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    Grand Final: Sydney Swans Reserves v Queanbeyan Tigers

    NEAFL Eastern Conference Grand Final
    Sydney Swans Reserves v Queanbeyan Tigers
    Sunday 16th September 2012 2.15pm
    Manuka Oval

    The big day is finally here with the 2 best sides in the Eastern Conference rightly earning the privilege of squaring off in the decider at Manuka Oval. The Swans will be aiming to claim their first title since the 2008 one point thriller against Belconnen which sealed their 4th consecutive title and bounce back from last year's disappointing thrashing at the hands of Ainslie while Tigers fans will be hoping to celebrate their first flag in 12 years. These 2 sides also clashed in the 2007 decider which the Swans won by 28 points.

    Final Eastern Conference Ladder
    TeamPlayedWinsLossesDrawsForAgainstPercentagePoints
    Queanbeyan18153021211385153.14%60
    Reserves18144025201285199.11%56
    Ainslie18126019661652119.01%48
    Eastlake18117017331479117.17%44
    Hills Eagles18108018291784102.52%40
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    Belconnen1861111603178989.60%26
    UWS Giants1851301390219563.33%20
    Sydney Uni1831501313241154.46%12
    Tuggeranong1811611365243256.13%6

    Past Meetings
    2012
    R11 Queanbeyan 14.12 (96) defeated by Reserves 20.17 (137) @ Dairy Farmers Park
    The Swans were fired up for the top-of-the-table clash and they stormed away to a 42 point half time lead. However the Tigers fought back to come within 2 goals during the 4th quarter before the Swans steadied to take home the points. Mark Seaby had yet another BOG performance while Mitch Morton kicked his 4th 6+ goal haul of the season.

    Goals: Morton 8, White 2, Cunningham 2, Lycakis, McNeil, Wynn, Biggs, Jack, Cullen, Walsh, Potter
    Best: Seaby, Cunningham, Moore, Morton, McNeil, Heath

    Second Semi Queanbeyan 13.5 (78) defeated by Reserves 21.12 (138) @ Manuka Oval

    The Tigers were the better for most of the first half with their maniacal tackling and chasing opening up plenty of scoring opportunities as the Swans struggled to counter their opponents' ferocity. However once they adjusted, a late flurry of goals in the time on period of the second quarter saw the Swans wrestle back the lead at half time, and despite Queanbeyan pulling back the margin to 20 points at the start of the last, the Reserves steadied through a captain's goal via Moore and pulled away for a comfortable victory, and direct passage in to the Grand Final.

    Goals: Dennis-Lane 5, Morton 3, Lamb 2, Plug 2, Moore 2, McNeil 2, Cunningham, Sertbas, Gordon, McKinlay, Spangher
    Best: Lamb, Gordon, White, McNeil, Moore, Cunningham

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    2011
    R11 Reserves 15.12 (102) defeated Queanbeyan 7.11 (53) @ Lakeside Oval
    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 2, Bevan 2, Thompson, Gordon
    Best: Bevan, McNeil, Currie, Heath, Murphy, Sumner

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    R13 Reserves 33.22 (220) defeated Queanbeyan 5.2 (32) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
    A weakened Queanbeyan side, debuting a new coach and a few youngsters, were no match for a disciplined outfit. Trent Dennis-Lane ran riot in the first half with 8 goals, before ending with 9 while Nathan Gordon and Matthew Spangher also had days out with 7 and 6 goals respectively. Jarred Moore set the tone early with his forward half tackling and distribution while Luke Parker won plenty of ball in the midfield.

    Goals: Dennis-Lane 9, Gordon 7, Spangher 6, Moore 3, E.Moody 2, Sumner 2, Parker, A.Moody, Currie, Pyke
    Best: Gordon, Moore, Parker, Spangher, Currie, Sumner

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    R20 Queanbeyan 4.13 (37) defeated by Reserves 21.24 (150) @ Dairy Farmers Park
    A side with little to play for had little resistance for the rampaging Reserves who were still in contention for the minor premiership. Nathan Gordon continued his hot form with 6 goals and an all round BOG performance. Dylan McNeil and Jarred Moore dominated the midfield.

