Coburg Tigers List Update The list is really starting to take Shape down at Coburg. Football Manager Craig Byron has signed several listed players from 2010 for the upcoming 2011 season. 22 players in all have re committed to the club for 2011 including Captain Nick Carnell, best and fairest winner Sam Power, Justin Kahlefedlt, Ben Clifton, Damien Rayson, Jon Morris, Murphy Ambrose, Rhett Jordan, Christian Mcerlain, Hamish Dahl, Travis Ronaldson, Jake Collins, Luke Geister, Tom Groves, Jye Warren and Matt Smith.
The following players who were also recruited to the club out of the TAC Cup move into their second year with the club and will benefit from the development they had in 2010 and we will hopefully see some of the following players playing regular senior footy in 2010. James Lawton has re committed to the club after just missing out on a Rookie selection in 2010, we are looking for him to add to the 12 senior games he played in 2011. Tom Lucin, Brendan Fewster and Andy Duhau have benefited from a pre season opportunity with Richmond and will all be looking to add to their senior games tally in 2011. David Fahey and Daniel Bisetto are two developing tall’s who are also moving into their second year with the club.
Coburg has been very busy in the off season recruiting some very talented Players out of the TAC cup competition. New coach Adam Potter highlighted the need to recruit young players out of this competition who we think can follow in the footsteps of young Ben Jakobi who was recently picked up by Richmond with their first rookie selection.
In all we have signed 9 players out of the TAC Cup for 2011 and we have another 2 or 3 players still currently training for an opportunity to join the list in 2011.
The following players have joined the club for the 2011 season:
Willie Wheeler – Murray Bushrangers (22 Tac Cup games)
Glenn Grgic – Northern Knights (37 Tac Cup games 1 VFL Game)
Jayke Barrack – Bendigo Pioneers (14 Tac Cup games)
Leigh Masters – Bendigo Pioneers (16 Tac Cup games)
Luke Madden – Calder Cannons (30 Tac Cup games)
Alex McLeod – Calder Cannons (29 Tac Cup games)
Dylan Murphy – Calder Cannons (18 Tac Cup games 2 VFL Games)
Kane Murphy – Calder Cannons
Tom Sullivan – Calder Cannons (11 Tac Cup games)
New Coach Adam Potter is excited about our new batch of young players out of this competition.
“ I think the initiative to allow players out of the TAC cup completion to play as the 23rd player gives these young players some excellent opportunities. I am very excited about our new batch of young players and expect some of them to step straight in and play under this rule and hopefully also earn opportunities in their own right. Our players out of the TAC cup this year combined for over 20 games and looking at the way this new group are going about the pre season I think this statistic will continue in 2011.”
Willie Wheeler is a highly skilled player who has a fantastic work rate, Glenn Grgic is very quick with a high level of endurance and also uses the ball extremely well. Jayke Barrack has been training at a high intensity and also thrived on the opportunity he had to train at Richmond.He will be joined by former team mate Leigh Masters who is re locating to Melbourne to play with Coburg. Our Cannons contingent includes 4 premiership players and Kane Murphy who is coming back strongly from a broken leg in 2010. Alex McLeod is recovering from an ankle injury and should be back training in January. Luke Madden and the Murphy boys have been training very well.
The club is also pleased to announce the following players have committed to the club for the 2011 season:
Jamason Daniels Jameson joins Coburg after two seasons on the Western Bulldogs rookie list. Jameson played 9 senior games for Williamstown this year and at the age of 20 will continue to develop his game at Coburg in 2011. He is a powerful midfield type who uses the ball well, he has a high level of endurance and tested very well in our 20m sprint test.
Luke Cartelli Luke joins us after spending 3 years on the Williamstown list. Luke won the reserve B & F in 2008 and was runner up in 2010. He played around 10 senior games during his time at Williamstown but found with the likes of Johnson, Jolley and Davies his senior opportunities were limited. He is leading the way this pre season with his endurance. We are looking for Luke to play some good senior footy in 2011.He can run through the midfield and also reads the play very well in the forward half of the ground.
Michael TannerMichael joins Coburg after 4 years with Williamstown, Michael had a breakout season in 2010 which included 7 goals in the reserves Grand Final in 2010. Michael won the 2010 reserves B & F award and has been a fantastic leader in his time in the VFL. Michael can play at either end of the ground as a key forward or defender.
Nick Lynch Nick rejoins Coburg after a two year absence where he was back playing with his local club Macleod in the NFL. Nick played as a marking type forward who kicked over 50 goals in both years back at Macleod. He reads the play very well as a forward and has experienced senior VFL football with the club back in 2008. He has come back very fit and the signs are promising for 2011.
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There are several players who are also training with the club in anticipation of gaining a contract in 2011. Potter had the following to say about our pre season thus far
“ I have been very impressed with the group we have training, to have signed 35 players at this time of the year is an excellent result, we targeted certain players and to have 9 players out of the TAC cup competition is a great result. Football Manager Craig Byron has done a terrific job in putting this list together. The other positive is there are still another young group of players who are hungry to join the list for 2011 and they are working extremely hard at training. We will be breaking up for Christmas on the 19th of December at Highgate with a function where all players and their families will be attending. There is a really clear expectation of what the players need to do over the break and I am looking forward to the rest of the pre season moving towards practice matches.”
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