Nab Cup Scores and Talk

[Thiele]

Hawks win by 75 points

[brod]

The lad that Richmond picked from Centrals looks like he has done his knee

No structural damage, just hyper extended

[85 WAS A GOOD YEAR]

Cameron Hitchcock looks good for Port. Looked up the PAFC website to see where he was from and see he is on the rookie list and from Glenelg. Did he play a lot of league last year?

He switched between Glenelg's under 18's and Reserves, kicked about 70/80 goals all up i think.

Hitchy played 7 U18 matches for 34 goals, plus 19 Reserves matches with 46 goals = 80 goals for the season.

His 5 goals and 3rd Best against the magpies in Reserves Elimination Finals probably stuck in their minds (and gut!)

[GWW]

Hitchy played 7 U18 matches for 34 goals, plus 19 Reserves matches with 46 goals = 80 goals for the season.

Would he have been close to making his League debut for the Bays last season?

[85 WAS A GOOD YEAR]

Hitchy played 7 U18 matches for 34 goals, plus 19 Reserves matches with 46 goals = 80 goals for the season.

Would he have been close to making his League debut for the Bays last season?

Don't believe so. Did himself proud today though.

[Thiele]

Final score

Western Bulldogs 1.5.14.53
Brisbane 1.5.6.45

[hearts on fire]

Squads announced for week 2 of round 1 of the NAB Cup.

Friday February 19
St Kilda v Collingwood at Etihad Stadium, 7.40pm

Saturday February 20
Sydney Swans v Carlton at Blacktown, 7.40pm

Sunday February 21
Geelong Cats v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm
Fremantle v Melbourne at Subiaco Oval, 5.40pm

ST KILDA v COLLINGWOOD
St Kilda
2. Steven King, 3. Jack Steven, 4. Clint Jones, 5. Ben McEvoy, 6. Zac Dawson, 11. Leigh Montagna, 12. Nick Riewoldt, 13. Adam Schneider, 14. Jarryn Geary, 18. Brendon Goddard, 19. Sam Gilbert, 20. David Armitage, 21. Nick Heyne, 22. Farren Ray, 23. Justin Koschitzke, 25. Sam Fisher, 27. Jason Blake, 28. Rhys Stanley, 30. Brett Peake, 32. Andrew McQualter, 33. James Gwilt, 36. Tommy Walsh, 37. Leigh Fisher, 38. Will Johnson, 39. Alistair Smith, 41. Paul Cahill, 44. Stephen Milne, 45. Luke Miles, 49. Steven Gaertner.

Note: Michael Gardiner was withdrawn from the squad on Wednesday afternoon. Paul Cahill has taken his place.

Collingwood
1. Leon Davis, 3. John McCarthy , 4. Alan Didak, 5. Nick Maxwell, 6. Tyson Goldsack, 7. Paul Medhurst, 8. Harry O’Brien, 10. Scott Pendlebury, 11. Shane O’Bree, 12. Luke Ball, 13. Dale Thomas, 15. Leigh Brown, 16. Nathan Brown, 17. Dayne Beams, 18. Darren Jolly, 19. Cameron Wood, 20. Ben Reid, 21. Sharrod Wellingham, 22. Steele Sidebottom, 24. Tarkyn Lockyer, 26. Ben Johnson, 30. Brent Macaffer, 31. Chris Dawes, 32. Travis Cloke, 34. Alan Toovey, 35. Simon Prestigiacomo, 36. Dane Swan, 39. Heath Shaw, 41. Simon Buckley.

SYDNEY SWANS v CARLTON
Sydney Swans
1. Mark Seaby, 3. Jarrad McVeigh, 6. Craig Bolton, 8. Trent Dennis-Lane, 9. Nick Malceski, 10. Daniel Currie, 12. Josh Kennedy, 14. Craig Bird, 15. Kieren Jack, 16. Gary Rohan, 17. Tadhg Kennelly, 20. Sam Reid, 21. Ben McGlynn, 22. Byron Sumner, 24. Jude Bolton, 25. Ted Richards, 29. Martin Mattner, 30. Lewis Roberts-Thomson, 31. Brett Kirk, 32. Lewis Jetta, 33. Jarred Moore, 35. Campbell Heath, 37. Adam Goodes, 38. Michael Pyke, 39. Heath Grundy, 40. Nick Smith, 42. Paul Bevan, 43. Matthew O'Dwyer, 46. Taylor Gilchrist.

Carlton
2. Jordan Russell, 4. Bryce Gibbs, 5. Chris Judd, 6. Kade Simpson, 7. Brock McLean, 8. Matthew Kreuzer, 10. Richard Hadley, 11. Robert Warnock, 12. Mitch Robinson, 13. Chris Yarran, 14. Brad Fisher, 15. Steven Browne, 16. Shaun Grigg, 17. Setanta O’hAilpin, 18. Paul Bower, 22. Shaun Hampson, 23. Lachie Henderson, 24. Kane Lucas, 26. Joe Anderson, 29. Heath Scotland, 31. Marcus Davies, 32. Bret Thornton, 34. Simon Wiggins, 38. Jeff Garlett, 39. Sam Jacobs, 40. Michael Jamison, 44. Andrew Carrazzo, 45. Aaron Joseph, 46. David Ellard.

