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A day when just about anything could happen.

The All Australian Under 18 side:- Defenders: Jez McLennan (South Australia), Jacob Koschitzke (Allies), Isaac Quaynor (Vic Metro), Buku Khamis (Vic Metro), Kyle Reid (Vic Country), Jordan Clark (Western Australia) Midfielders: Luke English (Western Australia), Kieren Briggs (Allies), Bailey Smith (Vic Metro), Luke Valente (South Australia), Sam Walsh (Vic Country), Chayce Jones (Allies) Forwards: Bailey Scott (Allies), Jack Lukosius (South Australia), Jackson Hately (South Australia), Izak Rankine (South Australia), Ben King (Vic Metro), Rhylee West (Vic Metro) Interchange: Sydney Stack (Western Australia), Connor McFadyen (Allies), Mitch O’Neill (Allies), Will Gould (South Australia), Jeremy Sharp (Western Australia) Coach: Tony Bamford (South Australia) Assistant coach: Lance Spaulding (Tasmania) Captain: Sam Walsh Vice-captain: Luke Valente The All-Australia side was picked by Kevin Sheehan (AFL Talent Ambassador), Luke Power (AFL Academy Head Coach), Marcus Ashcroft (AFL Talent Competition and Operations), Dom Milesi (Collingwood recruiting manager), Troy Selwood (Geelong recruiting manager), Matt Clarke (Richmond recruiting manager) and Chris Liberatore (St Kilda recruiting manager). Unless we do some trading, it’s unlikely any of the above will end up at Melbourne.

U18: Rankine blitz lifts Croweaters to national title http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-04/u18-rankine-blitz-lifts-croweaters-to-national-title Vic Metro 0.1.1 2.3.15 8.5.53 9.7.61 South Australia 4.3.27 9.4.58 12.7.79 17.14.116 Goals Vic Metro King 4, Taylor 2, Mahony, Rendell, O'Halloran South Australia Rankine 5, Jarvis 2, Munn, Rozee, Lukosius, Chandler, Luchowiak, Siviour, Chapman, Valente, Lewis, Best Vic Metro Ayton-Delaney, King, Smith, Rowell, O'Halloran South Australia Rankine, Kennerley, Hately, Rozee, Lewis, Frederick, Chapman And the Fox Sports power Rankings

The game’s worth watching on SEN. Izak Rankine looks a star ⭐️

Western Australia beat the Allies by 7 points Jordan Clark of WA was best on ground followed closely by Allies' f/s prospect Bailey Scott. U18: Future Swan unable to lift Allies over the line Allies 1.1.7 4.1.25 7.5.47 10.11.71 Western Australia 3.3.21 8.4.52 10.4.64 12.6.78 Goals Allies Turner 2, Blakey, Reinhard, McFayden, Quint, Turner, Scott, O'Neill, Thomas Western Australia Medhat 3, Georgiades 2, Moore 2, O'Reilly 2, Oldfield 2, Stack Best Allies Scott, Blakey, Turner, Jones, Briggs, O'Neill Western Australia Clark, English, Oldfield, Stack, Foley, Spooner, Medhat South Australia v Vic Metro which is effectively the grand final has just started.

Lost this one at selection. The balance wasn’t right today. Harry Petty has potential but should have been kept in wraps for a while longer. Billy Stretch and Sam Frost have been very strong for weeks at Casey and should have been picked.

Couldn’t let the weekend go past without a mock draft (courtesy of Callum Twomey) ... and an article about which VFL players are putting their hand up for this year’s drafts.

