The run home: Northern Knights
NORTHERN Knights have been a really solid defensive side this season, ranking sixth overall, above their eighth placed position on the TAC Cup table. The Knights have generally enjoyed low-scoring tussles, always competitive against the top sides, including a draw against Gippsland Power in Morwell – one game they would be disappointed not to come […]
The run home: Gippsland Power
GIPPSLAND Power have been the surprise packet in 2018, sitting second on the TAC Cup table with two rounds to go. The Power always had a strong core of bottom-age players coming through, but the ability for the top-agers to provide strength and leadership, and the bottom-agers to provide not only depth, but equal talent […]
Weekend previews: TAC Cup – Round 11
WITH the Under 18 National Championships done and dusted, some important fixtures in the back end of the TAC Cup season will come to the fore as the race to the finals heats up. Over the coming weeks, a number of Vic Country, Vic Metro and Allies representatives will slot back into their respective sides […]
Team of the Week: TAC Cup – Round 10
MURRAY Bushrangers’ 97-point thumping of Geelong Falcons has seen them rewarded with another four players in the AFL Draft Central TAC Cup Team of the Week for Round 10. The Bushrangers have two more players than any other side, with the rest of the 18 players divided up evenly amongst the 11 other TAC Cup […]
Sturgess hitting the mark with top efficiency
NORTHERN Knights’ Ryan Sturgess is hitting the mark as a bottom-ager in the TAC Cup competition. The 187cm young defender is the most efficient kick from all players with 50 or more kicks thus far this season. Sturgess has played the six games, averaging 19.3 disposals and four rebounds. Of his 70 kicks, 57 were […]
Weekend Wash-up: TAC Cup – Round 8
IT was a weekend of upsets, with two of the bottom three sides claiming victory, and the other levelling the scores in the dying minutes only to lose the lead again with a match-winning goal. Oakleigh Chargers grabbed a top four spot with victory against Murray Bushrangers on Saturday in the standalone day. Northern Knights […]
Player of the Week: TAC Cup – Round 6
AFTER an inspiring victory in the wet, Calder Cannons’ co-captain Mitch Podhajski has been named as the AFL Draft Central TAC Cup Player of the Week for Round 6. Returning to the side for the Cannons’ crucial clash with Bendigo Pioneers at a rain-soaked RAMS Arena, Podhajski was a clear best on ground across the […]
Fantastic Five: Memorable moments from the weekend
In a weekend of big bags, late inclusions and fantastic matches, there was plenty to look back on, and forward to, with these five memorable moments from the weekend. Flynn’s moment It is hard to believe that Flynn Appleby‘s story has not been told more frequently. The Collingwood rookie made his debut in front of […]
Player of the Week: TAC Cup – Round 5
EASTERN Ranges might not have recorded a win this season, but midfielder Joel Burleigh had a massive day out on Saturday, producing one of the best midfield performances of the season in the Ranges’ loss to Gippsland Power to earn him the title of AFL Draft Central TAC Cup Player of the Week for Round […]
Player of the Week: TAC Cup – Round 4
MURRAY Bushrangers key forward Hudson Garoni’s huge bag of eight goals on Saturday was enough to earn him the title of AFL Draft Central’s TAC Cup Player of the Week, for Round 4. The AFL Academy tall was influential throughout the contest, especially when the Bushrangers got on top of the Dragons, booting 13 goals […]
