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The TAC Cup - Finals

Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

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I'm usually right up with the TAC Cup but not do much this year due to other commitments but that competition entered its finals phase this weekend. 

The best source of information on the web is AFL Draft Central which has some great scouting notes and previews here, here, here and here.

The TAC Cup website also previews the games here.

As always my support is for the Sandringham Dragons who won last year's flag and provided a raft of draft picks. This year, there are some MFC family connections at the club with brothers Hamish and Andrew Brayshaw and Seb Williams, grandson of Demon premiership great Don Williams.

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    Had a close look at the Brayshaw boys today and they did not disappoint. When the Bushrangers looked like they were going to charge through in the second, Andrew and Hamish were brought into the middle with Max King and Charlie Constable and the 4 of them just dominated and I think it was 6 or 7 unanswered goals. Just brutal around the stoppages. 

    I thought that Hamish's endurance was an issue as the game wore on. Considering that Andrew (and Angus) can run for a long period of time, I thought it was odd that Hamish wasn't as strong in this area. Both really good decision makers, Andrew just gets into great positions, really good disposal. Can see why he is firming around that 10-20 mark. 

    Hamish is interesting. Only 2 clubs wanted to see him at the draft combine (heard it was the Dees and the Saints but wasn't overly sold on the source). He's had a couple of blinders the last few weeks, today was very important when the game was there to be won. What was noticeable was that his teammates just looked for him. There were a couple of times where I couldn't understand why they'd kick it to him on a 2 on 1, but he'd either mark it or halve the contest and someone would help him mop up the ball. Was very impressed and would like to see him at the Dees next year as he has a tremendous upside. 

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    Who every is bog  in the grand final if they are still not picked should be our fist pick

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    The first week of the TAC Cup finals saw the best four teams safely into Preliminary Final week.

    Here are AFL Central's 2017 TAC Cup Scouting notes: Finals week 1 focusing on some of the better players on the weekend, with an emphasis on the 2017 draft eligible players.

    TAC Cup 2017

    Oakleigh Chargers 5.3 8.4 13.8 15.14 (104)
    Northern Knights 1.1  3.4  3.6  4.10 (34)

    GOALS:
    Oakleigh Chargers: Wooller 3 Hewitt 2 Thompson 2 Stanford 2 Roughsedge  Longbottom  Harte Troiani  Stacker  Richards 
    Northern Knights: Naish  Penrith  Petruccelle  Gillard 

    BEST:
    Oakleigh Chargers: Longbottom Williams Roughsedge Richards Wooller Day
    Northern Knights: Harman Coffield Federico Binion Dreher Lentini

    Dandenong Stingrays 1.0 2.1 7.5 14.7 (91)
    Eastern Ranges 4.4  9.9 10.10  11.12 (78)

    GOALS:
    Dandenong Stingrays: D'Arcy 3 Hamill 2 Nanscawen 2 Bonar  Hustwaite  Williams  Davies - Uniacke  Bowman  Bayne  Plumridge 
    Eastern Ranges: Mynott 2 Rouget 2 Ross 2 Garner  Brown  Doreian  Hirst  Stephenson 

    BEST:
    Dandenong Stingrays: Davies - Uniacke Clavarino Clark Davies Bateman Bowman
    Eastern Ranges: Stephenson Doreian Moore Garner Lynch Brown

    Geelong Falcons  4.6 7.6 10.8 16.11 (107)
    Gippsland Power  3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 (22)

    GOALS: 
    Geelong Falcons: Noble 3 Miers 3 Walsh 2 Sprague O'Gorman Handley Worpel Benson Chafer Henderson Garner
    Gippsland Power: Stephenson Mosquito Duursma

    BEST:
    Geelong Falcons: Floyd Ling Walsh, Henderson Miers Noble
    Gippsland Power: Beck Leslie Quigley Duursma Stephenson Masterson

    Sandringham Dragons 2.2 9.6 15.8 19.11 (125)
    Murray Bushrangers    3.3 6.4 8.5 11.8 (74)

    GOALS:
    Sandringham Dragons: Walker 4 H Brayshaw 3 Harris 2 M King 2 A. Brayshaw 2 Jarnestrom Williams Trusler Constable Morrisby Nagle
    Murray Bushrangers: Barzen 2 Garoni Oakes Donaghey Langlands Wilson Walker Hicks Bice Warner

    BEST: 
    Sandringham Dragons: Jarnestrom, Montanaro, Amartey Owens Walker Hille
    Murray Bushrangers: Paton Langlands Donaghey Murray Vandermeer Walker

    The weekend's highlight for me is the game between neighbours Sandringham Dragons and Oakleigh Chargers.

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    On 16/09/2017 at 8:09 AM, Whispering_Jack said:

    The weekend's highlight for me is the game between neighbours Sandringham Dragons and Oakleigh Chargers.

