Michael Hartley and Ozgur Uysal have both won selections in the 2015 Peter Jackson VFL Team of the Year. Hartley was named at centre half back whilst Uysal earned his place as rover.
Hartley, 22, enjoys his first selection in the team of the year following an outstanding season keeping the league’s best key forwards goalless including fantastic games against opponents Liam McBean and Tom Boyd that saw Hartley awarded with five votes in the JJ Liston Medal count from the matches against Footscray and Richmond.
Uysal, 23, further stamped his authority in 2015 and won back-to-back VFL team of the Year honours after another fantastic year breaking the lines in the centre square. Uysal’s second nomination in the squad has him now firmly etched amongst the elite of the competition.
Elsewhere on the night the Lions recorded 39 votes in the JJ Liston Medal count, which was won by North Ballarat’s Nick Rippon.
2015 J. J. Liston Trophy leaderboard
Nick Rippon | North Ballarat | 15 |
Matt Thomas | Richmond | 14 |
Myles Sewell | North Ballarat | 14 |
Clint Jones | Sandringham | 14 |
Sam Dunell | Williamstown | 14 |
Ben Jolley | Williamstown | 13 |
Jonathan Simpkin | Box Hill Hawks | 13 |
Sam Iles | Box Hill Hawks | 11 |
Daniel Currie | Werribee | 11 |
Coburg Team Count
Daniel Venditti | Coburg | 7 |
Michael Hartley | Coburg | 6 |
Tom Goodwin | Coburg | 6 |
Ozgur Uysal | Coburg | 5 |
Cale Morton | Coburg | 3 |
Errol McConnell | Coburg | 3 |
Lachlan Johns | Coburg | 3 |
Dean MacDonald | Coburg | 2 |
Nathan Blair | Coburg | 1 |
Mark Orr | Coburg | 1 |
Nathan Thomas | Coburg | 1 |
Ben Clifton | Coburg | 1 |
Coburg Team Count
Andrew Sturgess | Coburg | 6 |
Dion Hill | Coburg | 6 |
Joshua Iacobaccio | Coburg | 6 |
Tom Miles | Coburg | 4 |
Jordan Williams | Coburg | 4 |
Damon Symes | Coburg | 4 |
Julian Hemala | Coburg | 3 |
Liam Hunt | Coburg | 3 |
Ricky Schraven | Coburg | 3 |
Matthew Northe | Coburg | 3 |
Cody Mance | Coburg | 2 |
Daniel Cooper | Coburg | 2 |
Jesse Boyd | Coburg | 2 |
Joel Madden | Coburg | 2 |
Jack Yelland | Coburg | 2 |
Nick Linton | Coburg | 2 |
Tom Gleeson | Coburg | 2 |
Single vote getters: Jordan Easton, Josh Totino, Mark Kovacevic, Robbie Fox
2015 A Todd Medal leaderboard
Dylan Conway | Williamstown | 11 |
Tyler Curtis | Williamstown | 9 |
Alex Carr | Williamstown | 8 |
Chris Jones | Box Hill Hawks | 8 |
Joseph Fisher | Box Hill Hawks | 8 |
Ryan Exon | Box Hill Hawks | 8 |
Jake Greiser | Williamstown | 7 |
Matthew Kreymborg | Sandringham | 7 |
Long time Coburg FC volunteer Ian Liversidge was awarded VFL Life membership for his 50 years of service to the club.
The Full VFL Team of the year is listed as below.
2015 Peter Jackson VFL Team of the Year | |||
Coach: Paul Hudson (Sandringham) | Captain: David Mirra (Box Hill Hawks) | ||
B | Peter Faulks (Williamstown) | Jake Wilson (Werribee) | David Mirra (Box Hill Hawks) |
HB | Jordan Russell (Footscray) | Michael Hartley (Coburg) | Ryan Pendelbury (Collingwood) |
C | Mitch Banner (Williamstown) | Clint Jones (Sandringham) | Nick Rippon (North Ballarat) |
HF | Sam Dunell (Williamstown) | Mitch Brown (Sandringham) | Isaac Conway (Werribee) |
F | Andrew Gallucci (Williamstown) | Jordan Lisle (Port Melbourne) | Kyle Hardingham (Essendon) |
R | Nick Meese (Williamstown) | Ben Jolley (Williamstown) | Ozgur Uysal (Coburg) |
Int | Luke Kiel (North Ballarat) | Myles Sewell (North Ballarat) | Adam Marcon (Williamstown) |
Matt Hanson (Werribee) | Ben Moloney (Collingwood) | Andrew Hooper (North Ballarat) |