AFL U16 Championships 2023: Oliver Greeves dominates for Vic Metro as brothers of guns shine

A midfielder likened to Scott Pendlebury and some brothers of guns shone in the under-16 national champs. See all the stats and Supercoach points here.

A Vic Metro prospect with Scott Pendlebury-like traits put his name up in lights with an immense performance against Western Australia at the under-16 national championships on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.

Oliver Greeves, a powerful and clean 190cm midfielder from Lysterfield, dominated with 27 disposals, nine clearances, 184 SuperCoach points and 3.2 as Metro defeated the Sandgropers by 41 points.

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Greeves formed a formidable midfield trio with Metro captain Jack Dalton, who recorded a game-high 29 disposals, seven inside 50s, six clearances and 158 points and wingman Lachy Dovaston (26 disposals, one goal, 148 points).

Tyson Gresham – who Vic Metro coach Andrew Sturgess believes plays in a similar vein to his older brother, St Kilda star Jade – was also impressive with 22 disposals and two goals.

Sturgess likened Greeves awareness in traffic to Collingwood champion Scott Pendlebury.

Oliver Greeves celebrates one of his three goals. Picture: Chris Hyde/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

“When he gets the ball in congestion he actually has a bit a look around his shoulder to see what is coming at him and I think that’s sort of some of the attributes that Scott Pendlebury has,” Sturgess said.

“You can picture Scott Pendlebury through traffic just shifting his head side to side and over his shoulder to see where the defence is coming from and I think for a kid at 16 to have that kind of awareness and understanding of what is happening around him is a pretty cool trait to have.”

“He is obviously within our top three players and hopefully he can continue on that trajectory.

“(Tyson and Jade) play fairly similar, Tyson is quite lively and evasive and really clean below his knees, clever with ball in hand and brings his other teammates into the game. Jade is much the same.”

Tyson Gresham dodges a tackler. Picture: Chris Hyde/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

In the later game Vic Country was thumped by 73 points against South Australia, with Geelong Falcons product Giuseppe Posterino kicking their only goal for the match.

South Australian talents Dyson Sharp (33 disposals, 19 contested possessions, 11 clearances, 168 SuperCoach points), Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier (24 disposals, 14 contested possessions, two goals and 123 points) and Aidan Schubert (18 disposals, 12 hit-outs, three goals and 130 points) shone brightly in wet conditions as rain bucketed down at Heritage Bank Arena.

Willem Drew, the younger brother of Port Adelaide wingman Xavier and 2023 draft prospect Zane, and sister of Power AFLW player Yasmin, was one of Vic Country’s best with 17 touches and 95 points, while Ben Rongdit toiled hard with 16 disposals, 12 tackles and 128 points in defence.

SUPERCOACH POINTS

VIC METRO v WA

METRO

O.Greeves 184

L.Emmett 169

J.Dalton 158

L.Dovaston 141

T.Gresham 119

F.Kneipp 112

J.Gilchrist 112

T.Burton 111

M.Moate 107

S.Allen 89

C.Whitehead 88

X.Bamert 84

X.Taylor 76

C.Smith 72

C.Duff-Tytler 68

I.Dugdale 66

A.Sharkie 65

T.McGuane 60

A.Ludowyke 49

K.Fincher 22

B.Fergusson 14

WA

M.Cassidy 99

W.York 93

C.Shord 84

B.Kelly 81

T.Whan 80

J.Aylmore 77

D.Montgomery 68

J.Marcello 68

A.Ross 67

J.Hill 63

T.Longmuir 63

K.Gerryn 58

M.May 58

B.Hart 53

L.Carrello 51

H.Heaton 50

M.Skerritt 42

M.Becker 42

B.Fewson 38

K.Summerrell 35

J.Sidebottom 30

M.Petagna 22

Willem Duursma dishes out a handball. Picture: Chris Hyde/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

VIC COUNTRY v SA

COUNTRY

B.Rongdit 128

T.Bowman 122

H.Hicks 97

W.Duursma 95

J.Lindsay 94

W.Bennett 78

S.Niklaus 76

H.Wright 66

G.Posterino 65

R.Onley 59

N.Hibbins-Hargreaves 53

P.Blake 43

S.watson 43

C.McKinnon 39

J.Murray 37

T.Ah-Mu 36

G.Richardson 35

J.Scapin 34

J.Long 28

A.Taylor 25

T.Sinnema 24

J.Granger 23

H.Morphet 20

SA

D.Sharp 168

L.kellaway 143

J.kelly 133

A.Schubert 130

B.Oudshoorn-Bennier 123

N.Roberts-Thomson 103

S.Cumming 94

L.Sands 92

G.Downs 88

L.Candy 85

D.Cochrane 83

B.Jamieson 80

K.Rozenbilds 79

L.Hughes 78

J.Nye 70

J.Reichelt 68

H.Barker 65

W.Prescott 62

B.Thredgold 60

J.Cook 49

C.Woods 47

K.Edwards 47

E.Duffield 33

Originally published as AFL U16 Championships 2023: Oliver Greeves dominates for Vic Metro as brothers of guns shine