NEAFL Round 15
Gold Coast Suns Reserves v Sydney Swans Reserves
Saturday 9th July 2011 3.00pm
Metricon Stadium
The Ressies face arguably their toughest task of the season when they play the Suns Reserves who are 2nd in the Northern Conference.
Eastern Conference Ladder
Northern Conference Ladder
Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes %Won For Against Percentage Reserves 11 11 0 0 1 100.00% 1428 471 303.18% Ainslie 10 7 3 0 2 70.00% 986 840 117.38% GWS 10 6 4 0 2 60.00% 937 806 116.25% Eastlake 10 4 6 0 2 40.00% 835 916 91.16% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuggeranong 10 4 6 0 2 40.00% 829 1143 72.53% Queanbeyan 10 3 7 0 2 30.00% 860 1148 74.91% Belconnen 11 1 10 0 1 9.09% 694 1312 52.90%
Team Played Wins Losses Draws For Against Percentage Pts NT Thunder 12 11 1 0 1411 926 152.38% 44 Gold Coast Suns 12 8 4 0 1115 984 113.31% 32 Mt Gravatt 12 8 4 0 1191 1059 112.46% 32 Aspley 12 7 5 0 1126 1048 107.44% 28 Morningside 12 6 6 0 1096 1184 92.57% 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redland 12 5 7 0 1191 1196 99.58% 20 Broadbeach 12 5 7 0 1055 1111 94.96% 20 Labrador 12 4 8 0 886 1105 80.18% 16 Brisbane Lions 12 3 9 0 1106 1179 93.81% 12 Southport 12 3 9 0 920 1238 74.31% 12
Past Meetings
2011
R7 Reserves 18.12 (120) defeated Gold Coast Reserves 3.10 (28)
Another relocated wet-weather game to Lakeside Oval saw the Reserves defeat the Suns with surprising ease. Jarred Moore starred in the damp conditions with his grunt work out of the middle while Trent Dennis-Lane destroyed Suns defenders Josh Toy and Harley Bennell with a 7 goal haul.
Goals: Dennis-Lane 7 Johnston 3 Meredith 2 Malceski McKaigue Robinson A.Moody Bevan Seaby
Best: Moore Dennis-Lane Meredith White McNeil Bevan Seaby
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
R13 WIN Home Queanbeyan 220-32
R14 WIN Away Tuggeraong 212-57
Gold Coast
R1 LOSS Home Mt Gravatt 71-99
R2 LOSS Away NT Thunder 72-81
R3 WIN Home Aspley 112-79
R4 WIN Away Labrador 90-58
R5 WIN Away Mt Gravatt 88-75
R6 WIN Home Brisbane Lions Reserves 103-63
R7 LOSS Away Sydney Swans Reserves 28-120
R8 BYE
R9 WIN Home Southport 113-77
R10 LOSS Away GWS 74-111
R11 WIN Home Morningside 82-80
R12 BYE
R13 WIN Away Redland 127-81
R14 WIN Away Southport 155-60
Last Round
Tuggeranong 8.9 (57) defeated by Reserves 33.14 (212)
The Reserves kicked 33 goals for the 2nd week in a row as they extended their unbeaten run to 11 games. Dennis-Lane improved on his 9 goal haul the previous week by 3, while Matt Spangher proved to be a revelation as a leading forward/back up ruckman.
Goal Kickers: Dennis-Lane 12 Spangher 5 Gordon Meredith Johnston 3 Currie 2 Wales May A.Moody McNeil Robinson
Best Players: Sumner Currie Gordon Dennis-Lane Meredith Moore
Southport 9.6 (60) defeated by Gold Coast Reserves 24.11 (155)
An easy win over the cellar dwellars was led by midfielders Daniel Harris, Harley Bennell and Rex Liddy with giant forward Charlie Dixon capitalising on his opportunities to finish in double figures
Goal Kickers: Dixon 11 Bennell 3 N.Ablett Toy 2 J.Stanley Harris Liddy Alderson Quigley Callinan
Best Players: Bennell Liddy Dixon Thompson Harris Ablett
Team List
Listed players
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 1 Mark SEABY 5 3 4 Senior emergency 7 Brett MEREDITH 9 10 14 13 Andrejs EVERITT 2 2 0 18 Jesse WHITE 6 15 7 22 Byron SUMNER 9 4 26 23 Lewis JOHNSTON 9 7 15 26 Luke PARKER 8 5 18 Senior emergency 28 Dylan McNEIL 11 6 16 33 Jarred MOORE 9 10 19 Senior emergency 35 Campbell HEATH 6 3 14 36 Chris McKAIGUE 11 1 11 42 Paul BEVAN 5 9 17 43 Eugene KRUGER 11 2 4 44 Max OTTEN 10 2 0 45 Nathan GORDON 9 19 26
In: Seaby (senior demotion), Everitt (senior demotion), White (senior demotion), Parker (senior demotion), Heath (???), Bevan (senior demotion)
Out: Trent Dennis-Lane (foot), Daniel Currie (???), Gary Rohan (hamstring), Matthew Spangher (senior promotion)
There are major changes with 6 ins, 5 being dropped from the senior team, with 4 outs mainly due to injury which should result in a big shuffle-around.
