Sydney Swans Reserves v GWS Giants
ANZ Stadium
3rd April 10.50am
The last practice match before the Reserves begin their journey in the inaugural season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL).
Possible team list
1. Seaby
10. Currie
11. Lamb
17. Kennelly
22. Sumner (senior emergency)
23. Johnston
26. Parker (senior emergency)
28. McNeil
30. Roberts-Thomson
34. Johnson
36. McKaigue
38. Pyke (senior emergency)
43. Kruger
44. Otten
45. Gordon
46. Haren
+ Academy players/topups Potter, Guthrie, Lynch, Kenny, Wales, Thompson, Brain etc.
I'll try to post a list of the Giants players when it comes out.
Assumptions:
Moore has failed his fitness test and that's why he wasn't selected for the seniors.
All 3 emergencies should see some time as this is a home-based curtain raiser, one usually goes off after half time.
No listed player restrictions.
Preview: The Giants were belted by the Swans seniors, but I wouldn't expect a thrashing at the hands of their junior counterparts. A good yardstick to use would be the pre-season match that GWS played against a AFL Canberra representative side, in which they went down by 12 points despite having 27 scoring shots to 19. This would indicate that the Giants will be one of the top teams in the league, and a real challenger to the Swans for the NEAFL (Eastern conference) title.
In any case, the Reserves should expect a more competitive hitout than in their past 2 practice matches which they both won by over 12 goals.
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