RDFL Thread 2007

[Itsmyshow]

30. M.Stacey (Woodend/Hesket)
29. J.Climas (Riddell)
28. J.Jose (Diggers Rest)
27. P.Podbury (Woodend/Hesket)
26. R.Ellis (Sunbury Kangaroos)
25. L.Kemp (Kilmore)
24. S.Burlak (Romsey)
23. L.Coles (Riddell)
22. B.Morgan (Romsey)
21. S.Choate (Lancefield)

 

[Itsmyshow]

20. L.Walker (Rockbank)
19. K.Bullen (Melton Central)
18. N.Hannett (Woodend/Hesket)
17. B.Wheelahan (Melton Central)
16. K.Ng (Woodend/Hesket)
15. R.Connellan (Romsey)
14. M.Allen (Riddell)
13. D,Cornish (Kilmore)
12. M.McClellan (Romsey)
11. L.McInerney (Sunbury Kangaroos)

 

[Itsmyshow]

10. S.Sims (Diggers Rest)
9. C.Collins (Lancefield)
8. J.Allen (Riddell)
7. S.James (Sunbury Kangaroos)
6. J.Bellville (Riddell)
5. A.Johnstone (Woodend/Hesket)
4. M.Robertson (Kilmore)
3. M.McInerney (Sunbury Kangaroos)
2. D.Bonnici (Sunbury Kangaroos)
1. D.Sipthorp (Woodend/Hesket)

 

[OMNIPOTENT_1]

Nice work champ, any names unlucky to miss out ?

 

[Itsmyshow]

Nice work champ, any names unlucky to miss out ?

I would probably say quite a few...

But 200 doesnt go into 50...

Just waiting for the "you are so biased" comments to come spilling out.. Wont be too far away..

 

[OMNIPOTENT_1]

I would probably say quite a few...

But 200 doesnt go into 50...

Just waiting for the "you are so biased" comments to come spilling out.. Wont be too far away..

No I like the fact you now have to preface all your posts with "Its just my opinion" ! ( well DA )

& If I see another Definition of my handle on here I think I am gunna scream !

Memo Everyone - Mongrel really aint a dog, Grubby3 isnt an unwashed person & I am definitely not God !

You could'nt fit Cam Dawson in pal ? Thought he has really stepped up this season ?

 

[Itsmyshow]

No I like the fact you now have to preface all your posts with "Its just my opinion" ! ( well DA )

& If I see another Definition of my handle on here I think I am gunna scream !

Memo Everyone - Mongrel really aint a dog, Grubby3 isnt an unwashed person & I am definitely not God !

You could'nt fit Cam Dawson in pal ? Thought he has really stepped up this season ?

Close, if it had of been for more of the season then yes, just think it was only after he was switched to the midfield near the end of the year that he really stepped up to the levels he reached.

 

[Rodriguez]

Close, if it had of been for more of the season then yes, just think it was only after he was switched to the midfield near the end of the year that he really stepped up to the levels he reached.

Guy Donovan will go very close to winning the hawks B&F. Thought he could sneak in..

 

[OMNIPOTENT_1]

Close, if it had of been for more of the season then yes, just think it was only after he was switched to the midfield near the end of the year that he really stepped up to the levels he reached.

Congrats' on your clubs big win on Sunday too mate, really thought we were over the line.
What did you think of No 17 Ben Sonogans game for Riddell ?
Stood tall in our forward line & takes a lovely grab, kid may have a big future ahead of him & could be the answer to our deep forward needs ?

 

[OMNIPOTENT_1]

Well done by you guys again Rod', how did the celebrations go up there ?

 

[Itsmyshow]

Guy Donovan will go very close to winning the hawks B&F. Thought he could sneak in..

Probably right, Bangar could have gotten a look in, but it was between him and Jeff Heritage, think Heritage has just got that touch of polish that sets him apart from Bangar.

 

[Itsmyshow]

Congrats' on your clubs big win on Sunday too mate, really thought we were over the line.
What did you think of No 17 Ben Sonogans game for Riddell ?
Stood tall in our forward line & takes a lovely grab, kid may have a big future ahead of him & could be the answer to our deep forward needs ?

Looks a very likely type OMNI, Benny should be able to step up into the seniors next year.. Dont know if he could be Key Possie in the ones though, would need to have an impact similar to Petran, dont know if he is capable of that...

 

[blues12]

Congrats' on your clubs big win on Sunday too mate, really thought we were over the line.
What did you think of No 17 Ben Sonogans game for Riddell ?
Stood tall in our forward line & takes a lovely grab, kid may have a big future ahead of him & could be the answer to our deep forward needs ?

I was very surprised he didn't get into the best 6, i thought he was very good. In the first quarter i thought that he would hurt us all day. just kept running all over the place, he will keep the back man on thier toes in the next few years.

 

[OMNIPOTENT_1]

I was very surprised he didn't get into the best 6, i thought he was very good. In the first quarter i thought that he would hurt us all day. just kept running all over the place, he will keep the back man on thier toes in the next few years.

Was in my best 6 ! just like the way the kid moves.
What about the crowd up there I am told there could have been as many as 5000 people at any given time.
The RDFL is really on the move ! Scotty McCartney, Alan Mathews & the boys down at the Big House are really to be congratulated on a fantastic job this season.

What with Melbourne's urban sprawl coming ever closer to us the RDFL is perfectly placed to become the next Essendon District Football League.

