SA Footy

CENTRAL
Central District has named a settled line-up to confront the Eagles at My Money House Oval on Saturday.
Seeking to maintain their grip on fifth spot, the Bulldogs have added key defender Corey Reichert and key forward Mark Rumbelow to their 23-man squad.
Both players have been added to the five-man interchange bench, leaving coach Roy Laird with the temptation to finalise an unchanged line-up.
Former Brisbane Lion Tom Collier was unable to overcome a rib concern.

League
F: Goodrem, McLean, F. Fort
HF: Presbury, Jansen, J. Schiller
C: Hoskin, Kavanagh, Dew
HB: Hanna, Gillard, Barmby
B: Furnell, Stephenson, Haydon

R: D. Fort, T. Schiller, Holman
INT: Broadwood, Edmead, Jenner, Reichert, Rumbelow
IN: Reichert, Rumbelow

Reserves
Banks, Barreau, Blenkiron, Boyle, Brown, Claughton, Coleman, Costanzo, Dodd, Douglas, Kimpton, Michaelanney, O’Brien, Pettitt, D. Pilkington, Prior, Richardson, Stevens, Weaver, Yeomans, Zobel.

Under-18
Amery, Biddle, Billing, Cotgrove, Cunningham, Dowse, C. Dunn, S. Dunn, Eberhard, Falkenberg, Humphries-Carnelly, Montgomerie, Nietschke, Russo, Salter, Schiller, Stewart, Spence, Thorogood, Vitnell, Weetra, White.


EAGLES
Woodville-West Torrens is set to welcome back midfield star Angus Rowntree for the match against Central at My Money House Oval on Saturday.
Rowntree, who has been recovering from a knee reconstruction since last year’s Second Semi-Final, has now played three games in the Reserves to build match fitness.
The 25-year-old is a major bonus for the Eagles’ midfield rotation nearing the major round, particularly in the absence of veteran Scott Lewis, who has a calf ailment.
Utility Joe Sinor and forward Jackson Press, who kicked eight goals from 19 disposals in his last Reserves outing, have also been added to the 23-man squad.
Much-improved Chris Hall must prove his fitness after having a minor ankle injury in his last game against Sturt in Round 18.

League
F: O’Brien, Wundke, Borholm
HF: McGregor, Ainger, Rowland
C: Gaffney, Poole, N. Hayes
HB: Jarrad, Von Bertouch, Allmond
B: P. Raymond, Thompson, Giuffreda

R: Redden, Petrenko, Boyd
INT: Goldsworthy, Hall, Sinor, Press, Rowntree
IN: Rowntree, Sinor, Press
OUT: Lewis (calf)

Reserves
F: Jolly, Raikiwasa, Comitogianni
HF: Stengle, Summerton, B. Ellis
C: Woods, Firns, C. Giles
HB: G. Ellis, Cox, Westbrook
B: Elsworthy, Heinjus, Batley

R: J. Hayes, Yarran, M. Raymond
INT: Lee, L. Hayes, Haylock

Under-18
F: Longbottom, Hoare, Moore
HF: Weidemann, Moller, Creeper
C: Martin, Hoyle, Georgeson
HB: Coxon, Lukosius, W. McPherson
B: Mentz, Beecken, Bondarenko

R: Baqeri, Smith, Mead
INT: Cook, Fairall, Friend, Goold, Miller, Wood

Iggles to win by 4 to 5 goals, even though its played at Your Money or Your Life Oval.

Dogs in a close encounter.

It's nearing finals time.

Rowntree is back go you Eagles

Eagles should belt the Dogs in this one.
The inexorable Eagles machine marching on toward a certain flag.

3QT in Reserves

Eagles 19.8.122
Central 4.2.26

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I was very impressed with Centrals yesterday. This was a much improved performance than earlier this year. The Doggies are extremely hard to beat at the Ponderosa. I think this is the first time I have been to a winning game there in 15-20 years.(missed last year)
The doggies are a quick side, good tackling pressure and I believe will be good in this years final.

PS Where are all the posters on this site? Its no wonder SANFL is dying. Apart from an odd southee nothing but crickets.

goddy11 wrote:PS Where are all the posters on this site? Its no wonder SANFL is dying. Apart from an odd southee nothing but crickets.

Yep, it's been a downhill decline as the season has progressed...

goddy11 wrote:I was very impressed with Centrals yesterday. This was a much improved performance than earlier this year. The Doggies are extremely hard to beat at the Ponderosa. I think this is the first time I have been to a winning game there in 15-20 years.(missed last year)
The doggies are a quick side, good tackling pressure and I believe will be good in this years final.

PS Where are all the posters on this site? Its no wonder SANFL is dying. Apart from an odd southee nothing but crickets.

I was waiting for some one else to post
Centrals were fast hit bodies hard in marking contests and were going after Boyd and Poole
Was nice to see when Wundke and Ainger went quiet Redden and Bomber chipped in .
Nice to claw back a win out there second time in a year to win out there

Big Phil wrote:

goddy11 wrote:PS Where are all the posters on this site? Its no wonder SANFL is dying. Apart from an odd southee nothing but crickets.

Yep, it's been a downhill decline as the season has progressed...

Yeah according to online I read we fans were down by 22 people to get in the free raffle yesterday at Elizabeth oval

goddy11 wrote:I was very impressed with Centrals yesterday. This was a much improved performance than earlier this year. The Doggies are extremely hard to beat at the Ponderosa. I think this is the first time I have been to a winning game there in 15-20 years.(missed last year)
The doggies are a quick side, good tackling pressure and I believe will be good in this years final.

PS Where are all the posters on this site? Its no wonder SANFL is dying. Apart from an odd southee nothing but crickets.

Tweets, Instagram and SANFL website log ins might still be okay.

Mickyj wrote:

Big Phil wrote:

goddy11 wrote:PS Where are all the posters on this site? Its no wonder SANFL is dying. Apart from an odd southee nothing but crickets.

Yep, it's been a downhill decline as the season has progressed...

Yeah according to online I read we fans were down by 22 people to get in the free raffle yesterday at Elizabeth oval

Talking about traffic on these sites, not fans through the gate...

To beat Centrals @ Eliz when they threw everything at us (quoting Roy) was satisfying. The first half looked like we had a bye last week and this will be a worry come finals time with another bye if we finish minor premiers. Centrals lacked the final polish in the end.
O'Brien is now an integral part of the side, Rowntree worked his way into the game nicely, Poole and Petrenko were busy and Ainger looks like he has regained form. Gaffney would have to win best first year player and Thommo hardly missed a beat down back. Jarrad looked down on confidence in the first half but his second was more like the Jarrad of old. Lewis might struggle to get back into the side!

Big Phil wrote:

goddy11 wrote:PS Where are all the posters on this site? Its no wonder SANFL is dying. Apart from an odd southee nothing but crickets.

Yep, it's been a downhill decline as the season has progressed...

It's a wasteland here man! Plenty of chat on the AFL part of the site I think. The silence on the SANFL part is often deafening.
I really think that the inclusion of AFL reserves has hit this site the hardest of all entities involved in SANFL footy. Yes crowds are down, but drop in number of comments on this site would be a larger percentage than the drop in attendances. Sturt threads are very quiet these days, which is the opposite of what you'd expect of a club having its best year since about 2008. If we weren't allowed to make bad puns there'd often be no chatter at all.
It's a wasteland man!