VFL Round 18: Sydney Swans Reserves v Brisbane Lions Reserves

[wolftone57]

Sorry folks but I am having withdrawal. I have waited all day for Ugg to post the Ressies preview. I am not going to attempt to do an Ugg preview, it would be impossible. Thank you Ugg you are marvellous. But I wanted to get the Ressies going ASAP as we play in a few hours.

The younuns take on Lions tonight so let's hope the 'Lion sleeps tonight'. Leuenberger, Paparone, Raines and Polkinghorne are all playing for the Lions. They have been very poor this season and sit tenth on the NEAFL ladder. But in recent weeks the Lions Seniors have had a resurgence and the reserves have improved too.

Into our side come Tom Mitchell and BJ. We have more experience with Pebbles, LRT, BJ, Mitchell, Tommy Walsh, Xav Richards, Biggsie all having at least one senior game. It should be a very good game but I think with our mix of experience and youth we will win the day.

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NEAFL WEEKLY TEAM LIST!

Round! 18!

Club!name Sydney!Swans!

Coach Jared Crouch

Captain


FB 46. Shane!Biggs 17. Tommy!Walsh 31. Harrison!Marsh

HB 29. George!Hewett 30. Lewis!Roberts-Thomson 18. Jordan Lockyer

C 42. Xavier! Richards 27. Daniel Robinson 5. Ryan!O?Keefe

HF 59 Michael Dickson 1. Tim Membrey 45. Patrick Mitchell

FF! 49. Jackson Kelly 54. Daniel Preen 48. Jack Parker

Rucks 51. Vahid Roser, 28. Matthew Dick, 50. Mitch Wright

Interchange 35. Sam Naismith, 6!Tom Mitchell, 33. Brandon Jack, 13. Toby Nankervis
Emergencies

Ins!&!Outs

In?s

59.Michael Dickson, 49. Jackson Kelly, 50. Mitch Wright, 33. Brandon Jack, 6. Tom Mitchell

Out?s 49. James Brain, 50. Doug Hadden, 51 Jack Hiscox, 54. Stephen Wray, 60. Abe Davis


NEAFL WEEKLY TEAM LIST
Round
18
Club name
Brisbane Lions
Coach
Gary O?Donnell
Captain
29. Andrew Raines

FB 59. Hayden Bertoli-Simmonds 45. Jordon Bourke 50. Isiah Edwards

HB 31. James Polkinghorne 19. Jordan Lisle 46. Sam Michael

C 43. Nick Hayes 18. Nick Robertson 22. Marco Paparone

HF 44. Archie Smith 34. Jonathan Freeman 40. Isaac Conway

FF 52. Scott Miller 39. Jackson Paine 53. Eric Hipwood

Rucks 23. Matt Leuenberger 29. Andrew Raines 47. Zac O?Brien


Interchange (from) 55. George Hannaford 48. Jack James 51. Jesse Walton 60. John Williams

Emergencies 49. Blake Hartley

In?s & Out?s

In?s (NEW) 48. Jack James 60. John Williams

Out?s 49. Lachie Niland-Rowe 60. Daniel Daye

Hope Ugg gets back soon all this computer stuff is very painful LOL. Enjoy the game folks

[liz]

Interesting to see Jackson Kelly get a game for the reserves. Wonder if they have their eye on him as a FS - probably a rookie list option more than a main list option.

[wolftone57]

Thank you Liz. I am going to be watching the Twos. If anyone wants to catch uo for a coffee, beer and chat call me on 0409 602 310. I will be somewhere near the Brewery Bar & Members bar. They have a coffee stand right near there and food too. It's Tony by the way.

[aardvark]

Nice work Wolfie. Thanks for the effort, much appreciated.

[dimelb]

Nice work Wolfie. Thanks for the effort, much appreciated.

+1. Onya Wolfie.