    And it's a ripper at three quarter time with the Dragons leading by 11 points.

    I would be happy if the club could add A Brayshaw and Seb Williams to its midfield mix, the latter would probably only cost a rookie draft selection.

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    Just a stunning game of football. 3 pts Dragons in the last.

    Big finish coming up, can watch here:

     

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    Williams and Brayshaw (Hamish) look to have sealed a second consecutive GF berth for Sandy.

    Ben King looks an absolute beauty at CHB for Sandy. Looks like a top 5 prospect for '18 draft.

    Edited by ChaserJ

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    Ben and Max King would go top 5 this year. Scary what they are going to do next year. 

    A. Brayshaw really looking like a top 10 pick now. 

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    TAC Cup 2017

    Geelong Falcons   2.4  3.6  9.12  13.14 (92)
    Dandenong Stingrays   2.1  5.6  6.9  7.11 (53)

    GOALS:
    Geelong Falcons: Noble 3 Miers 3 Handley 2 Chafer 2 Sprague  Parish  Benson 
    Dandenong Stingrays: Nanscawen  Bedford  Davies - Uniacke  Clark  Bowman  D'Arcy  Bayne 

    BEST:
    Geelong Falcons: Jaska Worpel Stephens Walsh Parish Benson
    Dandenong Stingrays: Clark Bowman Davies - Uniacke Clavarino DeWit Bateman

    TAC Cup 2017

    Oakleigh Chargers   1.2  3.3  9.3  13.5 (83)
    Sandringham Dragons   1.3  6.6  10.8  14.9 (93)

    GOALS:
    Oakleigh Chargers: Higgins 3 Hewitt 2 Whitehead 2 Rowell 2 Roughsedge  O'Neill  Reeves  Richards 
    Sandringham Dragons: H Brayshaw 2 Jarnestrom 2 Trusler 2 Williams A  Brayshaw  Newman  Walker  Amartey  Owens  Styles  King 

    BEST:
    Oakleigh Chargers: Rowell Roughsedge King Richards Troiani Stacker
    Sandringham Dragons: A Brayshaw Smith King Amartey Styles H Brayshaw

    The grand final will be played on Sunday night at the unusual time of 7.35pm

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    6 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

    Lou Richards grandson. Wonder if there is pressure at the pies to take him early. Hope so. He's not expected to go at 6 or 7 or whatever their first pick is. Love to see a bit of Collingwood premature speculation.

    Bit like our Collingwood premature ejactulation with the Weid !

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    Going down Sunday to support one of our local kids who I coached for a couple years Connor Idun who is a bottom age player with the Falcons. 

    I know  quite a lot of the Falcons kids having coached against them in the local league. 

    Should be able to provide a report. 

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    On 16/09/2017 at 8:09 AM, Whispering_Jack said:

    The first week of the TAC Cup finals saw the best four teams safely into Preliminary Final week.

    Here are AFL Central's 2017 TAC Cup Scouting notes: Finals week 1 focusing on some of the better players on the weekend, with an emphasis on the 2017 draft eligible players.

    TAC Cup 2017

    Oakleigh Chargers 5.3 8.4 13.8 15.14 (104)
    Northern Knights 1.1  3.4  3.6  4.10 (34)

    GOALS:
    Oakleigh Chargers: Wooller 3 Hewitt 2 Thompson 2 Stanford 2 Roughsedge  Longbottom  Harte Troiani  Stacker  Richards 
    Northern Knights: Naish  Penrith  Petruccelle  Gillard 

    BEST:
    Oakleigh Chargers: Longbottom Williams Roughsedge Richards Wooller Day
    Northern Knights: Harman Coffield Federico Binion Dreher Lentini

    Dandenong Stingrays 1.0 2.1 7.5 14.7 (91)
    Eastern Ranges 4.4  9.9 10.10  11.12 (78)

    GOALS:
    Dandenong Stingrays: D'Arcy 3 Hamill 2 Nanscawen 2 Bonar  Hustwaite  Williams  Davies - Uniacke  Bowman  Bayne  Plumridge 
    Eastern Ranges: Mynott 2 Rouget 2 Ross 2 Garner  Brown  Doreian  Hirst  Stephenson 

    BEST:
    Dandenong Stingrays: Davies - Uniacke Clavarino Clark Davies Bateman Bowman
    Eastern Ranges: Stephenson Doreian Moore Garner Lynch Brown

    Geelong Falcons  4.6 7.6 10.8 16.11 (107)
    Gippsland Power  3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 (22)

    GOALS: 
    Geelong Falcons: Noble 3 Miers 3 Walsh 2 Sprague O'Gorman Handley Worpel Benson Chafer Henderson Garner
    Gippsland Power: Stephenson Mosquito Duursma

