Round 22: Sydney Uni v Sydney Swans Reserves

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NEAFL Round 22

Sydney Uni v Sydney Swans Reserves
Sunday 18th August 2013 11.40am
Sydney Cricket Ground

The final round of the regular season sees the Swans and Belconnen in battle for the minor premiership. However with Sydney's superior percentage it will take an unlikely set of outcomes in both this clash and the Magpies' match against the Tuggeranong Hawks (who are playing their last match in the NEAFL). While Belconnen may well pile on the requisite amount of points to close the gap, it is hard to see the Swans not doing the same to their opponents Sydney University.

While Sydney Uni have improved in their second season in the NEAFL, having doubled their number of wins from 3 to 6, they have struggled against the Swans and the Giants reserves teams in particular conceding big scores in their past meetings with those two sets of teams. The only two meeting with the Swans have ended in 203 and 148 point thrashings.

Eastern Conference Ladder

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	Byes	For	Against	Percentage	Points
Sydney Swans Reserves	17	11	6	0	4	1859	1337	139.04%	44
Belconnen	17	11	6	0	4	1943	1521	127.74%	44
Ainslie	17	10	7	0	4	1640	1508	108.75%	40
Eastlake	17	10	7	0	4	1376	1458	94.38%	40
UWS Giants	17	9	8	0	4	2013	1500	134.20%	36
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Queanbeyan	17	8	9	0	4	1537	1702	90.31%	32
Hills Eagles	17	7	10	0	4	1560	1768	88.24	28
Sydney Uni	17	6	11	0	4	1530	1734	88.24%	24
Tuggeranong	17	2	15	0	4	890	2071	42.97%	8

Past Meetings
2012

R7 Sydney Uni 5.6 (36) defeated by Reserves 38.11 (239) @ Blacktown International Sports Park
The Reserves were too powerful for the NEAFL new boys, crushing Uni by a mammoth 203 points. Forwards Nathan Gordon and Mitch Morton both kicked 10 goals straight and were ably supplied by midfielder Jarred Moore and half-back flanker Tony Armstrong.

Goals: Gordon 10, Morton 10, Walsh 4, White 3, Pyke 3, Lamb 2, Meredith 2, Biggs, Moore, Cunningham, Armstrong
Best: Moore, Armstrong, Morton, Gordon, Walsh, Wynn
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R13 Reserves 28.20 (188) defeated Sydney Uni 6.4 (40) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
The Swans were taken aback by Uni's early challenge in the first quarter but wrested control back in the second, before going on to completely dominate the second half, kicking 16 goals to 1 in that period. Rookie listed player Shane Biggs was incredibly clean and efficient off a wing while Trent Dennis-Lane also impressed despite only suiting up for the first half.

Goals: Morton 6, Gordon 5, Spangher 4, White 3, Cunningham 2, Mitchell 2, Walsh, Seaby, Dennis-Lane, Biggs, Lynch, McNeil
Best: Biggs, Dennis-Lane, Cunningham, Moore, Dunn, Morton

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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
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
R20	Brisbane	Away	LOSS	86	119
R21	UWS	Home	WIN	110	45

Sydney Uni

Round	Team	Venue	Result	F	A
R1	BYE
R2	Belconnen	Away	LOSS	117	152
R3	Hills Eagles	Away	LOSS	93	129
R4	Eastlake	Home	LOSS	79	116
R5	Morningside	Away	LOSS	57	125
R6	Hills Eagles	Home	LOSS	94	112
R7	BYE
R8	Tuggeranong	Away	WIN	123	47
R9	Ainslie	Home	WIN	111	68
R10	Eastlake	Away	LOSS	75	103
R11	Labrador	Away	WIN	121	83
R12	BYE
R13	Belconnen	Home	LOSS	81	114
R14	Queanbeyan	Away	WIN	91	77
R15	Hills Eagles	Home	LOSS	44	59
R16	Ainslie	Away	LOSS	65	110
R17	Tuggeranong	Home	WIN	148	57
R18	BYE
R19	Queanbeyan	Home	WIN	115	65
R20	UWS	Home	LOSS	30	222
R21	Hills Eagles	Away	LOSS	82	107

