NEAFL 2017 Round 12

Aspley Hornets v Sydney Swans Reserves @ South Pine Sports Complex

Saturday 17th June 2017
12:00pm
South Pine Sports Complex

No Live Stream. Live stats on the NEAFL phone app.

2014 Premiers Aspley had a slow start to the year losing 3 of their first 4 games but have turned their season around winning 4 of the next 5 with their only loss coming against a full strength Brisbane Lions side.

The Reserves smashed the Giants by a whopping 171 points last week. Although the Giants were fielding a severely depleted team due to injury, the attitude and the performance by the Reserves are not to be taken lightly. Coach Shaw has the side playing a committed, tough and skilful brand of football.

These 2 sides last met in last year's semi final where the Swans easily knocked off the Hornets by 82 points at Blacktown.

Aspley had the bye last week due to the NEAFL rep game in which 4 Hornets participated in. Gavin Grose (who was also named NEAFL captain), Reece Toye, James Nelis and Daniel Joseph all played in the NEAFL's low scoring win over the Tasmanian State League.


NEAFL Ladder
PositionTeamPlayedWinsLossesDrawsFFForAgainstPercentagePoints
1Sydney981001098478229.71%32
2Sydney Uni98100981619158.48%32
3Brisbane97200908704128.98%28
4NT Thunder95400833733113.64%20
5Aspley9540076676799.87%20
6Gold Coast104600917886103.50%16
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7Canberra9450062889869.93%16
8Redland9270067586677.94%8
9Southport9270053793057.74%8
10Giants101900687114959.79%4

Recent Form
Reserves
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1Brisbane LionsAwayLoss85111
R2SouthportHomeWin12927
R3BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R4GiantsHomeWin9155
R5NT ThunderAwayWin10884
R6Brisbane LionsHomeWin10265
R7CanberraAwayWin16544
R8Sydney UniAwayWin11346
R9Gold CoastHomeWin12032
R10BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R11GiantsHomeWin18514

Aspley
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1NT ThunderAwayLoss68125
R2CanberraHomeWin11749
R3Gold Coast SunsHomeLoss7387
R4Sydney UniversityHomeLoss76100
R5SouthportAwayWin8860
R6RedlandHomeWin7260
R7GiantsAwayWin12958
R8BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R9Brisbane LionsHomeLoss60152
R10CanberraAwayWin8376
R11BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE


Past Meetings
2016
Semi Final 1
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves5.47.911.1915.23113
Aspley1.22.62.74.731
TypePlayers
GoalsD.Towers 2, J.Rose 2, T.Leonardis 2, S.Murray 2, T.Nankervis 2, N.Newman, J.Bell, J.Foote, J.Laidler, Z.Jones
BestJ.Laidler, T.Nankervis, N.Newman, T.Richards, D.Towers, B.Jack

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R12 @ Blacktown
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves6.38.412.916.14110
Aspley1.23.43.57.547
TypePlayers
GoalsJ.Dawson 3, X.Richards 2, T.Derickx 2, J.Brown, M.Wilson, T.Papley, C.O'Riordan, B.Jack, H.Cunningham, N.Reinhard, J.Hiscox, S.Naismith
BestJ.Foote, X.Richards, N.Newman, S.Naismith, S.Murray

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Last game
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves6.110.618.1528.17185
Giants001.02.214
TypePlayers
GoalsJ.Dawson 4, S.Fisher 4, S.Wicks 4, S.Edwards 3, K.Tippett 3, O.Florent 2, G.Rohan 2, B.Ronke 2, J.Foote, H.Carr, J.Laidler, B.Jack
BestJ.Laidler, O.Florent, J.Dawson, B.Jack, S.Fisher, K.Tippett

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Canberra2.63.107.1410.1676
Aspley4.18.310.512.1183
TypePlayers
GoalsB.Warren 3, J.Nelis 2, E.Mallan 2, A.Hughes 2, C.French, M.Payne, E.Barlow
BestD.Joseph, R.Toye, G.Grose, M.Hutchinson, R.Thomson

Team List
Listed players
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
1James ROSE8154 
6Jordan FOOTE646 
8Kurt TIPPETT276 
11Jeremy LAIDLER6220 
13Oliver FLORENT4414Senior emergency
19Shaun EDWARDS786Senior emergency
21Jack MAIBAUM907 
25Ben RONKE120 
27Daniel ROBINSON230 
30Tyrone LEONARDIS860 
32Michael TALIA8112 
33Brandon JACK8522 
34Jordan DAWSON71517Senior emergency
36Aliir ALIIR647 
38Colin O'RIORDAN941 
42Robbie FOX536 
43Lewis MELICAN202 
45Sam FISHER91113 
46Sam MURRAY8611 
47Toby PINK9118 

Changes
In: Robinson, Melican
Out: Darcy CAMERON (shoulder), Gary ROHAN (seniors)

At least one of Florent, Edwards or Dawson to drop out as traveling emergency for the seniors.

