De La Salles’ success at Under 19 level is unmatched and unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. Consider this record - in the highest division over the last nine years we have played in eight grand finals for six premierships. The only year since 2004 we have not made a grand final we finished third after narrowly losing the preliminary final. This was the one that started it all. For many years this premiership photo was thought to be lost but the 2012 Under 19 premiership photo gathering led to this picture being located.
Looking at this group it strikes you that so many of these players went on to make major contributions around the club. In fact quite a few are still running around and have represented the club with distrinction. Amongst the group of players featured we have the current 3rds coach, current 19 Blues coach and a seconds assistant coach. Two Woodrow medals, several big V jumpers and a few decent VFL careers. Dave Madigan went on to coach the seniors, team manager Paul Lourey is still one of our most dedicated clubmen and Pat Maher continues to be a fine club servant.
For the record De La Salle 6.3.39 defeated St Kevins 3.9.27 on a wet and wild day at Parkdale.
Back Row (L to R): James Pitcher, Liam O’Donnell, Jarred Fletcher, Dean Davis, Billy Dwyer, Louis Bowden, Daniel Coleman, Ross Quick, Daniel Keely
Middle Row: Pat McConville (President), Paul Lourey (Team Manager), Michael Nankervis, Nicholas Stewart, Luke Jarvis, Ryan Hancock, Chris Kelliher, Rishton McArdle, Tynan John, Aaron Shields, Scott Jones (Asst Coach)
Front Row: Dale Browning, Tim Kovess, Michael Brown (Capt), David Madigan (Coach), Simon Conway, Matthew Fieldsend, Michael Herkess
Absent: Ben Vague, John McGuiness, Vincent Moloney, Tom Donegan
Please Note: We are looking for this photo in a higher resolution so we can have it enlarged and framed. If anyone has a better quality photo or the means by which to improve the resolution (387 KB) send an email to the secretary at shumphrey@optusnet.com.au
Last Modified on 07/10/2013 19:27