By JARROD POTTER
A DANDY line-up is coming together for the Stingrays ahead of their 2015 TAC Cup season.
Craig Black and his coaching staff have run their eye across the best talent in the south east and taken their pick of the best 50.
The players have put in charge Lachlan Williams as their 2015 TAC Cup captain – a single captain this season down from the dual role the club had used in previous years.
Williams – a wily midfielder/forward – will lead the team alongside vice-captains Mitch Cox and Lachie Batten while the greater leadership group also includes Brandon White, Keiran Collins, Jacob Weitering and Jake Lovett.
“We’ve just gone for the one captain this year,” Black said.
“I think his (Williams) pre-season has been really good and he’s got a lot fitter.
“You just hope the natural progression – his improvement from a 16 to 17-year-old was really good – and if he can take that step again and continually improve on last year he’ll be another really good player in the TAC Cup.”
Training and testing day for the TAC Cup was last Saturday and the Stingrays excelled as the Rouse brothers – Jordan and Zachary – pushed to 16.6 in the beep test – a distance that would equal former Dandenong Stingray Billy Hartung’s AFL National Combine record. Also starring were Darcy Warke, highly ranked in the agility run, while Brandon White and Liam Myatt and Warke all clocked sub-three-second times for the 20-metre.
Dandenong’s final practice match was against Gippsland Power on Sunday at Garfield.
DANDENONG STINGRAYS LEADERSHIP GROUP
Lachlan Williams (captain), Lachlan Batten and Mitch Cox (vice captains),Brandon White, Keiran Collins, Jacob Weitering and Jake Lovett.
DANDENONG STINGRAYS 2015 TAC CUP LIST
DANNY ALLSOP 17 Red Hill, LACHLAN BATTEN 18 Doveton, JOSH BATTLE 17 Doveton, KYLE BEVERIDGE 17 Devon Meadows, JAYDEN BUBB 19 Beaconsfield, DANIEL CAPIRON 19 Caulfield Grammarians, KIERAN COLLINS 18 Langwarrin, MITCHELL COX 18 Narre Warren, LUKE DALMAU 17 Somerville, MASON de WIT 17 Mt Eliza, JAKE DIPASQUALE 18 Frankston YCW, JACK DOMAN 17 Frankston YCW, SEAN DOWNIE 18 Rosebud, JASON EDTMAIER 18 Narre Warren, JAMES FREEMAN 19 Mt Eliza, RYAN GAINS 17 Berwick, SHANNON GLADMAN 18 Sorrento, THOMAS GLEN 18 Beaconsfield, BEN GRAHAM 17 Chelsea, JACK HOLDEN 19 Edithvale-Aspendale, DANIEL HUGHES 17 Frankston YCW, LIAM HULETT 18 Bonbeach, THOMAS JOK 18 Beaconsfield, JAKE KELLY 18 Karingal, BRAD KIELY 18 Langwarrin, MAX KLEVERKAMP 17 Sorrento, MATTHEW LA FONTAINE 17 Frankston YCW, MALIS LOKERON 17 Narre Warren, JAKE LOVETT 18 Frankston YCW, CORY MACHAYA 18 Narre Warren, LIAM McKAY 17 Edithvale-Aspendale, MICHAEL MILIVOJEVIC 18 Narre Warren, CALEB MILLMAN 18 Noble Park, TOM MURPHY 17 Somerville, JACK MURRAY 17 Noble Park, KURT MUTIMER 18 Narre Warren, LIAM MYATT 18 Narre Warren, SEAN NICHOLSON 18 Berwick, GACH NYUON 18 Narre Warren, SAM PICKESS 18 Frankston YCW, REECE PIPER 17 Berwick, MYLES POHOLKE 17 Sorrento, HARRISON PRIOR 19 Pearcedale, PHILLIP RASO 18 Devon Meadows, BAILEY RICE 18 Beaconsfield, ZAK ROSCOE 18 Cranbourne, JORDAN ROUSE 19 Mt Eliza, ZACHARY ROUSE 19 Mt Eliza, JOSHUA STEEN 18 Edithvale-Aspendale, JORDAN STEWART 17 Beaconsfield, THOMAS STOFFELS 18 Rosebud, TRENT THOMAS 18 Berwick, ROBERT TURNBULL 18 Mt Eliza, DARCY WARKE 18 Edithvale-Aspendale, JACOB WEITERING 18 Mt Eliza, BRENTON WELLS 17 Narre Warren, BRANDON WHITE 18 Beaconsfield, LACHLAN WILLIAMS 18 Somerville, EMMETT YAWNEY 18 Berwick, TRAVIS YOUNG 18 Mornington.
