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This game was played on the Saturday of Queens Birthday Weekend in 1979.

A ripper from Kings Birthday in 1990 when there were less umpires and they didn't have such a great influence on the outcome :)

Also damning is the combined scores of the two teams at the weekend. Demons 17.26.128 to Pies 18.12.120

Noah Yze was among the best players for Oakleigh Chargers in their win on Friday evening against the Sandringham Dragons. Here’s the report from Rookie Me Central (note the comment on his disposal which might explain what he has to do with his game to be drafted)

The Rookie Me Central Top 20 Power Rankings for June are out ~

There were a number of puzzling decisions but it could have been worse. One thing that I can't understand is how we did not get a single free kick in the third quarter until more than 18 minutes into the term. there were at least three in that time that could easily have gone our way - more if the umpires picked up ruck infringements against Max.

Victoria’s hold on the National Under 18 Championships has slipped with Vic Country going down narrowly to Western Australia yesterday while the Vic Metro team was demolished this morning by South Australia which won its second consecutive game and is now the early favourite to take out the title. Late goal gets the job done as WA downs Vic Country Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U18s – Western Australia vs. Vic Country WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1.2 | 5.6 | 10.7 | 12.9 (81) VICTORIA COUNTRY 3.3 | 4.6 | 8.10 | 11.12 (78) GOALS: Western Australia: C. Curtin 3, F. Rodriguez 2, C. Banfield, J. Farrow, B. Kelly, S. Swadling, H. Walker, C. Watson, T. Whan Vic Country: N. Hibbins-Hargreaves 4, W. Malady 2, T. Ah-Mu 2, J. Mellor, M. Neocleous, C. Smith BEST: Western Australia: F. Rodriguez, C. Curtin, H. Walker, T. Whan, J. Farrow, C. Banfield Victoria Country: N. Hibbins-Hargreaves, H. Dean, J. Lindsay, W. Duursma, J. Mellor, W. Malady Aussie Rules Rookie Me CentralScouting Notes: 2025 AFL U18s - South Australia vs. Vic M...South Australia has moved to 2-0 at the Under 18 National Championships after thumping Vic Metro by 61 points on Sunday.SOUTH AUSTRALIA 2.2 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 15.10 (100) VICTORIA METRO 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.9 (39) GOALS: South Australia: A. Schubert 3, S. Cumming 2, Z. Peucker 2, D. Sharp 2, H. Barker, M. Marsh, C. Nairn, J. Nye, J. Reichelt, N. Roberts-Thomson Vic Metro: X. Bamert, L. Dovaston, O. Greeves, Z. McCarthy, J. Saxena BEST: South Australia: D. Sharp, A. Schubert, Z. Peucker, M. LeRay, L. Kellaway, S. Cumming Vic Metro: O. Greeves, S. Grlj, C. Duff-Tytler, X. Taylor, J. Ison

Not just alternative facts but artificial intelligence which is what surely was responsible for that pathetic effort.

And just for the record, Noah Yze was among the best players and had 23 disposals (8 kicks, 15 handpasses), 6 tackles and 3 inside 50s and kicked a goal for Oakleigh Chargers in their 26-point win over Sandringham Dragons last night.

Noah was selected to play for the Oakleigh Chargers against the Sandringham Dragons in tonight’s Coates Talent League game.

Based on team selection announced for Casey’s game tomorrow, I expect the initial squad for the Melbourne Kings Birthday game to read ~ IN J. Culley, B. Howes, M. Jefferson, K. Tholstrup, J. Van Rooyen OUT A. Johnson (suspended), B. Laurie Three of the named “ins” to be the emergencies.

Player by player review from the coach

Made the Coates League Team of the Week this week

So the Tasmanian Devil really is extinct?

Can he kick?

