Men's Division 1 Grand Final, Premier Division Preliminary Final

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facebook.com/essendondfl youtube.com/edflfooty @EDFLFooty @EDFLFooty THE FOOTBALLER essendondfl.com.au MEN’S DIVISION 1 GRAND FINAL, PREMIER DIVISION PRELIMINARY FINAL September 16th & 17th, 2023

CEO's Perspective

West Coburg are looking to make amends from last year’s Grand Final and thoroughly deserve their opportunity to do so after going through the regular season undefeated.

West Coburg will also have their Reserves side playing for ultimate glory when they go against Hillside, which is a terrific achievement and a testament to the depth they’ve created as they eye off their return to the top flight.

Over in Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division, we enter Preliminary Final week with Pascoe Vale and Strathmore playing at Highgate Reserve.

Pascoe Vale will be looking to bounce back from last week’s Semi Final defeat and will encounter a Strathmore side buoyed from a strong first outing against East Keilor.

Senior Men’s Grand Finals return to the spiritual home of EDFL football in Windy Hill with Rookie Me Division One Grand Final day on Saturday.

Deer Park booked the first spot in the decider and have been a wonderful addition to the EDFL both on and off field, and we look forward to seeing them on the big stage of Windy Hill.

Kicking off the day will be Coburg Districts and Craigieburn in the AGA Under 18.5 Division One decider.

Congratulations to all sides for their achievements throughout the season and best of luck for this weekend.

Congratulations also to Rupertswood who played in last week’s Preliminary Final and enjoyed a strong first EDFL Senior finals campaign.

Keilor awaits the victor who have been flawless in season 2023 and are one step away from replicating their perfect 2019 campaign.

It ensures to be an exhilarating weekend at the spiritual home of EDFL football.

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

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STRATHMORE COMMUNITY BANK PREMIER DIVISION

KEILOR AND STRATHMORE DOMINANT IN STATEMENT VICTORIES

Keilor are one step closer to replicating their perfect 2019 season after yet another dominant performance in the Grand Final qualifier downing Pascoe Vale by 88 points at Coburg City Oval.

The Blues got out of the gates quick with typically slick ball movement and were able to halt Pascoe Vale’s transition to keep them to just two goals at half time.

Keilor would pile on the goals as they’ve done to sides all season, kicking four in the first, five in the second, four in the third, and seven in the fourth, registering 34 scoring shots to just 16 from Pascoe Vale.

Damien Cavka and Matthew Clark kicked four goals each with multiples to Christos Kosmas, Kyle O’Connor, Nathan Ellis, and Nick O’Kearney.

They’ll progress to Windy Hill and await the winner of Pascoe Vale and Strathmore.

Strathmore followed a similar trend to Keilor and capitalised on undisciplined acts from East Keilor to kick six first-quarter goals. Their explosiveness from inside to outside was a key feature as they were much cleaner around the ground than the Cougars were, especially delivering inside 50.

They managed 22 goals in a complete fourquarter performance to build nicely into a prelim.

2022 Reynolds Medalist Will Jury returned from VFL duties in a best-on-ground

performance kicking three goals and being his usual industrious self in the engine room.

Tom Condon (five goals), Kyle Weightman (four goals), Athan Tsialtas (three goals), and Daniel Mammoliti (three goals) comprised a prolific hybrid forward line for Strathmore in which East Keilor had no answer.

ROOKIE ME DIVISION ONE

BURGERS THROUGH TO THE BIG DANCE

Despite a solid challenge from Rupertswood, West Coburg will take their place in the Rookie Me Division One Grand Final after a 49-point victory on Saturday afternoon.

It was an arm wrestle in the first half with Rupo keeping the margin within a kick at the first break, and just 10 points at half time.

From there, West Coburg showed why they went through the regular season undefeated kicking 10 goals to four in the second half, holding Rupo goalless in the third term.

Although Rupo fought hard, the Burgers rampaged home to give themselves another opportunity against Deer Park and eye off their return to the top flight.

Noah Weihrauch was superb for West Coburg just over a week after celebrating his 20th birthday and was supported by the ever-reliable Dinny Cleary who booted three majors.

Ibby Taha continues to impress with another six goals to bring his season tally to 67.

Jackson Cardillo produced another stellar performance for Rupertswood who had a great season in their first EDFL finals series.

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Strathmore Community Bank Division Two Grand Final Review

OAK PARK REIGN SUPREME IN KANGAROO BATTLE

Oak Park has emphatically booked their return to Division One with a dominant Grand Final display capping off an incredible season.

