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Still no Pink who was test this week.
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Ugg do you know if Tipungwuti an academy drafting option? Never heard about him until last week and looks like a very classy pure goal sneak which is something we could use on list with a view of both Papley and Ronke spending more time through the midfield in the years ahead.
Also I would assume he's available to be drafted this year?
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NEAFL 2018 Round 7
Sydney Swans Reserves v Southport Sharks @ Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday 19th May 2018
3:45pm
Sydney Cricket Ground
It's been an amazing turnaround by the Southport Sharks in 2018. Coach Nathan Bock resigned after a relatively unsuccessful 3 year stint at the Sharks, making the finals only once and failing to finish with more wins than losses in each of those 3 seasons. Add to that the loss of 2017 NEAFL MVP winner Jordan Keras to the Geelong VFL team, and there wouldn't have been many NEAFL pundits that would have predicted that the Sharks would be sitting pretty on top of the NEAFL ladder after 6 rounds. With their 5 wins so far in 2018, they have already eclipsed the 4 win total in 2017.
They recruited former Gold Coast NEAFL coach Stephen Daniel to take the helm, and along with some smart recruiting of former Saint Brodie Murdoch, former Lion Josh Clayton and former Magpie Michael Manteit the Sharks have been very impressive in the first 5 rounds, with their only loss coming against the unbeaten Sydney Uni team. They will be confident of breaking their NEAFL duck against the Swans, having lost all 3 previous meetings.
The Swans broke a duck of their own last week, lifting themselves off the bottom of the NEAFL ladder with a strong victory over a depleted Giants outfit. With 4 more listed players coming back in this week along with a host of top Academy players, the Swans look a much stronger team than the one that lost the first 4 matches of the season.
NEAFL Ladder
Recent Form
Reserves
Southport
Head-to-Head
Swans Reserves 3
Aspley 0
All 3 meetings have been in Sydney, but none have been at the SCG. Two matches were played out at Blacktown, while the 2016 clash was held at Drummoyne Oval.
Past Meetings
2017
Round 2 @ Blacktown International Sports Park
Last game
Team List
Listed players
Changes
In: Fox, Robinson, Rose, Towers
Out: Jake BROWN (shoulder)
Rose returns from suspension/injury. Fox returns from senior emergency duties.
It will be Towers's first NEAFL game in more than a year.
One of the 4 senior emergencies is likely to be rested for the full game, my money is on Stoddart.
The 4 ins can all play midfield at this level, and will be a much needed boost. Players such as O'Riordan and Marsh can then return to their more natural positions in defence.
Academy Players/Topups
In: Blakey, McKellar, Reinhard, Stern, Wicks
Out: Isaac BARTHOLOMAEUS (omitted), Lachlan DENT (omitted), Jacob DOL (omitted), Dylan SMITH (omitted), Adam TIPUNGWUTI (omitted), Reed VAN HUSSTEDE (omitted), Kyle VEERHUIS (omitted), Aidan WATLING (omitted), James WEBSTER (omitted)
Blakey, McKellar, Reinhard and Stern all were selected in the Allies team to compete in the Under-18 Championships starting June 1 after playing well for the Swans Academy.
Statistics
Kicks
Handballs
Disposals
Marks
Tackles
Hitouts
Clearances
Inside 50s
Rebound 50s
Goals
Coaches Votes
NEAFL MVP Votes
Southport Sharks
In: Corbett, Young
Out: Mitch JOHNSON (suspended), Nick KEMPE (omitted)
One of the first changes that the new coach has implemented has been to ignore the traditional tall forward structure and follow the Richmond model of a group of small, fast players who apply pressure. It has paid dividends so far with small forwards Mitchell Johnson and Wade Hancock kikcing 23 goals (2nd in the NEAFL) and 15 goals (5th) respectively. Johnson kicked 8 in the last round but has been suspended for this match.
Former Bombers ruckman Fraser Thurlow will be Darcy Cameron's main opponent of the day. Paul Roos recently described Thurlow as a bash-and-crash ruckman who should still be on an AFL list. He has provided great service to Andrew Boston and Josh Clayton who are currently #1 and #2 in the NEAFL MVP voting. Boston on 40 votes is 11 clear of Clayton. The former Gold Coast midfielder is the NEAFL's premier inside midfielder leading the competition with 9.7 clearances a game amongst his 28.2 dispo
In the back half, Tyler Roos is an attacking defender in the mould of his father. Averaging an impressive 26.5 disposals a game and a team high 3.8 rebound 50s a game, he has been named in their best players' list in 3 of their 6 matches.Last edited by ugg; 18 May 2018, 03:36 PM.Comment
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Very strong team. Hope we can grab the win and start to generate some momentum. Weakest part of the ground is forward. Will be interesting to see if Blakey can bolster us there.
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Tyler has been playing in the VFL the previous 2 years.Comment
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Laidler says that Maibaum will be tasked with stopping Mitch Johnson...if only Johnson was playing and not suspended!
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Very strong team, be a great curtain raiser, looking forward to the RWO in game updates and post game analysis.Comment
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I'm looking forward to this game. Not sure why. Maybe its because its a b eautiful day?If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhoodComment
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