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NEAFL Round 14
NT Thunder v Sydney Swans Reserves
Saturday 22nd June 2013 3.00pm
Traeger Park - Alice Springs
The NT Thunder were the inaugural NEAFL champions 2 years ago, and have topped the Northern Conference ladder in both NEAFL seasons but this year they are struggling with a relatively low position of 6th in their conference and involved in a dogged fight for a finals spot. Their once formidable home record is in tatters this season, dropping 4 of their 6 fixtures there this year (although they've only played once in Alice this year for a big win).
The Ressies are still a game clear on top of the ladder despite valiantly going down to a strong Suns Reserves outfit 2 weeks ago at Metricon Stadium but with further injuries hitting the club, they will be at a season low 11 listed players when they travel to Alice Springs for this fixture. In the only other previous meeting, the Swans played well at Darwin's TIO Stadium but struggled to finish the game out with the Thunder riding the momentum to come over the top to finish with the 4 points.
Eastern Conference Ladder
Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes For Against Percentage Points Reserves 10 8 2 0 3 1224 611 200.33% 32 Belconnen 10 7 3 0 3 1187 943 125.87% 28 Queanbeyan 10 6 4 0 3 950 926 102.59% 24 Eastlake 10 6 4 0 3 835 885 94.35% 24 UWS 11 5 6 0 2 1133 1121 101.07% 20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ainslie 11 5 6 0 2 1019 1044 97.61% 20 Hills Eagles 10 4 6 0 3 939 1054 89.09% 16 Sydney Uni 10 3 7 0 3 951 1049 90.66% 12 Tuggeranong 10 2 8 0 3 563 1186 47.47% 8
Northern Conference Ladder
Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes For Against Percentage Points Lions Reserves 10 9 1 0 2 1204 681 176.80% 36 Southport 10 8 2 0 2 990 739 133.96% 32 Suns Reserves 11 8 3 0 1 1164 934 124.63% 32 Aspley 10 7 3 0 2 1105 758 145.78% 28 Morningside 11 6 5 0 1 1007 966 104.24% 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NT Thunder 10 5 5 0 2 1151 985 116.85% 20 Redland 10 4 6 0 2 984 918 107.19% 16 Broadbeach 11 4 7 0 1 926 1150 80.52% 16 Labrador 10 1 9 0 2 652 1218 53.53% 4 Mt Gravatt 11 0 11 0 1 646 1441 44.83% 0
Past Meetings
2012
R6 Reserves 12.18 (90) defeated by NT Thunder 16.16 (112)
The Reserves were the superior side for 3 quarters of this game, however their profligacy in front of goal in the first half ultimately proved fatal when the Thunder stormed home with a 7 goals to 1 last quarter. The defensive duo of Heath and Lynch did a solid job on the dangerous Darren Ewing keeping him to a respectable 2 goals. Mitch Morton kicked 4 goals while Harry Cunningham was dominant in the clearances, especially in the first half
Goals: Morton 4, Dennis-Lane 2, Moore, Moody, Biggs, Gordon, Walsh, Lamb
Best: Heath, Moore, Wynn, Cunningham, Lynch
Recent Form
Reserves
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 BYE R2 UWS Away WIN 107 102 R3 Gold Coast Home WIN 110 65 R4 Tuggeranong Away WIN 237 40 R5 Hills Eagles Home WIN 148 86 R6 BYE R7 Brisbane Home LOSS 81 104 R8 UWS Away WIN 127 78 R9 Queanbeyan Home WIN 151 38 R10 Ainslie Away WIN 123 49 R11 Belconnen Home WIN 140 49 R12 Gold Coast Away LOSS 50 70 R13 BYE
NT Thunder
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Broadbeach Home LOSS 102 104 R2 Aspley Away LOSS 90 128 R3 Mt Gravatt Home WIN 160 65 R4 BYE R5 Labrador Home WIN 181 98 R6 Redland Away WIN 92 81 R7 Morningside Home LOSS 88 117 R8 BYE R9 Broadbeach Away WIN 128 101 R10 BYE R11 Southport Home LOSS 93 102 R12 UWS Home LOSS 74 120 R13 Mt Gravatt Away WIN 143 69
Last Round
Reserves 7.8 (50) defeated by Gold Coast Reserves 10.10 (70) @ Metricon Stadium
Goals: Membrey 2, Biggs, Lloyd, Dunn, Lamb, Jaffer-Williams
Best: Lamb, Lloyd, Cunningham, Biggs, Armstrong, Jaffer-Williams
Mt Gravatt 10.9 (69) defeated by NT Thunder 21.17 (143) @ Dittmer Park
Goals: Ewing 7, Dunne 4, Gorey 4, Vassal 2, Chambers 2, Palipuaminni 2
Best: Lockwood, Ilett, L.Argus, M.Argus, Staunton, Wills
Team List
Listed players
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 7 Harry CUNNINGHAM 5 3 9 Acting captain for this game, has played midfield since his return and will be the 'senior' onballer in this side. 22 Dean TOWERS 9 7 0 Was the traveling emergency 2 weeks ago for the Crows game. 23 Jordan LOCKYER 10 1 0 Has played all 10 games this year, now needs to start showing some form. 27 Daniel ROBINSON 9 9 3 Will lead the inside midfield brigade alongside Lloyd, Marsh and Cunningham. 28 Matthew DICK 6 0 0 Saw glimpses of him up forward in the highlights against the Suns Reserves. 31 Harrison MARSH 9 5 0 Will make a beeline to former B&F winner Cam Ilett who has ben racking up the possesions for the Thunder 33 Brandon JACK 9 11 9 (senior emergency) Back after his last quarter cameo against the Crows, he will be the Swans leading goalkicker out on the park for this game. 36 Alex BROWN 10 3 12 Been relatively quieter in his last 2 games, but his versatility is important to the structure of the side. May see time forward with Membrey out of this side. 42 Xavier RICHARDS 9 0 10 (senior emergency) A deserved senior promotion after improving throughout the season. May get the big job on goalkicking machine Darren Ewing. (see NT Thunder side below) 44 Jake LLOYD 10 8 22 Keeps the stats guys working overtime another 30+ touches and 7 clearances against the Suns, working hard all over the field. 46 Shane BIGGS 10 1 13 Has found form in the last month and pushed quite high up the ground against Gold Coast.