The Oakers led at every change and stormed home with the flag well in sight to run away 20.15 (135) to 8.8 (56) victors.

The first half of the contest was more of an arm wrestle than the scoreboard might have suggested with the game played between the arcs for the majority of the first half.

Sunbury Kangaroos were able to score the first goal of the game with Jack Vivian slotting a set shot from just inside 50 three minutes into the contest.

It’d be another 10 minutes before the next goal was scored and it took some Zachary Graham magic to break through for Oak Park.

We’d enter time on in the first quarter as Oak Park started to muster repeat entries and score a pair of goals through breakaway efforts from Danny Rajab and Anthony De Lorenzi.

Sunbury Kangaroos would present themselves with two opportunities to score from centre clearances immediately after both goals but couldn’t capitalise.

As Oak Park started to find space in their forward half, they would bang home two late goals to hold a 25-point lead at the first change.

Sunbury Kangaroos had to respond first and they did after Rhys Magin was awarded a 50-metre penalty for an easy shot on goal bringing the margin back down to 20.

Despite their response, neither team was able to gain the ascendancy with the game continuing to be played between the arcs.

Oak Park were unable to capitalise on a few looks at goal before Dylan Cunningham pounced on an opportunity to send the ball goal bound and finished a delightful dribbler to bring the Sunbury Kangaroos back to within 17 points.

Clayton McCartney kicked one of the goals of the day to halt Sunbury Kangaroos’ run and extend the margin back out to four goals as we entered time on.

McCartney stayed in the game with a bit of brilliance to

set up Travis Anderson in front of goal for back to back majors.

A goal either way rounded out the quarter which saw Oak Park take a 32-point lead into the main break.

Sunbury Kangaroos have made a habit of fighting back all season, but it wasn’t to be with Oak Park powering away to kick six unanswered in the third term and finish with 12 goals to four in the second half to earn the premiership and promotion.

Jedd Taylor was adjudged best on ground by the umpires and awarded the Ian Price Medal kicking two goals and impacting the game all over the ground with his utility capabilities.

Ryan Smith was immense through the midfield breaking lines with his foot speed and enjoyed the first use Hirsi Twomey provided in the ruck.

The Oakers boasted 11 goal scorers with seven kicking multiples led by Lachlan Ronaldson and Graham with three each.

For Sunbury Kangaroos, Team of the Year forward pockets Brody Watts and Rhys Magin kicked two goals each, while Mitch Kook never stopped providing run out of their defensive half.

After beginning the year 0-5, going down by single figures in five games, and trailing early in their first two finals, Shanon Carroll and the Sunbury Kangaroos can hold their heads high on what was an incredible season to make the Grand Final.

Oak Park has gone one better than 2022, won both the Senior Men’s and Women’s flags, and after dropping just two games this year will be back in Division One!

OAK PARK

Goal Kickers: L. Ronaldson 3, Z. Graham 3, R. Smith 2, C. McCartney 2, J. Taylor 2, T. Anderson 2, J. Kennedy 2, J. Bushell, D. Rajab, A. De Lorenzi, B. Cronin

Best Players: R. Smith, H. Twomey, J. Taylor, D. Rajab, J. Hotchkin, J. Bushell

SUNBURY KANGAROOS

Goal Kickers: R. Magin 2, B. Watts 2, D. Cunningham, M. Streiff, J. Vivian, M. Leonard

Best Players: M. Kook, J. Corso, B. Tirchett, S. Bowden, D. Halliwell, N. Thomas

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Rookie Me Division One Grand Final Preview

It’s a Rookie Me Division One Grand Final months in the making.

West Coburg and Deer Park have been the two best teams this season and will face each other in the Grand Final for a spot in the top flight next season.

Ever since these two clubs played a thriller in Round 3 and another one in Round 8 when West Coburg won after the siren, there has been anticipation of an enticing Grand Final match up.

Throughout the season, the Burgers were the standout team building on last year’s grand final appearance.

They went through the regular season undefeated as only one team got close to them, Deer Park.

The Burgers had the best record offensively, averaging 125 points per game, while defensively they also ranked number one, conceding just 52 points per game.

The Lions entered the EDFL and Rookie Me Division One competition with high expectations and they justified them.

The Lions lost four games during the regular season, but all four were decided by less than a goal and came against the other sides in the top three.

They have hit another level once the finals arrived, sending statements to the other sides as players returned and the side really started to gel.

