NEAFL 2016 Round 20

NT Thunder v Sydney Swans Reserves

Saturday 13th August 2016
6.30pm
TIO Stadium Darwin

The annual trip to the NT has not been a happy one for the Reserves, with all 4 trips resulting in comprehensive losses. The losing average margin in those games has been 43 points and a common thread in all the games has been the poor goalkicking accuracy by the Swans.

The Thunder are the only team to have won multiple NEAFL titles (2011 and 2015) and they have built much of their success on the back of an imposing home record in 5 years of the NEAFL. However this year their fortress has shown signs of cracking, with the Thunder suffering unexpected losses to Southport, Redland, Sydney Uni and Aspley and most recently suffering a shock loss to cellar dwellars Canberra Demons away from home. As a result their chances of a home final are extremely small and will require a huge effort to defend their 2015 title.

The Swans will bring a relatively strong squad of 13 listed players but will be without the experienced Ted Richards who is serving a one match ban and one of the form NEAFL players of the year in Jordan Foote who will be the traveling emergency with the senior team.

NEAFL Ladder
PositionTeamPlayedWinsLossesDrawsFFForAgainstPercentagePoints
1Sydney Swans16142002004806248.64%56
2Aspley171250014161317107.52%48
3Sydney University161150013371232108.52%44
4Giants161060015521249124.26%40
5NT Thunder16970014171280110.70%36
6Southport16790013961278109.23%28
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7Redland16610001104131084.27%24
8Gold Coast Suns16610001260164976.41%24
9Canberra Demons16313001040165162.99%12
10Brisbane Lions17314001015176957.38%12


Recent Form
Reserves
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1Brisbane LionsAwayWin16240
R2GiantsHomeWin11597
R3RedlandAwayWin14952
R4SouthportHomeWin8545
R5Brisbane LionsAwayWin13525
R6Gold Coast SunsHomeWin12055
R7Canberra DemonsAwayWin17028
R8BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R9Sydney UniversityAwayWin10344
R10Gold Coast SunsAwayWin10721
R11GiantsAwayLoss108109
R12AspleyHomeWin11047
R13BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R14NT ThunderHomeWin12761
R15CanberraAwayWin14043
R16Gold CoastHomeWin17046
R17GiantsHomeLoss4368
R18BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R19Brisbane LionsHomeWin16025

NT Thunder
RoundTeamVenueResultFA
R1Gold Coast SunsHomeWin7658
R2Sydney UniAwayLoss42111
R3AspleyHomeWin12683
R4RedlandHomeWin6945
R5GiantsAwayWin7865
R6BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R7SouthportHomeLoss99116
R8CanberraHomeWin15052
R9RedlandHomeLoss5279
R10GiantsHomeWin8775
R11AspleyAwayWin11469
R12BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE
R13Brisbane LionsHomeWin13547
R14Sydney SwansAwayLoss61127
R15Sydney UniHomeLoss8091
R16RedlandAwayWin7563
R17AspleyHomeLoss7695
R18CanberraAwayLoss97104
R19BYEBYEBYEBYEBYE


Past Meetings
2016
Round 14 @ Sydney Cricket Ground
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.Nankervis

2015
Round 16 @ TIO Stadium
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
NT Thunder3.06.311.415.797
Reserves1.23.55.86.844
TypePlayers
GoalsJ.Brown, S.Wilson, N.Newman, Z.Fyffe, S.McLaren, S.Krochmal
BestL.Perris, N.Newman, T.Derickx, A.Aliir, J.Rose, A.Davis

Last week
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Reserves6.211.1018.1124.16160
Brisbane Lions1.01.22.53.725
TypePlayers
GoalsN.Reinhard 4, S.Murray 4, J.Rose 2, B.Davis 2, N.Newman 2, T.Richards 2, J.Brown, J.Dawson, M.Wilson, K.Galloway, R.Hebron, J.Hiscox, L.Robertson, B.McGlynn
BestC.O'Riordan, N.Newman, B.McGlynn, S.Murray, T.Derickx, J.Laidler

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Canberra6.310.711.1115.14104
NT Thunder2.13.410.415.797
TypePlayers
GoalsD.Ewing 5, M.Mummery 3, S.Rioli 2, C.Ilett 2, L.Patrick, S.Talbot, L.Bath
BestM.Rosier, C.Ilett, N.Vea Vea, D.Ewing

Team List
Listed players
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
1James ROSE9197 
11Jeremy LAIDLER213 
17Jack HISCOX152110 
19Tom DERICKX1074 
21Ben McGLYNN469Senior emergency
28Nic NEWMAN16737 
30Tyrone LEONARDIS1271 
31Harrison MARSH9223Senior emergency
33Brandon JACK131422 
34Jordan DAWSON9171 
38Colin O'RIORDAN16538 
46Sam MURRAY15125 
47Kyle GALLOWAY1540 

Changes
In: B.Jack
Out: Ted RICHARDS (suspended), Jordan FOOTE (senior emergency)

Jack straight in for Foote in the midfield. Ted was a swingman last week so his absence will be costly at both ends of the ground.

