Recent content by Mike Olotripo

Probably. I think you have to consider the fact that four of Collegians best and most experienced players last season are not playing this year in Mirra, Sofronidis, Ferguson and Michie. All except Sof have retired and Sof is at Collingwood VFL, but is currently out injured. We have seen a few...

Well, my lions are well and truly outclassed by a better OMs side than what we saw in 2023. Collegians will miss Mirra, Michie, Sofronidis and Ferguson this year. Good to see a young kid in Josh Walker make his debut, he will only get better. Oh and Jeff Gobells isn’t 35, but 39. Credit to...

Collegians St Bernards SKOB Uni Blacks Uni Blues

XAFL will be happy to have another signing.

St Bernards beat an undermanned Collegians. Practice games are just that, scratch matches.

It will be a very very long season this year.

Collegians won by 3-4 goals, not that comfortable.

Spot on, I love what they have done to highlight local footy. They seem like ripping fellas.

I don’t think there will be too many new ex AFL lads in the VAFA this year.

Not sure that’s quite true about him playing at Hawthorn - he would dominate at that level - but good on Josh Cowan going again at St Bedes. A terrific VAFA player.

None of his mates playing at Old Scotch, a few at Uni Blues, makes sense.

Matt Smith is a very handy pickup for Blues’ midfield. He played a lot of good footy for Collingwood VFL before he went to Heidelberg. Good luck to OMs. They have battled most years to get above fifth spot yet have not been able to. This year is a good test for them, as they blooded plenty of...

Good on them for getting it, but the VAFA clubs they played for should also be getting it. Knights are a great club, but cash is not an issue there.

With Lachie Sullivan and Ethan Phillips getting onto AFL lists, is it time for the VAFA to put some pressure on the AFL to start providing a development fee back to SKOB just like they do to junior clubs? I think the answer should obviously be yes.

Well, it will be good to see Lachie Sullivan in an AFL system full time snd on the list, it’s about time he got some recognition to play at the highest level. He will only keep improving in my view. Soffa is a bit stiff in my view, but I think it showed he is more than good enough at that...