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West Australian
5 days ago
- Sport
- West Australian
GSFL 2025: Ryley Valli holds slender lead over chasing pack going into final five round of coaches votes award
A terrific race is developing between the leading contenders in the Great Southern Football League coaches' player of the year award, entering the last part of the regular season. A total of 11 votes is all that separates the top four in the standings and 20 votes covers the top five at the conclusion of round 10. Voting will go silent after round 12 and the winner will be announced on Kleemann Medal night. Last year's winner Ryley Valli is firmly in the mix again, the Railways ball magnet holding a slender lead going into round 11. Valli picked up five votes in round seven, before a perfect 10 in the round eight win over Mt Barker and then added seven in the round nine win over Royals to climb to the top with 53. Bulls pair Daniel Patching and Darcy Wallinger are nipping at his heels, with 46 and 44 votes respectively. Patching collected nine votes in the Bulls round nine triumph over Albany while Wallinger got a perfect 10 from the coaches in round seven when his side beat Denmark-Walpole. Ever consistent Shark Isaac Baum is fourth with 42 votes while the big mover over the last four rounds has been Bulls defender Tristan Ballard. Ballard has regularly picked up votes to shoot himself to fifth on 33. North Albany find themselves on the bottom of the ladder but are represented inside the top 10 with veteran Matt Orzel, who was awarded 10 votes in the Kangas big win over the Lions in round nine. Bailey Taylor received nine votes in NAIDOC Round last weekend as the Sharks handed the Tigers their first loss of the season. Lion Corey Ward collected nine votes in a losing affair against the Magpies while Tyler Stone, who sits inside the top 10, picked up eight in that same round 10 fixture. Nine-goal hero Camball McMahon was two short of a perfect 10 for the Bulls in their big win over the Kangas. McMahon got five votes and three votes from the two coaches while Tyreice Brown and Wallinger picked up six each. Each league coach votes 5-4-3-2-1 for players on both sides at the end of every game. 2025 Coaches' Player of the Year Award Voting Round 7 Albany v North Albany 9 Max Grimes (ALB) 8 Isaac Baum (ALB) 7 Bailey Taylor (ALB) 4 Brock Anning (ALB) 1 Robbie Lee (ALB) 1 Morgan Davies (ALB) Railways v Royals 5 Lachie Cale (RAIL) 5 Ryley Valli (RAIL) 5 Nathan Powell (ROY) 5 Bodhi Stubber (RAIL) 3 Lorcan McNamara (RAIL) 3 Lucas Smart (RAIL) 2 Hayden Parker (RAIL) 2 Jayson Ford (ROY) Mt Barker v Denmark-Walpole 10 Darcy Wallinger (MB) 8 Keane Griffiths (MB) 5 Daniel Patching (MB) 5 Tristan Ballard (MB) 1 Ryan Hick (MB) 1 Jared Ballard (MB) Voting Round 8 Royals v Albany 10 Isaac Baum (ALB) 7 Robbie Lee (ALB) 6 Ashley Ayles (ALB) 3 Cameron Smith (ROY) 3 Michael McGlade (ROY) 1 Bailey Taylor (ALB) Mt Barker v Railways 10 Ryley Valli (RAIL) 6 Tristan Ballard (MB) 6 Beau Ewen (RAIL) 4 Darcy Clarke (MB) 2 Shane Braimbridge (RAIL) 1 Kye Griffiths (MB) 1 Sam Lehmann (MB) North Albany v Denmark-Walpole 10 Brody Hickey (DW) 6 Tyler Stone (DW) 5 Nick Barrow (NA) 4 Jedd Nazzari (DW) 2 Ash Smith (DW) 2 Kobi Keen (NA) 1 Anthony Coyne (NA) Voting Round 9 Albany v Mt Barker 9 Daniel Patching (MB) 6 Tristan Ballard (MB) 5 Isaac Baum (ALB) 3 Tyreice Brown (MB) 3 Darcy Clarke (MB) 2 Bailey Taylor (ALB) 2 Darcy Wallinger (MB) Denmark-Walpole v Railways 8 Kane Shephard (RAIL) 7 Ryley Valli (RAIL) 6 Ryan Davies (RAIL) 5 Bodhi Stubber (RAIL) 2 Jaxon Lombardini (RAIL) 1 Hayden Parker (RAIL) 1 Max Swarbrick (RAIL) North Albany v Royals 10 Matt Orzel (NA) 8 Travis Conn (NA) 4 Kobi Keen (NA) 3 Luke Pickering (NA) 3 Daniel Parker (NA) 2 Mitch Lenegan (ROY) Voting Round 10 Railways v Albany 9 Bailey Taylor (ALB) 6 Logan Stubber (RAIL) 6 Taj Williams (ALB) 5 Morgan Davies (ALB) 2 Jesse Owens (ALB) 1 Mitch Geddes (RAIL) 1 Kane Shephard (RAIL) Royals v Denmark-Walpole 9 Corey Ward (ROY) 8 Tyler Stone (DW) 4 Reagan Hutchinson (DW) 3 Tait Hartfield (DW) 2 Mitch Lenegan (ROY) 2 Simon Barker (DW) 1 Ryan Hick (DW) 1 Declan McNamara (ROY) Mt Barker v North Albany 8 Camball McMahon (MB) 6 Tyreice Brown (MB) 6 Darcy Wallinger (MB) 4 Tristan Ballard (MB) 3 Matt Orzel (NA) 3 Brent Parsons (MB) Leaderboard 53: Ryley Valli (RAIL) 46: Daniel Patching (MB) 44: Darcy Wallinger (MB) 42: Isaac Baum (ALB) 33: Tristan Ballard (MB) 30: Matt Orzel (NA) 29: Lachie Cale (RAIL) Darcy Clarke (MB) 28: Bailey Taylor (ALB) Tyler Stone (DW) 25: Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) Declan McNamara (ROY) 24: Hayden Parker (RAIL) 21: Taj Williams (ALB)
West Australian
10-06-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Tributes flow as Railways' player-coach Bodhi Stubber celebrates 200th game in Great Southern Football League
He was given a guard of honour at the start of the match and chaired off as the sunshine ebbed away at the end, the applause ringing throughout to recognise Bodhi Stubber as the life and soul of the Railways Football Club. The fearless defender and dual premiership captain received worthy recognition after playing his 200th league game for the Tigers on Saturday. The 30-year-old made his league debut at the age of 15, has won three GSFL premierships and is a three-time George Stephens medallist at his club and in 2023 was a joint runner-up in the Kleemann Medal. His milestone game against the Royals at the Keep the Sheep Stadium, was a fitting tribute to the player-coach, almost an exhibition match in fact, as he was able to indulge his considerable skills with a dominant display that finished with six goals. A modest man, he spent three quarters of the game setting up his teammates before taking the fourth quarter by the scruff of the neck and cutting loose himself. He converted four goals with perfect strikes in that period, boot connecting with ball as though launching a Burley from 50m through a 6.4m gap was the easiest thing in the world. He seemed embarrassed by the fuss, but he appreciated reaching the milestone in this most brutal of sports. 'It's great to have been able to play 200 games with such a great club,' he said. 'I'm not great on personal milestones but it is nice to sit alongside some of the old timers who have done it.' His highlights did not come from individual honours. 'Oh, I just love training, the mateship, premierships, the trips — everything which is great about country football,' he said. 'I came through the juniors and have just loved it ever since. 'I think it's my job now to pass that experience and that enjoyment through to the next generation. 'That is the most important thing; you have to enjoy it, or there's no point.' He is equally passionate about his coaching role, even though he has no intention of hanging up his playing boots. 'I'm going to hang around for a bit yet,' he promised. Craig Bevan knows him well, as a clubmate, father-in-law and employee at Albany's Aqua Ice business. He said Stubber was someone who leads by example. 'He's a hard man, a dedicated man and I think that hard work and dedication is rubbing off on the other players,' he said. 'He sets an example and when the others see how hard he goes, they want to follow his example and not let him down.' Royals' coach Darrell Panizza was also keen to pay tribute, rather than dwell on his side's 119-point drubbing. 'Congratulations to Stubber, he had a really good match,' he said. 'He has been an ornament to the game and to the Great Southern Football League.'
