
AFL Report
Saturday 3 May 2025
With pre-season commencing for the Senior Squad in January with a two-day camp, followed by Friday after-school at Gore Hill Oval for the first seven weeks of Term 1, the boys were already starting to form a strong bond when the Winter season officially commenced in Week 8. Continuing with the tradition of the first Saturday being “Challenge Day”, unfortunately, the planned event on Northbridge A was cancelled due to extreme wet weather and had to be moved to the R A I Grant Centre. The following week, all teams played a trial match against Barker on Barker’s Main Oval, where we won two of the four games. To finish off the Term, the Junior A team played a trial match against The Scots College (Scots) and went down in a tough contest. During the holidays, the Senior Squad toured to Melbourne and stayed at Xavier College. We trained, toured MCG, visited Skydeck, and attended an AFL match at Marvel Stadium to see Carlton beat North Melbourne. We were invited by AFL to view the AFL Review Centre and played a match against Melbourne Grammar School, where we won convincingly. To cap off the holidays, our Senior Squad, without the Year 12s due to exams, played a trial match against St Aloysius’ College and won that match as well.
The first week back for Term 2 officially marked the commencement of the Independent Schools Cup Competition. There was no better way to kick off the season than to play all our games on Northbridge A. It is a highlight for the AFL community, and it was a great day out. With rain pouring all week leading into Saturday, you would not have known it as the ground looked amazing. To start the day off, we had the Intermediate A’s vs St Augustine’s. Our team is made up of Year 9 students only, and we were playing against Year 10 students, with a few of them in the Swans Academy. Given these circumstances, our boys did very well, and the scoreline does not reflect how competitive they were.

The Second XVIII, mainly comprising Year 10 students, came up against Newington College, who were physically much bigger than us. This may have intimidated some of our guys as they never really got into the game that they are capable of. Newington would be the best team in Opens Division 2, I am confident we will be able to challenge the other teams.

Next, the First XVIII was playing in Round 00, which was not an official competition match, because the CAS schools had to play each other first for their own CAS competition. Therefore, we played a friendly match against Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview’s Seconds team. Riverview was aggressive from the beginning, but we eventually found our way and ran away with it, having to enforce the mercy rule, ending up with 15 men on the field. Well done to Mitch Dettman for kicking seven goals. With this being our only game on home soil, our parents provided and after-match function in the Emery Room for the teams. They put on a great spread that was appreciated by everyone.

The highlight of the day was the First XVIII doing a tunnel for the final match of the day, the Junior A Team. The Junior boys and parents loved it, and I am sure they will never forget it. The First XVIII stayed until half-time to cheer them on. It made for an exciting match, with Shore leading for the majority of the match, then surrendering the lead at three-quarter time. The boys fought hard to get the win, and with a few minutes more, I believe they could have. However, time got the better of them and Cranbrook won in a thrilling match. Well done to Harrison Thomas and Archie Peterson for kicking three (3) goals each. To finish off the day, we provided a BBQ for the boys and families, which was a great way to help strengthen the AFL community.

Thanks again to everyone for such a great day, and good luck for the remainder of the season. Next week, First XVIII have their first-round match against the highly rated Newington side on a Friday night at Sydney University Oval. Before the match, we will be presenting the First XVIII jerseys to the boys. The Second XVIII also has a Friday night game, which I am sure they will thoroughly enjoy.
“Beyond the Bridge”
Mr Geoff Tesoriero
MIC AFL

ISC AFL Round 1 – Saturday 3 May 2025
Team | Round | Date | Opposition | Venue | Result | Score | Highlights |
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First XVIII – Division 1 – Pool B | ISC Round: 0 | Saturday 3 May 2025 | Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview 2 | Northbridge A | Shore WON by 141 | Shore 152 (23.14) def. Riverview 2 11 (1.5) | Mitchell Dettman 7 |
Second XVIII – Division 2 | ISC Round: 1 | Saturday 3 May 2025 | Newington College | Northbridge A | Shore Lost by 100 | Shore 9 (1.3) def. by NC 109 (15.19) | |
Intermediate A – Division 2 | ISC Round: 1 | Saturday 3 May 2025 | Saint Augustine’s | Northbridge A | Shore Lost by 54 | Shore 13 (2.1) def. by Saints 67 (10.7) | |
Junior A – Division 2 | ISC Round: 1 | Saturday 3 May 2025 | Cranbrook School | Northbridge A | Shore Lost by 4 | Shore 45 (7.3) def. by CS 49 (7.7) | Harrison Aiden Thomas 3, Archie Peterson 3 |
Note: For a student to make Highlights, they need to have kicked three (3) or more goals. | |||||||
Wins 1 Losses: 3 Draws: 0 Byes/Internal: 0 Match Abandoned: 0 | |||||||
Undefeated Teams: First XVIII |