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ORFFA - ROUND 2 REVIEW
By Lenny120
Insomnia round promised to be a big one, and it didn't disappoint with some close matches mixed in with some brilliant scores.
Whitsundays 1148 defeated Marble Bar 1046
The Whits kicked off proceedings in round 2 with a tight win over the Misfits.
In a low scoring encounter, Birchall (121) and Sloane (100) were the only ones to crack the ton for the Whits [EDIT: except for Boak] in an important win to get their first points on the board.
For Marble Bar, a horror start to the season continued, with no one scoring 100+.
Birdsville 1210 defeated Darraweit Guim 968
Birdsville continued their promising start to 2013 with a more than comfortable win over an underperforming Daraweit Guim.
Mcevoy (130) and Howlett (127) led the way for the Battlers in a solid all round performance.
For Darraweit, only Maric and Walters managed a ton, and will have been left pondering what went wrong. Inconsistent scores across the board was the difference in this clash.
Powlett Plains 1194 defeated Gariwerd 1040
Powlett Plains built on their round 1 win last week, with a comfortable victory over Gariwerd.
Bellchambers (144) dominated the defenders of Gariwerd, while Kane Cornes (123) continued his brilliant start to the year for the Packers.
Gariwerd would have been looking to hit back with a win this round after a disappointing loss last round, but too many passengers and not enough leaders saw them slump to 0-2 to start 2013.
Larrikin Lagoon 1166 defeated Lovely Banks 1124
The Lefties got their season on track with a narrow win over the Lilacs.
Led by midfielders Priddis (113) and Conca (113), the Lefties proved too strong in the end and will look to build on this win.
For the Lilacs, it was all over the shop. They would have been left ruing some green vests and horrible displays. Mattner (33), Bird (12) and Brennan (15) were the difference in...
By Lenny120
Insomnia round promised to be a big one, and it didn't disappoint with some close matches mixed in with some brilliant scores.
Whitsundays 1148 defeated Marble Bar 1046
The Whits kicked off proceedings in round 2 with a tight win over the Misfits.
In a low scoring encounter, Birchall (121) and Sloane (100) were the only ones to crack the ton for the Whits [EDIT: except for Boak] in an important win to get their first points on the board.
For Marble Bar, a horror start to the season continued, with no one scoring 100+.
Birdsville 1210 defeated Darraweit Guim 968
Birdsville continued their promising start to 2013 with a more than comfortable win over an underperforming Daraweit Guim.
Mcevoy (130) and Howlett (127) led the way for the Battlers in a solid all round performance.
For Darraweit, only Maric and Walters managed a ton, and will have been left pondering what went wrong. Inconsistent scores across the board was the difference in this clash.
Powlett Plains 1194 defeated Gariwerd 1040
Powlett Plains built on their round 1 win last week, with a comfortable victory over Gariwerd.
Bellchambers (144) dominated the defenders of Gariwerd, while Kane Cornes (123) continued his brilliant start to the year for the Packers.
Gariwerd would have been looking to hit back with a win this round after a disappointing loss last round, but too many passengers and not enough leaders saw them slump to 0-2 to start 2013.
Larrikin Lagoon 1166 defeated Lovely Banks 1124
The Lefties got their season on track with a narrow win over the Lilacs.
Led by midfielders Priddis (113) and Conca (113), the Lefties proved too strong in the end and will look to build on this win.
For the Lilacs, it was all over the shop. They would have been left ruing some green vests and horrible displays. Mattner (33), Bird (12) and Brennan (15) were the difference in...
<p style='font: inherit;]Words to come now.
<p style='font: inherit;]My, my, my, hasn't the fantasy football landscape changed from one year to the next. 2012 Grand Finalist Warburton languish at the bottom reaches of the table and Mount Buggery, who were ruthlessly bundled out of the finals in the first week are perched above all others at the top of the ladder.
<p style='font: inherit;]'Limited sample size' I hear ye coaches retort, and whilst true, already at the opening stages of the season I believe we're beginning to see some pretty significants portents of the shape of things to come (apologies Stephen Wells). The young fruit is beginning to ripen and those teams that went young in the original draft, well their list are beginning to, errr, come to fruition.
