Senior Teams – August 9


Published on Friday, August 8, 2014

The senior teams for this weekend’s matches.

For the fourth and final time this year all Division 1 teams will be eligible to play an under-19s player as their 23rd man.

Lower Plenty has been dealt a huge blow ahead of its clash with Montmorency, with skipper Darcy Barden, Matt Vasilevski and Campbell Brown all out of the top-five clash. The Magpies have lost midfielder Luke Jackson.

West Preston-Lakeside welcomes back Aaron Davey, Bill Micevski and Steve Hiho for its home match against second-placed Heidelberg. The Tigers have been struck by injuries, with Josh Gribben and Chaz Sargeant set to miss.

Leigh Bentley and David Florance return for North Heidelberg ahead of its trip to Lalor. The Bloods regain Tim Keily.

And in Division 3, South Morang has regained Daniel Heatley and Nick Johnston for its away clash at Parkside, where the Devils will play their last game of the 2014 season,

Continue below for all the team changes. Click on the links to see the selected teams in starting positions.

DIVISION 1

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Northcote Park v Whittlesea
Northcote Park: IN – Wade Demasi, Nik McNiece; OUT – Joel Donaldson (inj)
Whittlesea: IN – Matt Gersh, Dale Saddington, Ben Barker; OUT – Brent Toll, Mitch Taplin

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: West Preston-Lakeside v Heidelberg
West Preston-Lakeside: IN – Aaron Davey, Steve Hiho, Kirk Lang, Billy Micevski, Brendan Nannery, Michael Tilmouth-Turner; OUT – Matt Belbasis, Paul Di Giuseppe, Shaun Gannon, Andeis Jurgens, Nathan Valladares
Heidelberg: IN – Lewis Beers, Masaki Miki, Harley Mozdzierz; OUT – Josh Gribben (inj), Chaz Sargeant (inj)

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Montmorency v Lower Plenty
Montmorency: IN – Jake Wild, OUT – Luke Jackson
Lower Plenty: IN – James Course, Pat Cronin, Adam Dennis, Nathan Sleep, Damien Smith; OUT – Darcy Barden, Campbell Brown, Kane Tenace, Matt Vasilevski

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Greensborough v Eltham
Greensborough: IN – Jacob Ireland, Luke Stanton; OUT – Liam Bowkett
Eltham: IN (from) – Adam Brovedani, James Reid, Brendan Ryan; OUT – James Dell

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Bundoora v Macleod
Bundoora: IN – Brad Czerny, Josh Iacobaccio; OUT – Brent Marshall
Macleod: IN – Ben Hines, Brad Leggett, Matt Pow, Kyle Shepard-Mueller; OUT – Matt Clark (VFL), Joel Kidd (inj), Jake Walker

DIVISION 2

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Hurstbridge v Epping
Hurstbridge: IN – Jay Barbera, Mac Batchelor, Aron Burns, James Currie, Dale Eames, Tony Heron, Riley Reading; OUT – Bryce Atkins, Joel Baillie, Tieren Barbera, Luke Hannah, Brent Hay, Bryce Mullane, Callum Thomas
Epping: IN – Jackson Freebairn; OUT – Anthony Bradford

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Diamond Creek v Panton Hill
Diamond Creek: IN – Nathan Byatt, Mark O’Halloran; OUT – Chris Moloney, Michael Robinson
Panton Hill: IN – Thomas Blake, Tim Duckworth, Jason Evans; OUT – Dean Haydock, Ryan Scarce

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Lalor v North Heidelberg
Lalor: IN – Dean Angelkoski, Tim Keily, Daniel Morrison; OUT – Tom Bonson, Ben Curtiss, Andrew Sneddon
North Heidelberg: IN – Leigh Bentley, David Florance, OUT – Andrew Habchi, Jamie Wright

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Fitzroy Stars v Mernda
Fitzroy Stars: IN – Gordon Bamblett, Mungara Brown, Aaron Clark; OUT – Kaelun Brown, Djye Morgan, Justin Seetle
Mernda: IN – Jesse Owens-Draper, Colin Ribbons, Luke Thorneycroft, Joshua Wuelfert; OUT – Michael Aparo, Andrew Oliver, Jai Robinson, Marcus Saddington

DIVISION 3

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Watsonia v Reservoir
Watsonia: IN – Rick Kimberley; OUT – Ryan Bowen
Reservoir: No change

Opens external link in new windowSelected teams: Parkside v South Morang
Parkside: IN – Ty Dummett; OUT – TBA
South Morang: IN – Russell Elder, Daniel Heatley, Mitch Hicks, Nick Johnston, Josh Stroud; OUT – Liam Kilgour, John Klaromenos, Mat Morrison, Duane Russell, Harry Whybrow

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