V Line Cup 2023: Top under-15 young guns revealed in Team of the Year
A host of country youngsters have put themselves on the map and announced themselves as players to watch over the next few years. Here are the best of them.
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The V-Line Cup has been and gone and a host of country talents from across Victoria put their names on the map.
Three players from each region across each team was nominated in the V-Line Cup team of the year, and many of these names will become more familiar in the years to come.
Plenty of the talents took out best-on-ground medals throughout the tournament held in Shepparton in September, while others were consistent across the board in their two matches.
BOYS DIVISION 1 TEAM OF THE YEAR
BARWON CATS
Darcy Harrington (Ocean Grove)
Jack Pickett (Torquay)
Noah Williams (Bell Park)
BENDIGO PIONEERS
Sonny Beasy (Swan Hill)
Cody Walker (Echuca)
Phoenix Hemming (Merbein)
GIPPSLAND
Cody Templeton (Warragul)
Marlon Neocleous (Traralgon)
Thomas McMillan (Wonthaggi)
GOULBURN MURRAY
Rory Kennedy (Seymour)
Keelin Phillips (Shepparton Swans)
Blake Sofra (Shepparton)
GWV REBELS
Ethan Kuchel (Mount Clear)
Frank Gill (Hamilton Kangaroos)
Mason Osborne (South Warnambool)
NORTH EAST BORDER
Hudsen Gray (Wodonga Raiders)
Blake Newton (Junior Magpies)
Jaxon Coleman (Kangaroos)
SOUTH EAST
Ben Carroll (Seaford)
Keenan Boi (Officer)
Cody Ray (Devon Meadows)
GIRLS TEAM OF THE YEAR
BARWON CATS
Ava Bilyk (St Mary’s)
Charlee Morrow (Lara)
Meyah Fursland (St Joseph’s)
BENDIGO PIONEERS
Georgia Garlick (Sandhurst)
Lacey Nihill (Sandhurst)
Hannah Cochrane (Sandhurst)
GIPPSLAND
Grace Dillow (Woodside)
Jasmin O’Connor (Bairnsdale)
Brooke Kelly (Sale City)
GOULBURN MURRAY
Lana Carroll (Whittlesea)
Savannagh Emery (Deniliquin)
Leila Creevey (Shepparton United)
GWV REBELS
Laura George (Redan)
Charli Parsons-Jones (Darley)
Kate Aikman (North Ballarat)
NORTH EAST BORDER
Rose Bell (Lavington)
Majella Day (Lavington)
Eliza Rochie (Wodonga Raiders)
SOUTH EAST STINGRAYS
Ava Deszcz (Pakenham)
Alice Cunnington (Mount Eliza)
Marlee Black (Westernport Pumas)
BOYS DIV 2 TEAM OF THE YEAR
BARWON CATS
Bodhi Black (Geelong West)
Joel Bartley (Barwon Heads)
William Hibble (St Joseph’s)
BENDIGO PIONEERS
Sam Crossley (Deniliquin Rams)
Eamon Austin (Sandhurst)
Carter Reid (Sandhurt)
GIPPSLAND
Lachlan Harrington (Maffra)
Will Hamilton (TEDAS)
Leo Stephenson (College)
GOULBURN MURRAY
Mikael Corso (Cobram)
Jayden Thorne (Mooroopna)
Cody Montgomery (Shepparton Notre)
GWV REBELS
Charlie Kenna (Terang Mortlake)
Jack Henry (Horsham Saints)
Archie Elliott (Horsham Demons)
NORTH EAST BORDER
Riley O’Sullivan (Albury Tigers)
Zach Lambert (North Albury)
Connor Breheny (Benalla Bulldogs)
SOUTH EAST STINGRAYS
Diesel De Santis (Narre Warren)
Xavier Barr (Mount Eliza)
Noah Bevis (Dromana)
Originally published as V Line Cup 2023: Top under-15 young guns revealed in Team of the Year
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