Round 17: NT Thunder v Sydney Swans Reserves

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NEAFL 2014 Round 17

NT Thunder v Sydney Swans Reserves

Saturday 26th July 2014
7.00pm
TIO Stadium

The Reserves are well rested after their bye, and with 3 quality inclusions will be a stronger side than the one that battled Belconnen 2 weeks ago. They'll need every advantage at their disposal for they will be tackling one of the hardest away trips. The Thunder are almost unbeatable playing at home under lights, making full use of the conditions to triumph over their visitors. The Swans have laready played the Thunder earlier this year at Drummoyne Oval when the Thunder were top of the table but the Swans made light work of the visitors in an easy win. NT have the chance to leapfrog the Swans and take the advantage in this crucial battle for an invaluable Top 2 spot.

NEAFL Ladder

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	FF	For	Against	Percentage	Points
1	UWS Giants	14	12	2	0	0	1614	790	204.30%	48
2	Sydney Swans	13	11	2	0	0	1253	670	187.01%	44
3	NT Thunder	14	11	3	0	0	1468	1175	124.94%	44
4	Aspley	13	10	3	0	0	1413	858	164.69%	40
5	Redland	13	10	3	0	0	1348	1072	125.75%	40
6	Ainslie	14	9	5	0	0	1333	1082	123.20%	36
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7	Southport	14	8	6	0	0	1346	894	150.56%	32
8	Sydney University	14	7	7	0	0	1114	1190	93.61%	28
9	Sydney Hills Eagles	13	5	10	0	0	1157	1410	82.06%	20
10	Belconnen	13	4	9	0	0	892	1258	70.91%	16
11	Brisbane Lions	13	3	10	0	0	991	1314	75.49%	12
12	Eastlake	13	3	10	0	0	743	1407	52.81%	12
13	Queanbeyan	13	2	11	0	0	893	1412	63.24%	8
14	Gold Coast Suns	14	0	14	0	0	771	1805	42.71%	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
R15	Belconnen	Away	WIN	71	47
R16	BYE

NT Thunder

Round	Team	Venue	Result	F	A
R1	UWS Giants	Home	WIN	95	69
R2	Aspley	Home	WIN	114	94
R3	Gold Coast	Away	WIN	102	65
R4	Sydney Hills Eagles	Home	WIN	146	24
R5	Redland	Home	WIN	105	71
R6	Southport	Home	WIN	86	68
R7	Aspley	Away	LOSS	34	159
R8	Brisbane Lions	Home	WIN	128	59
R9	BYE
R10	Sydney Swans	Away	LOSS	83	150
R11	UWS Giants	Away	LOSS	50	154
R12	Gold Coast Suns	Home	WIN	142	63
R13	Sydney University	Home	WIN	125	15
R14	Redland	Home	WIN	151	78
R15	Brisbane Lions	Away	WIN	107	106
R16	BYE

Past Meetings
2014
R10 Reserves 23.12 (150) defeated NT Thunder 12.11 (83) @ Drummoyne Oval

Goals: Membrey 4, Jack 3, Naismith 3, Davis 2, Hewett 2, T.Mitchell 2, Robinson 2, P.Mitchell 2, Nankervis 2, Heeney
Best: Robinson, Membrey, Lockyer, Jack, Jones, Hewett

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2013
R14 NT Thunder 16.16 (112) defeated Reserves 9.5 (59) @ Traeger Park

Goals: Towers 3, Jack 2, Dick 2, Plug, Wheeler
Best: Lloyd, White, Biggs, Cunningham, Towers, Membrey

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Last Round
Belconnen 6.11 (47) defeated by Reserves 9.17 (71) @ Kippax Oval

Goals: Robinson 3, Biggs, Naismith, Walsh, Hey, Coenen, O'Keefe
Best: Naismith, Biggs, Walsh, Dick, Robinson, Hewett

Brisbane Lions 16.10 (106) defeated by NT Thunder 17.5 (107) @ Gabba

Goals: W.Rioli 4, Ewing 4, Davey 2, Lockwood, Vea Vea, Rosier, S.Rioli, Dunne, Ilett, Vassal
Best: Ilett, Wasley-Black, Vassal, Liddle, W.Rioli, McKenzie

Team List
Listed players

#	Name	Games	Goals	Votes	Notes
1	Tim MEMBREY	12	37	33	(seniors emergency)
5	Ryan O'KEEFE	9	5	7
13	Toby NANKERVIS	11	24	16	(seniors emergency)
17	Tommy WALSH	8	2	5
18	Jordan LOCKYER	13	1	7
27	Daniel ROBINSON	13	12	21
28	Matthew DICK	11	4	20
29	George HEWETT	11	7	3
30	Lewis ROBERTS-THOMSON	5	3	6
31	Harrison MARSH	9	7	6
35	Sam NAISMITH	10	7	9
42	Xavier RICHARDS	9	0	2
45	Patrick MITCHELL	13	3	0
46	Shane BIGGS	13	2	26

Changes
In: Marsh, Membrey, Nankervis
Out:

Membrey was the emergency on stand-by for the Carlton game while Marsh and Nankervis return from injuries.

