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Weekend Wrap and "Liked, Learned, Hated" right here -- How did tipping go?
Exactly. Don’t be feeling bad about maximising any advantage we can Get. We have been screwed enough times. Are we 100% certain Motlop is in our NGA anyway? Haven’t seen him hanging out with Tendai or any talk about him from the club? Could he also be a F/S for port no?
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McAdam and Colborne next year too, both have a lot to work with despite not being there right now
Dallas McAdam has a cool name if nothing else. Can already imagine BT on commentary having fun with that one! Is he any relation of the guy that plays for Adelaide?
Not enough forward pressure from MotlopPSA footy: 11-goal Jesse Motlop the star as Aquinas thump Wesley by 134-points
Mitchell WoodcockThe West Australian
Sat, 1 August 2020 1:30PMComments
It was the Jesse Motlop show in the PSA today, as the son of former AFL star Daniel kicked a season-high 11 goals in Aquinas’ monster 134-point win over Wesley at Aquinas College.
Going into the game the small forward had 12 goals from four games, but he almost doubled that in four quarters in Aquinas’ 23.9 (147) to 1.7 (13) victory.
Aquinas’ ability to work out congestion through a series of quick handballs allowed them to find space and put pressure on Wesley’s defence, who were well led by tall defender Connor Fitzgerald.
But they simply had no answer for Motlop, who read the ball well and was able to use his incredible speed to take advantage of the smallest amount of space and kick easy goals with little pressure.
Motlop had four goals by half-time, thanks to the work of midfielder Damian Sinclair, Arden De Melo, Jackson Merillo, and Corey Warner, who seemed to bring his own ball, as they read the work of undersized ruckman Tom Dempsey well and worked the ball forward with intent.
Wesley lifted early in the second term and matched Aquinas’ intensity around the ball, but could not take advantage of some solid play on the scoreboard.
Once this effort saw them wear down, the flood gates opened, as Aquinas booted all five goals for the term to lead by 44 points at half-time.
Motlop came out of the break like a man on a mission, kicking four more goals in the third term as Aquinas piled on the pain in a relentless showing of slick football.
Wesley just could not get the ball past halfway enough and when they did manage to get it forward, the ball came out too easily as their forwards were found too far behind the strong Aquinas defence.
Impressively, Aquinas never took their foot off the pedal as they continued to overrun the hard-working Wesley, who just struggled for composure with ball in hand.
And Motlop continued on his merry way, kicking three more goals in the final term to finish with a monster haul and now 23 goals in just five games.
Aquinas 4.1, 9.2, 16.7 23.9, 147
Wesley 1.4, 1.6, 1.6, 1.7, 13
Goals – Aquinas: J Motlop 11 S Connor 3 M Sellwood 2 C Vinicombe 2 D Sinclair A Decke T Settineri T Foss F Neeson. Wesley: R Sprigg.
Best – Aquinas: J Motlop C Warner S Connor J Merillo M Sellwood T Dempsey. Wesley: R Sprigg A Jones J Chadwick A Luers C Fitzgerald.
Hi Ross
.Yeah next year's crop,sure sounds exciting albeit still early days.
A concussion doesn't count.Thanks guys
176cm, although this info could be out of date.
From my very limited understanding, the top few schools are basically WAFL level but it falls away very quickly.
