YJFL Awards

YJFL Best & Fairest Players

Yarra Junior Football League YJFL Award winner - 2018 Season


		Sam Woods YJFL Best & Fairest Under 14 Team - Blue Division. Apart from 2015 where he missed almost the entire season with injury, Sam has always been his team's highest achiever. Sam appears to have no fear - he is always in the thick of the action - all over the ground, diving in where others 'fear to tread', amassing huge numbers of possessions. This award follows on from his third placings over the last two seasons.


YJFL Best & Fairest Players - Previous Years.
Greythorn players who have been the League's Best & Fairest player over the years since the League was formed.

		2017 Ollie Purcell YJFL Best & Fairest Under 12 Team - Brown Division. Ollie is a genuinely gifted player and has been from the moment he joined us. Ollie is destined to win many more awards in his career. Our club regards Ollie both with affection for the person he is and with respect for his outstanding ability.

		2011 Matthew Exell YJFL Best & Fairest Under 10s - Green A popular figure when he was at our club - very clever and with very little fear.

		2010 Tom Cutler YJFL Best & Fairest Under 15s - Section Two Tom was always a remarkable talent and it was no surprise to him win the League award in 2004. Tom went on to bigger and better things and joined the Brisbane Lions AFL team in the 2013 AFL draft.

		2008 Matt Dyson - KGU Colts (Kew Football Club) YJFL Equal Best & Fairest Colts - Section Three When Matt won his award he was a member of our KGU merged team but was actually registered with Kew. The following year however he joined our club as an assistant coach.

		2007 Dan Houston YJFL Best & Fairest Under 10 - Section Green. Dan Houston was a standout player even when he started playing with us as a youngster. Dan Houston was selected by Port Adelaide in the 2015 AFL Rookie Draft. Dan's career flourished with 'The Power' and and it wasn't long before he was upgraded to the senior list where he became a permanent member of the senior team.Tom

		2006 Adam Poulton YJFL Best & Fairest Under 12 - Section Blue. Adam played all his junior footy with our club and although he was always a great player, 2006 stands out as his best season.

		2004 Ben Sinclair YJFL Best & Fairest Under 15 - Section 1. Ben was regarded as the club's best player whilst he was with us. Three League Best & Fairest awards, numerous placings in other years and the winner of his team award almost every year he played.

		2003 Ben Sinclair YJFL Best & Fairest Under 14 - Section Brown. This was the second of Ben's League awards - to go with his many other achievements.

		2003 Sam Cust YJFL Best & Fairest Under 11 - Section Blue Sam is another of those players who won his team award seemingly every year he was with us. In 2003 he added a League award to his tally. Sam played with the Box Hill Hawks VFL club for a number of years.

		2001 Ben Sinclair YJFL Best & Fairest Under 12 - Section Green This was the first of the three League awards that Ben won whilst playing with us. He was to go on to become a remarkable talent picking up all manner of awards along the way.

		2001 Tom Roach YJFL Best & Fairest Colts - Section 1 Tom joined our club in 2001 from Richmond to play for our Colts. In those years Richmond didn't cater for Colts so he came to us. The son of Richmond Champion - Michael Roach, Tom was an incredible player with an uncanny ability to be always on his own. Tom was such a stand-out player that he won the League award even though he missed a total of six games for the season. In 2002 he was Runner-Up in the League award - again after missing six games. Like his father, Tom went to the Richmond AFL club where he played for three years before joining the North Ballarat VFL club. Tom went on to play for Swan Districts in the WAFL. He has now retired and has returned to Melbourne.

		1999 & 2000 Ben Moody YJFL Best & Fairest Under 14 - Section Green Under 15 - Section Green Ben was the first of our League award winners. He won his award just two years after the League was formed. An excellent player - he was the engine room for his team and would later become part of a very handy duo with Tom Roach - referred to immediately above.