Helter Skelter
NEAFL Round 20
Brisbane Lions Reserves v Sydney Swans Reserves
Saturday 3rd August 2013 1.30pm
Coorparoo - Giffin Park
Both teams will be fresh coming off the bye, but the Lions are in far ruder health than the Swans and will go into the match as favourites having won the two previous clashes this year. The Swans had a morale boosting away win over the Suns magoos in Round 18 while the Lions were pipped at the post by a desperate NT Thunder side.
With just 3 rounds to go in the home and away fixtures, both the Swans and Lions have booked their place in their respective conference finals but will be keen to build some form and momentum going into the finals.The Swans can still claim the minor premiership but realistically will need to win all 3 remaining games to steal the title from the Belconnen Magpies.
Eastern Conference Ladder
Team | Played | Wins | Losses | Draws | Byes | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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Belconnen | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1861 | 1414 | 131.61% | 44 |
Sydney Swans Reserves | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1663 | 1173 | 141.77% | 40 |
Ainslie | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1564 | 1435 | 108.99% | 36 |
Eastlake | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1214 | 1288 | 94.25% | 36 |
UWS Giants | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1746 | 1360 | 128.38% | 32 |
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Queanbeyan | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1357 | 1544 | 87.89% | 28 |
Sydney Uni | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1414 | 1417 | 99.79% | 24 |
Hills Eagles | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1344 | 1605 | 83.74% | 20 |
Tuggeranong | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 752 | 1847 | 40.71% | 8 |
Northern Conference Ladder
Team | Played | Wins | Losses | Draws | Byes | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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Brisbane Lions Reserves | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1786 | 1054 | 169.45% | 52 |
Southport | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1601 | 1134 | 141.18% | 48 |
Aspley | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1721 | 1296 | 132.79% | 42 |
Gold Coast Suns Reserves | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1618 | 1477 | 109.55% | 38 |
NT Thunder | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1761 | 1410 | 124.89% | 36 |
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Morningside | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1582 | 1392 | 113.65% | 36 |
Redland | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1459 | 1346 | 108.40% | 32 |
Broadbeach | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1279 | 1588 | 80.54% | 24 |
Labrador | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 953 | 1847 | 51.60% | 4 |
Mt Gravatt | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 977 | 2024 | 48.27% | 4 |
Past Meetings
2013
R7 Reserves 11.15 (81) defeated by Brisbane Reserves 15.14 (104) @ SCG
Goals: Morton 5, Towers 2, Perris, Everitt, Robinson, Jack
Best: Walsh, Morton, White, Mitchell, Everitt, Richards
R15 Reserves 9.3 (57) defeated by Brisbane Reserves 19.11 (125) @ Blacktown International Sports Park
Goals: Towers 2, Cunningham 2, Membrey 2, Davis, Lycakis, Marsh
Best: Cunningham, Lloyd, Armstrong, Wray
2012
R8 Brisbane Reserves 11.20 (86) defeated by Reserves 18.12 (120) @Yeronga
The Reserves travelled to Brisbane to upset the Lions who aided the Swans by being incredibly wasteful in front of goal. The Swans stormed to a 6 goal lead at quarter time and maintained a 4 goal lead at the main break and despite a couple of Lions surges in the 2nd half, confidently withstood the fusillade of shots from Brisbane to win quite comfortably. Mitch Morton continued his goal glut by bagging 8 to complement his 10 the previous week. Captain Jarred Moore dominated the stoppages yet again aided by the taps of big Canuck Mike Pyke
Goals: Morton 8 Walsh 2, Davis, Thurgarland, Spangher, Cunningham, Moody, Bosschieter, Moore, Meredith
Best: Moore, Pyke, Walsh, Cunningham, Biggs, Heath
R16 Reserves 16.7 (103) defeated by Brisbane Reserves 17.20 (122) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
The Swans for a variety of reasons had plenty of regulars missing and a very strong Lions outfit took advantage of their absence to record a strong away win. Truth be told, if they had converted a higher number of their set shots, the game would have been over early in the 2nd half. Tommy Walsh stood up in the absence of his forward line teammates to take strong grabs, and finished with a deserved 3 goals. Brett Meredith provided plenty of run and dash from the half back line while Trent Dennis-Lane continued to impress onlookers in his new hybrid midfield-forward role.
