2015 AFL U18 Championships

[DJ75]

It's in WA so might be hard for him!

Like last year I'll be tweeting updates from the home games though.

Yeh I know, when he said he could get to two of them, I was hoping this would be one of them.

How is this for a radical idea?

Why don't the AFL play the U16 and U18 National carnivals across Summer? They could be primetime matches, nationally televised and develop a big audience (particularly is the cricket season is a boring one). Would then make the draft a much bigger event with more people aware of who is who etc...
Would help the AFL make the game a full year one and could be a good money spinner for the league.

 

[Bishop]

Cricket have their national championships U15/U17/U19's in those summer months, so for talented kids involved in both (ala Alex Keath in the past) they couldn't play/train for both.

Having the champs in the middle of the season makes sense.

 

[Chris25]

I finally finished the squads and write ups for Metro, Country, Queensland and the NT on the first page. Just in time for the Championships to begin.

 

[Bishop]

Teams for SA v WA

WA:
B Shaw, Mirco, Harrold
HB Rotham, Glass-Mccasker, Watson
C Clark, Rogers, Powell-Pepper
HF Ah Chee, Smith, Waterman
F Ridley, Ehlers, Jones

Foll: Mountford, Hura, Florenca
Int:Bennett, Strandica, Taylor, Hinchliffe

SA:
B Tahana, Surman, Agostino
HB Francis, Westhoff, Bonner
C Presbury, Snelling, Dew
HF Milera, Allen, Dawson
F Quinn, Ladhams, McKenzie

Foll: Parella, Scharenberg, Hewett
Int:Cross, Haysman, Markov, Partington, Nunn

 

[Bishop]

Teams for VM v VC

VM:
B Tashevki-Beckwith, Firns, Beddison
HB Crocker, Keppel, Morgan
C Phillips, Batty, Parsons
HF Balic, H.Thompson, Kerbatieh
F Houston, J.Collins, Hardwick

Foll: Kovacevic, T.Thompson, O'Kearney
Int:R.Clarke, Gresham, McLarty, Silvagni, Answerth, Whitehead

VC:
B Rice, Buykx-Smith, K.Collins
HB Tucker, Weiterging, Berry
C Costigan, Holmes, Menne
HF Maishman, Schache, Broadie
F Ainsworth, Skinner, Eades

Foll: Cox, Mutimer, Doedee
Int:Hearn, Simpkin, Jok, Sexton

 

[Thunderstruck]

Yeh I know, when he said he could get to two of them, I was hoping this would be one of them.

How is this for a radical idea?

Why don't the AFL play the U16 and U18 National carnivals across Summer? They could be primetime matches, nationally televised and develop a big audience (particularly is the cricket season is a boring one). Would then make the draft a much bigger event with more people aware of who is who etc...
Would help the AFL make the game a full year one and could be a good money spinner for the league.

Two of the SA games (the ones being playing at footy park)

 

[Procrastinator35]

I finally finished the squads and write ups for Metro, Country, Queensland and the NT on the first page. Just in time for the Championships to begin.

Enjoying the write-ups & the Fred Chris25....Keep up the good work.

 

[liz]

So with all this Academy (Sydney and GWS) talent that everyone is frothing over (have heard that 4-5 players are rated as top 20 talents in this year's draft pool), should NSW/ACT dominate Div 2 this year?

Who are these 4-5 players rated as top 20 talents? There are three touted as possibles (Hopper, Kennedy and Mills) but don't think anyone's suggested there is another prospect.

I don't think Mills has played yet this season - he's had shin splints - and there may be a chance he'll miss some or all of the U18 championships. Anyone know his prognosis?

 

[Special Agent Utah]

We going to get any coverage (streaming or on fox footy) at all during the champs?

I'll be pretty much heading to all mid week games once they start though!

 

[HawkintheTuarts]

So I should be able to get to WA v SA for today. Grabbed the numbers from the afl site but apart from what's written on this forum I have no idea about any of the players and I've never tracked 44 players at once before. Will try and get some impressions from the game. Tips/advice more than welcome, pm me

 

[Saintsone]

watch out for Jarod Berry from Vic Counrty. A bottom ager. MVP under 16 champs last year. Team mate of Darcy Tucker at Rebels and home club Horsahm Saints. the kids a jet. like Tucker a great athelete but a little bit bigger.

 

[God Save Max King]

watch out for Jarod Berry from Vic Counrty. A bottom ager. MVP under 16 champs last year. Team mate of Darcy Tucker at Rebels and home club Horsahm Saints. the kids a jet. like Tucker a great athelete but a little bit bigger.

He is very very impressive, I'll be keeping an eye out for him as he's outshone a couple of the bigger names at North Ballarat this year.

 

[DJ75]

So I should be able to get to WA v SA for today. Grabbed the numbers from the afl site but apart from what's written on this forum I have no idea about any of the players and I've never tracked 44 players at once before. Will try and get some impressions from the game. Tips/advice more than welcome, pm me

Sent you a PM mate. Would really appreciate some coverage.

 

[Chris25]

1/4 time over in WA...

WA 3.2 20 lead SA 1.2 8

Ridley and Petrevski-Seton leading the charge for WA, Partington for SA.

 

[Bishop]

Petrevski-Seton 7 disp, Partington 5 disp/3 clearances

 

[Thunderstruck]

Petrevski-Seton 7 disp, Partington 5 disp/3 clearances

Disappointing start. I certainly expect them to come home hard in the second half once they sort themselves out.

 

[Thunderstruck]

Also, any idea where the live stats are?

 

[Bishop]

Also, any idea where the live stats are?

Champion Data are doing the game, however we won't have access to the stats until after the game. Cal Twomey and Shifter will post updates via Twitter.

 

[Chris25]

1/2 time...

WA 6.3 39 lead SA 5.6 36

Hura had a big quarter for WA with 12 possessions, as did Snelling for SA who has 11. Partington the best so far with 12 touches and 4 clearances. Haysman and Waterman with two goals a piece, 1 to Quinn for SA. Big Smith for WA also showing signs.

 

[Chris25]

3/4 time...

WA 9.7 61 lead SA 7.13 55

Still Partington for SA with 19, Bonner has gotten into the game with 18 touches. Bennett has 17 for WA. SA are letting themselves down in front of goal, 7 behinds that quarter.

 

[Bishop]

Could WA pull off a big upset! Don't think too many would have picked that, not over yet alas.

 

[Skippos]

Very surprised by how this game has gone so far.

 

[Thunderstruck]

Very surprised by how this game has gone so far.

Looks like a case of bad kicking is bad football. Kick straight and be a different story by the sounds of things.

 

[DJ75]

3/4 time...

WA 9.7 61 lead SA 7.13 55

Still Partington for SA with 19, Bonner has gotten into the game with 18 touches. Bennett has 17 for WA. SA are letting themselves down in front of goal, 7 behinds that quarter.

Sounds like SA could still get the win if they tidy it up a bit

 

[Bishop]

WA winners by a point