I am not sure this pampering of the non AFL affiliated sides is very good for the comp. I think we need to look at things a bit differently and say to those sides they just have to come up to a standard where they can compete on an even level. This idea of only being able to play 15 listed players because the opposition couldn't win if we played 18 is ludicrous. This opposition is very good and have some pretty good ex-AFL players. Robert Copeland, Joey Daye & Eddie Sansbury are pretty good players. Hutchinson could still play AFL as a mature recruit. Aspley have recruited very well and a few other sides, take note Canberra sides, could follow their example. Other than those mentioned this is a run down of their recruits;
Jon Williams; originally from Cooperoo he was drafted by Essendon and spent two years on their list before being picked up by Aspley
Liam Dawson; Qld/Brisbane Academy player who was unlucky to miss out on the draft
Matt Payne; 2011 Grogan Medal winner for the B&F in the NEAFL
Ryan Matthews; Cairns Saints. Aspley B&F.
Jed Turner; Maroochydore & Redlands ruckman who is one of the best in the NEAFL.
Clinton French; Glenorchy. They certainly go a long way to recruit who they want
Jack Stanley; Was on the Suns list but got dropped and picked up by Aspley
Cheynee Stiller; On the Brisbane list before being delisted and picked up by Aspley
Henrey Joice; Morningside, close to being drafted. Got talent.
Austen Lucy; Morningside/Essendon. Drafted and delisted by Essendon and picked up by Aspley
Ryan Holman; Morningside, joint winner of the Syd Guilford Trophy, the media Award.
Gavin Grose; Ex Mt Gravatt captain. There is nothing like leadership.
This is a club that is on the move and they draft very well. This will be no easy task tomorrow. Our young blokes will have to be very sharp. They have a good mix of experience and youth. They have also got a serious game plan in place and seem to be able to get the overlap through run and carry. This is a very good side do not underestimate them.
The game will be streamed live. Just go to the NEAFL site here
North East Australian Football League: News[year]=2014&tx_ttnews[month]=09&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=
Or here
North East Australian Football League: Home
and follow the links. Good viewing and I hope we bring home the Silverware
NEAFL 2014 Grand Final
Sydney Swans Reserves v Aspley Hornets
Saturday 13th September 2014
1.30pm
Graham Road, Aspley
It is not often that the first ever meeting between two sides should occur in a Grand Final, but that will be one of the obstacles the Swans Reserves will have to overcome to claim their first ever NEAFL flag. The Reserves have made the finals in each of the 3 NEAFL seasons but have bowed out twice at the Conference Grand Final in 2011 and 2012 and suffered a meritorious loss to the Brisbane Lions Reserves team last year after only being able to call upon the services of 10 listed players due to senior commitments in Perth.
Another factor working against the Swans will be the undoubtedly strong support for the Hornets as this match is being hosted by them at their local ground Graham Road. Although the Swans finished higher on the ladder, NEAFL rules dictate that any local community team gets first preference over an AFL reserves team for hosting rights.
The Swans have also been forced to omit 3 listed players from last week's victorious Preliminary Final team to comply with the NEAFL rules of only being able to field 15 listed players against a non-AFL reserves side. However, results in the past have shown that the Swans should still have enough firepower to triumph.
Aspley qualified for the Grand Final by upsetting the top ranked UWS Giants in last week's preliminary final. After a 13-goal shootout in the first quarter, both sides found scoring much harder to come in the subsequent quarters, but the Hornets managed to eke out more goals than the Giants in the second half (6 to 2) to complete their unexpected win.
