FINALS

After missing the top 8, Gariwerd have decided to rest a few players and give some game time to some fringe players for the Zac Dawson Who Cares Cup.

Koby Stevens comes back in and will take on the captaincy again, and we are giving Jasper Pittard a chance as VC, given he missed his opportunity last week in Lefty round.
Sam Bleese and Shaun McKernan still need to pass fitness tests and may be late withdawals and there is always a chance that Cam Pedersen will have too much anxiety to front up, so we are still not sure if any of them 3 will actually pull the boots on, but all are covered by emergencies.

Our 2012 b&f, Brett Deledio, will start this game from the bench after leading our 2013 b&f all season before being leapfrogged in the final game's votes, and we have dropped a host of stars, although 4 of them are emergencies and may be called upon. Matt De Boer was extremely vocal during the week about his anger at being rested, so he is an emergency; Josh Gibson will fill in as our ruck if required as he is the tallest player not in the 1st 15; Burgoyne is an emergency as the only other available defender and Sylvia could do with another run if Bleese doesnt get up for it.
Dal Santo and Cooney have both gone in for minor surgery to get them fit and raring to go for 2014. Despite our Best and Fairest winner, Cooney, looking the best he has for years in the last game of the season.

We are really excited to see the likes of Casboult and Stratton given a chance again and both will be trying to stake their claim for a spot on the 2014 list.

Here's our team to play Mt Beauty: <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;]<strong style='font-size: 12px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]IN: L Casboult,<strong style='font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; outline: 0px;]J Pittard, K Stevens, S Bleese, C Pedersen, S McKernan, B Stratton,[/b]
[/b] <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;]<strong style='font-size: 12px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]OUT: S Burgoyne, J Gibson, N Dal Santo, M De Boer, A Cooney, C Sylvia[/b] <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;] <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;]<strong style='font-size: 12px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]D: [/b][span style='font-size: 12px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent;]J Pittard (VC), B Smith,Z Tuohy, B Stratton (E: S Burgoyne) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: none 0px; color: #000000;]<strong style='font-size: 12px; outline: none 0px; background-color: transparent;]M: [/b][span style='font-size: 12px; outline: none 0px; background-color: transparent;]S Bleese, K Stevens (C), C Masten, M Wallis(E: C Sylvia) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: none 0px; color: #000000;]<strong style='font-size: 12px; outline: none 0px; background-color: transparent;]R:[/b]C. Pedersen(E: J Gibson - OOP) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: none 0px; color: #000000;]<strong style='font-size: 12px; outline: none 0px; background-color: transparent;]F:[/b]K Tippett, R Gray, S McKernan, L Casboult (E: M De Boer) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: none 0px; color: #000000;]<strong style='font-size: 12px; outline: none 0px; background-color: transparent;]I:[/b]A Christensen,[span style='font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; background-color: transparent; outline: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; color: #000000;]B Deledio <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;]

 

Cradle Mountain take honours in the Hayes Cup, 1154 to 1136 by my reckoning, grats Dean!

 

Mount Beauty 1229 defeated Gariwerd 1166

Blease made it through his fitness test, but was clearly not alright as he struggled to a score of 13. McKernan did not pass his fitness test and De Boer took his place in the first 15. Pedersen was once again too anxious on game day and Josh Gibson took his spot, out of position in the ruck. And Masten was also a late withdrawal for us, with Sylvia coming in for him.
Lids responded well to getting beat in the B&F by 1 vote in the last game, with a BOG 143, but it was not enough to get this young Gariwerd side over the line against a very strong (on paper) Mount Beauty.

I realise others have said it before, but watch out for this Mount Beauty side as they will be awesome!
Here's the scores:
Gariwerd D:J Pittard (VC) 36, B Smith 48,Z Tuohy 75, B Stratton 59 <p style='outline: none 0px;]<strong style='outline: none 0px;]M:[/b]S Bleese 13, K Stevens (C) 65, C Masten DNP, M Wallis92 (E: C Sylvia [on for Masten] 84) <p style='outline: none 0px;]<strong style='outline: none 0px;]R:[/b]C. PedersenDNP (E: J Gibson - OOP [on for Pedersen] [span style='color: #c00000;]104/2= 52) <p style='outline: none 0px;]<strong style='outline: none 0px;]F:[/b]K Tippett [span style='color: #c00000;]109, R Gray 86, S McKernan DNP, L Casboult [span style='color: #c00000;]102 (E: M De Boer [on for McKernan] 76) <p style='outline: none 0px;]<strong style='outline: none 0px;]I:[/b]A Christensen [span style='color: #c00000;]126,B Deledio [span style='color: #c00000;]143 TOTAL: 1166 <table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='width: 100%;] <td style='width: 100%; padding: 0cm;]
Mount Beauty Def: Hartlett 96, Ellis 59, Guthrie 61, May 59 Mids: Cotchin 62, Sidebottom 93, Bennell [span style='color: #c00000;]137, Wingard [span style='color: #c00000;]106 Rucks: Leuenberger 85 Fwds: Martin 25, Rioli 96, Lee 33, McGlynn 93 Inter: Blicavs [span style='color: #c00000;]115, Viney [span style='color: #c00000;]109 TOTAL: 1229

