Men's Division 1 Semi Finals & Division 2 Preliminary Final

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MEN’S DIVISON 1 SEMI FINALS & DIVISION 2 PRELIMINARY FINAL September 2nd-3rd, 2023

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CEO's Perspective Community Bank Division Two commenced as well with clubs starting or ending their path to the premiership over the weekend.

Well done to Oak Park for booking their spot in the Strathmore Community Bank Division Two Grand Final and good luck to Taylors Lakes and Sunbury Kangaroos who will be looking to join them in the big dance.

The first 2024 Men’s Grand Final was played Friday night and saw Keilor awarded their third Shearasun Brewing Company Thirds premiership.

Well done to Aberfeldie for making the Grand Final as well.

The first round of Men’s finals for Rookie Me Division One and Strathmore

West Coburg and Deer Park will play off in what’s set to be a thrilling contest for the first spot in the Rookie Me Division One Grand Final, with Rupertswood and Hillside looking to keep their season alive.

The final Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division home and away game was played over the weekend with the final top four remaining consistent for most of 2023.

Keilor, Pascoe Vale, Strathmore, and East Keilor will enjoy the pre-finals bye and prepare to launch into a captivating finals series. For those clubs who missed out, they look to prepare for 2024.

We remind the EDFL community that they set the standard for the behaviour both on and off the field. Last week we saw the bar set with the support passionate yet respectful. We urge supporters, members, and club officials that they keep this in mind when heading to venues to barrack for their teams.

Good luck to all teams, members, volunteers, umpires, and officials this weekend.

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EDFL Men's Headlines

BY ERIC FORMAN

stages and are well poised to continue on to Windy Hill.

EAST KEILOR SECURES FINALS BERTH The Cougars are playing finals footy following their win against Aberfeldie on the weekend in their second year back in the top flight.

Attaining the victory would have been enough for them to feature in September with Greenvale staying in the hunt, but they were able to run away 31-point victors with a five-goal final term.

Chris Stewart continued his impressive form in front of goals over the last month kicking four majors, while Ben Silvagni booted three goals in his second feature for the Cougars, donning the famous Silvagni long sleeve and number one.

While they hadn’t been super convincing in the second half of the year, they managed to stay well within touch and are poised for a do-or-die clash with Strathmore following the pre-finals bye.

East Keilor will be hoping to utilise the extra week for the return of a number of players after testing their depth with some Reserves forfeits.

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The Mores will be a tough task as they’ve started to get their best side on the park when East Keilor have struggled to do so, with both teams picking up a win against each other throughout the season.

KEILOR REMAIN UNDEFEATED

ROOKIE ME DIVISION ONE

Shades of 2019 are peeking through with Keilor finishing the home and away season undefeated following a strong win against Essendon Doutta Stars.

HILLSIDE WIN FIRST SENIOR FINAL IN A DECADE

One of the key differences between the seasons has been their utter dominance, lifting their average score by four goals and reducing their average conceded score by just under 10 points.

During 2019, they had four single-digit wins (including the Grand Final) while this year they’ve had just one.

Mick McGuane’s outfit have dealt with all challengers rather comprehensively at various

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The Sharks have tasted their first bit of finals success since their 2013 flag which saw them promoted to Division One following their win against St Albans.

It was an even start to the contest at Coburg City Oval before St Albans carried the momentum at the main break.

Hillside did well to keep the margin at just two goals with coach Charlie Denaro saying on the NXP Post Game Show that he was happy the siren went when it did.

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EDFL Men's Headlines His side started hot out of the break and although they missed some good opportunities early in the third quarter, they held the Saints goalless and kicked four of their own to take a 13-point lead into the final change.

St Albans were walking wounded with a reduced bench and Hillside seized the opportunity to run the game out.

Josh Covelli returned with a bag of six while Rusi Komaitai had an impressive day in the ruck, kicking two goals of his own.

Bol Kolang kicked five majors up the other end as their primary target, but was hurt by the lack of service from the Saints’ midfield injuries.

It’ll be Shark Week as they face Rupertswood in an eliminator on Sunday at Joe Brown Oval.

DEER PARK MAKES STATEMENT Deer Park showed the quality so many expected coming into 2023 with a 64-point win over Rupertswood on Saturday afternoon.

They controlled the game from start to finish and have set up what looks to be another salivating contest with West Coburg.

The Lions were looking for someone else to step up in the forward half with Todd Elton and Lachie Smart shouldering most of the load in their two losses to Rupo during the regular season, and Luke Goater did just that with a bag of seven goals.

Smart kicked four majors as well with multiples to Nicolas Aleksovski and skipper Spiros Amarantidis.

The undefeated Burgers await who have succeeded in two nail-biting clashes with the Lions.

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on Saturday afternoon.

The Kangaroos capitalised on their opportunities when Taylors Lakes didn’t (0.7) in the first quarter and were able to control their five-goal lead at the first change for the remainder of the game.

Blair Cronin kicked four goals in tandem with Lachlan Ronaldson’s three in a forward line that produced 33 shots on goal.

They’ve proven themselves as the top side in this competition and have thoroughly earnt their spot in the big dance.

Taylors Lakes will be ruing their missed chances, but will have another opportunity in the prelim this week.

SUNBURY KANGAROOS HOP INTO SECOND WEEK OF FINALS After a slow start to the season, the Sunbury Kangaroos will meet Taylors Lakes in a Preliminary Final after defeating Northern Saints.

