NEAFL 2014 Round 15
Belconnen Magpies v Sydney Swans Reserves
Saturday 12th July 2014
12.00pm
Kippax Oval
A rematch of the now defunct NEAFL Eastern Conference Grand Final. The Magpies have struggled after losing last year's playing coach Matt Lokan who was influential both on and off the field, taking the Magpies from the bottom of the ladder in 2011 to their GF appearance last year. New coach Jeremy Rowe has also struggled to replace 2012 Mulrooney Medalist and gun small forward Shane Harris, with the Magpies only ahead of Eastlake on the points scored tally.
The Swans finally cede their position on top of the ladder to the rampaging UWS Giants who followed up their defeat of the Reserves with a 127 demolition of the depleted Brisbane Lions Reserves. With injuries hitting both seniors and reserves players, only 13 listed players took the field in Wollongong last week, and thanks to some amazing individual efforts by Biggs, Tom Mitchell and Towers the Swans managed to sneak home by 6 points against the valiant Ainslie team. With a tough run home (the next 4 games following this one include the 3 other AFL Reserves sides and the dreaded NT road trip) the Swans need to win this game to consolidate their place in the Top 6.
NEAFL Ladder
Position Team Played Wins Losses Draws FF For Against Percentage Points 1 UWS Giants 12 10 2 0 0 1367 643 212.60% 40 2 Sydney Swans 12 10 2 0 0 1182 623 189.73% 40 3 NT Thunder 13 10 3 0 0 1361 1069 127.32% 40 4 Aspley 12 9 3 0 0 1322 810 163.21% 36 5 Southport 12 8 4 0 0 1235 732 168.72% 32 6 Redland 11 8 3 0 0 1153 937 123.05% 32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Ainslie 12 7 5 0 0 1105 973 113.57% 28 8 Sydney University 12 6 6 0 0 917 989 92.72% 24 9 Sydney Hills Eagles 13 5 8 0 0 1033 1215 85.02% 20 10 Brisbane Lions 12 3 9 0 0 886 1207 73.41% 12 11 Belconnen 11 3 8 0 0 702 1128 62.23% 12 12 Eastlake 11 3 8 0 0 612 1140 53.68% 12 13 Queanbeyan 12 2 10 0 0 842 1272 66.19% 8 14 Gold Coast Suns 13 0 13 0 0 714 1693 42.17% 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 R7 UWS Giants Home WIN 100 25 R8 Eastlake Away WIN 156 25 R9 BYE R10 NT Thunder Home WIN 150 83 R11 Gold Coast Away WIN 85 66 R12 Sydney Uni Away WIN 67 47 R13 UWS Giants Home LOSS 38 81 R14 Ainslie Away WIN 70 64
Belconnen
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Aspley Away LOSS 17 173 R2 Eastlake Home POSTPONED R3 UWS Giants Home LOSS 17 128 R4 Queanbeyan Away LOSS 105 137 R5 Sydney Hills Eagles Away LOSS 72 113 R6 Sydney University Away WIN 58 56 R7 Ainslie Home LOSS 61 91 R8 BYE R9 BYE R10 Queanbeyan Away WIN 113 78 R11 Sydney University Away LOSS 39 108 R12 Ainslie Home LOSS 54 79 R13 Eastlake Away LOSS 65 69 R14 Queanbeyan Home WIN 101 96
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
SF2 Reserves 23.12 (150) defeated Belconnen 10.9 (69) @ Blacktown International Sports Park
Goals: Membrey 6, Towers 2, Perris 2, Naismith 2, Lamb 2, Armstrong, Jetta, Wray, Green, Hoctor, Spinks, Head, Zoppo, Lloyd
Best: Lamb, Lloyd, Robinson, Membrey, Armstrong, Perris
GF Reserves 15.11 (101) defeated Belconnen 6.13 (49) @ Kippax Oval
Goals: Membrey 3, Roberts-Thomson 2, Towers, Rohan, Head, Hiscox, Lloyd, Jack, Vicic, Armstrong, Robinson, Naismith
Best: Lamb, Lloyd, Robinson, Membrey, Armstrong, Perris
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Last Round
Ainslie 9.10 (64) defeated by Reserves 10.10 (70) @ North Dalton Park
Goals: Towers 3, Nankervis 3, Membrey, Biggs, Naismith, O'Keefe
Best: Biggs, T.Mitchell, Towers, O'Keefe, Hadden, Walsh
Belconnen 15.11 (101) defeated Queanbeyan 14.12 (96) @ Kippax Oval
Goals: York 5, Harper 3, Bunyan, Posch, Turnbull, J.Bennett, A.Bennett, Alexander
Best: J.Bennett, York, Turnbull, Jansen, Harper, A.Bennett
Team List
Listed players
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 5 Ryan O'KEEFE 8 4 7 17 Tommy WALSH 7 1 1 18 Jordan LOCKYER 12 1 7 19 Tom DERICKX 0 0 0 (seniors emergency) Reserves debut 27 Daniel ROBINSON 12 9 19 28 Matthew DICK 10 4 17 29 George HEWETT 10 7 2 (seniors emergency) 30 Lewis ROBERTS-THOMSON 4 3 6 35 Sam NAISMITH 8 5 3 42 Xavier RICHARDS 8 0 2 45 Patrick MITCHELL 12 3 0 46 Shane BIGGS 12 1 21
Changes
In: Derickx, Hewett, Richards
Out: Tim MEMBREY (senior emergency), Tom MITCHELL (knee soreness), Toby NANKERVIS (finger), Dean TOWERS (seniors)
The list takes a further hit this week through a mixture of injury and senior duty. Membrey will stay in Sydney as the emergency for the Carlton game, Tom Mitchell has been ruled out through knee soreness, Nankervis hurt his finger in the Ainslie game while Towers gets a long-awaited senior debut. The lineup is thankfully boosted by the return of the 2 emergencies from last week and Xavier Richards having missed the past 4 games.
