VAFA Umpires wrap up Pre-Season club visits
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Big V senior coach Simon Lethlean today announced an initial training squad of forty-one for the 1 April 2012 clash with the Eastern Football League.
“I’m looking forward to catching up with the squad in late February for a run and a kick as the first step in the 2012 campaign," Lethlean said.
"We have a strong, talented and flexible group and it already looks very difficult to be able to reduce the squad down to a selected team, which is exactly what we want – lots of quality and lots of options”
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Beaumaris: |
Matt Petering |
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De La Salle: |
Sam Pickett, Sam Williams |
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Oakleigh: |
Mick Harold |
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Old Carey: |
Cam Howat, Lachlan McQueen-Miscamble, Carl Peterson, Julian Rowe |
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Old Melburnians: |
Jonno Nash |
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Caulfield Grammarians: |
Justin Perkins |
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Collegians: |
Jack Bull, Lachlan Ferguson, Stu Inglis, Nick Ries, Nick Sautner, Andrew Scott, Dan Strachan, Trent Zimbachs |
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PEGS: |
Dan Flaherty |
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Old Haileybury: |
Travis Ridgway |
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Old Scotch: |
Richard Eva, Shane Neaves |
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Old Trinity: |
Rob Humann, Brendan Iezzi |
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Old Xaverians: |
Ryan Colbert, Matt Handley, Jon Mercuri, Nick Wynne, John Shaw |
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St Kevin’s: |
Glenn Chivers, Ben Dowd, Phil Edgar, Tom Simpson |
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St Bernard’s: |
Josh Madden, Andrew Merrington |
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St Bede’s/ Mentone Tigers: |
Luke Wintle, Paul Wintle |
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University Blues: |
Al Austin, Paddy Hayes, Matt Torney, Jack Watts |
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