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NEAFL Round 8
UWS Giants v Sydney Swans Reserves
Sunday 12th May 2013 9.30am
Blacktown International Sportspark
The Giants and the Swans will face off in the 2nd match of their 4 game series at the doubly unusual time and venue of 9.30am at Blacktown. The Swans pipped the Giants in Round 2 thanks mainly to their accurate conversion and the Giants' inability to capitalise on their chances.
After a slow start to the season, the return of players from injury at both senior and reserves has boosted UWS' stocks. They will also be fresh coming off the bye last weekend. The Swans on the other hand, are down on numbers and will be smarting from losing their unbeaten record, when they were overrun by a hungry Lions Reserves outfit in a disappointing last quarter.
Eastern Conference Ladder
Team Played Wins Losses Draws Byes For Against Percentage Points Queanbeyan 6 5 1 0 1 645 520 124.04% 20 Reserves 5 4 1 0 2 683 397 172.04% 16 Belconnen 6 4 2 0 1 764 551 138.66% 16 UWS 5 3 2 0 2 600 466 128.76% 12 Ainslie 6 3 3 0 1 584 583 100.17% 12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hills Eagles 5 2 3 0 2 500 582 85.91% 8 Eastlake 6 2 4 0 1 499 640 77.97% 8 Tuggeranong 5 2 3 0 2 316 603 52.40% 8 Sydney Uni 5 0 5 0 2 440 634 69.40% 0
Past Meetings
2013
R2 UWS Giants 14.18 (102) defeated by Reserves 17.5 (107) @ ANZ Stadium
Goals: Morton 3, Membrey 3, Everitt 3, Weir, Jack, Head, Lloyd, White, Cunningham, Brown, Lamb
Best: Everitt, Bird, White, Morton, Lloyd, Cunningham
2012
R1 UWS Giants 4.9 (33) defeated by Reserves 23.13 (151) @ ANZ Stadium
The Swans began their NEAFL season with a bang kicking 8 goals in the first quarter and keeping the hapless and undermanned Giants scoreless. The rout continued throughout the game, with Mark Seaby, Jarred Moore and Dylan McNeil dominating the clearances, and Trent Dennis-Lane and Jesse White finishing off their teammates' good work with 10 goals between them.
Goals: Dennis-Lane 6, White 4, Seaby 2, Lamb 2, Pyke 2, Moore 2, Cass 2, Biggs, McNeil, Morton
Best: Seaby, Dennis-Lane, Moore, White, Lynch, McNeil
R14 Reserves 18.21 (129) defeated UWS 6.6 (42) @ ANZ Stadium
Poor conversion in front of goal didn't cost the Reserves anything but a bigger victory as they were too strong for the youngsters from UWS. Nick Malceski was in fine form, rebounding from half back in a dynamic display with ex-West Coast rookie Lewis Broome setting the stadium alight with 5 well taken goals.
Goals: Broome 5, Dennis-Lane 4, Gordon 2, Biggs, Mitchell, Spangher, McNeil, Moody, Potter, Moore
Best: Malceski, McNeil, Meredith, Broome, Dennis-Lane, Potter
R19 UWS Giants 9.10 (64) defeated by Reserves 18.18 (126) @ Skoda Stadium
The Giants jumped the Swans early to kick the first 3 goals of the match before the Swans clawed their way back in the contest to trail by only a goal. The 2nd half was a completely different story as the Swans caused the Giants to continually turn the ball over and hurt them on the rebound through their hard running and classy forwards. Morton led the goalkicking again but it was the key defenders in Heath and Lynch who were the real heroes keeping the Giants to just 2 goals after half time.
