The Under 18 New Zealand Hawks will tour to Melbourne, Australia to play a Mornington Peninsula Interleague side from May 3rd -7th.
This is the second time the U18 New Zealand Hawks have travelled over to Australia and follows on from the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League’s tour of New Zealand over ANZAC weekend in Wellington.
Part of the tour will provide the team an insight into Australian club football and attending an AFL game at Etihad Stadium.
Head Coach Chris Mundell has chosen a squad full of talent and will look to return to New Zealand having developed his players and build their knowledge of the game of AFL.
Congratulations to all involved and good luck.
Key Events:
Wednesday 3rd May:
- Mornington Peninsula Welcome Function – 7.00pm Hastings Football Club.
Thursday 4th May:
- St Kilda Football Club Training – 10.30am.
- Tour of St Kilda Football Club – 12.00pm.
Friday 5th May:
- AFL New Zealand U18 Hawks vs Mornington Peninsula Interleague side – 6.00pm, Ferrero Reserve, Mt Martha.
Saturday 6th May:
- TAC Cup Match – Oakleigh Chargers vs North Ballarat – Warrawee Park.
- AFL Match – Western Bulldogs vs Richmond Tigers – Etihad Stadium.
Management Team Head Coach Christopher Mundell Assistant Coach Samuel McKenzie Assistant Coach Mick Coultard Manager Tom O'Keeffe Physio Nico Donnell-Brown Full Name Region Alastair Maisey Auckland Blake Nahu Bay of Plenty Callum Hill Brisbane Carlos Donnell-brown Auckland Chai Proctor Otago Clayton Walters Waitakere Dawson Mele Counties Declan Crann Waitakere Hayden Johnston Otago Jacob Tucker Harbour James Dakin Auckland Joel Brown Auckland Joseph Alesich-Tamariki Harbour Josh Mackie Otago Joshua Morgan Ranui Wellington Lachlan Kennedy Northland Luke Dunning Harbour Maxwell Hicks Harbour Misilifi Faimalo Wellington Sebastian Serrano-Valladares Auckland William Kempt Wellington
