Preliminary Final: Sydney Swans Reserves v Gold Coast Suns Reserves @ Blacktown

[ugg]

Great photos of today

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[Hotpotato]

Neafl Final is free

That's brilliant. Thanks Ugg ....
Are you team manager ?

[YvonneH]

Will there be buses to central station provided as usual or do we have to find our own way there?

[dejavoodoo44]

Great photos of today

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Nice photos. Naismith can certainly fly higher than I thought he could.

[Matty10]

Does this mean no kick to kick AGAIN?

That was my first thought also. Would have been nice, especially as they wasted the opportunity last week.


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[Boddo]

Meant to say, that Brayden Crossley kid is great! He should really get drafted by a team who needs a young ruck. Some have said Cameron should be considered a forward. If that's right then maybe we should consider bidding. Very likely that the Suns will match a bid, I would think.

Crossley would be a perfect fit for us. 3 years of development n then played as a ruck/forward alongside Naismith. But no chance of getting him. GC will definitely match any bid as he won't be bid at pick 1 and then they have a lot of early picks after their first pick, pick 2, to match the points they have picks 19, 22,24, 33 & 37. Plus whatever they get for Ablett.

[wolftone57]

http://neafl.com.au/wp-content/uploa...2017-FINAL.pdf

Fill in the lack of Friday Night Football by reading the whole document!

I thought this was a good rule on top up players. You don;t see too many UNDER 9's playing reserves footy.

(e) AFL Clubs will not have access to any other mature age non-listed players apart from the
approved under 9 year old academy players in accordance with clause 15.3(d).

[wolftone57]

Based on the discussion last week, I don't think Cunningham is eligible this week. He doesn't meet the direct qualification requirements (ie he's played too many AFL games and not enough NEAFL games) and he won't have been "not selected" in the senior team this weekend because there won't be a senior team selected. If he hadn't played in the round 23 senior game he'd be eligible but since he was, I don't think he can play.

Naismith, if fit, seems the most likely to return, despite not directly meeting the qualification requirements. If I understand the rules correctly I think Hanners and Papley could theoretically play, but there's a close to zero chance of Hanners playing and a not much greater chance of Papley. If they'd missed a significant amount of footy there might be a temptation to give them a run, but as it is, I'm close to certain they'll just get an extra week off to recover from their niggles and be right for the Essendon game next weekend.

If we win and Cunningham loses his spot in the senior team, I believe he would be eligible to play in the NEAFL GF.

And yes, I think we can play as many listed players as are available / we want to play given the opponent is Gold Coast.

I think this is the rule that makes him eligible. He hasn't been picked this week for the AFL side because there are no games. So technically he has not been selected to play. I doubt he will be selected next week for the seniors either. So basically fair even if it is a technicality.


(d) Notwithstanding anything within these Rules, should an AFL Club listed player not be selected to
play for his AFL Club in an AFL match, that player will be eligible to play in the Competition finals
series Match with the AFL Club Reserves team that same weekend, irrespective of whether or
not he has played in a Competition Match that season.

[wolftone57]

Streaming on YouTube if you have Chromecast or fetch or similar you can watch it on your TV.

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Are the playing in Calcutta?

You only need an HTMI cord to watch it on TV.

[wolftone57]

Surprised not to see Foote's name on that list. I thought he had a very good game. Better than Robinson or Cunningham. Marsh, Rose and Naismith were the other standouts for me, though Florent looked classy in what he did, and Edwards was lively and provided a good target up forward.

Foote was good but I think by sheer numbers Robbo was best. Robbo set the play up again and again.

[0918330512]

You only need an HTMI cord to watch it on TV.

HDMI

[markynana]

The buses will be on for sure. The Manly/Penrith game kicks off at 7.40 next door so it's gonna be a @@@@ fight on Driver Ave for a while. Might be a few hanging around until the crowd thins out I reckon.

[ugg]

NRL games are only 80 minutes right? So they should finish at least 30 minutes before the NEAFL.

[AnnieH]

Double header at the SCG this week?
Although it'll be a bit weird watching the firsts first, then the seconds.
Looking forward to a big Saturday.

[liz]

Not sure how the NEAFL PF thread morphed into a discussion about Gary Ablett(!) But those posts can now be found in their own thread on the General Footy discussion board.

Gary Ablett, the Suns and the next chapter - Page 2