Curtain Raiser Victoria v Sydney University, 25 Feb, AAMI Park at 5.10pm

The Victorian State team plays Sydney University this Friday evening at AAMI Park commencing at 5.10pm.  This match will be the Curtain Raiser to the Rabo Direct Rebels v Brumbies Super Rugby match which commences at 7.40pm. Gates open to the public at 5.00pm

Below please find the Victorian team list for the match – congratulations to those selected.  Congratulations also to Kieran White appointed as Referee for the match.

As a matter of interest local referees officiate at both the Curtain Raiser and the Super Rugby match each weekend. For this Friday appointments are as follows:

Match	Kick Off	Ground	Referee	AR1	AR2	No4	No5	No6	TMO
Victoria v Sydney University	5.10pm	AAMI Park	Kieran White	Paul McKay	Hall Matt	Beau-Dean Gosper	Brad Smith
Rabo Direct Rebels v Brumbies	7.40pm	AAMI Park	Jonathan Kaplan	James Leckie	Stephen Hill	Hamish Bertram	Oliver Kellett	Beau-Dean Gosper	George Ayoub

The SANZAR appointed ref is highlighted in purple, ARU refs in light blue and local Vic refs in yellow.

There are a number of  VRU staff members and core volunteers who assist each time at AAMI Park  - with Rugby servicing of the Rabo Direct Rebels home matches and the Curtain Raiser.

These are as follows:
Match Manager & Citing Liaison Officer                 Charlie Bamford
Judicial Officer                                                                   Campbell Thomson        
Visiting Team Liaison Officer                                       Alan Latu
Curtain Raiser Visiting Team Liaison Officer          Natalie Coward
Match Officials Liaison Officer                                    Oliver Kellett
Ball Person Manager                                                      Mike Motu
Match Balls Manager                                                      Chris Evans
Medical Persons Liaison Officer,
including stretcher bearers                                          Robin Haver
Match Day Assistants (some alternating)              Ema Yandall
                                                                                                Steve Tia
                                                                                                Bree Hill                              
                                                                                                Graeme Tosch
                                                                                                Bill Gillies

VICTORIAN STATE TEAM vs SYDNEY UNIVERSITY

DATE:            Friday 25th February 2011      VENUE: AAMI PARK

KICK OFF:      1710

  

No	Position	First	Last	Club
1	Loosehead Prop	Scott	Baker	Boroondara
2	Hooker	Melbourne	Lesa	Footscray
3	Tighthead Prop	Elliot	Bull	Melbourne
4	Left Lock	Bryan	Scott	Powerhouse
5	Right Lock	Angus	Hamilton	Harlequin
6	Left Flanker	Mace	Poloie	Harlequin
7	Right Flanker	Conway	Bradey	Southern Districts
8	Number Eight	Afa	Amosa	Harlequin
9	Scrum Half	Dave	Hardisty	Melbourne Uni
10	Fly Half	Josh	Moore	Harlequin
11	Left Wing	Tasesa	Lalotoa	Harlequin
12	Left Centre	Chris	Slade	Melbourne
13	Right Centre	Lloyd	Johansson	Box Hill
14	Right Wing	Tomu	Mataika	Harlequin
15	Full Back	Ben	Jones	Melbourne
16	Prop	Alan	Latu	Powerhouse
17	Prop	Harley	Whaikawa	Melbourne Uni
18	Hooker	Christian	Brown	Melbourne Uni
19	Forward	Ilesa	Bolalaili	Powerhouse
20	Forward	Daniel	Concannon	Boroondara
21	Back	Brendan	Goodwin	Harlequin
22	Back	Michael	Paea	Powerhouse
23	Back	Lotu	Aiuta	Melbourne
24	Back	Michael	Thompson	Box Hill
	STAFF
	Coach	Josh	Philpot	Melbourne Rebels
	Coach	Brock	Parker	Community
	Skills	Matt	Cockbain	Melbourne Rebels
	Manager	Ian	Gillies	Community
	Assistant Manager	Mick	Stevens	Community
	Physio	Leki	Sisifa	Community
	Physio	Andrew	Anstee	Community
	S & C	Brendan	Whelan	Community
	Runner	Tyronne	Mitchell	Victorian Rugby Union