{"id":22495,"date":"2016-07-19T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T08:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=22495"},"modified":"2016-07-19T18:39:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T08:39:13","slug":"aps-modern-footys-greatest-nursery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2016\/07\/19\/aps-modern-footys-greatest-nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"APS: modern footy&#8217;s greatest nursery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22521\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/aps.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22521\" src=\"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/aps.jpg\" alt=\"APS Sport representative team in 2015. (Photo: APS Sport Twitter)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">APS Sport representative team in 2015. (Photo: APS Sport Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the first week of June, two schools &#8211; <strong>Scotch College<\/strong> and <strong>Melbourne Grammar<\/strong> met amidst the shipping containers at Edwin Flack Oval in Port Melbourne for the 158th running of the oldest rivalry in football, the <strong>Cordner-Eggleston Cup<\/strong>. In a hard fought and close battle, it was the boys from Hawthorn who prevailed, despite not featuring 2016 first round draft chances <strong>Will Brodie<\/strong> and <strong>Jy Simpkin. <\/strong>Instead Scotch were led by\u00a0Eastern Ranges under-ager <strong>Joel Garner<\/strong> and Oakleigh&#8217;s <strong>Dion Johnstone<\/strong> captaining the side. Similarly, their old enemy was lead by Eastern&#8217;s tough midfielder <strong>Dylan Clarke<\/strong> as well as\u00a0his TAC teammate <strong>Jack Maibaum<\/strong> and NT product <strong>Ben Long<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Peter Beaumont Medal for MGS&#39; Best goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GWSGIANTS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GWSGIANTS<\/a> Academy prospect &amp; NSW Rep Charlie Spargo. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CordnerEggleston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CordnerEggleston<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/99x9Qv8jut\">pic.twitter.com\/99x9Qv8jut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barrels (@Uncle_Barrels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uncle_Barrels\/status\/738620817072754688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conventional football wisdom, usually delivered from the mouth of the grizzled fella leaning at the bar, or cradling a tinny in the outer has always held that &#8216;<em>private school kids<\/em>&#8216;, particularly those from the APS, were soft; that they lacked the grit and toughness of their more blue collar contemporaries, and that they simply didn&#8217;t have the right stuff for when the whips were cracking and the footy got down and dirty. Schools such as Ballarat powerhouse <strong>St Patrick&#8217;s College<\/strong>, Kilmore&#8217;s <strong>Assumption College<\/strong> and legendary northern suburbs football factory <strong>Parade College<\/strong> were the only schools that produced &#8216;real&#8217; footballers and that the tough stuff was learnt in the back blocks and local clubs that considered Scotch a drink not an educational institution.<\/p>\n<p>It is surprising then, that <em>an extraordinary 109 footballers currently listed at an AFL club came from those 11 schools<\/em>, more famous for producing politicians, doctors and captains of industry than modern sportsmen, and even more surprising that below side &#8211; <em>this writer&#8217;s Best of the APS<\/em> &#8211; is a side not at all lacking in grunt, courage and ability, and boasting multiple number one and top ten draft picks, club champions, All Australian players, a Norm Smith medallist and a Brownlow winner. It boasts the brilliance of <strong>Rioli<\/strong> and <strong>Shiel<\/strong>, the power of <strong>Hawkins<\/strong>, the precision of <strong>Gunston<\/strong> and <strong>Goddard<\/strong> and the grunt and hard-nosed approach of <strong>Ziebell<\/strong> and Sydney Swans trio <strong>Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Kennedy<\/strong> and <strong>Hannebery<\/strong>; it is a team that you could put out on the park against any AFL side tomorrow and it would give a very good account of itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-19-at-5.32.31-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22527\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22527\" src=\"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-19-at-5.32.31-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-07-19 at 5.32.31 PM\" width=\"2380\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No longer does the APS appear the softer, dandy little brother of the so-called football schools. Many more will be added to AFL lists when the Draft again rolls into town on 25 November in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The recent Under 18 carnival concluded with seven APS student making the All Australian team. <strong>Jack Maibaum<\/strong> (Melbourne Grammar), <strong>Andrew McGrath<\/strong> (Brighton Grammar), <strong>Will Brodie<\/strong> (Scotch College), <strong>Josh Battle<\/strong> (Haileybury),\u00a0<strong>Dylan Clarke<\/strong> (Melbourne Grammar), <strong>Patrick Kerr<\/strong> (St Kevin&#8217;s) and <strong>Tim Taranto<\/strong> (St Kevin&#8217;s) made the squad of 22.