Heard today that Josh Rudd from Port Melbourne won the award as Reserves B&F in the league.
I know Tim Scott-Branagan won it two years ago (2002) and I have no idea who won last year.
Very poor coverage of it on the VFL website and Port's site though. Maybe one of the Port supporters on here can confirm?
I've got a feeling that Ryan Cassidy (Box Hill) won it last year.
Might be wrong...
I thought the medal was announced on the same night as the JJ Liston ??
Haven't heard anything from the club, but it would be a good result for Rudd, who also played several Senior games this year.
I think P. Cleary assessed him as being a good VFL footballer who would be unlikely to make it at AFL level. Would be great for Port if they could develop him into a 100-gamer for the club.
Agreed Footyman, that the Reserves comp is poorly publicised. I see that the reserves team lists dont have a goals/behinds column in the record for the finals either :(
Pretty sure it was presented on the same day as the Fothergill-Round medal.
I agree, there really needs to be more publicity for these things.
They don't have a quarter by quarter score box either.
The poor old Ressies should get more of a look in, on Saturday the 2s game was better than the seniors at TEAC Oval.
It would be great if Football Vic could lift the profile of it, especially through the VFL Record. A lot of reserves players would have interesting backgrounds, maybe its something they should consider for 2005 - an article every week on a 'reserve type' player.
Good effort by Rudd as he is a good player. Why would he transfer from North Ballarat where he was an established player to go to Port and become a fringe player?
Uni course in Melbourne apparently.
Apparently it was:
1st - Rudd (Port Melbourne)
2nd - Newman (Port Melbourne)
3rd - Edwards (Nth Ballarat)/Carlyle (Coburg)
Unsure as to why these results weren't in Record this week. Surely we could have seen one page in the Record focusing on the Reserves medal?