THE EDFL’s clubs have been busy announcing all of their individual winners and now we can begin to reveal all of the best-performed players across the three divisions from Season 2016.
If your club isn’t mentioned below, then be sure to get in touch with us with your club’s B&F results from 2016.
ABERFELDIE
Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division’s runner up announced joint winners of its B&F award with EDFL B&F Winner Luke Blackwell and Team of the Year back pocket Josh Toy both finishing on 97 votes.
1st Luke Blackwell & Josh Toy (97 votes)
2nd Jesse Laurie (92)
3rd Wayne Patak (90)
4th Brock McLean & Ryan Allan (86)
5th Daniel Thompson (82)
AIRPORT WEST
Not much went right for winless Airport West this year in Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division. Queensland recruit Tom Clough was one of the Eagles’ few standouts in what was a very lean year at Hansen Reserve and it ended with him crowned their B&F winner.
1st Tom Clough
2nd Clayton Rogers
3rd Keir Bol
AVONDALE HEIGHTS
It’s no surprise to see Mathew Cravino claim this year's B&F prize out of Canning Reserve. It was another outstanding year from the EDFL Interleague representative.
1st Mathew Cravino (92 votes)
2nd Nathan Byrne (76)
3rd Ned Slater (73)
4th David Stretton (61)
5th Scott Harding (56)
BURNSIDE HEIGHTS
The win-loss column shows there wasn’t much to write home about for the Bears in 2016 but we certainly weren’t surprised to see Stephen Kenrick walk away with the prize. Kenrick has been one of the Bears’ most consistent senior players since their entry into Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 in 2014.
COBURG DISTRICTS
Lions co-captain Tommy Lucin is one of the better players running around in Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 and in 2016 he was his club’s B&F winner. The division’s senior coaches voted Lucin onto the wing in the Division 2 Team of the Year.
CRAIGIEBURN
When you kick 92 goals in H&A season you’re probably going to score B&F votes. Cameron Cloke did just that up at DS Aitken, winning the Eagles’ B&F in a premiership year. Cloke also finished third in the League’s Essendon Ford Division 1 vote count.
1st Cameron Cloke
2nd Ryan Bongetti
3rd Jeremy Page
EAST KEILOR
Two-time premiership Cougar Jordan Madden took out East Keilor’s B&F. The 22-year-old only missed one game this season and scored enough votes from the coaches to get onto the bench in the Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 Team of the Year.
1st Jordan Madden
2nd Will Guest
3rd Vincent Maddafari
EAST SUNBURY
Rhys Gardener is arguably a bit of a surprise B&F winner to come out of Goonawarra given the eye-catching Kamen Ogilvie almost won the Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 B&F. Gardener only missed one game and kicked 13 goals in 2016.
ESSENDON DOUTTA STARS
Jamie Allan was one of the recruits of the year in Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division, culminating in winning Douttas’ B&F. Allan was voted onto the wing by the division’s senior coaches in the Premier Division Team of the Year.
1st Jamie Allan
2nd Shylo Smith
3rd Darren Pfeiffer
GLENROY
Last year’s Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 B&F winner Matt Walker moved across to Sewell Reserve from Roxburgh Park and while injury restricted him to nine games in 2016, he still managed to snare 32 votes and win Glenroy’s B&F.
1st Matt Walker
2nd Travis Dulic
3rd Steve Golding & Daniel Bailey
GREENVALE
Another one of Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division’s star recruits was Greenvale’s Fort Caruso, who won the Jets’ B&F with ease. The 28-year-old kicked 26 goals as a midfielder and was voted into the rover spot in the Team of the Year.
1st Fort Caruso (165 Votes)
2nd Fabian Deluca (123)
3rd Nick Lower (105)
HADFIELD
Not much to write home about for Hawks this year but two of the individual standouts were Daniel Ferraro & Raaf Rachrache, who both claimed Hadfield’s B&F. Rachrache snuck onto the bench in the Essendon Ford Division 1 Team of the Year.
1st Daniel Ferraro & Raffat Rachrache
2nd Luke Hampshire
HILLSIDE
The Micallef boys shared the EDFL’s Hutchison Medal in Essendon Ford Division 1 but were pipped at the post in the club’s B&F count by Jackson Volpato, playing his first full year of senior club footy in 2016.
