NCFL Central discussion 2025

[Truck]

Yep i reckon the Birchip nullyproof game would have been better than the blues crows game to watch, must have been a high standard game

Really good game of country footy by all accounts. Lions were down a man pretty much the whole game with Rocket Munro going down in the first 10 mins of the game. Hump was good in his return jagging 3.
But in the end it was the Bulls who took the chocolates... We'll put the cue in the rack now and wait for next year.

 

[FootyLife481]

Early tips for this week
Sea Lake 140
Charlton 70
Birchip 40
Boort 15

Sea lake will show no mercy after 2 straight losses, full side. Saints will come out slow after a win.
Charlton will win quite easy
Birchip win comfortably. Wedderburn will struggle to score. Once Jensen is back they will compete
Boort to show why they are top of the table. Baddely Kelly to have 6 goals

 

[tigerbandit]

Early tips for this week
Sea Lake 140
Charlton 70
Birchip 40
Boort 15

Sea lake will show no mercy after 2 straight losses, full side. Saints will come out slow after a win.
Charlton will win quite easy
Birchip win comfortably. Wedderburn will struggle to score. Once Jensen is back they will compete
Boort to show why they are top of the table. Baddely Kelly to have 6 goals

Sea Lake - 75
Charlton - 75
Birchip - 30
Lions - 30

Sea Lake to get the job done but I expect the Saints to improve week on week.
Charlton will prove the better of the two and get back to 6th on the ladder
Birchip two big wins recently but the Burn are always a danger think this will be closer than might be expected
Lions to continue their improvement and keep themselves in with a Top 2 chance. Should be a cracker.

 

[bigjohn88]

Morning all

Sea Lake 75
Charlton 28
Birchip 20
Boort 30

Boort to really make a statement this week

 

[Del231899]

Calder by 6 goals

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

See Ryan O Sullivan and his young fella both picked for Sea Lake this week.

 

[Truck]

See Ryan O Sullivan and his young fella both picked for Sea Lake this week.

Pretty impressive achievement!

 

[ROOTA#6]

Pretty impressive achievement!

Ryan is nearly 50

 

[Del231899]

Pretty impressive achievement!

Yep you don't see it very often in the current era

 

[FootyLife481]

Pretty impressive achievement!

I’m pretty sure they played together last year

 

[FootyLife481]

How many ex AFL/VFL/SANFL players in the league now

AFL
Josh Jenkins

11

Josh Jenkins

Age

36

Ht

200cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.1

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.6

5star

(SL)
Adam Pattison

Adam Pattison

Age

39

Ht

197cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.2

2star

No current season stats available

D

6.2

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

2.8

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.8

3star

G

0.2

3star

(SL)
Mitch Farmer

Mitch Farmer

Age

36

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

5.5

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

(CAL)
Ross Young

Ross Young

Age

41

Ht

180cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.2

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.4

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.4

5star

(D)
Dean Putt (CAL)
Matt Austin

Matt Austin

Age

36

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

5.5

2star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

5.6

3star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

(B)
Josh Caddy

22

Josh Caddy

Age

32

Ht

186cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.5

5star

CL

2.5

4star

D

13.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

6.0

3star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.7

3star

D

14.0

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.8

4star

? (S)

VFL
Nick Rippon (BIR)
Oscar Brownless (SL)
Mitch Jensen (W)
Darby Schilder (STA)
Dyson Bell-warren (D)
Meyrick Buchanan (BIR)
Matthew Wade (CL)
Jack Exell (CL)
Steven Kennedy (CL)
David Isbister (CL)
James Keeble (B)
Carlos Egan (B)
Jhye Baddelly-Kelly (B)
Dale Hinkley (BIR)
Rhys Thompson (C)

SANFL
Ben Edwards (BIR)
Ryan O’Sullivan (SL)
Zac Phillips (STA)
Bailey Nicholas (STA)
Jackson McMahon (SL)
Lachlan Ryan (BIR)

They make up about 12% (26/209) of the players who have played seniors in the NCFL. Pretty elite for country footy I would’ve thought

A fair few current/ex TAC players as well
Wade Donnan
Sam Simmons
Billy McInnes
Zane Keighran
Will Perryman
Ben Hogan
Koby Hommelhoff
Mitch Collins
Ben Xiriha
Bill Lee
Ben Lakin
Riley Hogan
Kobe Lloyd
Kayne Rutley
Thomas Cox
Trent Donnan
Torin Petrie
Sean Holroyd
Rhona Conboy
Jordan Bath
Jake Pallpratt
Jordan Humphreys

