Saturday 31st August at Blacktown International Sports Park
Shame it couldn't be scheduled for the Hawks curtain raiser but I suspect it would have been hard for Belconnen players to be available for a Friday afternoon trip to Sydney
Plus side is that all emergencies will play a full game
Given we are playing seniors the same weekend, can Jetta and/or Reid play this game???
Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09
I believe the answer is yes. I've tweeted the Neafl account for confirmation but so far no response
Given they will only get one game before finals, don't you think it would be better for them to play a game in the seniors. ie; picking up the tempo, playing with the team they need to gel into.Originally Posted by Triple B
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT
I thought it was something like, if you have played senior football then you must have played at least 6 NEAFL games throughout the year to play finals ... Which would rule them both out. There's definitely a criteria, you can't play any listed player.
I'm pretty sure they can. Provided the seniors are also playing and therefore you aren't stacking the reserves because they have to be playing somewhere then it is ok.
It's only whre the seniors are out that the eligibility issues in finals applies.
Their game time can be much better managed in the 2's where they can play it by ear as to when they come and go. Winning or losing in the ressies is way way down the list of priorities for this club, as it should be. The problem of trying to manage their time in the seniors is it may well impact on the rest of the team, many of which also look like they need to somehow find a freshen up. If Sammy was to go down after 10 minutes again, let's face it, an absolute possibility, then we find ourselves down on rotations in a game that means jack and we would be desperate to give some of our midfield as easy a game as possible.
If the club decides to go down the path of resting players who need the rest (ie. plenty of them) and throws the likes of BJ, Harry, Biggs and X in, then happy to see Jets and Sammy also join in the fun.
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8.0 FINALS
8.1 Finals Eligibility
(a) a player must play a minimum of three (3) Competition home and away Matches with the Club
to qualify for the finals unless otherwise approved by the AFL.
(b) Any Club that allows a player to play in a final contrary to these Rules may be deemed by the
AFL to have forfeited the Match. If the Club wishes to challenge the forfeiture it must apply to
the AFL in writing by no later than the Monday 5pm prior to the weekend?s final Match, so that
the matter may be determined by the AFL.
8.2 Exceptional Circumstances
On application by a player?s Club, the AFL may, in its sole discretion, vary the number of qualifying
Matches required where a player misses a significant number of Matches due to serious injury or under
other exceptional circumstances.
Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09
Any teamlist yet?
Jetta Yay or Jatta Nay?
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
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NEAFL Semi Final 2
Sydney Swans Reserves v Belconnen Magpies
Saturday 31st August 2013
Blacktown International Sports Park
Note: Match being streamed on neafl.com.au
The winner of this semi goes straight on to the NEAFL Eastern Conference Grand Final in a fortnight's time while the loser will play the winner of the Ainslie-UWS clash. Although I'm sure the Swans will be aiming to win this game, losing wouldn't be such a bad result either as it would mean another game the following weekend, also in Sydney (and possibly against a strong Giants team) instead of a week off.
Belconnen have done a remarkable job to turnaround some lean years in recent times, having not qualified for the finals in the past 3 years and picking up the dreaded wooden spoon in 2011. The return of gun midfielder James Bennett from the SANFL alongside his brother Lexie has played no small part in their amazing revival.