They were impressive against Rupertswood and even better against West Coburg, inflicting its first loss of the season.

The Burgers kicked just one goal in the first half such was the Lions dominance.

A proud team that West Coburg is, it was able to bounce back against Rupertswood in the Preliminary Final to earn another shot at Deer Park.

Now the question begs, will we see the same sort of game that we have seen during the regular season in the grand final, a hotly contested one that goes down to the wire?

Or will Deer Park continue its strong form and get its first EDFL premiership and eighth premiership in the last nine completed seasons?

Or might West Coburg throw a spanner in the works and show why it has been the best side all year?

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Rookie Me Division One Grand Final Preview

Both teams come in with plenty of experience and players and coaches having been on the biggest stage.

West Coburg had all three sides in Grand Finals last year. While they lost all three, the old saying is you have to lose one to win one. They will only be better for the experience and added more experience into their team this season including Ruairi and Dinny Cleary, Tom Baravi, Ibby Taha, and Omar Saad.

The Lions produced one of the more dominant displays in local football with seven straight top level premierships in the WRFL, a feat achieved by no other team.

Scott Greenhough, Spiros Amarantidis, Tim Quick, Jake McKenzie, William Krithararis, and Kane Testa were all part of that last premiership team in 2019, and most played in more than one premiership.

Coach Heath Scotland has a premiership under his belt, having coached his junior club Darley to a Ballarat Football League premiership.

Who lines up for the Lions is one of the biggest questions heading into the game. The Lions can’t fit all their stars in with player points and have big decisions to make.

Luke Goater, who kicked seven goals in a best on ground performance in the Lions qualifying final win, is available with Footscray’s VFL season over.

In that first match Levi Greenwood didn’t play, but was best on ground in the semi final win.

VFL-listed players Michael Edwards and Jackson Barling both played Reserves in the Semi Finals and surely come into contention for the big dance.

Jake McKenzie is another to come into contention, while Altona premiership player Kevin Johnson is another who has been playing in the Reserves.

Come game time, the key is the start for both teams.

In the first game, Deer Park was wasteful early and made to pay for it and West Coburg could have put the game away in Round 8 early had they kicked straight.

In the final, it was all Deer Park and West Coburg never recovered.

The Burgers need league leading goal kicker Omar Saad to have a big game and get into the match early. He kicked three the first time they played and one each in the next two.

It’s been Ibby Taha, who sits second in the goal kicking behind his teammate, that has been the main one that causes the Lions trouble, but he was kept to just one goal in the Semi Final.

The key for the Burgers is to win the ball in the middle of the ground and then put the pressure back on the Lions.

The Lions have a lot of class in the middle and have shown when they can get good inside 50s, they have a number of different options up forward.

Stop the likes of Nash Holmes and Greenwood, it will go a long way to winning.

Deer Park will go into the game as favourites after their Semi Final win, but you can’t discount a side like West Coburg.

This match should be a cracker.

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AGA Under 18.5 Men's Division One Grand Final

Coburg Districts

President: Allan Chandler & Anthony Caccamo

Coach: Paul Carbone

Colours: Blue & White

Craigieburn

President: Dom Micallef

Coach: Brett Wright

Colours: Brown & White

5 Marcus Rametta 7

19 Hady Hegazy

20 Gautier Vecchie

22 Samuel Caccamo

23 Christopher Gioupas

25 James Mamo

26 Kassaun Kirby

27 Massimo Iannuzzi

28 Zachary Kuret

29 Kristan Cavello

30 Jett Ryder

36 Zein Omar

1 William Natoli

5 Lucas Grant

6 Cade Gordon

7 Liam O'Connell

8 James Mcintosh

9 Kylan Doorbar

10 Tadhg Boyle

11 Jakeb Bruni

12 Harry Albon

13 Zachary Trimbos

14 Flynn Latchman

15 Jonathan Pestrucci

16 Blake Polley

17 Zac Hansch

19 Sahr Bental

20 Bayden Moore

21 Dylan Coward

22 Daniel Del Borrello

26 Brodey Hynes-Alnes

27 Zakariah Ali

28 Kyle Williams

31 Matthew Kichakov

33 Jaike Harris

36 Riley O'Rourke

40 Henry Ashworth

47 Daniel Perry

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Adam Park
Cutis Rawlings
1 Adam Pafumi 2
3 Daniel Aliotta 4
Aymen
8 Ayden Skroce
Liam Tsamasiros
Crimson El Alami
Frank Gallo
Chad Middleton 14 Connor Mooney
Taine Beattie
Kougar MacKertich
Lucas Leeds
Taleb
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41 Jason El Nabbout
56 Luca Sebastiano
Mete
65 Bruno

