Player Watch #45: Zac 'Banga' Banch - re-signs for 2026

[speedy]

Heigh-ho!

 

[giantroo]

 

[muttley45]

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My screen just shows him from the knees up, you would never pick him as a 175 cm small forward, looks like he has been working hard, good on him.

 

[KangaRooster]

Very impressive.

Trembath was right, he’s taken his offseason as seriously as anyone, timed his bulk perfectly.

 

[amaz199]

Good job Banga

 

[Nylex]

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Clarko when he was 20?

 

[Frank Thring]

Why isn't he working on his height? This club

 

[Themanbun]

Why isn't he working on his height? This club

Send him to turkey for leg lengthening surgery

 

[Frank Thring]

Send him to turkey for leg lengthening surgery

Now we're thinking.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Send him to turkey for leg lengthening surgery

Sure it might make his aerial capabilities a little restricted, but it’s not like he’s made a name for himself taking courageous contested marks in the air anyway.

 

[speedy]

Is there a dwarf called Lumpy?

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Why isn't he working on his height? This club

Perfect height to play midfield for us.

 

[tales129]

Perfect height to play CHF for us.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Subject to pre-season form, but I'd really like it if he was given first crack at the small/high half forward role.

Personally think he has far higher upside than either Spargo or Konstanty.

 

[the big lebowski]

Subject to pre-season form, but I'd really like it if he was given first crack at the small/high half forward role.

Personally think he has far higher upside than either Spargo or Konstanty.

As long as we stop kicking it to him high in the air against ruckmen.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

As long as we stop kicking it to him high in the air against ruckmen.

Yeah the Psuedo-CHF experiment needs to end

 

[Themanbun]

Kid is an absolute nugget

 

[RooInNorthLondon]

Can he and Trembath both kick on and make the 2025 MSD one for the ages?

 

[Harris 10]

Subject to pre-season form, but I'd really like it if he was given first crack at the small/high half forward role.

Personally think he has far higher upside than either Spargo or Konstanty.

He’s got an energy and spark about him the others don’t have.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Subject to pre-season form, but I'd really like it if he was given first crack at the small/high half forward role.

Personally think he has far higher upside than either Spargo or Konstanty.

Dovaston, Banga and Sausage to wreak havoc up forward.

 

[Friday Night Lights]

Dovaston, Banga and Sausage to wreak havoc up forward.

Must say i’m salivating at the thought of Banga and Sausage kicking snags next year

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

I have a mate who played at Shep Swans predominately and around metro melbourne later in his career - won a few senior bnfs, he is/was a decent player. He said Banch is the best player he has ever seen or played with. Couldn’t be tackled.

 

[itchyscratch]

Must say i’m salivating at the thought of Banga and Sausage kicking snags next year

A Banga Sausage Sheezel. Reminds me that I need a few things from Bunnings today.

 

[Themanbun]

I have a mate who played at Shep Swans predominately and around metro melbourne later in his career - won a few senior bnfs, he is/was a decent player. He said Banch is the best player he has ever seen or played with. Couldn’t be tackled.

Yep. We haven't seen it yet because he's been working his ass off when playing covering our midfielders' lack of running, but he's got tricks too. Lots of them.

 

[King Corey]

Really like him. Hope we give him a bank of games to settle in 2026 and don't hit him with selection night penaliser for being a MSD pick.