NEAFL 2016 Round 15

Canberra Demons v Sydney Swans Reserves

Saturday 9th July 2016
12.00pm
Manuka Oval

Just under 2 months ago the Reserves traveled to Canberra and defeated the Demons by 132 points, their greatest margin of victory in 2016. The Demons were without a win at that stage of that season but have improved with 2 wins on the board including an impressive away victory over Redland last week as well as creditable performances against the Giants and the Suns reserves teams.

The Swans meanwhile had a tough first half against defending premiers the NT Thunder, going into the main break in arrears, but sparked by an impressive third quarter showing by Tom Papley and Aliir Aliir, ran over the top of the Thunder to cruise to a big 11 goal victory.

With a strong contingent of 16 listed AFL players named for this game, the Swans will be favourite to extend their lead at the top of the table.

NEAFL Ladder
PositionTeamPlayedWinsLossesDrawsFFForAgainstPercentagePoints
1Sydney Swans12111001491624238.94%44
2NT Thunder1284001089927117.48%32
3Giants12750011541016113.58%28
4Sydney University1275001026990103.64%28
5Aspley12750095296498.76%28
6Southport1266001062952111.55%24
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7Redland12660087492294.79%24
8Gold Coast Suns124800885115476.69%16
9Canberra Demons1221000798126463.13%8
10Brisbane Lions1221000716123458.02%8

Recent Form
Reserves
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1Brisbane LionsAwayWin16240
R2GiantsHomeWin11597
R3RedlandAwayWin14952
R4SouthportHomeWin8545
R5Brisbane LionsAwayWin13525
R6Gold Coast SunsHomeWin12055
R7Canberra DemonsAwayWin17028
R8BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R9Sydney UniversityAwayWin10344
R10Gold Coast SunsAwayWin10721
R11WSU GiantsAwayLoss108109
R12AspleyHomeWin11047
R13BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R14NT ThunderHomeWin12761

Canberra
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1RedlandHomeLoss7484
R2SouthportAwayLoss79130
R3GiantsHomeLoss7696
R4Sydney UniAwayLoss4894
R5BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R6AspleyHomeLoss5398
R7Sydney SwansHomeLoss28170
R8NT ThunderAwayLoss52150
R9SouthportHomeLoss83123
R10Brisbane LionsHomeWin6017
R11BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R12GiantsHomeLoss79132
R13Gold CoastHomeLoss97109
R14RedlandAwayWin6961


Past Meetings
2016
R7
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Eastlake1.13.24.34.428
Reserves6.511.818.1026.14170
TypePlayers
GoalsT.Nankervis 6, N.Reinhard 4, S.Naismith 3, M.Wilson 2, T.Derickx 2, N.Newman 2, H.Carr, C.McFadden, W.Gowers, H.Marsh, L.Skrivanic, J.Foote, C.O'Riordan
BestJ.Foote, N.Newman, T.Nankervis, C.O'Riordan, T.Derickx, L.Melican

2015
R10
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Eastlake0.33.65.65.636
Reserves2.46.610.1214.17101
TypePlayers
GoalsC.Bird 3, S.McLaren 2, B.Jack 2, A.Davis 2, D.Towers 2, J.Foote, H.Marsh, T.Derickx
BestD.Towers, J.Foote, H.Marsh, G.Hewett, C.Bird, X.Richards

Last week
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves1.25.614.719.13127
NT Thunder3.26.47.59.761
TypePlayers
GoalsX.Richards 3, C.McFadden 2, T.Papley 2, J.Dawson 2, M.Wilson 2, J.Foote 2, S.Naismith 2, J.Hiscox, K.Galloway, N.Newman, A.Baker
BestA.Aliir, J.Foote, J.Hiscox, C.O'Riordan, B.Jack, T.Leonardis

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Redland0.21.36.49.761
Canberra3.66.98.139.1569
TypePlayers
GoalsS.Martyn 2, A.Bruce, R.Stevens, J.Harper, D.Roberts, J.Baker, K.Mahon, N.Pleming
BestJ.Harper, T.Highmore, B.Dowdell, R.Stevens, B.Halse, C.Bance

Team List
Listed players
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
7Harry CUNNINGHAM210 
9Abe DAVIS10813Non-playing senior emergency last week
11Jeremy LAIDLER000First NEAFL game since 2014, when he was dropped from the seniors finals team.
13Toby NANKERVIS8129Senior emergency
17Jack HISCOX111910 
21Ben McGLYNN110 
28Nic NEWMAN12422 
30Tyrone LEONARDIS941 
33Brandon JACK101318Senior emergency
34Jordan DAWSON6111 
38Colin O'RIORDAN12528 
42Xavier RICHARDS11156Senior emergency
43Lewis MELICAN1004First game in 3 rounds
45Jordan FOOTE12540 
46Sam MURRAY1161 
47Kyle GALLOWAY1140 

Changes
In: Davis, Laidler, Nankervis, McGlynn, Melican
Out: Aliir ALIIR (seniors), Tom DERICKX (injury), Sam NAISMITH (seniors), Tom PAPLEY (seniors), Ted RICHARDS (seniors)

