NAB AFL U18 National Championships 2007

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WA U18s final 25-man squad:

There are four players in the squad who are backing up from last year's 18s carnival, with Chris Masten, Rhys Palmer, Luke Sampey and Steven Browne adding invaluable championship experience to this year's team.

Five players in this year's squad -- Masten, Palmer (both East Fremantle), Matthew Breen (Peel) and Alex Rance and David Ellard (both Swan Districts) - have all played league football this year.

Also, five of the eight AFL AIS academy members from the latest induction (Chris Yarran, Cale Morton, Daniel Rich, Nicholas Naitanui and Tony Notte) also made the squad.
 
Claremont -- Simon Starling, Cale Morton, Matthew DeBoer, Patrick McGinnity

East Fremantle -- Chris Masten, Rhys Palmer, James Venturini

East Perth -- Luke Sampey, Tayte Pears, Michael Dawes

Peel -- Matthew Breen

Perth -- David Myers, Justin Russell, Cruize Garlett

Subiaco -- Jarrhan Jacky, Daniel Rich, David Gourdis

West Perth -- Steven Browne, Mat Tedesco

Swan Districts -- David Ellard, Chris Yarran, Alex Rance, Luke Pratt, Tony Notte, Nicholas Naitanui

http://www.wafootball.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=559&Itemid=138

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Luke Sampey, brother of Ashley?

[mightytiges]

Luke Sampey, brother of Ashley?

Ashley's surname is spelt differently - Sampi

Masten sounds as though he's No. 1 from WA at the moment.

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THE NAB AFL Under-18 Championships showcase the stars of tomorrow in Australian Football, and AFL Talent Manager Kevin Sheehan runs through some of the players most likely to catch the eye of spectators and clubs alike.

He compares Cotchin to Brent Stanton

Full descriptions at: http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=45822

Division one players:

Brad Ebert (South Australia)
Born: April 2, 1990
Height: 187cm
Weight: 86kg
From: Port Adelaide Magpies/Henley

Ben McEvoy (Vic Country)
Born: July 11, 1989
Height: 199cm
Weight: 90kg
From: Murray Bushrangers/Dederang-Mt Beauty

Trent Cotchin (Vic Metro)
Born: April 7, 1990
Height: 184cm
Weight: 81kg
From: Northern Knights/Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School

Chris Masten (Western Australia)
Born: May 2, 1989
Height: 179cm
Weight: 78kg
From: East Fremantle

Division two players:

Craig Bird (New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory)
Born: January 21, 1989
Height: 178cm
Weight: 76kg
From: Nelson Bay

Cyril Rioli (Northern Territory)
Born: July 14, 1989
Height: 178cm
Weight: 74kg
From: St Marys

Sam Reid (Queensland)
Born: November 7, 1989
Height: 185cm
Weight: 75kg
From: Zillmere

Tom Collier (Tasmania)
Born: March 25, 1989
Height: 192cm
Weight: 86kg
From: Lauderdale

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Comparing Cotchin to Stanton is interesting.

IMHO Cotchin is more of a contested ball winner than Stanton. But in space they seem to have similar games

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Collier has been killing it for Tassie as a KP Defender this year.

Could of been at Punt Rd but instead it was Kingsley who came 

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Comparing Cotchin to Stanton is interesting.

IMHO Cotchin is more of a contested ball winner than Stanton. But in space they seem to have similar games

I like Stanton and would happily have someone like him at Punt Rd but in terms of what we really need I would hope for a similar ballwinner but with a touch more class and hurt factor with our first pick.

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Vics tipped to head draft
24 June 2007   Sunday Herald Sun
Jackie Epstein

VICTORIA will be back as a breeding ground force at this year's national draft, according to Essendon recruiting manager Adrian Dodoro.

Dodoro is tipping a big return for Victorian hopefuls, after recent domination by Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

The under-18 championships start this weekend, with matches scheduled around the country for the first time.

"The Vics have got a pretty strong side and I think it'll be a Victorian draft this year," Dodoro said.

"The numbers will be back to Victoria in terms of percentage. Maybe 70 per cent will be Vics. You still have to look everywhere, but I think we'll see more boys drafted from this state."

Victoria has enjoyed success in recent times during the championships, with Vic Metro last year defeating Vic Country in the grand final.

