AFL Report
April Holidays
The day after Term 1 concluded, our Junior A Team played against Scots College (Scots) at Gore Hill Oval. Scots are not in the AFL Competition but are trialling games against other schools in the hope they do enter the competition in the future. Scots Juniors have several club and Swans Academy players and beat our boys 110 – 17. While the scoreboard reflected a one-sided affair, it didn’t reflect the effort and commitment of the Shore boys. They kept fighting to the final siren and pleasingly had some really strong passages of play. Archie P from Year 7 was Best on Ground, coming off the half back line repelling a number of Scots attacks. After the match, the Intermediate A’s and First XVIII had an internal training session.
The first week of the holidays, our First XVIII squad, consisting of ten Year 12s, 13 Year 11s, four Year 10s, and one Year 9 student, flew down to Melbourne for an AFL Tour. Staying in Xavier College’s Boarding House, the boys had a fantastic time building camaraderie and lifelong friendships. They only played one tour match, which was against Melbourne Grammar School Third XVIII. Two years ago, we lost to them 112 -20. This time around, we smashed them 160-40, with Mitch Dettman kicking six goals and Ben Hocking being named Best on Ground. We had a large turn-out of support from travelling families, including Tom Hamilton’s Grandfather, Mr Ian Stewart, who is a three-time Brownlow Medallist. Melbourne Grammar School were extremely impressed by the huge improvement over the past two years and made comments to several of our players about how there would be a spot for them in their First team. During the week, they also did a Tour of the MCG, went up the Skydeck building, trained on Hawthorns old ground, Glenferry Oval, invited to train on Brighton Grammar School’s main oval, then taken down to Brighton Baths, and finished the week being invited by AFL to attend North Melbourne vs Carlton at Marvel Stadium and was taken on a tour through the AFL Review Centre, which is strictly out of bounds area for the public. A highly successful tour, and the boys are looking forward to the season ahead.
AFL April Holidays – 2025
| Team | Round | Date | Opposition | Venue | Result | Score | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shore Junior A | Trial Round 02 | Friday 11 April 2025 | The Scots College | Gore Hill Oval | Shore Lost by 103 | Shore 17 (2.5) def. by Scots 120 (18.12) | |
| Shore First XVIII | Tour Match 01 | Wednesday 16 April 2025 | Melbourne Grammar School | Fawkner Park, Cordner Oval | Shore WON by 120 | Shore 160 (24.16) def. MGS 40 (6.4) | 6 Mitchell Dettman; 3 Ben Hocking |
| Note: For a student to make Highlights, they need to have kicked three (3) or more goals. | |||||||
| Wins 1 Losses: 1 Draws: 0 Byes/Internal: 0 Match Abandoned: 0 | |||||||