SA Footy

Sunday April 28

Sturt v South Adelaide | Peter Motley Oval | 2.10pm

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STURT
Sturt is poised to unleash an athletic youngster against South on Saturday.

Utility Mihail Lochowiak (19, 186cm and 86kg) has been included in the Double Blues 23-man squad after booting five goals for the Reserves on Good Friday.

A member of last year’s victorious SA U18 team, Lochowiak has been named on a five-man extended interchange bench with fellow inclusion Daniel Fahey-Sparks.

2018 P.T Morton Medallist Tom Harms returns to the half-back flank in a boost to Sturt’s defensive unit.

Tall utility Henry Voigt has been sent back to the Reserves.

League

F: J. Hone, Sutcliffe, Greenslade

HF: M. Evans, Munn, Sumner

C: Slimming, Colquhoun, Crocker

HB: Harms, Stephens, Pearce

B: F. Evans, Coomblas, Carey



R: Patullo, Kirkwood, Riley

INT: Dodd, Lochowiak, Condon, Battersby, Fahey-Sparks

IN: Lochowiak, Fahey-Sparks, Harms

OUT: Voigt

Reserves
T. Hone, Armiento, Samblich, Penfold, Laycock, Wildman, Clifford, Stuart, Illman, Wills, Voigt, Allan, Mitchell, Richards, Thornton, Voss, Grieve, Edmonds, Thiele, Wallace.

SOUTH
South Adelaide will blood two local products in its match against Sturt on Sunday.

Morphett Vale’s Lee Hoey (25, 179cm and 80kg) and Pooraka’s Brett Kennedy (20, 181cm and 73kg) have both been named in the Panthers’ starting 18.

Kennedy will start in the forward pocket while Hoey will be at the other end in the back pocket while Ben Heaslip and Jaidan Kappler have also been recalled to the 23-man squad.

Impressive goal sneak Darnell Tucker is unavailable due to the SA AFL Academy camp while Kyle Emery was relegated to the Reserves.

League

F: Kennedy, Overall, Whittelsea

HF: Fitt, Cailotto, Karpany

C: Irra, Cross, Noble

HB: Haines, Summerton, Brown

B: Rose, Crabb, Hoey



R: Knoll, Davis, Liddle

INT: Haren, Heaslip, Kappler, Sampson, McKinnon

IN: Hoey, Kennedy, Heaslip, Kappler

OUT: Tucker (SA U18 AFL Academy), Emery

Reserves
Badger, Baker, Beeche, Beenham, Coleman, Colwell, Elmes, Emery, Fairlie, Grimley, Hall, Juckers, Lovering, Manuel, McGree, Mills, Milsom, Snelling, Whitbread,

Sturt by 24 points.....

Nothing shits me more than "Impressive goal sneak Darnell Tucker is unavailable due to the SA AFL Academy camp ".

We tend to play OK at Unley (as do Sturt) and that said I am hopeful rater than confident. We have not lost yet (despite trying very hard to do so) and I am hoping for a good game under much better weather conditions. Could we be the first side to draw three games in a row (I assume it has not been done)?

South by a point.

Perfect day for it. Under 18's with a very early start of 9.05 into the second quarter, (Sturt with a 5 goal lead and playing well). Ground in good nic, no breeze and hoping for a good crowd.

Hey everyone! Long time reader first time poster here. I sure hope after 2 weeks of feeling hollow that South get the win today. It will be interesting to see the response the players have. It will be a tough contest.
Go Panthers!

Indeed. We need to play the full four quarters to beat Sturt. Sturt have been very resilient over the last few years and we have been able to beat them at Unley a couple of times in the last 4 years.

Should be a great contest.

Reckon we might just get over the line today by less than a goal.

Heaslip and Kappler don't make the league side for South.

Dodd, Lochowiak don't make the league side for Sturt.

Unfortunately not at the game today. Can anyone confirm if the eye test for Heaslip and Emery matched their stats? Appeared to both have great games on paper. Great come back win for the reserves!

7 gone in the 2nd

STU 3.4
SA 2.1

Very dull game so far. Umpires busy (25 frees paid already)

PanthersFan wrote:Unfortunately not at the game today. Can anyone confirm if the eye test for Heaslip and Emery matched their stats? Appeared to both have great games on paper. Great come back win for the reserves!

What does that mean?

DOC wrote:

PanthersFan wrote:Unfortunately not at the game today. Can anyone confirm if the eye test for Heaslip and Emery matched their stats? Appeared to both have great games on paper. Great come back win for the reserves!

What does that mean?

I'd assume that stats can be deceiving so he was asking if anyone actually at the game could confirm their games were as good as their stats appeared?

Emery was outstanding and will play league next week.

Heaslip got it plenty but disposal not great (not bad either).

Exactly right Wedgie, I probably could’ve used a better term. Thanks doc for the info!

Hey guys, being new at this, how do I post a reply directly to another comment?

PanthersFan wrote:Hey guys, being new at this, how do I post a reply directly to another comment?

Click on the quote button on the post you want to directly reply to.

South Adelaide will blood two local products in its match against Sturt on Sunday.

Morphett Vale’s Lee Hoey (25, 179cm and 80kg) and Pooraka’s Brett Kennedy (20, 181cm and 73kg)

No need for any travelling allowance for Brett then since he's a local.

Wedgie wrote:

PanthersFan wrote:Hey guys, being new at this, how do I post a reply directly to another comment?

Click on the quote button on the post you want to directly reply to.

Great, thank you!

Disappointing from South, at times diabolical in the second half. Undisciplined, poor skills, intent on indirect chipping around half back (and ultimately mucking it up) and lacked intensity around the ball.

Scoreboard was flattering, with South kicking the last four goals in junk time. Plenty of niggle, with Slimming reported for striking Cross in the first term, with the duel continuing through the day. Slimming took the honours.

Just two named in the best players by the club- Rose and Liddle.

Disappointing day at Unley.

Players looked flat and wonder if the last 2 weeks (draws) are taking its toll.
We were smashed in the middle and could never get on top.
Sturt played their usual shut down game against us. Ugly to watch but it worked. Stopped our running game.
Only could pick Rose, Liddle, Davis our best.
Few players out of touch today.
South really need to harden up as today we were soft.
Usual suspects can not do it week in week out - other players need to step up !

South kicking across ground (changing play) did not work.
Skills were comical at times.

Thought we would of shown more today.