NEAFL Round 20
Hills Eagles v Sydney Swans Reserves
Saturday 11th August 2012 4.00pm
ANZ Stadium
The last home game for the Reserves will be the inaugural meeting between these two sides. The Hills Eagles are one of the two new Sydney teams introduced into the NEAFL Eastern division this year. However unlike their counterparts Sydney Uni, the Eagles have done well in their debut season and have already qualified for the finals due to start in a fortnight's time. Thanks to some smart recruiting adding to their solid player base carried over from their days as the East Coast Eagles in the SFL, the Eagles have claimed some notable scalps this year and will provide stiff opposition for the Reserves.
The Swans are still hanging in for a shot at the minor premiership; with leaders Queanbeyan assigned a tough fixture against Eastlake this weekend, the Swans will go top on percentage if they win and the Tigers lose to the Demons. However, while the minor premiership would be a proud accomplishment for Crouch and his charges, I wonder if the fact that the minor premiers will get the first week of the finals off (corresponds to AFL round 22) might mean that the Swans may not want to top the ladder after the regular season (although I'm not suggesting any badminton-style tanking will be taking place)
Eastern Conference Ladder
Team Played Wins Losses Draws For Against Percentage Points Queanbeyan 16 13 3 0 1904 1267 150.04% 52 Reserves 16 12 4 0 2223 1140 195.00% 48 Eastlake 16 10 6 0 1551 1303 119.03% 40 Ainslie 16 10 6 0 1750 1511 115.82% 40 Hills Eagles 16 10 6 0 1683 1482 113.56% 40 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belconnen 17 5 11 1 1499 1735 86.40% 22 UWS Giants 16 4 12 0 1234 1995 61.85% 16 Sydney Uni 16 3 13 0 1195 2134 56.00% 12 Tuggeranong 17 1 15 1 1309 2304 56.81% 6
Past Meetings
First meeting between the two sides
Recent Form
Reserves
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 UWS Away WIN 151 34 R2 BYE R3 Gold Coast Home LOSS 55 91 R4 Ainslie Away LOSS 85 111 R5 Tuggeranong Home WIN 213 41 R6 NT Thunder Away LOSS 90 112 R7 Sydney Uni Away WIN 239 36 R8 Brisbane Away WIN 120 86 R9 Eastlake Home WIN 144 43 R10 Gold Coast Home WIN 109 56 R11 Queanbeyan Away WIN 137 96 R12 BYE R13 Sydney Uni Home WIN 188 40 R14 UWS Home WIN 129 42 R15 Brisbane Home LOSS 103 122 R16 BYE R17 Belconnen Home WIN 197 66 R18 Gold Coast Away WIN 131 100 R19 UWS Away WIN 126 64
Hills Eagles
Round Team Venue Result F A R1 Sydney Uni Home WIN 96 81 R2 Queanbeyan Home LOSS 118 141 R3 Ainslie Away WIN 126 114 R4 UWS Away LOSS 94 130 R5 Belconnen Home WIN 136 102 R6 Tuggeranong Away WIN 136 96 R7 BYE R8 Queanbeyan Away LOSS 64 137 R9 Sydney Uni Home WIN 163 58 R10 UWS Home WIN 136 27 R11 Belconnen Away WIN 88 62 R12 BYE R13 Eastlake Home LOSS 65 97 R14 Ainslie Home LOSS 73 131 R15 Tuggeranong Home WIN 111 95 R16 BYE R17 Sydney Uni Away LOSS 62 83 R18 Labrador Away WIN 102 67 R19 Mt. Gravatt Home WIN 113 61
Last Round
Reserves 18.18 (126) defeated UWS Giants 9.10 (64) @ 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
Hills Eagles 17.11 (113) defeated Mt. Gravatt 8.13 (61) @ Bruce Purser
The Eagles took apart their lowly NEAFL Northern counterparts sprinting away to a 60 point 3 quarter tlead before the Vultures managed to peg the deficit back to 52 at full time. Matthew Edwins kicked a season high 6 to take his tally to 41 for the season. Defender Damien Charleston and forward Jamie Vlatko were amongst the Eagles' best players too.