Division One Reserves Grand Final

West Coburg

President: Ian Allen

Coach: Sean McKernan

Colours: Red, White & Black

Hillside

President: Sebastian Buccheri

Coach: Michael Ogliarolo

Colours: Teal, Black & White

39 Harrison Weaver

1 Jayden Murdoch

1 Brodey Farrugia

2 Jai Wright

10 Jack Gusman

12 Michael Deluca

13 Koby Young

14 Jack Bastas

15 Jordan Brown 17 Zack Williams 23 Josh Covelli

31 Nicholas Cugliari

31 Xavier Buccheri

33 Joey Careless

37 Tom Rochester

41 Andrew Salvatico

44 Mark Salvatico

45 Jaksyn Grant

46 Ryan Deppler

50 Paris Grampsas

62 Julian DiPasquala

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25 Mitchell Chandler 26 Blaise Ferraro 27 Theo Peteinarias

67 Alex Barlas

73 Sean Morrow

77 David Fruscalzo

85 George Fotiadis

30 Sebastian Frazzetto

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30 Daniel Scerri
1 Iesa Saad 6 Luke Baniowski 8 Mohamad Saad 9 Joseph Drake 18 Mohamed Mohamed 23 Conor Doherty 24 Andrew Careri 26 Fallan Cathcart 27 Declan Doherty 30 Liam Sutawan 32 Nicholas Tsonis 34 Spencer PlattDevlin 35 Maurice Contreras 36 Benjamin Drummond 37 Maroun Diab Kabalan
42 Daniel Alagna
D'Alberto
44 Blake Ross 47 Cristian
48 Conor Martin
O'Meara
50 Angus
El Hawli
Vear
Luca Mcmonagle
53 Mahmoud
54 Ben
55
Saad
57 Yehya
El Nabbout
61 Alex
Tobi Yusuf
Saad
62 Ahmed
Noor
63 Malik
Hammoud
64 Hassan
Fotinos
65 Jake

Season Summary | Rookie Me Division One

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

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

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

QUALIFYING/ELIMINATION FINALS

Deer Park 17.18-120 Rupertswood 8.8-56

St Albans 9.8-62 Hillside 12.8-80

SEMI FINALS

West Coburg 6.8-44 Deer Park 17.12-114

Rupertswood 13.10-88 Hillside 5.11-41

PRELIMINARY FINAL

West Coburg 18.12-120 Rupertswood 10.11-71

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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

Season Summary | Rookie Me Division One

DIVISION 1 LADDER

LEADING GOALKICKERS

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TEAM P W L D FF For Agst % PTS West Coburg 18 18 0 0 0 2253 933 241.48 72 Deer Park 18 14 4 0 0 2063 1033 199.71 56 Rupertswood 18 14 4 0 0 1672 1259 132.8 56 St Albans 18 12 6 0 0 1443 1191 121.16 44 Hillside 18 11 7 0 0 1402 1280 109.53 40 Craigieburn 18 8 10 0 0 1402 1547 90.63 32 Roxburgh Park 18 8 10 0 0 1341 1551 86.46 32 Moonee Valley 18 6 13 0 0 1463 1560 93.78 24 Tullamarine 18 6 13 0 0 1211 1632 74.2 24 Keilor Park 18 6 13 0 0 1063 1461 72.76 24 Westmeadows 18 4 14 0 0 1160 1734 66.9 16 Glenroy 18 1 17 0 0 908 2200 41.27 4
PLAYER CLUB GAMES GOALS Omar Saad West Coburg 18 77 Ibrahim Taha West Coburg 20 67 Lachlan Smart Deer Park 20 64 Dean Galea Rupertswood 16 62 Ben Ryan Moonee Valley 18 60 Cooper McPharlane Roxburgh Park 18 52 Todd Elton Deer Park 18 51 Bailey Ryan Hillside 15 50 Zak Saad Rupertswood 19 38 Nicolas Aleksovski Deer Park 18 36

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Rookie Me Division One Grand Final

