VFL Round 13: Sydney Swans Reserves v Queanbeyan Tigers

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NEAFL Round 13
Sydney Swans Reserves v Queanbeyan Tigers
Saturday 25th June 2011 12.30pm
Sydney Cricket Ground

"Hold on, wait a minute, didn't we just play the Tigers???!" This is not a misprint, an error or even a reversion back to the old AFL Canberra comp where out of 8 teams, two of them were called the Tigers (Wagga being the other). With all the complexities involved in trying to devise a draw that includes crossover games between the two conferences, this was just one of the many strange circumstances that have arisen. Adding to the weirdness of the situation, the previous game 2 weeks ago was scheduled for the SCG only to be shunted out to Lakeside Oval at the last minute, but this game originally scheduled for ANZ, then BOP, will now take place at the SCG.

At least the Swans won't have the excuse of not knowing what to expect tomorrow!

Eastern Conference Ladder

Past Meetings
2011
R11 Reserves 15.12 (102) defeated Queanbeyan 7.11 (53)
Poor ball use by the Swans and good pressure from the Tigers ensured a close contest for the majority of the game. The Swans' superior fitness came to the fore in the last quarter as usual and they buried Queanbeyan with 4 goals to none. Jesse White kicked 6 goals with Paul Bevan excelling as a leading forward.

Goals: White 6 Moore 3 Heath Bevan 2 Thompson Gordon
Best: Bevan, McNeil, Currie, Heath, Murphy, Sumner

2010
R2 Queanbeyan 16.9 (105) defeated by Reserves 19.14 (128) @ Dairy Farmers Park
A high-scoring shootout down in Canberra, 17 listed players fronted for the side and the goals were shared round with 5 players booting 2 goals each. Nick Smith, Mike Pyke and Daniel Currie were named as the Swans best on the day.

Goals: Smith Rohan Playfair McNeil Dennis-Lane 2 Bevan Hirst Miles Gordon Heath Reid Veszpremi O'Dwyer Johnston
Best: Smith, Pyke, Currie, Veszpremi, McNeil, Reid

R10 Reserves 30.14 (194) defeated Queanbeyan 8.14 (62) @ ANZ
In an impressive display harking back to the halcyon days of 05/06, the Reserves were too good for a disappointing Tigers outfit. Dennis-Lane collected his second 7-goal haul for the season, ably supported by Henry Playfair's 5 and top-up player Eugene Kruger's 4. Not surprisingly, Dennis-Lane was the Swans best player on the day, ahead of Pat Veszpremi and Brett Meredith.

Goals: Dennis-Lane 7 Playfair 5 Kruger 4 Gordon Emery Veszpremi Moore 2 McNeil Picken McKaigue Meredith Lynch Johnston
Best: Dennis-Lane, Veszpremi, Meredith, Thornton, Playfair, Kruger

R15 Reserves 14.7 (91) defeated by Queanbeyan 19.18 (132) @ Sydney Cricket Ground
A severely depleted Reserves outfit comprising of only 10 listed players put up a spirited fight for most of the match but in the end succumbed by 41 points. Gary Rohan and Patrick Veszpremi were the dynamic duo up front kicking 6 and 4 goals respectively. Chris McKaigue fought hard in defence.

Goals: Rohan 6 Veszpremi 4 McNeil McKaigue Pearson Malcolm
Best: Rohan, Veszpremi, McKaigue, Reid, McNeil, Thompson

Recent Form
Reserves
R1 BYE
R2 WIN Away Eastlake 83-33
R3 WIN Home Belconnen 138-29
R4 BYE
R5 WIN Home Tuggeranong 123-12
R6 WIN Away GWS 87-27
R7 WIN Home Gold Coast Reserves 120-28
R8 BYE
R9 WIN Away Ainslie 124-74
R10 WIN Away Brisbane Reserves 104-97
R11 WIN Home Queanbeyan 102-53
R12 WIN Away GWS 115-29