Their season has been full of fightbacks and Sunday afternoon was no different after trailing by five goals at the first change with just one behind to their name, they slowly clawed their way back.

After trailing by 15 points at half time, they kicked five goals to two in the third quarter and pushed on to a 14-point victory at the final siren.

Matthew Leonard played a strong hand up forward with six goals and was complemented

by Mitch Streiff who kicked three goals in a beston-ground performance.

OAK PARK INTO THE BIG DANCE

League leading goal kicker Khoder Taleb kicked five goals for Northern Saints but was only joined by single goal kickers.

Oak Park are into a second consecutive Grand Final after their 41-point victory over Taylors Lakes

The Kangaroos will now prepare for Taylors Lakes in their prelim on Saturday afternoon.

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EDFL Men's Outlook

BY ERIC FORMAN

through the season undefeated.

The Lions are coming off a strong win against Rupertswood with coach Heath Scotland describing it as one of their most complete performances so far this season.

The Burgers have been the most prolific at both ends of the ground and have found a way to take the win both times against Deer Park with accurate kicking in the first contest, and persistence in the dying stages the second time around.

Their second win was made more impressive by the fact that league leading goal kicker Omar Saad was well held and they were able to find other avenues to goal.

Ibby Taha matched his efforts from the first contest with another four goals, but it must be said that West Coburg’s inaccuracy prevented them from getting an early lead, a reversal from the first meeting where Deer Park were unable to capitalise in front of goals.

The midfield battle will be the most intriguing with both engine rooms stacked with stars.

ROOKIE ME DIVISION ONE We’re entering the halfway mark of the Rookie Me Division One finals series with a Grand Final berth up for grabs, and season on the line.

West Coburg and Deer Park will meet for the third time this season after delivering two mustwatch games of footy decided within a kick, one of which came after the siren with the Burgers picking up the two victories so far.

Many thought Jesse Martini’s heroics could be the Grand Final preview and this could be another opportunity to see these sides in action before the big dance, the winner booking the first spot and the loser entering a prelim.

Dale May’s men will be refreshed after a week off and have been the benchmark in 2023 going

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Dinny Cleary, Tom Baravi, Tom Drake, and Jonah Horo saw the most minutes in midfield and will go up against Nash Holmes, Tom Mundy, Jack Dorgan, and Michael Edwards.

The depth and balance of both midfields will counteract the advantage Scott Greenhough enjoyed in the ruck against an undersized Damon Galofaro, but Greenhough’s mobility and presence around the ground is one May will keep an eye on.

Todd Elton was well held by the disciplined defence of West Coburg but looked likely in the ruck when Scotland tried to get him more involved.

It’ll be interesting to see who matches up with Greenhough at the first bounce as that is the only area Deer Park had a clear advantage in their last contest.

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EDFL Men's Outlook There will be stars everywhere and this one is poised to be yet another classic between these two sides looking to earn their way into the top flight.

Shark Week returns with Rupertswood and Hillside doing battle in a do-or-die clash in their bid to keep their finals runs alive.

The season series has been split down the middle with Hillside taking out the win in Round 1, and Rupertswood squaring up in Round 13.

Hillside were in control for large portions of their second contest but weren’t able to contain scoring streaks from Rupertswood which let them back in the game, and ultimately cost them the victory.

Arron Bray threw Zak Saad into the midfield to thwart Hillside’s control on that part of the ground and was a key difference in the second half where Rupo kicked the final six goals of the game.

He also enjoyed the luxury of the venerable Dean Galea roaming the forward 50 as he booted five majors after not appearing in the Round 1 clash.

Charlie Denaro enjoyed a similar luxury with Josh Covelli kicking five goals in the first game, and three goals inside the first 10 minutes before injuring his hamstring.

He returned to the senior side in the first final and kicked six despite battling a knee injury, so it’ll be interesting to see if he can have the impact we’ve come to expect from the big spearhead.

Rupertswood picked up a couple of injuries in their loss to Deer Park which will make team selection interesting, while it’s unknown if Anthony Prestia will get up for selection with a hamstring injury of his own.

Rupo have been dubbed the “giant killers” so you can expect them to bounce back strongly, while Hillside will be full of confidence after a good performance against St Albans.

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STRATHMORE COMMUNITY BANK DIVISION TWO Taylors Lakes will utilise their double chance in this Preliminary Final against a hungry Sunbury Kangaroos outfit fresh off a fighting win against Northern Saints in their Elimination Final.

Shannon Carroll’s men fought back in that game after trailing by five goals at the first change, a common denominator after earning their spot in the finals series after beginning the year 0-5.

They’ve had a number of close losses this season, one of which a one-point loss to Taylors Lakes in Round 12.

The Kangaroos kicked four goals to one in the final quarter in a low-scoring affair and with a potent forward half, they’ve well and truly earned their spot in this prelim despite being the underdogs.

Rhys Magin and Brody Watts have combined for 89 goals this season with Matthew Leonard and John Corso also scoring more than 20 goals.

Taylors Lakes will go in as the favourites after establishing themselves as the next best behind Oak Park, a stunning turnaround with Steve Burns resurrecting a five-win 2022 season.

