The post-bye pre-midseason round sees some mouth watering matches, as follows Neptune Island Noahs (8-1) vs Walpole Woylies (6-3) The Commish's 2016 premiers have set the pace over the first 9 rounds but face 5th on the ladder this week before completing the home and away season with matches against 8th, 7th, 6th, 3rd and 4th after the midseason break. Walpole has scored the most points for this season and will give the flag a shake if they can get up in this one and boost their top 4 chances. Cockburn Avengers (4-5) vs Rutherglen Fugitives (7-2) Nangkita Bucks (4-5) vs Black Swamp 29ers (7-2) Useless Loop Virgins(7-2) vs Port Lincoln Power (3-6) Mt Thirsty Boozers (5-4) vs Heard Island Shags (4-5) Wedge Island White Pointers (1-8) vs Maralinga Atoms (6-3) A SA derby as @Bearfly's mob spend some time sizing up who to cut prior to the MSD, while the Atoms need to win this one to keep in touch with the top 4. Macquarie Island Whales (3-6) vs Drouin Dropbears (3-6) Whoever loses this one is 3-7 and it may be season over. Jan Juc Ducks (3-6) vs Mole Creek Glow-Worms (1-8) The Glow-Worms look to make it 2 in a row in their matchup with the Ducks. Jan Juc will need to bring the defensive game with them - an average points against of 1300 per game is hard to overcome regardless of your ability - to make sure of what on paper appears a regulation win. In intercomp play the Ducks are playing the Sandgropers of the ORFFU in the 2018 ORFF* Champions League Grand Final. Best wishes @thokash, we are all backing you in that one, even if @ViQBoZ is hoping to pip you 1520-1500 in the ORFFF while you take out the Champions League silverware as a consolation.
Black Swamp (Round 10 - AFL11) Unchanged McVeigh Geary Jonas SDT - Hardwick Beams Duckwood Bont Viney - Grigg Westhoff Hooker JDG S Edwards - ANB Sinclair - no emg R Henderson Cutler - L Fogarty The 29ers are unchanged for the clash with the Bucks. Hardwick, Grigg, ANB and the returning L Fogarty are emergencies as we have 24 players named in the AFL this week. Hayward, Newman, Roughead (Dogs), Joyce and Hunter Clark are named in the AFL but will play 2nds for the 29ers. Joining them in the ressies are Mayes, Gallucci and Stretch who are AFL emergencies. Barlow is averaging around 300 SC points per game in the NEAFL (seriously Stewie Dew - wtf) while Stephen Hill once again joins Sam Reid on the injured list.
Fugitives Round 10-11 Team v Cockburn In: Lynch, Harbrow Out: Watts, Bonner D - Harbrow, Rampe, Salem, Macmillan (Hodge) M - Cotchin, Macrae, Pendlebury, Shiel (Gibson) R - Martin F - Gunston, Simpkin, Wells, Lynch (Watts) I - Cunnington, Goddard (Bonner) @Len
Heard Island, Round 10 In: Matt Crouch, Brayden Maynard Out: Pat Lipinski, Ryan Clarke D: Lloyd, Ryan, McGovern, Johannisen (BEllis) M: Fyfe, MCrouch, AngBrayshaw, Swallow (Lipinski) R: Kreuzer F: Patton, Stephenson, Matera, MCox (Lonie) I: Hickey, Maynard (BrAinsworth)
Maralinga round 10 team. DEF - M Hibberd, B Vince, T Stewart, R Burton (M Williams) MID - D Martin, B Gibbs, S Coniglio,J Redden(T Kelly) RUCK - T Goldstein FWD - , J Roughead, C Wingard, J Waite, W Milera (D Lang) INT - B McEvoy, S Burgoyne (T Dumont)
Def: H Shaw, M Suckling, J Webster, M Hurley (L McDonald) Mid: J Sinclair, T Mitchell, T Rockliff, B Hartung (S Motlop) Ruck: P Ryder (M Daw) Fwd: J Cripps, J Cameron, L Franklin, B Brown (J Billings) Int: , O Fantasia B Fritsch (J Trengove)
Cracks starting to appear. Byes can't come soon enough. However, come on down - Paul Ahern! Noahs vs Woylies Def - Rich, Haynes, Morrison, SPP* Mid - Ross, Gaff, Sidey, Hunter (Tucker) Ruck - Gawn Fwd - Lynch, Betts, Taylor, Smith (Florent) IC - Fisher, Ahern (Turner) *out of posi
Avengers are here DEFENDERS Alex Witherden, Luke Brown, Robbie Tarrant, Jack Bowes MIDFIELDERS Edward CURNOW, Josh Kelly, Callan Ward, Jack Steele RUCKS Wylie Buzza FORWARDS Brandan Parfitt, Jack Martin, Eric Hipwood, Jarrod Brander INTERCHANGE Lachlan Weller, Adam Cerra
Macquarie Island Round 10 Team Def: David Astbury, Tom Doedee, Zach Tuohy, Heath Grundy (Michael Johnson) Mid: Shaun Higgins, Josh P Kennedy, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Dayne Zorko, (Ryan Griffin) Ruck: Nic Naitanui Fwd: Toby McLean, Josh Caddy, Kane Lambert, James Harmes (Jarman Impey) Int: Aaron Hall, Nick Holman (Alex Sexton) In: Tom Doedee Out: Sam Murray
We made a change before lockout Matera was dropped, and Lonie came into the side, with BDaniels added to the squad of 19 as a fwd emergency.
At Nangkita the visting 29ers are 11/1051 to the home side (@Dale Duivesteyn) on 7/575 midway through the 3rd quarter. The Bucks have C Cameron running out in the Sunday 110pm game against Black Swamp's SDT, Beams and Cutler. From then on it is Langdon, Treloar, Pearce, Seedman, Jake Kelly, Otten and Hopper for the Bucks with De Goey completing proceedings for the 29ers. Any other scores from around the grounds ?
Unofficial "live" scores from Nangkita have the 29ers all out for 1365 and the home side @Dale Duivesteyn on 1042 with a half each of Seedsman, Jake Kelly and Hopper remaining likely to be putting them around the 1200-1250 range for the week.
Coming down to the wire with the Boozers and Heard Island. Boozers leading 1255 to 1233 with a quarter left from Shaw and Cameron vs their Patton and crouch. A thriller coming up @anthak
Geez, if my maths is correct then Mole Creek @ViQBoZ have nabbed pick 1 in the 2018 MSD by an unbelievable 1 point less scored than the White Pointers @Bearfly in the opening 10 rounds !!