2025 Round 12 - GWS Giants vs Richmond, 4:15pm Saturday 31 May, Engie Stadium
We are back home for another attempt to stay relevant and in the 8 in 2025.
Round 9 - Player milestone game, an undermanned squad played away and played their hearts out to snatch a great win.
Round 10 - Undermanned squad played at home and spudded it up.
Round 11 - Player milestone game, an even more undermanned squad played away and played well enough to earn a great win.
Round 12 - TBC...
The Oppo: The Tigers have been showing rapid improvement with young players and older heads combining into a competitive team.
Their supporters are thinking this is another winnable game for them and could turn out in reasonable numbers.
A few teams have been caught out by their bursts of brilliance and ability to hang into games. We'll need to perform and expect a bit of Taranto and Hopper influence.
GWS GIANTS: The goalkicking talent and backline resilience are keeping us in games longer than we sometimes deserve.
The positional changes of Himmelberg to the wing, Whitfield at clearances, Ward and Greene at many CBAs along with an improved XOH and the ultra-dynamic Jones are a midfield band-aid that is a small improvement on previous performances. Kingsley obviously feels it is more system than personnel - despite having our first choice players on the injury list.
Callum Brown is quietly playing very good footy and has found his mojo again.
Aleer settled after the 1st quarter and showed he belongs at this level. Defends, marks, runs and rebounds as a perfect addition to our backline rotation. It feels like Riccardi has finally grasped his role (thanks to Keeffe for showing the way) and is both versatile and dangerous. Briggs looked far more energetic and physical - another encouraging sign. Toby is just TFG and that's all there is to it.
With Callaghan, Cogs, Daniels and most likely Kelly unavailable, our already underwhelming centre clearance and general clearance work is in full spotlight. This leads to a mountain of opposition i50s to defend and the need to score 90+ points each week to have a chance. Whether this can be sustained for at least another month is the big question. Some of the more tactical teams will gladly make the game a defensive slog to gain further advantage.
Who's out: No injuries reported as yet, so let's look at form. Rowston as sub, unfortunately, only had a handful of minutes at the end of the game and didn't have any real impact. Could be unlucky and miss out. Angove showed a lot, but we know that young players often need resting during a season. Cadman is still a WIP. Beaten for too long in the first half, he worked his way back into it. Kinger's loves him, so he'll line up again.
Who's in: If McMullin is fit, he is most likely to get straight back in. Kelly was listed at 1-2 weeks - so the medical staff may be conservative. Ough had another good day in the VFL, so I'll mention him again.
A possible line-up:
FB [39] Connor Idun, [15] Sam Taylor, [21] Leek Aleer
HB [6] Lachie Whitfield, [44] Jack Buckley, [7] Lachie Ash
C [27] Harry Himmelberg, [8] Callan Ward, [10] Jacob Wehr
HF [2] Darcy Jones, [5] Aaron Cadman, [4] Toby Greene
FF [46] Callum Brown, [23] Jesse Hogan, [1] Harvey Thomas
FOL [32] Kieran Briggs, [12] Tom Green, [14] Toby Bedford
IC from [37] Joe Fonti, [33] Xavier O'Halloran, [26] Jake Riccardi, [29] Cody Angove, [31] Toby McMullin
Home supporters should be buoyed after last week and can give Tobe's another cheer in his 251st. Tiger's supporters are usually well represented and we hope to have a great day at the footy this Saturday.
Go Giants!
We are back home for another attempt to stay relevant and in the 8 in 2025.
Round 9 - Player milestone game, an undermanned squad played away and played their hearts out to snatch a great win.
Round 10 - Undermanned squad played at home and spudded it up.
Round 11 - Player milestone game, an even more undermanned squad played away and played well enough to earn a great win.
Round 12 - TBC...
The Oppo: The Tigers have been showing rapid improvement with young players and older heads combining into a competitive team.
Their supporters are thinking this is another winnable game for them and could turn out in reasonable numbers.
A few teams have been caught out by their bursts of brilliance and ability to hang into games. We'll need to perform and expect a bit of Taranto and Hopper influence.
GWS GIANTS: The goalkicking talent and backline resilience are keeping us in games longer than we sometimes deserve.
The positional changes of Himmelberg to the wing, Whitfield at clearances, Ward and Greene at many CBAs along with an improved XOH and the ultra-dynamic Jones are a midfield band-aid that is a small improvement on previous performances. Kingsley obviously feels it is more system than personnel - despite having our first choice players on the injury list.
Callum Brown is quietly playing very good footy and has found his mojo again.
Aleer settled after the 1st quarter and showed he belongs at this level. Defends, marks, runs and rebounds as a perfect addition to our backline rotation. It feels like Riccardi has finally grasped his role (thanks to Keeffe for showing the way) and is both versatile and dangerous. Briggs looked far more energetic and physical - another encouraging sign. Toby is just TFG and that's all there is to it.
With Callaghan, Cogs, Daniels and most likely Kelly unavailable, our already underwhelming centre clearance and general clearance work is in full spotlight. This leads to a mountain of opposition i50s to defend and the need to score 90+ points each week to have a chance. Whether this can be sustained for at least another month is the big question. Some of the more tactical teams will gladly make the game a defensive slog to gain further advantage.
Who's out: No injuries reported as yet, so let's look at form. Rowston as sub, unfortunately, only had a handful of minutes at the end of the game and didn't have any real impact. Could be unlucky and miss out. Angove showed a lot, but we know that young players often need resting during a season. Cadman is still a WIP. Beaten for too long in the first half, he worked his way back into it. Kinger's loves him, so he'll line up again.
Who's in: If McMullin is fit, he is most likely to get straight back in. Kelly was listed at 1-2 weeks - so the medical staff may be conservative. Ough had another good day in the VFL, so I'll mention him again.
A possible line-up:
FB [39] Connor Idun, [15] Sam Taylor, [21] Leek Aleer
HB [6] Lachie Whitfield, [44] Jack Buckley, [7] Lachie Ash
C [27] Harry Himmelberg, [8] Callan Ward, [10] Jacob Wehr
HF [2] Darcy Jones, [5] Aaron Cadman, [4] Toby Greene
FF [46] Callum Brown, [23] Jesse Hogan, [1] Harvey Thomas
FOL [32] Kieran Briggs, [12] Tom Green, [14] Toby Bedford
IC from [37] Joe Fonti, [33] Xavier O'Halloran, [26] Jake Riccardi, [29] Cody Angove, [31] Toby McMullin
Home supporters should be buoyed after last week and can give Tobe's another cheer in his 251st. Tiger's supporters are usually well represented and we hope to have a great day at the footy this Saturday.
Go Giants!
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