Deer Park

President: John Nahyna

Coach: Heath Scotland

Colours: Royal Blue & Gold

West Coburg

President: Ian Allen

Coach: Dale May

Colours: Red, White & Black

21 Kier Bol

22 Luke Goater

23 Michael Edwards

24 Kane Testa

26 Kevin Johnson

27 Taygen Dennison

29 Levi Greenwood

30 Bailey Morrish

31 Nicolas Aleksovski

33 Luke Scicchitano

35 Cam Berry

36 Reece Tompkins

37 Jordan Brereton

41 Mark Nicholls

50 Lucas Nikoloski

88 Wade Lees

2 Thomas Baravi

3 Abdikhane Fitaax

4 Omar Saad

5 Jesse Martini

6 Luke Baniowski

7 Anastasis Dounias

8 Ruairi Cleary

9 Joseph Drake

10 Donnacadh Cleary

11 Noah Weihrauch

12 Marco Serruto

13 Emilio Rinaudo

15 Thomas Drake

17 Patrick Mccallum

19 Jordan Gloury

20 Dane Lucas

21 Dominic Dean Spagnolo

22 Patrick Martin

23 Reed Cathcart

28 Liam Bowkett

31 Thomas Mcrostie

32 Jonah Horo

38 Ibrahim Taha

39 Harrison Weaver

43 Damian Galofaro

50 Angus O'Meara

54 Ben Vear

95 Perry Patrikios

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Tom Mundy
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Spiros Amarantidis
Dylan Featon
Jacob Knight
Simon Nahyna
Jack Dorgan
Nash Holmes
Kobe Brown
Timothy Quick
Jake McKenzie
Will Krithararis
Billy Cannolo
Jackson Barling
Rod Van Riet
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Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division Preliminary Final Preview

Can the reigning premiers continue their strong late season form, or will Pascoe Vale bounce back from a disappointing showing to seal the second Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division Grand Final spot.

The two sides enter the prelim in contrasting fashions, the Mores were impressive against East Keilor, while Pascoe Vale was no match for Keilor.

The Mores did all the damage in the first half, leading by 26 points at quarter time and then 42 points at half time.

With the game already over, the Mores continued with their strong form in the second half. Will Jury, Cooper Keogh, Brock Egglestone, Liam Cavanagh, and Daniel Mighell all returned to the side, with Jury named best on ground.

The Panthers were on the end of another strong performance from a red-hot Keilor.

While they tried hard early, the Blues defence was strong throughout holding the Panthers to just six goals.

Most of the Panthers stars were out there, with Liam Forbes and Daniel Guccione named their best.

That’s twice now the Blues have been able to get a hold of the Panthers this season, showing a gap between the two sides.

If form this season is anything to go by, the Preliminary Final should be a close one.

The two matches between the sides have been close, with the Panthers winning the first one by eight points and the Mores winning the second by three points.

Not much separated the two teams throughout the regular season.

The Mores scored 14 more points total during the regular season, while conceding six points less than the Panthers.

Outside of Keilor, the Mores have been the most inform team in the competition in the back half of the season.

Since Round 11 they’ve had just one loss, to Keilor, while they had a draw with Aberfeldie in Round 17.

Mores coach Marty Allison told EDFL Media that they’ve been coming together at the right time of year, with players returning from injuries and holidays.

He said the Semi Final win was their best performance of the season.

The Panthers suffered three losses in that same period, including a three-point loss to the Mores.

The Panthers have been sitting in second place for much of the season and deserve that spot, but came back to the chasing pack a little bit in the back half.

Throwing into the mix, the two teams were in the exact same position as 12 months earlier.

On that occasion, the Mores finally broke through after two close Preliminary Final losses in recent years.

The Panthers are a team that has been thereabouts without breaking through, with lots of talk about potential without going on with it.

They’ll be hoping that it’s their chance this year.

It’ll be interesting how both sides handle playing at Highgate Reserve in Craigieburn, where neither team has played very often.

Expect a red-hot start from both sides to set up a cracker of a match.

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AGA Under 18.5 Men's Premier Division Preliminary Final

