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ANZAC SERIES V AFL NEW ZEALAND

MORNINGTON PENINSULA BLUESCOPE STEELERS

YOUTH GIRLS v ACADEMY LEVEL 1 v ACADEMY LEVEL 2 v AFLNZ.CO.NZ

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A message from AFL New Zealand As each year passes, new opportunities are continually presented to the New Zealand AFL community to engage and establish an affinity with the sport that originates in Australia but is now more than just Australia’s game.

As our partnership with the Australian based leagues and organisations continue to develop, so does the opportunity to host an AFL fixture in Auckland in the near future. April 2013 was an historic occasion when the first AFL fixture in 140 years was played outside of Australia in Wellington. This has inspired participation numbers to grow with 20,000 New Zealanders now playing AFL each year. We can now add to the mix the possibilities of AFLX and AFL Womens, as two more opportunities for New Zealand based content.

AFL New Zealand welcomes the Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U14 Boys, U16 Boys and Youth Girls, as they compete in their respective clashes against the AFLNZ Academy Level 1 & 2 and the NZ Youth Girls.

The Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers visit will see participants from the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League compete against the AFL New Zealand Academy team for the third time. The Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers Youth Girls return to New Zealand again and will take on the NZ Youth Girls.

We are appreciative of the support provided by the Mornington Peninsula JFL to our association with our relationship continuing to nurture and grow. A wide variety of clubs from the League are represented in the two match series whilst the New Zealand teams showcases players fromeight regions throughout New Zealand.

The visiting teams provide a significant opportunity to assist in the development of young athletes within New Zealand as they look to find their way in a new and mysterious sport.

We look forward to the day when Australian players cross the ditch to be involved in the AFL New Zealand Premiership and this is already happening in conjunction with Mornington with young players from the touring teams, invited to participate in the AFL New Zealand Premiership, with four in attendance this season.

Let’s enjoy another great weekend of football and welcome all involved to Aotearoa.

Robert Vanstam, CEO AFL New Zealand

Mornington Peninsula Junior We would like to thank AFL New Zealand for this amazing opportunity to visit Auckland with our U14’s, Combined U15/U16 boys and Combined U15/18 Girls representative teams to play 2 matches against the respective New Zealand representative teams. To play an international representative match is an opportunity that most will never experience.

The game of AFL is a truly unique sport that was originally formed in 1858 in Victoria Australia, primarily as something for the cricketers to do during the cold winter months. As all participants and spectators have witnessed it is an amazing sport with so many entertaining and thrill factors throughout the game – you never know what will happen next.

The six matches over the weekend between the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League “BlueScope Steelers” & AFL New Zealand representative teams will not entail the same sacrifices of our ANZAC’s, however I am sure the matches will showcase the same fighting spirit and camaraderie. We may be rivals on the field, but we are really looking forward to being allies off it.

Our players and officials are excited about the adventure ahead of us in New Zealand and in particular to interact and embrace the culture we experience. The indigenous Māori culture is very intriguing to us and of course the Haka is world renowned and respected by everyone. What a great way to be educated in a new cultural experience by travelling, learning and playing the game that both countries are so passionate about – AFL or as we call it Australian Rules Football.

This year is the 3rd year that the stand-alone Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League representative teams travel to New Zealand and our 5th year that the MPJFL has been involved and we are all extremely keen to ensure that this exciting venture continues.

Last year our combined U15/16’s boys team came up against a very spirited New Zealand team and won both games but the 2nd game was far from

Football League easy as the NZ boys challenged the MPJ team with less than a goal the difference half way through the last quarter. The MPJ boys kicked away winning by a few goals.

Our Youth girls team arrived with high expectations of being competitive against the very highly talented NZ Girls team that has been undefeated for the past few years. Our girls where not successful in both games but due to inaccurate kicking from both teams it could have gone either way but the NZ girls in the end were the better team. I am sure the girls this year are ready to take on the NZ Girls once again.

Our U14’s boys team was the inaugural U14’s team to play against AFLNZ. We took the honours in the 1st game but realised we were up a very talented and determined NZ team. The 2nd game was a thriller! You could not have scripted it any better. As usual the NZ team came out fighting & applying an amazing amount of pressure and played fantastic football. The scores were neck & neck most of the game with the Kiwis hitting the front in the last quarter. The MPJ kicked a late goal levelling the game with seconds to go. Josh Whicher from Beleura JFC and a handful of NZ boys were running towards our goals, Josh picked the ball up with only seconds to go and just cleared the point post. Giving us a 1 point win! Therefore we will not be taking any of the NZ teams lightly, the improvement across all NZ age groups has been enormous, which is a credit to Rob & the AFLNZ coaching staff.

