Reserves Final

[TMSS]

swans 17-11-113
belconnen 14-7-91

Apparently quite a physical game.

[ItsAllGoodes]

SYDNEY SWANS
Goal Kickers: L Vogels 4; H Grundy 3; S Phillips 2; A Prior 2; C Bird; D Conway; M Laidlaw; S Rowe; T Schmidt; D Spriggs

Best Players: T Schmidt; K Thornton; L Vogels; K Jack; S Rowe; P Currie

SYDNEY SWANS 2 5, 8 7, 11 8, 17.11-113
BELCONNEN MAGPIES 2 1, 6 1, 11 4, 14 7-91

From sportingpulse.com.au

[TMSS]

SYDNEY SWANS
Goal Kickers: L Vogels 4; H Grundy 3; S Phillips 2; A Prior 2; C Bird; D Conway; M Laidlaw; S Rowe; T Schmidt; D Spriggs
Best Players: T Schmidt; K Thornton; L Vogels; K Jack; S Rowe; P Currie
BELCONNEN MAGPIES
Goal Kickers: B Weston 4; L McDonald 4; J Ilett 2; M Campbell 2; J Bennett; P Hallandale
Best Players: J Bennett; M Rice; J Ilett; M Ghobrial; B Knowles

from sporting pulse.

[TMSS]

doh, sorry should have done that the first time.

[satchmopugdog]

Jeepers..looks as though the defenders finally got a work out.

[gossipcom]

Did Spriggs get injured? Since usually he features on the best of List but wasn't on there.

[SimonH]

I was right about the 'close for the first 3 quarters but Sydney's greater fitness finally tells' motif, but wrong about the margin (I thought they'd ultimately get away by 7 or 8 goals).

The problem for the 2s is that the excitement around the club is now such that any of the players who played firsts tonight could have their leg sawed off, and still demand that they were right to play. And surely no selection committee could be churlish enough to drop a player who participated in that win.

[ugg]

Originally posted by gossipcom
Did Spriggs get injured? Since usually he features on the best of List but wasn't on there.

Yes, according to this bigfooty report

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=266532

Sounds like Belconnen lined up a few of our guys. I've always suspected that it could end up like this when teams get frustrated at not being able to beat us.

[tantrum]

Sounds bad. Another reason the Swans might questions the current reserves arrangements if hacks can do that can kind of thing.

[SimonH]

Originally posted by tantrum
Sounds bad. Another reason the Swans might questions the current reserves arrangements if hacks can do that can kind of thing.

While Belconnen are obviously a better team than just 'hacks', on balance I think you're right.

Of course there are thugs at any level of footy. No doubt every competition, from AFL down, has its cheap shot merchants. But in terms of the averages, clubs playing in what are essentially semi-pro leagues (VFL/SANFL/WAFL) will demand and receive a higher level of professionalism from their players, than you get in purely amateur leagues.

You're less likely to have those games where players get targetted in a premeditated and callous way, or where teams go out with the intention of 'settling a score' with the opponent regardless of the outcome of the match. I of course make these comments in a general way, without having witnessed today's game.

[tantrum]

Yes, hack was probably overstating it, but (if the reports are accurate), that was a fairly hack-like thing to do. And yes I too did not witness it.

[ugg]

Canberra Times Report

[Tuesday]

Any ideas when the Granny is on, TMSS?

[TMSS]

Originally posted by Tuesday
Any ideas when the Granny is on, TMSS?

Sunday week one thinks.

[Tuesday]

Cheers