Pascoe Vale

President: Tony Paragalli

Coach: Jake Pantas & Daniel Fiteni

Colours: Black & Red

Keilor

President: Ray Sheridan

Coach: Mat Thorley

Colours: Blue, Red & White

20 Charles Bolmat

21 Ali Khoder

23 Daniel Bird

25 Noah Scott

29 Dean Ciccarone

30 Benjamin Pascoe

35 Fares Hamoud

40 Omar Aboud-Eid 43 Luca Tullberg 44 Antonio Spataro 48

2 James Veal

4 Harry Withoos

6 Christian Olivieri

7 Nathan Ellis

9 Connor Vosper

10 Miller Harvey

14 William Cameron

15 Mate Mandic

16 Archie Payne

17 Wil Calvert

19 Brodie Catania

21 Kade Long

22 Josh Robertson

23 Nicholas Towner

28 Thomas McGuane

29 Lucas Myszka

31 Keighton MatofaiForbes

32 Lachlan McMullin

33 Liam Amit

35 Patrick Lim

43 James Sheridan

44 Aidan Hobson

46 James Elarmaly

47 Lachlan Fitzgerald

49 Noah Balzan

51 Dion Sakkas

55 Cameron Freake

61 Noah McMenamin

99 Astin Hewett

25 Jack Zivkovic

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Carled El Khodr
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Noah Hijazi 10 Jalal Abou-Eid
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Premier Division Reserves Preliminary Final

Strathmore

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Zack Carey
Gold & Navy Blue 7 Lachlan Currie 9 Callum Clinnick 12 Jack Duggan 14 Luke Butcher 15 James Dwyer 17 Hudson Radecki 18 Mathew Pellegrino 21 James Kefalas 27 Isaac Brill 31 Jordan Koo 34 Mathew Doody 38 Joachim Liaw 39 Kobi West 40 James Sala 41 Max Taylor 42 Vincent Moffett 43 Jacob Manzie 44 Nicholas Owens 45 Allesso Legeri 46 Andrew Pellegrino 50 Declan Harvey 51 Jai Murphy 53 Lachlan Gee 55 Zeke Pollock 56 Jay Swidryk 59 Thomas Sayers 60 Jye Harry 61 James Hall 62 Campbell Mann 63 Cooper Newton 66 Max Johnston
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Rick Pograri
Black and Green 7 Chris Kent 10 Aaron Mansfield 16 Matthew Condo 26 Mark Merlino 31 David Sardo 33 Lucas Repic 36 Kye Short 37 Frank Giarratana 38 Justin Condo 39 Marcus Jaap 40 Bobby Saric 41 Brett Nankervis 43 Liam Smith 44 Adem Yavuzcan 45 Tully Fattore 46 Carlos Toma 47 Ben Pereara
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Zain Yassin 54 Ben Zaccardi
Jarrod Lees 56 Jake Dalgleish
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Season Summary | Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division

ROUND 1

Pascoe Vale 14.9-93 Aberfeldie 10.9-69

Strathmore 25.17-167 Essendon Doutta Stars 5.3-33 East Keilor 7.14-56 Greenvale 7.10-52

