R16 - Central v Sturt @ Elizabeth

[Dutchy]

CENTRAL
Central District is poised to make two changes to its line-up for the clash with Sturt at My Money House Oval on Saturday.
Former Essendon playmaker Elliot Kavanagh has returned from a hamstring strain to be named in the centre square.
Goalsneak Sam Milne could play his first IGA League match of the year after being listed in the forward pocket.
Milne collected 22 disposals, six tackles and three clearances in his most recent outing in the Bulldogs’ Reserves.

League
F: Milne, Rumbelow, Edmead
HF: Presbury, Jansen, Jenner
C: Hoskin, Kavanagh, J. Schiller
HB: Barmby, Collier, Habel
B: Furnell, F. Fort, Goodrem

R: D. Fort, T. Schiller, Holman
INT: Broadwood, McKenzie, Dew, Haydon, Hanna
IN: Milne, Kavanagh

Reserves
Baldwin, Banks, Blenkiron, Boyle, Brown, Claughton, Coleman, Costanzo, Douglas, Eberhard, Gillard, Hamon, Kimpton, McLean, Meulendyks, O’Brien, Pettitt, Reichert, Richardson, Stephenson, Stevens, Waldhuter.

Under-18
Ahmatt-Lovett, Biddle, Billing, Dahms, Dodd, Dowse, Downing, Dunn, East, Elbrow, Falkenberg, Gooden, Griffiths, Hately, Hooker, Humphries-Carnelly, Montgomerie, Morgan, Nietschke, Notto, B. Pilkington, D. Pilkington, Russo, Schiller, Walters, White, Zobel.


STURT
Sturt will be without star midfielder Aidan Riley for 6-8 weeks after breaking his hand against Adelaide in Round 15.
Riley, who has been excluded from the line-up to face Central at My Money House Oval on Saturday, will undergo surgery next week.
‘’It’s not ideal but hopefully he will play a game before the finals,’’ Sturt football manager Shane Grimm said.
‘’He played the whole game against the Crows and can’t remember if there was a specific incident which caused the injury.’’
Riley has been joined by ruckman Andre Parrella who has been sent back to the Reserves.
Parrella has been replaced by former Crows rookie Jack Osborn, who has recovered from a foot ailment while Henry Carey, Campbell Wildman and Steven Slimming have also been included in the 23-man squad.

League
F: Penfold, K. Beard, Gilfoy
HF: Hone, M. Evans, Greenslade
C: Crocker, Kirkwood, Lienert
HB: McMahon, Stephens, Page
B: Jonas, F. Evans, Paprotny

R: Osborn, Battersby, Martin
INT: Harms, Coulson, Carey, Wildman, Slimming
IN: Osborn, Wildman, Slimming, Carey
OUT: Riley (broken hand), Parrella

Reserves
F: Hansen, Voigt, Wiech
HF: Langridge, Hayden, Young
C: Coombes, Samblich, Bedford
HB: Haren, Moriarty, Gamble
B: Hargreaves, Campbell, Powell

R: Parrella, Hayes, Thiele
INT: Telford

Under-18
F: Dodd, Coleman-Jones, Scott
HF: Houlahan, Coomblas, Hargreaves
C: Aitchison, Callins, Lewis
HB: Musolino, Applebee, Kluske
B: Weidenhofer, Edmonds, Haysman

R: Thatcher, Thiele, Crowden
INT: Trenorden, Ortiz, Marini, Brazel
EMG: Lines, Angelberger

[another grub]

Expect Sturt to bounce back here

[Magellan]

Match of the round for mine. Interested to see how Sturt go at the Ponderosa, but should be favourites. A test for the 'Dogs as well who need to keep winning to stay in touch with the top 3.

[Kahuna]

A test for the 'Dogs as well who need to keep winning to stay in touch with the top 3.

Possibly a season defining two weeks for Centrals with Sturt and then South next week.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Riley's injury will have a big impact. He has been in brilliant form. Goes harder than anyone in the league.

[johntheclaret]

Centrals at home is always a tough gig
Centrals by 20-25 points

[DOC]

Yep, always hard there. Centrals by 3 goals.

[Big Phil]

Riley's injury will have a big impact. He has been in brilliant form. Goes harder than anyone in the league.

Expect another late out for the Double Blues, as well...

[johntheclaret]

Riley's injury will have a big impact. He has been in brilliant form. Goes harder than anyone in the league.

Expect another late out for the Double Blues, as well...

Who ? And why not just say who it is

[Grenville]

Riley's injury will have a big impact. He has been in brilliant form. Goes harder than anyone in the league.

Expect another late out for the Double Blues, as well...

Who ? And why not just say who it is

I think we both know why.

[therisingblues]

Riley's injury will have a big impact. He has been in brilliant form. Goes harder than anyone in the league.

Expect another late out for the Double Blues, as well...

Totally agree with CC.
Hansen still out also, has been a big loss. Probably return soin.
Osborn was very influential before his injury. Parella improved alot in his absence however, a pity we can't play them both.

BP. Who will the other out be?

[Big Phil]

Riley's injury will have a big impact. He has been in brilliant form. Goes harder than anyone in the league.

Expect another late out for the Double Blues, as well...

Totally agree with CC.
Hansen still out also, has been a big loss. Probably return soin.
Osborn was very influential before his injury. Parella improved alot in his absence however, a pity we can't play them both.

BP. Who will the other out be?

Jarrod Lienert - tonsilitis

[therisingblues]

Thanks BP.
Leinert is a big out for us. Tall fella, extremely mobile with sharp skills, usually plays center.
Lucky we got over the line, especially considering those outs.
Central on their home ground. Not a bad scalp at all.

[Grenville]

Weren't as clean with the ball as Sturt when it counted. The amount of times we got the ball in the clinches and farmed it off to Sturt players was frustratingly frequent.

[Grenville]

And we badly need a tall, competitive forward option. When you line up with a forward 6 with noone taller than about 5ft8 (as we did in the 3rd quarter) there's no get out option. Just someone to lead at the ball and bring it to ground if you bomb it to the square. I like Rumbelow as a player but he was poor today.

[Grenville]

To be honest the most disappointing moment today occurred before the game. I walked up to an old bloke and said "a Budget please mate", to which he replied with a stunned, almost disheartened half smile " nobody ever says please anymore ". Modern society is f***ed.

[Groucho]

Can't say that was the worst game of "Football" I have seen in over 40+ years of watching S.A.N.F.L. Football but it would rank in the top (bottom?) 10.

Sick of this AFL (Offal) style of game, everyone in the same 1/4 of the oval, kick backwards, sideways, backwards, handball 6 or 7 times in a row then turn the ball over.

Why is it that our players can only hit someone on the chest by either hand or foot only if they are wearing an opposition gurnsey?

[therisingblues]

Maybe forsaking a home match at little old Unley for an away game on the larger Thebarton Oval was not such a bad move after all?

[therisingblues]

Maybe forsaking a home match at little old Unley for an away game on the larger Thebarton Oval was not such a bad move after all?