Academy Players/Topups
#NameGamesGoalsVotesNotes
48James BELL000Emergency - NEAFL debut if he plays
49Bailey STUART000Emergency - NEAFL debut if he plays
50Matt WILSON14273 
51Callum McFADDEN1460  
52Darcy BARON-HAY804 
53Jake BARTHLOMAEUS200 
54Ryan HEBRON1459 
55Ned REINHARD14214 
56Jake VEALE1020 
57Ben DAVIS330 
58Will GOWERS220Emergency
60Nathan COOPER410 

In: Bartholomaeus, Veale
Out: Jake BROWN, Luke ROBERTSON


Statistics
Kicks
PlayerGamesAvg. Kicks
Nic NEWMAN1619.6
Ben McGLYNN417.0
Harry CUNNINGHAM415.5
Brandon JACK1314.3
Isaac HEENEY114.0

Handballs
PlayerGamesAvg. Handballs
Isaac HEENEY115.0
Zak JONES114.0
Jordan FOOTE1512.5
Brandon JACK1312.2
Dean TOWERS711.6

Disposals
PlayerGamesAvg. Disposals
Isaac HEENEY129.0
Brandon JACK1326.5
Nic NEWMAN1626.4
Dean TOWERS725.4
Ben McGLYNN425.0

Marks
PlayerGamesAvg. Marks
Isaac HEENEY17.0
Nic NEWMAN165.8
Aliir ALIIR95.6
James ROSE95.3
Abe DAVIS115.3

Tackles
PlayerGamesAvg. Tackles
Ben McGLYNN47.8
Harry CUNNINGHAM47.3
Jordan FOOTE156.1
Dean TOWERS76.1
Brandon JACK135.2

Hitouts
PlayerGamesAvg. Hitouts
Sam NAISMITH926.7
Toby NANKERVIS1120.0
Tom DERICKX1013.2
Kyle GALLOWAY156.7
Dean TOWERS71.7

Clearances
PlayerGamesAvg. Clearances
George HEWETT19.0
Dean TOWERS77.3
Isaac HEENEY17.0
Brandon JACK135.8
Jordan FOOTE155.1

Inside 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Inside 50s
Brandon JACK137.2
Dean TOWERS76.6
Harry CUNNINGHAM45.5
Ben McGLYNN45.3
Isaac HEENEY15.0
George HEWETT15.0

Rebound 50s
PlayerGamesAvg. Rebound 50s
Nic NEWMAN165.0
Aliir ALIIR94.0
Colin O'RIORDAN162.9
Harry MARSH92.4
Harry CUNNINGHAM42.3
Ted RICHARDS42.3

Goals
PlayerGamesTotal Goals
Matt WILSON1427
Xavier RICHARDS1326
Ned REINHARD1421
Jack HISCOX1521
James ROSE919

Coaches Votes
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Jordan FOOTE1544
Colin O'RIORDAN1638
Nic NEWMAN1637
Aliir ALIIR925
Harrison MARSH923

NEAFL MVP Votes (Public count stopped at Round 18)
PlayerGamesTotal Votes
Brandon JACK1250
Jordan FOOTE1441
Nic NEWMAN1433
Aliir ALIIR927
Dean TOWERS721

NT Thunder
    
B:33. Ben RIOLI29. Justin BEUGELAAR11. Jack LONG
HB:8. Raphael CLARKE45. Neil VEA VEA12. Jonathan PERIS
C:10. Shannon RIOLI16. Cameron ILETT27. Michael HAGAN
HF:23. Richard TAMBLING37. Liam PATRICK1. Phillip WILLS
F:46. Justin COOPER2. Darren EWING17. Luke BATH
Foll:14. Sebastian GUILHAUS15. Matthew ROSIER7. Jared BRENNAN
Int:5. Michael MUMMERY32. Daniel LEWIS50. Issiah FARRELL-NELSON
 19. Aaron LONERGAN39. Patrick TABAN 
Emg:28. Jack WILLIAMS13. Michael BOWDEN36. Matthew BRICKNELL

In: Brennan, Clarke, Cooper, Farrell-Nelson, Lewis
Out: Matthew Bricknell, Michael Bowden, Tim Eldridge, Daniel Russell, Sam Talbot

A couple of handy ins with former AFL players Brennan and Clarke returning to the lineup.
However the main man to watch is as always is inspirational captain Cam Ilett who is having yet another stellar season and will be in the running for the NEAFL MVP award. Foote would have been a good matchup for him as a run with player but the Swans may only be left with a head-to-head matchup rather instead.

Full forward Ewing leads the NEAFL goalkicking table with 56 majors, 16 clear of his nearest rival Jacob Derickx of Sydney Uni. He has been marked by Xavier Richards in our recent meetings, and would have been a good test for Ted Richards but with neither of them in the side the task will likely fall to Marsh or Laidler.

Seb Guilhaus had a great battle with Naismith in Round 14 so the ruck pairing of Derickx and Galloway will have a challenge ahead of them on Saturday night