IF there was a sleeping giant in the pack of the potential finalists, it is the Calder Cannons. A side which has benefited from a number of top-agers missing during the AFL National Under 18 Championships, it is now ready to make a serious play at the pointy end of the season. They will likely be tested against the best of the best, but have shown throughout the season that they can match it with the best. Understrength the Cannons rallied against Gippsland Power to secure a huge uplifting win, showing the depth they have, and putting opposition sides on notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wins:<\/strong>\u00a06 R15:<\/strong>\u00a0vs. Eastern Ranges \u2013 Avalon Airport Oval National Combine Invitations:<\/strong>\u00a0[4] Jack Bytel, Lachlan Sholl, Curtis Taylor, Rhylee West<\/p>\n State Combine Invitations:<\/strong>\u00a0[4] Mason Fletcher, Sam Graham, Josh Kemp, Mitchell Podhajski<\/p>\n Rookie Me Combine Invitations:<\/strong>\u00a0[2] Tye Browning, Daniel Hanna<\/p>\n Calder Cannons face two bottom four sides in the last two rounds, and while they cannot make top four, can position themselves as best as possible ahead of the Wildcard Round. They take on Eastern Ranges in Werribee this weekend, before meeting Geelong Falcons in Ballarat for what should be a fantastic clash between two sides that are so much fire power when at full-strength. Realistically they will face one of GWV Rebels, Geelong Falcons or Eastern Ranges in the Wildcard Round. Led by\u00a0Mitchell Podhajski<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jack Bytel<\/strong>, with the top-end talent of\u00a0Curtis Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Rhylee West<\/strong>, Calder has a number of talented players who have shown they can stand up when required such as\u00a0Lachlan Sholl<\/strong>,\u00a0Tye Browning<\/strong>\u00a0and latecomer\u00a0Josh Kemp<\/strong>. The likes of\u00a0Brodie Newman<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Daniel Mott<\/strong>\u00a0have also impressed as bottom-agers in the 2018 season.<\/p>\n Disposals:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Lachlan Sholl \u2013 294 (7th overall) Marks:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Lachlan Sholl \u2013 81 (1st overall) Contested Possessions:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Mitchell Podhajski \u2013 109 (eq. 21st overall) Tackles:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Mitchell Podhajski \u2013 74 (7th overall) Hitouts:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Jeremy O\u2019Sullivan \u2013 108 (18th overall) Clearances:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Daniel Mott \u2013 44 (15th overall) Inside 50s:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Daniel Mott \u2013 43 (eq. 22nd overall) Rebounds:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Lucas Cavallaro \u2013 73 (1st overall) Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 \u2013 Mitchell Podhajski \u2013 19 (eq. 5th overall) IF there was a sleeping giant in the pack of the potential finalists, it is the Calder Cannons. A side which has benefited from a number of top-agers missing during the AFL National Under 18 Championships, it is now ready to make a serious play at the pointy end of the season. They will likely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":27293,"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":[7949,8,16],"tags":[6251,47,144,2419,145,5664,2339,2200,66,2984],"class_list":["post-38742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nab-league","category-news","category-tac-cup","tag-brodie-newman","tag-calder-cannons","tag-curtis-taylor","tag-daniel-mott","tag-jack-bytel","tag-josh-kemp","tag-lachlan-sholl","tag-mitchell-podhajski","tag-rhylee-west","tag-tye-browning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38742","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=38742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88094,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38742\/revisions\/88094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Losses:<\/strong>\u00a07
Draws:<\/strong>\u00a01
Position:<\/strong>\u00a07th
Points For:<\/strong>\u00a0958 (5th)
Points Against:<\/strong>\u00a0944 (5th)
Percentage:<\/strong>\u00a0102
Points:<\/strong>\u00a026<\/p>\nFixtures:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
R16:<\/strong>\u00a0vs. Geelong Falcons \u2013 MARS Stadium<\/p>\nTop Fives:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
2 \u2013 Tye Browning \u2013 261
3 \u2013 Mitchell Podhajski \u2013 251
4 \u2013 Daniel Mott \u2013 233
5 \u2013 Lucas Cavallaro \u2013 218<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Tye Browning \u2013 78 (2nd overall)
3 \u2013 Mitchell Podhajski \u2013 63
3 \u2013 Brodie Newman \u2013 63
3 \u2013 Jake Riccardi \u2013 63<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Daniel Mott \u2013 97
3 \u2013 Nathan Croft \u2013 85
4 \u2013 Lucas Cavallaro \u2013 83
5 \u2013 Tye Browning \u2013 81<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Nathan Croft \u2013 72
3 \u2013 Ismail Moussa \u2013 46
4 \u2013 Daniel Mott \u2013 42
5 \u2013 Jack Bytel \u2013 37<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Harrison Jones \u2013 55
3 \u2013 Cooper Lamb \u2013 44
4 \u2013 Daniel Hanna \u2013 37
5 \u2013 Jack Middleton \u2013 35<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Mitchell Podhajski \u2013 33
3 \u2013 Will Jury \u2013 32
3 \u2013 Curtis Taylor \u2013 32
5 \u2013 Jack Bytel \u2013 27<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Tye Browning \u2013 42
3 \u2013 Nathan Croft \u2013 37
4 \u2013 Mitchell Podhajski \u2013 35
4 \u2013 Will Jury \u2013 35<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Brodie Newman \u2013 36
3 \u2013 Lachlan Sholl \u2013 33
4 \u2013 Tye Browning \u2013 30
5 \u2013 Ismail Moussa \u2013 26<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Jake Riccardi \u2013 11
3 \u2013 Curtis Taylor \u2013 10
4 \u2013 Tye Browning \u2013 6
4 \u2013 Sam Ramsay \u2013 6
4 \u2013 Josh Kemp \u2013 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"