AFL Report

Saturday 1 June 2024

Last week was an important part of the AFL Calendar, celebrating National Indigenous Reconciliation Week. At Thursday’s School Assembly, we celebrated by presenting an Indigenous Guernsey and Football, designed by brothers Jack and Luke H, to the AFL First XVIII. The boys proudly wore their guernsey on Saturday against St Augustine’s. The game was played in horrendous conditions at North Narrabeen, with heavy rain and wind in the freezing cold, but it was great to still get out there and play what was always going to be a tight contest.

In the first 15 minutes, St Augustine’s came out strong and took an early lead. Our boys fought back hard to be down by three points at quarter time. In the second quarter, we came out firing and took the lead by nine points, only to allow St Augustine’s to kick two late goals going into half time with a two-point lead.

The boys were asked to dig deep and find something. Unfortunately, the weather took its toll, and the opposition was able to capitalise when it mattered. The boys should be proud of their efforts to be in the contest for the majority of the game. Next weekend is the long weekend; however, we have arranged to play a make-up match of the washed-out game against Barker on Tuesday 11 June, at Rofe Park after School.

The Junior A team also came up against St Augustine’s. The team mainly consisted of Manly and North Shore club players who were very strong and were far too good for our less experienced players. Well done to Daniel Wyborn for scoring all the points for the Junior team.

The newly promoted Second XIII to Division 2 had the boys fired up and eager to go against Redlands. However, they learnt very quickly that this was a big step up from Division 3, and they had to work hard and play at a much higher level of football. They were blown away in the first quarter. But after a good team chat, the boys came out and were able to match it with their opponents for the remainder of the game. Although they went down, they came off with a stronger belief of what they can achieve and look forward to playing them in a rematch if the opportunity arises.

The intermediates were relegated to Division 3, and unfortunately, by the poor luck of the draw, they were scheduled for another bye for the second week in a row. However, to compensate for this, their next round has been scheduled to play a Friday night game at Gore Hill against Riverview.

Due to next week being the long weekend, all teams have the week off. Enjoy the break!

“Courage is the process that builds good men, striving for consistency.”

Mr G Tesoriero
MIC of AFL

Results

ISC AFL Round 5 – Saturday 1 June 2024

Team	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Highlights
Shore Opens 1st XVIII – Division 1 – Pool B	Saint Augustine’s	North Narrabeen Reserve AFL Field	Shore Lost by 31	Shore 34 (5.4) def. by Saints 65 (9.11)	Mitchell Dettman 3
Shore Opens 2nd XVIII – Division 3	Redlands School	Macquarie University Oval	Shore Lost by 52	Shore 26 (4.2) def. by Redlands 78 (12.6)	Ethan Smith 3
Shore Intermediate A – Division 2	Bye	–	Bye	Bye
Shore Junior A – Division 2	Saint Augustine’s	North Narrabeen Reserve AFL Field	Shore Lost by 107	Shore 10 (1.4) def. by Saints 117 (19.3)
Note: For a student to make Highlights, they need to have kicked three (3) or more goals.
Wins 0 Losses: 3 Draws: 0 Byes/Internal: 1 Match Abandoned: 0
Undefeated Teams: N/A

ISC Round 05: Team of the Week

Name	Team	Name	Team
Daniel Wyborn	Jr A	Flynn Duncan	Second XVIII
Harrison A Thomas	Jr A	Dylan Aifantis	Second XVIII
Thomas Capes	Jr A	Thomas F	Second XVIII
Marcus Craike	Jr A	Matthew G	First XVIII
William Thompson	Jr A	Neo Pressley	First XVIII
Hamish McKindley	Jr A	Sam Walton	First XVIII
Ethan Smith	Second XVIII	Jamie Gandhi	First XVIII
Luke Goddard	Second XVIII	Jeremy McKindley	First XVIII
Ari Carboni	Second XVIII	Logan Crookshank	First XVIII