The Lions also took out the first meeting between these sides with a 23-point win and have started to field their best 22 in recent weeks with the return of Jake Toa providing a solid combination with Andrew Gallina in the ruck rotation.

Aaron Vendramini’s season is over after sustaining an ankle injury in their loss to Oak Park, while skipper Sonny Briz is a test for this weekend with a hamstring injury.

Despite the scoreline, Taylors Lakes were well in the contest last week with inaccurate kicking costing them early, but they were able to match Oak Park’s nine goals after the first change.

It’s do or die, a spot in the Grand Final against Oak Park is up for grabs. Will Taylors Lakes get another opportunity or will it be a complete Kangaroo battle?

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AGA Under 18.5 Men's Division Two Preliminary Final Aberfeldie

Hadfield

President: Brett Williamson Coach: Mark Butler Colours: Navy Blue & Sky Blue

President: Alan Kerr Coach: Marae Moustafa Colours: Brown & Gold

1 Badr Moustafa

17 Adham Taleb

2 Jacob Taha

18 Jack Dodorico

3 Otif Moustafa

19 Muhammad Ibrahim

4 Zak Moustafa

22 Sammy Taleb

67 Xavier Young

5 Samir Mohamad

23 Ahmed Taleb

69 Kye Mcsweeney

6 Is-haq Taha

24 Tarek Houssein

7 Mohammed Rabah

25 DawudTaha

9 Dawoud Said

30 Mayz Kaakour

10 Zeinelden Taleb

32 Adam Rabah

11 Tarek Ellahibi

40 Khaled Rabah

12 Yusuf Abdullatif

44 Mousa Said

16 Humza Moustafa

48 Abdualla Taha

12 Luke Tutus

60 Jake Daglis

17 Darien Newton

61 Alexander Wright

23 Jackson Butler

62 Nathan Chirico

36 Patrick Carmichael

64 Thomas Maltman

40 Alessandro Massimino 42 Kolby Krakouer

66 Brady Coleman

45 Jaiden Pitigala 73 Luca Carbone 46 Jye Kotoski 47 Archer Beattie 49 Joel Tsiounis 53 William Swane

74 Michael Gerace 76 Seamus Buggy 77 Jay Pitcher 78 Seamus O'Neill

56 Patrick Dent

80 Ramez Abdulnour

57 James Bartrop

83 Joseph Scuteri

59 Henry Thomas

90 Ambrose Carroll

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Division Two Reserves Preliminary Final Northern Saints

Oak Park

President: Mouhamad El Sheikh Coach: Abdul El Rafei Colours: Navy Blue, Green & Red

President: Tim Littlewood Coach: Ben Turner Colours: Blue & White

3 Ibrahim Taha

28 Noah Saraya

3 Julian Valentino

27 James Cox

4 Mohammed Abboud

29 Adnan Hafda

4 Jordan Lauria

28 Dylan Gutbier

5 Samer Saraya Saraya

30 Taha Ellaz

5 Ray Harrison

32 Aidan Mezzatesta

9 Wissam AbdulWahed

35 Abdulmalek Taleb 6 Taylor Hotchkin

36 Craig Spicer

10 Ali Abou-Eid

36 Abduassalam Nachar

8 William Heales

46 James Mcintosh

11 Ehsan Taiba

37 Daheg AbdulWahed

11 Nathan Gioffre

51 Christian Scarpino

15 Daniel Lauria

53 Augustus Polidano

16 John D'Alessandro

57 Daniel Burcul

13 Mathew Haley

38 Taner Can

15 Mohammad Taleb

39 Belal Mustapha

17 Jehad Haddara

42 Bronell Kako

18 Saeed Abdul-Wahed

45 Khalil Bou'khalil

19 Aiden Adams

61 Blake Polidano

19 Musa Zraika

48 Mahmoud Saraya

20 Spud Harrap

65 Isaac Le Plastrier

20 Louis Fulgaro

52 Tarik Chamra

21 Blake Morey

69 Jack McQuillan

25 Moussa Sleiman

52 Tarik Chamra

23 Luke Palanechka

73 William Owens

26 Bilal Shaaban

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Season Summary | Strathmore Community Men's Division Two ROUND 1

ROUND 9

Sunbury Kangaroos 11.14-80 Burnside Heights 12.11-83

Sunbury Kangaroos 13.9-87 Coburg Districts 7.12-54

Northern Saints 17.20-122 East Sunbury 15.12-102

Oak Park 14.11-95 East Sunbury 8.10-58

Coburg Districts 4.8-32 Hadfield 5.8-38 Taylors Lakes 4.12-36 Oak Park 14.7-91

Burnside Heights 5.12-42 Northern Saints 8.10-58 Hadfield 5.9-39 Taylors Lakes 15.8-98 ROUND 10

ROUND 2 Hadfield 3.17-35 Northern Saints 8.11-59 Oak Park 10.17-77 Sunbury Kangaroos 11.9-75 East Sunbury 9.14-68 Taylors Lakes 17.9-111

Coburg Districts 7.8-50 Burnside Heights 5.12-42 Taylors Lakes 25.16-166 East Sunbury 1.8-14 Northern Saints 7.11-53 Hadfield 9.11-65 Sunbury Kangaroos 8.9-57 Oak Park 27.19-181

