SANFL State U18s Announced

[Wedgie]

SANFL STATE 18’s ANNOUNCED
The SANFL is pleased to announce the final 25 man squad to represent South Australia at the 2006 NAB AFL National Under 18’s Championships. The Championships will be held in Melbourne from 24 June to 2 July.
The squad has participated in training sessions, trial games and will continue training as a squad prior to departing for Melbourne on Saturday 24 June.
This year’s squad sees ten players with SANFL League experience – Hurley, Gibbs, Sellar, Anderson, Lally, Thomas, Caire, Edwards, Pfeiffer and Jacobs – providing a good level of experience for the team.
SA’s opening match will be against Vic Metro on Sunday 25 June at Princess Park.
The Captain and Vice Captain will be named following tonight’s training.

Glenelg:
James Sellar
Bryce Gibbs
Angus Lally
Lachlan Button

North:
Damien Cunningham
Shane Edwards
Todd Pfeiffer
Zac Millar
Matthew Wright
Josh Starke

Norwood:
Luke McLean
Toby Schulz

Port Adelaide Magpies:
Lindsay Thomas
Adam Pepe

South Adelaide:
Chris Jurek
Jacob Crate
James Boyd
James Turner

Sturt:
Tom Hurley
Tom Anderson

West Adelaide:
Caolan Buckley
Chris Schmidt
Daniel Caire

Woodville-West Torrens:
Sam Jacobs

[Macca19]

Ports Adam Page should be Adam Pepe

[Wedgie]

Ports Adam Page should be Adam Pepe

Cheers, fixed.

[GWW]

All teams represented but Centrals by the looks of it

[Blue Boy]

I think Hurley would of been handy last Saturday night !!!!

[Wedgie]

Following yesterday’s announcement of the Tip Top South Australian State Squad for the NAB AFL Under 18’s Championships, the SANFL is pleased to announce the Captain and Vice Captain to represent the Squad.
Sturt player, Tom Hurley, will Captain the South Australian Squad in Melbourne next week. Tom currently represents Sturt Football Club in their League side. 2006 sees Tom’s second year representing South Australia at the National Under 18 Championships.
Former Under 16 representative & Captain, Bryce Gibbs, now steps up into the Under 18 Championship Squad as Vice Captain. Currently playing with Glenelg, this will be Bryce’s first year in the SA Under 18 Squad.
Under the guidance of Coach Darren Trevena, this squad of up and coming SA talent will prove a force to be reckoned with.
The SANFL thanks Tip Top Bakeries for their sponsorship of the South Australian State Squad and wishes the boys every success at the 2006 NAB AFL National Under 18’s Championships, in Melbourne next week.

[sydney-dog]

looks like one of the strongest squads in recent years

[Jimmy]

great work Tom, guide them to a flag mate

[GWW]

great work Tom, guide them to a flag mate

Hopefully he'll get some team success in the cannival as hes unlikely to get any with either the Bombers or Carlton for the next 5 or so years

[Jimmy]

great work Tom, guide them to a flag mate

Hopefully he'll get some team success in the cannival as hes unlikely to get any with either the Bombers or Carlton for the next 5 or so years

he wont go that high, but i see your point....

better off staying with sturt tommy

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

nice to see a few guys i played alongside in there.

[Blue Boy]

They are showing all games on Foxtel - I think that is great !!!

[Blue Boy]

Well done to young Tom Hurley as well !!!

[MightyEagles]

I think that Sam Fairclough should have been picked, but it can't be helped.
Well done to Sam Jacobs.

[RustyCage]

They are showing all games on Foxtel - I think that is great !!!

Fox Footy Channel is one of the best things to happen to footy in a long time.

[Wedgie]

They are showing all games on Foxtel - I think that is great !!!

Fox Footy Channel is one of the best things to happen to footy in a long time.

Enjoy it while you can, my guess would be the Foxsports 3 channel will replace it at the end of this footy season.

[Wedgie]

Hooray, a Central player made it now:

MEDIA RELEASE
INJURY STRIKES SA UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER
The Coaching Committee of the Tip Top SA Under 18 Championship Squad wish to advise
that Glenelg player, Angus Lally, has been withdrawn from the squad following a training
injury.
Angus Lally suffered a hamstring tear during training this week. Coaching staff have assessed Lally’s
injury and decided to withdraw him from the Tip Top SA Under 18 Squad, that travels to Melbourne this
weekend to take part in next week’s 2006 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships.
The Under 18 Coaching Committee has sourced a replacement in Central District player, Chad Obst. A
member of the 2006 Tip Top Under 18 South Australian Football Academy, Obst now finds himself in the
25 man squad to take on Vic Metro this Sunday, at Princess Park.

[blublurag]

Great to see Tom Hurley, an Athelstone junior, being named Captain of the side.

Well done Tom, and best of luck in the championships.

[Thunderstruck]

Sounds squad, pity Holmes's form has dropped cos he is a rare talent in my eyes.

Congrats to Hurley, I'm confident he will be an All Aus at end of this and be SA's MVP. Despite not having the raw class and ability that Gibbs has, his SANFL performances have been first rate.

I'd have to say that is the best side we've ever assembled, a touch stronger than the 2003 squad which had Cooney, Symes, Butler, Schmidt and Waters. We should be too good for the VICS but WA's team is a ripper and will prove a tough challenge.

[Pag]

Shame for Angus, played State Under 12s and the SANFL Under 16 Scholarship squad with him, an outstanding footballer and a top bloke too. He'll be in the AFL next year though.

Luke McLean deserves his spot, very underrated in my eyes, a lot of composure and some top skills.

Toddy Pfeiffer is just class. He has a natural football brain and all the skills. Top bloke too who would've been close to a leadership position I would've thought.

And Hurls just works his ass off and deserves everything that comes his way. Congrats mate.