NEAFL 2017 Round 9

Sydney Swans Reserves v Gold Coast Suns Reserves @ Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground

Saturday 27th May 2017
12:00pm
Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground

A Saturday morning drive up the highway for the red hot ressies who will host their 2nd match at Newcastle in 3 years. The Swans and Suns were scheduled to play here last year but it was moved to Blacktown at the last minute.

The Swans crushed then league leaders Sydney Uni on a wet Friday night last week to claim top spot on the ladder, while the Suns had the bye following their senior side's return from Shanghai. With this match starting a day after the seniors game, we expect all 3 emergencies Marsh, Dawson and Aliir to play.


NEAFL Ladder
PositionTeamPlayedWinsLossesDrawsFFForAgainstPercentagePoints
1Sydney76100793432183.56%24
2Sydney Uni76100745522142.72%24
3Brisbane75200671564118.97%20
4NT Thunder74300665552120.47%16
5Aspley74300623539115.58%16
6Canberra7430049768972.13%16
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7Gold Coast73400649642101.09%12
8Giants7160055074074.32%4
9Redland7160051573470.16%4
10Southport7160041871258.71%4

Recent Form
Reserves
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1Brisbane LionsAwayLoss85111
R2SouthportHomeWin12927
R3BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R4GiantsHomeWin9155
R5NT ThunderAwayWin10884
R6Brisbane LionsHomeWin10265
R7CanberraAwayWin16544
R8Sydney UniAwayWin11346

Gold Coast Suns
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1GiantsAwayLoss97125
R2RedlandAwayWin15260
R3AspleyAwayWin8773
R4Brisbane LionsHomeLoss64109
R5Sydney UniAwayLoss67114
R6GiantsHomeWin12271
R7NT ThunderAwayLoss6090
R8BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE


Past Meetings
2016
Round 6 @ Blacktown International Sportspark

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves3.37.812.1118.12120
Gold Coast Suns3.23.56.78.755
TypePlayers
GoalsJ.Hiscox 4, M.Wilson 4, B.Jack 3, A.Davis 3, J.Rose 2, M.Manteit, T.Derickx
BestB.Jack, N.Newman, J.Hiscox, H.Marsh, D.Towers, A.Davis

Round 10 @ Metricon Stadium
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Gold Coast Suns1.22.33.33.321
Reserves5.76.813.1215.17107
TypePlayers
GoalsX.Richards 6, T.Nankervis 3, D.Towers 2, C.O'Riordan, N.Newman, A.Aliir, S.Reid
BestC.O'Riordan, D.Towers, A.Aliir, S.Naismith, J.Foote, B.Jack

Round 16 @ Blacktown International Sportspark
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves2.37.815.1126.14170
Gold Coast Suns2.04.26.47.446
TypePlayers
GoalsX.Richards 8, T.Nankervis 3, T.Leonardis 3, J.Rose 3, J.Dawson 2, I.Heeney 2, J.Brown, B.Davis, W.Gowers, L.Robertson. T.Derickx
BestX.Richards, T.Nankervis, B.Jack, N.Newman, R.Hebron, D.Baron-Hay

Last week
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Sydney Uni0.14.74.86.1046
Reserves5.66.1011.1616.17113
TypePlayers
GoalsS.Fisher 3, J.Rose 2, R.Fox 2, J.Brown, J.Edwards, A.Aliir, D.Cameron, O.Florent, T.Leonardis, L.Maze, B.Jack, J.Laidler
BestS.Fisher, O.Florent, R.Fox, J.Laidler, B.Jack, S.Edwards

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
NT Thunder5.27.210.713.1290
Gold Coast Suns1.24.68.69.660
TypePlayers
GoalsK.Sheers 3, C.Loersch 2, W.Brodie, S.Davidson, D.Currie, E.Baru
BestM.Spencer, R.Davis, D.MacPherson, T.Nicholls, M.Hallahan

Team List
Listed players
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
1James ROSE6144 
6Jordan FOOTE431 
11Jeremy LAIDLER4110 
17Darcy CAMERON763 
19Shaun EDWARDS533 
21Jack MAIBAUM707 
30Tyrone LEONARDIS650 
31Harrison MARSH100Senior emergency
32Michael TALIA616 
33Brandon JACK6319 
34Jordan DAWSON51013Senior emergency
36Aliir ALIIR417Senior emergency
38Colin O'RIORDAN731 
42Robbie FOX324 
45Sam FISHER7711 
46Sam MURRAY6611 
47Toby PINK7108 

Changes
In: Dawson, Murray
Out: Oliver FLORENT (seniors), Dan ROBINSON (broken jaw)

Dawson returns after a week out as the travelling emergency and is likely to slot straight back into a strong looking midfield. Murray returns from reasons unknown and will continue his strong form as a running defender. Robinson had suffered a fractured jaw at the hands of Uni's Zac O'Brien in a marking contest and will miss 3-4 weeks. While details of the NEAFL tribunal don't seem to be publicly available, I note he has been omitted from the Uni team this week and I can only assume that is through suspension.


