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That’s it. I’m leaving town.

I definitely wasn’t made for loving them.

The skipper polled strongly last night but so did T. Hanks 76. Tyla Hanks 67. Kate Hore 30. Olivia Purcell 27. Lauren Pearce 24. Eden Zanker 20. Alyssa Bannan 14. Eliza McNamara 13. Paxy Paxman 12. Shelley Heath 9. Lily Mithen 6. Sarah Lampard 5. Blaithin Mackin 4. Eliza West 3. Maddison Gay Tayla Harris 1. Tahlia Gillard Aimee Mackin

How about some voting?

The Rookie Me Central Power rankings for September - AFL Draft Power Rankings: September 2023

The team has been fantastic - don't get me wrong - but looking at the four games played and the opposition in those games, it would be fair to say that we haven't really beaten a quality team. Two opponents have yet to win a game this year and the other two have one win each. Geelong is really the team's first real challenge for the current season. So, we shouldn't get too carried away ... just yet.

The AFL has announced its North Melbourne assistance package which gives that club an end of first round pick this year. This means that the first round draft order becomes:- ROUND ONE 1. West Coast Eagles 2. North Melbourne 3. Hawthorn 4. Gold Coast Suns 5. Melbourne (via Fremantle) 6. GWS Giants (via Richmond) 7. Geelong 8. Essendon 9. Adelaide 10. Western Bulldogs 11. Sydney Swans 12. St Kilda 13. Melbourne 14. North Melbourne (via Port Adelaide) 15. GWS Giants 16. Carlton 17. Western Bulldogs (via Brisbane) 18. Collingwood 19. North Melbourne (compensation) The picks in the following rounds are put by one selection e.g. -> ROUND TWO 20. West Coast Eagles (and so on)

On what I saw yesterday, I would have Sanders ahead of Watson. The latter had little impact in the first half but was better in the second. Sanders was good all game. That of course, is based on the sample of one game.

Sandringham storms to second straight flag

And it is back to back for the Dragons! SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS 3.3.21 7.6.48 11.8.74 17.10.112
 EASTERN RANGES 4.0.24 5.3.33 7.6.48 10.9.69 GOALS SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS Brown 3 Dear Lloyd May Reid 2 Ashcroft Edwards Harrop Johnston Roberts Visentini EASTERN RANGES MacDonald 2 Cantwell Monteath Moraes Sruk Watson Weatherill Windsor BEST SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS W Brown R Sanders M Reid C Harrop C Dear C Lord EASTERN RANGES T Sruk C Moraes N Watson C Windsor R Weatherill S MacDonald Dragons captain Will Brown was awarded best on ground for his performance in the game.

Goals to Edwards and Brown, his third so it’s away to a 38 point lead.

Ranges come back with a goal from the brilliant Tyson Sruk, a midfielder. In reply, Sanders gets the ball out to an underage teammate Murphy Reid who boots the first of two in a minute. Sandy back in control with a lead of 27 points.

The Wizard opened proceedings In the second half with a goal from a free and then the Ranges goaled again and got to within a couple of points. But then the Dragons took over with Sanders and Lord in the midfield and captain Brown up forward and they kicked the last four goals of the term to lead at 3/4 time by 26 points. Sandy are poised to go back to back and yes, I’m sold on Sanders. He’s cool, talented, can mark and kicks accurately.

It’s half time in the Coates Talent League Boys Grand Final and the Sandringham Dragons are 15 points up on the Eastern Ranges. Big last half looming.