<p style='font: inherit;]Read on, dear traveller, as we contemplate in the previews how teams have changed from '12 to '13, and how in some instances ,they've stayed the same and their problems remain.
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<p style='font: inherit;]<strong style='font: inherit;]WOY WOY WIZARDS[/b]vs<strong style='font: inherit;]SARAH ISLAND SAVAGES[/b]
Woy Woy set out in 2012 to turn the clock back to 2010, failed dismally, and now find themselves in 2013 faced with an even greater challenge, trying to go back even further in time to reach the Woy Woyian golden age. They're clearly working some kind of magic, Darren Jolly managing to be the first player score in the negative in the ORFFL. In fact I'm struggling to remember the last time that's happened ever...
Question; is this a sign that the Wizards are going back in time, or just an example of how they're literally going...
<p style='font: inherit;]My, my, my, hasn't the fantasy football landscape changed from one year to the next. 2012 Grand Finalist Warburton languish at the bottom reaches of the table and Mount Buggery, who were ruthlessly bundled out of the finals in the first week are perched above all others at the top of the ladder.
<p style='font: inherit;]'Limited sample size' I hear ye coaches retort, and whilst true, already at the opening stages of the season I believe we're beginning to see some pretty significants portents of the shape of things to come (apologies Stephen Wells). The young fruit is beginning to ripen and those teams that went young in the original draft, well their list are beginning to, errr, come to fruition.
<p style='font: inherit;]Read on, dear traveller, as we contemplate in the previews how teams have changed from '12 to '13, and how in some instances ,they've stayed the same and their problems remain.
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<p style='font: inherit;]<strong style='font: inherit;]WOY WOY WIZARDS[/b]vs<strong style='font: inherit;]SARAH ISLAND SAVAGES[/b]
Woy Woy set out in 2012 to turn the clock back to 2010, failed dismally, and now find themselves in 2013 faced with an even greater challenge, trying to go back even further in time to reach the Woy Woyian golden age. They're clearly working some kind of magic, Darren Jolly managing to be the first player score in the negative in the ORFFL. In fact I'm struggling to remember the last time that's happened ever...
Question; is this a sign that the Wizards are going back in time, or just an example of how they're literally going...
I bet when the AFL invented Sunday night games, they didn't expect that one of the side effects would come from fans neglecting their posting duties due to being at said late night game.
Anyways, Gaz is a god. So is Dunstan. Dayne Zorko will be fine and I cracked 2300 this week.
wooo.
Anyways, Gaz is a god. So is Dunstan. Dayne Zorko will be fine and I cracked 2300 this week.
wooo.
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Forgive us for stating the bleeding obvious, but the Melbourne Football Club is in more trouble than the early settlers, to whom some of its supporters can probably trace their ancestry.
In the past six seasons, Melbourne has won 32 games. In the Fitzroy Football Club's final six seasons, before it merged with Brisbane, it won 31. Since 2007, Melbourne has had the benefit of a smorgasbord of top draft picks and a wealthy supporter base of which Fitzroy could only have dreamt; yet on and off the field it has fared little better.
In 1993, Fitzroy won as many games as it lost, and lost several games by less than a kick. Three years later, Fitzroy was gone.
It has been six years since Melbourne won as many games as it lost. Even with the cyclical nature of today's game, that is too long.
In the past four years, Melbourne's off-field position has been propped up by a combination of the AFL, the MCC and a Debt Demolition campaign that will surely never be repeated. The place doesn't exactly reek of economic sustainability. A significant portion of their recent financial and moral gains was then lost in the wake of last month's $500,000 fine in relation to &lsquo;tanking', whatever that means, and the associated stigma.
Then came Round 1, 2013.
They're not the first team to be booed off the ground by their own supporters. But they might be the first team to be booed off by their supporters in the first game of...
Forgive us for stating the bleeding obvious, but the Melbourne Football Club is in more trouble than the early settlers, to whom some of its supporters can probably trace their ancestry.
In the past six seasons, Melbourne has won 32 games. In the Fitzroy Football Club's final six seasons, before it merged with Brisbane, it won 31. Since 2007, Melbourne has had the benefit of a smorgasbord of top draft picks and a wealthy supporter base of which Fitzroy could only have dreamt; yet on and off the field it has fared little better.
