Team Selection: NAB League Boys – Round 2
THE first round of five consecutive rounds featuing the four Northern Academies and Northern Territory kicks off Saturday morning, with a record nine games played over the next month and a half. Tasmania Devils also play their first game in the NAB League Boys competition, pitted against Sydney Swans Academy in the opening game of […]
Team of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 1
IN a stunning opening round, it was near impossible to pick a Draft Central NAB League Boys Team of the Week. More than 30 players made it onto the shortlist, but we had to cut it down to 24, with Bendigo Pioneers, Murray Bushrangers and Sandringham Dragons having three players each in the Team of […]
Scouting notes: NAB League Boys – Round 1
IN the opening round of the NAB League Boys competition, we took a look at all six games with our writers giving their opinion on how some of the players raised by respective Talent Managers as ones to watch, performed in the first round. All notes are the opinion of the individual writer. Greater […]
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 […]
NAB League season preview: Oakleigh Chargers
HAVING narrowly missed out on a flag last year, Oakleigh Chargers are preparing to launch another assault in 2019 with a number of top-end talents on the list. They have changed Talent Managers with Jy Bond crossing from Western Jets to rejoin the club he played for, replacing Craig Notman who has headed up the […]
Dragons dominate revamped state-based AFL Academy
SIXTY-two of the most promising young stars in the TAC Cup will have the chance to undertake high performance coaching and training camps thanks to the revamped AFL Academy program. Previously, the program was limited in number to include players from across the country. Now the AFL Academy will focus on state-based academies instead, to […]
Scouting notes: Under 17 All Stars
ON AFL Grand Final Day, some of the top prospects for the 2019 National AFL Draft strutted their stuff on the biggest stage. Split in two sides named after AFL champions, Jimmy Bartel and Nick Riewoldt, there were a number of impressive performances throughout the 22-minute quarters. Team Bartel: #2 Caleb Serong The tough Gippsland Power midfielder was unlucky […]
Comprehensive 2018 TAC Cup Grand Final Preview
IT is the equivalent of Christmas Day for the TAC Cup competition, with the two best teams for the year facing off in a decider. We have the clear benchmark all season, in the Dandenong Stingrays, taking on the red-hot Oakleigh Chargers, who have been in sensational form since all their school kids returned to […]
Oakleigh charges into Grand Final with 93-point victory over Gippsland
OAKLEIGH Chargers have won their third consecutive game by 15 goals or more with a 93-point thrashing of second-placed Gippsland Power. The Chargers were all over the Power from start to finish and never realistically looked like losing. Their ball use in the wet was superb It was a sense of deja vu for the […]
Weekend Previews: TAC Cup – Preliminary finals
WE are down to the final four TAC Cup sides for season 2018, with Dandenong Stingrays taking on Sandringham Dragons, and Gippsland Power facing Oakleigh Chargers to determine the two, 2018 Grand Finalists. DANDENONG STINGRAYS v. SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS Preliminary Finals – Saturday, September 15, 11.30am Ikon Park, Carlton North Last week: In the first of […]