Goals: Broome 3, Parker 3, Dennis-Lane 3, Walsh 3, Moore, Krochmal, Mitchell, Lamb
Best: Walsh, Meredith, Dennis-Lane, Heath, Plug, Parker
R21 Brisbane Reserves 13.8 (86) defeated by Reserves 17.15 (117) @ Yeronga
The Reserves coped well without leading goalkicker Mitch Morton with his replacement Trent Dennis-Lane kicking 5 goals and the two talls Matt Spangher and Tommy Walsh 3 each. It was the impressive use of the ball by Andrejs Everitt that saw him named best on ground alongside midfield general Jarred Moore. Campbell Heath yet again led the defence superbly, blanketing the Lions tall forwards.
Goals: Dennis-Lane 5, Spangher 3, Walsh 3, McNeil 2, Everitt 2, Cunningham Gordon
Best: Everitt, Moore, Heath, McNeil, White
Recent Form
Reserves
Round | Team | Venue | Result | F | A |
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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 | | | | |
R14 | NT Thunder | Away | LOSS | 59 | 112 |
R15 | Brisbane | Home | LOSS | 57 | 125 |
R16 | Eastlake | Away | WIN | 109 | 49 |
R17 | UWS | Home | LOSS | 79 | 142 |
R18 | Gold Coast | Away | WIN | 85 | 64 |
R19 | BYE | | | | |
Lions Reserves
Round | Team | Venue | Result | F | A |
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R1 | BYE | | | | |
R2 | Morningside | Away | WIN | 144 | 57 |
R3 | UWS | Home | WIN | 101 | 62 |
R4 | Gold Coast | Away | WIN | 180 | 70 |
R5 | Broadbeach | Home | WIN | 136 | 56 |
R6 | Gold Coast | Away | WIN | 111 | 79 |
R7 | Swans Reserves | Away | WIN | 104 | 81 |
R8 | BYE | | | | |
R9 | UWS | Away | WIN | 48 | 136 |
R10 | Southport | Away | WIN | 88 | 76 |
R11 | Gold Coast | Home | LOSS | 70 | 117 |
R12 | BYE | | | | |
R13 | Labrador | Away | WIN | 134 | 35 |
R14 | Aspley | Home | WIN | 134 | 86 |
R15 | Swans Reserves | Away | WIN | 125 | 57 |
R16 | Gold Coast | Home | WIN | 107 | 85 |
R17 | Redland | Home | WIN | 133 | 55 |
R18 | NT Thunder | Home | LOSS | 83 | 90 |
R19 | BYE | | | | |
Last Round
Gold Coast Suns Reserves 9.10 (64) defeated by Reserves 12.13 (85) @ Metricon
Goals: Rohan 3, Membrey 3, Plug 2, Head, Cox, Armstrong, Morton
Best: Robinson, Biggs, Armstrong, Brown, Perris, Hadden
NT Thunder 12.18 (90) defeated Brisbane Lions Reserves 11.17 (83) @ TIO Stadium
Goals: Karnezis 4, Cornelius 2, Rutledge, Paparone, Banfield, Hammelmann, Bartlett
Best: Crisp, Newell, O'Brien, Karnezis, Wearden
Team List
Listed players
# | Name | Games | Goals | Votes | Notes |
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1 | Tim MEMBREY | 11 | 27 | 4 | Continues to contribute without getting any real 'official' recognition. |
7 | Harry CUNNINGHAM | 9 | 7 | 17 | (seniors emergency) Two sub's vests to add to his lone vest last year. Will slot straight back into the midfield. |
10 | Mitch MORTON | 7 | 27 | 13 | (seniors emergency) Incredibly quiet by his standards with a return of only 1 goal in the past 2 matches. |
16 | Gary ROHAN | 2 | 5 | 0 | Return progressing ahead of schedule, there's been whispers that he could be a chance for the finals but the next step will be to play a full reserves game. Captain for the day. |
19 | Tony ARMSTRONG | 9 | 1 | 10 | Future not looking particularly bright after Biggs leapfrogged him in the half-back pecking order. |
22 | Dean TOWERS | 13 | 18 | 2 | |
23 | Jordan LOCKYER | 15 | 1 | 3 | Had his best game, or best portion of 1 game, against the Lions tall target man Aaron Cornelius in the last meeting of these two sides. |
27 | Daniel ROBINSON | 14 | 9 | 13 | Was the last man left standing as the only listed player available for midfield action against the Suns, but excelled and earnt praise from Crouch. |
28 | Matthew DICK | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
36 | Alex BROWN | 15 | 3 | 15 | After a quiet middle part to the season, earnt his first vote in 7 matches last week. |
42 | Xavier RICHARDS | 12 | 0 | 10 | Severely missed in the last Swans-Lions reserves clash, he will be a welcome addition to battle Brisbane's wealth of tall forward talent |
44 | Jake LLOYD | 14 | 11 | 38 | Missed his first game of the year last week still recovering from the heavy knock suffered against the Giants 3 weeks ago. |
Changes
In: Cunningham (seniors), Towers (traveling emergency), Lloyd (concussion)
Out: Rhyce SHAW (seniors), Shane BIGGS (traveling emergency)
Cunningham and Lloyd will boost the depleted on-ball division while Towers could be slotted either up forward where he has played his best Swans football or downback to replace the run and rebound of Biggs and Shaw.