Cameron's injury and the inclusion of another tall defender in Melican should result in Aliir sticking to the forward-ruck role that he filled when Cameron left the field with his shoulder injury. Pink played in defence when Aliir assumed this role but with Melican now in the side, he should conceivably stay forward and fill the full forward role vacated by Rohan.

Robinson will be another strong option to an already strong midfield rotation, and should directly replace whichever of the 3 senior emergencies that flies to Melbourne.

Academy Players/Topups
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
50Sam WICKS490Emergency
52Jarrod OSBORNE310 
53Sam BARKLEY511Emergency
55Mitchell ROGERS000NEAFL debut

In: Rogers
Out: Harrison CARR, Sam WICKS


Statistics
Kicks
PlayerGamesAvg. Kicks
Harry CUNNINGHAM119.0
Nic NEWMAN218.5
Jordan DAWSON716.4
Harrison MARSH216.0
Shaun EDWARDS715.9

Handballs
PlayerGamesAvg. Handballs
Brandon JACK816.0
Robbie FOX513.8
Sam FISHER913.7
Oliver FLORENT413.3
Nic NEWMAN212.0

Disposals
PlayerGamesAvg. Disposals
Nic NEWMAN230.5
Brandon JACK828.9
Jordan DAWSON728.1
Oliver FLORENT427.3
Harrison MARSH226.0

Marks
PlayerGamesAvg. Marks
Jeremy LAIDLER67.7
Nic NEWMAN27.5
Kurt TIPPETT27.5
Aliir ALIIR67.2
Jordan DAWSON76.7

Tackles
PlayerGamesAvg. Tackles
Hamish MacDONALD55.8
Jordan DAWSON75.9
Hamish MacDONALD55.8
Robbie FOX55.2
Nic NEWMAN25.0

Hitouts
PlayerGamesAvg. Hitouts
Kurt TIPPETT231.0
Darcy CAMERON924.6
Callum SINCLAIR114.0
Liam MAZE35.3
Aliir ALIIR62.0

Clearances
PlayerGamesAvg. Clearances
Jordan DAWSON75.7
Dan ROBINSON25.5
Kurt TIPPETT25.0
Dean TOWERS34.7
Shaun EDWARDS74.6

Inside 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Inside 50s
Harry CUNNINGHAM17.0
Gary ROHAN26.5
Ben RONKE16.0
Dean TOWERS35.7
Brandon JACK85.4

Rebound 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Rebound 50s
Nic NEWMAN25.5
Jeremy LAIDLER65.0
Michael TALIA84.0
Aliir ALIIR63.5
Harrison MARSH23.5

Goals
PlayerGamesTotal Goals
Jordan DAWSON715
James ROSE715
Sam FISHER911
Toby PINK911
Sam WICKS49

Coaches Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Brandon JACK822
Jeremy LAIDLER620
Jordan DAWSON717
Oliver FLORENT414
Sam FISHER913

NEAFL MVP Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Jordan DAWSON728
Brandon JACK722
Oliver FLORENT419
Nic NEWMAN217
Jeremy LAIDLER617
Darcy CAMERON917


Aspley Hornets
    
B:27. Daniel HENDERSON31. Gavin GROSE42. Brad DALE
HB:39. Oskar BAKER26. Guy DICKSON15. Doug LAWRENCE
C:20. Daniel JOSEPH16. Ryan HOLMAN14. Ed BARLOW
HF:25. James NELIS5. Ben WARREN28. Jordan HAYDEN
F:22. Nic JACKSON10. Adam HUGHES11. Clinton FRENCH
Foll:33. Will WOLBERS3. James IVES12. Reece TOYE
Int:36. Lachlan NIXON-SMITH40. Jack COGHLAN7. Blake NELIS
 2. Henry JOYCE44. Lochlainn GAW 
Emg:41. Jasper CRAVEN  

In: Coghlan, Dale, Jackson, Nelis, Nixon-Smith
Out: Nate DENNIS, Michael HUTCHINSON, Edwards MALLAN, Matt PAYNE, Ryan THOMSON

Matt Payne will be sorely missed by the Hornets. The 2-time NEAFL MVP (2014, 2016) winner leads Aspley in disposals, tackles, clearances and again has been polling well in the NEAFL MVP award currently sitting in 2nd place on 37 votes behind Southport's Jordan Keras.

Former Swan and new recruit Ed Barlow has been impressive for the Hornets in an outside role, averaging 26.6 disposals, 5.4 marks and 5.4 inside 50s a game.

NEAFL captain Grose plays at fullback and will be a tough opponent for Tippett/Aliir.

Former North Melbourne forward Ben Warren has made an impressive return to his junior club, averaging over 2 goals a game which ranks him 4th in the NEAFL goalkicking list.

Ruckman Will Wolbers is a former Gold Coast Academy player and currently ranks 3rd in the NEAFL in hitouts. Standing at 204cm, 1cm taller than Tippett he will be a formidable opponent in the ruck.