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that &#8211; in the modern era &#8211; the silver spoon has become a steel sledgehammer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the complete list of former APS players on AFL lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brighton Grammar School (7)<\/strong><br \/>\nJosh Clayton (Brisbane)<br \/>\nChris Dawes (Melbourne)<br \/>\nJayden Hunt (Melbourne)<br \/>\nBen Jacobs (North Melbourne)<br \/>\nJosh Kelly (GWS)<br \/>\nChristian Salem (Melbourne)<br \/>\nJack Watts (Melbourne)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carey Baptist Grammar School (8)<\/strong><br \/>\nJason Ashby (Essendon)<br \/>\nBen Crocker (Collingwood)<br \/>\nAndrew Gaff (West Coast Eagles)<br \/>\nNathan Hrovat (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nKristian Jaksch (Carlton)<br \/>\nJackson Macrae (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nDarcy Moore (Collingwood)<br \/>\nJack Viney (Melbourne)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caulfield Grammar School (15)<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Astbury (Richmond)<br \/>\nTomas Bugg (Melbourne)<br \/>\nBrett Deledio (Richmond)*<br \/>\nTaylor Duryea (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nBrendon Goddard (Essendon)<br \/>\nKurt Heatherley (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nMichael Luxford (Geelong)**<br \/>\nDaniel McKenzie (St Kilda)<br \/>\nTom Phillips (Collingwood)<br \/>\nPaul Seedsman (Adelaide)<br \/>\nDylan Shiel (GWS)<br \/>\nCallum Sinclair (Sydney)<br \/>\nAndrew Walker (Carlton)<br \/>\nLukas Webb (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nJack Ziebell (North Melbourne)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Geelong College (7)<\/strong><br \/>\nZaine Cordy (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nCharlie Curnow (Carlton)<br \/>\nEd Curnow (Carlton)<br \/>\nLachie Henderson (Geelong)<br \/>\nJosh Saunders (St Kilda)<br \/>\nWill Schofield (West Coast Eagles)<br \/>\nMason Wood (North Melbourne)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geelong Grammar School (5)<\/strong><br \/>\nSam Lloyd (Richmond)<br \/>\nPaddy McCartin (St Kilda)<br \/>\nBillie Smedts (Geelong)<br \/>\nDevon Smith (GWS)<br \/>\nEaston Wood (Western Bulldogs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haileybury College (12)<\/strong><br \/>\nKarl Amon (Port Adelaide)<br \/>\nAngus Brayshaw (Melbourne)<br \/>\nKeiran Collins (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nTory Dickson (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nNathan Freeman (St Kilda)<br \/>\nJack Gunston (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nTom Lynch (Adelaide)<br \/>\nStefan Martin (Brisbane)<br \/>\nLewis Pierce (St Kilda)<br \/>\nTom Scully (GWS)<br \/>\nAlex Silvagni (Fremantle)<br \/>\nTyrone Vickery (Richmond)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melbourne Grammar School (16)<\/strong><br \/>\nRyan Clarke (North Melbourne)<br \/>\nDavid Cunningham (Carlton)<br \/>\nNathan Drummond (Richmond)<br \/>\nShaun Edwards (Essendon)<br \/>\nXavier Ellis (West Coast Eagles)<br \/>\nHugh Goddard (St Kilda)<br \/>\nTom Hawkins (Geelong)<br \/>\nAlex Keath (Adelaide)<br \/>\nEd Langdon (Fremantle)<br \/>\nTom Langdon (Collingwood)<br \/>\nLachlan Langford (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nSteven May (Gold Coast)<br \/>\nZac Merrett (Essendon)<br \/>\nJackson Paine (Brisbane)<br \/>\nFletcher Roberts (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nEd Vickers-Willis (North Melbourne)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scotch College (12)<\/strong><br \/>\nJack Billings (St Kilda)<br \/>\nDarcy Byrne-Jones (Port Adelaide)<br \/>\nAidyn Johnson\u00a0(Port Adelaide)<br \/>\nLiam Jones (Carlton)<br \/>\nJake Kelly (Adelaide)<br \/>\nJake Long (Essendon)<br \/>\nJamie Macmillan (North Melbourne)<br \/>\nCyril Rioli (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nBen Sinclair (Collingwood)<br \/>\nJack Sinclair (St Kilda)<br \/>\nNick Smith (Sydney)<br \/>\nJames Stewart (GWS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>St Kevin&#8217;s College (7)<\/strong><br \/>\nJordan De Goey (Collingwood)<br \/>\nLachie Hunter (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nTom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nTouk Miller (Gold Coast)<br \/>\nTom Nicholls (Gold Coast)<br \/>\nReilly O&#8217;Brien (Adelaide)<br \/>\nMitch Wallis (Western Bulldogs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wesley College (4)<\/strong><br \/>\nTom Campbell (Western Bulldogs)<br \/>\nSam Frost (Melbourne)<br \/>\nToby Greene (GWS)<br \/>\nViv Michie (Melbourne)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xavier College (16)<\/strong><br \/>\nPatrick Ambrose (Essendon)<br \/>\nTim Golds (Collingwood)<br \/>\nBilly Gowers (Carlton)<br \/>\nDaniel Hannebery (Sydney)<br \/>\nDaniel Howe (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nAlex Johnson (Sydney)<br \/>\nJosh Kennedy (Sydney)<br \/>\nMarc Pittonet (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nTed Richards (Sydney)<br \/>\nXavier Richards (Sydney)<br \/>\nDan Robinson (Sydney)<br \/>\nSam Shaw (Adelaide)<br \/>\nJack Silvagni (Carlton)<br \/>\nMatt Spangher (Hawthorn)<br \/>\nRobbie Tarrant (North Melbourne)<br \/>\nJobe Watson (Essendon)<\/p>\n<p>*- Deledio didn&#8217;t play 1st XVIII football for Caulfield Grammar<br \/>\n**- Luxford played 1st Basketball for Caulfield and was drafted by Geelong<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you think we&#8217;ve missed anyone, please let us know @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afldraftcentral\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AFLDraftCentral<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Any questions on why certain players missed out, contact Duncan on Twitter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uncle_Barrels\" target=\"_blank\">@Uncle_Barrels<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In the first week of June, two schools &#8211; Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar met amidst the shipping containers at Edwin Flack Oval in Port Melbourne for the 158th running of the oldest rivalry in football, the Cordner-Eggleston Cup. 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