In 1993, Fitzroy won as many games as it lost, and lost several games by less than a kick. Three years later, Fitzroy was gone.
It has been six years since Melbourne won as many games as it lost. Even with the cyclical nature of today's game, that is too long.
In the past four years, Melbourne's off-field position has been propped up by a combination of the AFL, the MCC and a Debt Demolition campaign that will surely never be repeated. The place doesn't exactly reek of economic sustainability. A significant portion of their recent financial and moral gains was then lost in the wake of last month's $500,000 fine in relation to &lsquo;tanking', whatever that means, and the associated stigma.
Then came Round 1, 2013.
They're not the first team to be booed off the ground by their own supporters. But they might be the first team to be booed off by their supporters in the first game of...
Everyone will be pleased to note that Sub notifications got sent off without a hitch tonight! Started the weekend on the right note and now everyone cross fingers that it continues in the same vein!
Join us below or in the chatto discuss how your weekend is travelling.
Big hits? Big misses? Just want to cheer on your team? It's all good.
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Big hits? Big misses? Just want to cheer on your team? It's all good.
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INS: Montagna, Petterd, Crozier, Leuenberger, Crouch, Terlich, Daw, Shaw, B. Kennedy, Rowe, Hodge, Sinclair
OUTS: Armstrong, Rampe, Broughton, Lycett, LeCras
xBench: Blicavs, Daw, Frost, Kennedy, Macaffer, Russell, Sinclair, Hodge
St Kilda v Richmond, MCG, Friday 7.50pm (EDT)
St Kilda
B: Jason Blake, Sam Fisher, Dylan Roberton
HB: Jarryn Geary, Rhys Stanley, Sam Gilbert
C: Adam Schneider, Lenny Hayes, Nick Dal Santo
HF: Arryn Siposs, Nick Riewoldt, Ahmed Saad
FF: Stephen Milne, Beau Maister, Leigh Montagna
Foll: Ben McEvoy, David Armitage, Jack Steven
Int: Sean Dempster, Jack Newnes, Terry Milera, Clinton Jones
Emg: Tom Simpkin, Nathan Wright, Tom Lee
Richmond
B: Steven Morris, Alex Rance, Troy Chaplin
HB: Jake Batchelor, Chris Newman, Bachar Houli
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Reece Conca
HF: Brett Deledio, Shane Edwards, Daniel Jackson
FF: Luke McGuane, Jack Riewoldt, Ty Vickery
Foll: Ivan Maric, Dustin Martin, Shane Tuck
Int: Dylan Grimes, Jake King, Ricky Petterd, Brandon Ellis
Emg: Chris Knights, Nick Vlastuin, Ben Griffiths
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast, SCG, Saturday 1.45pm (EDT)
Sydney Swans
B: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Nick Smith
HB: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Ted Richards, Martin Mattner
C: Jarrad McVeigh, Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta
HF: Jude Bolton, Sam Reid, Ryan O'Keefe
FF: Mike Pyke, Adam Goodes, Daniel Hannebery
Foll: Shane Mumford, Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker
Int: Ben McGlynn, Craig Bird, Andrejs Everitt, Nick Malceski
Emg: Dane Rampe, Jesse White, Mitch Morton
Gold Coast
B: Joel Wilkinson, Matthew Warnock, Thomas Murphy
HB: Dion Prestia, Rory Thompson, Jack Hutchins
C: Michael Rischitelli, Gary Ablett, Jarrod Harbrow
HF: Harley Bennell, Charlie Dixon, Aaron Hall
FF: Luke Russell, Samuel Day, Steven May
Foll: Zac Smith, Karmichael Hunt, David Swallow
Int: Jared Brennan, Matthew Shaw, Jaeger O'Meara,...
