NEAFL discussion thread

**liz** · 18th May 2018, 12:09 PM

I was wondering if/when they'd unleash Blakey. I think there's a week or two before he joins the rest of the Allies squad to prepare for the Division One U18 championships.

Plenty of U17s get an early exposure to NEAFL (including Mills, who played a lot of games as an U17 and was highly influential, even at that age) so it's probably just down to Blakey's back injury in the second half of last year that we've had to wait this long.

I think we'll get a much better idea of what kind of player he might become (position wise) watching him play at NEAFL level - not necessarily on first outing - than was possible at U18 level. The most draftable academy prospects have tended to find their feet and look comfortable pretty quickly at NEAFL level.

**mcs** · 18th May 2018, 12:20 PM

Awesome to see Blakey get a game - shame it appears NEAFL aren't going to be streaming the game, as we can't make it up the highway this weekend

**ugg** · 18th May 2018, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by mcs

Awesome to see Blakey get a game - shame it appears NEAFL aren't going to be streaming the game, as we can't make it up the highway this weekend

The NEAFL's live stream partners BarTVSports said they might get a replay up.

**rb4x** · 18th May 2018, 01:42 PM

Still no Pink who was test this week.

**troyjones2525** · 18th May 2018, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by ugg

The NEAFL's live stream partners BarTVSports said they might get a replay up.

That would be brilliant if it happens!

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**troyjones2525** · 18th May 2018, 03:02 PM

Ugg do you know if Tipungwuti an academy drafting option? Never heard about him until last week and looks like a very classy pure goal sneak which is something we could use on list with a view of both Papley and Ronke spending more time through the midfield in the years ahead.

Also I would assume he's available to be drafted this year?

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**ugg** · 18th May 2018, 04:23 PM

NEAFL 2018 Round 7

Sydney Swans Reserves v Southport Sharks @ Sydney Cricket Ground

Saturday 19th May 2018
3:45pm
Sydney Cricket Ground

It's been an amazing turnaround by the Southport Sharks in 2018. Coach Nathan Bock resigned after a relatively unsuccessful 3 year stint at the Sharks, making the finals only once and failing to finish with more wins than losses in each of those 3 seasons. Add to that the loss of 2017 NEAFL MVP winner Jordan Keras to the Geelong VFL team, and there wouldn't have been many NEAFL pundits that would have predicted that the Sharks would be sitting pretty on top of the NEAFL ladder after 6 rounds. With their 5 wins so far in 2018, they have already eclipsed the 4 win total in 2017.

They recruited former Gold Coast NEAFL coach Stephen Daniel to take the helm, and along with some smart recruiting of former Saint Brodie Murdoch, former Lion Josh Clayton and former Magpie Michael Manteit the Sharks have been very impressive in the first 5 rounds, with their only loss coming against the unbeaten Sydney Uni team. They will be confident of breaking their NEAFL duck against the Swans, having lost all 3 previous meetings.

The Swans broke a duck of their own last week, lifting themselves off the bottom of the NEAFL ladder with a strong victory over a depleted Giants outfit. With 4 more listed players coming back in this week along with a host of top Academy players, the Swans look a much stronger team than the one that lost the first 4 matches of the season.

NEAFL Ladder

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	FF	For	Against	Percentage	Points
1	Southport	6	5	1	0	0	666	404	164.85%	20
2	Sydney Uni	5	5	0	0	0	468	356	131.46%	20
3	Brisbane	5	4	1	0	0	540	259	208.49%	16
4	Aspley	6	3	3	0	0	453	490	92.45%	12
5	Gold Coast	6	3	3	0	0	318	436	72.94%	12
6	Canberra	6	2	4	0	0	498	491	101.43%	8
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7	NT Thunder	5	2	3	0	0	480	574	83.62%	8
8	Sydney	5	1	4	0	0	336	369	91.06%	4
9	Redland	5	1	4	0	0	382	535	71.40%	4
10	Giants	5	1	4	0	0	274	501	54.69%	4

Recent Form
Reserves

Round	Team	Venue	Result	F	A
R1	Giants	Home	Loss	69	73
R2	Brisbane Lions	Away	Loss	74	124
R3	BYE	BYE	BYE	BYE	BYE
R4	Gold Coast Suns	Away	Loss	49	58
R5	Aspley	Home	Loss	71	72
R6	Giants	Away	Win	73	42

Southport

Round	Team	Venue	Result	F	A
R2	Canberra	Away	Win	115	53
R1	Redland	Away	Win	88	66
R3	Aspley	Home	Win	101	49
R4	Sydney Uni	Away	Loss	55	88
R5	Giants	Home	Win	133	47
R6	NT Thunder	Home	Win	174	101

Head-to-Head
Swans Reserves 3
Aspley 0

All 3 meetings have been in Sydney, but none have been at the SCG. Two matches were played out at Blacktown, while the 2016 clash was held at Drummoyne Oval.