    Goals: Gordon 6, Dennis-Lane 5, Spangher 2, Lamb 2, Moore 2, McNeil, Lynch, Malceski, Robinson
    Best: Gordon, McNeil, Moore, Rohan, Lamb, Malceski

    Recent Form
    Reserves
    RoundTeamVenueResultFA
    R1UWSAwayWIN15134
    R2BYE   
    R3Gold CoastHomeLOSS5591
    R4AinslieAwayLOSS85111
    R5TuggeranongHomeWIN21341
    R6NT ThunderAwayLOSS90112
    R7Sydney UniAwayWIN23936
    R8BrisbaneAwayWIN12086
    R9EastlakeHomeWIN14443
    R10Gold CoastHomeWIN10956
    R11QueanbeyanAwayWIN13796
    R12BYE   
    R13Sydney UniHomeWIN18840
    R14UWSHomeWIN12942
    R15BrisbaneHomeLOSS103122
    R16BYE   
    R17BelconnenHomeWIN19766
    R18Gold CoastAwayWIN131100
    R19UWSAwayWIN12664
    R20Hills EaglesAwayWIN18059
    R21BrisbaneAwayWIN11786
    QFAinslieHomeWIN16182
    SF2QueanbeyanAwayWIN13883

    Queanbeyan
    RoundTeamVenueResultFA
    R1TuggeranongHomeWIN20052
    R2Hills EaglesAwayWIN141118
    R3BYE   
    R4EastlakeHomeWIN12185
    R5UWSAwayLOSS9498
    R6Sydney UniHomeWIN13555
    R7BYE   
    R8Hills EaglesHomeWIN13764
    R9BelconnenAwayWIN12446
    R10AinslieHomeWIN10689
    R11Sydney ReservesHomeLOSS96137
    R12SouthportHomeLOSS60115
    R13AinslieAwayWIN11467
    R14BelconnenHomeWIN8362
    R15BYE   
    R16TuggeranongAwayWIN13061
    R17EastlakeAwayWIN10259
    R18BroadbeachAwayWIN9271
    R19Sydney UniAwayWIN16990
    R20EastlakeHomeWIN8960
    R21TuggeranongAwayWIN12856
    SF2Sydney ReservesHomeLOSS83138
    PFEastlakeHomeWIN9769

    Last Round
    Reserves last played Queanbeyan, see the report above for details.

    Queanbeyan 19.14 (128) defeated Eastlake 10.9 (69)

    Goals: Atkinson 3, Kavanagh 2, Fruend, Kirkwood, Irwin, Griggs, Daniher, Daniel, Dickinson, Stevens, King
    Best: Kirkwood, Dickinson, Overs, Atkinson, Heaslip
    Team List
    Listed players
    #NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
    7Brett MEREDITH15917Comes back into the team after missing as the traveling emergency for the Geelong game
    8Trent DENNIS-LANE124028Struggled for 3 quarters but came home with a wet sail kicking 4 in the last. Without Morton, will be relied upon to kick goals.
    11Jed LAMB162217Best on ground with his explosive clearance work in the midfield.
    17Tommy WALSH173131Last minute out for Mitch Morton but looks unlikely to regain his place in the seniors.
    18Jesse WHITE152529The NEAFL Team of the Year ruckman looks set for another lone hand in the ruck.
    19Tony ARMSTRONG1116Comes back into the team after playing in the Geelong game.
    27Matthew SPANGHER133217Goals output has decreased in each of the past 4 games, but on the bright side it will be his 8th game in a row.
    28Dylan McNEIL201115Adding goals to his usual glut of clearances and tackles, finishing the season and possibly his Swans career well.
    33Jarred MOORE201649Another NEAFL Team of the Year selection but fell short in the Mulrooney count.
    35Campbell HEATH20025Struggled at times with the height and reach of Ryan Quade but still proved his worth with his leadership in the backline.
    42Jack LYNCH18712Great game against James Kavanagh, kept him to a solitary goal and will be looking to back up that effort.
    43Eugene KRUGER1110Hasn't played any of the 2 finals.
    44Harry CUNNINGHAM181317Came back after being omitted the first final and was amongst the best players in the semi.
    45Nathan GORDON142714An impressive role in the backline, providing a lot of run and carry but may return to the midfield with Meredith's inclusion in the side.
    Changes
    In: Meredith (traveling emergency), Walsh (senior demotion), Armstrong (senior demotion), Kruger (rested)
    Out: Mitch Morton (senior promotion), Andrejs Everitt (ineligible)