Goals: Morton 5, Lamb 4, Spangher 2, Crawford, Everitt, Heeney, Thurgarland, Roos, McNeil, Broome
Best: Heath, White, Lynch, Moore, Lamb, Thurgarland
Recent Form
Reserves
UWS Giants
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 BYE R2 UWS Away WIN 107 102 R3 Gold Coast Home WIN 110 65 R4 Tuggernong Away WIN 237 40 R5 Hills Eagles Home WIN 148 86 R6 BYE R7 Brisbane Home LOSS 81 104
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 BYE R2 Sydney Home LOSS 102 107 R3 Brisbane Away LOSS 62 101 R4 Ainslie Home WIN 141 64 R5 Belconnen Away WIN 137 127 R6 Eastlake Home WIN 158 67 R7 BYE
Last Round
Reserves 11.15 (81) defeated by Brisbane Reserves 15.14 (104) @ SCG
Goals: Morton 5, Towers 2, Perris, Everitt, Robinson, Jack
Best: Walsh, Morton, White, Mitchell, Everitt, Richards
UWS Giants 24.14 (158) defeated Eastlake 9.13 (67) @ Star Track Oval
Goals: Frost 6, Wilson 3, Townsend 3, Ugle 3, Edwards 2, Hampton 2, Whiley, Downie, Growden, Miles, Darley
Best: Bruce, Whiley, Downie, Miles, Buntine, Ugle
Team List
Listed players
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 1 Tim MEMBREY 4 9 0 Not only was he held goalless for the first time this year, he didn't get much of the ball either. 6 Tom MITCHELL 4 1 3 Valuable learning experience being matched up against Simon Black last week, impressed enough to be named in the best for the first time this year 10 Mitch MORTON 4 23 13 Looks like he'll have to keep working his butt off in the reserves, waiting for an opportunity to open up in the seniors. 13 Andrejs EVERITT 3 7 8 Continues to be played in the midfield at this level, even though there's little chance that role will be replicated in the seniors. 17 Tommy WALSH 4 12 11 Best on ground last week at fullback, has also kicked 12 goals as a forward. There are some big boys in the Giants lineup that may require some careful watching. 18 Jesse WHITE 5 3 12 Had more of the ball than usual and more encouragingly used it better than normal. 22 Dean TOWERS 5 5 0 Has he possibly found a role as a leading forward target? 23 Jordan LOCKYER 5 1 0 Efficient performance last week as a backman. 27 Daniel ROBINSON 5 4 3 Continues to impress with his in and under work, especially his handballs in close. 28 Matthew DICK 4 0 0 More involved last week, had more of the ball but didn't use it particularly well. 31 Harrison MARSH 4 3 0 As the side's number 1 tagger, will latch onto one of the Giants' precocious young talents. 33 Brandon JACK 5 7 0 Creative player who is having an impact on the scoreboard. 36 Alex BROWN 5 2 8 Still being used at both ends of the ground, but significantly more time in defence than attack. 42 Xavier RICHARDS 4 0 1 Best game last week before going off with cramp. 44 Jake LLOYD 5 4 8 Continues racking up the disposals, good tank allows him to have an impact across 4 quarters. 46 Shane BIGGS 5 0 0 The number 1 rebounding defender in the side at the moment.
In:
Out:
Just like the seniors, no changes.
Mitchell will look to build upon his full game last week and will be joined at the coalface by Everitt, Robinson, Marsh and Lloyd. White will continue his solo hand in the ruck, with only the barest of assistance from Walsh or Everitt. The actual positions of Walsh and Brown will depend on the matchups on the day, they are likely to be at opposite ends though. If Walsh is played back then the bulk of the goalscoring will fall mainly on the shoulders of Morton, Membrey and Jack with the rest to be, hopefully, filled in by the midfielders. Richards and Dick will be handed key posts in defence with Biggs and Lockyer also to assist.
One or more of Morton, Walsh, White will travel with the seniors but should be back in Sydney before the game starts. (hope they aren't flying Tiger)
Academy Players/Topups
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 47 Stephen WRAY 3 0 0 48 Doug HADDEN 2 0 2 50 Calum JOHNSTON 1 0 0 51 Mitch CRAWFORD 4 0 0 58 Wills BRASSIL 0 0 0 From Manly-Warringah 59 Lachlan KILPATRICK 1 0 0 60 Thomas THURGARLAND 0 0 0
In: Brassil, Hadden, Johnston, Kilpatrick, Thurgarland
Out: Harrison GREEN, Thomas HEAD, Lloyd PERRIS, Jordan WEIR
The Swans Academy are playing the GWS Academy on Saturday, and thus we lose Perris, Green and Weir (and Head as well if he wasn't injured) from our topup list and their putative replacements. Brassil is a tall who has played some ruck for his local team. Thurgarland played as a topup last year.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Mitch Morton 23
- Tommy Walsh 12
- Tim Membrey 9
For full list: 2012 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Jed Lamb 14
- Mitch Morton 13
- Jesse White 12
For full list: 2012 Best Votes - RWOwiki
UWS Giants
B: 43. Kurt AYLETT 46. Bret THORNTON 13. Sam DARLEY HB: 21. Matt BUNTINE 30. Lachlan PLOWMAN 2. Curtly HAMPTON C: 33. Will HOSKIN-ELLIOTT 15. Tim GOLDS 25. Anthony MILES HF: 16. Nathan WILSON 36. James STEWART 22. Shaun EDWARDS F: 41. Josh GROWDEN 48. Sam FROST 42. Mark WHILEY Foll: 44. Tom DOWNIE 14. Tom BUGG 19. Nick HAYNES Int: 32. Gerald UGLE 49. Joe REDFERN 45. Sam SCHULZ 5. Aksel BANG
In: Bang, Bugg, Haynes, Hoskin-Elliott, Plowman, Redfern, Schulz, Thornton
Out: Taylor ADAMS, Sam ASKEW, Aidan CORR, Tim CLOWRY, Tyson NUNN, Jacob TOWNSEND, Luke WHARTON
The Giants of course will also be missing their Academy players too, but given they already have 20 listed players in the squad that's not such a hindrance for them as it is for us. Excitingly for them, their Danish international scholarship midfielder Aksel Bang gets his NEAFL debut as a result.
Their in-form players include on-ballers Mark Whiley and Anthony Miles, utilities Nick Haynes and Curtly Hampton and ruckman Tom Downie. Frost, Wilson and Thornton will be their main targets up forward. Highly rated number 3 pick Lachie Plowman is making his NEAFL debut after getting a taste of senior AFL football early and will have fellow high draftee Matt Buntine and Sam Darley by his side.
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