Past Meetings
2017
Round 2 @ Blacktown International Sports Park

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Reserves	2.2	8.4	13.7	20.9	129
Southport	1.0	2.3	3.6	3.9	27

Type	Players
Goals	T.Pink 6, J.Rose 3, S.Murray 2, H.Cunningham 2, A.Kinasch, S.Fisher, S.Barkley, C.O'Riordan, S.Edwards, J.Stapleton, T.Leonardis
Best	B.Jack, S.Fisher, H.Cunningham, T.Pink, L.Melican, J.Rose

Last game

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Giants	0.5	1.6	3.8	5.12	42
Reserves	1.2	5.5	8.8	10.13	73

Type	Players
Goals	A.Tipungwuti 3, H.Marsh 2, D.Cameron 2, M.Ling, C.O'Riordan, J.Webster
Best	H.Marsh, N.Newman, A.Aliir, C.O'Riordan, D.Cameron, J.Brown

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Southport	3.7	13.8	19.11	27.12	174
NT Thunder	5.2	6.2	14.2	16.5	101

Type	Players
Goals	M.Johnson 8, W.Hancock 4, T.Wilkinson 3, J.Baxter 2, T.Ellard 2, F.Thurlow 2, C.Ford 2, A.Boston, L.Dale, E.Reeves, M.Doran
Best	T.Wilkinson, A.Boston, D.Fyfe, T.Roos, B.Murdoch, M.Johnson

Team List
Listed players

#	Name	Games	Goals	Votes	Notes
1	James ROSE	3	5	0
17	Darcy CAMERON	5	7	13
19	Matthew LING	4	1	0
21	Jack MAIBAUM	5	0	7
22	Dean TOWERS	0	0	0	Senior emergency
27	Daniel ROBINSON	2	3	11	Senior emergency
28	Nic NEWMAN	3	0	9
31	Harrison MARSH	3	2	17
33	Ryley STODDART	4	0	3	Senior emergency
36	Aliir ALIIR	4	0	4	Senior emergency
38	Colin O'RIORDAN	4	1	5
42	Robbie FOX	1	0	6
45	Angus STYLES	5	0	0
46	Joel AMARTEY	5	4	0

Changes
In: Fox, Robinson, Rose, Towers
Out: Jake BROWN (shoulder)

Rose returns from suspension/injury. Fox returns from senior emergency duties.

It will be Towers's first NEAFL game in more than a year.

One of the 4 senior emergencies is likely to be rested for the full game, my money is on Stoddart.

The 4 ins can all play midfield at this level, and will be a much needed boost. Players such as O'Riordan and Marsh can then return to their more natural positions in defence.

Academy Players/Topups

#	Name	Games	Goals	Notes
49	Nick BLAKEY	0	0	NEAFL debut
50	Sam WICKS	0	0
52	Josh STERN	0	0
54	Jeremy SHUMACK	2	0
55	Bailey STEWART	3	2
56	Joey REINHARD	1	0
58	Mitchell ROGERS	2	0
59	Kyle McKELLER	0	0	NEAFL debut
53	Connor FLANAGAN	0	0	Emergency, NEAFL debut if he plays
51	Dylan SMITH	5	0	Emergency
57	Michael CARROLL	1	0	Emergency

In: Blakey, McKellar, Reinhard, Stern, Wicks
Out: Isaac BARTHOLOMAEUS (omitted), Lachlan DENT (omitted), Jacob DOL (omitted), Dylan SMITH (omitted), Adam TIPUNGWUTI (omitted), Reed VAN HUSSTEDE (omitted), Kyle VEERHUIS (omitted), Aidan WATLING (omitted), James WEBSTER (omitted)

Blakey, McKellar, Reinhard and Stern all were selected in the Allies team to compete in the Under-18 Championships starting June 1 after playing well for the Swans Academy.

Statistics
Kicks

Player	Games	Avg. Kicks
Nic NEWMAN	3	26.7
Harrison MARSH	3	22.7
Dan ROBINSON	2	18.5
Colin O'RIODAN	4	16.3
Ben RONKE	2	14.0

Handballs

Player	Games	Avg. Handballs
Daniel ROBINSON	2	17.0
Colin O'RIORDAN	4	11.8
Robbie FOX	1	11.0
Harrison MARSH	3	8.7
Nic NEWMAN	3	8.3

Disposals

Player	Games	Avg. Disposals
Daniel ROBINSON	2	35.5
Nic NEWMAN	3	35.0
Harrison MARSH	3	31.3
Colin O'RIORDAN	4	28.0
Robbie FOX	1	24.0

Marks

Player	Games	Avg. Marks
Nic NEWMAN	3	8.3
Daniel ROBINSON	2	7.5
Colin O'RIORDAN	4	7.3
Darcy CAMERON	5	7.0
Jack MAIBAUM	5	5.4