The absence of the top 3 goalkickers this year (Membrey 37, Nanka 24, Towers 11) should see a reshuffled forward line with the resting ruck Naismith/Derickx and possibly one of Walsh, LRT or even Richards moving forward to fill in the gaps alongside Patty Mitchell.
Academy Players/Topups
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 47 Tim COENEN 1 0 0 48 Nick HEY 1 0 0 50 Doug HADDEN 5 0 5 51 Vahid ROSER 4 0 5 52 Jack HISCOX 5 8 0 53 Jordan FOOTE 3 0 4 54 Callum MILLS 0 0 0 Reserves debut 58 Nathan VAISEY 0 0 0 Reserves debut 59 Michael DICKSON 3 0 4 60 Abe DAVIS 3 4 0
In: Davis, Foote, Hey, Hiscox, Mills, Vaisey
Out: Joel BOTTIN-NOONAN, Harry DOBSON, Harrison GREEN
With the conclusion of the U18 carnival the Reserves will now be blessed by the presence of players from the championship winning side. Of particular interest will be the Swans Reserves debut for bottom-ager Callum Mills who has already been touted as a top draft pick for next year's draft. Foote and Hiscox both impressed earlier in the year while Abe Davis has also been mooted as a possible Swans pick up in this year's draft.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Tim Membrey 37 (12)
- Toby Nankervis 24 (11)
- Dean Towers 11 (9)
For full list: 2014 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Tim Membrey 33 (12)
- Shane Biggs 21 (12)
- Daniel Robinson 19 (12)
For full list: 2014 Best Votes - RWOwiki
Reserves leading disposals (avg) min 4 games
- Tom Mitchell 34.3
- Shane Biggs 31.7
- Daniel Robinson 30.3
Reserves leading tackles (avg) min 4 games
- Ryan O'Keefe 8.9
- Tom Mitchell 5.3
- Sam Naismith 5.0
Reserves leading marks (avg) min 4 games
- Toby Nankervis 6.6
- Tim Membrey 6.5
- Matthew Dick 6.4
Reserves leading clearances(avg) min 4 games
- Tom Mitchell 6.6
- Daniel Robinson 6.5
- Ryan O'Keefe 5.4
Reserves leading inside 50s(avg) min 4 games
- Brandon Jack 5.7
- Tom Mitchell 5.4
- Ryan O'Keefe 4.9
Reserves leading rebound 50s(avg) min 4 games
- Shane Biggs 5.3
- Zak Jones 2.8
- Jordan Lockyer 2.3
For full list: 2014 Reserves Stats
Belconnen Magpies
B: 29. Tjalari ADAMS 3. Daniel JORDAN 13. Patrick DELANEY HB: 16. Chris JANSEN 17. Logan AUSTIN 24. Nick COLLINS C: 46. Ryan TURNBULL 6. James BENNETT 8. Simon CURTIS HF: 10. Jack STEELE 15. Andrew DESS 7. Jordan HARPER F: 31. Tom ALEXANDER 33. Chris YORK 26. Dominic BUNYAN Foll: 19. Matthew PORTER 11. Alexander BENNETT 1. Nabako STOW Int: 5. Lachlan HARPER 4. Isaac TAYLOR 8. Ryan BLUNDELL 54. Andrew GATENBY Emg: 21. Ryan BRADLEY 22. Daniel POSCH 22. Ben TURNBULL
In: Austin, Steele
Out: Ben McCABE, Luke WHARTON
The Magpies will also be able to call upon some NSW/ACT RAMS starlets this week, and the biggest starlet of them all is Jack Steele. The Giants academy member won U18 All-Australian selection as well as claiming the MVP award for the RAMS and has also played 2 topup games for the Giants this year. The other is young tall defender Logan Austin.
The Bennett boys remain the star players of this side and ably backed up by on-ballers Harper and Turnbull.
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