Airport West 6.6-42 Keilor 23.12-150

Avondale Heights 11.16-82 Maribyrnong Park 12.8-80

ROUND 2

Essendon Doutta Stars 11.6-72 Airport West 9.7-61

Maribyrnong Park 9.9-63 East Keilor 12.10-82

Keilor 14.19-103 Pascoe Vale 13.13-91

Greenvale 6.8-44 Strathmore 19.8-122

Aberfeldie 21.13-139 Avondale Heights 6.12-48

ROUND 3

Keilor 17.16-118 Strathmore 6.9-45

Essendon Doutta Stars 15.15-105 Avondale Heights 9.7-61

Airport West 8.9-57 East Keilor 24.12-156

Greenvale 9.15-69 Pascoe Vale 17.14-116

Maribyrnong Park 9.12-66 Aberfeldie 12.11-83

ROUND 4

Strathmore 11.12-78 Airport West 10.5-65

21.18-144 Maribyrnong Park 6.7-43

East Keilor 7.10-52 Pascoe Vale 9.11-65

Strathmore 15.17-107 Aberfeldie 11.8-74

ROUND 9

Greenvale 13.11-89 Airport West 8.13-61

Pascoe Vale 22.13-145 Avondale Heights 9.9-63

Aberfeldie 11.10-76 East Keilor 6.9-45

Keilor 23.26-164 Essendon Doutta Stars 2.5-17

Maribyrnong Park 11.10-76 Strathmore 15.9-99

ROUND 10

Avondale Heights 6.5-41 Aberfeldie 24.13-157

Airport West 6.11-47 Essendon Doutta Stars 7.9-51

Strathmore 5.6-36 Greenvale 6.9-45

Pascoe Vale 6.5-41 Keilor 14.16-100

East Keilor 11.21-87 Maribyrnong Park 10.4-64

ROUND 11

Keilor 24.19-163 Airport West 11.5-71

Maribyrnong Park 11.8-74 Avondale Heights 14.7-91

Greenvale 11.6-72 East Keilor 12.10-82

Aberfeldie 9.7-61 Pascoe Vale 18.8-116

Essendon Doutta Stars 4.2-26 Strathmore 22.11-143

ROUND 12

Keilor 13.12-90 Aberfeldie 10.11-71

Greenvale 18.14-122 Avondale Heights 9.10-64

East Keilor 12.14-86 Essendon Doutta Stars 10.9-69

Maribyrnong Park 10.5-65 Pascoe Vale 13.10-88

Airport West 9.7-61 Strathmore 18.14-122

ROUND 13

East Keilor 13.10-88 Airport West 10.12-72

Avondale Heights 15.14-104 Essendon Doutta Stars 12.9-81

Pascoe Vale 9.10-64 Greenvale 14.14-98

Strathmore 5.11-41 Keilor 17.15-117

Aberfeldie 16.13-109 Maribyrnong Park 7.15-57

ROUND 14

Greenvale 13.5-83

ROUND 15

Pascoe Vale 4.15-39 Airport West 7.12-54

Aberfeldie 16.10-106 Essendon Doutta Stars 11.9-75

Maribyrnong Park 12.14-86 Greenvale 16.9-105

East Keilor 8.10-58 Keilor 8.17-65

Avondale Heights 12.9-81 Strathmore 16.13-109

ROUND 16

Airport West 5.13-43 Aberfeldie 14.19-103

East Keilor 19.16-130 Avondale Heights 5.8-38

Greenvale 4.4-28 Keilor 13.19-97

Essendon Doutta Stars 16.19-115 Maribyrnong Park 5.7-37

Strathmore 11.9-75 Pascoe Vale 10.12-72

ROUND 17

Maribyrnong Park 8.14-62 Airport West 14.15-99

Keilor 39.22-256 Avondale Heights 2.2-14

Pascoe Vale 21.12-138 East Keilor 6.10-46

Greenvale 8.18-66 Essendon Doutta Stars 10.8-68

Aberfeldie 11.7-73 Strathmore 10.13-73

ROUND 18

East Keilor 14.12-96 Aberfeldie 9.11-65

Airport West 18.16-124 Greenvale 22.11-143

Essendon Doutta Stars 3.5-23 Keilor 19.12-126

Strathmore 13.16-94 Maribyrnong Park 7.3-45

Avondale Heights 11.7-73 Pascoe Vale 18.10-118

SEMI FINALS

Keilor 20.14-134 Pascoe Vale 6.10-46

Strathmore 22.17-149 East Keilor 9.12-66

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Essendon Doutta Stars 6.8-44 East Keilor 11.10-76 Avondale Heights 14.6-90 Greenvale 17.16-118 Aberfeldie 7.9-51 Keilor 14.17-101 Pascoe Vale 16.16-112 Maribyrnong Park 6.9-45 ROUND 5 Avondale Heights 4.7-31 Airport West 20.19-139 Pascoe Vale 18.12-120 Essendon Doutta Stars 10.6-66 Aberfeldie 11.8-74 Greenvale 14.9-93 Maribyrnong Park 11.6-72 Keilor 20.20-140
13.16-94 East Keilor 16.7-103 ROUND 6 Essendon Doutta Stars 9.8-62 Aberfeldie 12.10-82 Strathmore 20.11-131 Avondale Heights 3.7-25 Keilor 18.7-115 East Keilor 6.10-46 Greenvale 14.10-94 Maribyrnong Park 8.9-57 Airport West 9.9-63 Pascoe Vale 14.10-94 ROUND 7 Aberfeldie 11.7-73 Airport West 16.12-108 Avondale Heights 6.6-42 East Keilor 14.10-94 Maribyrnong Park 15.15-105 Essendon Doutta Stars 8.6-54 Keilor 20.13-133 Greenvale 10.9-69 Pascoe Vale 11.10-76 Strathmore 9.14-68
8 Essendon Doutta Stars 6.6-42 Greenvale 14.13-97
Heights 3.4-22 Keilor 25.18-168 Airport West
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Aberfeldie 12.9-81 Airport West 20.15-135
Heights 13.13-91 Essendon Doutta Stars 9.2-56
Vale 17.9-111 East Keilor 13.8-86 Strathmore 15.19-109 Keilor 27.23-185 Maribyrnong Park 6.4-40

