affect draft stock
Calder’s Jake Lever is, in my mind, the most intelligent key defender to come through the TAC Cup in many years. He reads the play like Harry Taylor, intercepting everything, and then sets up the play as a backline general. He also has the athleticism and talent to set up rebounds and find plenty of […]
Calder Cannons: Mid-year review
Calder Cannons don’t sit as equal leaders of the TAC Cup for no reason. They have plenty of solid depth that is helping them to a top-four finish. They have used 39 players at least twice with a good mix of bottom-age, top-age and over-age players. After a preliminary final last year, they’ll be hoping […]
Oakleigh Chargers: Mid-year review
Oakleigh Chargers have had a fantastic season, bouncing back from a disappointing season in 2013 to be equal leaders at the halfway mark. They have a number of talented stars who will make their way onto AFL lists in November and a number of them are quite underrated. It’s no wonder they are in contention […]
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 […]
Stats central: Tac Cup Metro edition
In this edition of stats central, we look at the statistical breakdown and key performers of the six Metro sides within the TAC Cup: Calder Cannons, Eastern Ranges, Northern Knights, Oakleigh Chargers, Sandringham Dragons and Western Jets. Average Dream Team Points: 1. Angus Brayshaw (Sandringham Dragons) 119.8 2. Taylor Grace (Sandringham Dragons) 118.8 3. Jordan […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round nine
Queensland 14.12 (96) defeated Eastern Ranges 5.9 (39) GOALS: Queensland: L. Dawson 4, B. Preuss 3, L. Moseley, C. Stevenson, L. Weller, H. Leong, J. Rayner, M. Uebergang, J. Watson. Eastern: C. Clarke 2, D. Crocker, R. Harvey, B. Hardwick. BEST: Queensland: B. Keays, C. Wagner, L. Dawson, . Henderson, N. Jackson, B. Preuss Eastern: L. Hannon, C. Clarke, […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round eight
Northern Knights 13.14.92 defeated by Western Jets 16.10.106 GOALS: Northern Knights: K. Malone 3, C. Porter 2, J. Smith 2, J. El Moussalli , G. McDonagh , Z. Ballard , D. Macpherson , L. Hunt , S. Switkowski Western Jets: C. Menadue 4, J. Volpato 4, L. Duggan 3, J. Viola 2, M. Norton , […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round seven
Geelong Falcons 9.12 (66) defeated by Calder Cannons 15.12 (102) Falcons goals: A. Christensen 2, C. Curnow 2, B. Beardsell 2, J. Maishman, S. Dixon, H. Kershaw Falcons best: Z. Cordy, D. Parish, T. Miles, H. Kol, R. Mathieson, M. Augerinos Cannons goals: P. Wright 6, J. Foster 2, D. Cavka 2, P. Ahern, H. Kerbatieh, T. Miller, […]