NEAFL Ladder
Position Team Played Wins Losses Draws FF For Against Percentage Points 1 UWS Giants 18 15 3 0 0 2020 1097 184.14% 60 2 Sydney Swans 18 15 3 0 0 1664 1006 165.41% 60 3 NT Thunder 18 15 3 0 0 1810 1397 129.56% 60 4 Aspley 18 13 5 0 0 1876 1117 167.95% 52 5 Redland 18 13 5 0 0 1815 1438 126.22% 52 6 Ainslie 18 12 6 0 0 1738 1353 128.46% 48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Sydney University 18 10 8 0 0 1518 1495 101.54% 40 8 Southport 18 8 10 0 0 1573 1266 124.25% 32 9 Brisbane Lions 18 6 12 0 0 1432 1652 86.68% 24 10 Sydney Hills Eagles 18 6 12 0 0 1371 1695 80.88% 24 11 Belconnen 18 6 12 0 0 1279 1742 73.42% 24 12 Queanbeyan 18 4 14 0 0 1329 1932 68.79% 16 13 Eastlake 18 3 15 0 0 999 1931 51.73% 12 14 Gold Coast Suns 18 0 18 0 0 954 2257 42.27% 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 R17 NT Thunder Away LOSS 59 92 R18 Brisbane Home WIN 65 38 R19 Gold Coast Home WIN 92 46 R20 UWS Giants Home WIN 78 77 R21 Sydney Hills Eagles Away WIN 117 83 F1 BYE PF NT Thunder Home WIN 107 45
Aspley
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Belconnen Home WIN 173 17 R2 NT Thunder Away LOSS 94 114 R3 Southport Away LOSS 46 66 R4 Brisbane Lions Reserves Home LOSS 80 103 R5 Queanbeyan Away WIN 100 50 R6 Gold Coast Suns Reserves Home WIN 95 52 R7 NT Thunder Home WIN 159 34 R8 BYE R9 BYE R10 Sydney University Away WIN 118 44 R11 Southport Home WIN 103 54 R12 Redland Home WIN 101 85 R13 Brisbane Lions Reserves Away WIN 140 89 R14 Sydney Hills Eagles Home WIN 113 102 R15 Southport Away WIN 91 48 R16 BYE R17 Redland Home WIN 122 96 R18 Gold Coast Suns Reserves Away WIN 176 24 R19 NT Thunder Away LOSS 58 97 R20 Eastlake Home WIN 76 2 R21 Redland Away LOSS 31 40 EF Redland Home WIN 87 64 PF UWS Giants Away WIN 112 67
Past Meetings
This will be the first ever clash between the two sides
Last Round
Sydney Swans Reserves 16.11 (107) defeated NT Thunder 6.9 (45) @ Blacktown International Sportspark
Goals: Hiscox 3, Towers 3, Membrey 2, Nankervis 2, T.Mitchell 2, Heeney 2, O'Keefe, Jack
Best: Robinson, T.Mitchell, Laidler, Naismith, Walsh, Towers
UWS Giants 10.7 (67) defeated by Aspley Hornets 16.16 (112) @ Blacktown International Sportspark
Goals: Payne 4, Hughes 2, Sansbury 2, Smith 2, Turner 2, Stanley 2, Andrews, French
Best: Payne, Matthews, Grose, Stanley, Turner, Lucy
Team List
Listed players
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 1 Tim MEMBREY 16 43 32 Playing further up the ground last week, had a game high 4 marks on the lead and game high 9 inside 50s. 5 Ryan O'KEEFE 15 19 17 Last game as a Blood 6 Tom MITCHELL 10 12 31 So clean with his hands, had a equal game high 8 clearances. 10 Zak JONES 12 0 17 Had quiet game offensively with only 10 disposals, but contributed defensively with 7 tackles 13 Toby NANKERVIS 17 31 23 Appeared limping after the end of the game, spent most of the game out of the ruck. 17 Tommy WALSH 14 4 24 Will likely wrestle the resting ruckman. 18 Jordan LOCKYER 19 2 13 Only 11 disposals, but 12 tackles and 3 score assists. 22 Dean TOWERS 11 15 13 Impressed with his workrate and run down tackles. 27 Daniel ROBINSON 18 14 33 Amazing tagging role to quell Thunder's best player Ilett to just 11 disposals. Might reprise it against this week against Payne. 29 George HEWETT 16 10 14 Equal game high 8 clearances with Mitchell. 31 Harrison MARSH 15 7 9 Quietish game last week, Swans will be looking for his run and carry off half back. 33 Brandon JACK 10 7 8 Received a lot of midfield time and had a solid game with 20 disposals and 7 clearances 35 Sam NAISMITH 16 12 17 Had a monster game in the ruck with 48 hitouts and 12 tackles 42 Xavier RICHARDS 15 0 2 Unsung hero in the last line of defence, kept goal machine Ewing goalless. 46 Shane BIGGS 16 3 31 A mixed game off a wing for Biggs, wasn't as clean with his disposal as usual.
Changes
In:
Out: Matthew DICK (omitted), Patrick MITCHELL (omitted), Jeremy LAIDLER (ineligible?)
As mentioned above, 3 players had to be omitted from last week's team. Laidler's omission looks to be due the fact he has only played 2 NEAFL games all year and the minimum requirement is 3. Coupled with Dick's omission, there opens 2 spaces in defence, and Biggs is likely to be one of those moved back after playing the preliminary final off a wing.
Dick and Mitchell have traveled with the team as emergencies.
