NEAFL Round 13
Sydney Swans Reserves v Queanbeyan Tigers
Saturday 25th June 2011 12.30pm
Sydney Cricket Ground
"Hold on, wait a minute, didn't we just play the Tigers???!" This is not a misprint, an error or even a reversion back to the old AFL Canberra comp where out of 8 teams, two of them were called the Tigers (Wagga being the other). With all the complexities involved in trying to devise a draw that includes crossover games between the two conferences, this was just one of the many strange circumstances that have arisen. Adding to the weirdness of the situation, the previous game 2 weeks ago was scheduled for the SCG only to be shunted out to Lakeside Oval at the last minute, but this game originally scheduled for ANZ, then BOP, will now take place at the SCG.
At least the Swans won't have the excuse of not knowing what to expect tomorrow!
Eastern Conference Ladder
Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes %Won For Against Percentage Reserves 9 9 0 0 1 100.00% 996 382 260.73% Ainslie 8 6 2 0 2 75.00% 804 620 129.68% GWS 8 5 3 0 1 62.50% 704 654 107.65% Tuggeranong 9 4 5 0 1 44.44% 772 931 82.92% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Queanbeyan 9 3 6 0 1 33.33% 828 928 89.22% Eastlake 8 2 6 0 2 25.00% 624 760 82.11% Belconnen 7 1 8 0 1 11.11% 585 1022 57.24%
Past Meetings
2011
R11 Reserves 15.12 (102) defeated Queanbeyan 7.11 (53)
Poor ball use by the Swans and good pressure from the Tigers ensured a close contest for the majority of the game. The Swans' superior fitness came to the fore in the last quarter as usual and they buried Queanbeyan with 4 goals to none. Jesse White kicked 6 goals with Paul Bevan excelling as a leading forward.
Goals: White 6 Moore 3 Heath Bevan 2 Thompson Gordon
Best: Bevan, McNeil, Currie, Heath, Murphy, Sumner
2010
R2 Queanbeyan 16.9 (105) defeated by Reserves 19.14 (128) @ Dairy Farmers Park
A high-scoring shootout down in Canberra, 17 listed players fronted for the side and the goals were shared round with 5 players booting 2 goals each. Nick Smith, Mike Pyke and Daniel Currie were named as the Swans best on the day.
Goals: Smith Rohan Playfair McNeil Dennis-Lane 2 Bevan Hirst Miles Gordon Heath Reid Veszpremi O'Dwyer Johnston
Best: Smith, Pyke, Currie, Veszpremi, McNeil, Reid
R10 Reserves 30.14 (194) defeated Queanbeyan 8.14 (62) @ ANZ
In an impressive display harking back to the halcyon days of 05/06, the Reserves were too good for a disappointing Tigers outfit. Dennis-Lane collected his second 7-goal haul for the season, ably supported by Henry Playfair's 5 and top-up player Eugene Kruger's 4. Not surprisingly, Dennis-Lane was the Swans best player on the day, ahead of Pat Veszpremi and Brett Meredith.
Goals: Dennis-Lane 7 Playfair 5 Kruger 4 Gordon Emery Veszpremi Moore 2 McNeil Picken McKaigue Meredith Lynch Johnston
Best: Dennis-Lane, Veszpremi, Meredith, Thornton, Playfair, Kruger
R15 Reserves 14.7 (91) defeated by Queanbeyan 19.18 (132) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
A severely depleted Reserves outfit comprising of only 10 listed players put up a spirited fight for most of the match but in the end succumbed by 41 points. Gary Rohan and Patrick Veszpremi were the dynamic duo up front kicking 6 and 4 goals respectively. Chris McKaigue fought hard in defence.
Goals: Rohan 6 Veszpremi 4 McNeil McKaigue Pearson Malcolm
Best: Rohan, Veszpremi, McKaigue, Reid, McNeil, Thompson
Recent Form
Reserves
R1 BYE
R2 WIN Away Eastlake 83-33
R3 WIN Home Belconnen 138-29
R4 BYE
R5 WIN Home Tuggeranong 123-12
R6 WIN Away GWS 87-27
R7 WIN Home Gold Coast Reserves 120-28
R8 BYE
R9 WIN Away Ainslie 124-74
R10 WIN Away Brisbane Reserves 104-97
R11 WIN Home Queanbeyan 102-53
R12 WIN Away GWS 115-29
Queanbeyan
R1 BYE
R2 WIN Home Belconnen 169-46
R3 LOSS Home Mt. Gravatt 64-128
R4 BYE
R5 LOSS Away Ainslie 65-136
R6 WIN Home Belconnen 109-91
R7 BYE
R8 LOSS Away GWS 88-129
R9 WIN Away Tuggeranong 123-93
R10 LOSS Away Belconnen 73-87
R11 LOSS Away Sydney Reserves 53-102
R12 LOSS Home Tuggeranong 84-116
Last Round
Reserves 17.13 (115) defeated GWS 3.11 (29)
A tight and intriguing struggle developed during the early stages of the game where GWS's pressure and tackling strangled the Swans' movement of the ball. After an adjustment during the second quarter where the Sydney players started to kick longer and more direct, they managed to break the Giants' swarm and coast to a comfortable victory. Daniel Currie starred both in the ruck and at full forward finishing with 4 goals. Luke Parker was the pick of the dominant midfielders.