Dennis-Lane, Spangher and to a lesser extent Currie have been the major source of goals in the past month and now the responsibilty will have to fall on the likes of White, Bevan, Johnston and/or Everitt. White is set to reprise his forward-backup ruck to Seaby role due to Currie's absence.
Parker will add some bite to the midfield setup and has a prospective clash against hardnut Daniel Harris. In defence, there is no obvious matchup for a forward of the size of Dixon who gave Lewis Johnston trouble in the previous game between these two sides. Everitt has been named at CHB but he will have similar weight issues playing on Dixon.
Academy Players/Topups (one to be omitted)
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 49 Nathan KENNY 8 0 0 53 Kane MURPHY 8 8 9 54 Tim WALES 8 1 0 ? Andrew MOODY 5 3 0 #47 last week ? Eric MOODY 4 4 0 #48 last week ? Stephen WRAY 3 0 0 #53 last week ? Mitch CRAWFORD 2 0 0 #52 last week ? Rory PRYOR 0 0 0
In: Pryor, Murphy
Out: Mitch May, Daniel Robinson
The RAMS finished their championships during the week so we'll hopefully get some of the regulars back soon in Potter, Guthrie and Lynch. Not sure what's happened to Mitch Thompson and Kane Murphy who have played so well.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Trent Dennis-Lane 48
- Nathan Gordon 19
- Jesse White 15
For full list: 2011 Leading goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Nathan Gordon, Byron Sumner 26
- Daniel Currie 20
- Jarred Moore 19
For full list: 2011 Best votes - RWOwiki
Talking points
- Everitt - Hasn't played much football lately due to sub duties, will he line up in defence or attack?
- Seaby - How will be the big Seabs rebound from getting dropped? The GC have some young and athletic ruckmen who could test Seaby in his work around the ground?
- Johnston - Will this be the game that Lewis gets re-instated as a full time forward. I realise that Spangher has a bit more body size than him, but I think it might have rankled Lewis just a little to have a defender get the call up as a forward over him.
Gold Coast squad
- 1. Marc LOCK
- 4. Maverick WELLER
- 12. Jack STANLAKE
- 14. Nathan KRAKOUER
- 19. Joseph DAYE
- 20. Josh TOY
- 21. Daniel HARRIS
- 22. Tom NICHOLLS
- 23. Charlie DIXON
- 27. Michael COAD
- 29. Taylor HINE
- 31. Jack STANLEY
- 33. Rex LIDDY
- 34. Jack HUTCHINS
- 40. Tom HICKEY
- 43. Liam PATRICK
- 45. Steven MAY
- 48. Seb TAPE
- 49. Jacob GILLBEE
- 50. Jeremy TAYLOR
- 51. Jake CRAWFORD
- 52. Joel TIPPETT
- Topup B.McNIECE
- Topup S.FAURE
In: Lock, Weller, Coad, Hutchins, Patrick, Tape, Crawford, McNiece, Faure
Out: Nathan ABLETT, Tyron ALDERSON, Harley BENNELL, Zachary CALLINAN, Matthew QUIGLEY, Regan SALTER, Rory THOMPSON, Nathan TREVENA
Some experienced players in that squad in Harris, Krakouer and Coad to complement the exciting youngsters
Summary
Will the effects of having such an easy two weeks be deletorious to the Reserves' chances of winning this match? Regardless of the result, the coaches will be looking forward to the tougher competition that this match promises and hopefully it won't be as much of a cakewalk as the Round 7 game.
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