Goals: Edwins 6, Young 2, Ure 2, Costello, Head, Spiteri, Vlatko, Houlihan, Charleston, Tungatalum
Best: Edwins, Charleston, Vlatko, Spiteri, Savage, Eastman
Team List
Listed players
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 7 Brett MEREDITH 13 5 17 10 Mitch MORTON 14 69 17 Had a sniff last week being named as an emergency. Tied with James Kavanagh of Queanbeyan in the NEAFL Eastern goalkicking race. 11 Jed LAMB 12 16 4 4 goals last week a result of playing closer to goal. 17 Tommy WALSH 14 20 22 3 behinds last week not a great return. Behind Spangher in the tall forward pecking order. 18 Jesse WHITE 11 24 13 Will ruck for the whole game again as Seaby re-injured his calf last week. 19 Tony ARMSTRONG 9 1 6 (Seniors emergency) Looked better coming off a halfback flank in the 2nd half compared to playing on the wing in the 1st. 27 Matthew SPANGHER 9 21 15 (Seniors emergency) Struggled last week against a close-checking defender but more encouragingly finished his 3rd consecutive game without an injury concern. 28 Dylan McNEIL 16 7 8 Working hard on his spread and had 4 shots on goal last week. 33 Jarred MOORE 16 12 39 Was down on his usual dominating form until a improved showing last week. 35 Campbell HEATH 16 0 22 BOG last week after shutting down the UWS talls 36 Alex BROWN 8 1 3 Playing mostly in defence but has also seen time as a forward 42 Jack LYNCH 16 7 12 Great use of his body last week, it was Richards-esque 44 Harry CUNNINGHAM 15 10 16 A few targets in his sights as the tagger, Houlihan or Palipuaminni are the major targets. 45 Nathan GORDON 11 25 9 (Seniors emergency) Unlikely to be the emergency withdrawn at half time after missing last week being the traveling emergency.
In: Gordon (traveling emergency)
Out: Andrejs EVERITT (senior promotion)
In terms of structure it may be a case of straight-in straight-out as Everitt played a roaming role in the midfield last week and Gordon has been performing a similar task when selected.
Academy Players/Topups
Changes
# Name Games Goals Votes Notes 47 Jackson POTTER 16 6 1 ? Beau HEENEY 3 1 0 ? Bradley PLUG 3 2 4 Votes in his last start against the Suns Reserves ? Daniel ROBINSON 1 0 0 ? Joshua ROEBUCK 1 0 0 ? Dylan ROOS 2 2 0 ? Erol SERTBAS 0 0 0 North Shore ? Thomas THURGARLAND 3 2 1 A vote last week ? Stephen WRAY 5 0 0
In: Jack, Plug, Robinson, Roebuck, Sertbas, Wray
Out: Lewis Broome, Mitch Crawford, Jack McKinlay, Dane Rampe
No sign of a topup ruckman this week.
Reserves leading goalkickers
- Mitch Morton 69
- Trent Dennis-Lane 30
- Nathan Gordon 25
For full list: 2012 Goalkickers - RWOwiki
Reserves leading votegetters
- Jarred Moore 39
- Trent Dennis-Lane 28
- Mark Seaby 24
For full list: 2012 Best Votes - RWOwiki
Hills Eagles
B: 5. Teddy STRUDWICK 8. Ryan BARRETT 24. Trent BAKER HB: 20. Daniel SPITERI 21. Damien CHARLESTON ?. Matthew EASTMAN C: 22. Matt EDWINS 11. Ross TUNGATALUM 18. Jack DIMERY HF: 16. Jackson DWYER 2. Scott REED 6. Ryan HOULIHAN F: ?. Tim GARLICK 3. Jamie VLATKO 10. Stephen DOYLE Foll: ?. Leif STUART 23. Callen YOUNG 9. Jon VLATKO Int: 13. Aaron SAVAGE 14. Brad URE 32. Amua PIRIKA 19. Thomas HEAD 27. Dean COSTELLO 34. Brad PALIPUAMINNI 4. Gus SEEBECK
In: Palipuaminni, Seebeck
Out:
As mentioned in the precis, the Eagles have recruited well. The list of names includes players with AFL experience in Ryan Houlihan (Carlton), Ross Tungatalum (St Kilda, also winner of the NEAFL Northern Conference Rising Star award in 2011), Scott Reed (Collingwood NSW scholarship holder, drafted on the rookie list), Jackson Dwyer (Hawthorn NSW scholarship), Thomas Head (Fremantle NSW scholarship) as well as Brad Palipuaminni who won the NEAFL with the NT Thunder with Tungatalum
In addition, Daniel Spiteri has played as a topup for our reserves and Tungatalum, Matthew Eastman and Thomas Head have played as topups for the Giants reserves.
And no, that's not the same Stephen Doyle that played for the Swans.
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