Eastern Conference Ladder
Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes For Against Percentage Points Sydney Swans Reserves 18 12 6 0 4 1990 1393 142.86% 48 Belconnen 18 12 6 0 4 2133 1568 88.24% 24 Ainslie 18 11 7 0 4 1737 1573 110.43% 44 Eastlake 18 10 8 0 4 1441 1554 92.73% 40 UWS Giants 18 9 9 0 4 2107 1605 131.28% 36 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Queanbeyan 18 9 9 0 4 1616 1779 90.84% 36 Hills Eagles 18 7 11 0 4 1637 1847 88.63% 28 Sydney Uni 18 6 12 0 4 1587 1865 85.09% 24 Tuggeranong 18 2 16 0 4 936 2262 41.38% 8
Past Meetings
2013
R11 Reserves 20.20 (140) defeated Belconnen 6.13 (49) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
Goals: White 5, Jack 3, Kilpatrick 3, Towers 2, Sands 2, Weir, Hadden, Pola-Smith, Membrey, Lamb
Best: Biggs, Jack, Lamb, Richards, Armstrong, White
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2012
R21 Reserves 31.11 (197) defeated Belconnen 10.6 (66) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
The Reserves were in devastating form, bouncing back from their previous week's defeat to the Lions Reserves, to crush former powerhouse Belconnen by 131 points. Thanks to some fantastic conversion in front of the sticks, the Reserves led by 43 points at half time and pulled away convincingly in the premiership quarter with a 12 goals to 2 showing to put the result of the match beyond doubt. Trent Dennis-Lane continued his superb form playing both up forward and in the midfield and finished with 7 goals while Jesse White had his best showing of the season playing as the primary ruckman.
Goals: Dennis-Lane 7, White 6, Lamb 3, Morton 2, Cunningham 2, Gordon 2, Spangher 2, Naismith, Roos, Mitchell, Lynch, Brown, Potter, Broome
Best: Dennis-Lane, White, Parker, Brown, Lamb, Moore
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 R22 Sydney Uni Away WIN 131 56
Belconnen
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Eastlake Home LOSS 67 113 R2 Sydney Uni Home WIN 152 117 R3 Tuggeranong Home WIN 118 63 R4 BYE R5 UWS Home LOSS 127 137 R6 Mt Gravatt Away WIN 164 48 R7 Queanbeyan Home WIN 136 73 R8 BYE R9 Hills Eagles Away WIN 141 88 R10 Broadbeach Home WIN 119 83 R11 Sydney Away LOSS 49 140 R12 BYE R13 Sydney Uni Away WIN 114 81 R14 Ainslie Away LOSS 96 130 R15 Tuggeranong Away WIN 118 47 R16 Hills Eagles Home WIN 152 89 R17 Queanbeyan Away WIN 136 72 R18 Eastlake Away LOSS 53 162 R19 Ainslie Home WIN 118 72 R20 BYE R21 Queanbeyan Away LOSS 82 107 R22 Tuggeranong Home WIN 191 46 QF Ainslie Home WIN 124 86
Last Round
Sydney Uni 8.8 (56) defeated by Reserves 18.23 (131) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
Goals: Head 3, Towers 3, Lloyd 2, Cunningham 2, Membrey 2, Heeney 2, McKinlay, Davis, Biggs, Jack
Best: Lockyer, Armstrong, Cunningham, Biggs, Lloyd, McKinlay
Belconnen 18.16 (124) defeated Ainslie 12.14 (86) @ Kippax Oval
Goals: York 5, Dess 3, Lokan 3, Bunyan 3, Sharp 2, Porter, Love
Best: J.Bennett, Campbell, Harper, Sharp, A.Bennett, Hegarty
Team List
Listed players
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 1 Tim MEMBREY 14 32 4 11 Jed LAMB 7 9 24 19 Tony ARMSTRONG 12 2 20 22 Dean TOWERS 16 27 5 23 Jordan LOCKYER 18 1 13 27 Daniel ROBINSON 17 9 13 28 Matthew DICK 14 4 0 32 Lewis JETTA 0 0 0 35 Sam NAISMITH 1 0 0 36 Alex BROWN 18 3 20 42 Xavier RICHARDS 15 0 13 44 Jake LLOYD 17 14 49
In: Lamb, Jetta
Out: Harry CUNNINGHAM (seniors), Brandon JACK (seniors), Shane BIGGS (seniors)
The limit of 12 listed players takes effect in the finals series, but with the number of injuries to the Swans squad as a whole it doesn't look like it has cost too many players a game, as it stands it looks like Mitch Morton will be the only one to miss out, being named as an emergency for the seniors but not for this final.