Last Round
Reserves 15.20 (110) defeated UWS Giants 6.9 (45) @ ANZ Stadium

Goals: Tower 3, Rohan 2, Membrey 2, Cox 2, Plug, Lloyd, Cunningham, Armstrong, Jaffer-Williams, Head
Best: Biggs, Brown, Lockyer, Lloyd, Cunningham, Richards

Hills Eagles 14.11 (95) defeated Sydney Uni 13.8 (86) @ Bruce Purser

Goals: Barrett 4, Elkington 2, Thompson, Morrison, Campbell, Krochmal, Barton, Dyson, Dugmore
Best: Barton, Ayton, Thompson, Barnes, Wilkie, Bottin-Noonan

Team List
Listed players

#	Name	Games	Goals	Votes	Notes
1	Tim MEMBREY	13	30	4	Just wasn't his day last week, with a couple of 'almost' marks as well as a few fumbles.
7	Harry CUNNINGHAM	11	8	19	(seniors emergency) In good form, and using his pace to effect in the midfield
19	Tony ARMSTRONG	11	2	15	Encouraging form and seeing plenty of the ball.
22	Dean TOWERS	15	24	5	Consistent in his output with at least 2 goals in his past 7 matches but could have had more had he converted some of the 5 behinds last week.
23	Jordan LOCKYER	17	1	7	Had one of his best outings in Swans colours, a confident display and duly rewarded with recognition.
27	Daniel ROBINSON	16	9	13	An effective run-with role last week.
28	Matthew DICK	13	4	0	Quiet contributor in a solid defensive unit last week.
33	Brandon JACK	10	9	13	(seniors emergency)
35	Sam NAISMITH	0	0	0	We'll have 2 comebacks to cheer for on Sunday.
36	Alex BROWN	17	3	20	Starting to recapture his great early season form, had plenty of spoils.
42	Xavier RICHARDS	14	0	13	Very assured performer at full back who isn't afraid to go for his marks.
44	Jake LLOYD	16	12	47	Pitted head-to-head with a #3 draft pick in Dom Tyson and still did well.
46	Shane BIGGS	16	1	30	In a rich vein of form but has lost his emergency spot.

Changes
In: Jack, Naismith
Out: Gary ROHAN (seniors)

Rohan was playing as forward last week and Jack looks like a direct swap for him. The back six is heavily stacked with listed players but with the ball unlikely to see much time in the Swans back half, a few reassignments are on the cards - Biggs and/or Armstrong to the midfield or Dick and/or Brown to the forward line. Naismith will make finally make his debut as a listed player, after impressing as a topup last year and suffering multiple injuries since the preseason. Likely to be eased into the team, he should split minutes between his favoured ruck position and as a tall marking forward.

Academy Players/Topups

#	Name	Games	Goals	Votes	Notes
47	Lloyd PERRIS	6	1	4
50	Stephen WRAY	13	2	1
51	Isaac HEENEY	0	0	0
52	James DUNN	5	2	0
53	Jack McKINLAY	4	0	0
57	Abe DAVIS	0	0	0
58	Jordan WEIR	15	7	1
59	Thomas HEAD	8	7	1
60	Jacob DAWES	3	0	1

In: Davis, Dawes, Dunn, Heeney, McKinlay
Out: Daniel COX, Blake ERICKSON, Blake GUTHRIE, Doug HADDEN, Yarran JAFFER-WILLIAMS, Brad PLUG

Dawes will likely take the main rucking duties despite Naismith's return. He was impressive enough in his last game to earn a vote. It will be his first reserves home game. Head who led the ruck last week will return to being a mobile tall forward.

