The Eastern Football League will compete in Under 19’s interleague for the first time in more than 20 years.
Led by long term junior interleague Coach Wayne Judge, the Under 19’s EFL side will play the curtain raiser to the Senior game on May 21 vs. Geelong Football League.
Being a mid-season fixture, the league wanted to have as little impact as possible on player’s club commitments “Ideally we don’t want to impend club training sessions too much, we are running a short program in order lessen the impact on clubs.” Coach Wayne Judge.
The squad is made up of players from right across the Divisions, something that, in the selection process, Judge feels is both a blessing and a curse “Part of the challenge, in the first year was getting a handle on all the players, we have looked at players across all four Divisions, the selection process was largely reliant on the intel provided by clubs, “We would like to thank those clubs who made the effort to submit their players and assisted in the process”
The League has avoided picking those players currently playing with the Eastern Ranges, instead opting to give more top age Under 19’s a chance to pull on the Red, White and Black “We wanted to give these kids a chance to showcase their skills, outside of those already playing representative football at TAC Cup level. “Out of the 41 players in the initial squad 30 have already played senior football this season.”
The Under 19 squad will train next Monday night at Eastern Ranges – Kilsyth Rec. Reserve. A light training run will commence at 6:15pm with players asked to wear their club jumpers.
Name
Club
Matthew Lee
Balwyn
Jhi Aitken
Blackburn
Jayden Wilson
Blackburn
Xavier Maddern
Blackburn
Ryan White
Boronia
Brayden Wright
Boronia
Oliver Adams
Croydon
Peter Stathopoulos
Doncaster
Marcus Alessi
Doncaster
Shane Mills
Doncaster
Zane Kadlecik
Doncaster
Aaron Ceravolo
Doncaster East
James Locke
Doncaster East
Declan Forbes
Knox
Ryan Johnson
Knox
Harrison Greaves
Knox
Jayden Depace
Lilydale
Patrick Klep
Lilydale
Nicholas Del Biondo
Lilydale
Corey Berntsen
Lilydale
Riley Hams
Montrose
Ayhan Bajramov
Montrose
Shay Harvey
Montrose
Kane Noonan
Mooroolbark
Matthew Hassan
Mooroolbark
Cosimo Anagnostou
Noble Park
Jordan Marson
Noble Park
Alex MacKinnon
North Ringwood
Josh Kennedy
North Ringwood
Sam Wright
Norwood
James McCubbin
Norwood
Jaye Witnish
Park Orchards
Brayden Bowes
Silvan
Thomas Meagher
UFTG
Charles Young
Vermont
Jordan Vassis
Vermont
Bailey Freeman
Vermont
Bailey Hotker
Vermont
Lewis Neate
Vermont
Lincoln Wong
Wantirna South
Chris Tout
Warrandyte
Ben Richardson
Warrandyte