NEAFL 2015 Round 21
Aspley Hornets v Sydney Swans Reserves
Saturday 29th August 2015
12.00pm
Graham Road
Trust the NEAFL schedule boffins to wait until the final round of the season to arrange the much anticipated Grand Final rematch between the Hornets and the Swans. After trailing by 31 points heading into the last quarter, the Hornets secured the 2014 NEAFL title with an amazing 50m kick after the siren by David Smith, a goal worthy of winning any Grand Final. Despite losing key players going into this season but the Hornets have done just as well - they will finish with the same 13-5 record as last year if they beat the Swans tomorrow.
The Swans have a very slight chance of finishing 3rd but that would require winning by a very large margin tomorrow (approx. 100 points). It is more likely the Swans will end up 4th or 5th and travel for the first week of the finals, either again to Aspley or across town to face Sydney Uni. Playing Uni would be preferable from a travel standpoint as it would probably be held at Blacktown, rather than making a second Queensland trip in the space of a week. For this situation to eventuate, one of two outcomes need to occur:
- lose to Aspley; or
- beat Aspley and hope UWS beat Uni
Now given that UWS have only dropped one game the whole year, the chances of Uni winning seem slim. However, the Giants have been hit by injuries in recent weeks and the team named to face Uni is one of the weakest lineups of the year in terms of number of listed players, so I wouldn't discount Uni pulling of an upset.
The Swans meanwhile are boosted by a number of returns and will field a much stronger side than the one that lost to the Giants by 80 points last week.
NEAFL Ladder
Position Team Played Wins Losses Draws FF For Against Percentage Points 1 UWS Giants 17 16 1 0 0 2290 997 229.69% 64 2 NT Thunder 18 15 3 0 0 1800 1334 134.93% 60 3 Aspley 17 12 5 0 0 1630 1335 122.10% 48 4 Sydney University 17 11 6 0 0 1609 1187 135.55% 44 5 Sydney Swans 17 11 6 0 0 1305 1238 105.41% 44 6 Southport 17 7 10 0 0 1509 1533 98.43% 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Gold Coast Suns 17 7 10 0 0 1431 1578 90.68% 28 8 Redland 17 7 10 0 0 1221 1523 80.17% 28 9 Ainslie 17 5 11 1 0 1368 1681 81.38% 22 10 Eastlake 17 1 15 1 0 982 1949 50.38% 6 11 Brisbane Lions 17 1 16 0 0 1090 1880 57.98% 4
Recent Form
Reserves
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Ainslie Away Win 108 51 R2 UWS Giants Home Loss 58 121 R3 Gold Coast Suns Away Win 110 42 R4 Sydney University Away Win 69 28 R5 UWS Giants Away Loss 81 88 R6 Southport Home Win 97 45 R7 BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE R8 Brisbane Lions Home Win 110 36 R9 Gold Coast Suns Away Win 89 59 R10 Eastlake Away Win 101 36 R11 BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE R12 Sydney University Home Loss 41 116 R13 UWS Giants Home Loss 14 198 R14 Brisbane Lions Away Win 83 53 R15 Redland Home Win 105 50 R16 NT Thunder Away Loss 44 97 R17 Brisbane Lions Home Win 86 41 R18 BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE R19 Gold Coast Suns Home Win 67 56 R20 UWS Giants Away Loss 42 122
Aspley
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Eastlake Home Win 167 28 R2 Gold Coast Suns Home Win 119 105 R3 Sydney University Home Win 105 102 R4 Eastlake Away Win 102 80 R5 NT Thunder Home Loss 85 98 R6 Ainslie Away Win 100 56 R7 Brisbane Lions Home Win 94 60 R8 Redland Away Win 78 54 R9 BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE R10 NT Thunder Away Win 101 98 R11 BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE R12 Southport Home Win 123 75 R13 Redland Away Win 113 40 R14 UWS Giants Away Loss 54 148 R15 NT Thunder Home Loss 51 68 R16 Southport Away Win 94 63 R17 BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE R18 Sydney University Away Loss 59 105 R19 Redland Home Loss 80 88 R20 Ainslie Away Win 105 67
Past Meetings
2014
Grand Final @ Graham Road
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Aspley 3.3 9.4 9.7 15.12 102 Reserves 3.5 7.7 14.8 15.10 100
Type Players Goals T.Membrey 5, D.Towers 2, J.Hiscox, M.Wright, Z.Jones, C.Mills, S.Naismith, T.Mitchell, R.O'Keefe, B.Jack Best T.Mitchell, T.Membrey, X.Richards, D.Towers, S.Biggs, R.O'Keefe
Last Round
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final UWS Giants 3.8 8.12 13.17 16.26 122 Reserves 3.1 4.4 4.6 6.6 42
Type Players Goals J.Hiscox 2, A.Aliir, S.Wilson, E.Prescott, J.Campbell Best N.Newman, T.Nankervis, A.Aliir, T.Derickx, C.Bird, J.Hiscox
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Ainslie 4.2 5.4 6.5 10.7 67 Aspley 2.2 7.6 13.7 16.9 105
Type Players Goals E.Sansbury 4, H.Joyce 4, G.Grose 2, J.Nelis 2, J.Mills, C.Stiller, J.Stanley, A.Hughes Best E.Sansbury, M.Payne, G.Grose, H.Joyce, C.Wagner, J.Nelis
Team List
Listed players
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 1 James ROSE 13 17 8 Senior emergency 9 Abe DAVIS 16 7 24 13 Toby NANKERVIS 12 15 17 14 Craig BIRD 7 6 19 17 Jack HISCOX 14 16 11 19 Tom DERICKX 13 3 13 21 Ben McGLYNN 4 2 0 28 Nic NEWMAN 14 5 18 29 George HEWETT 14 5 21 30 Sean McLAREN 16 14 8 31 Harrison MARSH 14 2 31 36 Aliir ALIIR 14 2 14 42 Xavier RICHARDS 13 2 12 43 Lewis MELICAN 3 0 0 45 Jordan FOOTE 13 4 11
Changes
In: Rose, McGlynn, Hewett, Marsh, X.Richards
Out:
The precocious Rose unluckily gets squeezed from the senior side by some big names returning. McGlynn makes yet another (4th) return in the reserves as a last push for senior selection, and it will be interesting to see how many minutes he gets. Bird and Melican were also on restricted time last week against UWS. Marsh and Richards return to bolster the undersized backline.
