2025 VFL Games.

[Dow]

Look forward to the game

[MattW]

Team for the Sunday morning match against the Suns.

Backs	Tom Ryan	Will Edwards	Blake Leidler
Half Backs	Patrick Snell	Joel Hamling	Caleb Mitchell
Centreline	James Tidemann	Ben Edwards	Max Geddes
Half Forwards	Ned Bowman	Jack Buller	Indhi Kirk
Forwards	Jack Kluske	Tom Longmire	Matt Lloyd
Followers	Nic Shipley	Will Green	Angus Sheldrick
Interchange	Angus Hanrahan	Jordan Endemann	Byron Laws
	Joe Harrison	Cooper McClennan
Emergency	Lachlan Cabor	Tom Hitchens	Harrison Podmore-Taylor

It'll be interesting to see how young Will goes shouldering the ruck duties.

[dejavoodoo44]

It'll be interesting to see how young Will goes shouldering the ruck duties.

Hopefully he does well, but he's up against Ned Moyle, who's one of the better ruckmen running around in the VFL. And it's probably going to be a tough ask for the side, because with the Suns' minimal injury list they're fielding a very strong side.

[dejavoodoo44]

Might as well post the team list that has numbers, and in and outs. Which I was looking for yesterday, but was missing from the AFL site for some reason.

B: T. Ryan (67), W. Edwards (28), B. Leidler (32)
HB: P. Snell (41), J. Hamling (29), C. Mitchell (35)
C: J. Tidemann (64), B. Edwards (50), M. Geddes (61)
HF: N. Bowman (23), J. Buller (39), I. Kirk (31)
F: J. Kluske (47), T. Longmire (58), M. Lloyd (51)
R: N. Shipley (52), W. Green (45), A. Sheldrick (12)
INT: A. Hanrahan (53), J. Endemann (57), B. Laws (55), J. Harrison (65), C. McClennan (66)
23rd Player: C. McClennan (66)
EMG: L. Cabor (59), T. Hitchens (56), H. Podmore-Taylor (62)

IN: J. Endemann, A. Hanrahan, J. Harrison, J. Hamling, B. Laws, C. McClennan, T. Ryan
OUT: P. Ladhams, B. Paton (AFL), O. Davis (shoulder), L. McDonald (ankle), P. Roseby (unavailable) T. Hitchens, L. Hunter (omitted)

[dejavoodoo44]

Going along much as expected, with the large advantage in AFL listed players for the Suns. Edwards and Shipley have been pretty good in midfield.

[crackedactor 01]

4 goals to nil. It may be a very ugly day for the Swans.I glad Edwards is in the side.

[dejavoodoo44]

Did pretty well to get the margin back to 41-24. Pressure has been good. Shipley leading the way. Edwards, Kirk and Sheldrick all pretty good around the ball. Hamling useful in defence, while I've quite liked some of the lead up work of Bowman.

[Dow]

A very hard watch ! The disposal by the swans is horrrific, Sheldrck leading disposals but is tiny ring it over 53 percent effective disposal, Buller battling hard and Bowmen playing his best game

[Dow]

This is getting embarrassing- major concerns around Green and Edwards.
Mitchell and Sheldrick definitely should be delisted at season end

Bowman, Snell and Buller all battled hard today

[dejavoodoo44]

Did reasonably well to only lose 93-46, to a side that had 879 games of AFL experience, to our 115: almost all of it to Hamling. We did battle hard to the end.

Sheldrick got plenty of ball and his disposal was better than last game's infuriating effort. Shipley and Ben Edwards toiled hard in the middle, as did young Harrison: who looks at least up to VFL level.

I quite liked Bowman today. He did some useful leading up the ground and his goal was the result of a nice juggling mark. He seemed to be switched back to defence in the final quarter and looked fairly classy rebounding. Also in defence, in the second half, Snell started to show the form that had us optimistic about his prospects last season. Leidler also had a few handy involvements.

[crackedactor 01]

Did reasonably well to only lose 93-46, to a side that had 879 games of AFL experience, to our 115: almost all of it to Hamling. We did battle hard to the end.

Sheldrick got plenty of ball and his disposal was better than last game's infuriating effort. Shipley and Ben Edwards toiled hard in the middle, as did young Harrison: who looks at least up to VFL level.

I quite liked Bowman today. He did some useful leading up the ground and his goal was the result of a nice juggling mark. He seemed to be switched back to defence in the final quarter and looked fairly classy rebounding. Also in defence, in the second half, Snell started to show the form that had us optimistic about his prospects last season. Leidler also had a few handy involvements.

Sheldrick is starting to remind me of Dylan Stephens. Plenty of possesions but at least half go to the opposition. Good to see Snell starting to show some form.
We dont need any more injuries!!

[bandwagon]

The teams on paper were a massive mismatch, 879 AFLgames vs. 15 (excluding Hamling), also our VFL players were younger than usual with two teenagers coming in for their first game of the season. So a pleasant surprise not to be belted by 10 goals+. Heads didnt drop and continued to show endeavour until the end, just a gap in class was the difference.
Given my low expectation I was pleased with Bowman, as I hadn't really seen anything previously to get excited about. Not sure how much of a pre-season he had, but hopefully we continue to see improvement. Overall I don't think anyone is pushing hard to be picked in the seniors. Looking forward to and another tough game next week against GWS.

[imuninformedtwo]

I’d be keen to know from regular watchers what’s happened to Mitchell. He used to get high numbers and earned his debut last year, but he’s drifted off since. Views?

[MattW]

Did reasonably well to only lose 93-46, to a side that had 879 games of AFL experience, to our 115: almost all of it to Hamling. We did battle hard to the end.

Sheldrick got plenty of ball and his disposal was better than last game's infuriating effort. Shipley and Ben Edwards toiled hard in the middle, as did young Harrison: who looks at least up to VFL level.

I quite liked Bowman today. He did some useful leading up the ground and his goal was the result of a nice juggling mark. He seemed to be switched back to defence in the final quarter and looked fairly classy rebounding. Also in defence, in the second half, Snell started to show the form that had us optimistic about his prospects last season. Leidler also had a few handy involvements.

Great, thanks. I think Sheldrick just needs to be persevered with in the firsts. At least he competes and tackles.

I didn't watch the game today. Stats that stand-out:
- Sheldrick: 34 disposals at 71%, 13 contested
- Buller: 22 disposals (8 contested), 1.3 goals/behinds
- 8 of Leidler's 18 disposals were contested, 89% efficiency, 9 intercepts led all Swans
- Green: 24 hit-outs, 3 disposals
- Bowman with 5 tackles to go with 16 disposals and 1.2, 4 score involvements led listed players in that stat.

[BRS328]

The teams on paper were a massive mismatch, 879 AFLgames vs. 15 (excluding Hamling), also our VFL players were younger than usual with two teenagers coming in for their first game of the season. So a pleasant surprise not to be belted by 10 goals+. Heads didnt drop and continued to show endeavour until the end, just a gap in class was the difference.
Given my low expectation I was pleased with Bowman, as I hadn't really seen anything previously to get excited about. Not sure how much of a pre-season he had, but hopefully we continue to see improvement. Overall I don't think anyone is pushing hard to be picked in the seniors. Looking forward to and another tough game next week against GWS.

You are correct about Bowman, he was injured early on in the preseason and was only cleared to play in time for the first VFL game against Collingwood, so was very underdone. He definitely has ability