Kennedy to lead Vic Metro


Published on Friday, June 5, 2015

Heidelberg’s Jason Kennedy will captain Vic Metro against AFL Queensland on Sunday, with five NFL representatives in the team.

Kennedy will lead a Vic Metro line-up that also contains Matthew Dennis (Bundoora), Jesse Donaldson (Montmorency), Lucas Hobbs (Macleod) and Nick Riddle (Greensborough).

The Vic Metro team, comprising of the best of Melbourne’s premier community leagues, travels to Queensland on Saturday before taking the field at the Moreton Bay Sports Complex at 1:00pm on Sunday afternoon.

The Queensland side will be made up of players from the North East Australian Football League, combined with the best from their community competitions.

Vic Metro will be coached by Brian Royal, with NFL representative coach Jason Heatley one of Royal’s assistants.

A live stream of the clash can be viewed at Opens external link in new windowhttp://www.aflq.com.au/2015src/

2015 Vic Metro Senior Squad

1. Ash Arrowsmith (Strathmore), 2. Daniel Campisano (Greenvale), 3. Fortunato Caruso (Northern Saints), 4. Jackson Purton–Smith (Deer Park), 5. NICK RIDDLE (Greensborough), 6. Joel Perry (Vermont), 7. Ziggy Alwan (Noble Park), 8. Shayne Allan (Noble Park), 9. Rhett Jordan (Norwood), 10. Matthew Aver (Norwood), 11. Leigh Williams (Norwood), 12. JASON KENNEDY (Heidleberg), 13. JESSE DONALDSON (Montmorency), 14. LUCAS HOBBS (Macleod), 15. MATTHEW DENNIS (Bundoora), 16. Andrew Panayi (Werribee Districts), 17. Jackson Peet (Dingley), 18. Jarryd Allan (St. Pauls), 19. Harry Tinney (Old Trinity), 20. Tom Small (Caulfield Grammarians), 21. Matthew Fieldsend (De La Salle), 23. Kwame McHarg (Deer Park), 24. Tim Jenkins (St. Albans), 27. Wayde Skipper (Hoppers Crossing)

Earlier this week Brad Emmett from NFL Media caught up with Jason Kennedy to chat about his role as captain of Heidelberg Football Club. View the interview below.

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