A group of TAC Cup players have stepped out for the NAB AFL Academy in games at AFL grounds over the last two weeks.
The Academy celebrated its 20th anniversary with an intra-Academy match at the MCG on Sunday April 9, when the competing teams were named after former AFL Academy and TAC Cup players Joe Daniher (ex-Calder Cannons/now Essendon) and Jacob Weitering (ex-Dandenong Stingrays/now Carlton).
The Academy then faced Peter Jackson VFL team the Northern Blues at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, with Western Jets midfielder/forward Cameron Rayner appointed captain of the Academy team for the night.
See match details from both fixtures below.
INTRA-ACADEMY MATCH:
TEAM DANIHER 4.0 7.3 11.5 14.7 (91)
TEAM WEITERING 1.1 2.2 5.2 7.3 (45)
Goals:
Team Daniher: Cameron Rayner 3 (Western), Jaidyn Stephenson 3 (Eastern), Jack Higgins 2 (Oakleigh), Richards, Lukosius, Paddy Dow (Bendigo), Hayden McLean (Sandringham), Crossley, Tom De Koning (Dandenong)
Team Weitering: Lochie O'Brien (Bendigo), Rhylee West (Calder), D.Fogarty, Powell, Jack Bytel (Calder), Jarrod Brander (Bendigo), Buku Khamis (Western)
Best:
Team Daniher: Rayner, Higgins, Patrick Naish (Northern), Stephenson, Sam Walsh (Geelong)
Team Weitering: O'Brien, Charlie Spargo (Murray), West, D.Fogarty, Powell
VFL MATCH:
AFL ACADEMY 4.2 5.2 5.3 6.3 (39)
NORTHERN BLUES 4.1 9.6 16.11 17.12 (114)
Goals:
AFL Academy: Cameron Rayner (Western), Charlie Spargo (Murray), Jarrod Brander (Bendigo), Changkuoth Jiath (Gippsland), Jaidyn Stephenson (Eastern), Hayden McLean (Sandringham)
Northern Blues: Gallucci 4, Jaksch 3, McKay 2, Glass-McCasker 2, Kerridge, Polson, Boekhorst, Smedts, Sheehan, Phillips
Best:
AFL Academy: Luke Davies-Uniacke (Dandenong), Lachlan Fogarty (Western), Jack Higgins (Oakleigh), Rayner, Hunter Clark (Dandenong)
Northern Blues: Kerridge, Polson, Cuningham, Smedts, Jaksch, Boekhorst
Last Modified on 18/04/2017 11:21