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NEAFL 2017 Round 21
Gold Coast Suns Reserves v Sydney Swans Reserves @ Metricon Stadium
Saturday 19th August 2017
1:30pm
Metricon Stadium
The NEAFL home and away season concludes with the Suns hosting the Suns at Metricon. Barring a freak set of results in this game and the Giants v Lions game, the Swans have already claimed the minor premiership. However there will still be a lot to play for for the players in red and white. Besides the obvious lure of spots in the senior side, there will also be competition among the lower ranked players for spots in the finals. Should we face a non AFL side such as Uni, Thunder, Aspley or Canberra the number of listed players will be limited to 16. Given there are 21 listed players in this round's squad there could be more than a few unlucky players come finals time.
The Suns are in danger of being leapfrogged by the NT Thunder should they lose this game. The Suns and Thunder can only play each other in the first week of finals given their isolated positions on the ladder, so they are in fact fighting out for home finals rights this round.
The Swans have a dominant record over the Suns in the NEAFL, the head to head count stands at 16 wins and 3 losses including winning the last 12 games straight by an average margin of 64 points
NEAFL Ladder
Recent Form
Reserves
Gold Coast Suns
Head-to-Head
Swans Reserves 16
Suns Reserves 3
Past Meetings
2017
Round 16 @ Sydney Cricket Ground
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Round 9 @ Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground
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2016
Round 6 @ Blacktown International Sportspark
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Round 10 @ Metricon Stadium
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Round 16 @ Blacktown International Sportspark
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Last game
Team List
Listed players
Changes
In: Foote, Murray, Newman, O'Riordan
Out:
It is unknown whether the 2 senior emergencies that have been spotted in Adelaide - Newman and Dawson - will make the trip from Adelaide for this game.
Running defenders O'Riordan and Murray return after 4 games and 1 game out respectively with injury. Their returns could result in Marsh being shuffled further forward into a midfield role.
Newman's played the majority of his NEAFL career in defence but his last NEAFL game in Round 6 against Brisbane he played mainly in the midfield and was named BOG with 30 disposals 8 marks 3 tackles and a goal.
Edwards started the game last week as a deep lying forward, a role we haven't seen from him previously in the red and white. Florent started off a wing last week and was relatively quiet. Both Edwards and Florent were rotated into the midfield in the second half where they had a greater impact of the game.
Aliir was our main ruckman last week and although he had fewer hitouts than the Redland rucks, his work when the ball hit the ground was a real advantage for us. He has a tough matchup against Tom Nicholls and highly rated 18 year old draft prospect Brayden Crossley.
Academy Players/Topups
In:
Out: Harrison CARR, Jack HARDMAN, Jarrod OSBORNE, Sam WICKS
Brown played the majority of the game last week as a half back flanker and even took some kick ins.
Statistics
Kicks
Handballs
Disposals
Marks
Tackles
Hitouts
Clearances
Inside 50s
Rebound 50s
Goals
Coaches Votes
NEAFL MVP Votes (the publishing of voting results was stopped in Round 18)
Gold Coast Suns Reserves (listed players in bold)
In: Bowes, Scrimshaw, Sexton, Kempe, Koenen
Out: Keegan BROOKSBY (seniors), Brayden FIORINI (seniors), Mitch HALLAHAN (seniors), Jack LESLIE (seniors), Corey GRAHAM
The Suns were very impressive last week in beating a full strength Lions outfit, who in turn had beaten us the week before.
3 of their 4 standout players in the NEAFL this season won't be available for this game - Mitch Hallahan and Darcy MacPherson are both with the senior team, and Dan Currie injured himself while playing for the senior team last week. The 4th player is utility Ryan Davis who can play back, forward or even pinch hit in the midfield.
Crossley was really impressive against the Lions ruck duo Smith and McInerney finishing with 17 disposals, 33 hitouts, 9 tackles and 5 clearances. Given that Smith and McInerney dominated in the ruck against us a fortnight ago, expect the Suns to have an advantage in the ruck with Crossley and Tom Nicholls.
Ex-Bulldog Jarrad Grant has been in terrific form since his return to the side in Round 16. He has kicked 11 goals in 4 games including 7 last week against a strong Lions defence.
The Suns lineup also features 3 of their 4 top 10 picks from last year in Scrimshaw (#7), Brodie (#9) and Bowes (#10). All 3 have received AFL games already this year and their NEAFL numbers are also quite solid.
