It was a tough day at the office for North VFL on the weekend, going down to a red-hot Richmond side, but there were still some shining lights from the match.
VFL senior assistant coaches Ben Dyer and Gavin Brown spoke with North Media about some of the standout performers.
Will Walker | 15 disposals | 6 marks | 1 goal
“Will was good. He’s starting to get involved a little bit more around the contest, which he’s been working on a lot.
“The best part about Will’s game was that his last quarter was as good as his first.
“His effort was great, he tried all day and it was just a really impressive game from him.” - Ben Dyer
Ben McKay | 17 disposals | 7 marks | 2 tackles
“He was very good.
“He’s been playing some very good footy at the moment, and going back through the vision, it was almost his best game, particularly given it was against such a really good opposition too.
“We were slaughtered and he held up really, really well.” - Gavin Brown
Braydon Preuss | 13 disposals | 4 marks | 43 hitouts
“Preussy did well. He’s had battles with Soldo in the past, but I think this time he outworked him in the ruck and he was able to get around the ground and take some contested marks.
“A couple of those were deep in attack as well, which really tested his opponent out.
“He hit the scoreboard as well, so it was quite and all around game from him this week.” - Ben Dyer
Chris Jansen (VFL-listed) | 26 disposals | 6 tackles | 6 clearances
“He was good. He looked good from a clearance point of view by getting it on the fly.
“What stood out was how clean he was, that really made him stand out.
“He really capitalised on Preussy’s dominance in the middle.” - Gavin Brown
Lachlan Mirams (VFL-listed) | 6 disposals | 3 marks | 1 goal
“He was good for his first game.
“He fit in well with the structures and showed a bit by taking some good marks in the forward line.
“He kicked a goal which was a good reward for his efforts.” - Ben Dyer
Individual player stats:
Nick Rippon (VFL-listed) | 35 disposals | 7 tackles | 5 clearances
Nash Holmes (VFL-listed) | 25 disposals | 8 tackles | 6 clearances
Louis Cunningham (VFL-listed) | 17 disposals | 6 marks | 2 tackles
Mitchell Hibberd | 15 disposals | 2 marks | 3 rebound 50s
Kyron Hayden | 13 disposals | 2 marks | 4 clearances
Matthew Northe (VFL-listed) | 13 disposals | 6 marks | 7 tackles
Quintin Montanaro (VFL-listed) | 13 disposals | 3 marks | 3 tackles
Tyrone Leonardis (VFL-listed) | 11 disposals | 5 marks | 2 tackles
Oscar Junker | 10 disposals | 3 marks | 2 tackles
Gordon Narrier | 9 disposals | 2 marks | 1 inside 50
Fraser Cameron (VFL-listed) | 9 disposals | 2 marks | 3 tackles
Nick Hogan (VFL-listed) | 9 disposals | 4 marks | 2 tackles
Matt Lee (VFL-listed) | 8 disposals | 3 marks | 3 tackles
Tom Hotchin (VFL-listed) | 8 disposals | 4 marks | 3 tackles
Tristan Xerri | 8 disposals | 4 marks | 2 inside 50s
Sam Durdin | 8 disposals | 2 marks | 2 tackles
Josh Williams | 7 disposals | 3 marks | 3 tackles
Dan Nielson | 7 disposals | 2 marks | 5 tackles
