Eagles dominate southern side

REPRESENTATIVE football returns to North Hobart Oval for the first time in many years tomorrow (Saturday) as the SFL takes on the NWFL in the battle for regional bragging rights starting at 3.30pm.

The experienced players in the SFL side will need to be right on their game from the first bounce as the NWFL team will be brimming with a list of high quality players.

The 2015 SFL side is dominated by the presence of players from reigning premier New Norfolk, which has nine players selected in the southern list of twenty-two. This includes Eagles playing coach Caden Wilson who has obviously brought a new attitude to playing representative footy to the Derwent Valley, whilst Brighton, Cygnet, Claremont, Hobart and East Coast all have two representatives, with Dodges Ferry, Sorell and Huonville all have one player each.

When speaking to the the Mercury this week, SFL coach Zane Nossiter said he was pleased there was a good spread across the majority of the clubs in the south. “We ended up picking who we thought were the best players at training,” Nossiter said. He was confident that the blend of youth and experience selected would have the team line up well and have every chance of winning against a strong NWFL unit.

New Norfolk defender Rohan Heron, an experienced SFL representative campaigner and key player in the SFL’s 2013 victory over the NTFA in Launceston, would remember how close in 2012 an undermanned SFL went to shaking the then NTFL at Ulverstone.

The main fixture will be preceded by two games showcasing some of Tasmania’s future football talent. At 11.30am a Tasmanian Football Council Under 23 representative side will play against the AFL Tasmanian Academy side, followed at 1.30pm by an Under 18 fixture between the SFL and the NWFL.

Player Name	Club	Height	Weight
Callen Daly	Brighton	168	70
Braden Hayes	Cygnet	178	82
Zeke Gardam	New Norfolk	192	88
Gavin Quirk	Cygnet	182	78
Shane Bradford	Hobart	180	78
Blair Wardlaw	New Norfolk	187	85
Josh Dykes	Hobart	194	96
Todd Kelly	Claremont	196	96
Nic Clayton	New Norfolk	189	94
Simon Spencer (Capt.)	Claremont	194	96
Trent  Arnold	Brighton	188	85
Josh Clifford	New Norfolk	170	70
Jack Johnstone	Sorell	180	92
Jamie Curran	Dodges Ferry	190	84
Rohan Heron	New Norfolk	190	85
Shayne Moles	New Norfolk	187	89
Mitchell Bond	East Coast	180	83
Caden Wilson (Vice Capt.)	New Norfolk	182	88
Luke  Joseph	New Norfolk	178	81
Simon Dudgeon	East Coast	180	76
Michael Paul	Huonville	190	94
Jarrod Horne	New Norfolk	182	84