Round 9: Ainslie v Sydney Swans Reserves

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Any idea if this game is being recorded for footage material?

Also, it won't be the entire squad that is playing. It wouldn't surprise me to see a few of the younger ones (Robinson, Jack, A.Moody, Wray, maybe Gourlay) not make the cut for the final team, so we may be able to play them. It would be great to see mini-Jack running around in the red and white!

I read somewhere on afl.com that all matches would be available on their Bigpond Video thingy. Also, given the match is at BOP, wouldn't they have the whole squad there watching?

Also, Jake and Elroy, nice. Though Eric will have to be Elroy; Andrew, Jake. Otherwise the heights are all wrong.

Another option is M1 and M2. Or if one of them turns out to be good, the other a spud, "good Mood" and "bad Mood".

I laughed. Ah ye of little faith, you should have suggested "good Mood" and "better Mood"!

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ugg, when is the game?

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Saturday afternoon 2.35pm Blacktown Olympic Park
NSW/ACT v Vic Metro

The only 'home' game for the RAMS. If I didn't have a prior commitment lined up, I might have headed over there for a look.


NAB AFL Under 18 Championships - AFL.com.au

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Thx ugg.

Unless it is just a cold, miserable rainy day and home in front of the heater watching the Cats finish the Bulldogs season and Eade's career appears a better option, I reckon I just may pop over and have a look.

Edit: Checked your link and saw it's a double header with SA v Qld at 10am. I'd say I'm about 95%, should be a great day of footy.

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The RAMS side is finalised for Blacktown on Saturday - Jackson Potter, Jonathon Gourlay, Blake Guthrie, Eric Moody and Jack Lynch have all been selected in the 22 - big test first up against Vic Metro.

This is an interesting link to u18 video preview and updates - good bit on Tom Mitchell also


AFL Videos - AFL match replays - AFL.com.au

In between the two u18's Championship games on Saturday is the NEAFL GWS v Suns game - that will be like the half time Auskickers I guess!

Seriously though, between GWS/Suns/RAMS/Vic Metro, there will be a lot of the top 17 & 18 y.o. talent on show.

Just on Kane Murphy, he was always an excellent intuitive player, but small. I reckon he has put on 10 kilos of muscle coming into 2011, and this has added another dimension to his game.

Similarly, the u/18's toppies mentioned above were mostly skinny speed humps last season when they were used ... they too have grown (as teenagers do) and individually they have rarely been beaten by their mature bodied opponents in the Ressies games this season.

Consequently their involvement and confidence grows accordingly. Their improvement and acceptance by the listed players is the difference between the consistent performances of the Ressies this year and their yo yo performances, and eventual decline last year.

Henry and co are doing a great job, but I had a lot of time for Frostie, and feel a bit sorry for him. He had a tough gig last year, but did a fantastic job preparing first and second year players to step up to seniors, and saw a bunch of them go within a kick of a prelim final ... and really THAT is the ressies coaches job ... still I would not blame him if he was looking on now with just a touch of envy!

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Playfair lauds reserves? ferocity - Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club

Some pics here

http://www.ainsliefootball.com/content/round-9-senior-and-round-6-junior-results

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Classic ugg. Its number 53 in the middle pic and you can see what I mean by him being a bit small....of course some optiical illusion, but...

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Classic ugg. Its number 53 in the middle pic and you can see what I mean by him being a bit small....of course some optiical illusion, but...

That's pretty damn funny - #53 looks positively Lilliputian!

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First 50 seconds has highlights, well 2 highlights from Ressies v Ainslie.