Lamb will replace Cunningham in an inside midfield role, and Jetta should also line up in the midfield, although he has played as a half back flanker in past reserves games. Although time is short with his comeback but with the speedster's last game coming in Round 10, the Swans won't be pushing him to the limit and the expectation is that he will only play part of this match. Biggs' absence will be harder to cover, he has been the leading rebounder over the 2nd half of the season but there are plenty of listed players down in defence and they'll just have to collectively pick up the slack.
Naismith may also be short of fitness, having only made his comeback (half of a) game 2 weeks ago and is likely to only spend portions of the match in the ruck.
Academy Players/Topups
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 47 Lloyd PERRIS 7 1 4 48 Matthew SPINKS 1 0 0 50 Stephen WRAY 14 2 1 51 Brad PLUG 4 4 0 52 Thomas GREEN 2 1 0 53 Jacob BROOKFIELD 0 0 0 from Wollongong 54 Benjamin HOCTOR 0 0 0 from Wollongong 58 Jordan WEIR 16 7 1 59 Thomas HEAD 9 10 1 60 Josh ZOPPO 0 0 0 from Wests
In: Brookfield, Green, Hoctor, Plug, Spinks, Zoppo
Out: Abe DAVIS, Jacob DAWES, James DUNN, Isaac HEENEY, Jack McKINLAY
With the major ruckman of the last game Dawes omitted, Head is likely to take on main ruck duties due to Naismith's aforementioned lack of fitness. Perris has spent signficant amount of time in the middle and has racked up his fair share of possessions.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Mitch Morton 33 (8)
- Tim Membrey 32 (14)
- Dean Towers 27 (16)
For full list: 2013 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Jake Lloyd 49 (17)
- Shane Biggs 33 (17)
- Jed Lamb 24 (7)
For full list: 2013 Best Votes - RWOwiki
Belconnen Squad
B: 46. Ryan TURNBULL 45. Andrew BROWNING 16. Chris JANSEN HB: 24. Nick COLLINS 23. Joshua HEGARTY 35. Jack BAKER C: 8. Simon CURTIS 6. James BENNETT 7. Jordan HARPER HF: 33. Chris YORK 15. Andrew DESS 37. John LOVE F: 26. Dominic BUNYAN 18. Shane HARRIS 17. Matthew LOKAN Foll: 19. Matthew PORTER 27. Matthew SHARP 11. Lexie BENNETT Int: 12. Cameron CAMPBELL 1. Luke DONOHOE 43. Isaac TAYLOR 38. Drew McGRATH 44. Patrick DELANEY 4. Brock WESTON 61. Carl WENKE
In: Donohoe, Wenke
Out: Damien HECTOR, Daniel JORDAN
The 3 danger men in the side are James Bennett, who is clearly their best player. In the final against Ainslie last week, he collected an amazing 46 touches, 13 tackles, 12 clearances and 7 inside 50s. In our Round 11 clash, he had similar numbers tallying 47 disposals, 11 tackles, 13 clearances and 11 inside 50s. An accomplished player who won awards during his stint in the SANFL, the Swans may elect to send a run with player to curb his influence.
Last year's Mulrooney Medalist, small forward Shane Harris has had an injury interrupted year, only playing 5 games as well but his ability to kick big bags of goals will be crucial to the Magpies' chances. Playing coach Matthew Lokan has filled in for Harris for most of the year, his biggest haul returning 12 majors against Broadbeach as well as bags of 6 goals against Ainslie, Hills Eagles, Queanbeyan and Tuggeranong. He also is versatile enough to play in defence.
The other major ball winners in their side include Harper, Sharp and captain Lexie Bennett. Matt Porter is an experienced ruckman who is excellent around the ruck contests, and Belconnen may have the edge in this area.
Last edited by ugg; 31st August 2013 at 09:58 AM.
Thanks ugg. I hope Lewis can have a good dip, and I think there are others who could yet play a role with the seniors.
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
Ask for a morsel and ugg provides a feast.
Thankyou
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
Ugg - thk you for your excellent review. What are your thoughts on amt of game time for Jetstar ?
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