Let’s not forget about the success of the AFLNZ U18’s team at the home of the MPJFL – BlueScope Reserve winning their first game against an Australian team. It was amazing with the last kick of the day winning the game & creating history. We look forward to having them back over the ANZAC week for a rematch!

I am sure this time both the Australian & New Zealand Girls teams will put on an amazing series played with true ANZAC spirit and will make the most of the experience to play at such an amazing stadium.

Our team are extremely excited and full of enthusiasm but know they are in for a challenge coming up against a spirited New Zealand team. All teams are looking forward to standing arm in arm whilst experiencing the challenge of the Haka!

We would like to extend our heart-felt thanks to CEO Rob Vanstam and all of the AFL New Zealand members for inviting us to participate and the unbelievable work carried out to ensure that these tours take place. I would also like to thank the players & parents from both the AFLNZ & MPJFL teams for embracing this venture and investing in the future of not only all of these players but the future of our sport.

We would like to thank the following companies that have contributed in assisting our players to take this journey: • BlueScope Steel • Bowens Timber & Hardware • Sherwood Sportswear • Ross Faulkner • CGR Sportswear • Flight Centre • MB Commercial Linings • R.O.A.B – G.A.B Grand Lodge of Victoria We would also like to wish all the players the best of luck, enjoy the games but most of all embrace the experience. The executive of the MPJFL are excited and look forward to the games played in both the ANZAC spirit and passion.

Andrew Souter President Mornington Peninsula Junior

calendar of events Friday April 5, 2019

3.30pm

MPJFL U14’s & NZ Academy Level 1 WELCOME FUNCTION

AUT City Campus, WZ Building

Friday April 5, 2019

6.00pm

MPJFL Youth Girls & NZ Youth Girls WELCOME FUNCTION

AUT City Campus, WZ Building

Friday April 5, 2019

8.30pm

MPJFL U15/16’s & NZ Level 2 WELCOME FUNCTION

AUT City Campus, WZ Building

Saturday, April 6, 2019

10.00am

NZ Level 1 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U14's - Game 1

QBE Stadium

Saturday, April 6, 2019

11.45am

NZ Youth Girls vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers Youth Girls - Game 1

QBE Stadium

Saturday, April 6, 2019

NZ Level 1 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula 12.00pm BlueScope Steelers U14's AFTER MATCH FUNCTION

Saturday, April 6, 2019

1.30pm

NZ Level 2 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U15/U16 Boys - Game 1

QBE Stadium

Saturday, April 6, 2019

1.45pm

NZ Youth Girls vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers Youth Girls AFTER MATCH FUNCTION

QBE Stadium, Harbour Sports House

Saturday, April 6, 2019

3.40pm

NZ Level 2 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U15/U16 Boys AFTER MATCH FUNCTION

QBE Stadium, Harbour Sports House

Saturday, April 6, 2019

6.30pm

2019 AFLNZ High Performance Awards

AUT City Campus, WG Building

Monday, April 8, 2019

10.00am

NZ Youth Girls vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers Youth Girls - Game 2

QBE Stadium

Monday, April 8, 2019

11.45am

NZ Level 1 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U14's - Game 2

QBE Stadium

Monday, April 8, 2019

NZ Youth Girls vs Mornington Peninsula 12.00pm BlueScope Steelers Youth Girls AFTER MATCH FUNCTION

Monday, April 8, 2019

1.30pm

NZ Level 2 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U15/U16 Boys - Game 2

QBE Stadium

Monday, April 8, 2019

1.45pm

NZ Level 1 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U14's AFTER MATCH FUNCTION

QBE Stadium, Marist Club rooms

Monday, April 8, 2019

3.40pm

NZ Level 2 Academy vs Mornington Peninsula BlueScope Steelers U15/U16 Boys AFTER MATCH FUNCTION

QBE Stadium, Marist Club rooms

QBE Stadium, Harbour Sports House

QBE Stadium, Marist Club rooms

New Zealand Youth Girls With increasing pathway opportunities growing throughout AFL New Zealand Secondary School Programmes, the team has several new athletes.

Some with as little as four months involvement alongside more experienced campaigners now in their third and fourth seasons in the game.

The Youth Girls Coaching staff lead by Mick Coultard will look to blend new and exciting talent with players with previous experience to help guide their new teammates through the campaign. They will look to share their knowledge and assist the new players both on and off the field.

The development of the inaugural AFL Women competition in Australia has thrown fresh eyes on sport for women and also added to opportunities afforded to New Zealand participants. The involvement of Jolyn Collins in the Under 18 AFLW Championships in Melbourne 2016 followed by Killarney Morey twelve months later and Jaimee Wyatt in 2018, this is the first step towards New Zealanders playing in Australia’s premier competition for women.

