A Section Premier section 2025

[Sergeant Schultz]

Dylan Thomas was from Old Carey as well, hence my point that you had 20% outsiders.

Thomas went to Wesley and best mates with some of the Collegians boys.
Played Old Carey out of school through their alignment with Coburg when playing VFL.

From memory maybe only Beilby and Nick Canny were non Wesley outside of Mirra and Sof in the flag.
The argument can probably be shared - the school definitely provided the bulk of players but probably the best 2 players that season were from outside.
Agree Mirra was AFL level talent.

Tom Sheridan I think was the other ex AFL player who FF referred to who came for a couple of years

 

[Mr Platinum]

Thomas went to Wesley and best mates with some of the Collegians boys.
Played Old Carey out of school through their alignment with Coburg when playing VFL.

From memory maybe only Beilby and Nick Canny were non Wesley outside of Mirra and Sof in the flag.
The argument can probably be shared - the school definitely provided the bulk of players but probably the best 2 players that season were from outside.
Agree Mirra was AFL level talent.

Tom Sheridan I think was the other ex AFL player who FF referred to who came for a couple of years

Your argument doesn’t stack up, he would be a 1 pointer if he went to Wesley.

 

[Sergeant Schultz]

Your argument doesn’t stack up, he would be a 1 pointer if he went to Wesley.

Did his last 2 years at Wesley.
Yes understand to be a 1 pointer you have to be at a school for minimum 3 years.

Anyway Plats I’m ok that a little bit of outside talent supplementing a club can be a good thing.
In the case of Collegians drawing from a co-ed school (and thus a smaller talent pool) it would definitely help them to remain competitive

 

[mercury48]

B and F results that I've heard so far.
St Bernards; Ben Overman
SKOB: Billy Coates
OX: Alec Spralja

Old Scotch -
Old Brighton - Harry Hill (2nd Quintin Montanaro)
St Kevin’s - William Coates (Jack Andriske, Luke Winter)
Collegians - Jasper Davy
Old Xaverians - Alec Spralja (Marcus Stavrou, Sam Fisher)
Uni Blues -
Uni Blacks - Henry Bennett (Campbell Moorfield)
St Bernard’s - Ben Overman (Charlie Vague)
Fitzroy - Darcy Lowrie
Old Melburnians - Ben Harding/Will Nichols

Old Haileybury - Josh Vaughan (Jeremy Adams)
De La Salle -

 

[mercury48]

Old Scotch -
Old Brighton - Harry Hill (2nd Quintin Montanaro)
St Kevin’s - William Coates (Jack Andriske, Luke Winter)
Collegians - Jasper Davy
Old Xaverians - Alec Spralja (Marcus Stavrou, Sam Fisher)
Uni Blues -
Uni Blacks - Henry Bennett (Campbell Moorfield)
St Bernard’s - Ben Overman (Charlie Vague)
Fitzroy - Darcy Lowrie
Old Melburnians - Ben Harding/Will Nichols

Old Haileybury - Josh Vaughan (Jeremy Adams)
De La Salle -

Old Scotch - Charlie Cormack
(2nd James Tarrant
3rd Isaac Conway)

 

[Mr Platinum]

Did his last 2 years at Wesley.
Yes understand to be a 1 pointer you have to be at a school for minimum 3 years.

Anyway Plats I’m ok that a little bit of outside talent supplementing a club can be a good thing.
In the case of Collegians drawing from a co-ed school (and thus a smaller talent pool) it would definitely help them to remain competitive

Wesley has three campuses across Melbourne, with 1850 boys, more than Scotch College and similar to Xavier College.

 

[Mr Platinum]

Matthew Watson to St Bernard’s, great pickup!

 

[Max Leader]

Matthew Watson to St Bernard’s, great pickup!

Youth policy

Max “wouldn’t say no” Leader

 

[Mr Platinum]

Youth policy

Max “wouldn’t say no” Leader

Didn’t realise he was 33 next year

 

[Max Leader]

Didn’t realise he was 33 next year

Actually thought he was older. Been out of AFL for a long time.

 

[mercury48]

Matthew Watson to St Bernard’s, great pickup!

Very good player. Averages 40+ goals a year for Pascoe Vale in the EDFL and was a key figure in the team that lost the grand final to Mick McGuane’s Keilor. Watson is the also the nephew of St Bernard’s coach Steve Alessio.

 

[SeaSide]

Monash ?

Apparently 'Monash' is called Monash and plays at the University ground. My (Monash, a former military colleague) source once told me that their team is made up of mostly (non-Uni), but local footballers.
My grandson, currently playing with the Willi CYs U19s attends Monash. Neither he nor any of his Uni colleagues, many of them footballers, have ever been approached.