    Everitt is ineligible because he has played too many senior games but not enough reserves games to meet the finals criteria set by the NEAFL. Longmire has also flagged that fringe senior players like Walsh, White, Armstrong and Spangher will have carefully managed game time in order to keep them fresh should they be required for the seniors' prelim final in 5 days time.

    2 listed players will have to be omitted on the day to fit the criteria of 12 listed players in the match day squad. Kruger looks to be the most likely candidate having missed the 2 finals because of this exact same reason. The other player is harder to identify with possible candidates Meredith, Lamb, McNeil, Lynch, Cunningham and Gordon all having contributed in at least one of the finals so far. Lynch should survive due to his form and lack of other key defensive options while Lamb and McNeil have been excellent in their inside midfield roles, an area that the current squad is somewhat depleted in due to the injury to Tom Mitchell and Everitt's aforementioned ineligibility.

    I don't expect coach Crouch to throw up many surprises in the lineup, as he has been a stickler for the players to stick to their structures and emulate the Seniors' style of play. White will contest the ruck with Moore, McNeil, Lamb, Cunningham and Gordon/Meredith at his feet. Heath and Lynch to hold up the key defensive slots assisted by Armstrong and Meredith/Gordon and a bunch of enthusiastic toppies. Walsh and Spangher will provide the tall targets up front and rely on TDL and a resting midfielder to crumb if they fail to mark it.

    Academy Players/Topups
    #NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
    47Jackson POTTER2061 
    50Jack McKINLAY310 
    51Erol SERTBAS320 
    52David LYCAKIS433 
    53Thomas GREEN200 
    54Rory PRYOR100 
    55Douglas HADDEN100 
    56Blake GUTHRIE200 
    57Nathan KENNY300 
    58Jordan WEIR610 
    59Beau HEENEY410 
    Changes
    In: Guthrie, Hadden, Heeney, Kenny, Lycakis, Pryor, Weir
    Out: Nathan Bosschieter, Daniel Cullen, James Dunn, Bradley Plug, Daniel Schacher, Thomas Thurgarland, Stephen Wray

    Bosschieter, Dunn, Plug and Thurgarland have been amongst the best performed topups during the year and their absence will be felt. However, the Swans have chosen to go with experienced bodies in the likes of Guthrie and Kenny who may not have played much this year but were regulars in last year's team. Pryor and Weir add height to the side and at least one of them will be used in defence as a third tall to counter Queanbeyan's tall forward setup.

    Sertbas has impressed with his defensive work at half-forward as well as his reading of the game and Lycakis has shown he is handy at kicking goals.

