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19th April 2004, 07:39 AM
Swans star in the nation's capital
By Jessica Halloran
Canberra
April 19, 2004
Sydney's Adam Goodes flies but the ball lands in the hands of teammate Barry Hall at Canberra's Manuka Oval yesterday.
Picture: Penny Bradfield
SYDNEY 6.3 10.8 16.12 18.13 (121) defeated KANGAROOS 6.4 6.8 7.7 10.10 (70)
Goals: Sydney: B Hall 4 J Saddington 4 A Goodes 2 B Kirk 2 A Schneider 2 P Bevan S Doyle T Kennelly S Maxfield. Kangaroos: D Hale 2 B Harvey 2 D Motlop 2 D Petrie 2 B Grima C Jones.
Best: Sydney: B Kirk B Hall A Goodes J Saddington P Williams J Crouch S Doyle. Kangaroos: A Simpson D Hale B Harvey M Firrito A Stevens.
Injuries: Nil.
Reports: A Stevens (Kangaroos) reported by field umpire M James for allegedly striking A Goodes (Sydney) during the third quarter.
Umpires: M James C Rowston D Morris.
Official Crowd: 14,891 (ground rec) at Manuka Oval.
The Swans showed they could again be a force this season with a 51-point demolition of the previously unbeaten Kangaroos in Canberra yesterday.
They also discovered a new talent in front of goal. Jason Saddington, who had lamented he felt "lost" as a defender, yesterday proved himself a worthy member of the Swans' forward line with four goals as Sydney produced its third consecutive win in front of a record 14,891 people at Manuka Oval.
Barry Hall also bagged four goals and, with 21 possessions, assisted in several others, using his power and pace to get the better of Kangaroos Shannon Watt and Leigh Colbert.
The Kangaroos shot away to a four-goal lead in the first term with Daniel Motlop, Daniel Wells and Drew Petrie all prominent.
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But there was a turn-around when the Swans' Brett Kirk, previously set the job of minding Shannon Grant, was switched on to the ball, helping to swing the momentum back his side's way when the scoreboard read 5.3 (33) to 1.2 (8) in favour of the Kangaroos.
A solid goal to Hall from outside 50 led the Swans' revival. Paul Williams was instrumental in a number of plays through the middle and a goal from Paul Bevan got the Swans to within a point at the first break.
The Kangaroos scored a measly two points in the second quarter and the Swans led by 26 points at half-time, kicking 12 consecutive goals before Brent Harvey finally broke the drought for the Roos midway through the third quarter, scoring from 30 metres out.
But it was too little too late for the Kangaroos and the tension showed when former Roos skipper Anthony Stevens gave Adam Goodes a whack in the stomach and was reported for striking by umpire Mathew James. By the end of the third quarter, the Swans led by 59 points.
Despondent Kangaroos coach Dean Laidley said his players had started well but lost their way. "At three-quarter-time I asked them to save the embarrassment, to actually win the quarter, which they did," Laidley said. "I thought the first 20 minutes we played to instruction, then after that, for whatever reason, we stopped doing the things that we were doing, which made us so good in the first 20-odd minutes.
"We just stopped working hard for our mates, getting over to support in numbers, getting the ball quickly to where we should have got it. It fell away very quickly, which is very disappointing," the Roos coach said.
Swans coach Paul Roos was delighted with his side's effort, despite the slow start."We just started being more accountable and just started hitting at the footy rather than standing around waiting for them to make a mistake," he said.
"We started to get around the ball and we started to get in and under and we started to win the football. Pretty simple."
Roos skipper Adam Simpson was a dogged fighter throughout and ruckman David Hale took some marks around the ground, but it was a bleak day for the side in only its third loss in 11 outings in Canberra.
In the final term, Motlop, David Hale and Blake Grima added majors for the Kangaroos but a Swans victory was never in doubt, with Kirk and Adam Schneider sealing the win.
All but two Sydney players finished with disposals in the double figures as the Swans controlled the football, with 388 disposals to the Kangaroos' 264, a factor highlighted by Roos.
"We do need quality contributors across the board and we got it today," he said.
"It was really hard to find a bad player . . . Certainly in the second half I don't think we had a bad player over the course of the day, which was pretty pleasing."
The Swans, who were struggling with just one win from four at this stage last season, have recorded three wins and one narrow loss, by two points to premiers Brisbane Lions at the Gabba in round one. "We've started off better but there's a long way to go," Roos said.
"It's a pleasing start but we haven't transformed overnight into a flashy team full of superstars. We are a hard-working team that's got to work very hard to win a game of football.