The order after the third week of the 2023 finals series remains unchanged after this weekend:- ROUND ONE 1. West Coast Eagles 2. North Melbourne 3. Hawthorn 4. Gold Coast Suns 5. Melbourne (via Fremantle) 6. GWS Giants (via Richmond) 7. Geelong 8. Essendon 9. Adelaide 10. Western Bulldogs 11. Sydney Swans 12. St Kilda 13. Melbourne 14. North Melbourne (via Port Adelaide) 15. GWS Giants 16. Carlton 17. Western Bulldogs (via Brisbane) 18. Collingwood ROUND TWO 19. West Coast Eagles 20. Adelaide (via North Melbourne) 21. Fremantle (via North Melbourne compensation) 22. Sydney Swans (via Hawthorn) 23. Adelaide (via Gold Coast Suns) 24. Melbourne (via Fremantle) 25. Richmond 26. Brisbane (via Geelong) 27. Essendon 28. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide) 29. Hawthorn (via Western Bulldogs) 30. Sydney Swans 31. St Kilda 32. Melbourne 33. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide) 34. Gold Coast Suns (via GWS Giants) 35. Collingwood (via Carlton) 36. Western Bulldogs (via Brisbane) 37. Port Adelaide (via Collingwood) ROUND THREE 38. West Coast Eagles 39. North Melbourne 40. Fremantle (via North Melbourne compo) 41. Sydney Swans (via Hawthorn) 42. Gold Coast Suns 43. Port Adelaide (via Fremantle) 44. Richmond 45. Brisbane (via Geelong) 46. Essendon 47. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide) 48. Hawthorn (via Western Bulldogs 49. Sydney Swans 50. St Kilda 51. North Melbourne (via Melbourne) 52. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide) 53. GWS Giants 54. Fremantle (via Carlton) 55. Brisbane 56. Gold Coast Suns (via Collingwood) ROUND FOUR 57. West Coast Eagles 58. Fremantle (via North Melbourne) 59. North Melbourne (via Hawthorn) 60. Gold Coast Suns 61. Brisbane (via Fremantle) 62. Richmond 63. Western Bulldogs (via Geelong) 64. Carlton (via Essendon) 65. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide) 66. Western Bulldogs 67. Essendon (via Sydney Swans) 68. Gold Coast Suns (via St Kilda) 69. Western Bulldogs (via Melbourne) 70. Port Adelaide 71. GWS Giants 72. Carlton 73. GWS Giants (via Brisbane) 74. Collingwood ROUND FIVE 75. West Coast Eagles 76. North Melbourne 77. Hawthorn 78. Gold Coast Suns 79. Fremantle 80. Richmond 81. Geelong 82. Essendon 83. Adelaide 84. Western Bulldogs 85. Sydney Swans 86. St Kilda 87. Melbourne 88. Port Adelaide 89. GWS Giants 90. Carlton 91. Brisbane Lions 92. Collingwood The order may change as a result of the grand final.

Tyla Hanks has started the season on 🔥 66. Tyla Hanks 49. Kate Hore 26. Olivia Purcell 23. Lauren Pearce 20. Alyssa Bannan 17. Eden Zanker 14. Eliza McNamara 10. Shelley Heath 6. Sarah Lampard 5. Blaithin Mackin 3. Maddison Gay Tayla Harris Lily Mithen Paxy Paxman 2. Eliza West 1. Tahlia Gillard Aimee Mackin

It’s hard to tell the faces almost six decades later. Frank Davis is wearing glasses and is above Barry Bourke’s left shoulder. Some of those in the photo didn’t play in the grand final. For instance, Ray Groom is above RDB’s right shoulder.

The score: Melbourne 8.16.64 defeated Collingwood 8.12.60 The 20 players: B Neil Crompton Bob “Tassie” Johnson Bernie Massey HB Tony Anderson Brian Roet Frank Davis C Brian Dixon Don Williams Frank Adams HF Bryan Kenneally Graeme Jacobs Barrie Vagg F John Lord Barry Bourke John Townsend FOLL Graham Wise Ron Barassi Hassa Mann 19/20 Peter McLean Ken Emselle

Well then … let’s take a look at the 1964 premiership team photograph.

Today is our home ground’s 170th Birthday. Sadly, our season isn’t alive for us to be enjoying a Preliminary Final there tonight but Happy Birthday 🎂 to the MCG anyway…

6. T. Hanks 5. S. Heath 4. E. Zanker 3. O. Purcell 2. A. Mackin 1. K. Hore

Yep … Aimee Mackin sure can play football. A great opening half.

One plus for Melbourne about father Adem’s appointment as Richmond coach is that it frees Noah up as a potential father/son draft prospect without the added pressure of having his dad at the club.

Check out the odds for tonight!

This is a pen picture from the Herald Sun’s on line subscription article by Chris Cavanagh on the ten top prospects to watch in this weekend's Coates Talent League grand final - “RYLEY SANDERS 186cm Midfielder Club: Sandringham Dragons Draft Range: 1-10 Sanders has been Mr Consistent across all his football programs this season and will be looking to cap of his year with another title. Originally from Tasmania, he helped lead the Allies to victory in the under-18 national championships and won the Larke Medal as the best player of the tournament. A prolific ball winner who plays as a traditional centreman and has a strong appetite for the contest, Sanders has averaged 31.3 disposals, 6.5 clearances and 5.3 tackles across his eight games for the Dragons this year. He was named as a starting midfielder in the Coates Talent League Team of the Year this week. Sanders is a player to watch for North Melbourne fans, with the Kangaroos still hopeful of receiving some form of priority access to him in this year's draft as part of an AFL assistance package.” The Kangaroos can be as hopeful as they want but if the AFL compromised it’s rules and the draft system itself by gifting this NGA player to them, it would be a major scandal.