 

Gravenger finally gets a break that is not his neck, despite heroics from Boaky. Note those scores folks for a Zac Dawson Who Cares Cup, compared with some of the top 8. Well done Grav - good tussle, which I thought I almost had in the bag until the Bandit said stand and deliver. [span style='color: #00b050;]Whitsundays 1299 def by [span style='color: #00b0f0;]Larrikin Lagoon 1327 Whitsundays: DEF: Birchall ([span style='color: #ff0000;]106), Morris (60), Trengove (92), Silvagni (61) MID: Sloane ([span style='color: #ff0000;]102), Barlow ([span style='color: #ff0000;]117), Boak ([span style='color: #ff0000;]172), Gibson (49) RUC: Lobbe ([span style='color: #ff0000;]104) FWD: JJK (55), Motlop ([span style='color: #ff0000;]103), Black (70), Hall (58) I/C: Warnock (88), Wines (62) Larrikin Lagoon: DEF: Scotland (86), Suban (82), Baguley (76), Golby (71) MID: Priddis (88), S. Selwood ([span style='color: #ff0000;]119), Mzungu (91), Curnow (85) RUC: Hale (81) FWD: Lewis ([span style='color: #ff0000;]110), Monfries ([span style='color: #ff0000;]109), Lynch ([span style='color: #ff0000;]101), Daniher (51) I/C: Conca (57), Coniglio ([span style='color: #ff0000;]120)

 

Tom Lynch from Adelaide for a 101 TiB... sorry to be the bearer of bad news

 

You're always the bearer of bad news bandito - I wouldn't have it from anyone else.

 

Results and draw for the preliminary finals of the Zac Dawson Who Cares Cup. Cradle Mountain 1154 def Marble Bar 1136 Mount Beauty 1229 def Gariwerd 1166 LB Lilacs 1246 def Venus Bay 1017 Nunawading 1105 def Gundagai 697 Larrikin Lagoon 1327 def Whitsunday 1299 [span style='color: #00b050;]Larrikin Lagoon vs [span style='color: #00b0f0;]Cradle Mountain [span style='color: #00b050;]LB Lilacs vs [span style='color: #00b0f0;]Mount Beauty Sorry Nuffers - eliminated on basis of lowest score.

 

TerryinBangkok wrote:
[span style='font-size: small;]Sorry Nuffers - eliminated on basis of lowest score. Andy, can you send the cheerleaders down to The Pit... my guys need some fluffing up after their loss to the Blimps

 

dmandrews wrote:
Cradle Mountain 1154 defeated Marble Bar 1138 <p style='line-height: 12pt;]Cradle Mountain <p style='line-height: 12pt;] <p style='line-height: 12pt;]DEF Dyson Heppell 39, Nick Vlastuin 82, Nick Smith 74, Lee Spurr 70 265 <p style='line-height: 12pt;]MID Scott Pendlebury 110, Jack Redden 97, David Zaharakis 68, Shaun Grigg 97 372 <p style='line-height: 12pt;]RUC Will Schofield 89/2 =45 (OOP) <p style='line-height: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;]FWD Steve Johnson 110, Dayne Zorko 101, Jude Bolton 56, Adam Schneider 79 346 <p style='line-height: 12pt;]INTER Sam Gilbert 64, Heath Hocking 62 (Ben Kennedy) 126 <p style='line-height: 12pt;] <p style='line-height: 12pt;]Marble Bar <p style='line-height: 12pt;] <p style='line-height: 12pt;] <table width='397' style='width: 298pt; border-collapse: collapse;' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0] <tr style='height: 18.75pt;] <td style='padding: 0cm; background-color: transparent; width: 298pt; height: 18.75pt; border: #f0f0f0;]
<tr style='height: 18.75pt;] <td style='padding: 0cm; background-color: transparent; height: 18.75pt; border: #f0f0f0;] Backs: Enright 88, D Stanley 118, Terlich 85, Butler 69 360
<tr style='height: 18.75pt;] <td style='padding: 0cm; background-color: transparent; height: 18.75pt; border: #f0f0f0;] Mids: Steven 116, Ward 53, Sewell 90, Whitfield 60 319
<tr style='height: 18.75pt;] <td style='padding: 0cm; background-color: transparent; height: 18.75pt; border: #f0f0f0;] Ruck: Young 42/2 = 21 (OOP)
<tr style='height: 18.75pt;] <td style='padding: 0cm; background-color: transparent; height: 18.75pt; border: #f0f0f0;] Fwds: Waite 81, Cameron 66, Tomlinson 69, Dempster 95/2 = 48 (OOP) 264
<tr style='height: 18.75pt;] <td style='padding: 0cm; background-color: transparent; height: 18.75pt; border: #f0f0f0;] C: Greene 91, Williams 83 174
Would have been even more of a nailbiter if we both had full squads

 

Yeah, particularly if you both had any nails left.