Academy Players/Topups

#	Name	Games	Goals	Votes	Notes
48	Vahid ROSER	5	0	5
49	James BRAIN	0	0	0
50	Doug HADDEN	6	0	5
51	Jack HISCOX	6	8	0
53	Jack PARKER	1	0	0
54	Stephen WRAY	2	1	0
59	Daniel PREEN	3	2	0
60	Abe DAVIS	4	4	0

In: Brain, Parker, Preen
Out: Tim COENEN, Michael DICKSON, Jordan FOOTE, Nick HEY, Callum MILLS, Nathan VAISEY

Brain makes his first topup appearance for 3 years, having spent the past couple of years with Port Adelaide in the SANFL.

Reserves leading goalkickers

• Tim Membrey 37 (12)
• Toby Nankervis 24 (11)
• Daniel Robinson 12 (13)

For full list: 2014 Goalkickers - RWOwiki

Reserves leading votegetters

• Tim Membrey 33 (12)
• Shane Biggs 26 (13)
• Daniel Robinson 21 (13)

For full list: 2014 Best Votes - RWOwiki

Reserves leading disposals (avg) min 4 games

• Tom Mitchell 34.3
• Shane Biggs 31.8
• Ryan O'Keefe 30.3

Reserves leading tackles (avg) min 4 games

• Ryan O'Keefe 8.7
• Tom Mitchell 5.3
• Sam Naismith 4.7

Reserves leading marks (avg) min 4 games

• Toby Nankervis 6.6
• Tim Membrey 6.5
• Jordan Lockyer 6.5

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 4.7

Reserves leading rebound 50s(avg) min 4 games

• Shane Biggs 5.4
• Zak Jones 2.8
• Jordan Lockyer 2.3

For full list: 2014 Reserves Stats


NT Thunder (TBA)

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Darren Ewing continues to pile on the goals having kicked 59 goals for the year. He's locked in a great struggle with Redland's Cleve Hughes (62) for the goalkicking award. Former Essendon Bomber Alwyn Davey leads the Thunder in NEAFL MVP votes with 35, placing him 9th on the leaderboard.

[troyjones2525]

Ugg, I believe that the Rams are playing in the TAC Cup this weekend aren't they? If so I'm surprised that Davis would be playing for the swans reserves!

[dimelb]

Thanks ugg, love your work.

I assume Brandon is the travelling emergency?

[wolftone57]

Maybe BJ will be a late inclusion. Although sometimes they take more than one travelling emergency and one of the others might not have travelled to Darwin. He will probably be travelling emergency as you say. Would love to see Membrey if Tip doesn't play although at this time it looks like he will. I think the club is bringing the young blokes on beautifully.

Nanka, George Hewitt, Zac, Lloydie, Biggsy, Towers, Timmy M, Harry Marsh & Xavier Richards have either had games or been emergencies. This shows genuine depth.

[Xie Shan]

I know ugg is too modest/professional to draw attention to himself on the boards, but this will be his last reserves report for a few weeks before going on a little holiday before the finals, enjoy your break mate, a just reward for all your hard work and see you in September!!

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SYDNEY SWANS

Goal Kickers: T. Nankervis 3, R. O''Keefe 2, T. Walsh , D. Hadden , S. Biggs
Best Players: T. Nankervis , R. O''Keefe , S. Biggs , M. Dick , H. Marsh

[tasswan]

Geez I hope we upgrade Biggs next year, he seems to have had a great year in the reserves and I thought he played well in the 1sts games last year.

[aardvark]

Replay here if anyone's keen......NT Thunder Live | NT Thunder Live Coverage | NT News

[annew]

SYDNEY SWANS

Goal Kickers: T. Nankervis 3, R. O''Keefe 2, T. Walsh , D. Hadden , S. Biggs
Best Players: T. Nankervis , R. O''Keefe , S. Biggs , M. Dick , H. Marsh

What was the score?

[dimelb]

What was the score?

NT Thunder 13.14.92 d Sydney Swans 8.11.59

[ScottH]

SYDNEY SWANS

Goal Kickers: T. Nankervis 3, R. O''Keefe 2, T. Walsh , D. Hadden , S. Biggs
Best Players: T. Nankervis , R. O''Keefe , S. Biggs , M. Dick , H. Marsh

The best list is from a Monty Python skit??

[Ludwig]

I watched the replay and wouldn't recommended it to anyone. Both the game and the Swans were dismal. Some of the worst disposal I have ever seen. We didn't kick a goal in the first half and only Naismith kicked 2 goals in the 3rd qtr.

There's a mistake on the listed goal kickers as Naismith, not Nanka, kicked the 3 goals and probably deserved to be on the Best list as well. Biggs was BOG for the Swans and was the only player who looked AFL ready on game perfomance. Walsh played well, but missed a set shout from 15 out and a few field kicks missed targets as well. ROK was the best of the mids and looked good enough to play at senior level if need be. I'm sure Marsh's listing in the best is also a mistake as he was dreadful. They probably meant Lockyer, who was one of the Swans' best. I think he's doing well enough to get another year.

Based on this performance Marsh would be certain not to get another contract. Richards also had a terrible game and looked anything but an AFL player. I was surprised Dick made the best list too, as he had an error ridden game. I think LRT should be put on the LTIL and then given a retirement dinner, because there is no point making play football any longer and we can give Biggs his spot on the senior list.

Membrey hardly saw the ball. Nanka looked rusty, perhaps due to his thumb injury. Both had a couple of good moments. I didn't see Pat Mitchell in the 2nd half. He looks hopeless. We should pay him out and send him home.

If you get delisted by an AFL club, and put on 20 kilos, you can make the NT Thunder squad. They still moved a lot quicker and were far more skillful than our side.