Academy Players/Topups
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
49Will GOWERS530 
50Sam WICKS220 
51Josh STERN000Emergency. NEAFL debut if he plays
53Sam BARKLEY410 
54Bailey STEWART000Emergency. NEAFL debut if he plays
55Mitch ROGERS000Emergency. NEAFL debut if he plays
58Hamish MacDONALD412 
60Liam MAZE210 

Emergencies Stern, Stewart and Rogers all starred for the Swans Academy during their undefeated run at the U18 championships: Stewart and Stern playing in midfield and up forward and Rogers in defence.

Maze will provide Cameron will a chop out in the ruck while MacDonald has been a strong presence in the midfield, laying plenty of tackles.

In: Barkley, Gowers
Out:
Jake BROWN, Luke SKRIVANIC



Statistics
Kicks
PlayerGamesAvg. Kicks
Harry CUNNINGHAM119.0
Nic NEWMAN218.5
Jordan DAWSON517.0
Oliver FLORENT315.3
Harrison MARSH115.0
Kurt TIPPETT115.0

Handballs
PlayerGamesAvg. Handballs
Brandon JACK615.7
Sam FISHER713.3
Nic NEWMAN212.0
Oliver FLORENT311.7
Dean TOWERS311.7

Disposals
PlayerGamesAvg. Disposals
Nic NEWMAN230.5
Brandon JACK627.8
Jordan DAWSON627.8
Oliver FLORENT327.0
Harry CUNNINGHAM125.0

Marks
PlayerGamesAvg. Marks
Jeremy LAIDLER47.8
Nic NEWMAN27.5
Aliir ALIIR46.8
Jordan DAWSON56.2
Kurt TIPPETT16.0

Tackles
PlayerGamesAvg. Tackles
Hamish MacDONALD46.3
Jordan DAWSON55.4
Robbie FOX35.3
Jordan FOOTE45.3
Shaun EDWARDS55.0
Nic NEWMAN25.0

Hitouts
PlayerGamesAvg. Hitouts
Kurt TIPPETT134.0
Darcy CAMERON626.6
Callum SINCLAIR114.0
Liam MAZE26.5
Joseph STAPLETON41.5

Clearances
PlayerGamesAvg. Clearances
Kurt TIPPETT17.0
Jordan DAWSON56.2
Dan ROBINSON25.5
Dean TOWERS34.7
Shaun EDWARDS54.4

Inside 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Inside 50s
Harry CUNNINGHAM17.0
Gary ROHAN16.0
Kurt TIPPETT16.0
Dean TOWERS35.7
Brandon JACK65.3

Rebound 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Rebound 50s
Nic NEWMAN25.5
Jeremy LAIDLER44.8
Aliir ALIIR44.0
Harrison MARSH14.0
Michael TALIA63.3

Goals
PlayerGamesTotal Goals
James ROSE614
Jordan DAWSON510
Toby PINK710
Sam FISHER77
Sam MURRAY66
Darcy CAMERON76

Coaches Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Brandon JACK619
Jordan DAWSON513
Sam MURRAY611
Sam FISHER711
Jeremy LAIDLER410

NEAFL MVP Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Brandon JACK622
Jordan DAWSON519
Nic NEWMAN217
Darcy CAMERON716
Oliver FLORENT314


Gold Coast Suns Reserves (listed players in bold)
    
B:36. Josh SCHOENFELD43. Max SPENCER34. Mackenzie WILLIS
HB:26. Matt SHAW31. Keegan BROOKSBY47. Muhammed Saad
C:58. Shawn WATSON44. Darcy MacPHERSON18. Trent McKENZIE
HF:59. Emmanuel BARU39. Ryan DAVIS45. Corey BEAMAN
F:50. Kai SHEERS49. Lachlan McDONALD15. Dan CURRIE
Foll:22. Tom NICHOLLS56. Daniel CHARLESWORTH57. Zac PALMER
Int:53. Charlie OFFERMANS51. Lachlan SMITH54. Connor NUTTING
 55. Jacob HERON48. Curtis MARSDEN 
Emg:52. Jayden VERDOORN  

In: Brooksby, McKenzie, Schoenfeld, Shaw, Beaman, Marsden, Palmer, Saad, Smith, Watson
Out: Will BRODIE, Mitch HALLAHAN, Cameron LOERSCH, Jack SCRIMSHAW, Sam DAVIDSON, Jacob DAWSON, Caleb GRAHAM, Nick KEMPE, Harry SIMINGTON,

Pearce Hanley was earmarked to make his return from injury in this game but due to the shoulder injury suffered by Gary Ablett, the ex-Lion has been rushed straight back into the Suns seniors side. This leaves the Suns with only 9 listed players for this game.

They are strongest in the ruck with Nicholls and Currie sharing the load and Brooksby also recruited as a ruckman although he has been playing as a key defender this year. In the middle, expect MacPherson (avg 31.0 disposals), Davis (avg 19.0 disposals) and Schoenfeld (avg 19.3 disposals) to be the main competition for our on-ballers with McKenzie and Willis providing the rebound from defence along with key back Spencer.

With their leading goalscorer Loersch (13 goals) not taking part in this game, it would appear to be a tough ask to kick a winning score against the NEAFL's leading defence.