Match Thread #AFL Round 9 Kangaroos v Swans Sat 18-May at Blundstone #AFLNorthSwans @sydneyswans

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North Melbourne (17th) v Sydney (16th)
Saturday 18th May 7:25pm
Blundstone Arena


North Melbourne
B: 34. Jamie Macmillan, 25. Robbie Tarrant, 2. Marley Williams
HB: 18. Shaun Atley, 16. Scott D. Thompson, 17. Jasper Pittard
C: 14. Trent Dumont, 10. Ben Cunnington, 13. Jared Polec
HF: 26. Tarryn Thomas, 20. Nick Larkey, 6. Taylor Garner
F: 44. Cameron Zurhaar, 50. Ben Brown, 7. Jack Ziebell
Foll: 22. Todd Goldstein, 4. Shaun Higgins, 3. Jed Anderson

Int: 11. Luke McDonald, 12. Jy Simpkin, 28. Kayne Turner, 32. Mason Wood
Emg: 8. Nathan Hrovat, 31. Curtis Taylor, 43. Aaron Hall, 42. Tom Campbell

In: McDonald, Thompson, Williams
Out: Sam Durdin (suspended), Curtis Taylor (omitted), Sam Wright (injured)

Sydney
B: 24. Dane Rampe, 43. Lewis Melican, 14. Callum Mills
HB: 6. Jackson Thurlow, 36. Aliir Aliir, 44. Jake Lloyd
C: 5. Isaac Heeney, 12. Josh P. Kennedy, 34. Jordan Dawson
HF: 42. Robbie Fox, 20. Sam Reid, 13. Oliver Florent
F: 22. Nick Blakey, 30. Tom McCartin, 26. Luke Parker
Foll: 18. Callum Sinclair, 10. Zak Jones, 11. Tom Papley

Int: 29. George Hewett, 8. James Rowbottom, 38. Colin O'Riordan, 9. Will Hayward
Emg: 4. Ryan Clarke, 27. Justin McInerney, 1. James Rose, 25. Ben Ronke

In: Rowbottom
Out: Kieren Jack (injured)

Umpires: Brendan Hosking (16), John Howorth (17), Ray Chamberlain (18)


Selected stats from the Footy Live app:

• The Kangaroos have lost 33% of their defensive one-on-one contests this season - ranked 18th
• North Melbourne has scored from 45% of its inside 50 entries this season
• North Melbourne has launched an inside 50 from 24% of its kick-ins this season - ranked third

• Sydney has generated an inside 50 from 44% of its chains starting in the defensive midfield this season - ranked second
• Sydney has taken a mark from 21% of its kicks inside 50 so far this season - ranked third.
• The Swans have lost the groundball-get count by eight per game this season - ranked 16th.
• Sydney has been outscored by a total of 33 points from a centre bounce clearance this season - ranked 16th.
• Aliir Aliir has taken a mark from 20% of his defensive one-on-one contests this season - ranked No. 1 of the top-20 players to have defended a contest.
• Sydney has taken a mark from 24% of Zak Jones' kicks inside 50 this season - ranked third of the top-25 players to have kicked inside 50.

Other stats:

• Swans have won both their games at Blundstone, in 2013 and 2016. North Melbourne are 14-4 at Blundstone, with 2 of the 4 losses coming against the Swans.
• Longmire has a 9-3 win-loss record against Scott, including winning 4 of our last 5 meetings.

North have made a major shift in the midfield in recent weeks, jettisoning mature recruits Aaron Hall & Dom Tyson as well as youngsters Luke Davies-Uniacke & Bailey Scott to the VFL, allowing Jack Ziebell to move from full-time forward to full-time midfielder.

[Meg]

Blundstone has a capacity of close to 20,000. Will it be full? And how parochial will the crowd be - are Hobartians rusted on North supporters or just interested AFL watchers?

One reason I ask is that I gather from BF that some North supporters are waiting for Nick Blakey with verbal baseball bats. Pretty poor if a 19yo is comprehensively booed every time he goes near the ball. As we know, North supporters have history in targeted booing.

[Hotpotato]

I’m confident the Swans can come away with another win .
That was a very good confidence boost last week. They can play fast and composed now.

[Mel_C]

Blundstone has a capacity of close to 20,000. Will it be full? And how parochial will the crowd be - are Hobartians rusted on North supporters or just interested AFL watchers?

One reason I ask is that I gather from BF that some North supporters are waiting for Nick Blakey with verbal baseball bats. Pretty poor if a 19yo is comprehensively booed every time he goes near the ball. As we know, North supporters have history in targeted booing.

You can bet that they will be booing Rampe. I hadn't thought about Blakey but it wouldn't surprise me if they booed him too. I will never forgive them for how they treated Goodes in his last game. ????

[707]

Blundstone has a capacity of close to 20,000. Will it be full? And how parochial will the crowd be - are Hobartians rusted on North supporters or just interested AFL watchers?

One reason I ask is that I gather from BF that some North supporters are waiting for Nick Blakey with verbal baseball bats. Pretty poor if a 19yo is comprehensively booed every time he goes near the ball. As we know, North supporters have history in proving themselves morons.

Fixed that for you Meg :-)

[Meg]

Fixed that for you Meg :-)

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[S.S. Bleeder]

You can bet that they will be booing Rampe. I hadn't thought about Blakey but it wouldn't surprise me if they booed him too. I will never forgive them for how they treated Goodes in his last game. ????

I would imagine that it might be a little similar to Mitchell. A gun F/S player who had the option of choosing between sentimentality and opportunity/development and job satisfaction. We don't boo Mit hell so I see no need for Norf to boo Blakey.

[longmile]

Good feeling about this game!

... as long as Joey isn't a late out tho as rumoured

[MattW]

The bull@@@@ with Rampe and general disrespect from fans and media has left me pretty keen to win this one.

[MattW]

Ugh.

Final teams #AFLNorthSwans: Josh Kennedy has been replaced by Ryan Clarke.

No changes for the Roos.

[longmile]

Ugh.

Final teams #AFLNorthSwans: Josh Kennedy has been replaced by Ryan Clarke.

No changes for the Roos.

ugh indeed

there goes my confidence

[mcs]

Ugh.

Final teams #AFLNorthSwans: Josh Kennedy has been replaced by Ryan Clarke.

No changes for the Roos.

Argh big out for us.

A perfect day today here in Hobart and a great night for footy. Glorious weather.

Don't mind so much if we beat - just want to see the boys give it a red hot go and see what happens.

[Markwebbos]

Argh big out for us.

A perfect day today here in Hobart and a great night for footy. Glorious weather.

Don't mind so much if we beat - just want to see the boys give it a red hot go and see what happens.

Maybe they'll give Mills a run on the ball? Maybe??

[707]

Maybe they'll give Mills a run on the ball? Maybe??

Don't be silly Mark, it will be Clarke to wing, Dawson into middle, Mills to stay at HB.

[mcs]

Looking forward to this..Come on boys, get the job done!