FREMANTLE v MELBOURNE
Fremantle
1. Hayden Ballantyne, 2. Anthony Morabito, 3. Byron Schammer, 4. Paul Hasleby, 5. Garrick Ibbotson, 6. Greg Broughton, 9. Adam McPhee, 11. Des Headland, 14. Antoni Grover, 15. Ryan Crowley, 16. David Mundy, 18. Luke McPharlin, 19. Clayton Hinkley, 21. Michael Barlow, 23. Chris Mayne, 24. Dylan Roberton, 26. Kepler Bradley, 28. Ryan Murphy, 29. Matthew Pavlich, 30. Zachary Clarke, 31. Aaron Sandilands, 32. Stephen Hill, 36. Alex Silvagni, 37. Michael Johnson, 40. Matt de Boer, 41. Paul Duffield, 43. Roger Hayden, 46. Clancee Pearce, 47. Jay van Berlo.

Melbourne
1. Matthew Warnock, 2. Nathan Jones, 3. Clint Bartram, 7. Brad Miller, 8. James Frawley, 9. Jack Trengove, 10. Cale Morton, 12. Colin Sylvia, 13. Jordie McKenzie, 15. Ricky Petterd, 16. Jack Grimes, 18. Brad Green, 19. Addam Maric, 21. Daniel Bell, 22. Brent Moloney, 23. James McDonald, 24. Liam Jurrah, 25. Kyle Cheney, 27. Jared Rivers, 28. Joel Macdonald, 31. Tom Scully, 34. Stefan Martin, 36. Aaron Davey, 39. Neville Jetta, 42. Jake Spencer, 43. Jamie Bennell, 44. Rohan Bail, 47. James Strauss, 48. Jack Fitzpatrick.

[stan]

Good game last night with the Saints just sneaking home. They kept getting out to leads and collingwood would keep coming back late in each quater. Still Collingwood probably went in with a fairly strong team and while the saints did as well they had a few more rookies running around.

Still plenty of positives for both sides, for the pies - Luke Ball will fit into there team well and Darren Jolly when he gets going can be and handful, early he was terrible, but later on he really palyed well. Also Travis Cloke looks fit and ready to go. Perfomred well against a fairly reasonable defensive line up.

[brod]

Shows the interest in this competition that there has been one post in this thread in the 20 hours since the game finished

[MightyEagles]

Sydney 17
Carlton 15

There was shades of the Central game at Elizabeth game a few years ago when one of the umpires thought that he had heard the siren when it was a train that was going past with 49 seconds left in the 1st qtr, luck has it that the umpires relised their mistake and they played the rest of the qtr.

[fish]

Watched a bit of the game last night and the Docklands turf was very patchy, lots of big brown areas with no grass at all. Possibly due to a baseball game previously?

It will need to improve soon it looked awful.

[HH3]

It was from the AC/DC concert the other night.

[fish]

It was from the AC/DC concert the other night.

Wow those teenyboppers can really mess up a playing surface!

[Voice]

Both Carlton and Sydney looked terrible last night (pre season I know) and looks like Carlton need to work on forward structure. It will take a few proper games I reckon before we see if they can work it out.
It was good to see Warnock finally get a game after a long 09 with stress fractures. Hopefully he can stay injury free but I'm not sure we'll be that lucky.

[fish]

Some comments on the Docklands playing surface:

SAINTS star Brendon Goddard is thankful the Etihad Stadium turf will be replaced tomorrow, saying the patchy playing surface on Friday night was more suited to cricket than football.

"I'll be spending extra time in the ice bath tonight after playing on that ground," Goddard said.

"It's pretty good if you want to play cricket. I was looking forward to batting first but unfortunately I had to get the oval shaped footy out.

"I think seeing a ground like that, it makes players more susceptible to injury. At the end of the day, as a footy club, we're willing to play anywhere and the AFL deemed it fit to play on. It was a lot softer than it actually looked."

But new Cats skipper Cameron Ling is unfazed by the surface.

The Cats have backed the decision to stage its clash against North Melbourne there today despite the visible scars left from last week's AC/DC concerts.

"If they've ticked it off then it's OK," Ling said.

"They (AFL) wouldn't let us play on anything unsafe. Hopefully it's all good and we have a good game."

[RoosterMarty]

"I was looking forward to batting first"

[peterg]

Got out to Blacktown to see the Blues go around - I tells ya, Team GWS has a lot of work to do before they can consider having any games out there! The Siren debacle was just the tip of the iceberg: ticketing, seating .. but the catering worked really well!

Geelong v North @ Etihad ... have to follow the game on the radio coz there's no FTA coverage my end of the swamp

Listen on MMM at http://livescores.afl.com.au/radio_streams/stream3.asx
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[peterg]

GEE 1.2.1 22
NM 0.2.2 14
1/4 time @ Etihad

1/4 time stats
Geelong 1.2.1
Disposals
C.Enright 13
S.Johnson, J.Selwood 7
J.Bartel, J.Corey, C.Ling 6
Scorers
T.Hawkins 1.1.0
C.Mooney 0.1.0
J.Podsiadly 0.0.1

North 0.2.2
L.Anthony 9
B.Rawlings 7
H.McIntosh 6
L.Adams, J.Ziebell 5
Scorers
B.Warren 0.2.0
A.Swallow 0.0.1 -- off injured
Rushed 0.0.1

[peterg]

Live scores
GEE 1.4.2 35
NM 1.5.5 44
18:54 gone in the second

[HH3]

Kangas are going pretty well. Really wish I could watch it instead of listening on AFL Match Centre