Heeney and Davis are both Swans Academy members and also represented NSW/ACT RAMS in this year's U18 championships

Reserves leading goalkickers

• Mitch Morton 33 (8)
• Tim Membrey 30 (13)
• Dean Towers 24 (15)

For full list: 2013 Goalkickers - RWOwiki

Reserves leading votegetters

• Jake Lloyd 47 (16)
• Shane Biggs 30 (16)
• Jed Lamb 24 (7)

For full list: 2013 Best Votes - RWOwiki

Sydney Uni Squad

B:	18. Anton TURCO	27. Peter CASEY	31. Nick BOWEN
HB:	2. Kelvin BARNES	29. Ryan BOTTIN-NOONAN	36. Matt POWYS
C:	3. Tom AYTON	1. Gerard WILKIE	10. Mitch THOMPSON
HF:	58. Josh COLE	28. Ben TAGGART	13. Peter DUGMORE
F:	6. Adam CAMPBELL	34. Max CARTER	41. Dom VINCENT
Foll:	33. Tom ELKINGTON	24. Tim BARTON	20. Tom MORRISON
Int:	14. Monty KROCHMAL	55. Alex DYSON	17. Rory AVIS-FOSTER
	57. Ronan GERAGHTY	5. Jack CASPERSONN	19. MJ FIGG
	48. Glenn SMITH

In: Carter, Caspersonn, Figg, Smith, Vincent
Out: Tim BARRETT, Nick ROBERTS

Despite suffering more losses than wins, the Sydney Uni team has shown the capabilities to hit the scoreboard. Their problems seem to lie at the other end of the ground. There are a few familiar faces in this squad - Ryan Bottin-Noonan and Mitch Thompson are former scholarship players with Monty Krochmal and Jack Csapersonn playing as topups.

Peter Dugmore was good enough to kick 4 goals against the Swans in one of last year's games while Tom Elkington was a worthy opponent in the ruck.

[wolftone57]

Thanks Ugg. Good to see young Sam back in the Red & White, he is a real goer. Can't wait to see him play and I think he will make a huge difference to our reserves finals chances.

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Thanks Ugg. Good to see young Sam back in the Red & White, he is a real goer. Can't wait to see him play and I think he will make a huge difference to our reserves finals chances.

With a restriction of 12 listed players for the finals, he may find himself missing out.

[dimelb]

Thanks ugg. Let's hope they go into the finals with a big win.
A question that's just occurred to me. Do you know if the restriction rules for finals change with the new arrangement next year?

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They'll have to work out new rules I suspect. The Lions and Suns are allowed more listed players when they play the Queensland sides (not sure of the exact number)

[wolftone57]

With a restriction of 12 listed players for the finals, he may find himself missing out.

This restriction is crap. If the side is not good enough then they shouldn't be in the league. This new league I hope will ber like that. In finals 12 players is just wrong, that is why we don't win too many. Yet all of these sides can recruit ex AFL players if they wish and play whoever they like. It is a stupid restriction and just holds back the comp from getting any better.

[Doctor]

I would hope (and expect) that the new rules will address this kind of stuff. Changes like we're seeing are encouraging in terms of us having a genuine second tier comp. Probably one of the benefits of the Giants & Suns coming in that we didn't originally consider.

[liz]

I think he VFL has the same rule.

[wolftone57]

According to this article in Sporting Pulse there doesn't seem to be a nominated number at all for the VFL. But players who have played AFL after July who have not played at least six games or players who have not played a game in the home and away season but no AFL are ineligible. It seems you can play as many AFL listed players and rookies as you wish as long as they fit that criteria. I know there is no restriction in SA & WA except for having to qualify by playing a certain amount of games. Both these leagues changes their rules after Rhoyce Hart played in a VFL Grand Final and then a week later played in the SANFL Grand Final for Glenelg because he had played two game for the club while on National service.

http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_p...cleID=20367882

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Tweeting from the game Swans Reserves (swansreserves) on Twitter

[707]

Did Mitchell play or has he had the week off?

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Goal Kickers: T. Head 3, D. Towers 3, J. Lloyd 2, H. Cunningham 2, T. Membrey 2, I. Heeney 2, J. McKinlay , A. Davis , S. Biggs , B. Jack
Best Players: J. Lockyer, T. Armstrong, H. Cunningham, S. Biggs, J. Lloyd, J. McKinlay