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The VAFA squad, which commences training on Tuesday March 17th at Sportscover Arena, is –
| Tim Fleming | Old Xaverians |
| Matt Robbins | Ormond |
| Brett Voss | Old Haileybury |
| Matt Ball | Old Xaverians |
| Charlie Gardiner | Old Melburnians |
| Matt Handley | Old Xaverians |
| Andrew Lowcock | Uni Blues |
| Leigh Hendra | Old Brighton |
| Luke Wintle | St Bedes / Mentone Tigers |
| Peter McGettigan | St Bedes / Mentone Tigers |
| Ben Dowd | St Kevins |
| Hayden Heta | Old Ivanhoe |
| Andrew Cultrera | Old Trinity |
| Matt Smith | Old Brighton |
| Ben Doherty | Old Scotch |
| Nick Stone | Collegians |
| James Beaumont | Old Melburnians |
| Ben Corin | De La Salle |
| Mark Ainley | Old Brighton |
| Brendan Iezzi | Old Trinity |
| Tim Hazell | Old Camberwell |
| Tom Simpson | St Kevins |
| Cameron Howat | Old Carey |
| Chris Blumfield | Collegians |
| Jarrod Carlson | Marcellin |
| Mark Paterson | Uni Blues |
| Luke Williams | St Kevins |
| David Biggs | Old Essendon |
| Jack Healy | Old Trinity |
| Tim Biggs | Old Essendon |
| Josh Dickerson | Old Brighton |
| Simon Fragiacomo | Old Ivanhoe |
| Paul Wintle | St Bedes / Mentone Tigers |
| Brett Sinclair | Old Brighton |
| Ben Phibbs | St Bedes / Mentone Tigers |
| Daniel Flaherty | Old Essendon |
| Mark Bolton | Uni Blacks |
| Paul Groves | St Bedes / Mentone Tigers |
| Andrew Bowen | Old Xaverians |
| Nick Butler | Old Ivanhoe |
The Eastern Football League squad is –
| Craig | Anderson | Noble Park |
| Jamie | Bain | East Ringwood |
| Kris | Bardon | Vermont |
| Luke | Barker | Croydon |
| Kris | Barlow | Blackburn |
| Seamus | Billings | Balwyn |
| Patrick | Bowden | Balwyn |
| Marcus | Buzaglo | East Ringwood |
| Marcus | Carroll | East Burwood |
| Lucas | Davies | South Croydon |
| Steve | Finlayson | Scoresby |
| Ash | Froud | Vermont |
| Ben | Goddard | Scoresby |
| Matt | Greig | Vermont |
| Dean | Grice | Boronia |
| Roc | Harry | Balwyn |
| Kristan | Height | Blackburn |
| Nathan | Henley | Vermont |
| Andrew | Hughes | Croydon |
| Dean | Kelly | Noble Park |
| Stewart | Kemperman | Noble Park |
| Grant | McCarthy | Vermont |
| Cody | Morris | Scoresby |
| Brett | Moyle | Balwyn |
| Ryan | Mullett | Vermont |
| Peter | O’Brien | Noble Park |
| Matt | Robinson | Rowville |
| Joel | Smith | Balwyn |
| Nick | Smith | Balwyn |
| Matthew | Tuminello | Blackburn |
| Marc | Williams | Scoresby |
| Michael | Witkowski | Norwood |
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