Burnside Heights 12.9-81 Coburg Districts 14.7-91 ROUND 11 ROUND 3

Taylors Lakes 10.9-69 Burnside Heights 8.4-52

Northern Saints 14.17-101 Burnside Heights 13.6-84

Oak Park 10.7-67 Coburg Districts 6.16-52

Taylors Lakes 16.8-104 Hadfield 7.10-52

East Sunbury 9.9-63 Hadfield 13.7-85

East Sunbury 0.0-0 Oak Park 17.18-120

Northern Saints 10.12-72 Sunbury Kangaroos 13.14-92

Coburg Districts 11.12-78 Sunbury Kangaroos 9.15-69

ROUND 12 Burnside Heights 18.22-130 East Sunbury 10.8-68

ROUND 4 Hadfield 11.5-71 East Sunbury 3.9-27 Sunbury Kangaroos 11.8-74 Northern Saints 14.13-97 Coburg Districts 13.9-87 Oak Park 17.10-112 Burnside Heights 8.10-58 Taylors Lakes 11.18-84

Coburg Districts 15.9-99 Northern Saints 14.14-98 Hadfield 7.6-48 Oak Park 21.11-137 Sunbury Kangaroos 8.6-54 Taylors Lakes 7.13-55 ROUND 13 Sunbury Kangaroos 19.13-127 East Sunbury 6.7-43

ROUND 5

Northern Saints 12.7-79 Oak Park 13.11-89

Northern Saints 10.14-74 Coburg Districts 14.9-93

Burnside Heights 17.15-117 Hadfield 8.6-54

Oak Park 18.20-128 Hadfield 8.12-60

Coburg Districts 13.9-87 Taylors Lakes 17.10-112

Taylors Lakes 16.6-102 Sunbury Kangaroos 12.7-79 East Sunbury 3.2-20 Burnside Heights 15.19-109

ROUND 14 Oak Park 16.10-106 Burnside Heights 6.9-45 East Sunbury 9.6-60 Coburg Districts 12.17-89

ROUND 6 Hadfield 6.10-46 Burnside Heights 10.19-79 Taylors Lakes 17.9-111 Coburg Districts 13.9-87 Oak Park 12.9-81 Northern Saints 15.17-107 East Sunbury 4.12-36 Sunbury Kangaroos 21.13-139

Taylors Lakes 9.10-64 Northern Saints 5.10-40 Hadfield 10.13-73 Sunbury Kangaroos 14.14-98 ROUND 15 Sunbury Kangaroos 19.15-129 Burnside Heights 7.13-55 Northern Saints 20.12-132 East Sunbury 6.9-45

ROUND 7

Taylors Lakes 33.14-212 Hadfield 5.5-35

Coburg Districts 22.18-150 East Sunbury 10.6-66

Coburg Districts 11.8-74 Oak Park 19.14-128

Sunbury Kangaroos 21.14-140 Hadfield 10.8-68 Burnside Heights 16.15-111 Oak Park 12.8-80 Northern Saints 17.11-113 Taylors Lakes 6.8-44

Hadfield 8.10-58 Coburg Districts 17.6-108 East Sunbury 7.11-53 Northern Saints 12.12-84 Burnside Heights 7.12-54 Sunbury Kangaroos 10.6-66 Oak Park 11.12-78 Taylors Lakes 6.12-48

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Burnside Heights 9.12-66 Coburg Districts 9.11-65 Hadfield 4.4-28 Northern Saints 33.15-213 Oak Park 15.7-97 Sunbury Kangaroos 15.4-94

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East Sunbury 4.5-29 Taylors Lakes 26.16-172 ROUND 16 Burnside Heights 9.12-66 Coburg Districts 9.11-65 Hadfield 4.4-28 Northern Saints 33.15-213

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Season Summary | Strathmore Community Men's Division Two LEADING GOALKICKERS

DIVISION 2 LADDER PTS

PLAYER

CLUB

0 1667 1031 161.69

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Khoder Taleb

Northern Saints

17

67

0

0 1588 976

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Rhys Magin

Sunbury Kangaroos

17

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Jedd Taylor

Oak Park

17

40

6

0

0 1502 1090 137.8

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Liam Bianco

Coburg Districts

15

35

8

8

0

0 1460 1225 119.18

32

Mitch Church

East Sunbury

16

34

16

8

8

0

0 1296 1269 102.13

32

Brody Watts

Sunbury Kangaroos

17

31

Burnside Heights

16

7

9

0

0 1208 1167 103.51

28

Andrew Gallina

Taylors Lakes

17

29

Clayton McCartney

Oak Park

14

29

Hadfield

16

4

12

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0

855 1668 51.26

16

Raafat Rachrache

Taylors Lakes

15

28

East Sunbury

16

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16

0

0

752 1902 39.54

0

Jasper Dang-Lynch

Coburg Districts

14

27

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Oak Park

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2

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16 13

3

Northern Saints

16 10

Sunbury Kangaroos

16

Coburg Districts

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Strathmore Community Men's Division Two Preliminary Final Taylors Lakes