Tackles

Player	Games	Avg. Tackles
Ben RONKE	2	9.0
Nic NEWMAN	3	8.0
Harry PARKER	1	7.0
Darcy CAMERON	5	6.4
Harrison MARSH	3	5.7

Hitouts

Player	Games	Avg. Hitouts
Darcy CAMERON	5	28.0
Joel AMARTEY	5	6.2
Aliir ALIIR	4	4.8
Robbie FOX	1	1.0
Matthew LING	3	0.3

Clearances

Player	Games	Avg. Clearances
Daniel ROBINSON	2	8.0
Nic NEWMAN	3	7.3
Robbie FOX	1	6.0
Harrison MARSH	3	3.7
Darcy CAMERON	5	3.4

Inside 50s

Player	Games	Avg. Inside 50s
Adam TIPUNGWUTI	1	7.0
Nic NEWMAN	3	6.7
Harrison MARSH	3	6.3
Daniel ROBINSON	2	5.0
Ben RONKE	2	5.0
Hamish ELLEM	1	5.0

Rebound 50s

Player	Games	Avg. Rebound 50s
Harrison MARSH	3	7.7
Michael CARROLL	1	5.0
Joey REINHARD	1	5.0
Colin O'RIORDAN	4	4.3
Nic NEWMAN	3	4.0
Daniel ROBINSON	2	4.0

Goals

Player	Games	Total Goals
Darcy CAMERON	5	7
James ROSE	3	5
Joel AMARTEY	5	4
Adam TIPUNGWUTI	1	3
Daniel ROBINSON	2	3

Coaches Votes

Player	Games	Total Votes
Harrison MARSH	3	17
Darcy CAMERON	5	13
Daniel ROBINSON	2	11
Nic NEWMAN	3	9
Jack MAIBAUM	5	7
Tom McCARTIN	4	7

NEAFL MVP Votes

Player	Games	Total Votes
Daniel ROBINSON	2	15
Harrison MARSH	3	14
Darcy CAMERON	5	14
Nic NEWMAN	3	12
Robbie FOX	1	3
Colin O'RIORDAN	4	3

Southport Sharks


B:	45. Ethan REEVES	8. Seb TAPE	16. Lee DALE
HB:	37. Daniel CHARLESWORTH	12. Rhys CLARK	32. Tom WILKINSON
C:	34. Tyler ROOS	5. Andrew BOSTON	13. Tom ELLARD
HF:	4. Michael MANTEIT	19. Josh BAXTER	21. Wade HANCOCK
F:	7. Ryan DAVIS	25. Fraser THURLOW	6. Dylan FYFE
Foll:	23. Jed TURNER	10. Josh CLAYTON	14. Brodie MURDOCH
Int:	28. Rob CLEMENTS	38. Charlie FORD	33. Matt DORAN
	11. Noa CORBETT	22. Jayden YOUNG
Emg:	40. Dale EAMES	28. Seb ROGERS	41. Kai SHEERS

In: Corbett, Young
Out: Mitch JOHNSON (suspended), Nick KEMPE (omitted)

One of the first changes that the new coach has implemented has been to ignore the traditional tall forward structure and follow the Richmond model of a group of small, fast players who apply pressure. It has paid dividends so far with small forwards Mitchell Johnson and Wade Hancock kikcing 23 goals (2nd in the NEAFL) and 15 goals (5th) respectively. Johnson kicked 8 in the last round but has been suspended for this match.

Former Bombers ruckman Fraser Thurlow will be Darcy Cameron's main opponent of the day. Paul Roos recently described Thurlow as a bash-and-crash ruckman who should still be on an AFL list. He has provided great service to Andrew Boston and Josh Clayton who are currently #1 and #2 in the NEAFL MVP voting. Boston on 40 votes is 11 clear of Clayton. The former Gold Coast midfielder is the NEAFL's premier inside midfielder leading the competition with 9.7 clearances a game amongst his 28.2 dispo

In the back half, Tyler Roos is an attacking defender in the mould of his father. Averaging an impressive 26.5 disposals a game and a team high 3.8 rebound 50s a game, he has been named in their best players' list in 3 of their 6 matches.

**ugg** · 18th May 2018, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by troyjones2525

Ugg do you know if Tipungwuti an academy drafting option? Never heard about him until last week and looks like a very classy pure goal sneak which is something we could use on list with a view of both Papley and Ronke spending more time through the midfield in the years ahead.

Also I would assume he's available to be drafted this year?

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Being that he's never been part of our Academy I'm going to say no. If you Google him, there's a few articles on him being part of the Lions Academy.

**Scottee** · 18th May 2018, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by rb4x

Still no Pink who was test this week.

Surley next week!

**bloodspirit** · 18th May 2018, 05:16 PM

Very strong team. Hope we can grab the win and start to generate some momentum. Weakest part of the ground is forward. Will be interesting to see if Blakey can bolster us there.

Is Tyler Roos overage? If not, what is he doing playing for Southport?