Academy Players/Topups
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 50 Doug HADDEN 7 1 5 51 Jack HISCOX 12 10 0 52 Mitch WRIGHT 3 1 0 53 Callum MILLS 4 0 0 58 Isaac HEENEY 4 3 0 59 Michael DICKSON 8 1 0 60 Abe DAVIS 8 5 0
In: Dickson, Hadden, Wright
Out:
Heeney played a mix of midfield and forward last week, as did Mills who was used slightly more forward. Either Davis or Dickson is likely to slot into one of the defensive spots.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Tim Membrey 43 (16)
- Toby Nankervis 31 (17)
- Ryan O'Keefe 19 (15)
For full list: 2014 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Daniel Robinson 33 (18)
- Tim Membrey 32 (16)
- Shane Biggs 31 (16), Tom Mitchell 31 (10)
For full list: 2014 Best Votes - RWOwiki
Reserves leading disposals (avg) min 7 games
- Shane Biggs 32.1
- Tom Mitchell 30.9
- Ryan O'Keefe 29.4
Reserves leading tackles (avg) min 7 games
- Ryan O'Keefe 7.8
- Tom Mitchell 4.5
- Jordan Lockyer 4.2
Reserves leading marks (avg) min 7 games
- Jordan Lockyer 6.2
- Tim Membrey 6.2
- Daniel Robinson 5.9
Reserves leading clearances(avg) min 4 games
- Tom Mitchell 6.7
- Daniel Robinson 6.1
- Ryan O'Keefe 5.5
Reserves leading inside 50s(avg) min 4 games
- Brandon Jack 5.2
- Tom Mitchell 4.9
- Ryan O'Keefe 4.5
Reserves leading rebound 50s(avg) min 4 games
- Shane Biggs 5.7
- Tommy Walsh 2.5
- Xavier Richards 2.3
For full list: 2014 Reserves Stats
Aspley Hornets
B: 30. Robert COPELAND 31. Gavin GROSE 1. Ryan THOMSON HB: 17. Josh WAGNER 7. Joey DAYE 23. Michael HUTCHINSON C: 16. Ryan HOLMAN 2. Austin LUCY 33. Henry JOYCE HF: 32. Cheynee STILLER 10. Adam HUGHES 21. Jack STANLEY F: 4. Daniel SMITH 5. Eddie SANSBURY 11. Clinton FRENCH Foll: 19. Jed TURNER 24. Ryan MATTHEWS 8. Matt PAYNE Int: 6. Michael PETTITT 38. Liam DAWSON 26. Jon WILLIAMS 12. Reece TOYE Emg: 27. Harris ANDREWS 29. Jason SATCHELL 25. James NELIS
In: Pettitt
Out: Harris ANDREWS
Aspley have a number of ex-AFL players including Copeland, Stiller (Lions), Sansbury (North Melbourne), Daye, Stanley (Gold Coast), Grose (Port Adelaide) and Lucy (Essendon). Their danger players include:
- Matt PAYNE - Declared the NEAFL's best and fairest by winning the inaugural MVP award, Payne is an experienced, decorated midfielder with plenty of pace who specialises in clearances (2nd in the NEAFL) and can bob up for a goal (15 for the year). Dan Robinson is likely to get the big task of tagging him.
- Austin LUCY and Ryan MATTHEWS are their other major ball winners both averaging 20+ possessions a game. An intriguing battle looms between their midfield group and the likes of Tom Mitchell, ROK, Brandon Jack and George Hewett.
- Eddie SANSBURY - The ex-Roo is clearly their number 1 forward target, finishing third in the NEAFL goalkicking charts with an efficient conversion of 56 goals 28 behinds. Despite their height difference, Xav Richards should get the job as he showed last week on Ewing he's comfortable marking smaller forwards.
- Cheynee STILLER - Provides plenty of outside run and is one of their best users of the ball going forward.
- Adam HUGHES - Another small forward to look out for, kicked 28 goals in the regular season
Last edited by ugg; 12th September 2014 at 04:37 PM. Reason: Wright in for Hey
The concessions need to stay in place. It's extremely expensive for a non-AFL club to field a team in the NEAFL. East Coast Eagles who are a very strong Sydney AFL club have walked away from the NEAFL. Sydney Uni are the only Sydney AFL club who now field a side.
You don't want to go back to the old days of whipping Canberra Teams every week by 130 plus points.
Enthusiastic thanks ugg, and well done - a terrific lead-in to the match. Plus a link to the stream; we lack nothing. Next we'll have beer on tap via the internet. Thanks also wolfie, your input is appreciated.
Very encouraging to see that the ressies take after the firsts, each the stingiest team in its comp. It's shaping up as a good match and the boys will have to work hard if they are to win. Go Swannies!
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)
Late change, Wright in for Hey.
Nice interview with X Richards leading into the Reserves GF. Some of his mannerisms are very familiar!
http://m.sydneyswans.com.au/news/201...inal.mobileapp
4 AFL premiership medals between the 2 captains:
Laidler just tweeted he was 'spewing' that he was ineligible to play today.
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