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SAM BARNES' tally of 602 easily has him as the most prolific goalkicker when combining the Heathcote District, Loddon Valley and North Central leagues since 2012.
Barnes has been a dominant force inside 50 for both Wedderburn and North Bendigo and through the eight season timespan since 2012 has almost 150 more goals than any other player across the three leagues.
For this compilation, his tally of 602 goals - and there are a heck of a lot more throughout his career given Barnes was playing senior footy as far back as 2003 - features a split of 358 for Wedderburn (2012-14, 2018-19) and 244 for North Bendigo (2015-17).
"Barnesy was not only a big presence up forward, but if he could help someone else in the side kick a goal he'd get just as much joy out of that," Barnes' former North Bendigo coach, Rob Bennett, said on Wednesday.
"He was just a great forward line leader... he demanded blokes to be in the right spot and that's why I'm looking forward to him coaching up at Wedderburn next year."
Throughout the eight seasons since 2012 Barnes kicked goals in 109 games (65 for Wedderburn and 44 for North Bendigo), including 13 hauls of 10-plus.
Among those double-figure bags was 12 on debut for North Bendigo in a 166-point thrashing of Lockington-Bamawm United in round one of the 2015 HDFL season.
Coming in at No.2 on the list is another spearhead for both Wedderburn and North Bendigo - Brady Herdman with 457 goals.
Herdman's split of 457 goals since 2012 is 171 for Wedderburn (2012-14) and 286 for North Bendigo (2015-17, 2019), while earlier in the week he took out the No.1 spot for the most Addy ranking points across the three leagues during the timeframe.
Given Herdman and Barnes have played so much football together, have an envious collection of premiership medals and kicked more than 1000 goals between them in this compilation - 1059 to be exact - much like Dunstall-Brereton, Lockett-Loewe and Lloyd-Lucas, as far as this region goes, no first names are needed when talking about the Barnes-Herdman forward combination.
Just how well the pair work together was illustrated no better than the North Central league game in round 14 of 2014 when they both booted 10 goals for Wedderburn against Boort (the Redbacks kicked 24 for the game).
Across the three leagues since 2012, Barnes and Herdman are among just seven players to have kicked more than 300 goals, with Matt Perri (384), Seamus Young (328), Joe McGrath (318), Corey Jones (313) and Cody Gunn (311) the other five.
THE TOP 50:
1 - Sam Barnes
(North Bendigo, Wedderburn)
Goals: 602
High: 15 Games: 109
5+: 62 10+: 13
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2 - Brady Herdman
(North Bendigo, Wedderburn)
Goals: 457
High: 12 Games: 107
5+: 39 10+: 5
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3 - Matt Perri
(Leitchville-Gunbower, Mitiamo)
Goals: 384
High: 13 Games: 81
5+: 34 10+: 7
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4 - Seamus Young
(Donald)
Goals: 328
High: 10 Games: 90
5+: 31 10+: 1
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5 - Joe McGrath
(Charlton, Pyramid Hill)
Goals: 318
High: 10 Games: 99
5+: 23 10+: 1
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6 - Corey Jones
(Wycheproof-Narraport)
Goals: 313
High: 10 Games: 80
5+: 27 10+: 3
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7 - Cody Gunn
(BL-Serpentine, Charlton)
Goals: 311
High: 11 Games: 99
5+: 18 10+: 1
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8 - Chris Gleeson
(Huntly)
Goals: 283
High: 9 Games: 80
5+: 23 10+: 0
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9 - Nick Coghlan
(St Arnaud)
Goals: 275
High: 9 Games: 88
5+: 20 10+: 0
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10 - Alex Collins
(Bridgewater)
Goals: 267
High: 10 Games: 63
5+: 26 10+: 1
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11 - Brad Rohde
(Bridgewater)
Goals: 259
High: 9 Games: 74
5+: 23 10+: 0
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12 - Justin Maddern
(Mitiamo)
Goals: 219
High: 11 Games: 48
5+: 23 10+: 1
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13 - Ricky Allan
(Wycheproof-Narraport)
Goals: 214
High: 7 Games: 85
5+: 11 10+: 0
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14 - Braidy Dickens
(Huntly, Pyramid Hill)
Goals: 210
High: 11 Games: 78
5+: 12 10+: 1
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15 - Lachlan Collins
(LBU)
Goals: 207
High: 9 Games: 71
5+: 13 10+: 0
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16 - Danny Brewster
(Elmore)
Goals: 201
High: 12 Games: 58
5+: 14 10+: 4
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17 - Aarryn Craig
(North Bendigo)
