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Well, sorry for the delay with the preview ... no Easter holidays here in Nippon.
Time of the year when the two junior teams meet (yeah, yeah, we have Tassie now as well ... maybe).
Surprisingly, no great rivalry has been built between the 2 clubs but with the SUNS starting to evolve into a finals threat the time time has perhaps finally arrived. That said, iirc, they have only beaten us once in the last 10 years and that was by a couple of points on a crappy afternoon at Mars. Let's hope the neutral ground doesn't see a similar result this week.
For many fans, the GIANTS have been pretty meh to date with a strong win over the Pies followed by 2 lacklustre victories over the whipping boys of the comp. Still, you can only beat what's in front of you, and while the wins looked a bit scrappy there was a lot to like with the ball movement. We just cannot afford to be wasteful in front of goal this week.
The SUNS, of course, started the season like a house on fire, but were found out as soon as they travelled away from fortress Metricon (or whatever it's called now).
Their midfield is stacked, but there must be some doubt over Witts and his groin, and I would suggest that he is their most valubale player. I guess Green goes head-to-head with Rowell (ginger on ginger) and Cogs takes Miller. Other than that, I think we have them covered down back, and our pressure inside forward 50 should cause their smallish backline lots of headaches.
The pre-season game was a flogging, but I'm not sure we can take much from that other than the SUNS haven't sorted their new game plan yet and tend to bomb long under pressure ... which should benefit our backs. My tip? Sammy to break the intercept mark record this week.
With Haynes back after giving birth, I see little change in the team, something like the below:
FB [36] Harry Perryman, [15] Sam Taylor, [39] Connor Idun
HB [6] Lachie Whitfield, [44] Jack Buckley, [7] Lachie Ash
C [10] Jacob Wehr, [22] Josh Kelly, [17] Finn Callaghan
HF [16] Brent Daniels, [26] Jake Riccardi, [14] Toby Bedford
FF [4] Toby Greene, [23] Jesse Hogan, [46] Callum M. Brown
FOL [32] Kieren Briggs, [3] Stephen Coniglio, [12] Tom Green
IC [5] Aaron Cadman, [27] Harry Himmelberg, [28] Harvey Thomas, [33] Xavier O'Halloran
SUB [19] Nick Haynes
I'm looking forward to a good game and if the boys bring the run and pressure from the West Coast game, we should prevail.
GIANTS by 2-3 goals
Time of the year when the two junior teams meet (yeah, yeah, we have Tassie now as well ... maybe).
Surprisingly, no great rivalry has been built between the 2 clubs but with the SUNS starting to evolve into a finals threat the time time has perhaps finally arrived. That said, iirc, they have only beaten us once in the last 10 years and that was by a couple of points on a crappy afternoon at Mars. Let's hope the neutral ground doesn't see a similar result this week.
For many fans, the GIANTS have been pretty meh to date with a strong win over the Pies followed by 2 lacklustre victories over the whipping boys of the comp. Still, you can only beat what's in front of you, and while the wins looked a bit scrappy there was a lot to like with the ball movement. We just cannot afford to be wasteful in front of goal this week.
The SUNS, of course, started the season like a house on fire, but were found out as soon as they travelled away from fortress Metricon (or whatever it's called now).
Their midfield is stacked, but there must be some doubt over Witts and his groin, and I would suggest that he is their most valubale player. I guess Green goes head-to-head with Rowell (ginger on ginger) and Cogs takes Miller. Other than that, I think we have them covered down back, and our pressure inside forward 50 should cause their smallish backline lots of headaches.
The pre-season game was a flogging, but I'm not sure we can take much from that other than the SUNS haven't sorted their new game plan yet and tend to bomb long under pressure ... which should benefit our backs. My tip? Sammy to break the intercept mark record this week.
With Haynes back after giving birth, I see little change in the team, something like the below:
FB [36] Harry Perryman, [15] Sam Taylor, [39] Connor Idun
HB [6] Lachie Whitfield, [44] Jack Buckley, [7] Lachie Ash
C [10] Jacob Wehr, [22] Josh Kelly, [17] Finn Callaghan
HF [16] Brent Daniels, [26] Jake Riccardi, [14] Toby Bedford
FF [4] Toby Greene, [23] Jesse Hogan, [46] Callum M. Brown
FOL [32] Kieren Briggs, [3] Stephen Coniglio, [12] Tom Green
IC [5] Aaron Cadman, [27] Harry Himmelberg, [28] Harvey Thomas, [33] Xavier O'Halloran
SUB [19] Nick Haynes
I'm looking forward to a good game and if the boys bring the run and pressure from the West Coast game, we should prevail.
GIANTS by 2-3 goals
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