Queanbeyan
R1 BYE
R2 WIN Home Belconnen 169-46
R3 LOSS Home Mt. Gravatt 64-128
R4 BYE
R5 LOSS Away Ainslie 65-136
R6 WIN Home Belconnen 109-91
R7 BYE
R8 LOSS Away GWS 88-129
R9 WIN Away Tuggeranong 123-93
R10 LOSS Away Belconnen 73-87
R11 LOSS Away Sydney Reserves 53-102
R12 LOSS Home Tuggeranong 84-116

Last Round
Reserves 17.13 (115) defeated GWS 3.11 (29)
A tight and intriguing struggle developed during the early stages of the game where GWS's pressure and tackling strangled the Swans' movement of the ball. After an adjustment during the second quarter where the Sydney players started to kick longer and more direct, they managed to break the Giants' swarm and coast to a comfortable victory. Daniel Currie starred both in the ruck and at full forward finishing with 4 goals. Luke Parker was the pick of the dominant midfielders.

Goal Kickers: Currie 4 Gordon 3 White Dennis-Lane Otten Everitt 2 McNeil Meredith
Best Players: Parker, Heath, Meredith, White, Gordon, Currie

Queanbeyan 10.13 (73) defeated by Tuggeranong 17.14 (116)
A classic 8-pointer, the Tigers' loss ensured they surrendered their top 4 spot to the rising Hawks. The Tigers held a 6 point lead at half time but were poor in the second half, kicking only 4 goals in response to the Hawks' ten.

Goal Kickers: Kavanagh Conroy Quade Daniher Wescombe 2 Jensen
Best Players: Conroy, Heaslip, Griggs, Walsh, Dickinson, Daniel

Team List
Listed players
Changes
In: Jetta (Senior demotion), Pyke (quad)
Out: Everitt (Senior promotion), White (Senior promotion)

Pyke fails to make the team for the 2nd week in a row. I really hope we're not going to see a ongoing problem

Jetta makes his first Ressies appearance of the year, and should it resemble his short stint last year, the crowd will be in for an electric display. Will the coaches throw him behind the ball and ask him to run and carry the ball like the want and expect, or will they expect him to toughen up by playing him in the guts and direct him to tackle like a maniac and go for the loose balls without fear?

The departure of the two leading forwards from last week White and Everitt opens up a spot for Lewis Johnston to be swung forward (Please Henry!) as there is enough cover down back with Spangher, Heath, McKaigue and Otten all capable of playing as key defenders. Otten played his best game of the season last week as a marking forward and probably will take up the same role this week. Dennis-Lane might also enjoy the extra space afforded by the departure of the senior-bound duo.

(Insert weekly Haren question here)

Academy Players/Topups (one to be omitted)
Changes
In: A.Moody, E.Moody, Robinson, Wray
Out: Blake Guthrie, Jack Lynch

Guthrie, Lynch drop out to the NSW/ACT RAMS U18. Jackson Potter, who didn't play last week is also on RAMS duty. Eric Moody, dropped from the RAMS returns to the side alongside his younger brother Andrew.

Reserves leading goalkickers

• Trent Dennis-Lane 27
• Jesse White 15
• Paul Bevan, Nathan Gordon 9

For full list: 2011 Leading goalkickers - RWOwiki

Reserves leading votegetters

• Byron Sumner 19
• Paul Bevan 17
• Nathan Gordon, Dylan McNeil 16

For full list: 2011 Best votes - RWOwiki

Talking points

• Moore - Can't even make it to the emergencies list any more, where does his future lie?
• Dennis-Lane - Was it the flu that was really responsible for his lacklustre showing last week?
• Jetta - Let's fire up Jets! Longmire has already indicated that he expects Jetta's stay to be 'short'
• Johnston - Play him forward, play him forward, play him forward.

