OUR final four TAC Cup teams remaining in the hunt for the 2018 premiership have made a combined three changes, with Gippsland the only side to confirm any players out at this stage. The winners of both clashes advance to the TAC Cup decider the week after at Ikon Park, with three of the four teams reaching this stage last year.<\/p>\n
DANDENONG STINGRAYS v. SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS<\/b><\/p>\n
Preliminary Finals\u00a0 – Saturday, September 15, 11.30am
\nIkon Park, Carlton North<\/b><\/p>\n
Coming off a 110-point thrashing of the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels side, the Dandenong Stingrays have brought back four players, including Mitch Riordan<\/strong> and Bailey Schmidt<\/strong> who have both earned State Combine invitations. Teammates,\u00a0Reid Nanscawen<\/strong> and Corey Ellison<\/strong> are also into the side having impressed throughout the year for the Stingrays. The Dragons will be looking to cause an upset against the minor premiers with three players returning, in bottom-age tall Fischer McAsey<\/strong>, Louis Butler<\/strong> and Josh Le Grice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Dandenong Stingrays<\/strong><\/p>\n B: 58. W. Hamill, 56. M. Cumming, 2. H. Young In: M. Riordan, B. Schmidt, R. Nanscawen, C. Ellison<\/p>\n Sandringham Dragons<\/strong><\/p>\n B: 18. A. Seaton, 69. C. Watts, 48. J. Worrell In: F. McAsey, L. Butler, J. Le Grice<\/p>\n <\/p>\n GIPPSLAND POWER v. OAKLEIGH CHARGERS<\/b><\/p>\n Preliminary Finals\u00a0 – Saturday, September 15, 2pm In the second game of the day at Ikon Park, Gippsland Power will have to overcome the loss of Vic Country defender Kyle Reid<\/strong>, who is out of he side along with Jake Van Der Pligt<\/strong> and Mitch Bentvelzen<\/strong>. They have named six players to come into the side, with their extended team to be reduced by three. Zac Hurley<\/strong>, Brett Thorson<\/strong>, Luke Williams<\/strong>, Burkeley Macfarlane<\/strong>, Jack Hume<\/strong> and Mason McGannon<\/strong> are the six players into the side. Oakleigh has added tall, Matthew Warren<\/strong>, and father-son forward prospects Kyle Dunkley<\/strong> and Zac Hart<\/strong> to their extended side.<\/p>\n Gippsland Power<\/strong><\/p>\n B: 40. Z. Hurley, 14. T. Hourigan, 15. R. Sparkes In: Z. Hurley, B. Thorson, L. Williams, B. Macfarlane, J. Hume, M. McGannon Oakleigh Chargers<\/strong><\/p>\n B: 3. J. Ayton-Delaney, 36. C. Beasley, 16. L. Westwood In: M. Warren, K. Dunkley, Z. Hart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OUR final four TAC Cup teams remaining in the hunt for the 2018 premiership have made a combined three changes, with Gippsland the only side to confirm any players out at this stage. The winners of both clashes advance to the TAC Cup decider the week after at Ikon Park, with three of the four […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":36499,"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":[2785,3932,6866,4563,2750,6867,4396,6864,1106,2444,5311,6415,1211,4321,6835,2570,4940,180,6865],"class_list":["post-40091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nab-league","category-news","category-tac-cup","tag-bailey-schmidt","tag-brett-thorson","tag-burkeley-macfarlane","tag-corey-ellison","tag-fischer-mcasey","tag-jack-hume","tag-jake-van-der-pligt","tag-josh-le-grice","tag-kyle-dunkley","tag-kyle-reid","tag-louis-butler","tag-luke-williams","tag-mason-mcgannon","tag-matthew-warren","tag-mitch-bentvelzen","tag-mitch-riordan","tag-reid-nanscawen","tag-zac-hart","tag-zac-hurley"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40091","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=40091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88050,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40091\/revisions\/88050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHB: 12. M. Gahan, 32. D. Frampton, 10. L. Young
\nC: 49. M.\u00a0 Cottrell, 23. C.\u00a0 Hustwaite, 27. L.\u00a0 McDonnell
\nHF: 9. Z. Foot, 29. B. Williams, 7. J. Taylor
\nF: 17. F. Bayne, 13. R. Bowman, 59. S. Sturt
\nR: 36. S. Cumming, 1. S. Fletcher, 15. T. Bedford
\nInt: 52. C. Ellison, 16. J. Frawley, 45. L. Goonan, 3. J. Plumridge, 18. M. Riordan, 28. B. Schmidt, 41. L. Stenning
\nEmg: 57. R. Nanscawen
\n23P: 11. E. Cahill<\/p>\n
\nHB: 53. H. Ralphsmith, 52. C. Dean, 2. A. Richards
\nC: 19. S.\u00a0 Forbes, 8. K.\u00a0 Owens, 12. C.\u00a0 Jones
\nHF: 66. R. Byrnes, 29. B. King, 23. A. Hanrahan
\nF: 72. D. Chirgwin, 33. W. Kennedy, 27. J. Mahony
\nR: 28. J. Rendell, 74. H. Reynolds, 7. L. Stocker
\nInt: 51. N. Burke, 64. L. Butler, 17. J. Denborough, 38. J. Le Grice , 26. F. Maginness, 61. F. McAsey, 11. N. Stamatis
\n23P: 35. G. Grey<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Ikon Park, Carlton North<\/b><\/p>\n
\nHB: 18. M. McGannon, 12. B. Smith, 7. B. Patterson
\nC: 8. B.\u00a0 Beck, 6. R.\u00a0 Baldi, 29. B.\u00a0 Motton
\nHF: 9. I. Mosquito, 23. N. Gown, 20. H. Neocleous
\nF: 4. S. Flanders, 16. J. Smith, 2. C. Serong
\nR: 22. R. Henkel, 11. A. Hodge, 5. X. Duursma
\nInt: 10. L. Connolly, 13. N. Lowden, 31. B. Macfarlane, 3. M. McGannon, 37. H. Pepper, 33. B. Thorson, 32. L. Williams
\n23P: 34. J. Hume<\/p>\n
\nOut: K. Reid,\u00a0 J. van der Pligt,\u00a0 M. Bentvelzen<\/p>\n
\nHB: 17. T. Bianco, 4. W. Kelly, 23. I. Quaynor
\nC: 31. W.\u00a0 Golds, 32. J.\u00a0 Ross, 11. M.\u00a0 Rowell
\nHF: 26. J. Gasper, 7. J. Robertson, 10. C. Whitehead
\nF: 8. N. Anderson, 22. D. Williams, 13. A. Bosenavulagi
\nR: 30. B. Wraith, 9. J. Rowbottom, 12. N. Answerth
\nInt: 1. R. Collier-Dawkins, 6. M. Day, 14. K. Dunkley, 38. Z. Hart, 64. J. Jordon, 5. X. O’Neill, 33. M. Warren
\n23P: 44. W. Phillips<\/p>\n