The stats ~ Oskar Baker 20 kicks 14 handballs 34 disposals 9 marks 6 tackles 126 dream team points Harley Balic 1 goal 9 kicks 7 handballs 16 disposals 4 marks 1 tackles 63 dream team points Tomas Bugg 12 kicks 5 handballs 17 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 75 dream team points Lachlan Filipovic 2 hit outs -4 dream team points Sam Frost 10 kicks 6 handballs 16 disposals 6 marks 1 tackle 58 dream team points Jeff Garlett 1 goal 2 behinds 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 7 tackles 65 dream team points Jack Hutchins 1 goal 2 kicks 3 handballs 5 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 36 dream team points Dion Johnstone 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 37 dream team points Declan Keilty 7 kicks 8 handballs 15 disposals 7 marks 3 tackles 68 dream team points Jay Kennedy Harris 8 kicks 9 handballs 17 disposals 1 mark 11 tackles 88 dream team points Dean Kent 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 45 dream team points Mitchell King 1 goal 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 17 hit outs 56 dream team point Jay Lockhart 13 kicks 7 handballs 20 disposals 4 marks 4 tackles 78 dream team points Goy Lok 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 36 dream team points Corey Machaya 6 kicks 1 handballs 7 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 35 dream team points James Munro 7 kicks 5 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 6 tackles 61 dream team points Cameron Pedersen 10 kicks 5 handballs 15 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points Corey Stockdale 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 4 tackles 45 dream team points Angus Scott 1 goal 11 kicks 7 handballs 18 disposals marks tackles dream team points Tim Smith 1 goal 11 kicks 9 handballs 20 disposals 7 marks 2 tackles 78 dream team points Billy Stretch 2 goals 13 kicks 10 handballs 23 disposals 1 mark 9 tackles 110 dream team points Bernie Vince 18 kicks 7 handballs 25 disposals 6 marks 5 tackles 107 dream team points Corey Wagner 15 kicks 12 handballs 27 disposals 2 marks 9 tackles 106 dream team points

Big day today.

Inside 50s - Casey leads 38 to 28.

I wonder if anyone caught sight of Melbourne’s NEXT GENERATION ACADEMY prospect Toby Bedford who was named as Victoria Country’s best player in its Under 18 National Championships game against Western Australia yesterday at Geelong? The Demons have first call on the lively midfielder/small forward from the Dandenong Stingrays. Bedford is just 176cm and 65kg but from all reports is lively, eye-catching and a strong tackler who offers plenty of forward pressure. Given that he’s with the Stingrays, we might see him sometime soon as a 23rd player for the Casey Demons.

Here you go ~ U18: The father-son candidates linked to your club

SA remain the hot favourite after yesterday’s games. U18: Rankine lights it up for Croweaters South Australia 1.1.7 4.6.30 10.10.70 13.12.90 Allies 3.6.24 6.7.43 7.8.50 9.12.66 Goals South Australia Rankine 3, Jarvis 2, Rozee, Chapman, Munn, Woodcock, Betterman, Frederick, Sampson, Lukosius Allies Blakey 2, Scott 2, Quint, McFayden, O'Neill, Budarick, Mansell Best South Australia Valente, Hately, Betterman, Rankine, Lukosius, Frederick Allies Scott, McFayden, Blakey, Jones, O'Neill, Briggs U18: Lion's little brother lights up WA win Vic Country 1.2.8 5.4.34 5.6.36 6.8.44 Western Australia 5.2.32 7.4.46 9.7.61 11.10.76 Goals Vic Country Williams 2, Flanders, Walsh, Barzen, Brownless Western Australia Cameron 5, Foley, Georgiades, Smallwood, O'Reilly, English, Medhat Best Vic Country Bedford, Smith, Walsh, Williams, Brownless Western Australia Cameron, English, Stack, Clark, Morgan

Today’s teams

There was only one Under 18 Championships game last weekend - Metro too strong for Country in battle of Vics Vic Metro 4.1.25 9.1.55 9.5.59 13.6.84 Vic Country 3.1.19 4.4.28 7.6.48 8.10.58 Goals Vic Metro Smith 3, Taylor 3, Answerth 2, King 2, O'Halloran 2, Collier-Dawkins Vic Country McHenry 2, Flanders 2, Walsh, Bowman, Brownless, Keighran Best Vic Metro Smith, West, Taylor, McKenzie, Answerth, Rowbottom Vic Country Walsh, Duursma, McHenry, Flanders, Bowman The championships continue today, with round four action at GMHBA Stadium in Geelong. The Allies will meet South Australia, with Vic Country to do battle with Western Australia and Vic Metro having its bye.