Queanbeyan squad (1 to be omitted)

• 2. Ryan QUADE
• 4. Toby CONROY
• 7. Paul FRANCHI
• 8. Neil IRWIN
• 9. Will GRIGGS
• 13. Roy JAQUES
• 14. Alex OVERS
• 15. Mitch DANIHER
• 18. Jeremy KIRKWOOD
• 19. Steve JOLLIFFE
• 20. Sam JENSEN
• 22. Tom HOLLIS
• 24. Todd DICKINSON
• 25. Jared DANIEL
• 29. Daniel CAMPBELL
• 32. Ryan PRICE
• 33. Michael WESCOMBE
• 34. Casey WALSH
• 37. James MANIE
• 38. Mitch HEASLIP
• 45. Travis BULL
• 46. Beau WATTS
• 48. Jon ELIAS
• ?. Mitch PRICE
• ?. Stephen CAMP

In: Overs, Price, Bull, Elias, Watts, Franchi, Campbell, Price, Camp, Manie
Out: Sam Daniel, Paul Slater, Kaine Stevens, Brett Freund, Tim Cook. Liam Walker-Eastick, James Kavanagh

Summary
The Tigers do possess some goalkicking firepower in Kavanagh, Conroy, Quade and Daniher but if and when the Swans midfielders get on top as expected the Ressies should end the day with a 10 and zip record.

[BSA5]

Bit concerning that E.Moody is dropped from the Rams.

[Jenny]

Hi All,

Brilliant report as usual Ugg!

For those that plan on coming, tomorrow's Reserves match will be played at the SCG at 12.30pm. You will need to enter through Gate A, and entry is free.
The gate will open at 12.15pm.

Also, please note that the SCG food outlets will not be open, so make sure you bring a sandwich and your thermos with you!

As always, if you have any questions, let me know!

Jenny

[ugg]

Oops spoke too soon. Pyke is playing. Will update first post in a bit

[ugg]

Hi All,

Brilliant report as usual Ugg!

For those that plan on coming, tomorrow's Reserves match will be played at the SCG at 12.30pm. You will need to enter through Gate A, and entry is free.
The gate will open at 12.15pm.

Also, please note that the SCG food outlets will not be open, so make sure you bring a sandwich and your thermos with you!

As always, if you have any questions, let me know!

Jenny

Thanks Jenny. Where is gate a exactly. Is that the members gate? Also which areas are we allowed to sit in

[Jesse Richards]

Thanks, ugg. Thanks Jenny. Terrific that the gate opens 15 minutes before the game starts. Much appreciated.

[ugg]

Updated our team list, PYKE in. Also updated the Tigers' list, the biggest news is that Kavanagh isn't playing.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Oops spoke too soon. Pyke is playing. Will update first post in a bit

Excellent, important for Currie to have some back-up and while White and Everitt are in the seniors, a good opportunity for both these guys to have a good go up forward.

[dimelb]

Thanks ugg - I'm very pleased to see Pyke back on the field. And let's hope the reserves' run continues.

[Triple B]

ugg, Jenny obviously got busy. I can confirm tho that Gate A is definately the main members gate.

I'd imagine you can sit in the Ladies and they'll probably open the gate to let you sit in the Brewongle concourse as well.

I'm still only 50/50 of attending at this stage. Blacktown would have been a much easier logistical option for me unfortunately....

[BeeEmmAre]

Just a reminder to reserves fans about tonight's telecast of the Swans-Giants match. 6.30pm on Main Event Channel 518.

[Jenny]

Thanks Triple B! I did get distracted!

At this stage, you'll be restricted to the Members Area. They might open the Brewongle Concourse if needed.

We've also just been told that they are now going to open the food outlet behind the Member's Pavillion.

[ugg]

Awesome never sat in the Members before looking forward to it

Live tweeting etc from 12.30ish

[Xie Shan]

Thanks for the info Jenny!

[Triple B]

See u there ugg.

BigAl, are u a starter?? I reckon we'll be able to get back to the Homebush brewery for the last quarter of the Tigers v Dees and sink a few before going over at 5 to claim our usual seats...