Some pen pictures from the Rookie Me Central site:-

Definitely a surprise result in the opening game of the championships and not a great result for our Kalani who was limited to five possessions. Aussie Rules Rookie Me CentralScouting Notes: 2025 AFL U18s - Allies vs. South AustraliaSouth Australia upset a star-studded Allies outfit to kick off the AFL Under 18 National Championships yesterday.ALLIES 2.4 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 11.10 (76) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 4.3 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 12.11 (83) GOALS: Allies: T. Murray 4, R. Hamilton 3, J. Miller 3, R. Corrigan South Australia: M. Marsh 4, A. Schubert 4, H. Barker 2, C. Nairn, Z. Peucker BEST: Allies: D. Annable, T. Murray, D. Patterson, L. Carmichael, K. Coulson, J. Miller South Australia: A. Schubert, M. Marsh, S. Ainsworth, H. Barker, L. Candy, D. Sharp afl.com.auTall timber dominates as SA edges past Allies in U18 Cham...Mitch Marsh and Aidan Schubert kick four goals apiece as South Australia topples the Allies by seven points

This would have been an unmitigated disaster for Melbourne about a month and a half ago. Fox SportsTicks, crosses and top trade priorities: Every AFL club g...Every AFL club’s mid-season grade — and the biggest contract calls, trade moves that loom

The championships kick off tomorrow in Blacktown with the Allies, who many consider to be the favourite to take out the competition, playing host to South Australia. With Melbourne holding no early draft picks at this stage, most attention will focus on 199cm tall Kalani White, son of former Demon ruckman Jeff White who is expected to play a key defensive role for the Allies. 2025 AFL U18s | Squad preview: Allies 2025 AFL U18s | Squad preview: South Australia

I have a Wright in mind as well - not Hunter Wright but Rory Wright of (who else) the Sandringham Dragons who is a classy left-footer and an excellent decision maker. I haven’t seen a great deal of him other than a bit of vision from the Coates Talent League but my spies tell me they’re confident that come November, he is likely to be well in contention for a first round draft pick.

Scott Pendlebury also grew up a Demon fan. Where did it get us?

Good to see Noah Yze back on board after missing out on being drafted during the week. Hope he performs well over the remainder of the season.

My review of the MSD 2025 I have to say (and not just because Melbourne wasn't involved), the midseason draft was more than somewhat over hyped. Yes, I have no doubt that one or two stars of the future might emerge like Marlion Pickett, Jai Newcombe, Massimo D'Ambrosio, Ned Long and our very own Daniel Turner but the odds are against many of them making it. Most have been overlooked at least once in the past and while some of the younger ones might have the capacity to develop further, the majority will spend their time in the second tier competitions where they came from. The two players associated with Casey are good examples. Roan Steele was a good VFL footballer who wasn't picked up even after kicking five goals in a final for Casey a couple of years ago and Lewis has played only four games since crossing to Casey from the Western Bulldogs. This year, Casey has picked up some excellent VFL talent in Bonner, Hardie and Baldi but, while they nominated for the draft, they couldn't get a look in. Thankfully, I haven't seen anyone rate the mid-season draft on a club by club basis which would be a farce since half of the clubs played no part in the draft. It might be different if there's a trade period involved at this stage of the year as some have suggested. The AFL site broadcast the draft and its panel was fairly good but for one embarrassing slip up when the female presenter kept on calling Archer May, Essendon's pick number eight, "Archie" and the other panellists followed suit. The player concerned played in WA this year but was a product of the Sandringham Dragons and there's a connection to Dermot Brereton who is his mother’s partner. I'm sure young "Archie" is still copping flak over his new name.

It was Round 13 at the Docklands and we lost by a couple of points. I remember the number 13 was regarded as unlucky for Danners. Also, we got a call from SEN who wanted to get a Melbourne supporter's view so Andy (Demonland) was interviewed from the ground for about half a minute. Assuming that they played a 22 game season, Riley coached for 9 games. Riley only coached us for a couple of wins but, unlike the usual scenario when you win the first game under a new coach, we were flogged the following week. It was an "away" game against the Tigers and we watched from the stands at the city end. The drawn game at Kardinia Park was a real disappointment because we were well in front at half time and they didn't make their run until late in the third quarter. Have to admit that I couldn't remember the first goalkicker in the 2000 grannie but I remember Neita kicked the first point, a poster. I also remember a few dog acts by some Bomber players on Troy Simmonds that resulted in concussion and current President Brad Green who went to hospital with a fractured larynx. All of these things caused us to have to wait another 21 years for the next flag and I blame Sheedy for all of that!