U/16s Grand Final

[Wedgie]

Isnt the Under 16s just doing similarly to what the Under 15s used to do (which in essence its replaced)?
Noone seemed to think it was an issue then.

Nup 15s still exist Wedgie. They play in July.

Cheers mate, wasnt aware of that, thats a bit silly then.
I retract my previous remark then.
Whinge away....
They shouldnt have even bothered with an Under 16s comp.

[am Bays]

WHilst we are talking about this i find it very strange that we have an U18 competition where you can play 6 U19 players....

That is there for the late developers because everyone is a ready made senior footballer at 17

You know the tall blokes who traditionally take time to develop as they resemble a 1 iron with ears and the skilled 17 year old smart ar5es who think they know everything and need time to mature.

[MagareyLegend]

the 16s & 18s is a joke compared to 17s & 19s

What is your evidence for this assertion?

[Slots It Through]

WHilst we are talking about this i find it very strange that we have an U18 competition where you can play 6 U19 players....

That is there for the late developers because everyone is a ready made senior footballer at 17

You know the tall blokes who traditionally take time to develop as they resemble a 1 iron with ears and the skilled 17 year old smart ar5es who think they know everything and need time to mature.

It makes it hard to develop the 17 year olds when you cant play them because of 6 blokes training with the reserves get dropped and come and play U18s.
I would think these taller players who are taking a while to develop would be better off playing against men at SAAFL level rather than boys at U18 level. When they get a chance at reserve level the guys are more mature physically.

[Dogwatcher]

Someone needs to think of the children.

[Big Phil]

From the SANFL web site...

U16 MACCA'S TALENT SHIELD TEAM SHEETS

Norwood

# Name Surname Date of Birth Local Club School Height Weight
2 Matt Jenkin 13th May 1993 Lobethal FC Cornerstone College 168 60
5 Luke Rander 1st Feb 1993 Athelstone FC Charles Campbell 190 81
6 Lawrence DiPalma 26th Feb 1993 Payneham FC Norwood Morialta HS 162 68
7 Alex Forster 14th July 1993 Payneham FC Pembroke 187 74
8 Chase Bower 21st March 1994 Payneham FC Marryatville HS 188 65
10 Henry Olsson 23rd April 1993 Walkerville FC PAC 179 64
11 John Close 3rd Jan 1993 Hope Valley FC St Ignatius 173 70
12 Edward Smart 20th March 1993 Onkaparinga Valley FC Cornerstone College 175 60
13 Jack O'Leary 28th July 1993 Walkerville FC Marryatville HS 180 62
14 Jake Mazzone 16th May 1993 Hectorville FC Charles Campbell 183 72
17 Kristian Roocke 15th Jan 1993 Payneham FC St Ignatius 176 60
18 James Moss 17th Jan 1993 Walkerville FC Marryatville HS 186 80
20 Peter Persinos 27th Dec 1993 Hope Valley FC Charles Campbell 168 63
22 Matthew Rowson 30th May 1993 Golden Grove FC St Pauls 188 66
23 Michael Ialeggio 4th March 1993 Payneham FC Rostrevor College 176 70
26 Brandon Kowalick 1st March 1993 Tea Tree Gully FC Gleeson College 190 75
27 Lachlan Surman 30th Sept 1993 Tea Tree Gully FC Rostrevor College 184 71
28 Nicholas Schild 24th May 1993 Lobethal FC Birdwood HS 195 75
29 Daniel McCallum 6th May 1993 Payneham FC Rostrevor College 179 76
32 Jonathan Giannini 8th March 1993 Walkerville FC Marryatville HS 185 90
33 Mitchell Grigg 2nd January 1993 Athelstone FC Aust Technical College 180 85
34 Jayden Elliott 27th Dec 1993 Golden Grove FC Gleeson College 182 68
36 Nicholas Dinham 13th Jan 1993 Rostrevor College Rostrevor College 192 73
37 Adam Nunn 6th May 1993 Payneham FC Norwood Morialta HS 175 68
38 Ben Vidic 6th May 1993 Walkerville FC St Peters College 181 85
40 Mitchell Wood 28th April 1993 Athelstone FC Rostrevor College 191 93



