{"id":698637,"date":"2026-05-27T21:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698637\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:19:14","slug":"afl-stars-return-for-joeys-premiership-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698637\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL stars return for Joeys premiership reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

PAST and present St Joseph\u2019s College footballers will come together next week to celebrate the 20th and 10th anniversaries of the school\u2019s 2006 and 2016 Herald Sun Shield premierships.<\/p>\n

The reunion will coincide with the current First XVIII side\u2019s clash against St Bernard\u2019s College under lights at Herne Hill Reserve on 3 June as part of the Associated Catholic Colleges Reconciliation Round.<\/p>\n

Among those invited are former Geelong champions Cameron Ling and Matthew Scarlett, ex-Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell and current Carlton co-vice-captain Sam Walsh, who are all former students who went on to AFL careers.<\/p>\n

Walsh was a member of the 2016 premiership side that defeated St Patrick\u2019s College, alongside Cats defender Jack Henry and St Mary\u2019s stars Brayden Ham, Jack Blood and Patrick Dowling.<\/p>\n

First XVIII player Tom Teague said the team was proud to be playing in front of some of the school\u2019s most celebrated football alumni.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible honour to play in front of these past Joeys legends,\u201d he said. \u201cMany of them have gone on to have extraordinary careers at AFL, VFL and local level.<\/p>\n

\"\"The 2016 Herald Sun Shield premiership side boasted AFL talent like Sam Walsh, Jack Henry and Brayden Ham. Photo: St Joseph\u2019s College.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFootball at St Joeys is huge. It\u2019s a core part of the school\u2019s identity, shaping our culture, our pride and our connection to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou only need to look at the AFL wall of fame \u2026 to see the rich football tradition that has shaped the culture here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you are fortunate enough to be able to play in the Joeys colours, or simply be a part of supporting the team, it is a big part of who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teammate Van Rahilly said the occasion promised to be a memorable one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game will be full of spectacular moments with high energy, and with a big crowd full of positive supporters, it will fuel the boys to perform and build that Joeys competitiveness to take down a strong opponent in St Bernards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Formalities begin at 5pm, with the match kicking off at 5.30pm. Tickets are available via trybooking.com\/events\/landing\/1558683<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAST and present St Joseph\u2019s College footballers will come together next week to celebrate the 20th and 10th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-698637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}