Academy Players/Topups
# | Name | Games | Goals | Votes | Notes |
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47 | Lloyd PERRIS | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
48 | Doug HADDEN | 8 | 2 | 5 | |
49 | Jack McKINLAY | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
51 | Daniel COX | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
52 | Jarred ELLIS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
53 | Stephen WRAY | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
54 | Yarran JAFFER-WILLIAMS | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
58 | Thomas HEAD | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
59 | Jacob DAWES | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
60 | Jordan WEIR | 13 | 5 | 1 | |
In: Ellis, McKinlay
Out: James DUNN, Brad PLUG, Levi SANDS
Perris and Hadden both earnt votest for their games against the Suns Reserves, and in Perris' case it was his second consecutive polling game. The midfield isn't as thin this week but he will probably stlil get a run in there some time. Dawes is filling in the gap as the side's number one ruckman but has a Herculean task playing against Longer, Martin and Michael.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Mitch Morton 27 (7)
- Tim Membrey 27 (11)
- Jesse White 23 (9)
For full list: 2013 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Jake Lloyd 38 (14)
- Jed Lamb 24 (7)
- Jesse White 24 (9)
For full list: 2013 Best Votes - RWOwiki
Brisbane Lions Squad
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B: | 33. Michael CLOSE | 45. Jordon BOURKE | 46. Sam MICHAEL |
HB: | 4. Jared POLEC | 37. Patrick WEARDEN | 31. James POLKINGHORNE |
C: | 25. Richard NEWELL | 35. Ryan LESTER | 22. Marco PAPARONE |
HF: | 28. Patrick KARNEZIS | 9. Ash McGRATH | 44. Aaron CORNELIUS |
F: | 18. Todd BANFIELD | 19. Jordan LISLE | 12. Stefan MARTIN |
Foll: | 5. Billy LONGER | 47. Jack CRISP | 13. Callum BARTLETT |
Int: | 59. Hayden BERTOLI-SIMMONDS | 56. Lewis RADFORD | 54. Sam GRIBBLE |
| 51. Aidan RUTLEDGE | 55. Cameron STEVENSON | 53. Bill PENDLEBURY |
In: Close, Gribble, Lester, Lisle, Longer, McGrath, Martin, Pendlebury, Radford, Stevenson
Out: Riley BLUNDELL, Darcy CAMERON-REEVES, Daniel DAYE, Sam DOCHERTY, Matthew HAMMELMANN, Niall McKEEVER, Jesse O'BRIEN, Archie SMITH, Jacob WATSON
The Lions dominated in the height department during the Blacktown game and look to have the advantage again on paper. Longer, Michael and Martin all have played as ruckmen in the AFL and with the added height of tall forwards Cornelius, Paparone and Lisle, look to have the potency to punish the Swans on the scoreboard.
Karnezis excelled for them creating a lot of chances with his run and distribution from half back and also his ability to push forward and kick goals while the ability of Newell to be an effective tagger should not be underestimated. Expect him to run with Lloyd.
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