Glenelg

# Surname First Name Junior Club / School DOB Ht(cm) Wt (kg)
1 Bird Ben Cove/Hallett Cove 28/11/1993 174 60
2 Carger Jacob Plympton/Brighton Sec 27/08/1993 175 73
3 Newton Jordan PHOS/Immanuel 24/08/1993 181 73
4 Harvey Jack Henley/St Michaels 22/06/1993 183 75
5 McCarthy Lincoln Bordertown/Bordertown High 22/10/1993 178 71
6 Bartlett Ryan Keith/Keith Area 14/05/1993 183 73
7 Nelson Adam Hallett Cove/Cove 14/09/1993 166 54
8 D'Angelo Matt Henley/CBC 27/05/1993 179 67
9 Halime Adam Happy Valley/Seaview 21/12/1993 178 66
10 McIntyre Tim Naracoorte 20/11/1993 180 69
11 Neale Lachie Walkerville/St Peters 24/05/1993 174 62
12 Joslin Olivier Goodwood/Immanuel 3/08/1994 170 69
13 Robertson Guy PHOS/Hamilton College 16/07/1993 176 60
14 Ovenden Trent Brighton /Brighton Sec 22/04/1993 186 71
15 Braley Jarrod Sacred Heart 12/08/1993 184 78
16 Ridley Dylan Millicent/Millicent 11/10/1993 173 61
17 Lang Dylan Goodwood/Brighton Sec 15/01/1993 175 65
18 Exton Luke Bordertown/Bordertown High 29/07/1993 183 77
19 Hand Matt Goodwood/Henley 2/05/1993 178 69
20 Gregory Jack Tantanoola/Millicent 21/07/1993 183 81
21 Baker Patrick Lucindale/Lucindale Area 13/05/1994 187 78
22 Hender Lewis Keith/Keith A S 13/09/1993 184 85
23 Moss Henry Plympton/Brighton Sec 30/04/1993 185 81
24 Borg Brodie Naracoorte/Naracoorte High 27/10/1993 182 80
25 Galley Michael Cove/Hallett Cove 1/09/1994 187 76
26 Kennedy Ben Brighton/Brighton 3/03/1994 174 73
27 Wilson Jonathon Keith/Keith A S 18/03/1993 174 66
28 Harrison Wynd Brighton Secondary 4/09/1994 176 61

[redandblack]

The test of the new U18 comp will be the standard of football played and the number of juniors that progress to league football.

It stands to reason that the standard is much better in the new comp, as you're selecting the cream of the talent.

It also stands to reason that more will progress from this comp to league football than the extremely minimal numbers from the previous comps.

It also helps local clubs much more.

[NO-MERCY]

"DUMB" is all i can say!

[am Bays]

The test of the new U18 comp will be the standard of football played and the number of juniors that progress to league football.

It stands to reason that the standard is much better in the new comp, as you're selecting the cream of the talent.

It also stands to reason that more will progress from this comp to league football than the extremely minimal numbers from the previous comps.

It also helps local clubs much more.

I know i said I wouldn't reply but I couldn't let that comment go through to the 'keeper

How can you say that when like last year in teh 19s College kids are still playing for their schools in fact given the lower age a greater proportion of the 18s are playing college footy than the 19s did.

Having watched the best 18 team go around three times this year you can not say the standard has improved.

As NM said "Dumb"

[TroyGFC]

I must say I am all for the U18 comp. Been to 4 games now and enjoyed standard of footy what more Glenelg are undefeated!! Its good to also see a 4 player bench which is something I would like to see in League and 2's.

Back to topic Go tigers in U16's, hopefully someone can send score updates onto here.

[redandblack]

am Bays, for goodness sake, the standard just has to be vastly better. I've watched a lot of 17's and 19's footy. Yesterday I watched the West v Eagles game and the standard was much, much better.

In the 17's and 19's you had a much larger pool of players and a lot of players at the bottom end of the talent pool. The numbers progressing from 17's and 19's to League football were very, very small for the time and money invested.

The 18's teams are now the pick of the talent. I know at West that the last 2 or 3 players selected for the 18's would have walked into a 19's side. You wouldn't seriously suggest that Glenelg's 18's 21 isn't miles more talented than either of your 17's and 19's sides.

The college situation is the same for the 18's as it was previously.

As for NO-MERCY, who has posted "DUMB", the overwhelming strength and well-argued logic of your argument defeats me.

[JK]

Norwood 14.11
Glenelg 8.6

3/4 time .. Bays pegged the Legs back after early jump, but Legs steadied
Late in 3rd and should prob have enough from here

[Thiele]

Final score

Norwood 18.15.123
Glenelg 9.7.61

[Squawk]

Thanks to Constance Perm -

Final Score

Norwood 18.15.123
Glenelg 9.7.61

Better players for Norwood were Giannini, Forster, Rander, Ialeggio, Persinos and Grigg.

(Apologies – I don’t have any info for GFC’s better players.)

[am Bays]

A fair reflection of the competition IMO, Norwood have been the stand out team.

[Dutchy]

Finally we have a team who IS a May Premier!

[CK]

For what its worth, I have seen a number of the Under 18 games this year, at club level and representative level (eg. last weeks State under 18's v NFC). Having seen this, and the Under 17 and 19's last year, I believe the standard is higher this year. The skills are clean and the style is of quite a high standard, with fast moving play and swift ball movement. There already look to be a number of potential first, second and third round draft picks from SA this year.

The clearest benefit from the competition, however, is that it has led to greatly increased media coverage, on TV, print and radio. There is little doubt that it has been far greater than the U17/U19 format and on this alone, it has to be a major boost for underage football in SA.