DIVISION 1 TRANSFERS BALWYN Coach: Daniel Donati Last year: 16-1-1 Premiers IN: Nathan Gordon (Richmond - AFL), Michael Osborne, Luke Santilli, Edward Court, Alex Bennett, Luke Privitelli, Marcus Higgins and Lachlan O’Connell (VAFA), Luke Leverink (SAAFL), Jaden Rubinstein (AFL Canberra) Matthew Lee (Upper FTG), Sam Vanderhaar (Blackburn) OUT: Brad Neil (Vermont), Jarrod Matheson and Sam De Soysa (Port Melbourne - VFL), Brendan Goss (VAFA), Matthew Sheppard (North Ringwood), Nick and Jack Prelorenzo (East Burwood) BLACKBURN Coach: Kon Karavias (NEW) Last year: 9-9 (6th) IN: Daniel McGee (EDFL), Dean Benstead, Tyler Faulkner, Nicholas Snibson, Amer Halabi and Christopher Samios (VAFA), Luke Conca (Richmond - VFL), Luke Parker (Mulgrave), Jared Worsteling (Ovens & Murray FL), Patrick Contin (Goulburn Valley FL) OUT: Paul Bunn (VAFA), Kyle Matthews (Peninsula FL), Ben Fraser (South East FNL), Michael Locco (North Ringwood), Tyler Curtis (Williamstown VFL), Tyler Fent (East Burwood), Jake Toohey (Mitcham), Sam Vanderhaar (Balwyn) DONCASTER Coach: Andrew Tranquilli Last year: 16-1-1 Premiers (Division 2) IN: Michael Fogarty (Western Region FL), Riley Michel (Goulburn Valley FL), Sam Caruso (Essendon DFL), Daniel Cooper (North Ringwood), Brenton Schaeche (Southern FL), Jesse Beha (Football East Gippsland), Billy Parks (SAAFL), Sam Myors and Toby Ryan (Hume FL), Mitchell Cosgrove (East Burwood) OUT: Damien De Blasio, Michael Decorrado, Josh Phillips, Jake Pantas, Thomas McAlister, Chris Smith, Steven Mutimer, Lucas Jackson, Matthew Sheen, Jesse Liebelt and Stephen Latino (Donvale), Angelo Rambaldi (Collingwood - VFL), Hugh Schiavello and Nathan Thompson (Bendigo FL), Cadeyn Williams and Maurice Contreras (Templestowe) EAST RINGWOOD Coach: Marcus Buzaglo Last year: 3-14-1 (11th) IN: Peter Kalokathis, Leigh Osborne and Nicholas MacLennan (VAFA), Matthew Goodwin (North Gippsland FL), Michael Condello and Jake White (Yarra Ranges), Anthony Scarcella (Glen Waverley Hawks), Jayden Battaglene (Chirnside Park) OUT: Chris Cooper (Ovens & King), Luke England (VAFA), Kayle Stringer-Morris (Nepean FL), Alex Calder (Upper FTG), Jayden Bailey (Nunawading), Black Hernderson (The Basin) KNOX Coach: David Madigan Last year: 5-13 (9th) IN: Steven Shaw (Ballarat FL), Ryan Jeffery (Nepean FL), Chris Buerckner (Forest Hill), Mitch Wooffindin (Templestowe), Joseph Canavan and Patrick Djordjevic (VAFA), Gavin Low (Gippsland League) OUT: Matthew Adolph (Scoresby), Brendan Blizzard (Ferntree Gully), Jarrod Butcher (Glen Waverley Hawks), Scott McInerney (Bayswater), Ryan Lepore (AFL Sydney), Craig Higgins and Andrew Clifford (Yarra Ranges), Reyne Harris (Port Melbourne - VFL), Dominic Waterman and Jack Davis (Sandringham - VFL), Ryan Clarke (North Melbourne - AFL) MONTROSE Coach: Brett Johnson Last year: 8-10 (7th) IN: Rowan Hore (Northern FL), James Teberner and Louis Vescio (Essendon DFL), Sam Waters (Yarra Ranges), Ayden Potter (VAFA), Ben Higgins (Mooroolbark)
