North Launceston's Oliver Sanders is set to add to the club's proud Tasmania Devils contingent when he debuts in Ballarat on Saturday.
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Sanders' inclusion adds to a strong Northern group including Bombers teammates Rhyan Mansell, Ben Simpson and Jackson Callow and Launceston trio Joseph Chaplin, Isaac Chugg and Connor Riethoff.
With another heart-breaking, nail-biting loss in the Devils' arsenal, coach Adrian Fletcher is optimistic as his seventh-placed side face the Greater Western Victorian Rebels, who sit in 13th.
"We love travelling. It's a good chance to get all the boys together and the coaches, have that team spirit, drive up to Ballarat and hopefully we put in a great performance for Tasmania," the four-club AFL player said.
Following their four-point loss to ladder leaders Dandenong Stingrays at Bellerive Oval, a competition-wide bye allowed some of the Devils stars to play for their State League sides.
"Our older guys went and played in the statewide and put in great performances and we then we had eight play for the Allies."
Tasmania Devils squad
Liam Viney, Oscar Shaw, Patrick Walker, Sam Collins, Matt McGuinness, Nic Baker, Lachlan Gadomski, Oli Davis, Mitch O'Neill, Jye Menzie, Joseph Chaplin, Isaac Chugg, Will Peppin, Jackson Callow, Rhyan Mansell, Jake Steele, Oliver Burrows-Cheng, Ethan Jackson, Ben Simpson, Bailey Gordon, Cohen Stephenson, Connor Riethoff, Oliver Sanders
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