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Scouting notes from the CTL Grand Final Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Grand Final … and now a review of the Premiers 2024 Coates Talent League Season Review: Sandringham Dragons

Match report from Rookie Me Draft Central Club-tied stars dominate as Dragons secure three-peat

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Not good news for Norwood. Lost the Grand Final to Glenelg by 5 points today after a see saw final quarter.

The draft order leading into Grand Final week ROUND ONE 1 Richmond 2 North Melbourne 3 West Coast Eagles 4 Adelaide 5 Melbourne 6 Gold Coast Suns 7 St Kilda 8 Essendon 9 Fremantle 10 Fremantle (tied to Collingwood) 11 Carlton 12 Gold Coast Suns (tied to Western Bulldogs) 13 Hawthorn 14 GWS Giants 15 Geelong 16 Fremantle (tied to Port Adelaide) 17 Brisbane 18 Sydney Swans END OF ROUND ONE 19 Sydney Swans (tied to North Melbourne assistance package) 20 Gold Coast Suns (tied to North Melbourne assistance package) ROUND TWO 21 Richmond 22 North Melbourne 23 West Coast Eagles 24 St Kilda (tied to Adelaide) 25 Adelaide (tied to Melbourne) 26 Gold Coast Suns 27 Fremantle (tied to St Kilda) 28 Essendon 29 Richmond (tied to Fremantle) 30 Hawthorn (tied to Collingwood) 31 Carlton 32 Western Bulldogs 33 Collingwood (tied to Hawthorn) 34 GWS Giants 35 Geelong 36 Port Adelaide 37 Gold Coast Suns (tied to Brisbane) 38 Melbourne (tied to Sydney Swans) ROUND THREE 39 Richmond 40 North Melbourne 41 Richmond (tied to West Coast Eagles) 42 Adelaide 43 St Kilda (tied to Melbourne) 44 Western Bulldogs (tied to Gold Coast Suns) 45 Melbourne (tied to St Kilda) 46 Gold Coast Suns (tied to Essendon) 47 Richmond (tied to Fremantle) 48 Collingwood 49 GWS Giants (tied to Carlton) 50 Melbourne (tied to Western Bulldogs) 51 Collingwood (tied to Hawthorn) 52 GWS Giants 53 Geelong 54 Port Adelaide 55 Brisbane 56 Sydney Swans ROUND FOUR 57 Richmond 58 North Melbourne 59 West Coast Eagles 60 Adelaide 61 Melbourne 61 Carlton (tied to Gold Coast Suns) 62 Fremantle (tied to St Kilda) 64 North Melbourne (tied to Essendon) 65 Carlton (tied to Fremantle) 66 Richmond (tied to a Collingwood) 67 Hawthorn (tied to Carlton) 68 Carlton (tied to Western Bulldogs) 69 Brisbane (tied to Hawthorn) 70 GWS Giants 71 Geelong 72 Richmond (tied to Port Adelaide) 73 Gold Coast Suns (tied to Brisbane) 74 Hawthorn (tied to Sydney Swans)

The song that was top of the hit parade on Grand Final Day 1964

The Dragons make it three flags in a row with a big victory over the Rebels. Brisbane father/son sensation Levi Ashcroft kicked three goals and had 29 touches to stamp himself as a likely #1 draft pick in the coming draft. But the Lions have a double bonus coming their way because their Academy prospect Sam Marshall pipped Ashcroft for the best on ground medal with 28 disposals and two goals of his own. Harry Armstrong, a 195cm key forward was strong with four goals while defender Harrison Oliver was a workhorse in defence. For the losers, Ollie Hannaford (two goals) can hold his head high. Ashcroft has played in all three of the Dragons’ current run of premierships. SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS 6.1.37 11.3.69 14.5.89 16.7.103 GWV REBELS 0.0.0 2.2.14 6.3.39 10.6.66 GOALS SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS Armstrong 4 Ashcroft 3 Buck Marshall Surkitt 2 Reid Sulzberger Travers GWV REBELS Burmeister Byrne Mast 2 Hannaford McDonald Molan Unwin BEST SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS Marshall Ashcroft Kirkwood-Scott Armstrong Kennedy Oliver GMV REBELS Hannaford Ough Unwin Penry Byrne Burmeister

3QT Dragons 14.5.89 to Rebels 6.3.39

HT Dragons 11.3.69 to Rebels 2.2.14

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On this day, 20 September, in 1982, Brian Wilson won the Brownlow Medal.

Eat your heart out Ray Gabelich

Saturday 19 September 1964: A crowd of 102,471 gathered at the MCG to witness a thrilling grand final in which Melbourne defeated Collingwood by four points after back pocket player Neil Crompton (#5) pushed forward to kick the winning goal. It was the Demons’ 12th VFL Premiership. MELBOURNE 2.6.18 5.7.37 7.10.52 8.16.64 COLLINGWOOD 2.5.17 5.9.39 5.11.42 8.12.60 Enjoy 😊

Could posters please avoid the personal stuff and try to keep the discussion friendly and constructive?

Apologies. I forgot to mention that it has to be an independent review headed by someone commanding great respect in the football world like Steven Dank.

The lid’s off at Bomberland in this expose by the Herald Sun chief football writer - AFL Integrity warns Essendon over Nick Hind and Jake Stringer’s associates. The team which hasn’t won a final for two decades had one of the easiest fixtures in the competition but meekly fell out of finals contention after riding high in mid season. Now, Robinson reports that AFL Integrity has warned the Bombers to be vigilant over who they allow into their change rooms after concerns raised about players' associates. “It's believed the Bombers were warned to be aware of a group of associates of recently delisted Bomber Nick Hind, who is known to have a shared friendship group with teammate Jake Stringer. “It's believed the associates regularly attend Essendon matches and were seen in the Bombers' rooms more than once this season.” The implication from the article is that the “associates” are possibly gangland figures as Robinson mentions the situation in 2013 when Richmond's Jake King was advised to not bring bikie underworld figure Toby Mitchell into their rooms after a match. The culture at Bomberland is rotten. We still haven’t forgotten the doping scandal that wracked the club a decade ago or the fiasco when Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit as Essendon CEO just one day after stepping into the role. There must be a review of that club’s operations which indicate clear cultural deficiencies at that club. Heads must roll. 😀

Commiserations @Big Col. I posted the 1954 Preliminary Final teams from the Melbourne Age today and your uncle was named in the middle for the game won by the Demons against the Cats that got them into the Grand Final against the Bulldogs, the first of seven in a row from ‘54 to ‘60. The prelim was played exactly 70 years ago today. As you mentioned, he was there at the start of our golden era and retired far too young at 25 to take on his calling. I think he became a minister at the church in my neighbourhood on the corner of Bambra and Neerim Roads, Caulfield - ironically very close to the site of the long hoped for future home of the Melbourne Football Club which was announced today. I can still remember the board outside the church bearing his name. Sadly, we’ve lost another club icon from the greatest period in the club’s history.

One of the advantages of not making the top eight (and I don’t advocate we should make this a practice) is that the club will have more time to properly prepare for the season to follow. Official pre season training still doesn’t start for several weeks.

Melbourne defeated Geelong by 17 points in the preliminary final 70 years ago today, Saturday 18th of September 1954.

Compare and contrast these two sets of rankings - Cal Twomey: Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' September ranking ESPN: September 2024 Draft Power Rankings: New No. 1 as finals bolters shake up order

I must have slept through 2009 :)

You didn’t scroll down far enough …

So true - but we really need to secure a couple more picks in the top 25. Assuming we get one from Adelaide from ANB, we need to be creative to get another from somewhere so we have 3 in that group of 25.