OUTS: Armstrong, Rampe, Broughton, Lycett, LeCras
xBench: Blicavs, Daw, Frost, Kennedy, Macaffer, Russell, Sinclair, Hodge
St Kilda v Richmond, MCG, Friday 7.50pm (EDT)
St Kilda
B: Jason Blake, Sam Fisher, Dylan Roberton
HB: Jarryn Geary, Rhys Stanley, Sam Gilbert
C: Adam Schneider, Lenny Hayes, Nick Dal Santo
HF: Arryn Siposs, Nick Riewoldt, Ahmed Saad
FF: Stephen Milne, Beau Maister, Leigh Montagna
Foll: Ben McEvoy, David Armitage, Jack Steven
Int: Sean Dempster, Jack Newnes, Terry Milera, Clinton Jones
Emg: Tom Simpkin, Nathan Wright, Tom Lee
Richmond
B: Steven Morris, Alex Rance, Troy Chaplin
HB: Jake Batchelor, Chris Newman, Bachar Houli
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Reece Conca
HF: Brett Deledio, Shane Edwards, Daniel Jackson
FF: Luke McGuane, Jack Riewoldt, Ty Vickery
Foll: Ivan Maric, Dustin Martin, Shane Tuck
Int: Dylan Grimes, Jake King, Ricky Petterd, Brandon Ellis
Emg: Chris Knights, Nick Vlastuin, Ben Griffiths
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast, SCG, Saturday 1.45pm (EDT)
Sydney Swans
B: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Nick Smith
HB: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Ted Richards, Martin Mattner
C: Jarrad McVeigh, Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta
HF: Jude Bolton, Sam Reid, Ryan O'Keefe
FF: Mike Pyke, Adam Goodes, Daniel Hannebery
Foll: Shane Mumford, Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker
Int: Ben McGlynn, Craig Bird, Andrejs Everitt, Nick Malceski
Emg: Dane Rampe, Jesse White, Mitch Morton
Gold Coast
B: Joel Wilkinson, Matthew Warnock, Thomas Murphy
HB: Dion Prestia, Rory Thompson, Jack Hutchins
C: Michael Rischitelli, Gary Ablett, Jarrod Harbrow
HF: Harley Bennell, Charlie Dixon, Aaron Hall
FF: Luke Russell, Samuel Day, Steven May
Foll: Zac Smith, Karmichael Hunt, David Swallow
Int: Jared Brennan, Matthew Shaw, Jaeger O'Meara,...
[span style='font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;]Much has already been written on this website about the merit of having
Ablett in your team. Everyone would be aware that he scored a massive
178 SC points last week against St Kilda (87 SC points in the first
three quarters before his match winning effort including 3 goals
and 91 SC points in the last quarter). This week, Gold Coast are playing
Sydney and his numbers are very impressive &hellip;
<p style='text-align: justify;]Last week I mentioned
that the captain's loophole continued throughout the round. For those
who missed it, the new rule change this season is: [span style='font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Arial; color: #414141;]You can change
your captain and vice captain as often as you like, prior to the start
of the round and during a round and Rolling Lockout, up until the time
that your currently selected captain's (or vice captain's) match has
started. At this point, your selection is locked in for the round and
cannot be changed.&rdquo;
<p style='text-align: justify;][span style='font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Arial; color: #414141;]
<p style='text-align: justify;]This means that we during
the year, we can select a player from an early game in the round as
our vice-captain and, if happy with that score, remember to put the
captaincy on a non-playing player whose team is playing later that round.
This week, the only game to be played before the Ablett's game (Saturday
afternoon at 1:45 pm) is the Friday night game between St Kilda and
Richmond. That being the case, I have included a number of St Kilda
and Richmond players for your consideration.
<p style='text-align: justify;]For those not interested
in picking either a St Kilda or Richmond player, why not select Ablett
as vice captain and give one of your other players a chance to better
his score...
Ablett in your team. Everyone would be aware that he scored a massive
178 SC points last week against St Kilda (87 SC points in the first
three quarters before his match winning effort including 3 goals
and 91 SC points in the last quarter). This week, Gold Coast are playing
Sydney and his numbers are very impressive &hellip;
<p style='text-align: justify;]Last week I mentioned
that the captain's loophole continued throughout the round. For those
who missed it, the new rule change this season is: [span style='font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Arial; color: #414141;]You can change
your captain and vice captain as often as you like, prior to the start
of the round and during a round and Rolling Lockout, up until the time
that your currently selected captain's (or vice captain's) match has
started. At this point, your selection is locked in for the round and
cannot be changed.&rdquo;
<p style='text-align: justify;][span style='font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Arial; color: #414141;]
<p style='text-align: justify;]This means that we during
the year, we can select a player from an early game in the round as
our vice-captain and, if happy with that score, remember to put the
captaincy on a non-playing player whose team is playing later that round.