Sunbury Kangaroos

President: David Darcy Coach: Steve Burns Colours: Royal Blue & Gold

President: Mick Streiff Coach: Shanon Carroll Colours: Blue & White

1 Mitch Jones

26 Bowey Larizza

1 Dylan Cunningham

22 Brody Watts

2 Benjamin Norris

34 David Reinmuth

2 Andrew Gilbertson

23 Jackson Treweek

3 Nicholas McIntosh

35 Nicholas Miokovic

3 John Corso

25 Blake Tirchett

4 Sonny Briz

37 Samuel Kosmak

26 Dean Halliwell

5 Nathan Kennedy

38 Trent Forbes

4 Zane BoothBruscino

7 Jaxon Holliday

39 Andrew Gallina

9 Luke McCormack

40 Jake Toa

11 Jack Burns

41 Brenden Lucas

13 Aaron Vendramini

45 Josh Vassolo

15 Luke Meletis

50 Tomi Ibarra

16 Chris Vulic

51 Reece Sidebottom

18 Rhys Bradley

61 Christian Petersen

19 Stephen Tieppo

65 Escher Richter

20 Raaf Rachrache

67 Daniel Klonowski

22 Thomas Kosmak

70 Ethan Caffari

5 James O'Connor 6 Nathan Thomas 7 Rhys Magin 8 Braydan Cuffe 10 Mitchell Streiff 11 Zac Ploog 14 Lachlan Treweek 15 Jack Vivian 16 Matthew Leonard 17 Mitchell Kook 18 Michael Treweek

27 Brenton Sutherland 29 Daniel Stubbs 30 Nicholas Ivakovic 32 Stephen Treweek 35 Shawn Bowden 37 Sam Van Taarling 38 Jacob Feist 55 Jordan James 60 Dwayne Tate 62 Tannin Wilson 69 Travis Faulds

23 Daniel De Vito

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AGA Under 18.5 Men's Division One Semi Final 1 East Keilor

Craigieburn

President: Pat Christofi Coach: Paul Surace Colours: Gold, Navy Blue & Red

President: Dom Micallef Coach: Brett Wright Colours: Brown & White

1 Jamie Mastrakoulis

27 Rhys Bauer

1 William Natoli

17 Zac Hansch

3 Christian Caluzzi

28 Billy Showler

5 Lucas Grant

19 Sahr Bental

4 Michael Barbopoulos

31 Caleb Cavarra

6 Cade Gordon

20 Bayden Moore

5 Stefan Mastrakoulis

32 Mathieson King

7 Liam O'Connell

21 Dylan Coward

7 Aarav Saxena

37 Andre Cannavo

8 James Mcintosh

22 Daniel Del Borrello

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41 Ben Frendo

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16 Ryan Rutledge

42 Bryce Mckiterick

10 Tadhg Boyle

27 Zakariah Ali

18 Jack Naiker

44 Kobe Watson

11 Jakeb Bruni

28 Kyle Williams

21 Mason Celantano

46 Lachlan Jones

12 Harry Albon

31 Matthew Kichakov

13 Zachary Trimbos

33 Jaike Harris

22 Max GrantCampbell

47 Nathan Roberts 14 Flynn Latchman

36 Riley O'Rourke

23 Daniel Wilczynski

72 Alexander Saleh 15 Jonathan Pestrucci

40 Henry Ashworth

16 Blake Polley

47 Daniel Perry

25 Joshua Rachkidi

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AGA Under 18.5 Men's Division One Semi Final 2 Moonee Valley

Coburg Districts

President: Michael Milne Coach: Adam De Pasquale Colours: Black & White

President: Allan Chandler Coach: Paul Carbone Colours: Blue & White

1 Thomas Clark

18 Seb Baullo

1 Adam Pafumi

19 Hady Hegazy

3 Blake TownsendBooth

19 Cameron Naug

2 Adam Park

20 Gautier Vecchie

20 Calem Diaco

3 Daniel Aliotta

22 Samuel Caccamo

21 Cruz Young

4 Cutis Rawlings

23 Christopher Gioupas

4 Zayas Leonedas 5 Oliver De Hond

22 Brooklyn Crook

6 Erel Mehmet

23 Marus Currenti

7 Will Pasinati

25 Thomas Reymers

8 Julian Hinton

26 Hugh Sharples

9 Jacob Saccuti

40 Verrell Vechie

10 Andrew Kelly

7 Aymen Taleb 8 Ayden Skroce 9 Liam Tsamasiros 11 Crimson El Alami

47 Laurie Nichols

12 Koby Lack 13 Oliver Hutchesson

54 Yianni Artemiou 60 Sam Desira

14 Axel Nemler

76 Sunny Trimboli

15 Jamie Hoang 16 William O’Connell 17 Hunter Young

5 Marcus Rametta

79 Nicholas Padden 91 Luka Anderson

12 Frank Gallo 13 Chad Middleton 14 Connor Mooney 15 Taine Beattie 16 Kougar MacKertich

25 James Mamo 26 Kassaun Kirby 27 Massimo Iannuzzi 28 Zachary Kuret 29 Kristan Cavello 30 Jett Ryder 36 Zein Omar 41 Jason El Nabbout 56 Luca Sebastiano 65 Bruno Mete

18 Lucas Leeds

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Division One Reserves Semi Final 1 Roxburgh Park