As part of the female development pathway, participation in the AFL New Zealand Youth Competition is now based at Auckland’s QBE Stadium, Hutt Park in Wellington and Burnside Park in Christchurch.

This has provided an opportunity to develop much needed playing time and experience with their new sport in the lead up to the campaign and preparing them for the series ahead.

The New Zealand Players have come through a variety of school programmes delivered in Secondary schools targeting female participation and the incentives for taking on a new sport are rewarded by potential national representation opportunities.

AFL New Zealand has received considerable support through Regional Sports Trusts and KiwiSport initiatives and we are thankful for their support.

AFL New Zealand Academy The AFL New Zealand Academy has been created to provide a pathway for athletes to excel through AFL. The AFL New Zealand Academy will improve the skills and fitness of athletes, through a training and development programme. The Academy consists of two levels: Level 1: for Athletes that are new entrants to Academy and New Zealand representative pathway Level 2: for Athletes continuing their Academy and New Zealand representative pathway with their next step Under 18 or Senior New Zealand representative opportunities.

Eligibility for each level is also age related changing each year, based on the year you were born.

Academy Athletes are selected from the AFL New Zealand Youth Competition in December of each year with each level containing up to 45 athletes. New Zealand Academy teams play touring Australian teams, April each year, with final selection of the New Zealand Academy teams being reduced to 24 athletes at the start of April each year.

With limitations on programmes delivered in Otago, talented players identified will be provided with Academy development staff and programme in place of the Youth Competition. The opportunity then exists for a fast track talented individuals from other sports and provide entry into the AFL New Zealand Academy.

Academy athletes will participate in skill development, athletic testing and measurement, game play and personal development.

Further opportunities arising from the AFL New Zealand Academy include, selection into New Zealand Academy teams, access to talent scouts and AFL International Scholarships.

New Zealand youth girls Mick Coultard Alastair Maisey Peter Geale

HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH

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ASSISTANT COACH MANAGER PHYSIO

NAME

REGION

1

Caitlin Hannah

Auckland

2

Emma Collins

Auckland

3

Chelsea Young

Auckland

4

Alice Roy

Auckland

5

Annabelle Markham

Auckland

6

Elena Bryham

Auckland

7

Alyssa Clemas

Auckland

8

Mia Kennedy-Nicholas

Auckland

9

Siena Edwards

Auckland

10 Buell Verkade

Auckland

11 Jaimee Wyatt

Otago

12 Valentina Serrano

Auckland

13 Mia Allison

Canterbury

14 Petra Milne

Otago

15 Geneiva Waha

Auckland

16 Rosie Schuster

Auckland

17 Isabelle Goodwin

Wellington

18 Maddison Moffat

Canterbury

20 Archie-Leigh Russell

Auckland

21 Killarney Morey

Otago

22 Maia Sciarone

Auckland

23 Sam Lightfoot

Wellington

24 Georgia Leonard

Auckland

Jolyn Collins Fran Serrano Erin Richardson NOTES

Game 1 // 6 April 2019, 11.45am // QBE Stadium GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

QTR

1st 2nd 3rd Final

GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

mornington peninsula youth girls HEAD COACH TEAM MANAGER

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Cameron Bell Kim Bell

Tyson Lewis

TRAINER

NAME

CLUB

NOTES

1

Taylah Bourne

Pearcedale/Baxter

2

Giselle Northcote

Balnarring

3

Sutherly Spyrakis

Sorrento

4

Mollie Radford (VC)

Pearcedale/Baxter

5

Shakira Gaskin

Rosebud

6

Katahna Demooy

Somerville

7

Tyla Irving

Pearcedale/Baxter

8

Izabelle Leary

Dromana

9

Amelia Fithall

Red Hill

10 Taikisha Barnes

Seaford

11 Taylah Settineri

Pearcedale/Baxter

12 Niamh Noonan

Sorrento

13 Layni Stevenson

Rosebud

14 Poppy Travers

Sorrento

18 Sebella Cornell

Balnarring

19 Jemma Lewis (VC)

Red Hill

20 Milli Whitfield

Mt Martha

23 Ash Jordan (C)

Rye

26 Emalee McKinnon

Pearcedale

28 Billie Wing Smith

Balnarring

Game 2 // 8 April 2019,10.00am // QBE Stadium GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

QTR

1st 2nd 3rd Final

GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

AFL New Zealand academy level 1

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Adam Clarke Sean Mayes Byron Roff

HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH MANAGER

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NAME

REGION

1

Drew Clemas

Auckland

2

Shae Tihanyi

Auckland

3

Connor Mciver-Rhodes

Auckland

4

Noah Allison

Canterbury

5

Noah Newsome

Canterbury

8

Carter Jones

Auckland

9

Spencer Jones

Auckland

10 Cameron Howison

Canterbury

11 Jacob Nyman

Canterbury

12 Lachlan McBride

Canterbury

13 Max Frew

Canterbury

14 Oliver Giamblanco

Canterbury

17 Tony Worthington

Canterbury

18 Jonathan Anderson

Wellington

19 Luke O'Sullivan

Canterbury

20 Ben Roff

Wellington

21 Carter Lowther

Wellington

22 Thomas Smith

Wellington

28 Xavier Giles

Canterbury

36 Max Serrano

Auckland

48 Tane Kirton

Auckland

NOTES

Game 1 // 6 April 2019, 10.00am // QBE Stadium GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

QTR

1st 2nd 3rd Final

GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

Mornington peninsula u14 boys Andrew Souter Meaghan McKinnon Duncan Sibley

HEAD COACH TEAM MANAGER TRAINER

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NAME

1

Benjamin Kaddatz

Somerville

2

Charlie Hannemann

Red hill

3

Samuel Rhodes

Somerville

4

Bailey Gent

Pearcedale

5

Will Dalgliesh

Pearcedale/Baxter

6

Jed Harris

Rosebud

7

Charlie Bell

Sth Mornington

8

Leon Brancatisano

Sth Mornington

9

Isaac Freene (VC)

Mt Martha

CLUB

10 Brodie Ellis

Sth Mornington

11 Joshua Van Der Horst

Sth Mornington

12 Miller Stewart

Somerville

13 Riley Cazaly (C)

Sth Mornington

14 Thomas Payne

Somerville

15 Luca Hagai

Hastings

16 Archer Sibley

Sth Mornington

17 Ty Cull

Sth Mornington

18 Jack Leete

Balnarring

19 River Harris

Rye

20 Harry VanRaay

Sth Mornington

21 Austin Goddard

Sth Mornington

22 Jai Downing (VC)

Rye

23 Bruen Peers

Hastings

24 Harvey Logue

Balnarring

NOTES

Game 2 // 8 April 2019, 11.45am // QBE Stadium GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

QTR

1st 2nd 3rd Final

GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

AFL New Zealand academy level 2

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Shane Leat Izaak Williams Jonathon Ilaua

HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH MANAGER

#

NAME

3

Daniel Du Plessis

Auckland

5

Aidan Christians

Wellington

REGION

10 Beren Goodwin

Wellington

11 Bom Verkade

Auckland

12 Bradley Maloney

Auckland

24 Caleb McPherson

Canterbury

25 Alex Kempt

Wellington

26 Daniel McCarthy

Auckland

27 Rico Tuhua

Wellington

29 Bailee Laurenson

Auckland

30 Luke Lentner

Auckland

31 Angus Hammett

Canterbury

39 Douglas McJorrow

Wellington

40 James Scott

Auckland

41 Jaydn Robson

Wellington

42 Xavier Bryham

Auckland

43 Xavier Mexted

Northland

44 Campbell Cleal

Canterbury

49 Ryan Awatere

Wellington

51 Will Roff

Wellington

52 William Anderson

Wellington

53 Joseph Cole

Wellington

54 Kieran Charlton

Canterbury

55 Luke De Roo

Canterbury

56 Toby Devine

Wellington

NOTES

Game 1 // 6 April 2019, 1.30pm // QBE Stadium GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

QTR

1st 2nd 3rd Final

GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

Mornington peninsula u16 boys Paul Lonsdale Laurie Howard

COACH COACH

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NAME

TEAM MANAGER TRAINER

CLUB

3

Jamie Duck

Rosebud

4

Taj Andrewartha

Hastings

5

Harrison Jenner

Hastings

6

Ethan Park

Sth Mornington

7

Campbell McMillin

Pearcedale

8

Nicholas Quint

Mt Martha

9

Brenton Twaites

Hastings

Carol Buckley Kirra Avis

NOTES

10 Lee Sheehan

Beleura

11 Blake Govan

Hastings

12 Mitchell Thompson

Pearcedale/Baxter

13 Archie McGuiness

Pearcedale/Baxter

14 Tom Dalgleish

Pearcedale/Baxter

15 Ned Moodie

Sth Mornington

16 Thomas Buckley (VC)

Hastings

17 Lachlan Ogden

Somerville

18 Kaleb Avis

Somerville

19 Cooper Bryan

Beleura

20 Tate Dennis

Dromana

21 Zac Cordinia (C)

Sorrento

23 Mitchell Bell

Sth Mornington

24 Zac Becher

Somerville

25 Rhys Dupas

Somerville

29 Mitchell Smart

Rosebud

30 Ronan Vaipo (VC)

Somerville

Game 2 // 8 April 2019, 1.30pm // QBE Stadium GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

QTR

1st 2nd 3rd Final

GOALS

BEHINDS

PTS

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