1st Jackson Volpato
2nd Victor Micallef
3rd James Micallef
JACANA
Jacob Austin was the standout Jaguar of Season 2016. In what was a frustrating campaign for Jacana, Austin missed just one game and of the 17 he did play, kicked kicked at least one goal in eight of them.
KEILOR
Continuing the apparent trend of recruits winning club B&Fs in their first year at their new club is Keilor’s Dean Galea. Galea was near-unstoppable up forward for the Blues and was outstanding in the big one at Windy Hill, kicking six, including his 100th for the year in the second quarter.
1st Dean Galea
2nd Kane Barbuto
KEILOR PARK
The Devils were a surprise packet in Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 this year and a big reason for that was the performance of Nate Trotter, who went on to win their B&F. Trotter got onto the half forward flank in the Division 2 Team of the Year.
1st Nate Trotter
2nd Shane Barry
3rd Shane Frederickson
MARIBYRNONG PARK
John McKenzie capped a good year with the Lions, winning their B&F in a year where it could’ve gone to any number of his team mates. McKenzie played every game in Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division after a stint with Port Melbourne in the VFL.
1st John McKenzie
2nd Robbie Castello
3rd Brendon Hollow
4th Caleb Vearing
5th Sam O’Brien
MOONEE VALLEY
Who else but skipper Ned Wilson to take out Moonee Valley's B&F. He was odds-on favourite given he claimed the Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 League B&F back in September.
NORTHERN SAINTS
Premiership player Eliot Kako took out the Northern Saints’ B&F prize this year by 27 votes. Kako was a shining light in a trying year for the Saints.
1st Eliot Kako
2nd Kieran Sheehan
3rd Daniel Pitruzzello
OAK PARK
Cameron Hare finished his second year at Oak Park with 18 goals from 17 games to claim the Kangaroos’ B&F. The ex-Tullamarine player won the Bill Pretty Medal.
1st Cameron Hare
2nd Jack Pascu
3rd Dean Smith
PASCOE VALE
Luke Foster is yet another first-year recruit to win a club B&F. Foster came across from WA and took the EDFL by storm, quickly establishing himself as one of the premier defenders in Strathmore Community Bank Premier Division. He was runner up for the Reynolds Medal, behind Aberfeldie’s Luke Blackwell.
ROXBURGH PARK
In a season where Roxburgh Park had numerous contributors, highly-rated youngster Brad Dimech walked away as the Magpies’ B&F. Dimech hasn’t missed a senior game since Round 9, 2014.
1st Brad Dimech
2nd Luke Capuano
3rd Harley Short
STRATHMORE
EDFL Interleague captain Adam Iacobucci has again claimed Strathmore’s B&F – his fourth Pearce Elliott Medal. Iacobucci was the only Strathmore player voted into the Premier Division Team of the Year (interchange).
1st Adam Iacobucci
2nd Andrew Horne
3rd Hamish McIntosh
TAYLORS LAKES
It may have been a forgettable 6-10 year for the Lions in Essendon Ford Division 1 but the performance James Vistarini was certainly a memorable part of it, winning the club’s B&F. Vistarini was voted into the rover spot into the Division 1 Team of the Year and is considered one the prime mids of the division.
1st James Vistarini
2nd Jackson Wright
3rd Anthony Longo
4th Chris Ragusa
5th Frank Agresta
TULLAMARINE
Add Jack Sims to the list of first-year recruits taking out their club B&F award. Sims was a match-up nightmare in Essendon Ford Division 1 and played a good Grand Final against Craigieburn. He also got into the Division 1 Team of the Year.
1st Jack Sims (88 Votes)
2nd Jack Burns (74)
3rd Chris Burns (64)
4th David Brockway (54)
5th Craig Steele & Jonathan Hardman (51)
WEST COBURG
Jack Yelland capped off his first year with West Coburg with a B&F gong. The defender played every game in what was a tough 6-12 campaign for the Burgers.
1st Jack Yelland
2nd Aaron Kelly
3rd Liam Bowkett
4th Rob Hudson
5th Tom Pryde
WESTMEADOWS
Tamer Abdallah has simply been outstanding in yellow and black since coming across to Willowbrook via Aberfeldie and the Northern Saints. As he was in 2015, the Tigers' B&F winner was again named on the wing in the Essendon Ford Division 1 Team of the Year.
