The Horsham round 20 team at home to the Eden Whalers is: DEF: J Harmes, H Edwards, J Henry, N Wilson MID: J Billings, W Drew, X Duursma, B Fiorini (W Phillips) RUC: N Reeves FWD: Z Bailey, N McHenry, M Georgiades, S Flanders (L Fogarty) INT: B Starcevich, J Ross (E Hughes)
Last round of the season but lots of outs. Eden Whalers Round 17 Def: Crisp, Andrews, Keath, Cordy Mid: Kennedy, Curnow, Amon, Howe Ruck: Cole Fwd: Dixon, Papley, McCarthy, KKP (Schultz) IC: McStay, Lewis IN: Cordy, Cole, Lewis OUT: Williams, Cousins
Banchang: OUT: Markov (inj) IN: Ladhams DEF: Doedee, Collins, Dawson, Jonas....(Hamill) MID: L D-U, Adams, Lyons, Langdon RUC: Lycett FWD: Elliott, Wright, Reid, Neal-Bullen....(Brockman) I/C: Robinson, Ladhams @JPK
Cow Bay D McPherson, Scrimshaw, Noble, Wilkie M Hopper, Worpel, Taranto, Bolton R Henry (OOP) F Moore, Martin, Spargo, DeGoey I Jones, Madden
Def: Polec, Smith, Cockatoo, Brodie Mid: Parker, Hewett, Simpkin, Hunter Ruc: Darcy For: Rioli, Brown, Chol, Schoenberg Int: Nankervis , Florent
Round 17 - Groote Eylandt Barracudas Def: Jake Lloyd, Jacob Weitering, Liam Stocker, Jeremy McGovern (Jake Kolodjashnij) Mid: Patrick Cripps, Marcus Bontempelli, Cameron Guthrie, Jack Graham (Jeremy Sharp) Ruck: Patrick Ryder Fwd: Tom Hawkins, Dayne Zorko, Aaron Hall, Isaac Smith (Aaron Naughton) Int: Jack Riewoldt, Rhys Stanley (Errol Gulden)
Pakenhams bunch of misfits B: JJ, Rivers, Idun, Lukosius. (Francis) M: Cerra, Gaff, Blicavs, Noah R: Big Row F: Allen, Sidebum, KING, Butters. (Butler) I: Hogan, Newnes. (Schache)
Hughenden have some big names back this week for a must win game against the Sandgropers @eagle_eyed to secure their rightful position in the 8. Def: Mills, DBJ, IQ, Ash (Sheppard) Mid: Oliver, Seedsman, Yeo, Ward (Shiels) Ruc: Ratugolea (Logue oop) Fwd: Breust, Membrey, AMT, Langford (Berry oop) Int: Shiel, Mayne The Prospectors @JPK will be sweating on this result and will be disappointed to see the return of Mills, Mayne, Langford and Ward to the line up this week.
Big match this one. If the Sandgropers lose, we could fall as far as 4th and forfeit the opportunity to pick our opponent. The wheels have, started to fall off though, through both injury (Fyfe, Docherty & Martin) and late season poor form (Phillips, Darling, Mundy…). Hughenden are coming good at the right stage of the season and should take this one with relative ease, although anything can happen, and sometimes does. Go Sandgropers!!!
Bulls team v the Bunyips @martyg Out: Sholl, Ryan In: Rowe, Bowey New: Bowey D Maynard Salem Whitfield McEvoy M McCluggage Brayshaw Hill Bowey (Newcombe) R Meek F Lynch Rowe Lynch Dow (Mahony) I Hayward Stack
R17 - Korumburra Blowflys (5th) at Serengeti Buffalos (7th) The Flys take off on a tough International "road trip" to close out the regular season. This is a must win game for the Buff if they want to play finals in 2021. Serengeti will undoubtedly throw everything at the visiting Korumburra side this week as they battle it out for supremacy in the Crater! @wrightbrendan In - J. Dunkley, J. Howe Out - B. McKay, M. Walters (hamstring) D - C. Daniel, D. Howard, J. Howe, T. Bianco (EMG B. McKay) M - J. Steele, T. Boak, R. Sloane, T. Kelly (EMG A. Perkins) R - T. Goldstein (EMG. T. Campbell) F - J. Dunkley, N. Hind, L. Franklin, M. Taberner (EMG T. Xerri) I/C - J.P. Kennedy, S. Menegola
Hurn Powell Taylor Newman emg Williams Mitchell Liberatore Petracca Viney emg Tucker English Greene Heeney Stephenson Scott emg Finlayson Ross Rampe
Going early to hope for some luck L.McDonald Stewart Ryan Rich (Highmore) Brayshaw Treloar Perryman S.Higgins (Rowell) Gawn Wingard McDonald Snelling Ziebell (Blakey) Bramble Rozee (Jackson) *edit: my good luck strategy didn’t work very well. Bowes out of def and L McDonald into def. Bramble into Int
Hughenden is decimated with injury, limping into the finals with a makeshift forward line, the cost of victory in the last minor round game. The unusual shape of the Groote Island ground may be to our advantage as we take on the formidable Barracudas who have been on fire running into the finals:- Def: Mills, DBJ, IQ, Ash (Morrison) Mid: Oliver, Seedsman, Yeo, Ward (Jordon) Ruc: Ratugolea (Logue oop) Fwd: Membrey, AMT, Thilthorpe Shiels oop (Sheppard oop) Int: Shiel, Mayne @YAD69
Banchang: DEF: Collins, Jonas, Doedee, Dawson (Hamill) MID: L D-U, Adams, Lyons, Robinson (Langdon) RUC: Lycett FWD: Ladhams, Elliott, Wright, Neal-Bullen (Brockman) I/C: Gray, Reid (Nelson) @Mick
Finals Week 1 / QF - Korumburra Blowflys (5th) v Banchang Barcrawlers (6th) @choppers In - N. Vlastuin, B. McKay Out - D. Howard, T. Bianco D - C. Daniel, J. Howe, N. Vlastuin, B. McKay (EMG T. Bianco) M - J. Steele, T Boak, R. Sloane, J.P. Kennedy (EMG B. Cook) R - T. Goldstein F - J. Dunkley, N. Hind, L. Franklin, M. Taberner (EMG T. Campbell) I/C - S. Menegola, T. Kelly (EMG A. Perkins)
Finals Round 1 - Groote Eylandt Barracudas Def: Jake Lloyd, Jacob Weitering, Jake Kolodjashnij, Jeremy McGovern (Liam Stocker) Mid: Patrick Cripps, Marcus Bontempelli, Cameron Guthrie, Jack Graham (Jeremy Sharp) Ruck: Rhys Stanley Fwd: Tom Hawkins, Dayne Zorko, Aaron Hall, Jamie Cripps (Aaron Naughton) Int: Jack Riewoldt, Errol Gulden (Jarrod Berry) Out: Liam Stocker, Isaac Smith In: Jake Kolodjashnij, Jamie Cripps @Batfink
Banchang: DEF: Jonas, Dawson, Doedee, Collins (Nelson) MID: Lyons, Adams, Davies-Uniacke, Langdon (Brockman) RUC: Lycett FWD: Ladhams, Elliott, Neal-Bullen, Wright (McAdam) I/C: Gray, Reid @YAD69