AFL Report
Saturday 25 May
One of our goals in developing the Shore AFL programme is to form an alliance with an AFL Club to provide a pathway for our players. One of our strategies was to invite our whole First XVIII team to attend the North Shore Bombers U19 training sessions. During the week, rather than the First XVIII train during their usual time, they attended their night session, and the boys thoroughly enjoyed it. They improved their skill set and learnt about what the club environment is all about. They are scheduled to have two more sessions later in the season.
A fingernail in it!!! That’s all it was for the Junior A team to go down by 4 points. With a shot after the siren to win the game, Archer Bailey kicked the goal between the posts. However, as he kicked it, the man on the mark leapt up high and got a finer on the ball to make it a behind only. The boys were gutted, but a huge turnaround after their big loss from the week before. With the Intermediate A team having a bye, this allowed Daniel Wyborn and Thomas Capes to come back and play for the Junior A team, providing the team a much needed lift with all players stepping up and seeing the standard these boys were setting.
At times we feel that once our First XVIII is down by a significant margin, that is when our boys start to find their rhythm and start playing better footy. Being down by 0-37 after the first quarter, we managed to be competitive for the next two quarters, scoring 25 points to their 55 points. In the end, we had sustained some injuries, causing the fit boys to run out of steam, allowing St Aloysius’ to run away with it. Neo Pressley continues to add to his “Player of the Season” ladder with another full six points to his name, while Mitch Dettman added two more goals to his tally, keeping him in 2nd place on the Golden Boot ladder.
Once again, the team of the week belongs to the Second XVIII. Dominating from the start, the game was over after the first quarter. The back half had little to do with the front men kicking plenty of goals, as Oliver Mezrani added four more goals to add to his Golden Boot tally of 7 for the season.
“Courage is the process that builds good men, striving for consistency.”
Top image: First XVIII training with North Shore Bombers U19.
Mr G Tesoriero
MIC of AFL
ISC Round 4: Team of the Week
| Name | Team | Name | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Capes | Jr A | 10 | Luke Goddard | Second XVIII |
| 2 | Daniel Wyborn | Jr A | 11 | James Gray | Second XVIII |
| 3 | Harrison A Thomas | Jr A | 12 | Ari Carboni | Second XVIII |
| 4 | Hugh Campbell | Jr A | 13 | Neo Pressley | First XVIII |
| 5 | Archer Bailey | Jr A | 14 | Sam Walton | First XVIII |
| 6 | Jake Loughnan | Jr A | 15 | Jamie G | First XVIII |
| 7 | Joel Wyborn | Second XVIII | 16 | Sam Wyles | First XVIII |
| 8 | Angus B | Second XVIII | 17 | Logan Crookshank | First XVIII |
| 9 | Oliver Mezrani | Second XVIII | 18 | Angus Marshall | First XVIII |
ISC AFL Round 4 – Saturday 25 May 2024
| Team | Round | Date | Opposition | Venue | Result | Score | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shore Opens 1st XVIII – Division 1 – Pool B | Shore Opens 1st XVIII – Division 1 – Pool B | ISC Round: 4 | Saturday, 25 May 2024 | St Aloysius’ College | Shore Lost by 98 | Shore 31 (5.1) def. by SAC 129 (18.21) | |
| Shore Opens 2nd XVIII – Division 3 | Shore Opens 2nd XVIII – Division 3 | ISC Round: 4 | Saturday, 25 May 2024 | Trinity Grammar School | Shore WON by 64 | Shore 113 (17.11) def. TGS 49 (8.1) | Oliver Mezrani 4 |
| Shore Intermediate A – Division 2 | Shore Intermediate Intermediate A – Division 2 | ISC Round: 4 | Saturday, 25 May 2024 | Bye | Bye | Bye | |
| Shore Junior A – Division 2 | Shore Juniors Junior A – Division 2 | ISC Round: 4 | Saturday, 25 May 2024 | Waverley College | Shore Lost by 4 | Shore 35 (5.5) def. by WC 39 (5.9) | |
| Note: For a student to make Highlights, they need to have kicked three (3) or more goals. | |||||||
| Wins 1 Losses: 2 Draws: 0 Byes/Internal: 1 Match Abandoned: 0 | |||||||
| Undefeated Teams: Second XVIII | |||||||