In: Towers (seniors traveling emergency), Jack (seniors)
Out: Tim MEMBREY (seniors traveling emergency), Jed LAMB (seniors), Tony ARMSTRONG (seniors)
A season low 11 listed players but this team under Crouch's tutelage have shown they can still be competitive even under such limited numbers. The makeup of the side is somewhat unbalanced with plenty of defensive types but little in terms of forward targets. Brown and Towers (as a hard leading CHF) have been utilised as forwards in patches in past games this season and may be required to do so again alongside the topups.
Academy Players/Topups
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 48 Doug HADDEN 6 2 4 49 Jack McKINLAY 1 0 0 50 Brad PLUG 1 0 0 51 Matthew MOKETARINJA 0 0 0 52 Warwick DICKSON 0 0 0 53 Josh PARTINGTON 0 0 0 55 Jasper WHEELER 0 0 0 57 Aaron SHARPE 0 0 0 58 Alan DICKSON 0 0 0 60 Jordan WEIR 9 5 1
In: A.Dickson, W.Dickson, Hadden, Moketarinja, Partington, Sharpe, Wheeler
Out: Wills BRASSIL, James DUNN, Tom GREEN, Yarran JAFFER-WILLIAMS, Erol SERTBAS, Hayden WASHINGTON, Stephen WRAY
The 2 Dicksons, Mokaterinja, Partington, Sharpe and Wheeler are local NT players.
Hadden and Weir have played in the forward line previously and both have shown good goal sense.
Topup Wills Brassil was the primary ruckman against the Suns but with his omission it remains who will take the ruck duties. It is likely that one of the new topups will have the height to take this role, otherwise Brown, Richards or even Lockyer might have to fill in just to give a contest at the throw-ins and ball-ups.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Mitch Morton 26 (5)
- Jesse White 22 (8)
- Tommy Walsh 21 (6)
For full list: 2013 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Jed Lamb 24 (7)
- Jake Lloyd 22 (10)
- Jesse White 19 (6)
For full list: 2013 Best Votes - RWOwiki
NT Thunder
B: 29. Justin BEUGELAAR 13. Lachlan ARGUS 33. Ben RIOLI HB: 26. Jack LAWLER 32. Jordan WILSON-KING 44. Chris COOPER C: 17. Shannon RIOLI 9. Brad VASSAL 1. Dean STAUNTON HF: 3. Matthew ARGUS 11. Brant CHAMBERS 24. Chris DUNNE F: 42. Thomas GOREY 43. Baydon NGALKIN 2. Darren EWING Foll: 6. Julian LOCKWOOD 16. Cameron ILETT 34. Phillip WILLS Int: 57. Shaun WILSON 31. Brad PALIPUAMINNI 39. Austin WONAEMIRRI 5. Joe COLLINSON 40. Gareth REMFREY
In: Beugelaar, Collinson, Lawler, Ngalkin, Wilson, Wonaemirri
Out: Nathan BROWN, Patrick HEENAN, Robert HOWARD, Jayden PRIOR, Kevin VEARNCOMBE
Up forward, Darren Ewing is the danger man. A prolific goalscorer across his whole career, he may not get many touches but when he does he invariably turns them into goals as exhibited by his 7 kick-7 goals performance last week against Mt Gravatt and 10 kick-5 goals against UWS the week before. He is the leading goalkicker in both conference with 56 goals in total. Former Demon Austin Wonaemirri is also a major threat.
In the midfield, Cam Ilett is the Thunder's star player working both inside and outside. He is given great service by Julian Lockwood who has stepped into the big shoes of Kenrick Tyrell who retired last season.
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Game being streamed from the NEAFL website but of course the start clashes with the 2nd half of the Power game
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