Battle of the ages
Years ago
Most dominant age group in ABL?
Here is a question for you all. Who is the most dominant age group at the moment throughtout the central ABL? Which has the most stars and the most contributers?
I'm going to nominate the age group of those born in 1980. Reasons why...
Todd Gower(Sturt)
Cam Wilson(Woodville)*
Danny Phillips(West)*
Justin Wilkey(Centrals)*
Joel Goodenough(Eastern)
Ben Trebilcock(Eastern)
Daniel Thompson(Norwood)
Damien Scanlon(South, or was he '81?)*
Doug MacDonald-Taylor(Forestville)*
Tom Finklemyer(Sturt)
Marcus Hakendorf(Sturt)*
Toby Shaftener(Norwood)
Dallas Quigley(North)*
Tim Hodges(Southern)
Those are the ones that come to mind. There are quite a few big names there, especially up the top of the list, with alot of these players being starters for their respective teams, and if not, at least fist or second sub.
I also put a star next to the names if the players who never made any sort of state team throughout juniors, just to remind juniors out there that making state teams isn't everything.
I am interested to hear any other contenders for the best age group. Obviously this age group has an advantage over younger age groups because all these guys are 25 now and have had more time to establish themselves as players in the league. Also, I know that it is a very young league these days, but I must admit that i don't exactly know how old some of the youger players are.