Deer Park

President: Tom Mason Coach: Dale Rigby Colours: Black & White

President: John Nahyna Coach: Peter Berry Colours: Royal Blue & Gold

1 Michael Gorgievski

39 Jordan Linehan

17 Lance Grogan

49 Ryan Barry

2 Hunter Dixon

40 Amos Potter

25 Jack Scicchitano

51 Jack Berry

4 Mathew Busuttil

42 Jack Woodsford

27 Taygen Dennison

53 Jai Granvillani

8 Jake Watson

43 Lachlan Morelli

28 Jackson Connor

54 Patrick Duca

11 Jake Busutil-Poskitt

44 Blake Ellis

13 Jamie Bellam

54 Candan Roulston

32 Dylan Garlick

55 Marcue Ikafanga

15 Timothy Sedgwick

58 Lachlan D'Cruz

34 Jamie Trifonos

56 Michael Schembri

18 Daniel Sedgwick

62 Nathan Prouse

38 Craig Plant

57 Roger Boll

21 Robbie Barnard

63 Matthew Welsh

39 Eddie Richards

58 Connor Berry

24 Nathan Bolitho

65 Aaron Szwedyc

40 Matt Muscari

59 Isaac Botros

28 Ayden El-Leissy

66 Ramzy Tannoura

41 Mark Nicholls

60 Jordyn Semmens

30 Mazin Abbouchi

69 Tylar Sorrentino

42 Alex Tran

61 Michael Nikoloski

32 Alex Lamanna

72 Isaac Carton

43 Samir Cehic

63 Jeremy Humay

33 Troy Allen

76 Tarek Zahraman

36 Eyad Hegazy

98 Sebastian Capomolla

45 Shannon Gill

67 Matt Boyle

47 Trent Semmens

71 Shane Jones

37 Jack Omogrosso 38 Seamus Mulcahy

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99 Colin Tornatore

48 Ross Romeo

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Division One Reserves Semi Final 2 West Coburg

Hillside

President: Ian Allen Coach: Sean McKernan Colours: Red, White & Black

President: Sebastian Buccheri Coach: Michael Ogliarolo Colours: Teal, Black & White

12 Iesa Saad

39 Harrison Weaver

1 Jayden Murdoch

30 Daniel Scerri

18 Mohamed Mohamed

41 Daniel Alagna

1 Brodey Farrugia

31 Xavier Buccheri

42 Christopher Tsonis

2 Jai Wright

31 Nicholas Cugliari

44 Blake Ross

6 Noah Asciak

36 Lachlan Rzanovski

45 Jake Fotinos

12 Michael Deluca

37 Tom Rochester

47 Cristian D'Alberto

14 Jack Bastas

41 Andrew Salvatico

48 Conor Martin

14 Issac Abbay

41 Riley Way

50 Angus O'Meara

15 Jordan Brown

44 Mark Salvatico

53 Mahmoud El Hawli

17 Zack Williams

45 Jaksyn Grant

54 Ben Vear

18 Lachlan Rudd

46 Ryan Deppler

55 Luca Mcmonagle

21 Luke Sammut

50 Paris Grampsas

59 Alex El Nabbout

23 Josh Covelli

62 Julian DiPasquala

60 Tobi Yusuf

26 Blaise Ferraro

67 Alex Barlas

62 Ahmed Saad

27 Theo Peteinarias

73 Sean Morrow

37 Maroun Diab Kabalan

64 Hassan Hammoud

30 Sebastian Frazzetto

77 David Fruscalzo

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23 Reed Cathcart 24 Andrew Careri 25 Conor Doherty 26 Fallan Cathcart 27 Declan Doherty 30 Liam Sutawan 32 Nicholas Tsonis 33 Mohamad Saad 34 Spencer PlattDevlin 35 Maurice Contreras 36 Benjamin Drummond

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Season Summary | Rookie Me Division One ROUND 1 Hillside 11.11-77 Rupertswood 9.8-62 Keilor Park 7.9-51 Craigieburn 5.11-41 St Albans 20.16-136 Glenroy 6.8-44 Roxburgh Park 16.12-108 Moonee Valley 12.5-77 West Coburg 15.17-107 Tullamarine 8.3-51 Westmeadows 6.8-44 Deer Park 17.17-119 ROUND 2 Craigieburn 10.15-75 Hillside 17.18-120 Deer Park 16.9-105 St Albans 10.10-70 Moonee Valley 7.15-57 Keilor Park 9.14-68 Rupertswood 13.11-89 Roxburgh Park 10.9-69 Glenroy 4.10-34 West Coburg 23.17-155 Westmeadows 8.15-63 Tullamarine 14.15-99 ROUND 3 Craigieburn 9.9-63 Roxburgh Park 7.10-52 Hillside 16.11-107 Keilor Park 5.10-40 St Albans 9.20-74 Westmeadows 8.4-52 Glenroy 8.11-59 Tullamarine 18.14-122 Moonee Valley 14.9-93 Rupertswood 15.11-101 West Coburg 14.4-88 Deer Park 11.19-85 ROUND 4 Craigieburn 18.11-119 Moonee Valley 4.14-38 Hillside 7.10-52 Roxburgh Park 10.8-68 Deer Park 22.17-149 Tullamarine 2.6-18 Keilor Park 11.9-75 Rupertswood 10.5-65 St Albans 8.16-64 West Coburg 12.9-81 Westmeadows 10.6-66 Glenroy 10.16-76 ROUND 5 Roxburgh Park 9.16-70 Keilor Park 8.7-55 Tullamarine 6.5-41 St Albans 16.10-106 Moonee Valley 9.10-64 Hillside 19.8-122 Rupertswood 13.9-87 Craigieburn 8.5-53 Glenroy 3.6-24 Deer Park 16.22-118 West Coburg 23.15-153 Westmeadows 5.4-34 ROUND 6 Deer Park 12.10-82 Rupertswood 13.5-83 St Albans 5.11-41 Hillside 9.5-59 Tullamarine 6.15-51 Moonee Valley 13.7-85 Glenroy 8.8-56 Roxburgh Park 22.14-146 West Coburg 19.15-129 Craigieburn 7.4-46 Westmeadows 13.9-87 Keilor Park 11.10-76 ROUND 7 Craigieburn 19.10-124 Westmeadows 12.9-81 Hillside 11.12-78 Deer Park 15.14-104 Keilor Park 7.10-52 West Coburg 14.15-99 Roxburgh Park 8.17-65 Tullamarine 8.8-56 Moonee Valley 26.15-171 Glenroy 7.9-51 Rupertswood 9.10-64 St Albans 10.8-68 ROUND 8 Deer Park 19.14-128 Craigieburn 7.11-53 St Albans 17.14-116 Keilor Park 10.14-74 Tullamarine 6.5-41 Hillside 15.16-106 Glenroy 6.9-45 Rupertswood 24.8-152 West Coburg 19.18-132 Roxburgh Park 6.10-46 Westmeadows 9.9-63 Moonee Valley 13.8-86 ROUND 9 Craigieburn 7.6-48 St Albans 7.8-50 Hillside 8.15-63 Glenroy 5.10-40 Keilor Park 5.9-39 Deer Park 12.9-81 Roxburgh Park 9.16-70 Westmeadows 5.11-41 Moonee Valley 6.4-40 West Coburg 13.11-89 Rupertswood 20.12-132 Tullamarine 8.5-53