Season Summary | Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division

PREMIER DIVISION LADDER

LEADING GOALKICKERS

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TEAM P W L D FF For Agst % PTS Keilor 18 18 0 0 2391 842 283.97 72 Pascoe Vale 18 13 5 0 1699 1226 138.58 52 Strathmore 18 12 5 1 1713 1220 140.41 50 East Keilor 18 12 6 0 1469 1300 113 48 Greenvale 18 11 7 0 1487 1453 102.34 44 Aberfeldie 18 8 9 1 1547 1397 110.74 34 Airport West 18 6 12 0 1446 1648 87.74 24 Essendon Doutta Stars 18 5 13 0 1059 1759 60.2 20 Avondale Heights 18 3 15 0 1061 2301 46.11 12 Maribyrnong Park 18 1 17 0 1137 1863 61.03 4
PLAYER CLUB GAMES GOALS Thomas Condon Strathmore 17 59 Matthew Clark Keilor 19 52 Giacomo Thomas Essendon Doutta Stars 18 41 Kane Barbuto Keilor 18 40 Matthew Watson Pascoe Vale 19 39 Chris Stewart East Keilor 18 37 Francesco Campisi East Keilor 18 36 Kyle O'Connor Keilor 19 36 Cameron Tudor Greenvale 17 35 Matthew Darby Avondale Heights 18 35

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Premier Division Preliminary Final

Pascoe Vale

President: Tony Paragalli

Coach: Digby Morrell

Colours: Black & Red

Strathmore

President: John Elliot

Coach: Marty Allison

Colours: Gold & Navy Blue

4 Paul Ahern

5 Sunny Brazier

19 Matthew Stillman

20 Daniel Guccione

22 Lachlan Stredwick

25 Liam Forbes

27 Zain Yamak

28 Jayden Ranno

30 Benjamin McDonell

33 Nicholas Linton

34 Alfie Armstrong

3 Luke Jarrad

4 Liam Cavanagh

5 Thomas Condon

6 Benjamin Holian

7 Lachlan Currie

8 Mitchell Purcell

10 Adam Iacobucci

11 Andrew Gallucci

12 Jack Duggan

13 Kyle Weightman

18 Matthew Pellegrino

19 Brock Egglestone

20 Daniel Mighell

23 Xavier Allison

25 Brendan Butler

28 Lucas Cavallaro

29 Daniel Mammoliti

30 Cooper Keogh

32 Athan Tsialtas

34 Matthew Doody

35 Cooper West

37 Jack Condon

45 Alessi Leggieri

48 Matthew Foley

52 Lachlan Johnson

54 Carlos Egan

58 Lucas Scerri

61 James Hall

65 Kade Mueller

68 Andrew Vavra

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2 Matthew Watson
Adam Del Busso
Rhys Ritchie
Julian Hemala
William Hoare
Noah Scott
Joshua Iacobaccio
Damandeep Aujla
Adam Figliola
Benjamin Morgan
Michael Sikora
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Rookie Me Division 1 Seniors

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Deer Park Vs West Coburg Field Umpires Ryan Hartwig Stephen Shields Rowan Whitman EM: Michael Scicluna Boundary Umpires Angus Drenen Cooper Larkin Phil Mayne Seb Reino Goal Umpires Tony Di Paolo Chris Leatham EM: Chris Wakeling Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division Seniors Pascoe Vale Vs Strathmore Field Umpires Jack Gordon Michael Knight Alex Turner Boundary Umpires Lachlan Cullen Josh Cunningham Shane Mallia Daniel McNeill Goal Umpires Mark Kelly Adrian Serratore Division 1 Reserves West Coburg Vs Hillside Field Umpires Kyle Forbes Jimmy Hammond-C Steve Marrari EM: Mark Meiorin Boundary Umpires Matthew Curtolo Xavier Curtolo Goal Umpires Luke Marburg Bruce Vivian EM: Robert Mauldon Premier Division Reserves Strathmore Vs Greenvale Field Umpires Noah McCall Hayden McDonald Daniel Turner Boundary Umpires John McCall Kyle Taylor Goal Umpires Joshua Aydin Nabil Yassine AGA U18.5 Division 1 Coburg Districts Vs Craigieburn Field Umpires Samuel Clark Ashley Doherty Jason Espinheiro EM: Peter Lohner Boundary Umpires Oliver Stevenson Reuban Webbie Goal Umpires Ron Mountney Jesse Ramsay EM: Robert Mauldon AGA U18.5 Premier Division Pascoe Vale Vs Keilor Field Umpires Clinton Dodd Brett Macauley Adam Pallini Boundary Umpires Thomas Antonius Seth Mack Goal Umpires Christopher Mikhael Amar Yassine

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