Nankervis will take Naismith's spot as the number 1 ruckman, and Galloway will get valuable minutes as his backup. Davis and Laidler will replace Ted and Aliir in the back line. McGlynn replaces Papley but will spend time in the midfield as well as up forward. Melican's return from injury will necessitate a move for one of the defenders further up the ground, probably Murray or Leonardis

Academy Players/Topups
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
50Matt WILSON11243 
51Callum McFADDEN1160 
52Darcy BARON-HAY300 
54Ryan HEBRON1045 
55Ned REINHARD11184 
56Jake VEALE920Emergency
57Luke ROBERTSON000NEAFL debut
60Nathan COOPER100Emergency

In: Hebron, Robertson
Out: Angus BAKER, Jake VEALE

Statistics
Kicks
PlayerGamesAvg. Kicks
Nic NEWMAN1218.9
Harry CUNNINGHAM215.5
Brandon JACK1014.8
Dean TOWERS713.9
George HEWETT113.0

Handballs
PlayerGamesAvg. Handballs
Zak JONES114.0
Brandon JACK1011.7
Dean TOWERS711.6
Jordan FOOTE1211.5
Ben McGLYNN19.0

Disposals
PlayerGamesAvg. Disposals
Brandon JACK1026.5
Dean TOWERS725.4
Nic NEWMAN1224.9
Zak JONES124.0
Jordan FOOTE1222.4

Marks
PlayerGamesAvg. Marks
Aliir ALIIR95.6
Abe DAVIS105.5
Nic NEWMAN125.3
James ROSE65.0
Ted RICHARDS25.0

Tackles
PlayerGamesAvg. Tackles
Harry CUNNINGHAM29.0
Ben McGLYNN19.0
Jordan FOOTE126.6
Brandon JACK106.2
Dean TOWERS76.1

Hitouts
PlayerGamesAvg. Hitouts
Sam NAISMITH926.7
Toby NANKERVIS816.4
Tom DERICKX813.9
Kyle GALLOWAY116.4
Dean TOWERS71.7

Clearances
PlayerGamesAvg. Clearances
George HEWETT19.0
Dean TOWERS77.3
Brandon JACK106.2
Zak JONES15.0
Jordan FOOTE124.9

Inside 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Inside 50s
Brandon JACK107.4
Dean TOWERS76.6
Harry CUNNINGHAM25.5
George HEWETT15.0
Harrison MARSH74.4

Rebound 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Rebound 50s
Nic NEWMAN125.0
Aliir ALIIR94.0
Colin O'RIORDAN122.8
Harrison MARSH72.6
Harry CUNNINGHAM22.5
Ted RICHARDS22.5

Goals
PlayerGamesTotal Goals
Matt WILSON1124
Jack HISCOX1119
Ned REINHARD1117
Xavier RICHARDS1115
James ROSE614

Coaches Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Jordan FOOTE1240
Colin O'RIORDAN1228
Aliir ALIIR925
Harrison MARSH723
Nic NEWMAN1222

NEAFL MVP Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Brandon JACK1038
Jordan FOOTE1237
Nic NEWMAN1128
Aliir ALIIR927
Dean TOWERS721

Canberra Demons
    
B:35. Tom HIGHMORE29. Ben HALSE43. Matthew VARDANEGA
HB:5. Nick COLLINS20. Sam ASKEW27. Luke McKAY
C:36. Lucas MELINE1. Isaac TAYLOR15. Jack BAKER
HF:21. Dan O'CONNELL4. Aaron BRUCE47. Reed STEVENS
F:24. Nick FOTHERGILL22. Kirk MAHON19. Charlie BANCE
Foll:23. Ben DOWDELL9. Nick PLEMING17. Jordan HARPER
Int:16. Matthew CHANNON33. Lachlan HARPER14. Donald ROBERTS
 26. Dean BIERMANN32. Sam FISHER 
Emg:38. Harry BRYANT28. Sam DeSOUSA 

In: Biermann, Fisher, Channon
Out: Sam MARTYN, Cameron BERNASCONI, Tom FAUL

Young Jordan Harper is the standout player in this team, currently joint leader with Southport's ex-Suns midfielder Andrew Boston in the NEAFL MVP vote count. Despite the Demons being his 3rd team in 3 years (with Belconnen and Ainslie both bowing out of the NEAFL in consecutive years), and playing in a losing team week after week, Harper has put together an impressive season thus far. Playing more as a wingman with Ainslie, his move into an inside role has worked wonders for him averaging 31.8 disposals, 7.1 tackles, 4.9 marks, 4.2 clearances and just under a goal a game. He will surely come under the watchful eye of our tagger Jordan Foote.

Isaac Taylor is the Demons' other prolific ball winner. Taylor played for Belconnen in the local Canberra comp last year and won the B&F in that competition. However they will be missing the services of former Adelaide Crow midfielder Sam Martyn and boom youngster Tom Faul who is a Giants Academy member.

Former Crow Ben Dowdell is one of the better rucks in the NEAFL and will provide good opposition for Nankervis.