The Gold Coast Suns’ new home at Metricon Stadium will host the only ‘home’ match for the Australia Post Queensland Scorpions in the 2011 NAB Australian U18 Championships.
Tuesday 4 May 2011
The Gold Coast Suns’ new home at Metricon Stadium will host the only ‘home’ match for the Australia Post Queensland Scorpions in the 2011 NAB Australian U18 Championships.
Under a championships draw released today, the Scorpions will play the Northern Territory on the coast in Round 3 on Saturday 25 June.
The match will be a curtain-raiser to the Suns’ Round 14 AFL clash with the Western Bulldogs.
The Scorpions, looking to improve on last year’s winless campaign, will play five championship games over a 34-day period, beginning against division one heavyweights South Australia and Victoria Metro, and finishing with division two rivals NT, NSW/ACT and Tasmania.
The Scorpions’ championship draw is:-
Game 1 – SA – Blacktown – Saturday 4 June
Game 2 – Vic Metro – Visy Park (Carlton) – Saturday 11 June
Game 3 – NT – Metricon Stadium (Gold Coast) – Saturday 25 June
Game 4 – NSW/ACT – Visy Park (Carlton) – Saturday 2 July
Game 5 – Tasmania – Etihad Stadium – Thursday 7 July
The championship will follow a three-game TAC Cup practice match series which began last Saturday with a hit-out against TAC Cup ladder leaders Sandringham Dragons at Visy Park.
Upcoming matches will be against the Dandenong Stingrays at Shepley Oval, Dandenong on Saturday 7 May, and the Calder Cannons at 11.15am at Coorparoo on Saturday 14 May, which will be a curtain-raiser to the NEAFL clash between the Brisbane Lions Reserves and the Greater Western Sydney Giants at 2pm.
The full 2011 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships fixture is:-
ROUND 1
Sunday May 29
6.30pm NT v WA – TIO Stadium
Saturday June 4
10am Qld v SA – Blacktown Olympic Park
2.35pm NSW/ACT v Vic Metro – Blacktown Olympic Park
Sunday June 5
11.30am Tas v Vic Country – Bellerive Oval
ROUND 2
Saturday June 11
12pm Vic Country v NT – Visy Park
2.30pm Vic Metro v Qld – Visy Park
11.35pm SA v NSW/ACT – AAMI Stadium
Sunday June 12
11am WA v Tas – Leederville Oval
ROUND 3
Saturday June 18
1pm SA v Vic Country – Adelaide Oval
Sunday June 19
11.15am WA v Vic Metro – Patersons Stadium
Saturday June 25
10.45am Qld v NT – Metricon Stadium
12pm Tas v NSW/ACT – Aurora Stadium
ROUND 4
Friday July 1
12pm Vic Metro v SA – Skilled Stadium
2.15pm Vic Country v WA – Skilled Stadium
Saturday July 2
12pm NT v Tas – Visy Park
2.15pm Qld v NSW/ACT – Visy Park
ROUND 5
Wednesday July 6
5.35pm Vic Metro v Vic Country – Etihad Stadium
7.35pm SA v WA – Etihad Stadium
Thursday July 7
12pm Qld v Tas – Etihad Stadium
2.15pm NT v NSW/ACT – Etihad Stadium