[undy]

Nicked from swansreserves tweets:
NEAFL 1/2 time - Swans reserves 7.6 48 to Lions reserves 3.3 21. Goals ? T. Mitchell, Jack, O?Keefe, Naismith, Hewett, Dickson, Nankervis

[graemed]

Neither membrury nor laiidler in reserve team and David Schwartz on sen is reporting membrury is replacing franklin in selected side. Any other stations reporting anything?

[707]

Has an update on the ressies got overtaken by the Buddy news? How's it looking in the ressies?

[jono2707]

Us 9.11.65
Lions 4.14.38

A pretty good performance from us from what I saw from the second quarter onwards.

The standout for me was George Hewett. He had a ripper game and could easly play a role in the ones right now. Very composed in traffic and pretty clean. He's a good 'un....

[Reggi]

Jackson Kelly played had 9 posessions

[Primmy]

Ah it was number 49 was it? Didn't mind him at all

Loved number 50. Interesting build on a kid.

Loved George. Agree jono, fearce. Maybe a bit of experience shy of a seniors gig, but a keeper definitely.
Mitchell played the first half like he had something to prove.

Interesting to watch BJ out there. A cut above, that's for sure.

LRT ..... no. However I want it recorded that BL Hayden Bertoli-Simmonds 45 is a jerk. Hasn't played a game let along 3 grannies has he, but he was laying into LRT, who more or less ignored him, but I worry for his kidneys.
Peb....... I am going to be painfully honest. Yes he is still good. But 'good' isn't great....... there I have said it.

[i'm-uninformed2]

McVeigh is the best decision maker/ball user in our side. Hewett is his successor.

[liz]

I agree with those who have picked out Hewett as the outstanding player yesterday. A strong pre-season to add a little strength and improve his endurance and he could certainly come in and make an impact next year.

I thought the team took a quarter to work out how to move the ball into the forward line without a proper target to aim at - with Membrey not there and Nankervis not quite presenting as he has earlier in the year. BJ was the one who realised they need to do things a little differently and started using his pace to break through the half forward line. There were a few occasions where he tried to do the difficult rather than the straightforward, and his work rate has room for improvement, but, along with Hewett, he stood out as being a class above most of the rest.

Biggs was another to have a good game. He was very effective bringing the ball out of defence and lively on the wings. My main criticism of his game (and this has been the case for most of his time at the club) is that when he delivers the ball forward he rarely seems to even try to pick out a target. It seems like he thinks his job is just to kick the ball into the 50m arc and then it is up to the forwards to be in the right place. it's one thing to try and hit a target and miss but I don't think he generally even looks.

Marsh did some good things but, as with most weeks, he didn't do enough of them to suggest he's close to senior footy. Robinson looks like he's at the end of a longish season. He worked hard but not to the same effect as earlier in the year when there wasn't much to choose between him and Lloyd. Lockyer is still to do anything that says to me he is destined for senior footy.

LRT looked like he can't wait for the season to come to an end so he can retire with the honour he has earned. And while I respect ROK's desire to seek another club so he can extend a career, I am not sure he's still got another season in him. He doesn't stand out at this level as being the class above that he should.

I think Mitchell just played the first half. Did some good stuff but also looked like he was feeling the effects of his most recent injury lay-off.

Jackson Kelly looks like he knows where to run, and his skills look reasonable. He's also not scared to get in and tackle when he needs to be, but he is tiny. I mean tiny. I wouldn't like to hazard a guess as to his height but he's certainly a far bit shorter than his father. He is also skinny as a twig. I know PK was skinny when he first arrived at the club but I can't believe he was quite that slight. And while JK looked reasonably quite, he didn't display the express speed of Dad. My guess is he's probably never going to be quite big enough for AFL, but then his father was told that. Benny McGlynn was told that. Kieran Jack was told that. So who knows, in a year or three.

[dimelb]

Thanks Liz, Primmy and others for comments. Nice to keep track of the talent.

[ShockOfHair]

Great effort by the RWO reserves match reporting team. No Ugg, no worries.