The U20 State Team notched up a 25-point victory in last Saturday’s State Youth Match against the McDonald’s U18s State Squad.

With the U18s winning only one State Youth Match since 2000, it was always going to be a tough task coming up against a full-strength U20s side.

However, the McDonald’s U18s State Squad came out firing, registering the first three goals of the match. The U20s team was able to steady through the great work from Sturt midfielders John McDonald and Matthew Jaensch.

The U18s withstood a charge in the third quarter and remained a chance of snatching an unexpected win at three-quarter time. Coach Brenton Phillips challenged his U18s to finish the game well and although the players were unable to reduce the lead to fewer than 19 points, they showed some great signs heading into the NAB AFL U18 National Championships this week.

The final score showed the U20 State Team 25-point winners over the competitive McDonald’s U18 State Squad. The SANFL would like to thank the Woodville-West Torrens FC for its assistance with the U20 State Team.


U20 State Team 15.14.104
McDonald’s U18 State Squad 12.7.79

McDonald’s U18 Best Players: 
J Trengove (SFC); J Giddings (GFC); A Wilson (SFC); B Sumner (WWTFC)

McDonald’s U18 Goal Kickers: 
T Lane (WWTFC) 2 A Wilson (SFC) 2  J Giddings (GFC) 2  D Wanganeen (PAMFC) 1 T Milera (PAMFC) 1 A Carey (GFC) 1 J Trengove (SFC) 1  M Panos (NFC) 1 S Lycett (PAMFC) 1

U20 Best Players:
M Jaensch (SFC); J McDonald (SFC); B Nason (CDFC); D Hynes (CDFC); T Dunne (CDFC); S Blesing (WAFC); J Boyd (SAFC)

U20 Goal Kickers:
S Mardling (PAMFC) 2  B Yeomans (SAFC) 2  D Hynes (CDFC) 2  T Dunne (CDFC) 2  S Hill (WWTFC) 2  J Boyd (SAFC) 1 S Daveron (WWTFC) 1 S Blesing (WAFC) 1 B Nason (CDFC) 1 T Schultz (NFC) 1

2009 STATE YOUTH MATCH MEDALS

U18 Best Player: Jack Trengove (Sturt FC)
U20 Best Player: Matthew Jaensch (Sturt FC)

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