Gaelic Football in South Australia

[Lynwood]

Good work Lynwood on the new website and game write ups!

I must say St Marys was looking good on Friday night, freshly mowed lawns, non death trap looking goals, and a beautifully marked pitch. Well played to those in the working bee that got it setup last week! Also well played to SBS who have got the rights to the A-League on Friday nights giving the team rostered on to the bar on Fridays something else to watch!

The Taints looking forward to our first run this Friday night against Flinders.

Hopefully Having something good to watch will help create more atmosphere in the bar. I flicked the TV over to the International rules replay yesterday when I got there for the last half.

[wristwatcher]

Here is a rundown of the games and the Best on ground given for the teams I am still after Best players for Friday night though. We are planning to get more feedback like this from teams each game which will help us report the matches to the Irish Echo, our website and a new Newsletter being planned. Nay chance of getting these details for Friday night from the two clubs?

Friday
Men
Western Ireland 2-11, Na Fianna 0-9
Best on ground:
Western Ireland: No names provided
Na Fianna: No names provided

Ladies
Na Fianna 1-14 Western Ireland 0-5
Best on ground
Na Fianna: No names provided
Western Ireland : No names provided.


Sunday
20 October 2013

Ladies
Flinders O Neill’s 5-13 Rovers 1-2
Best on ground
Flinders O Neills: Hannah Custance (defence), Sarah Coghlan (forward), Mary Pala (forward), Sheree Schen (forward) and Lana Martin (forward)
Rovers: Catherine Mulvey, Stacey Richardson, Lisa Miceli, Hanne Brunes, Adele Barbara. Lots of ne players played well.

Men
Flinders O Neill’s 7-9 Port District 3-5
Best on ground:
Flinders O Neills: Alex Haughey (midfield), Anthony “Rabbs” Wilson (centre half forward), Mick Stanbrook (full back), James Neeson (midfield) and Colin Thornton (scored 2-5)
Port District: Nathan Wilson (first game), Nathan Pocock (goal), Lachlan Greig and Stephen Clay (forward)

Ladies
Onkaparinga 2-4 Blues 4-14
Best on ground
Blues: Bel White (midfield), Chloe Roesler (first game), Laura Boseley (first game), Jamie Fricker (forward), Jacqui Schar (defence)
Onkaparinga: Alana Brown, Georgia Collins, Tammie Scott

Men
Onkaparinga 7-14 Irish Australians 2-1
Best on ground
Onkaparinga: Joe Campbell (2-3), Danny O Grady (forward), Michael Mc Carthy (defence), Wade Saunders (midfield)
Irish Australians: Matt Doecke, Jackson Obrien, Kane Chapman

Whilst the Goats had more better players and certainly took their chances a lot better than Na Fianna it was pretty clear the best player on the ground was a 17 year old debutant fresh from the Australasian titles known now as "Monster" otherwise known as Zack Stephenson. Controlled CHB, broke lines and even scored. Outstanding game by a lad with a big future. I thought best for the Goats was also a debutant. Forgot his name but he playes wing for Willunga from all reports and is about 6'4. kept things simple and did a lot of damage around the middle and half forward.

[wristwatcher]

Very quiet on here this year... especially seems Flinders played Port on the weekend.

[footy1992]

7's fixture finalised?

[Flinders O'Neills]

State League
Round 2
Friday 25th Oct
Onkas v Port MF - Onkas to win

Flinders v St Brendans MF -

NF v Irish MF - Na fianna to get their first win of the year......

[lutz]

Onkas too good Friday night for Port. They were a really quick side able to get the ball deep. They probably should have scored a couple more unders (which went as overs).
Not all bad for Port who had a fair few debutants. They showed some good signs, and played good footy in parts I thought. Good numbers atm too, so hopefully they can retain those players for the rest of the season.

[Lynwood]

Friday
MF: Onkaparinga 3-14, Port District 1-6
MF: St. Brendan's 2-8, Flinders O'Neills 0-6



Sunday

WF: Onkaparinga 2-6, Flinders O'Neills 2-5.
WF: Blues 4-10, Na Fianna 1-8.
MF: Na Fianna 2-14, Irish Australians 1-7.
WF: Western Ireland 5-12, Rovers 0-1.

Ladders are up on the website

[Lynwood]

The SA Minor team plan to put a team in. We have our presentation night this Friday in the club rooms and a coach will be appointed then and the nomination will occur.

Has there been any more news on the SA Minors team in the 7s? We are on 9 teams now and really want the 10th team to avoid a bye. I have the draw finalised with either a bye or a game against the SA minors in each round

[Lynwood]

Just been given the 7s fixture and it is now on the website

http://gaelicfootballsa.com.au/index.ph ... -s/fixture

[wristwatcher]

Who won between Flinders v Irish?

[valleys07]

Flinders 5.14 d Irish 2.4. Irish were up 1.2 to 0.4 at half time flinders had a great 2nd half!

[wristwatcher]

Flinders 5.14 d Irish 2.4. Irish were up 1.2 to 0.4 at half time flinders had a great 2nd half!

Probably fair to say Irish did not. 5.10 is a lot to concede in a game let alone a half

[Neville Bartoss]

tonight's results?

[wristwatcher]

Na Fianna and St Brendan's both by about 10 points.

[lutz]

Na Fianna and St Brendan's both by about 10 points.

Port were solid against Na Fianna I thought, the score maybe could easily have been a bit closer with two preventbale unders conceded. Na Fianna just made much better use with the wind, and were able to convert more of their shots on goal. Port missed Steven Clay's influence up forward, who was stuck in the goals as a result of a injury flare up... I feel as though the game would have been a lot closer had he been providing an option in the forward half.
Port were quite good defensively I thought with what was a significant wind in the first half, and were probably hurt a bit by the interruptions in play in the second half when they had the wind. Number 9 for Na Fianna carved up like every other time I've seen him play, he'd have to be in the top 3 players in this comp I'd reckon.

Port have a lot of upside to them, showing improvement in every game this season (which isn't hard considering how bad they were v Flinders in Rd 1). They are missing Ricky Wiseman desperately, whose kick outs are probably the best in the comp, hopefully he's not too far away. They've had good numbers so far this season, with a fair few showing a lot of potential in their first couple of games; hopefully they stick to it, as they could develop into some very handy players by seasons end.

[Former Roo]

Was down keepin an eye out on a port mate or two. Agree with lutz, shoulda been closer.
Good game to watch for first time out. I must say that old bloke on the sideline seemed over keen to insert himself in the game whenever he could, didn't seem normal to me. Over heard a couple of the opposition saying it's a common thing for him especially when the next game was against his team?

[Neville Bartoss]

take away all three of na fiannas unders and they still win by a point. pretty dominant performance against a winless port

[lutz]

take away all three of na fiannas unders and they still win by a point. pretty dominant performance against a winless port

Definitely deserved the win Neville, I don't think anyone's said otherwise.

[wristwatcher]

It's just a shame that a good game of Gaelic Football is going to be remembered for all the wrong reasons and will probably end up in the hands of the Australasian council if common sense does not prevail at State level.

Thanks to Port for a good spirited contest. The farcical event that occurred in the last 2 minutes has left me in a State of disbelief still 24 hours later and if the worst red card in the history of sport is upheld our game in this State is on borrowed time and end will up just like the Nationals. 3 team comps!!!

[Neville Bartoss]

what happened wristy?