State 18s claim opening round win

WESTERN Australia’s State 18s made a great start to the 2013 NAB AFL National 18s Championships with a convincing win over Tasmania in Launceston on Sunday, June 2.

Lead by a best-on-ground performance from captain Dominic Sheed (Subiaco) in the midfield and three goals from Sam Bevan (Claremont), WA won the contest by 62-points with 61 inside 50s to Tasmania’s 30.

Sheed collected 32 disposals and a game-high eight clearances. He was well supported by East Fremantle duo Jarrad Jansen (28 disposals) and Patrick Cripps (26).

Cameron McCarthy and Blaine Johnson, both from South Fremantle, were WA’s other multiple goal-scorers with two each.

Scoreboard

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 4.10 8.12 11.14 14.17 (101)
TASMANIA 0.3 2.3 4.6 5.9 (39)

GOALS – WA: Bevan 3, Johnson 2, McCarthy 2, Abbott, Edwards, Waterman, Marsh, Sokol, Jansen, Cameron
Tasmania: Boscott, Smith, Lee, Bones, Fox
BEST – WA: Sheed, Johnson, Cripps, Hodgson, Bevan, Jansen
Tasmania: J Kolodjashnij, Lockhart, Nankervis, K Kolodjashnij, Boscott, Hanson

WA Squad v Tasmania

No
First Name
Surname
DOB
H
W
WAFL Club/ Community Club

3
Richard
Bourne
04.05.1995
175
60
East Fremantle FC / Bull Creek Leeming

5
Hayden
Kennedy
27.04.1995
175
73
Subiaco FC/ Mines Rovers

9
Dominic
Sheed
10.04.1995
183
82
Subiaco FC/ Mines Rovers

10
Dylan
Main
02.09.1995
187
75
South Fremantle FC/ South Coogee

11
Charlie
Cameron
05.07.1994
178
69
Swan Districts FC

14
Clem**
Smith
03.02.1996
177
67
Perth FC/ Wesley College

15
Alec
Waterman
19.08.1996
181
81
Claremont FC

17
Patrick
Cripps
18.03.1995
188
88
East Fremantle FC/ Aquinas College

18
Steven
Edwards
06.07.1995
178
69
Claremont FC/ Albany

19
Ben
Sokol
28.10.1995
183
87
South Fremantle FC/ CBC

20
Blaine
Johnson
28.07.1995
183
82
South Fremantle FC/ Kwinnana

21
Josh
Cuneo
03.01.1995
185
80
East Fremantle FC/ Aquinas College

24
Beau
Chatley
03.02.1995
188
82
East Perth FC/ Manjimup

25
Tom
Barrass
08.10.1995
192
81
Claremont FC/ Hale School

26
Jonathon
Marsh
17.10.1995
191
89
East Fremantle FC/ Margaret River

28
Tom
Hodgson
12.03.1995
185
77
East Perth FC/ Ballajura

29
Sam
Bevan
12.06.1996
193
79
Claremont FC/ Hale School

31
Darcy
Cameron
18.07.1995
203
98
Claremont FC/ Hale School

32
Sean
Fletcher
03.08.1995
185
78
Swan Districts FC

33
Jarrad
Jansen
02.05.1995
188
91
East Fremantle FC/ Bull Creek Leeming

34
Ryan**
Lim
20.03.1996
186
75
Claremont FC/ Hale School

36
Bradley
Walsh
03.09.1996
180
79
Peel Thunder FC/ Rockingham

40
Brenden
Abbott
01.01.1995
185
93
Claremont FC/ Albany

42
Tyler**
Keitel
07.02.1996
191
80
East Perth FC/ Noranda

51
Aliir
Aliir
05.09.1994
196
85
East Fremantle FC

53
Cameron
McCarthy
01.04.1995
195
89
South Fremantle FC

Championship Fixtures

Rd 1 – TAS v WA 10am EST Sunday, June 2 (Launceston)

Rd 2 – WA v NT 12pm WST Saturday, June 8 (Browne’s Stadium)

Rd 3 – WA v Vic Metro 11.20am Saturday, June 15 (Patersons Stadium)

Rd 4 – Vic Country v WA 12.35pm EST Friday, June 28 (Simonds Stadium)

Rd 5 – SA v WA 3.35pm EST Wednesday, July 3 (Etihad Stadium)

For more information on the National 18s Championship visit: http://www.afl.com.au/news/game-development/nab-afl-rising-star-program/u18s