I’m probably missing a few as well

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

How many ex AFL/VFL/SANFL players in the league now

AFL
Josh Jenkins (SL)
Adam Pattison (SL)
Mitch Farmer (CAL)
Ross Young (D)
Dean Putt (CAL)
Matt Austin (B)
Josh Caddy? (S)

VFL
Nick Rippon (BIR)
Oscar Brownless (SL)
Mitch Jensen (W)
Darby Schilder (STA)
Dyson Bell-warren (D)
Meyrick Buchanan (BIR)
Matthew Wade (CL)
Jack Exell (CL)
Steven Kennedy (CL)
David Isbister (CL)
James Keeble (B)
Carlos Egan (B)
Jhye Baddelly-Kelly (B)
Dale Hinkley (BIR)
Rhys Thompson (C)

SANFL
Ben Edwards (BIR)
Ryan O’Sullivan (SL)
Zac Phillips (STA)
Bailey Nicholas (STA)
Jackson McMahon (SL)
Lachlan Ryan (BIR)

They make up about 12% (26/209) of the players who have played seniors in the NCFL. Pretty elite for country footy I would’ve thought

A fair few current/ex TAC players as well
Wade Donnan
Sam Simmons
Billy McInnes
Zane Keighran
Will Perryman
Ben Hogan
Koby Hommelhoff
Mitch Collins
Ben Xiriha
Bill Lee
Ben Lakin
Riley Hogan
Kobe Lloyd
Kayne Rutley
Thomas Cox
Trent Donnan
Torin Petrie
Sean Holroyd
Rhona Conboy
Jordan Bath
Jake Pallpratt
Jordan Humphreys

I’m probably missing a few as well

AFL premiership winner Ryan McGhie would be one

 

[FootyLife481]

AFL premiership winner Ryan McGhie would be one

Who did he play for?

 

[ROOTA#6]

AFL premiership winner Ryan McGhie would be one

Who did he play in an AFL flag for?

 

[Truck]

Who did he play in an AFL flag for?

Gold Coast Suns.

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

AFL premiership winner Ryan McGhie would be one

Senior moment

 

[beesknees22]

Boort coming back to earth. Overrated

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

Boort coming back to earth. Overrated

If they are playing blokes what a fella told me today they are all in this year. $800 a week for a kid out of the Calder Cannons who hadnt played a senior game one example.

 

[Stottzy]

If they are playing blokes what a fella told me today they are all in this year. $800 a week for a kid out of the Calder Cannons who hadnt played a senior game one example.

After Sea Lake, thought they'd go better than that. Did they have a few out?

 

[past panther]

After Sea Lake, thought they'd go better than that. Did they have a few out?

Certainly didn’t see that score line coming.

 

[ROOTA#6]

Boort coming back to earth. Overrated

Huge win last week and flat as a tack today. Hard to rate any of the top sides just yet I reckon

 

[fatkidinthepocket]

Huge win last week and flat as a tack today. Hard to rate any of the top sides just yet I reckon

Yep I think the thing is that Calder might just be starting to gel. Humphreys back a huge plus, coupled with good onballers they will continue to improve. Will be interesting as we get nearer the finals and teams start to stabilise as most teams are missing important players at the moment. Jensen at Redbacks sorely missed, the whisper out of the Burn is that he is one of the best recruits they have had for a few years.

 

[tigerbandit]

Huge win last week and flat as a tack today. Hard to rate any of the top sides just yet I reckon

Reckon Calder are getting their stuff together.

Few positional changes and Humphrey's back in and they look a different team.

 

[countryfooty37]

If they are playing blokes what a fella told me today they are all in this year. $800 a week for a kid out of the Calder Cannons who hadnt played a senior game one example.

Yep I think the thing is that Calder might just be starting to gel. Humphreys back a huge plus, coupled with good onballers they will continue to improve. Will be interesting as we get nearer the finals and teams start to stabilise as most teams are missing important players at the moment. Jensen at Redbacks sorely missed, the whisper out of the Burn is that he is one of the best recruits they have had for a few years.

Wedderburn were ok today. Got within 4 points about 5 minutes into the last quarter and had the momentum. Palpratt whacked a bloke and got sent off and it was all bulls after that.

 

[Truck]

Senior moment

You know the rules. Big footy is for facts only. No half truths or hear say.

Who said Hump would make no difference to the Lions?