EFL 2019: Noble Park continues to sign VFL players ahead of Eastern Football League season

Noble Park’s list of VFL players grows ever longer after signing Dandenong Stingrays 2018 premiership player Jake Frawley.

Jake Frawley in the TAC Cup grand final last year. Picture: Michael Dodge/AFL Media/Getty Images

Noble Park’s list of VFL players grows ever longer.

The Bulls’ off-season recruiting has featured Casey Demons, Frankston Dolphins and Richmond Tigers, and now there’s a Box Hill Hawks connection.

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Dandenong Stingrays 2018 premiership player Jake Frawley is training with the Hawks and he signed a deal with Noble on Thursday morning.

Bulls football manager Steve Coats said Frawley, 19 and 189cm, had enough versatility to play as a running defender, forward or midfielder.

Noble has also secured former Murray Bushrangers midfielder Nathan Oakes, who played with Canberra Demons last year.

Oakes is training with Richmond VFL.

The Bulls’ other recruits include:

Midfielder Ben Campbell, listed with Casey Demons.

Former Stingrays rover Mitch Cotter, who is training at Collingwood VFL after being on Frankston’s books last year.

Joel Cusack, a tall forward from Beaumaris and Richmond VFL.

Half forward Guy Lok, who has crossed from Casey to Frankston.

Zac Roscoe, a forward from Cranbourne.

Former Collingwood Category B Darrean Wyatt, a key defender who played at Frankston last year.

Sandringham Dragons graduate Nick Stamatis.

Coats acknowledged that with players coming in and out of the VFL, the Noble Park match committee would need to do some juggling.

But he said the same situation applied last year with players like Will Collis and Brenton Hillard and the Bulls coped well.

He said the likes of Collis, Hillard, Bailey Lambert and Dylan Gordon all dropped by a point on the points cap after spending 12 months at Moodemere St.

Noble’s losses include full back Ryan Morrison (Norwood), back flanker Adam Giobbi (Euroa) and forward Piva Wright (Doveton Eagles).

Coats said the Bulls would also get a “serious injection’’ of young talent from the under-19 team, which defeated Blackburn in last year’s grand final.

Jarrod Smith, who won the league medal, has had an excellent pre-season.

Coats said players like Smith, Liam Scott, Tristan Brunning, Lachlan Marolla, Ben Marson, Lachlan Begg and Frankie Mitropolous were coming through quickly.

“As a club we couldn’t be more excited about the young guys in our under-19 program,’’ he said.

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