After a long hiatus, the annual Metropolitan Representative Football Carnival returns in 2014!
AFL Victoria have confirmed some important details regarding the representative carnival:
Date & Venue:
Saturday 29th March 2014
Venue to be confirmed
Fixture:
1 v 2
Victorian Amateur Football Association v Eastern Football League
Time: 3.20pm – to be confirmed
3 v 4
Essendon District Football League v Northern Football League
Time: 1.10pm – to be confirmed
5 v 6
Western Region Football League v Southern Football League
Time: 11am – to be confirmed
All players selected to represent the SFL must be registered with the SFL, and 24 players will be selected in the final team.
Over the past month the SFL has worked hard to secure a representative team that will provide the SFL every chance of winning next year.
The SFL are pleased to announce the following key appointments:
Representative Manager / Chairman of Selectors: Rodney Gamlin
Representative Head Coach: Ben Murphy (Current Senior Coach at East Brighton Football Club)
Representative Selectors: Neil Lockhart / Wayne Fuller
Representative Team Manager: Toby Jedwab
We are extremely pleased that the above listed individuals have agreed to drive the SFL representative program for 2014 and we strongly believe they are some of the most knowledgeable SFL football people.
Every SFL club will have at least one player invited to join the initial squad. Invitations to Players to attend training will be issued in December and training will commence in January.
This is an exciting opportunity for the SFL community to unite together and represent our great competition proudly!