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ROUND 10 Deer Park 15.13-103 Roxburgh Park 10.5-65 St Albans 8.23-71 Moonee Valley 7.10-52 Tullamarine 7.10-52 Keilor Park 9.7-61 Glenroy 9.14-68 Craigieburn 19.7-121 West Coburg 14.25-109 Rupertswood 9.7-61 Westmeadows 8.6-54 Hillside 5.9-39 ROUND 11 Craigieburn 14.8-92 Tullamarine 9.15-69 Hillside 5.5-35 West Coburg 18.16-124 Keilor Park 8.11-59 Glenroy 6.7-43 Roxburgh Park 9.12-66 St Albans 11.11-77 Moonee Valley 12.5-77 Deer Park 13.11-89 Rupertswood 19.14-128 Westmeadows 12.6-78 ROUND 12 Hillside 15.11-101 Craigieburn 4.8-32 Deer Park 11.10-76 West Coburg 11.15-81 Keilor Park 9.11-65 Moonee Valley 13.4-82 Roxburgh Park 9.14-68 Rupertswood 21.13-139 Tullamarine 11.13-79 Glenroy 6.8-44 Westmeadows 5.10-40 St Albans 19.9-123 ROUND 13 Craigieburn 15.13-103 Keilor Park 13.8-86 St Albans 9.13-67 Deer Park 16.16-112 Tullamarine 14.9-93 Westmeadows 8.10-58 Moonee Valley 15.13-103 Roxburgh Park 14.14-98 Rupertswood 15.9-99 Hillside 11.12-78 West Coburg 26.15-171 Glenroy 7.6-48 ROUND 14 Deer Park 25.25-175 Westmeadows 5.9-39 Keilor Park 7.9-51 Hillside 7.18-60 Roxburgh Park 9.8-62 Craigieburn 24.10-154 Tullamarine 7.9-51 West Coburg 16.19-115 Rupertswood 16.14-110 Moonee Valley 12.8-80 Glenroy 7.3-45 St Albans 17.13-115 ROUND 15 Craigieburn 8.10-58 Rupertswood 11.17-83 Hillside 15.11-101 Moonee Valley 12.5-77 Deer Park 30.24-204 Glenroy 6.7-43 Keilor Park 7.5-47 Roxburgh Park 7.10-52 St Albans 16.16-112 Tullamarine 8.14-62 Westmeadows 10.6-66 West Coburg 17.12-114 ROUND 16 Roxburgh Park 11.12-78 Hillside 18.12-120 Tullamarine 9.3-57 Deer Park 14.17-101 Moonee Valley 10.15-75 Craigieburn 13.10-88 Rupertswood 11.14-80 Keilor Park 7.11-53 Glenroy 6.15-51 Westmeadows 20.15-135 West Coburg 20.12-132 St Albans 5.5-35 ROUND 17 Deer Park 23.23-161 Hillside 5.4-34 St Albans 7.7-49 Rupertswood 9.10-64 Tullamarine 18.12-120 Roxburgh Park 12.11-83 Glenroy 10.10-70 Moonee Valley 15.22-112 West Coburg 31.18-204 Keilor Park 6.2-38 Westmeadows 14.13-97 Craigieburn 8.13-61 ROUND 18 Craigieburn 11.5-71 West Coburg 26.14-170 Hillside 7.8-50 St Albans 10.9-69 Keilor Park 10.13-73 Westmeadows 8.14-62 Roxburgh Park 11.9-75 Glenroy 10.7-67 Moonee Valley 13.16-94 Tullamarine 15.6-96 Rupertswood 11.7-73 Deer Park 9.17-71 ROUND 18 Craigieburn 11.5-71 West Coburg 26.14-170 Hillside 7.8-50 St Albans 10.9-69