Academy Players/Topups
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 46 Callum MILLS 1 0 0 49 Eli PRESCOTT 5 2 0 50 Jake BROWN 6 1 0 54 Ryan HEBRON 6 0 0 56 Jake VEALE 6 1 0 59 Lachlan BEHAGG 5 5 0 60 Harrison CARR 0 0 0 Debut
In: Carr, Mills
Out: Darcy BARON-HAY, Jack CAMPBELL, Nathan COOPER, Nick FOSTER, Callum McFADDEN, Sam WILSON
Statistics
Disposals
Player Games Avg. Disposals Tom MITCHELL 3 33.3 Adam GOODES 2 26.0 Craig BIRD 7 25.7 Nic NEWMAN 14 24.2 George HEWETT 14 23.9
Kicks
Player Games Avg. Kicks Harry CUNNINGHAM 2 18.0 Nic NEWMAN 14 17.1 Isaac HEENEY 3 15.7 Tom MITCHELL 3 15.7 Craig BIRD 7 14.3
Handballs
Player Games Avg. Handballs Tom MITCHELL 3 17.7 Adam GOODES 2 12.5 George HEWETT 14 13.4 Craig BIRD 7 11.4 Daniel ROBINSON 11 11.4
Marks
Player Games Avg. Marks Dean TOWERS 9 7.6 Toby NANKERVIS 12 5.5 Aliir ALIIR 14 5.4 Nic NEWMAN 14 5.3 Craig BIRD 7 5.1
Tackles
Player Games Avg. Tackles Harry CUNNINGHAM 2 8.0 Ben McGLYNN 4 7.8 Isaac HEENEY 3 7.7 Tom MITCHELL 3 7.3 Jordan FOOTE 13 6.2
Hitouts
Player Games Avg. Hitouts Tom DERICKX 13 27.3 Sam NAISMITH 8 23.1 Toby NANKERVIS 12 19.3 Sean McLAREN 16 2.2 Daniel ROBINSON 11 1.8
Clearances
Player Games Avg. Clearances George HEWETT 14 7.4 Craig BIRD 7 7.1 Adam GOODES 2 7.0 Tom MITCHELL 3 7.0 Daniel ROBINSON 10 6.2
Inside 50s
Player Games Avg. Inside 50s Dean TOWERS 9 6.1 Adam GOODES 2 6.0 Brandon JACK 11 5.1 Harry CUNNINGHAM 2 5.0 Ben McGLYNN 4 5.0
Rebound 50s
Player Games Avg. Rebound 50s Nic NEWMAN 14 5.9 Xavier RICHARDS 13 3.4 Aliir ALIIR 14 3.3 Harrison MARSH 14 2.7 Tom MITCHELL 3 2.3
Goals
Player Games Total Goals James ROSE 13 17 Toby NANKERVIS 12 16 Sam NAISMITH 8 14 Sean McLAREN 16 14 Jack HISCOX 14 14
Coaches Votes
Player Games Total Votes Harrison MARSH 14 31 Abaina DAVIS 16 24 Daniel ROBINSON 11 22 Zak JONES 10 21 George HEWETT 14 21
NEAFL MVP Votes (public count stopped at Round 18)
Player Games Total Votes Harrison MARSH 12 27 George HEWETT 12 25 Craig BIRD 6 20 Jordan FOOTE 12 17 Brandon JACK 11 15
Aspley Hornets
B: 31. Gavin GROSE 23. Michael HUTCHINSON 21. Jack STANLEY HB: 27. Daniel HENDERSON 7. Joey DAYE 32. Cheynee STILLER C: 2. Henry JOYCE 8. Matt PAYNE 26. Jon WILLIAMSHF: F: 5. Eddie SANSBURY 35. Scott DICKINSON 11. Clinton FRENCH Foll: 18. Brendan FORBES 12. Reeye TOYE 16. Ryan HOLMAN Int: 10. Adam HUGHES 37. Brendan COLCH 19. Jordan MILLS 29. Todd DICKINSON 13. Matt LITTLE Emg: 29. Henry LEONG 33. Jacob WATSON
In: Dickinson, French
Out: Matt ARGUS, Corey WAGNER
Players to watch:
- Matt Payne - last year's NEAFL B&F winner's numbers are slightly down this year compared to last year's, but is still having a stellar season leading the NEAFL MVP count when public counts stopped a few rounds ago. Jordan Foote has been doing some run with roles for us and could be asked to clamp down on Payne.
- Eddie Sansbury - Leading Hornets goalkicker and 4th overall in the NEAFL, the former North Melbourne player is often given plenty of space to outwit his man one on one. Harry Marsh seems his most likely opponent.
- Gavin Grose - Reliable and experienced fullback who has been named BOG in 4 of his 16 games this year.
- Cheynee Stiller - Ex-Lion has been named at halfback but often plays through the midfield and can contribute on the scoreboard.
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