The Northern Football League has announced its squad for the 2016 WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championships.
The league has selected 41 players in the squad, ahead of its clash with Mornington Peninsula Football League at Rye’s R.J Rowley Recreation Reserve on Saturday May 21.
All 10 Division 1 clubs are represented, along with Division 2 clubs North Heidelberg, Panton Hill and the Fitzroy Stars.
Division 1 grand finalists Macleod and Greensborough each have six players named, while five players have been selected from preliminary finalist Eltham.
The squad contains 17 players who represented the NFL in its five-point defeat to the VAFA last year.
Heidelberg’s Marcus Marigliani, West Preston-Lakeside’s Rhett Jordan and Whittlesea’s Justin Sherman have been included in the squad after transferring into the league this off-season.
Three-time Greensborough premiership coach Robert Hyde will coach the NFL representative side this year.
He will be assisted by Northcote Park playing-coach Harmit Singh, Macleod assistant coach Richard Geary and Greensborough assistant coach Nigel Sanholm.
Last month, Hyde told NFL.org.au that he was thrilled to be a part of the interleague program again.
“I’m really looking forward to it. It’s got me buzzed up having my own team for a game,” Hyde said.
“Just to be able to train and be in charge of a game again, I’m certainly looking forward to it.”
An announcement on the squad’s training schedule will be made shortly.
2016 WORKSAFE AFL VICTORIA COMMUNITY CHAMPIONSHIPS SQUAD
|
NAME |
CLUB |
| Billy BARDEN | Lower Plenty |
|
Darcy BARDEN |
Lower Plenty |
|
Rhys BOYDEN |
Greensborough |
| Liam BRANDT | Macleod |
| Nick CARTER | Northcote Park |
| Bronik DAVIES | Northcote Park |
| Matthew DENNIS | Bundoora |
| Jesse DONALDSON | Montmorency |
| Cameron ELMORE | Lower Plenty |
| Andrew FAIRCHILD | Whittlesea |
| Patrick FITZGERALD | Montmorency |
| Patrick FLYNN | Lower Plenty |
| Shaun GANNON | West Preston-Lakeside |
| Eamon GILBERT | Eltham |
| Billy GLASGOW | Eltham |
| Shane HARVEY | North Heidelberg |
| Lucas HOBBS | Macleod |
| Jarrod HODGKIN | Heidelberg |
| Peter HOOD | Fitzroy Stars |
| Michael HOOPER | Greensborough |
| Matthew HYDE | Greensborough |
| Rhett JORDAN | West Preston-Lakeside |
| Brad LEGGETT | Macleod |
| Luke LIROSI | West Preston-Lakeside |
| Marcus MARIGLIANI | Heidelberg |
| Brent MARSHALL | Bundoora |
| Ned McKEOWN | Macleod |
| Joel McLELLAN | Montmorency |
| Ben McNIECE | Northcote Park |
| Lachlan McQUILKEN | Greensborough |
| Hamish PAYNTER | Macleod |
| Nick RIDDLE | Greensborough |
| Tom ROGERS | Eltham |
| Tyler SCARCE | Panton Hill |
| Wayne SCHULTZ | Northcote Park |
| Justin SHERMAN | Whittlesea |
| Tristan STEAD | Greensborough |
| Bradyn TAGLIERI | Eltham |
| Jordan TRELOAR | Heidelberg |
| Justin WHITE | Macleod |
| Anton WOODS | Eltham |
