NEAFL 2016 Round 4

Sydney Swans Reserves v Southport Sharks

Saturday 23rd April 2016
9.30am
Drummoyne Oval

After 3 rounds of the 2016 NEAFL season, the Swans Reserves sit atop the table as the only unbeaten team in the competition. They followed up their impressive first 2 wins over fellow AFL reserves sides by thumping Redland away. Another strong side of 16 listed players has been named for this game and the Swans will be favourites to continue their unbeaten start to the season

Southport have been boosted by the playing return of coach Nathan Bock, but have lost 2 of their 3 games. Having scraped into the finals last year on percentage, they'll be hoping for a win here to keep in touch with the Top 6.

NEAFL Ladder
PositionTeamPlayedWinsLossesDrawsFFForAgainstPercentagePoints
1Sydney Swans33000426189225.40%12
2Sydney University32100317237133.76%8
3Giants32100304282107.80%8
4NT Thunder3210024425396.44%8
5Aspley3210027029192.78%8
6Redland3210024326392.40%8
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7Gold Coast Suns31200276198139.39%4
8Southport31200299288103.82%4
9Canberra Demons3030022931073.87%0
10Brisbane Lions3030011040727.03%0

Recent Form
Reserves
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1Brisbane LionsAwayWin16242
R2WSU GiantsHomeWin11597
R3RedlandAwayWin14952

Southport
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1AspleyAwayLoss8595
R2CanberraHomeWin13079
R3Sydney UniversityHomeLoss84114

Past Meetings
2015
R6
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves3.56.710.1114.1397
Southport1.13.44.66.945
TypePlayers
GoalsNaismith 3, Nankervis 3, Hiscox 2, Hewett 2, Foote, Rose, Davis, Bird
BestBird, Robinson, Hewett, Davis, Naismith, Marsh


Last Round
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves2.43.46.87.1052
Reserves3.410.816.1023.11149
TypePlayers
GoalsReinhard 6, Hiscox 5, Hebron 2, Wilson 2, Murray, Jack, Hewett, Davis, McFadden, Skrivanic, Foote, Rose
BestAliir, Marsh, Reinhard, Jones, Jack, Hewett

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Southport1.14.58.812.1284
Sydney Uni8.1011.313.618.6114
TypePlayers
GoalsN.Bock 3, R.Clements 2, J.Burge, J.Karwan, A.McKenzie, G.Screech, D.Budarick, F.Thurlow, J.Anthony
BestD.Hector, J.Burge, B.Wilson, J.Anthony, J.Drew, A.Boston

Team List
Listed players
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
9Abe DAVIS242 
13Toby NANKERVIS220Senior traveling emergency last week, senior emergency this week
17Jack HISCOX370 
22Dean TOWERS110 
28Nic NEWMAN305 
30Tyrone LEONARDIS220Senior traveling emergency last week
31Harrison MARSH3115 
33Brandon JACK242 
35Sam NAISMITH000 
36Aliir ALIIR3011 
38Colin O'RIORDAN316 
42Xavier RICHARDS300 
43Lewis MELICAN300 
45Jordan FOOTE305 
46Sam MURRAY220 
47Kyle GALLOWAY320 

Changes
In: Nankervis, Towers, Leonardis, Naismith
Out: James ROSE (senior emergency), Zak JONES (senior emergency), Tom DERICKX (injured), George HEWETT (seniors)

After Derickx went down early in the Redland game, Galloway became the number 1 ruck with back up support from the likes of Davis and Aliir. Nankervis's return after his late call up in Adelaide plus the return of Sam Naismith, who will only see limited game time, means that the ruck department is well covered for this game.

Towers played in the midfield in his last NEAFL game and looks to be a straight swap for Hewett.

Academy Players/Topups
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
50Matt WILSON373 
51Callum McFADDEN320 
52Luke SKRIVANIC110 
53Lachlan BEHAGG220Emergency
54Ryan HEBRON343 
55Ned REINHARD394This week's NEAFL Rising Star
56Jake VEALE320 

In:
Out:

Unchanged topups this week, and this core group of topups have all done very well across all 3 games. Wilson and Hebron were named in the best players list in the first 2 rounds, and Reinhard made it 3 from 3 with his 6-goal game last week.

Statistics

Disposals
PlayerGamesAvg. Disposals
Dean TOWERS125.0
Zak JONES124.0
Ben McGLYNN121.0
Jack HISCOX118.7
Aiir ALIIR318.0
Jordan DAWSON218.0
George HEWETT118.0

Marks
PlayerGamesAvg. Marks
Jack HISCOX36.7
Jordan DAWSON26.5
Aliir ALIIR35.7
Brandon JACK25.5
Dean TOWERS15.0
Nic NEWMAN35.0
Ned REINHARD35.0

Tackles
PlayerGamesAvg. Tackles
Ben McGLYNN19.0
Jordan FOOTE35.3
Dean TOWERS15.0
Tom DERICKX23.5
Tyrone LEONARDIS23.5

Hitouts
PlayerGamesAvg. Hitouts
Tom DERICKX216.5
Toby NANKERVIS216.0
Kyle GALLOWAY37.7
Aliir ALIIR31.7
Abe DAVIS21.0
Sam MURRAY21.0
Dean TOWERS11.0

Clearances
PlayerGamesAvg. Clearances
George HEWETT19.0
Dean TOWERS18.0
Zak JONES15.0
James ROSE33.0
Jordan DAWSON23.0
Abe DAVIS23.0
Ben McGLYNN13.0

Inside 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Inside 50s
Dean TOWERS17.0
Brandon JACK25.5
Jordan DAWSON25.0
George HEWETT15.0
Jack HISCOX34.7

Rebound 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Rebound 50s
Nic NEWMAN33.7
Colin O'RIORDAN33.0
Aliir ALIIR32.0
Tyrone LEONARDIS22.0
George HEWETT12.0
Zak JONES12.0
Ben McGLYNN12.0

Goals
PlayerGamesTotal Goals
Ned REINHARD39
James ROSE38
Jack HISCOX37
Matt WILSON37
Ryan HEBRON24
Abe DAVIS24
Jordan DAWSON24
Brandon JACK24

Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Goals
Harrison MARSH315
Aliir ALIIR311
Colin O'RIORDAN36
Jordan FOOTE35
Nic NEWMAN35

Southport Sharks
    
B:26. Ben HEADLAND15. Nick CROWLEY33. Stuart DONNELLY
HB:12. Matt SULLY27. Evan PANOZZA29. Jason BURGE
C:37. Todd GRAYSON3. Haydn KIEL4. Brad WILSON
HF:16. Dyson BUDARICK21. Jack ANTHONY44. Nathan BOCK
F:32. Rob CLEMENTS34. Isaac FRANKS6. James HOLLAND
Foll:25. Fraser THURLOW2. Jordan KERAS1. Glenn SCREECH
Int:30. Adam McKENZIE18. Damien HECTOR31. Robert BLOOD
 19. Jarryd DREW36. Joel KARWAN 
Emg:11. Lachlan RITCHIE7. Joel STEVENSON5. Andrew BOSTON

In: Crowley, Grayson, Sully
Out: Andrew BOSTON, Blake ERICKSON, Joel STEVENSON

The Sharks have suffered a big blow with former Gold Coast Suns midfielder Boston ruled out with a rib injury. He is currently their leading clearance and 2nd leading disposal winner. Playing-coach and former Adelaide defender Bock along with former Collingwood and Fremantle forward Jack Anthony have formed a deadly team up forward, both currently sitting on 7 goals on their goal tally. Former Essendon rookie list player Fraser Thurlow has been an astute recruit for their ruck division.