NEAFL 2014 Round 7
Sydney Swans Reserves v UWS Giants
Friday 9th May 2014 4:10pm
ANZ Stadium
The second of four clashes between these two teams; the Swans going down valiantly against a strong Giants outfit 4 weeks ago. The tables seemed to have turned here with the Swans naming their strongest side not only this year, but probably for the last few years, and the Giants having a few injured senior players will be weaker.
Both teams are in good form and in strong positions on the NEAFL ladder.
NEAFL Ladder
Position Team Played Wins Losses Draws FF For Against Percentage Points 1 NT Thunder 6 6 0 0 0 648 391 165.73% 24 2 Sydney Swans 5 4 1 0 0 516 232 222.41% 16 3 UWS Giants 5 4 1 0 0 513 311 164.95% 16 4 Southport 6 4 2 0 0 554 355 156.06% 16 5 Redland 5 4 1 0 0 499 364 137.09% 16 6 Aspley 6 3 3 0 0 588 402 146.27% 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Sydney University 5 3 2 0 0 435 351 123.93% 12 8 Ainslie 5 2 3 0 0 502 489 102.66% 8 9 Brisbane Lions 5 2 3 0 0 367 417 88.01% 8 10 Queanbeyan 5 2 3 0 0 375 524 71.56% 8 11 Sydney Hills Eagles 6 1 5 0 0 439 663 66.21% 4 12 Eastlake 4 1 3 0 0 217 457 47.48% 4 13 Belconnen 5 1 4 0 0 269 607 44.32% 4 14 Gold Coast Suns 6 0 6 0 0 318 677 46.97% 0
Recent Form
Reserves
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Brisbane Lions Away WIN 89 35 R2 UWS Giants Away LOSS 78 86 R3 Queanbeyan Home WIN 167 30 R4 Gold Coast Suns Home WIN 131 31 R5 Brisbane Lions Away WIN 51 50 R6 BYE
UWS Giants
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 NT Thunder Away LOSS 69 95 R2 Sydney Swans Home WIN 86 78 R3 Belconnen Away WIN 128 17 R4 BYE R5 Gold Coast Suns Away WIN 122 62 R6 Ainslie Home WIN 108 59
Past Meetings
2014
R1 UWS Giants 11.20 (86) defeated Reserves 12.6 (78) @ Spotless Stadium
Goals: Hiscox 3, Membrey 2, Nankervis 2, P.Mitchell, Lloyd, B.Jack, McCaffrey, Hewett
Best: N/A
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2013
R2 UWS Giants 14.18 (102) defeated by Reserves 17.5 (107) @ ANZ Stadium
Goals: Morton 3, Membrey 3, Everitt 3, Weir, Jack, Head, Lloyd, White, Cunningham, Brown, Lamb
Best: Everitt, Bird, White, Morton, Lloyd, Cunningham
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R8 UWS Giants 11.12 (78) defeated by Reserves 19.13 (127) @ Blacktown International Sportspark
Goals: Membrey 5, Morton 3, Everitt 3, Walsh 2, Lloyd, Robinson, Mitchell, Wray, Kilpatrick, Brown
Best: Walsh, Everitt, Biggs, Membrey, Lloyd, Mitchell
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R17 Reserves 12.7 (79) defeated by UWS Giants 21.16 (142) ANZ Stadium
Goals: Towers 3, Rohan 2, Lloyd 2, Cox, Kiel, Dick, Cunningham, Green
Best: Robinson, Lloyd, Perris, Head
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R21 Reserves 15.20 (110) defeated UWS Giants 6.9 (45) @ ANZ Stadium
Goals: Towers 3, Rohan 2, Membrey 2, Cox 2, Plug, Lloyd, Cunningham, Armstrong, Jaffer-Williams, Head
Best: Biggs, Brown, Lockyer, Lloyd, Cunningham, Richards
Last Round
Brisbane Lions 6.14 (50) defeated by Reserves 7.9 (51) @ Harrup Park
Goals: Membrey 3, Robinson 2, Towers, Davis
Best: T.Mitchell, Membrey, Foote, Robinson, Nankervis, Marsh
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UWS Giants 16.12 (108) defeated Ainslie 9.5 (59) @ Startrack Oval
Goals: Sumner 3, Lobb 3, Stewart 3, Addison 2, Townsend, Reid, Boyd, Whitfield, Johns
Best: Barrett, Lobb, Sumner, Plowman, Townsend, Addison
Team List
Listed players
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 1 Tim MEMBREY 5 17 11 5 Ryan O'KEEFE 1 0 0 6 Tom MITCHELL 1 0 6 10 Zak JONES 4 0 4 13 Toby NANKERVIS 4 6 8 16 Gary ROHAN 2 0 0 17 Tommy WALSH 0 0 0 18 Jordan LOCKYER 5 0 0 22 Dean TOWERS 4 2 5 (senior emergency) 27 Daniel ROBINSON 5 5 7 28 Matthew DICK 5 2 8 29 George HEWETT 5 2 0 30 Lewis ROBERTS-THOMSON 0 0 0 (senior emergency) 31 Harrison MARSH 5 7 5 33 Brandon JACK 3 1 0 (senior emergency) 36 Aliir ALIIR 5 1 1 41 Lloyd PERRIS 5 3 0 42 Xavier RICHARDS 5 0 0 45 Patrick MITCHELL 5 2 0 46 Shane BIGGS 5 0 7
In: Jones, Walsh, Roberts-Thomson, Jack
Out:
20 listed players is as strong a lineup as I can recall in recent memory.