The stats ~ Oskar Baker 1 goal 6 kicks 7 handballs 13 disposals 1 marks 3 tackles 49 dream team points Harley Balic 7 kicks 10 handballs 17 disposals 8 tackles 69 dream team points Tomas Bugg 15 kicks 12 handballs 27 disposals 3 marks 12 tackles 125 dream team points Sam Frost 11 kicks 4 handballs 15 disposals 8 marks 1 tackle 69 dream team points Jeff Garlett 1 goal 7 kicks 5 handballs 12 disposals 1 marks 4 tackles 56 dream team points Mitch Gent 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 34 dream team points Jack Hutchins 3 goals 2 behinds 9 kicks 3 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 82 dream team points Dion Johnstone 8 kicks 11 handballs 19 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 66 dream team points Jay Kennedy Harris 1 goal 17 kicks 10 handballs 27 disposals 6 marks 5 tackles 116 dream team points Mitchell King 2 kicks 6 handballs 8 disposals 1 tackle 32 hit outs 53 dream team point Mykleti Lefau 1 behind 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 8 tackles 11 hit outs 71 dream team points Jay Lockhart 4 kicks 6 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 42 dream team points Goy Lok 1 behind 12 kicks 11 handballs 23 disposals 1 mark 9 tackles 97 dream team points Corey Machaya 6 kicks 11 handballs 17 disposals 1 mark 6 tackles 67 dream team points James Munro 7 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 61 dream team points Cameron Pedersen 5 kicks 10 handballs 15 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 39 dream team points Harrison Petty 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 31 dream team points Charlie Spargo 9 kicks 10 handballs 19 disposals 1 mark 9 tackles 88 dream team points Corey Stockdale 1 goals 2 behind 6 kicks 5 handballs 11 disposals 2 marks 5 tackles 59 dream team points Billy Stretch 2 goals 13 kicks 11 handballs 24 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 103 dream team points Corey Wagner 1 behind 14 kicks 9 handballs 23 disposals 2 marks 10 tackles 95 dream team points Josh Wagner 12 kicks 9 handballs 21 disposals 1 marks 6 tackles 78 dream team points Sam Weideman 7 goals 14 kicks 5 handballs 19 disposals 9 marks 3 tackles 5 hit outs 139 dream team points

Yes - he did.

Coburg lost one of their best players Liam Hunt who walked out on the club a few weeks ago.

It might sound strange but the traveling emergencies are not required once the game starts so they can fly back on Friday night and be rested for the game the next day.

OK Bernie, You got his sister Shae - now get Rory.

SA’s Jack Lukosius remains hot favourite for the #1 draft pick U18: Lukosius lifts SA past Vic Country South Australia 2.1.13 5.2.32 9.4.58 11.7 (73) Vic Country 1.3 4.5 4.9 6.10 (46) Goals South Australia: Lukosius, Rankine, Munn 3, Kennerley, Colwell Vic Country: Serong, Garoni 2, Barzen, Flanders Best South Australia: Gould, McLennan, Valente, Lukosius, Jarvis, Kennerley Vic Country: Duursma, Walsh, Stephens, Reid, Serong, Berry

Sam Docherty said before the game that he expected the team to invigorated by the bye. One of the greatest blooper comments of all time.

Vic Metro win a thriller over the Allies by 2 points - and don’t worry about the headline, the kid from SA will go #1 U18: Potential No.1 pick wins it for Vic Metro http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-16/potential-no1-pick-wins-match-for-vic-metro Vic Metro 3.4 5.5 6.5 7.10 (52) Allies 3.1 3.10 6.11 6.14 (50) Goals Vic Metro: Williams 4, Butters, Taylor, King Allies: T.Green 2, McFadyen, Blakey, Walker, O'Neill Best Vic Metro: Smith, West, Butters, Answerth, Khamis, Williams Allies: Turner, Koschitzke, Scott, Coleman, Walker, Baker

The main father/son would be Rhylee West, son of Scott but there are a few with various family connections.

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