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Young Bombers shine, Sun goes big in VFL Easter weekend wrap
Jaiden Sciberras • April 20th, 2025 4:16 pm
The VFL’s Easter weekend fixtures were stacked with top performances from AFL listed talent.
Round 4 kicked off with North Melbourne taking down the Blues by two points, as Roo Will Phillips put up 23 disposals and 10 tackles in his bid to return to senior football. Alongside him, mid-season draft prospect Adam Tomlinson collected 27 disposals and six marks.
For the Blues, the Camporeale brothers shone in the side’s loss, with Lucas managing 23 touches and nine marks and Ben finding 25 with four clearances, while former Bulldog Will Hayes racked up a game-high 37 touches.
Lions’ ruckman Darcy Fort was dominant in Brisbane’s one point win over Collingwood, stuffing the stat sheet with 28 disposals, 28 hit outs, 16 clearances and a goal. Deven Robertson also stepped up in the midfield with 35 touches and 11 clearances.
Leading from the front was Brisbane academy prospect Fergus McFayden, finding 19 disposals and booting five goals including the game-winning behind after the siren.
Ed Allan was the standout for the Pies, collecting 23 and a goal.
A number of Tigers put their name up for selection, with Tyler Sonsie and Kaleb Smith combining for 68 touches and Jacob Bauer bagging four goals as Richmond fell to Frankston by 25 points.
The travelling Giants claimed a strong 53-point win over the Casey Demons, led by 29 disposals, 33 hit outs and 13 clearances from 20-year-old ruckman Nicholas Madden.
27 and 11 marks for young James Leake will leave his name in contention for GWS, while former Saint Riley Bonner managed 36 and a goal for the Demons.
After being dropped from the senior side, Melbourne’s Bayley Fritsch found just 11 disposals and one goal, while Jacob Van Rooyen’s nine touches and one goal will potentially see the key forward remain with Casey in the coming weeks.
Despite the Suns’ 55-point loss at the hands of Southport, Brayden Fiorini stole the headlines from the weekend’s action, collecting a whopping 47 disposals and eight tackles in the contest.
Off the back of a 43-disposal haul last week, Fiorini will certainly be on Damien Hardwick’s mind entering Round 7 following Gold Coast’s loss to Richmond.
Ruckman Ned Moyle also performed, with his 30 hit outs and 19 disposals getting the better of mid-season draft prospect Brayden Crossley.
Bombers trio Elijah Tsatas (31 dispsoals, 16 clearances), Lewis Hayes (24 disposals, six tackles) and Alwyn Davey Jnr (14 disposals, three goals) all stood up as Essendon claimed a strong 16-point win over Port Melbourne.
Fourth-choice ruckman Vigo Visentini looked sharp with 16 disposals and 26 hit outs as he eyes a debut amid Essendon’s ruck crises.
Other stand out performers across the weekend include Swans Ben Paton (27 disposals) and Angus Sheldrick (26 disposals, four clearances), North Melbourne’s Cooper Harvey (three goals), Giant Max Gruzewski (five goals), and Bomber Jayden Laverde (22 disposals, 10 marks).
