VFL Games 2026

[KSAS]

Thanks Deja for that update on Bowman. So he looks to have injured his calf rather than re-injuring his hammy. Fingers crossed it's only minor and we'll see him back on the field soon.

It may've been a precautionary decision not to play him this week, hence not being on mentioned on the injury list? Similar to Curnow and Serong perhaps?

[bandwagon]

Dunno if anyone else caught the replay, can't say I recommend it - it was a low scoring and scrappy game, though the last 2 minutes were entertaining. North had 13 AFL-listed players with 408 games of experience, we had 10 & 225 games, so the result did not unduly surprise. Our best 3 were again Corey Warner, Cleary & Ladhams, and I think all of them are ready for a recall if needed, though their weaknesses as well as their strengths were evident in this match. The other AFL listed players were a bit of a mixed bag:

Hamling played full back and was solid and had a brief stint forward.
Snell had a couple of bad turnovers, but generally intercepted well, distributed neatly and had one or two good attacking plays. I used to think Edwards was not ready for the AFL as was too error-prone, but at the higher level he seems to concentrates more on the basics and so is more reliable. Perhaps Snell is ready for an elevation as well, I don't know if we will learn more from another year in the VFL.
Hanily was busy as usual, but was sometimes made errors when trying to be too ambitious.
Kyle has definitely improved from earlier in the year, though that was a really low base.
Phillipou kicked a goal that was a thing of beauty, but completely stuffed up a couple more opportunities, quiet overall.
Chamberlain was again used on the wing, was athletic and took some excellent marks, but needs to get involved more.
Dattoli was very quiet. Generally played HFF but was in the center early but struggled to get his hands on it.

[UUaswan]

Dunno if anyone else caught the replay, can't say I recommend it - it was a low scoring and scrappy game, though the last 2 minutes were entertaining. North had 13 AFL-listed players with 408 games of experience, we had 10 & 225 games, so the result did not unduly surprise. Our best 3 were again Corey Warner, Cleary & Ladhams, and I think all of them are ready for a recall if needed, though their weaknesses as well as their strengths were evident in this match. The other AFL listed players were a bit of a mixed bag:

Hamling played full back and was solid and had a brief stint forward.
Snell had a couple of bad turnovers, but generally intercepted well, distributed neatly and had one or two good attacking plays. I used to think Edwards was not ready for the AFL as was too error-prone, but at the higher level he seems to concentrates more on the basics and so is more reliable. Perhaps Snell is ready for an elevation as well, I don't know if we will learn more from another year in the VFL.
Hanily was busy as usual, but was sometimes made errors when trying to be too ambitious.
Kyle has definitely improved from earlier in the year, though that was a really low base.
Phillipou kicked a goal that was a thing of beauty, but completely stuffed up a couple more opportunities, quiet overall.
Chamberlain was again used on the wing, was athletic and took some excellent marks, but needs to get involved more.
Dattoli was very quiet. Generally played HFF but was in the center early but struggled to get his hands on it.

Very good point with Edwards, form typically isnt a straight correlation between the grades and some may benefit from a different role or in his case probably more so different responsibility