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Season Summary | Rookie Me Division One LEADING GOALKICKERS

DIVISION 1 LADDER TEAM

P

W

L

D

FF For Agst

%

PTS

PLAYER

CLUB

West Coburg

18 18

0

0

0 2253 933

241.48

72

Omar Saad

West Coburg

16

75

Deer Park

18 14

4

0

0 2063 1033 199.71

56

18 14

4

0

0 1672 1259

132.8

56

Ben Ryan

Moonee Valley

Rupertswood

18

60

St Albans

18 12

6

0

0 1443 1191 121.16

44

Ibrahim Taha

West Coburg

18

60

Hillside

18 11

7

0

0 1402 1280 109.53

40

Lachlan Smart

Deer Park

19

59

Craigieburn

18

8

10

0

0 1402 1547

90.63

32

Dean Galea

Rupertswood

14

55

Roxburgh Park

18

8

10

0

0 1341 1551

86.46

32

Cooper McPharlane

Roxburgh Park

18

52

Moonee Valley

18

6

13

0

0 1463 1560

93.78

24

18

6

13

0

0 1211 1632

74.2

24

Bailey Ryan

Hillside

Tullamarine

14

49

Keilor Park

18

6

13

0

0 1063 1461

72.76

24

Todd Elton

Deer Park

17

48

Westmeadows

18

4

14

0

0 1160 1734

66.9

16

Costa Detsikas

Moonee Valley

17

36

Glenroy

18

1

17

0

0

41.27

4

Zak Saad

Rupertswood

17

36

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Rookie Me Division One Semi Final 1

Rupertswood

Hillside

President: Brad Pietromonaco Coach: Arron Bray Colours: Navy Blue & Gold

President: Sebastian Buccheri Coach: Charlie Denaro Colours: Teal, Black & White

1 Mitchell Johnson

16 Logan Johnson

2 Zak Saad

17 Dylan Podolczak

3 Clayton Bonello

18 Aaron West

1 Zak Wunhym

23 Josh Covelli

2 Tyson Gill

24 Ryan Schiavone

3 Lachlan Henson

26 Jackson McMenamin

5 Riley Miksa 4 Dean Galea

19 Brock Landt

6 Joel Bonnici

5 Jackson Pranauskas

20 Jordan Tentonello

7 Tristan Rudic

6 Jackson Cardillo

21 Jakeb Coles

8 Jeremy Hayes

7 Brent Swallow

22 Shaun Stewart

9 Anthony Prestia 11 Hudson Shaw

8 Omar Taleb

24 Daniel Kavanagh

13 Koby Young

10 Matthew McDonald

25 Sonny Phelan

14 Bailey Kirkman

11 Jorden Braddy

28 Fraser PhelanSmith

15 Mitchell Hearne

12 Luke Cannon

31 Bailey Verrall

16 Ryan Lojko 18 Alessio Gobbo

14 Benjamin Borg 15 Evan Ricupero

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33 Jacob Chahine

19 Jack Tarr

27 Theo Peteinarias 28 Rusi Komaitai 29 Bailey Ryan 30 Daniel Scerri 31 Nicholas Cugliari 33 Joey Careless 35 Nicholas Karakyriakos 42 Chris Samagalski 43 Blaise Ferraro 46 Ryan Deppeler 62 Julian DiPasquala

20 Lachlan Pettigrove

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Rookie Me Division One Semi Final 2

West Coburg

Deer Park

President: Ian Allen Coach: Dale May Colours: Red, White & Black

President: John Nahyna Coach: Heath Scotland Colours: Royal Blue & Gold

2 Thomas Baravi

19 Jordan Gloury

1 Scott Greenhough

21 Kier Bol

3 Abdikhane Fitaax

20 Dane Lucas

3 Tom Mundy

22 Luke Goater

4 Omar Saad

21 Dominic Dean Spagnolo

4 Todd Elton

23 Michael Edwards

5 Lachlan Smart

24 Kane Testa

6 Spiros Amarantidis

26 Kevin Johnson

5 Jesse Martini

22 Patrick Martin

6 Luke Baniowski

23 Reed Cathcart

8 Dylan Featon

27 Taygen Dennison

7 Anastasis Dounias

28 Liam Bowkett

9 Jacob Knight

29 Levi Greenwood

8 Ruairi Cleary

31 Thomas Mcrostie

10 Simon Nahyna

30 Bailey Morrish

9 Joseph Drake

32 Jonah Horo

11 Jack Dorgan

31 Nicolas Alekovski

12 Nash Holmes

33 Luke Scicchitano

13 Kobe Brown

35 Cam Berry

10 Donnacadh Cleary

38 Ibrahim Taha

11 Noah Weihrauch

39 Harrison Weaver

14 Timothy Quick

36 Reece Tompkins

12 Marco Serruto

43 Damian Galofaro

15 Jake McKenzie

37 Jordan Brereton

13 Emilio Rinaudo

50 Angus O'Meara

16 Will Krithararis

41 Mark Nicholls

15 Thomas Drake

54 Ben Vear

17 Billy Cannolo

50 Lucas Nikoloski

18 Jackson Barling

88 Wade Lees

17 Patrick Mccallum

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95 Perry Patrikios

20 Rod Van Riet

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