Goal Kickers: Currie 4 Gordon 3 White Dennis-Lane Otten Everitt 2 McNeil Meredith
Best Players: Parker, Heath, Meredith, White, Gordon, Currie
Queanbeyan 10.13 (73) defeated by Tuggeranong 17.14 (116)
A classic 8-pointer, the Tigers' loss ensured they surrendered their top 4 spot to the rising Hawks. The Tigers held a 6 point lead at half time but were poor in the second half, kicking only 4 goals in response to the Hawks' ten.
Goal Kickers: Kavanagh Conroy Quade Daniher Wescombe 2 Jensen
Best Players: Conroy, Heaslip, Griggs, Walsh, Dickinson, Daniel
Team List
Listed players
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 7 Brett MEREDITH 8 7 12 Senior emergency 8 Trent DENNIS-LANE 7 27 6 10 Daniel CURRIE 9 8 13 22 Byron SUMNER 7 2 19 23 Lewis JOHNSTON 8 4 15 Senior emergency 26 Luke PARKER 7 4 14 27 Matthew SPANGHER 4 0 0 28 Dylan McNEIL 10 5 16 32 Lewis JETTA 0 0 0 Senior emergency 33 Jarred MOORE 7 7 13 35 Campbell HEATH 5 3 14 36 Chris McKAIGUE 9 1 11 38 Mike PYKE 1 4 3 43 Eugene KRUGER 9 2 4 44 Max OTTEN 8 2 0 45 Nathan GORDON 7 9 16
In: Jetta (Senior demotion), Pyke (quad)
Out: Everitt (Senior promotion), White (Senior promotion)
Pyke fails to make the team for the 2nd week in a row. I really hope we're not going to see a ongoing problem
Jetta makes his first Ressies appearance of the year, and should it resemble his short stint last year, the crowd will be in for an electric display. Will the coaches throw him behind the ball and ask him to run and carry the ball like the want and expect, or will they expect him to toughen up by playing him in the guts and direct him to tackle like a maniac and go for the loose balls without fear?
The departure of the two leading forwards from last week White and Everitt opens up a spot for Lewis Johnston to be swung forward (Please Henry!) as there is enough cover down back with Spangher, Heath, McKaigue and Otten all capable of playing as key defenders. Otten played his best game of the season last week as a marking forward and probably will take up the same role this week. Dennis-Lane might also enjoy the extra space afforded by the departure of the senior-bound duo.
(Insert weekly Haren question here)
Academy Players/Topups (one to be omitted)
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 49 Nathan KENNY 6 0 0 50 James BRAIN 7 1 1 52 Mitch THOMPSON 8 1 5 53 Kane MURPHY 7 8 9 54 Tim WALES 6 0 0 ? Andrew MOODY 3 1 0 ? Eric MOODY 2 2 0 ? Daniel ROBINSON 2 2 0 ? Stephen WRAY 1 0 0
In: A.Moody, E.Moody, Robinson, Wray
Out: Blake Guthrie, Jack Lynch
Guthrie, Lynch drop out to the NSW/ACT RAMS U18. Jackson Potter, who didn't play last week is also on RAMS duty. Eric Moody, dropped from the RAMS returns to the side alongside his younger brother Andrew.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Trent Dennis-Lane 27
- Jesse White 15
- Paul Bevan, Nathan Gordon 9
For full list: 2011 Leading goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Byron Sumner 19
- Paul Bevan 17
- Nathan Gordon, Dylan McNeil 16
For full list: 2011 Best votes - RWOwiki
Talking points
- Moore - Can't even make it to the emergencies list any more, where does his future lie?
- Dennis-Lane - Was it the flu that was really responsible for his lacklustre showing last week?
- Jetta - Let's fire up Jets! Longmire has already indicated that he expects Jetta's stay to be 'short'
- Johnston - Play him forward, play him forward, play him forward.
Queanbeyan squad (1 to be omitted)
- 2. Ryan QUADE
- 4. Toby CONROY
- 7. Paul FRANCHI
- 8. Neil IRWIN
- 9. Will GRIGGS
- 13. Roy JAQUES
- 14. Alex OVERS
- 15. Mitch DANIHER
- 18. Jeremy KIRKWOOD
- 19. Steve JOLLIFFE
- 20. Sam JENSEN
- 22. Tom HOLLIS
- 24. Todd DICKINSON
- 25. Jared DANIEL
- 29. Daniel CAMPBELL
- 32. Ryan PRICE
- 33. Michael WESCOMBE
- 34. Casey WALSH
- 37. James MANIE
- 38. Mitch HEASLIP
- 45. Travis BULL
- 46. Beau WATTS
- 48. Jon ELIAS
- ?. Mitch PRICE
- ?. Stephen CAMP
In: Overs, Price, Bull, Elias, Watts, Franchi, Campbell, Price, Camp, Manie
Out: Sam Daniel, Paul Slater, Kaine Stevens, Brett Freund, Tim Cook. Liam Walker-Eastick, James Kavanagh
Summary
The Tigers do possess some goalkicking firepower in Kavanagh, Conroy, Quade and Daniher but if and when the Swans midfielders get on top as expected the Ressies should end the day with a 10 and zip record.
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