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Under 19’s State Team Coaches Announced!

Junior Victorian Eagles

Gridiron Victoria is pleased to announce the following coordinator and coaching appointments have been made by Head Coach Robert Smith for the upcoming Under 19’s state team program.

Offensive Coordinator
Joshua Faure Northern Raiders

Defensive Coordinator
Corey Pettett South Eastern Predators

Special Teams Coordinator
Leed Wesolowski Pakenham Silverbacks

Offensive Coaching Assistant
Caleb Morgan Western Crusaders

Defensive Coaching Assistants
Byron Price MUGC Lions
John McGuiness Berwick Miners

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Taking our state football program international!

Gridiron Victoria is very pleased to announce the appointment of the 2 time Junior Vic Bowl winning Head Coach from MUGC Robert Smith as Head Coach of the Victorian Eagles Under 19 State Team.

LATEST NEWS!

We have now released the itinerary for the upcoming 2016 Singapore trip for the Victorian Junior Eagles team.

Download the full itinerary for the trip (PDF file)

We are equally excited to announce that Coach Smith will be taking his team on Victoria’s first international tour to Singapore. The tour will depart September 23rd and return September 30th and will see the team play 2 games, the first of what we hope to be many such tours.

Rob Smith Head Coach of Junior State Eagles

Under 19 players will have Rob and his additional coaching staff (yet to be appointed) casting their eyes over the league this coming season and selecting a training squad to be announced at the Junior Vic Bowl on April 30. The squad will be trimmed to a maximum of 40 players to make the tour.

We at GV are very pleased to make this announcement and will provide more detail in the coming weeks about the tour and opportunities for players & coaches to be involved.

Good luck to all our young players as they vie for a roster spot on our international tour.

2012 Gridiron Australia National Championships

The Victorian Eagles have begun preparation for the 2012 Gridiron Australia National Championships in March/April.

This years tournament will be played in a round robin format, with the 6 states split into 2 conferences and within those conferences, each team hosts one game and travels for the other.

The schedule is as follows:

Conference 1: New South Wales, Queensland, ACT
Conference 2: Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia

Saturday March 17thWA @ Victoria, ACT @ NSW
Saturday March 24th – QLD @ ACT, SA @ WA
Saturday March 31st – Victoria @ SA, NSW @ QLD

Saturday April 14th Finals
No. 2 @ No. 1, No. 4 @ No. 3, No. 6 @ No. 5

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