    Reserves leading goalkickers

    • Mitch Morton 75
    • Trent Dennis-Lane 40
    • Matt Spangher 32

    For full list: 2012 Goalkickers - RWOwiki

    Reserves leading votegetters

    • Jarred Moore 49
    • Tommy Walsh 31
    • Jesse White 29

    For full list: 2012 Best Votes - RWOwiki

    Queanbeyan
        
    B:7. Paul FRANCHI13. Roy JAQUES14. Alex OVERS
    HB:18. Jeremy KIRKWOOD16. Josh BRYCE1. Kade KLEMKE
    C:4. Toby CONROY10. Kaine STEVENS19. Steve JOLLIFFE
    HF:30. Brett FRUEND2. Ryan QUADE11. Jarrod ATKINSON
    F:48. Ben KLEMKE5. James KAVANAGH9. Will GRIGGS
    Foll:8. Neil IRWIN15. Mitch DANIHER47. Ben KING
    Int:24. Todd DICKINSON20. Sam JENSEN6. Sam DANIEL
     38. Mitch HEASLIP29. Daniel CAMPBELL46. Beau WATTS
     31. Matt LIDDLE22. Tom HOLLIS 

    In: Liddle, Watts, Campbell

    Kavanagh has had a quiet finals series thus far, following up his 1 goal effort in the semi with just 2 goals against Eastlake in the prelim, a significant fall given he was kicking bags of 5 or more goals regularly during the H&A rounds. Neil Kerlin played in the semi but was omitted for the prelim and his absence again means that Quade will spend some time in the ruck. Ben Klemke proved a tough matchup for the Swans last time, his height combined with his mobility meant an awkward matchup for the topup that was assigned the job. He might be more closely checked this time.

    The Swans were very smart in limiting the influence of Kade Klemke in defence, with the topup he was playing on instructed to drag the Tigers captain-coach right back to the goalsquare to take him away from the play. It took a while for the Tigers to adjust by which time the Swans were holding a comfortable lead. Kirkwood's defensive clampdown on TDL was effective for 3 quarters whilst Jaques did a sound job at fullback on Spangher, keeping up with the Spang even as he led further and further away from the forward 50 arc in order to find the ball.

    The midfield of Conroy, Griggs, Stevens, King and Daniher also presents a threat to the Swans with quick and precise ball movement to their tall forwards a hallmark of the Queanbeyan game plan.

    The result of the game could be dependent on the amount of game time alloted to the Swans fringe players and also the number of injuries suffered during the game. The Swans were severely hampered in last year's Grand Final when Moore went off very early in the game and Heath followed him to the sidelines midway through the game.
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    Covering it live on twitter @swansreserves but it's also being streamed live on North East Australian Football League: Home

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    Yay we get topup numbers, my biggest bugbear. Now I can concentrate on griping about other things.

    http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/n...6/default.aspx

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    Entry is $11 apparently. I'll be there, probably feeling pretty seedy from the night before in Sydney.

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    According to twitter
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    Re: Grand Final: Sydney Swans Reserves v Queanbeyan Tigers

    Haha, Bradley Plug just posted on the Swans reserves facebook page saying he wished he was playing

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    Which RWOers are going to the game tomorrow? Besides R-1.

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    I'm going. Got to get my footy fix this weekend.

    Does anyone know where / when the inter-conference GF is being played?

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    Grand Final: Sydney Swans Reserves v Queanbeyan Tigers

    Pretty sure it's next weekend and in Sydney

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    I was under the impression that the conference champion with the better record gets the right to host it. That was the reason why the Thunder hosted Ainslie last year wasn't it?

    If my assumption is correct, and assuming we win, then if NT Thunder win they will host us but if the Lions Reserves win we will host them. If Queanbeyan win then they will host it regardless of the Northern Conference winners.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ugg View Post
    I was under the impression that the conference champion with the better record gets the right to host it. That was the reason why the Thunder hosted Ainslie last year wasn't it?

    If my assumption is correct, and assuming we win, then if NT Thunder win they will host us but if the Lions Reserves win we will host them. If Queanbeyan win then they will host it regardless of the Northern Conference winners.
    What was the Swans' record last year compared to NT Thunder's - ie was it better than theirs? I think we knew that the interconference final was going to be in Alice Springs ahead of the Eastern GF.

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    Good point, the Swans had a better record than the Thunder last year 16-2 v 14-4

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