AIC AFL footy: Rd 6 Players of the Week
AIC AFL Footy latest: Marist Ashgrove, Villanova and St Laurence’s each have their paws on the premiership as we reveal our Players of the Week following an exciting round 6 of action.
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Marist Ashgrove, Villanova and St Laurence’s each have their paws on the premiership as we reveal our Players of the Week following an exciting round 6 of action.
Here we cast a light over the boys who shone in what was the second last round of a season which has been a roaring success.
Be it through their goalscoring prowess, continued efforts, or the sheer talent they possess, these young guns all played winning football.
See below the Players of the Week.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Not even the presence of a brown snake could prevent Villanova getting to a thrilling win over Iona College.
Play was halted for the start of the third quarter when the snake was spotted. Unable to be encouraged from the field, both teams had to wait until a snake catcher arrived to remove the slithering critter.
All the while the clock ran down, leaving just the fourth term to play.
“Iona kicked a quick goal upon the restart of the game, however, simply ran out of time to give Villanova a late scare, with Villanova running out victors, 38 – 21,’’ said Iona College’s assistant director of sport Anthony Bannerman.
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Both Iona and Villanova had a long standing rivalry in the AIC competition, and the clash lived up to expectations.
Iona was coming into the game with eight of their starting 18 injured and unable to suit up, however those who donned the black and white were up for the fight.
Villanova took advantage of a strong wind first, kicking away in the first quarter leaving Iona plenty of work to do.
It was Ewan Fisher, traditionally a rugby league player, who ignited Iona’s comeback. With his size and speed, he proved a tough matchup for any Villanova forward.
“Each game he plays he is able to pick up a new skill of the game, he will be a very dangerous player for us next year,’’ Bannerman said.
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“Once again captain Zane Pearce led from the front and continues to be a key cog in the midfield unit.
“He battled all afternoon and continued to serge the ball forward giving our forwards opportunities to score.
“Villanova proved too strong defensively at times and didn’t allow us to convert our opportunities.’’
VILLANOVA’S BEST ON GROUND
Jackson Moloney
After missing the previous two games Moloney was very effective at full forward. He took some great contested marks and kicked straight to convert a couple.
Christian Porreca
Playing in the forward pocket, Porreca covered a lot more ground than previous games. This allowed more touches of the football and made him a handful for the defense to contain.
Larry Clark
The Jack of all Trades Larry Clark was very effective playing on ball and was able to link well with the forwards with great ball delivery.
Keiran Micheletti
Micheletti has had a good season across the half back line, sneaking forward against Iona to snare a goal.
It was a just reward.
In other games, Padua had a great win over St Peters, Padua: 20.14.134 to nil.
PADUA’S BEST ON GROUND
Darcy Hoey on the wing and half back.
“Darcy was superb for the whole game. He had the ball on a string, used the ball exceptionally well, and seemed to have lots of time with the ball,’’ Padua head coach Tom Giuliano said.
Not far behind were Brock Powell and Sam Wren.
“After starting down back, Brock played the majority of the game in the ruck and was a great contributor around the ground. His follow up work and tackling was terrific.
“Playing in the backline all day, Sam played a great game in defence. He also provided lots of run and dash, kicking two goals himself.
“It was a really solid effort from my boys,’’ said Tom Giuliano.
“I spoke about playing four quarters of footy, and the boys played a ruthless brand of football all day. We now move on to Eddie’s who will provide a great challenge for us this week.’’
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Ambrose Treacy came away 13.16 (94) winners over Eddies’ 0.2(2).
Assistant coach Sam Pickering was very happy with his team after the win. He said: “ It was fantastic. We had a tough loss against Paddies last round. We were up five goals and went down by a point in the last five seconds.
“I thought they played four quarters really well. They held their heads up.”
Pickering’s best were:
Michael Romelo
“Terrific in the midfield, very silky with his skills. He would have had 30 plus possessions. He was just all over the ground.”
Kaden Ford
“Absolute rock across halfback. With intercept marks and all the rest he was just outstanding.”
Toby Rutch
“He was up and down the ground on the wing just really damaging entering the forward line. Just great entries.”
Lachlan Perry (Eddies’)
St Edmund’s head coach Michael Podolak said: “Our midfield went well. Lachlan, our midfielder, battled hard all game so I was proud of his efforts.”
Kieran Broderick and Philip Deng
These two rarely got beaten in the ruck on the day it was just a matter of Ambrose Treacy having more speed around the stoppages.
Jayme Polkinghorne (Eddies’)
Polkinghorne is coach Podolak’s most improved player of 2023. He said the back flanker has moved from a fringe player to taking a spine position at centre half back. “It’s a testament to his improvement in the game,” Podolak said about Polkinghorne moving from somewhere he wasn’t sure of having him to marking the opposition’s best forwards.
THE BEST FROM ASH V LAURIE’S
George Wood (Ashgrove)
There’s little wonder why Wood is in the Brisbane Lions Tier Three Academy. The mobile tonesettter has his way whether his rivals like it or not. Against Laurie’s he couldn’t be tamed, out-enthusing his opponents all game.
His finishing wasn’t perhaps as clinical as he is used to but his intensity sure shone.
Jackson and Thomas Williams (Ashgrove)
Is there a better twin pairing in the competition? George and Munroe Wood of Ashgrove would tell you there is and rightfully so. They are exceptional but so are these two. So far this season the duo has been on fire and it was no different on Friday when Ashgrove took down Laurie’s. They scored, they soared and indeed the crowd was never bored.
Jack Thompson (Ashgrove)
The last Ashgrove name on this list but certainly not the least. Thompson was the first to come to mind, his attacking ability earning him an immediate inclusion in our Players of the Week.
Ashgrove Mick Travers had plenty of praise for him after his side’s gutsy win. He extended that praise to Harry Thompson as well, who came up big with a couple crucial cover tackles late in the piece.
Ben Morison (Laurie’s)
A Year 10 star with bright green headgear, Morison is Laurie’s dangerman who gets points on the board.
Coming up against a fierce Ashgrove outfit, Morison was quiet early but came into his own in the second half and was responsible for his side’s comeback surge.
Tyan Prindable (Laurie’s)
Prindable was Laurie’s big improver in round 5 with his hard work culminating in his best performance of the year thus far.
Head of sport Sam Wiltshire praised the way he went about his role, saying he “worked hard offensively and defensively.
Wyatt Greenaway (Laurie’s)
Greenaway was the effort player for Laurie’s. The unsung hero if you will.
He gave 110 per cent through four quarters of football and that was what got Laurie’s back in the contest after trailing early,
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