MURRAY Bushrangers are holding onto a top four place heading into the final fortnight ahead of a tough contest with Gippsland Power in Ballarat and a battle with Northern Knights at home in Wangaratta. The Bushrangers hold a narrow two-point advantage over Oakleigh Chargers in fifth and will need to win both to guarantee a top four spot, but depending on results could still avoid the Wildcard Round with one win.<\/p>\n
Wins:<\/strong>\u00a09 R15:<\/strong>\u00a0vs. Gippsland Power – MARS Stadium National Combine Invitations:<\/strong>\u00a0[4] Zane Barzen, Jacob Koschitzke, Ely Smith, Laitham Vandermeer<\/p>\n State Combine Invitations:<\/strong>\u00a0[5] Riley Bice, Hudson Garoni, Nick Murray, Finbar O’Dwyer, Mathew Walker<\/p>\n Rookie Me Combine Invitations:<\/strong>\u00a0[2] Jordon Butts, Kyle Clarke<\/p>\n The Bushrangers have another strong core of players across the field in 2018, with key defenders, key forwards, speedy backs, exciting hybrid players and uncompromising inside midfielders all playing their part and raising interest from AFL club recruiters. Zane Barzen<\/strong> has a high ceiling and has shown glimpses of his capabilities, while Jacob Koschitzke<\/strong>, Ely Smith<\/strong> and Laitham Vandermeer<\/strong> were rewarded with impressive seasons, receiving National Combine invitations. Hudson Garoni<\/strong> and Mathew Walker<\/strong> both represented their respective states at the National Under 18 Championships. Jye Chalcraft<\/strong>, Will Chandler<\/strong> and Willson Mack<\/strong> are among a number of exciting bottom-age prospects that are also coming through the ranks.<\/p>\n Disposals:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Ely Smith – 332 (3rd overall) Marks:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Hudson Garoni – 75 (4th overall) Contested Possessions:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Ely Smith – 167 (1st overall) Tackles:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Ely Smith – 72 (eq. 8th overall) Hitouts:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Mark Marriott – 207 (4th overall) Clearances:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Ely Smith – 81 (1st overall) Inside 50s:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Ely Smith – 52 (8th overall) Rebounds:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Lachlan Ash – 52 (2nd overall) Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 – Hudson Garoni – 34 (1st overall) MURRAY Bushrangers are holding onto a top four place heading into the final fortnight ahead of a tough contest with Gippsland Power in Ballarat and a battle with Northern Knights at home in Wangaratta. The Bushrangers hold a narrow two-point advantage over Oakleigh Chargers in fifth and will need to win both to guarantee a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":36646,"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":[3630,887,2349,4305,2464,4008,5080,6569,1974],"class_list":["post-38858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nab-league","category-news","category-tac-cup","tag-ely-smith","tag-hudson-garoni","tag-jacob-koschitzke","tag-jye-chalcraft","tag-laitham-vandermeer","tag-mathew-walker","tag-will-chandler","tag-willson-mack","tag-zane-barzen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38858","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=38858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88088,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38858\/revisions\/88088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Losses:<\/strong>\u00a05
Draws:<\/strong>\u00a00
Position:<\/strong>\u00a04th
Points For:<\/strong>\u00a01158 (3rd)
Points Against:<\/strong>\u00a0935 (4th)
Percentage:<\/strong>\u00a0122
Points:<\/strong>\u00a036<\/p>\nFixtures:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
R16:<\/strong>\u00a0vs. Northern Knights – Norm Minns Oval<\/p>\nTop Fives:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
2 – Lachlan Ash – 270
3 – Kyle Clarke – 248
4 – Jimmy Boyer – 245
5 – Riley Bice – 225<\/p>\n
2 – Lachlan Ash – 73 (6th overall)
3 – Thomas Boyd – 72 (7th overall)
4 – Jordon Butts – 59
5 – Riley Bice – 54<\/p>\n
2 – Jye Chalcraft – 122
3 – Kyle Clarke – 113
4 – Jimmy Boyer – 101
5 – Dylan Clarke – 91<\/p>\n
2 – Mark Marriott – 66
3 – Jye Chalcraft – 60
4 – Kyle Clarke – 51
5 – Lachlan Ash – 44<\/p>\n
2 – Ben Kelly – 138
3 – Floyd Bollinghaus – 58
4 – Edward Dayman – 28
5 – Jordon Butts – 10
5 – Jacob Koschitzke – 10<\/p>\n
2 – Dylan Smith – 41
3 – Kyle Clarke – 40
4 – Jye Chalcraft – 39
5 – Noah Amery – 33<\/p>\n
2 – Bailey Frauenfelder – 44
2 – Will Chandler – 44
4 – Dylan Clarke – 42
5 – Kyle Clarke – 39
5 – Riley Bice – 39<\/p>\n
2 – Thomas Boyd – 37
3 – Nick Murray – 34
4 – Kyle Clarke – 26
5 – Jimmy Boyer – 24<\/p>\n
2 – Bailey Frauenfelder – 17 (eq. 9th overall)
3 – Zane Barzen – 13
4 – Jordon Butts – 12
5 – Riley Bice – 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"