BY TOM KING
The best under-15 footballers from Central Victoria represented the Bendigo Pioneers in the 2023 V-Line Cup.
Hosted in the greater Shepparton area, the young Pioneers tackled young talent from across Victoria in what is a showcase of their skills and potential.
Teams played two matches against the GWV Rebels and Goulburn Murray during the round-robin series across 2 venues, Deakin Reserve and Tallygaroopna Reserve.
While games are competitive, the V-Line Cup is focused on talent identification for the 2024 Under 16’s Bendigo Pioneers squad.
Teams
Div 1 Boys
SEAMUS DOHERTY – SWAN HILL
ARCHER LANCASTER – WANDELLA
RORY BELL – ULTIMA
SONNY BEASY – SWAN HILL
BEN MILLER – HUNTLY
LEWIS PIGDON – MGYCW
MILLER NIHILL – SANDHURST
HARRISON KEATING – ROCHESTER
LENNY MCNAMARA – SANDHURST
LOGAN HOWELL – MARYBOROUGH
XAVIER GRANT – GOLDEN SQUARE
OLIVER STEWART – SANDHURST
NOAH WILLITS – SANDHURST
ZAC CICCHINI – MARYBOROUGH
NED ASH-TOWNROW – ECHUCA
CODY WALKER – ECHUCA
KRISTIAN FITZSIMMONS – ECHUCA
CHARLIE BULL – DENI RAMS
TOM NAUJOK – MOAMA
BODHI EDWARDS – WENTWORTH
MAX KIEL – MILDURA
PHOENIX HEMMING – MEREBEIN
RUSSEL CLARKE – WENTWORTH
TOM CONNELLY – RED CLIFFS
MATT WADE – HEAD COACH
SCOTT SLATER – ASSISTANT COACH
LEIGH STEVENS – ASSISTANT COACH
DON FALVO – ASSISTANT COACH
Div 2 Boys
CAMPBELL WOOD – MARYBOROUGH
CARTER REID – Sandhurst
ARCHIE CHADWICK – MARYBOROUGH
JACK BELL – SOUTH BENDIGO
WILL BARTLETT – STRATHFIELDSAYE
EAMON AUSTIN – SANDHURST
LACHIE HARGREAVE – STRATHFIELDSAYE
FRANKIE DONALD – ST ARNAUD
ANTHONY GRAY – MGYCW
MAX MCCARTY – ECHUCA
JETT KERVIN – ECHUCA
JAKE BARDEN – MOAMA
WILL HANN – LOCKINGTON
SAM CROSSLEY – DENI RAMS
WIL ANDERSON – MOAMA
ZAC COGHLAN – LEITCH/GUN
FRANCIS BOULTON – SOUTH MILDURA
FINN BROWN – OUYEN UNITED
HARPER MILSOM – IRYMPLE
SHAUN KIRBY – WOORINEN
BODHI KELLY – SWAN HILL
WILL PYE – LAKE BOGA
RYLEIGH WILKINSON – MURRABIT
DARCY UEBERGANG – SWAN HILL
HARVEY GALLAGHER – HEAD COACH
ASH THOMPSON – ASSISTANT COACH
STEVE OSBORNE – ASSISTANT COACH
MATT CARNIE – ASSISTANT COACH
Girls
Mia Clark – White hills
Lacey Nihill – Sandhurst
Jayda Alford – Huntly
Imogen McAskill – Cardross
Tayvia Wilkie – Wentworth
Grace Ayars – Woorinen
Lucy Johansen – Golden Square
Lori Whaley – Castlemaine
Ruby Mayger-Pollock – Cardross
Sage Dennis – Echuca
Eva Coffey – Woorinen
Maddie Dunn – Bendigo
Alysha Boyd – Strathfieldsaye
Evie Nuttall – Strathfieldsaye
Beth Morris – Moama
Leni Brown – Sandhurst
Scarlett Ward – Strathfieldsaye
Emmersen Lihou – Werrimul
Georgia Garlick – Sandhurst
Ruby Tierney – South Mildura
Lottie Adams – Werrimull
Matilda Meersbergen – White hills
Hannah Cochrane – Sandhurst
Elise Napier – Echuca
Chelsea Humphrey – HEAD COACH
Keely Fullerton – ASSISTANT COACH
Bryde O’Rourke – ASSISTANT COACH
For full results and best players, click here