{"id":36035,"date":"2018-06-14T10:32:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T23:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=36035"},"modified":"2018-06-14T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T23:37:15","slug":"mariners-rams-kick-off-u16-championships-with-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2018\/06\/14\/mariners-rams-kick-off-u16-championships-with-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners, Rams kick-off U16 Championships with victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TASMANIA and NSW\/ACT have started the National Under 16s Division Two Championships off on the right foot, with two wins on the opening weekend. In the three-week series, each of the four sides will play the other three teams, with the first round held at Blacktown.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania knocked off Queensland by 22 points with North Launceston\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jackson Callow<\/strong>\u00a0and Glenorchy\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jye Bearman<\/strong>booting three goals each to be the difference on the scoreboard. North Hobart\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jye Menzie<\/strong>\u00a0booted two majors and was named among the best with the other two key goal scorers. But Menzie\u2019s North Hobart teammate\u00a0<strong>Sam Collins<\/strong>\u00a0was named best on ground in the 11.9 to 7.11 victory, while Launceston pair\u00a0<strong>Toby Upsom<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Will Harper<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the only two Blues in the team, were also named among the best. For Queensland, Darling Downs\u2019\u00a0<strong>Jack Briskey<\/strong>\u00a0and Cairns\u2019\u00a0<strong>Alex Davies<\/strong>\u00a0booted two goals each, while the Tweed\/Coolangatta\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Sam Clohesy<\/strong>\u00a0was named Queensland\u2019s best player in the loss. Moreton Bay\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Tahj Abberley<\/strong>, Davies and Wests\u2019\u00a0<strong>Saxon Crozier<\/strong>\u00a0were also named among the best for the losers.<\/p>\n<p>In the other game, NSW\/ACT were too good for Northern Territory, running away with a 62-point win. Maroubra\u2019s small forward\u00a0<strong>Errol Gulden<\/strong>\u00a0was the star of the show, booting five goals and was named among the best. Lightly built Manly product\u00a0<strong>Cooper Wilson<\/strong>\u00a0was the Rams\u2019 best on the day however, booting a goal and always looking busy.\u00a0<strong>Kye Pfrengle<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Pierce Roseby<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Coopa Steele<\/strong>\u00a0(two goals) were also named among the best in the victory, while 198cm, 94kg,\u00a0<strong>Jack Cullen<\/strong>\u00a0was strong up forward booting two goals and also named among the best. For the losers, 14 year-old\u00a0<strong>Andy Moniz-Wakefield<\/strong>\u00a0was the star, while\u00a0<strong>Brodie Lake<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jamal Lynch<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Clarence Baird<\/strong>\u00a0were also impressive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasmania 11.9 (75) defeated Queensland 7.11 (53)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOALS<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tasmania:<\/strong>\u00a0Callow 3, Bearman 3, Menzie 2, Barwick, Davis|<br \/><strong>Queensland:<\/strong>\u00a0Briskey 2, Davies 2, Gates, Johnson, McGory<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tasmania:<\/strong>\u00a0Collins, Upsom, Harper, Menzie, Bearman, Callow<br \/><strong>Queensland:<\/strong>\u00a0Clohesy, Abberley, Davies, Johnson, Crozier, Bulley<\/p>\n<p><strong>NSW\/ACT 16.9 (105) defeated NT 6.7 (43)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOALS<\/strong><br \/><strong>NSW\/ACT:<\/strong>\u00a0Gulden 5, Cullen 2, Steele 2, Eynaud 2, Monaghan, Wilson, Roseby, Dunstan, Dignam<br \/><strong>Northern Territory:<\/strong>\u00a0Tipiloura 2, Ford, Jeffrey, Barlow, Rioli<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST<\/strong><br \/><strong>NSW\/ACT:<\/strong>\u00a0Wilson, Gulden, Pfrengle, Roseby, Steele, Cullen.<br \/><strong>Northern Territory:<\/strong>\u00a0Moniz-Wakefield, Lake, Lynch, Baird, Brock, Rioli<\/p>\n<p>In the Under 17 Futures match,\u00a0<strong>Josh Rayner<\/strong>\u00a0was the dominant player up forward for NSW\/ACT in the Rams\u2019 win over Tasmania. NSW\/ACT won by 49-points with Rayner booting five goals in the victory, while\u00a0<strong>Jackson Barling<\/strong>\u00a0booted three majors, and over-ager\u00a0<strong>George Kendall<\/strong>\u00a0finished with the two. For Tasmania,\u00a0<strong>Oliver Burrows-Cheng<\/strong>\u00a0was named the Mariners best, one of seven individual goal scorers on the day. Others named in the best were\u00a0<strong>Jack McCulloch<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bailey Gordon<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Tyler McGinniss<\/strong>\u00a0in the loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U17 Futures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NSW\/ACT 14.11 (95) defeated Tasmania 7.4 (46)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOALS<\/strong><br \/><strong>NSW\/ACT:<\/strong>\u00a0Rayner 5, Barling 3, Kendall 2, Pope, Conlan, Edwards, Thorne<br \/><strong>Tasmania:<\/strong>\u00a0Burrows-Cheng, McCulloch, Reeves, Viney, Bailey, Peppin, Stuart<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST<\/strong><br \/><strong>NSW\/ACT:<\/strong>\u00a0Parks, Rayner, Barling, Edwards, Thorne, Whyte<br \/><strong>Tasmania:<\/strong>\u00a0Burrows-Cheng, McCulloch, Gordon, McGinniss, Peppin, Shaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TASMANIA and NSW\/ACT have started the National Under 16s Division Two Championships off on the right foot, with two wins on the opening weekend. In the three-week series, each of the four sides will play the other three teams, with the first round held at Blacktown. Tasmania knocked off Queensland by 22 points with North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":36041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3129,3132,3133],"tags":[5479,5487,2619,5488,5490,5486,5483,5185,5492,5478,5188,5493,2616,5473,5489,2745,4541,5474,5484,76,1384,2696,5485,1555,5480,5475,5482,5481,75,5476,5494,5491,5477],"class_list":["post-36035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nsw-act","category-queensland","category-tasmania","tag-alex-davies","tag-andy-moniz-wakefield","tag-bailey-gordon","tag-brodie-lake","tag-clarence-baird","tag-coopa-steele","tag-cooper-wilson","tag-errol-gulden","tag-george-kendall","tag-jack-briskey","tag-jack-cullen","tag-jack-mcculloch","tag-jackson-barling","tag-jackson-callow","tag-jamal-lynch","tag-josh-rayner","tag-jye-bearman","tag-jye-menzie","tag-kye-pfrengle","tag-northern-territory","tag-nswact","tag-oliver-burrows-cheng","tag-pierce-roseby","tag-queensland","tag-sam-clohesy","tag-sam-collins","tag-saxon-crozier","tag-tahj-abberley","tag-tasmania","tag-toby-upsom","tag-tyler-mcginniss","tag-under-16s-championships","tag-will-harper"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}