2019 NEAFL discussion thread

[Mr Magoo]

Rossmann an Academy under 17 having first game.

[chalbilto]

GIANTS
B: 25. L Keeffe 35. A Corr 42. J Stein
HB: 47. J Bishop 39. C Idun 53. M Bridgland
C: 33. X O’Halloran 10. A Bonar 34. N Shipley
HF: 48. M Beaumont 44. J Buckley 32. K Briggs
F: 43. D Buckley 28. Z Sproule 30. M Flynn
R: 26. D Simpson 9. J Hately 13. I Cumming
Int: 46. C Brown 52. S Brown 49. J Moen 51. W Mudge 45. E Perryman
Emer: 17. G Kendall

New: 47. J Bishop 39. C Idun 33. X O’Halloran 9. J Hately 46. C Brown 52. S Brown 49. J Moen 51. W Mudge

SYDNEY
B: 46. J Amartey 43. L Melican 54. R Barkley
HB: 49. C Kilpatrick 47. T Pink 31. H Reynolds
C: 32. J Bell 8. J Rowbottom 16. Z Foot
HF: 27. J McInerney 38. C O’Riordan 1. J Rose
F: 15. K Jack 45. S Wicks 60. H McLean
R: 17. D Cameron 42. R Fox 4. R Clarke
Inter: 52. J Pawle 33. R Stoddart 50. K Veerhuis 58. J Willis 55. M Rossmann
Emer: 53. C Wilson

New: 54. R Barkley 31. H Reynolds 8. J Rowbottom 16. Z Foot 27. J McInerney 15. K Jack 60. H McLean 4. R Clarke 52. J Pawle 58. J Willis 55. M Rossmann



7 listed players making their @neaflofficial debut including Kieren Jack whose last Swans Reserves game was over 10 years ago in the old #AFLCanberra league: 17th August 2008 against the @BelconnenFC Magpies #neaflofficial

When and where are they playing this game?

[ugg]

Saturday 12:55pm GIANTS Stadium as the curtain raiser to GWS v Richmond.

We'll get to catch around 1 and a bit quarters before the Carlton Swans game starts.

Live stream:

[liz]

Saturday 12:55pm GIANTS Stadium as the curtain raiser to GWS v Richmond.

We'll get to catch around 1 and a bit quarters before the Carlton Swans game starts.

Unless we're watching the academy team, whose game kicks off at 11am I think. I reckon I'll watch the academy game, then the senior game, and come back to watch the NEAFL game in its entirety later in the day.

[chalbilto]

Thanks Ugg.

[ugg]

Unless we're watching the academy team, whose game kicks off at 11am I think. I reckon I'll watch the academy game, then the senior game, and come back to watch the NEAFL game in its entirety later in the day.

Are the academy team also playing at GIANTS Stadium?

[liz]

Are the academy team also playing at GIANTS Stadium?

I believe they are playing in Canberra at a stadium that used to be called Manuka.

The schedule I read on the Swans' website promises an interesting day of football. They had the U18 game kicking off at 11am and an U16 game (also involving our academy) kicking off at 12pm. I'm not sure whether the two games are proposed to work in a parallel or orthogonal fashion, or whether they'll used different coloured balls to make things easier for the four teams...

[rickmat]

Surprised to see Stoddart on bench and not on HB or in team. Has slipped down the pecking order as he has played seniors and has speed and talent

[Scottee]

It looks like Stoddart will be the travelling emergency seeing as he has been named on the bench for the ressies?

[rb4x]

I would expect that Stoddart is the travelling emergency for Carlton.

[MattW]

I believe they are playing in Canberra at a stadium that used to be called Manuka.

The schedule I read on the Swans' website promises an interesting day of football. They had the U18 game kicking off at 11am and an U16 game (also involving our academy) kicking off at 12pm. I'm not sure whether the two games are proposed to work in a parallel or orthogonal fashion, or whether they'll used different coloured balls to make things easier for the four teams...

The latter game described as starting at 2pm here: Academy: Swans to face arch-rival - sydneyswans.com.au.

Anyway, a helpful discussion; I might try to drag the kids down there for an hour.

[ugg]

Getting sick of playing the Giants. Besides tomorrow's match, we had a NEAFL practice match last week, the JLT game, the inter-club which replaced the intra-club game. There'll be the AFL match in a few weeks which of course will be preceded by another NEAFL game between these two sides.

[ugg]

Didn't have time to write a preview but I wanted to note that this season represents a changing of the guard in a few ways. The first being Lloyd Perris replacing Tadhg Kennelly as co-coach (joining Jeremy Laidler), this is an interesting appointment given that Perris at 24 years young will sometimes be coaching players older than him. E.g. Jack tomorrow.

Secondly, quite a few key players of the NEAFL side that has done so well in the last few years have departed. Dan Robinson, Harry Marsh, Jordan Foote, and Nic Newman are all former NEAFL Team of the Year members and important cogs. We still have the likes of Darcy Cameron, James Rose, Colin O'Riordan, and Jordan Dawson who were all very prominent last 2 years well although for the latter two hopefully we don't see so much of them at NEAFL level as it would mean they are in the senior side. And while it will be exciting to see this year's draftees - Rowbottom, Foot, Tucker, Reynolds, etc. the improvement we will be looking for should be coming from the second and third year players - Ryley Stoddart, Matthew Ling, Joel Amartey, and James Bell - who have shown glimpses but have yet to dominate a NEAFL match in the way of the departed players.

Should be an interesting season all round.

[ugg]

It looks like Stoddart will be the travelling emergency seeing as he has been named on the bench for the ressies?

I would place as much importance in the NEAFL named lineups as I would with the AFL - none.

[ugg]

Stoddart not playing replaced by Cooper Wilson.

Cumming not playing replaced by George Kendall