This week, the only game to be played before the Ablett's game (Saturday
afternoon at 1:45 pm) is the Friday night game between St Kilda and
Richmond. That being the case, I have included a number of St Kilda
and Richmond players for your consideration.
<p style='text-align: justify;]For those not interested
in picking either a St Kilda or Richmond player, why not select Ablett
as vice captain and give one of your other players a chance to better
his score...
[span style='line-height: 1.3;]The biggest issue I have week to week and season to season is knowing which rookies to play on the field and which to sit on the bench. In the trading post Walesy wrote here[span style='line-height: 1.3;] he talked about the winner of the SuperCoach season being decided by a thousandpaper cuts[span style='line-height: 1.3;]- little errors that gradually put you out of contention as the season progresses. Whoever suffers the fewest cuts, wins the day.
I have a team that I'm pretty happy with which went fairly well with a score of 2,423 leading to a ranking of 1,042. I really can't complain there except for the fact that I had so much sitting in reserve. Leaving <a href="http://tooserious.net/Player.aspx?id=2305&name=Jack Viney">Jack Viney[/url] on the bench? Pretty bloody dumb in hindsight! Had I fielded the right players, my team had the potential to score 2518 and put me in 32nd place. That's 95 points and a whole bunch of gloating to Walesy I missed out on right there!
If small mistakes arepaper cuts, my inability to field the right team in any given week is a gaping axe wound, particularly with my heavy reliance on rookies to fund my (spectacularly awesome don't you dare get injured) midfield.
I figured I can't be the only one, so what are your strategies? How do you decide which rookies warm the pine and which ones hit the field on matchday? Do you go off last weeks points? Position in the team? Coaches comments? Gut feeling?
Help a lady out, TooSerious!
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I have a team that I'm pretty happy with which went fairly well with a score of 2,423 leading to a ranking of 1,042. I really can't complain there except for the fact that I had so much sitting in reserve. Leaving <a href="http://tooserious.net/Player.aspx?id=2305&name=Jack Viney">Jack Viney[/url] on the bench? Pretty bloody dumb in hindsight! Had I fielded the right players, my team had the potential to score 2518 and put me in 32nd place. That's 95 points and a whole bunch of gloating to Walesy I missed out on right there!
If small mistakes arepaper cuts, my inability to field the right team in any given week is a gaping axe wound, particularly with my heavy reliance on rookies to fund my (spectacularly awesome don't you dare get injured) midfield.
I figured I can't be the only one, so what are your strategies? How do you decide which rookies warm the pine and which ones hit the field on matchday? Do you go off last weeks points? Position in the team? Coaches comments? Gut feeling?
Help a lady out, TooSerious!
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<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Les Zigomanis for BackPageLead.com.au
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]I am going to be original and complain about the fixture<em style='font-size: 15px;]oneround into the season! How cool is that?
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Round 1 began thusly:
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Friday, March 22,Adelaide v Essendon AAMI Stadium;Saturday, March 23,Fremantle v West Coast Patersons Stadium;Thursday, March 28,Carlton v Richmond MCG;Saturday, March 30,Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Etihad Stadium;GWS v Sydney ANZ Stadium,Gold Coast v St Kilda Metricon Stadium;Sunday, March 31,Melbourne v Port Adelaide MCG;North Melbourne v Collingwood Etihad Stadium,Monday, April 1,Hawthorn v Geelong MCG.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Nothing untoward there, really - other than the AFL bewilderingly deciding to stagger the round. Okay, there is something untoward then. Also, why inaugurate the season with Adelaide versus Essendon? No disrespect to those two teams, but the season should begin with a bang. 2012's second versus eleventh - two...
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]I am going to be original and complain about the fixture<em style='font-size: 15px;]oneround into the season! How cool is that?