Gold Coast Suns Reserves v Sydney Swans Reserves @ Metricon Stadium
Saturday 19th August 2017
1:30pm
Metricon Stadium
The NEAFL home and away season concludes with the Suns hosting the Suns at Metricon. Barring a freak set of results in this game and the Giants v Lions game, the Swans have already claimed the minor premiership. However there will still be a lot to play for for the players in red and white. Besides the obvious lure of spots in the senior side, there will also be competition among the lower ranked players for spots in the finals. Should we face a non AFL side such as Uni, Thunder, Aspley or Canberra the number of listed players will be limited to 16. Given there are 21 listed players in this round's squad there could be more than a few unlucky players come finals time.
The Suns are in danger of being leapfrogged by the NT Thunder should they lose this game. The Suns and Thunder can only play each other in the first week of finals given their isolated positions on the ladder, so they are in fact fighting out for home finals rights this round.
The Swans have a dominant record over the Suns in the NEAFL, the head to head count stands at 16 wins and 3 losses including winning the last 12 games straight by an average margin of 64 points
NEAFL Ladder
Recent Form
Reserves
Gold Coast Suns
Head-to-Head
Swans Reserves 16
Suns Reserves 3
Past Meetings
2017
Round 16 @ Sydney Cricket Ground
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Round 9 @ Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground
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2016
Round 6 @ Blacktown International Sportspark
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Round 10 @ Metricon Stadium
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Round 16 @ Blacktown International Sportspark
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Last game
Team List
Listed players
Changes
In: Foote, Murray, Newman, O'Riordan
Out:
It is unknown whether the 2 senior emergencies that have been spotted in Adelaide - Newman and Dawson - will make the trip from Adelaide for this game.
Running defenders O'Riordan and Murray return after 4 games and 1 game out respectively with injury. Their returns could result in Marsh being shuffled further forward into a midfield role.
Newman's played the majority of his NEAFL career in defence but his last NEAFL game in Round 6 against Brisbane he played mainly in the midfield and was named BOG with 30 disposals 8 marks 3 tackles and a goal.
Edwards started the game last week as a deep lying forward, a role we haven't seen from him previously in the red and white. Florent started off a wing last week and was relatively quiet. Both Edwards and Florent were rotated into the midfield in the second half where they had a greater impact of the game.
Aliir was our main ruckman last week and although he had fewer hitouts than the Redland rucks, his work when the ball hit the ground was a real advantage for us. He has a tough matchup against Tom Nicholls and highly rated 18 year old draft prospect Brayden Crossley.
Academy Players/Topups
In:
Out: Harrison CARR, Jack HARDMAN, Jarrod OSBORNE, Sam WICKS
Brown played the majority of the game last week as a half back flanker and even took some kick ins.
Statistics
Kicks
Handballs
Disposals
Marks
Tackles
Hitouts
Clearances
Inside 50s
Rebound 50s
Goals
Coaches Votes
NEAFL MVP Votes (the publishing of voting results was stopped in Round 18)
Gold Coast Suns Reserves (listed players in bold)
In: Bowes, Scrimshaw, Sexton, Kempe, Koenen
Out: Keegan BROOKSBY (seniors), Brayden FIORINI (seniors), Mitch HALLAHAN (seniors), Jack LESLIE (seniors), Corey GRAHAM
The Suns were very impressive last week in beating a full strength Lions outfit, who in turn had beaten us the week before.
3 of their 4 standout players in the NEAFL this season won't be available for this game - Mitch Hallahan and Darcy MacPherson are both with the senior team, and Dan Currie injured himself while playing for the senior team last week. The 4th player is utility Ryan Davis who can play back, forward or even pinch hit in the midfield.
Crossley was really impressive against the Lions ruck duo Smith and McInerney finishing with 17 disposals, 33 hitouts, 9 tackles and 5 clearances. Given that Smith and McInerney dominated in the ruck against us a fortnight ago, expect the Suns to have an advantage in the ruck with Crossley and Tom Nicholls.
Ex-Bulldog Jarrad Grant has been in terrific form since his return to the side in Round 16. He has kicked 11 goals in 4 games including 7 last week against a strong Lions defence.
The Suns lineup also features 3 of their 4 top 10 picks from last year in Scrimshaw (#7), Brodie (#9) and Bowes (#10). All 3 have received AFL games already this year and their NEAFL numbers are also quite solid.
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