    BEST:
    Geelong Falcons: Floyd Ling Walsh, Henderson Miers Noble
    Gippsland Power: Beck Leslie Quigley Duursma Stephenson Masterson

    Sandringham Dragons 2.2 9.6 15.8 19.11 (125)
    Murray Bushrangers    3.3 6.4 8.5 11.8 (74)

    GOALS:
    Sandringham Dragons: Walker 4 H Brayshaw 3 Harris 2 M King 2 A. Brayshaw 2 Jarnestrom Williams Trusler Constable Morrisby Nagle
    Murray Bushrangers: Barzen 2 Garoni Oakes Donaghey Langlands Wilson Walker Hicks Bice Warner

    BEST: 
    Sandringham Dragons: Jarnestrom, Montanaro, Amartey Owens Walker Hille
    Murray Bushrangers: Paton Langlands Donaghey Murray Vandermeer Walker

    The weekend's highlight for me is the game between neighbours Sandringham Dragons and Oakleigh Chargers.

    longbottom would have to be a monty to join sidebottom at the filth

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    2017 TAC CUP GRAND FINAL

    GEELONG FALCONS v SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS
    Etihad Stadium 
    Sunday 24 September, 2017 at 7.35pm

    GEELONG FALCONS

    B: 17. C. Stephens, 43. J. Jaska, 26. J. Walters
    HB: 30. O. Brownless, 39. C. Idun, 19. M. Ling
    C: 13. E.  Floyd, 38. J.  Worpel, 22. S.  Walsh
    HF: 7. H. Benson, 46. A. Garner, 8. E. McHenry
    F: 4. G. Miers, 41. T. McCartin, 1. L. Noble
    FOLL: 49. D. Hollenkamp, 42. C. Parish, 16. D. Handley
    I/C (from): 11. M. Chafer, 44. S. Conway, 40. H. Elliot, 5. J. Henderson
    EMG: 31. C. Cartledge, 12. B. Cockerill, 27. C. Francis, 9. F. O’Gorman

    23P: 36. C. Sprague

    IN: F. O’Gorman, B. Cockerill, C. Francis, C. Cartledge

    SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS

    B: 2. G. Nagle, 33. H. Persson, 37. B. Smith
    HB: 6. C. Constable, 70. B. King, 74. N. Murphy
    C: 22. Q.  Montanaro, 8. W.  Walker, 10. A.  Styles
    HF: 15. A. Jarnestrom, 30. H. Mclean, 5. S. Williams
    F: 1. L. Harris, 61. M. King, 20. K. Owens
    FOLL: 29. J. Amartey, 9. A. Brayshaw, 11. H. Brayshaw
    I/C (from): 3. L. Barrett, 24. S. Cameron, 13. J. Gorman, 12. J. Hille, 25. M. Lohan, 28. I. Morrisby, 26. S. Sofronidis, 7. A. Trusler
    23P: 58. A. Richards

    IN: N. Murphy, S. Cameron, M. Lohan, I. Morrisby, S. Sofronidis

    OUT: E. Newman (suspended)

    An interesting item on the Brayshaws.

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    A whirlwind finish by the Dragons but they miss out on the flag by two points.

    Geelong Falcons 3.4.22 5.7.37 13.9.87 13.11.89

    Sandringham Dragons 3.1.19 9.3.57 9.3.57 13.9.87

    Geelong Falcons

    Goals G. Miers 7, L. Noble, A. Garner, J. Worpel, T. McCartin, D. Handley, M. Chafer

    Best: G. Miers, E. McHenry, M. Chafer, S. Walsh, D. Hollenkamp, S. Conway

    Sandringham Dragons

    Goals: K. Owens 3, C. Constable 2, W. Walker 2, H. Brayshaw, J. Amartey, H. Mclean, M. King, A. Jarnestrom, A. Trusler

    Best: J. Amartey, A. Brayshaw, C. Constable, W. Walker, H. Mclean, K. Owens

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    On 21/09/2017 at 7:42 PM, daisycutter said:

    longbottom would have to be a monty to join sidebottom at the filth

    Now all they need is a Mooney on their list!

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    Ruckman missing 15 m  straight in front of goal, I would put a line through him rookie spot at best

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    On 25/09/2017 at 11:54 AM, don't make me angry said:

    Ruckman missing 15 m  straight in front of goal, I would put a line through him rookie spot at best

    Poor kid - it happens to a lot of people. Not the right time or place for him though given it was in a televised grand final and the team's entire season hinged on it.

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    1 minute ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    Poor kid - it happens to a lot of people. Not the right time or place for him though given it was in a televised grand final and the team's entire season hinged on it.

    Is the kid any good?

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