THE NATHAN Buckley-coached Vic Country has scored its third consecutive win of the 2009 NAB AFL Under 16 Championships after defeating South Australia on Friday at Blacktown Olympic Park, Western Sydney.
Vic Country will now meet South Australia again in the final, at the MCG on grand final day, Saturday September 26.
In Friday’s other match, Vic Metro scored a 15 point victory over Western Australia.
Vic Metro’s Alex Greenwood and Western Australia’s Tom Mitchell, the son of former Sydney, Collingwood and Carlton player Barry Mitchell, were named the most valuable players for their respective states.
Results were as follows:
Vic Country 13.8 (86) def. South Australia 5.6 (36)
GOALS
Vic Country: Sam Gordon 3, Devon Smith 2, Lachlan Edwards 2, Dylan Shiel 2, Rory Taggert, Darcy Watchorn, Jake Reeves, Todd Elton
South Australia: Michael Ialeggio 2, Jake Hazeal, Brad McKenzie, Chad Wingard
BEST
Vic Country: Dylan Shiel, Adam Treloar, Sam Kerridge, Matthew Buntine, Nick O’Brien, Haydn Hector, Piva Wright
South Australia: Matthew Appleton, Joshua Waldhuter, Jack Hombsch, Mitchell Grigg, Michael Ialeggio, Drew Gallard
Vic Metro 11.8 (74) def. WA 8.11 (59)
GOALS
Vic Metro: Abdul Jawad 4, Jonathan Patton 2, Kym Taylor, Michael Bussey, Dylan Buckley, Elliot Kavanagh, Alex Woodward
Western Australia: Shane Kirsten 2, Tom Mitchell, Jacob Burnham, Brandon Erceg, Stephen Coniglio, Callum Jacobs, Alex Devitt
BEST
Vic Metro: Alex Woodward, Abdul Jawad, Lachlan Boyd, Jackson Paine, Blair Cronin,
Western Australia: Shane Nelson, Jacob Burnham, Tom Mitchell, Brandon Erceg, Tyson Hodge
NAB MVP Award Winners
Western Australia: Tom Mitchell
Vic Metro: Alex Greenwood