Dodoro said it had been hard so far to get a form line on talent.

"There aren't as many obvious standouts as previous years," he said. "This time last year we were talking about 20-odd players, so I think we need the championships to sort them out a bit.

"I'm looking forward to seeing the WA boys, in particular. It's a big ground and a big advantage for them at Subiaco."

Last year 53 players selected in the national draft - and 18 in the rookie draft - competed in the under-18 championships.

There are already big wraps on Vic Metro's 199cm ruckman/forward Matthew Kreuzer, as well as his state teammates Trent Cotchin and Jack Grimes.

Darcy Daniher, son of Anthony, is eligible to be drafted by Essendon and Sydney under the father-son rule.

"He's a key back or forward, about 6ft 3 (190cm) and he's fairly athletic with some good attributes," Dodoro said.

The Vic Country side will field two famous names with Scott Selwood - brother of Joel, Troy and Adam - and Robbie Tarrant, brother of Chris.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21956515%255E19742,00.html

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have the champs started already.

Read in the paper that Tassie played queensland in the first match.

Some kid called something Bowden was best on ground.

Any relation to our Bowdens

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have the champs started already.

Read in the paper that Tassie played queensland in the first match.

Some kid called something Bowden was best on ground.

Any relation to our Bowdens

Yeah they've started.

Tassie won.

Good to see Grima in the best.

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Division 2 Results - Week 1

Tasmania    17.14 (116) 
Queensland 13.13 (91)

Goals:
TAS: Bowden 5, Cornelius 5, Joseph, Collier, Bellchambers, Mihocek, O'Garey, Murphy, Grima.
QLD: Stewart 5, Zorko 2, Savage, Rolfe, Davis, Enright, Mulligan, Jones.

Best:
TAS: Bowden, O'Brien, Bellchambers, Grima, Williams, Cornelius.
QLD: Gibson, Stewart, Headland, Whitecross, Daye.

Venue: SCG

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NSW/ACT             20.11 (131)
Northern Territory 12.11 (83)

Goals:
NSW/ACT: Walker 5, McGregor 4, McIntyre 3, Colvin 2, Davis 2, Cleaver, Terlich, Drum, Davies.
NT: Rolfe 3, Oliver, Fittock, Stokes, C. Rioli, Motlop, Campbell, Farmer, Calma-Holt, Shannon Rioli.

Best:
NSW/ACT: McGregor, Bird, Wilson, Woods, Davis, Overs.
NT: Fittock, Oliver, Sharples, C Rioli, Snowdon, Stokes.

Venue: Telstra Stadium

[mightytiges]

have the champs started already.

Read in the paper that Tassie played queensland in the first match.

Some kid called something Bowden was best on ground.

Any relation to our Bowdens

Our Bowdens are from Alice Springs so I'm presuming he's not.

He has his own myspace though lol
http://www.myspace.com/bowden_32

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From the Tassie vs Qld game

Jaye Bowden had 21 possies, 5 goals
Aaron Cornelius - 14 disposals, 7 marks, 5 goals
Aaron Joseph (34 touches) and Alex Grima (19 disposals).
Kevin Sheehan said Tom Collier (192cm) also had an outstanding performance game. His aggression at the ball and his dash from defence stood out back now in his own age group.

From the NSW vs NT game

Craig Bird (34 possessions – and a Sydney scholarship holder) and Loccy McGregor (30 touches and four goals) were outstanding for NSW/ACT. They continually won the centre clearances and capitalised on the impressive ruck work of Max Wilson (199cm, 18 hit-outs) and David Martin (203cm, 15 hit-outs). Medium forward Taylor Walker (an Adelaide scholarship holder) from Broken Hill continued his impressive goalkicking form for the Rams this year, booting five majors. His one-touch marking and accuracy around goal was a feature.

http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=45913

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Fox Sports One will televise the match between Western Australia and Vic Metro live from 11am (WST) and 1pm (EST) with highlights of all matches to be shown on afl.com.au throughout the championships.

http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=45913

[evaluator]

1.   Matt Kreuzer
17.     Tom Bellchambers
18.   Andy Otten
34.     Brad Jones
50.     Aaron Joseph
66.     Sam Staveniuter

PSD: Charman, Dowler, Maric, Meesan. In order.

Rookies: Hall, Nye. Zomer / Gazzo.