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OUT: Jess Moore (Bayswater), Mark Weekes (South East FL), Matthew Geraghty and Thomas Dodd (Boronia), Samuel Gibson and Matthew Burt (Box Hill Hawks - VFL), Oscar McInerney and Daniel Welsh (Casey Scorpions - VFL), Seb Colakidis and Jye Goodman (Ferntree Gully), James McManus (Silvan), Leam Doughty (Yarra Ranges) NOBLE PARK Coach: Mick Fogarty Last year: 14-4 (3rd) IN: Ben Andonov and Ray Lengyel (Mulgrave), Luke McLean (North Gippsland FL), Josh Docherty (Alberton FL), Tyson Mitchem, Ryan Morrison, Taylor Joyce and Ben Giobbi (South East FL), Will Petropoulos and Mitch Gent (Goulburn Valley FL), Sean Corrigan and Jonathan Bunge (VAFA) OUT: Luke Mann (Alberton FL), Daniel Galente (South East FL), Shane Valenti, Jarrod Plymin, Daniel Keely and Tomi Johnston (VAFA), Chris Horton-Milne (Southern FL) NORTH RINGWOOD Coach: Peter Banfield (New) Last year: 6-12 (8th) IN: Tom Hill (Essendon DFL), Todd Morgan (Yarra Ranges), Michael Locco (Blackburn), Matthew Sheppard (Balwyn), Charlie Haley (AFL Cairns) OUT: Max Melzer (AFL Barwon), Dylan Van Unen and Aaron Fenton (Port Melbourne - VFL), Troy Moerenhout (Yarra Ranges), Michale Drysdale (VAFA), Daniel Cooper (Doncaster) NORWOOD Coach: Denis Knight Last year: 14-4 (Runners-Up) IN: Jackson Kew (Central Highlands FL), Lucas O’Neill (Hume FL), Jordan Ceppi (Templestowe), Patrick Wearden (Goulburn Valley FL), Nick Woolley (Northern FL), Blake Charles (Tasmanian State League), Baxter Knight (AFL Gold Coast) OUT: Brent English, Alan Pettigrew, Jack Cornwell and David Knowles (Heathmont), Rhett Jordan (Northern FL), Nicholas Sargent (Lilydale), Connor O’Sullivan (Box Hill Hawks - VFL) and Blake Pearson (Port Melbourne - VFL), Daniel Walters (Yarra Ranges) ROWVILLE Coach: Peter Bastinac Last year: 12-6 (5th) IN: Anthony Davies (Southern FL), Nuru Jammeh (Mulgrave), Josh Dyson and Dylan Leder (South Belgrave), Matthew Watson (Silvan), Joel Kalajzic (Avon FA) OUT: Matt Stanley (Pennisula FL), Adam Ziegerink, David Smyth, Lucas Gibbons, David Mathers, Jarryd Healey-Rotheram, Jake Davis, Matthew Mitchell and Mitchell Remington (Forest Hill), Matthew Rennie (Gippsland FL) SOUTH CROYDON Coach: Leigh Adams (New) Last year: 4-13-1 (10th) IN: Myles Sewell (North Ballarat - VFL), Joshua Allison (Boronia), Jason Payne (Ballarat FL), Zachary Gorsuch (Chirnside Park), Ben McDonald (AFL Canberra), OUT: Gratten Stephens (Coldstream), Dale Carroll (Southern FL), Benn Fischer (NEAFL), Daniel Maynard, Glenn Strachan and John Del Giudice (Yarra Ranges) VERMONT Coach: Steve Cochrane Last year: 13-4-1 (4th) IN: Cam Howat and Liam Riley (VAFA), Brad Neil (Balwyn), Lachlan Carey (Yorke Pennisula FL), Jake Best (Gippsland League), Nicholas Johnson (Wantirna South), Luke McComb (Ferntree Gully) OUT: Daniel Medes (Wimmera FL), Tom Goodwin and Kalem Post (VAFA), Liam O’Carroll (Upper FTG), Luke Molyneux (Wantirna South).