"Today, when we weren't working hard, we were five goals-to-one down and looked terrible."
http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/04/18/1082226640382.html
By Jessica Halloran
Canberra
April 19, 2004
Sydney's Adam Goodes flies but the ball lands in the hands of teammate Barry Hall at Canberra's Manuka Oval yesterday.
Picture: Penny Bradfield
SYDNEY 6.3 10.8 16.12 18.13 (121) defeated KANGAROOS 6.4 6.8 7.7 10.10 (70)
Goals: Sydney: B Hall 4 J Saddington 4 A Goodes 2 B Kirk 2 A Schneider 2 P Bevan S Doyle T Kennelly S Maxfield. Kangaroos: D Hale 2 B Harvey 2 D Motlop 2 D Petrie 2 B Grima C Jones.
Best: Sydney: B Kirk B Hall A Goodes J Saddington P Williams J Crouch S Doyle. Kangaroos: A Simpson D Hale B Harvey M Firrito A Stevens.
Injuries: Nil.
Reports: A Stevens (Kangaroos) reported by field umpire M James for allegedly striking A Goodes (Sydney) during the third quarter.
Umpires: M James C Rowston D Morris.
Official Crowd: 14,891 (ground rec) at Manuka Oval.
The Swans showed they could again be a force this season with a 51-point demolition of the previously unbeaten Kangaroos in Canberra yesterday.
They also discovered a new talent in front of goal. Jason Saddington, who had lamented he felt "lost" as a defender, yesterday proved himself a worthy member of the Swans' forward line with four goals as Sydney produced its third consecutive win in front of a record 14,891 people at Manuka Oval.
Barry Hall also bagged four goals and, with 21 possessions, assisted in several others, using his power and pace to get the better of Kangaroos Shannon Watt and Leigh Colbert.
The Kangaroos shot away to a four-goal lead in the first term with Daniel Motlop, Daniel Wells and Drew Petrie all prominent.
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But there was a turn-around when the Swans' Brett Kirk, previously set the job of minding Shannon Grant, was switched on to the ball, helping to swing the momentum back his side's way when the scoreboard read 5.3 (33) to 1.2 (8) in favour of the Kangaroos.
A solid goal to Hall from outside 50 led the Swans' revival. Paul Williams was instrumental in a number of plays through the middle and a goal from Paul Bevan got the Swans to within a point at the first break.
The Kangaroos scored a measly two points in the second quarter and the Swans led by 26 points at half-time, kicking 12 consecutive goals before Brent Harvey finally broke the drought for the Roos midway through the third quarter, scoring from 30 metres out.
But it was too little too late for the Kangaroos and the tension showed when former Roos skipper Anthony Stevens gave Adam Goodes a whack in the stomach and was reported for striking by umpire Mathew James. By the end of the third quarter, the Swans led by 59 points.
Despondent Kangaroos coach Dean Laidley said his players had started well but lost their way. "At three-quarter-time I asked them to save the embarrassment, to actually win the quarter, which they did," Laidley said. "I thought the first 20 minutes we played to instruction, then after that, for whatever reason, we stopped doing the things that we were doing, which made us so good in the first 20-odd minutes.
"We just stopped working hard for our mates, getting over to support in numbers, getting the ball quickly to where we should have got it. It fell away very quickly, which is very disappointing," the Roos coach said.
Swans coach Paul Roos was delighted with his side's effort, despite the slow start."We just started being more accountable and just started hitting at the footy rather than standing around waiting for them to make a mistake," he said.
"We started to get around the ball and we started to get in and under and we started to win the football. Pretty simple."
Roos skipper Adam Simpson was a dogged fighter throughout and ruckman David Hale took some marks around the ground, but it was a bleak day for the side in only its third loss in 11 outings in Canberra.
In the final term, Motlop, David Hale and Blake Grima added majors for the Kangaroos but a Swans victory was never in doubt, with Kirk and Adam Schneider sealing the win.
All but two Sydney players finished with disposals in the double figures as the Swans controlled the football, with 388 disposals to the Kangaroos' 264, a factor highlighted by Roos.
"We do need quality contributors across the board and we got it today," he said.
"It was really hard to find a bad player . . . Certainly in the second half I don't think we had a bad player over the course of the day, which was pretty pleasing."
The Swans, who were struggling with just one win from four at this stage last season, have recorded three wins and one narrow loss, by two points to premiers Brisbane Lions at the Gabba in round one. "We've started off better but there's a long way to go," Roos said.
"It's a pleasing start but we haven't transformed overnight into a flashy team full of superstars. We are a hard-working team that's got to work very hard to win a game of football.
"Today, when we weren't working hard, we were five goals-to-one down and looked terrible."
http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/04/18/1082226640382.html