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Round 1 began thusly:
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Friday, March 22,Adelaide v Essendon AAMI Stadium;Saturday, March 23,Fremantle v West Coast Patersons Stadium;Thursday, March 28,Carlton v Richmond MCG;Saturday, March 30,Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Etihad Stadium;GWS v Sydney ANZ Stadium,Gold Coast v St Kilda Metricon Stadium;Sunday, March 31,Melbourne v Port Adelaide MCG;North Melbourne v Collingwood Etihad Stadium,Monday, April 1,Hawthorn v Geelong MCG.
<p style='margin-bottom: 1.3em; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 22px;]Nothing untoward there, really - other than the AFL bewilderingly deciding to stagger the round. Okay, there is something untoward then. Also, why inaugurate the season with Adelaide versus Essendon? No disrespect to those two teams, but the season should begin with a bang. 2012's second versus eleventh - two...
<img width='258' height='180' src='/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/1661/Orffa.jpg ' alt='The ORFFA[/img]
What a round! What a series of matches! What a .... ahh, bugger all of that - let's just get to the review and write-ups for each game in the first round of ORFFA action - the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Round (kudos for black humour there).
Nunawading 1107 defeated Lovely Banks 1021
The season opener saw the Nunawading Nuffies notch a 1107-1021 win over a gallant but injury riddled Lovely Banks outfit.
Led by JP Kennedy (147) and Stanton in the midfield, as well as Tex Walker and Adam Goodes up forward, the Nuffies had too much firepower despite their own injury and form issues, which saw a number of goose-egg scores during the weekend.
For the Lilacs, coach Jen was left lamenting what might have been - with all manner of absent players across the weekend providing a tough initiation to ORFFA coaching.
Dane Swan (136) led the scoring, with Jack Grimes and old-man Chapman notching tons. Mike Pyke looks to have continued his late 2012 form, smashing out 104. But too much was left to too few.
Both coaches will be looking forward to some respite from injury and the return of a number of quality players in coming weeks.
Iron Knob 1422 defeated Foul Bay 1252
The match of the round produced a minor boil over, with the reigning champs comprehensively defeated by the Codpieces of Iron Bay.
Led by the brilliance of Gary Ablett Junior (178) and featuring 90+ scores from Minson, Griffin, Goldstein, Harbrow, Lynch and Douglas, Iron Knob simply had too much firepower for a, dare I say it, somewhat underwhelming performance from the Chickens.
Foul Bay enjoyed centuries from Libba, Mumford, JJ Kennedy, Selwood and Pearce, but a number of big names - including Pavlich, Roughead and Dangerfield - failed to fire. Aside from Danyle Pearce, Foul Bay's defence had a 'mare.
What is...
What a round! What a series of matches! What a .... ahh, bugger all of that - let's just get to the review and write-ups for each game in the first round of ORFFA action - the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Round (kudos for black humour there).
Nunawading 1107 defeated Lovely Banks 1021
The season opener saw the Nunawading Nuffies notch a 1107-1021 win over a gallant but injury riddled Lovely Banks outfit.
Led by JP Kennedy (147) and Stanton in the midfield, as well as Tex Walker and Adam Goodes up forward, the Nuffies had too much firepower despite their own injury and form issues, which saw a number of goose-egg scores during the weekend.
For the Lilacs, coach Jen was left lamenting what might have been - with all manner of absent players across the weekend providing a tough initiation to ORFFA coaching.
Dane Swan (136) led the scoring, with Jack Grimes and old-man Chapman notching tons. Mike Pyke looks to have continued his late 2012 form, smashing out 104. But too much was left to too few.
Both coaches will be looking forward to some respite from injury and the return of a number of quality players in coming weeks.
Iron Knob 1422 defeated Foul Bay 1252
The match of the round produced a minor boil over, with the reigning champs comprehensively defeated by the Codpieces of Iron Bay.
Led by the brilliance of Gary Ablett Junior (178) and featuring 90+ scores from Minson, Griffin, Goldstein, Harbrow, Lynch and Douglas, Iron Knob simply had too much firepower for a, dare I say it, somewhat underwhelming performance from the Chickens.
Foul Bay enjoyed centuries from Libba, Mumford, JJ Kennedy, Selwood and Pearce, but a number of big names - including Pavlich, Roughead and Dangerfield - failed to fire. Aside from Danyle Pearce, Foul Bay's defence had a 'mare.
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