DANDENONG Stingrays’ big win over Brisbane Lions Academy has seen them earn the most players of any side in our Draft Central NAB League Boys Team of the Week for Round 6. The Stingrays have four players in our Team of the Week, one more than other Round 6 winners, Calder Cannons and Gippsland Power, while Eastern Ranges also had a trio of players in our Team of the Week. Geelong Falcons, Northern Knights and Oakleigh Chargers were the other three sides to record a win, and they have two players in the team, while Bendigo Pioneers, Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Tasmania Devils each have a player in the team.

Dandenong Stingrays’ Hayden Young and Sam De Koning feature in a strong defensive unit, with bottom-ager Clayton Gay in the forward line and Cody Weightman coming off the bench. Also in defence is Calder Cannons’ Brodie Newman, while Daniel Mott and Jacob Martin‘s games through the midfield earned them places in the team. On the opposite half-back flank to Young is Gippsland Power captain Brock Smith, while Riley Baldi sits on a wing and Fraser Phillips is at half-forward. The other team with three players in our side is Eastern Ranges, with midfielders Lachlan Stapleton and Zakery Pretty making the team again, while Billy McCormack is the starting ruck in a week where a number of rucks impressed.

Geelong Falcons’ victory over Sydney Swans Academy resulted in Jesse Clark (centre half-back) and Oliver Henry (forward pocket) both making the team, while Northern Knights’ Lachlan Potter rounds out the defence, and Josh D’Intinosante makes the team in the forward 50 yet again. The other remaining winning side with two players is Oakleigh Chargers, as co-captain and Draft Central‘s Player of the Week Trent Bianco slots into centre, along with teammate Josh May who also made the squad. Murray Bushrangers’ Jimmy Boyer booted three goals and comes into the team at half-forward, while Lachlan Ash is once again in the side. Of those players as their team’s sole representatives, Bendigo Pioneers’ Josh Treacy (full-forward), GWV Rebels’ Isaac Wareham and Tasmania Devils’ Oliver Davis (both interchange) also made the team.