Tommy Walsh makes a welcome return after severely tearing his hamstring in Round 10 of the NEAFL last year. He will probably be eased into the game as a second half 'substitute' for the emergency being taken off as a precautionary measure for the seniors. And assuming both he and LRT play forward, that might free up Towers to play more of a flanker's role. Jones returns after traveling to Melbourne 2 weeks ago as the traveling emergency.
Academy Players/Topups
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 52 James DUNN 1 0 0 60 Thomas HEAD 2 1 0
In: Dunn
Out: Abe DAVIS, Jordan FOOTE, Doug HADDEN, Jordan HISCOX, Matt VIVIC
20 listed players means only 2 topups are required. It's great timing as the best of the topups will be playing for the NSW/ACT Rams in the TAC Cup (this also applies to the UWS topups too). Dunn and Head are 'old heads' for the ressies.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Tim Membrey 17
- Jack Hiscox 8
- Harrison Marsh 7
For full list: 2014 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Tim Membrey 11
- Matt Dick, Toby Nankervis 8
- Shane Biggs, Daniel Robinson 7
For full list: 2014 Best Votes - RWOwiki
Reserves leading disposals (avg)
- Craig Bird 47.0
- Daniel Robinson 32.8
- Jake Lloyd 32.3
For full list: 2014 Reserves Stats
UWS Giants (listed players in bold)
B: 30. Lachie PLOWMAN 39. Tim MOHR 33. A. NOLAN HB: 14. Tomas BUGG 25. Cam McCARTHY 50. Sam REID C: 45. Sam SCHULZ 15. Tim GOLDS 29. Zac WILLIAMS HF: 46. Dylan ADDISON 34. Kristian JAKSCH 43. Jake BARRETT F: 31. Jacob TOWNSEND 36. James STEWART 28. Liam SUMNER Foll: 37. Rory LOBB 42. Mark WHILEY 24. Jono O'ROURKE Int: 49. T. BARRETT 54. J. IRVINE 53. A. JOHNSTON 51. B. McNIECE
In: T.Barrett, Irvine, Johnstone, McNiece, Mohr, Nolan, O'Rourke, Schulz
Out: Tom BOYD, Aidan CORR, Lachlan HAYRES, Zac JOHNS, Andrew PHILLIPS, Darcy SPINKS, Lachie WHITFIELD, Nathan WILSON
16 listed players (but arguably 17 with Sam Reid who retired from AFL last year but is serving as a playing assistant coach).
The first meeting with the Giants saw our cross town rivals line up with 3 ruckmen Downie, Phillips and Lobb and Tom Boyd who also rucked in that game. Today they'll only have Lobb to call upon with Stewart to provide a chop out.
Whiley and Jake Barrett have been their prolific ball winners in the past two weeks, and in Whiley's case in particular is very unlucky not to be in their senior side. Mohr makes his first appearance of the year while Plowman played on Membrey in Round 2 and won their matchup convincingly. Jaksch and McCarthy both have the ability to play forward or back so it wouldn't surprise if they appeared at either end of the ground.
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