AFL Victoria has announced the initial Peter Jackson VFL squad that will host Ireland in a practice match leading up to the AFL International Rules game in November.
2014 VFL State coach, three-time Springvale premiership player and 2013 Box Hill Hawks premiership coach Damian Carroll will be in charge of the team.
The squad features 12 players that represented the VFL against SANFL earlier in the year, along with a list of some of the competition’s most talented up and coming players including Frankston’s Ben Cavarra, Shannon Taylor and Fothergill Round Medalist Nic Newman, Coburg’s Adam Saad and Williamstown’s Adam Marcon, Kane Lambert and Jake Owen.
The VFL squad will also include four players from the VAFA who played the Irish last year on their home turf as well as one player from each of the AFL Victoria Metro and Country teams – Jackson Geary (Golden Square) and Thomas Paule (Old Melburnians) – who took part in the AFL Victoria Community Cup representative match played earlier this year.
The game will be played on Sunday November 16 at Sandringham's Trevor Barker Beach Oval, with the players needing to adapt to the international rules format.
“The match will provide a unique opportunity for these players to experience the hybrid form of the game, and to test themselves against an overseas team,” AFL Victoria State League Manager John Hook said.
“The game is a great chance to promote the quality of players in the VFL, the clubs they represent and the competition itself.”
In selecting the initial squad, the coaching team of Carroll, Williamstown assistant Adam Potter, Box Hill Hawks assistant Patrick Hill and Bendigo coach Aussie Jones looked at players best suited for this format of the game.
The first training session for the squad will be on Tuesday November 11.
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Evan |
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Casey Scorpions |
Lech |
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Coburg Lions |
Adam |
SAAD |
Coburg Lions |
Daniel |
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Lachlan |
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Collingwood |
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Footscray |
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CAVARRA |
Frankston |
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NEWMAN |
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Port Melbourne |
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Port Melbourne |
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TYNAN |
Port Melbourne |
Shane |
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Port Melbourne |
Myke |
COOK |
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Williamstown |
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Williamstown |
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Williamstown |
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Williamstown |
Kane |
LAMBERT |
Williamstown |
Cameron |
LOCKWOOD |
Williamstown |
Adam |
MARCON |
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OWEN |
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GEARY |
Golden Square FNC |
Thomas |
PAULE |
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Last Modified on 26/08/2014 15:19