Goals: 193
High: 6 Games: 97
5+: 1 10+: 0
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18 - Harry Whittle
(Huntly)
Goals: 191
High: 10 Games: 75
5+: 8 10+: 1
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19 - Ryan Semmel
(Huntly)
Goals: 190
High: 9 Games: 78
5+: 8 10+: 0
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20 - Ryan Wellington
(Elmore, Marong, Mitiamo, Charlton)
Goals: 189
High: 7 Games: 73
5+: 9 10+: 0
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21 - James Harney
(Elmore)
Goals: 187
High: 7 Games: 71
5+: 4 10+: 0
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22 - Tyson Findlay
(North Bendigo)
Goals: 185
High: 8 Games: 78
5+: 9 10+: 0
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23 - Stephen Paulke
(Birchip-Watchem)
Goals: 184
High: 10 Games: 45
5+: 17 10+: 1
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24 - Grant Weeks
(Colbinabbin)
Goals: 182
High: 20 Games: 29
5+: 16 10+: 6
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25 - James McNamee
(St Arnaud)
Goals: 181
High: 11 Games: 62
5+: 13 10+: 1
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26 - Michael Spooner
(North Bendigo, Mitiamo)
Goals: 178
High: 12 Games: 35
5+: 18 10+: 2
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27 - Lachlan Foott
(Birchip-Watchem)
Goals: 177
High: 7 Games: 71
5+: 9 10+: 0
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28 - James Coatsworth
(Wycheproof-Narraport)
Goals: 174
High: 8 Games: 69
5+: 9 10+: 0
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29 - Sam Kennedy
(Pyramid Hill, Leitchville-Gunbower)
Goals: 172
High: 7 Games: 68
5+: 7 10+: 0
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30 - Rhys Ford
(North Bendigo, Newbridge)
Goals: 168
High: 15 Games: 41
5+: 14 10+: 1
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31 - Paul Grayling
(Pyramid Hill)
Goals: 161
High: 8 Games: 42
5+: 17 10+: 0
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32 - Jeremy Mills
(North Bendigo, Newbridge)
Goals: 160
High: 9 Games: 65
5+: 6 10+: 0
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33 - Daniel Needs
(St Arnaud)
Goals: 158
High: 9 Games: 48
5+: 11 10+: 0
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34 - Darren Clutton
(Bridgewater)
Goals: 155
High: 9 Games: 58
5+: 9 10+: 0
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35 - Ben Weightman
(Mount Pleasant)
Goals: 155
High: 12 Games: 35
5+: 14 10+: 1
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36 - Jarrod Bacon
(LBU)
Goals: 152
High: 7 Games: 54
5+: 10 10+: 0
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37 - Ben DeAraugo
(Wedderburn)
Goals: 148
High: 9 Games: 64
5+: 9 10+: 0
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38 - James Rippingale
(BL-Serpentine)
Goals: 147
High: 10 Games: 64
5+: 7 10+: 1
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39 - Ryan Hon
(Colbinabbin)
Goals: 146
High: 7 Games: 45
5+: 12 10+: 0
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40 - Matt Sawyer
(White Hills)
Goals: 142
High: 7 Games: 54
5+: 8 10+: 0
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41 - Billy McInnes
(Sea Lake Nandaly)
Goals: 141
High: 10 Games: 44
5+: 9 10+: 1
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42 - Danny Benaim
(Wedderburn)
Goals: 137
High: 9 Games: 61
5+: 4 10+: 0
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43 - Andrew Mead-Harding
(Bridgewater, Wycheproof-Narraport)
Goals: 132
High: 7 Games: 47
5+: 8 10+: 0
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44 - Nathan Fitzpatrick
(Pyramid Hill)
Goals: 130
High: 7 Games: 57
5+: 5 10+: 0
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45 - Jordan Gilboy
(Newbridge)
Goals: 130
High: 10 Games: 51
5+: 7 10+: 1
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46 - Ben Galea
(Bridgewater)
Goals: 128
High: 6 Games: 68
5+: 3 10+: 0
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47 - Nick Knight
(Colbinabbin)
Goals: 128
High: 8 Games: 48
5+: 7 10+: 0
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48 - Jarrod Findlay
(Mount Pleasant, North Bendigo)
Goals: 127
High: 6 Games: 68
5+: 5 10+: 0
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49 - George Turner
(Wycheproof-Narraport)
Goals: 127
High: 7 Games: 67
5+: 2 10+: 0
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50 - Kain Robins
(Mount Pleasant, Charlton)
Goals: 126
High: 9 Games: 44
5+: 7 10+: 0
MOST GAMES WITH AT LEAST ONE GOAL KICKED 2012-19:
109 - Sam Barnes
107 - Brady Herdman
99 - Joe McGrath
99 - Cody Gunn
97 - Aarryn Craig
MOST BAGS OF 10-PLUS 2012-19:
13 - Sam Barnes
7 - Matt Perri
6 - Grant Weeks
5 - Brady Herdman
4 - Danny Brewster
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