The BUAFL are delighted to announce the MVP participants for Team South. After two weeks of trials and practices, Head Coach Matt Coppinger and his staff have selected 52 athletes to showcase their talent at the MVP game.

Team South have taken a different approach this year, making the programme more about player development. The goal is to use the MVP game as a platform for BUAFL stars to get to the next level. Both teams will be calling plays from the same playbook – the GB Lions playbook. This gives both coaches and players a chance to learn the system and quickly transition into the BAFA National Programme if they so wish.

“The coaches have had an extremely tough time selecting players from the South. The quality this year has been very high on both offense and defense. Our selection criteria really has not been around choosing a number of players, but rather just those who we felt could get the job done at the next level”, Coach Coppinger stated. “We’re very keen to showcase these players to BAFL, GB Lions and professional scouts and so we’re guaranteeing every player at least 1 quarter of football. In addition to this we’re filming the game and distributing it to scouts who can’t make the game. We’re confident the next Jermaine Allen is in our ranks.”

The full squad is as follows:

Football Staff

Head Coach - Matt Coppinger (HC Greenwich)
Offensive Co-ordinator - Matt Dyke (HC UWE and last year’s All Star HC)
Defensive Co-ordinator - Tim Stone (HC Bristol and last year’s All Star DC)
Special Teams Co-ordinator - James Ormrod (Brighton)
Offensive Line - Simon McEvoy (Oxford), Charlie Wilson (OC Bristol)
Running Backs - Sam Buckley (Cardiff), Paul Dolan (UWE)
Wide Receivers/Quarterbacks - Simon Cutts (Southampton), Stuart Miller (Royal Holloway), Ted Baynham (Southampton)
Defensive Line - Matt Roberts (DC Essex), Sol Rogers (Herts)
Linebackers  - Tony Bainbridge (HC Brighton), Steve Bennett (UWE)
Defensive Backs - Simon Hatcher (DC Herts), James MacKay (DC Cardiff)
GAs – Graeme Blundell (Greenwich), Lee Richards (UWE)
Coaching Advisors - Jim Messenger (HC Herts), Steve McCusker (OC GB Lions), Steve Collins (DC GB Lions), Graham Thorpe (HC Southampton)
Team Management - Phil Fear (Bristol), Angela Meares (Greenwich), Michael Daly (Bristol)

Players

First Name	Last Name	Team	Primary Position	Height (feet)	Weight (lbs)	Age
Stephen	Hutchinson	Cardiff	Quarterback	6ft 3	190	21
Frederick	Boyle	Hertfordshire	Quarterback	5ft 10	175	20
Ian	Hugo	UWE	Quarterback	6ft 4	200	19
Adrian	John	Hertfordshire	Fullback	5ft 8	215	20
Sam	Bennett	Southampton	Fullback	6ft	215	23
Tam	Amachree	Southampton	Running Back	5ft 8	190	21
Issam	Affoury	Hertfordshire	Running Back	5ft 8	174	22
Cedric	Perret	Southampton	Running Back	5ft 8	176	23
Mike	Adams	UWE	Running Back	5ft 11	191	21
Simon	Arinze	Birmingham	Center	6ft	286	19
Ben	Peddie	Portsmouth	Center	6ft 2	237	19
Gbenga	Brown	Hertfordshire	Guard	5ft 10	222	20
Patrick	Moss	Oxford	Guard	6ft 5	245	20
Andrew	Ruegg	Royal Holloway	Guard	6ft	260	21
Daniel	Hird	Bristol	Offensive Tackle	6ft 4	213	21
Jason Yaw	Osei	Hertfordshire	Offensive Tackle	6ft 4	266	21
Lydon	Ward-Best	Plymouth	Offensive Tackle	6ft 3	255	21
Robert	Stewart	Greenwich	Tight End	6ft 1	196	23
Adam	Stenlake	UWE	Tight End	6ft 3	210	21
Steve	Leonard	Bath	Wide Receiver	5ft 10	155	24
Kehinde	Bello	Birmingham	Wide Receiver	5ft 11	180	23
John	Zinkus	Birmingham	Wide Receiver	6ft	178	20
Tom	Shennan	Hertfordshire	Wide Receiver	6ft	175	20
Dan	Benning	Southampton	Wide Receiver	5ft 10	170	21
Chris	Hobbs	Warwick	Wide Receiver	5ft 11	161	19
Dan	Czasznicki	Oxford	Defensive End	6ft 2	220	21
Michael	Hollands	Portsmouth	Defensive End	6ft 6	270	21
Oliver	Barrett	UWE	Defensive End	6ft	300	23
Kesav	Nair	UWE	Defensive End	6ft 3	240	21
Steven	O'Callaghan	Essex	Defensive Tackle	6ft 3	255	23
Hakky	Akinyomi	Greenwich	Defensive Tackle	6ft 6	308	20
Kwadwo	Asiedu	Hertfordshire	Defensive Tackle	5ft 10	195	20
Luke	Rogers	Hertfordshire	Defensive Tackle	5ft 11	210	23
Tim	Mobbs	Birmingham	Linebacker	5ft 9	231	21
Leon	Williams	Greenwich	Linebacker	5ft 11	221	22
Fabrizio	Gargiulo	Hertfordshire	Linebacker	6ft 1	200	21
Adeodatus	Twumasi	Hertfordshire	Linebacker	6ft 2	182	23
Ed	Wilkes	Southampton	Linebacker	6ft 5	223	19
Andrew	Woolley	Southampton	Linebacker	6ft 2	230	21
John-King	Usoro-Brown	UWE	Linebacker	6ft	200	20
Alexander	Deacon	Cardiff	Strong Safety	5ft 7	161	22
Russell	Jordan	Kent	Strong Safety	6ft 1	215	21
Alex	Gudiens	Aberystwyth	Cornerback	6ft 1	195	20
Tom	Davies	Cardiff	Cornerback	6ft 1	190	20
Dan	Murch	Cardiff	Cornerback	5ft 11	160	21
Leslie	Oluwole-Wilson	Hertfordshire	Cornerback	6ft	185	21
Greg	Freeman	Birmingham	Free Safety	5ft 10	174	20
Stephen	Yates	Portsmouth	Free Safety	6ft	160	22
Christopher	Hunt	Cardiff	Kicker	6ft 1	180	21
James	Hardy	Hertfordshire	Kicker	5ft 11	167	21
Mark	Hibberd	UWE	Punter	5ft 9	190	22
Gabriel	Sey	UWE	Reserve	5ft 10	193	23

Team South MVP Captains are Fabrizio Garguilo (LB), AJ Woolley (LB), Fred Boyle (QB) and Andy Ruegg (OG).

Congratulations to all players selected and the coaching staff participating. The game kicks off at 1.30pm on Saturday 12th April at Bucks New University, Newland Park Campus.

ENDS