Some surprises in the starting line up and the positions. ?Weed? Reid was recruited as a backman, but is playing KPP forward. Terrific to see LJ (Lewis Johnson) up and about as the other key forward. The midfield is Smith, Barlow, Rohan and O?Dwyer. Pyke rucking and Crusher up forward. Key defensive responsibilities with Teddy and Campbell Heath Campbell (aka Jones).
Not a good start, Scooter (Vez) made a bad turnover, but Belconnen missed. But soon after the midfield started to dominate and the game becomes a training drill. Reid and Currie had a picnic, and kicked all five of the Swans goals, two of the five came from good contested marks. Belconnen could only answer with three points.
More of the same in the second quarter. After Belconnen won the first clearance and get a goal from it, Bluey Rohan kicked a good long set shot after receiving the pass from LJ. Nick Smith went through a period where he won several consecutive centre clearances, two resulted in goals, one to top up Potter junior. Bluey then returned LJ?s favour by giving him the pass for another. Trent Dennis (Penny) Lane, who had appeared late in the first quarter, got it to Reid for another mark and goal. Reid drilled a long one in for Pyke to mark and goal. McNeil then snagged a great snap. Reid marked a long kick by O?Dwyer and nailed the long angled set shot. Nick Smith finished things off with a classic rovers snap goal.
According to normal Swans practice the guys took their collective feet off the pedal in a pretty forgettable third quarter. The Swans only goals came after Cheese drilled a long accurate pass to Nipper Gordon who passed on the LJ. He saluted with an angled 45 metre set shot. Penny Lane got the other in a goal square scramble.
The Frosty Dew must have delivered a few cannons at the break, because the goal flow resumed in the last. LJ nailed agood snap, Crusher accepted a pass from Nipper and drilled a long set shot. Nipper provided Scooter with another chance and he nailed a long bomb. Scooter handalled to O?Dwyer for a classy angled snap. Finally two unknown kids gave themselves a thrill by combining to get another snapped goal (Emery and.....)
Goals Reid 5, Currie 4, Johnston 2, Dennis-Lane, Krochmal, Kruger, McNeil, Potter, Pyke, Rohan, Smith, Veszpremi
5-2 13-3 15-7 20-8-128.
0-3 4-7 7-9 9-12-66.
Highlights: Successful return by LJ, continued improvement from Nipper, good ruckwork by Crusher, and Weed the goalscorer, taking contested marks and quality kicking style.
Written mostly by OldRoyBoy, ably supported by BBB and Primmy, submited by Primmy
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