2024 Division 2 Men’s Team of the Year
Division 2 Men’s was, without question, one of the most interesting sections in all of the VAFA throughout 2024. Brunswick set the early pace, winning 14 of their first 15,
The Victorian Amateur Football Association’s two senior sides partook in their final training sessions and subsequent team announcements last night in anticipation of their respective matches against Victoria Country and Victoria Country (No. 2) at Queen Elizabeth Oval in Bendigo on Saturday afternoon.
19 players from the senior side’s selected 22 hail from clubs within William Buck Premier while the remaining three – Tom Small, Jay Neratzoglou and Josh Freezer – have been pulled from Caulfield Grammarians and Old Melburnians in Premier B.
Old Trinity’s four Big V representatives are the highest of all clubs, while University Blues and St Bernards possess three each.
Three U23 representatives from last week’s AAFC Carnival in Tasmania are backing it up in Bendigo, with University Blues’ Tom Quinn and Old Trinity pair Gabe Hamilton and Jake Steinhart making the final squad.
11 Premier B players were picked in the Premier B-Division Four side, with coach Simon Williams admitting their experience will be instrumental on the big stage.
“Any experience is good experience, particularly at this level,” he said.
“It’s a finals-like atmosphere and intensity (against Victoria Country) so that’ll be really good to have those guys’ experience.”
It is an even spread of players from a variety of clubs in the Premier B-Division Four side, with St Kevins, Monash Blues, Fitzroy, Hampton Rovers, Old Brighton and Old Haileybury boasting two representatives each.
VAFA Seniors:
NO | PLAYER | CLUB | SECTION |
1 | Tom Small | Caulfield Grammarians | Premier B |
2 | Jack Bull | Old Scotch | William Buck Premier |
3 | Sam Williams | De La Salle | William Buck Premier |
4 | Tom Quinn | University Blues | William Buck Premier |
5 | Marshall Rippon | University Blues | William Buck Premier |
6 | Harry Tinney | Old Trinity | William Buck Premier |
8 | Joel Rice | Old Carey | William Buck Premier |
10 | Ned Hunt | Old Trinity | William Buck Premier |
11 | Joel Ernest | University Blacks | William Buck Premier |
12 | Alexander Boyse | St Bernards | William Buck Premier |
13 | Alexander McLeod | St Bernards | William Buck Premier |
14 | Gabe Hamilton | Old Trinity | William Buck Premier |
15 | Jeremy Mugavin | University Blues | William Buck Premier |
16 | Josh Freezer | Old Melburnians | Premier B |
17 | Sam Barnett | Old Scotch | William Buck Premier |
18 | Alastair Robbins | University Blacks | William Buck Premier |
19 | Jay Neratzoglou | Caulfield Grammarians | Premier B |
21 | Thomas Penberthy | Collegians | William Buck Premier |
22 | Jake Steinhart | Old Trinity | William Buck Premier |
23 | Tom Caven | St Bernards | William Buck Premier |
24 | Matthew Handley (c) | Old Xaverians | William Buck Premier |
25 | Nick Corp | Collegians | William Buck Premier |
VAFA Premier B-Division Four:
NO | PLAYER | CLUB | SECTION |
1 | Phil Edgar | St Kevins | Premier B |
2 | Andrew Young | Monash Blues | Premier C |
5 | Nick Gooda | Old Haileybury | Premier C |
7 | Adam McNeil | Hampton Rovers | Premier B |
8 | John Robbins | Prahan Assumption | Division One |
9 | Tom O’Donnell | Ivanhoe | Division Two |
10 | Marcel Bruin | Old Brighton | Premier B |
11 | Harry Whitty | Peninsula Old Boys | Premier C |
12 | Jace Kelly | Mazenod | Premier B |
13 | Dan Garside | St Bedes/Mentone Tigers | Premier B |
14 | Michael Mitris | Old Ivanhoe | Premier C |
15 | Rory Angiolella | Fitzroy | Premier B |
16 | Josh Hegarty Cairns | Richmond Central | Division Two |
17 | Peter Gleadhill | Old Haileybury | Premier C |
18 | Anthony Lynch (c) | St Kevins | Premier B |
19 | Ryan Harding | Emmaus St Leos | Division Three |
20 | Nick Marston | Old Brighton | Premier B |
21 | Daniel Corp | Hampton Rovers | Premier B |
22 | Andrew Brazzale | Kew | Division One |
23 | Maddison Hardiman | Monash Blues | Premier C |
24 | Daniel Bisetto | Fitzroy | Premier B |
25 | Tom Redmond | Parkdale Vultures | Premier B |
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