Some great times ahead me thinks.

 

[Itsmyshow]

I was very surprised he didn't get into the best 6, i thought he was very good. In the first quarter i thought that he would hurt us all day. just kept running all over the place, he will keep the back man on thier toes in the next few years.

Only because his first opponent was just too slow to keep up with him...

 

[blues12]

What about the crowd up there I am told there could have been as many as 5000 people at any given time.
The RDFL is really on the move ! Scotty McCartney, Alan Mathews & the boys down at the Big House are really to be congratulated on a fantastic job this season.

I am told just under 4000, and yes they are doing a great job.

 

[blues12]

Does anybody have any tribunal results from Grand Final Day?

Did Wadden retire this year?
With a few weeks already up his sleeve,will he go close to the 16 week rule.

 

[matt_nicholls]

Does anybody have any tribunal results from Grand Final Day?

Did Wadden retire this year?
With a few weeks already up his sleeve,will he go close to the 16 week rule.

I'm told that he accepted a one-week suspension for his second quarter hit, and that he wasn't reported late in the last quarter. Haven't spoken to the umps but I believe they were not 100% certain on who hit who. (I was at the other end so couldn't tell). Last time I heard there was an investigation into the incident, with results unknown to me at this stage.

 

[matt_nicholls]

Matt’s RDFL Top 30

AFTER the completion of the Riddell District Football League senior competition, Matt Nicholls lists his best 30 players of the season, comparing them from his pre-season Top 30.

1. Daniel Bonnici (Sunbury Kangaroos) – NEW
2. Matt Robertson (Kilmore) – Up 1 position.
3. Justin Belleville (Riddell) – Up 17.
4. Daniel Sipthorp (Woodend-Hesket) – Down 3.
5. Dave Cornish (Kilmore) - NEW
6. Mark McInerney (Sunbury Kangaroos) – Unchanged.
7. Adam Johnstone (Woodend-Hesket) – Up 22.
8. Mick Allen (Riddell) – Up 4.
9. Shaun Sims (Diggers Rest) – Down 7.
10. Simon Choate (Lancefield) – Up 8.
11. Linton Kemp (Kilmore) – Up 4.
12. Steve James (Sunbury Kangaroos) – NEW.
13. Steve Burlak (Romsey) – Down 6.
14. Jason Allen (Riddell) – Down 4.
15. Aaron Blade (Riddell) – NEW.
16. Ryan Connellan (Romsey) – Down 8.
17. Guy Donovan (Woodend-Hesket) – NEW.
18. Leigh McInerney (Sunbury Kangaroos) – Down 5.
19. Brian Wheelahan (Melton Central) – NEW.
20. Brydan Morgan (Romsey) – Down 3.
21. Daniel Salpietro (Woodend-Hesket) – NEW.
22. Phil Conway (Lancefield) - NEW
23. Chris Collins (Lancefield) – Down 19.
24. Jeremy Jose (Diggers Rest) – Down 15.
25. Matt McLellan (Romsey) – Up 5.
26. Matt Stacey (Woodend-Hesket) – NEW
27. Rick Dowling (Woodend-Hesket) – NEW.
28. Luke Walker (Rockbank) – NEW.
29. Tristan Salter (Kilmore) – NEW.
30. Aaron Christiansen (Macedon) – NEW.


WHO’S NEW
Players who set the RDFL alight
Daniel Bonnici – Averaged around 30 disposals a match and was the Kangaroos’ key ingredient in the midfield. Won the Bowen Medal.
Dave Cornish – Won the RDFL goalkicking and had the most shots of anyone this season. For a small forward has great hands and leads to the right places.
Steve James – Sunbury Kangaroos were successful because of James’ presence in the ruck and his ability to float between the flanks.
Aaron Blade – Combined with Justin Belleville brilliantly to lead Riddell’s midfield this season. Often floated forward to setup or kick goals.
Guy Donovan – Prolific ball winner who knows who to both shake a tag and apply one. The Hawks’ coaching panel rate him highly and will probably win their best and fairest.
Brian Wheelahan – The key performer every week for Melton Central in the midfield and up forward. Needed more support.
Daniel Salpietro – Led Woodend-Hesket’s goalkicking and has plenty of polish. Stood up when it mattered in the finals series.
Phil Conway – Won Lancefield’s best and fairest after dominating the ruck this season, probably should have made the RDFL team of the year.
Matt Stacey – Will be leading Woodend-Hesket’s best and fairest halfway through the season. Dominated in the ruck before injuries slowed him down.
Luke Walker – Continued to give the opposition headaches at both ends of the ground, despite playing in the poorly performed Rockbank side.
Tristan Salter – Was named at centre half back in the RDFL team of the year but was his best up forward. A vital utility for the Blues.
Aaron Christiansen – Backed up a stellar 2006 season with great leadership down at the Cattery. Is a vital cog in Macedon’s bright future.
Rick Dowling - Led Woodend-Hesket's goalkicking in the home and away season and was a bright spark up forward. Strangely overlooked for the Hawks' finals campaign because of a two-week form slump.

WHO’S MISSING
Exclusions from the pre-season Top 30
Cole Laurie (Diggers Rest) – Broke his foot early on and missed too many games.
Garth Ploog (Sunbury Kangaroos) – Was reasonably good in a well-performed side, but should have done more as a CHF in a side with such a strong midfield.
Luke Edwards (Romsey) – Groin injury restricted him to a handful of games.
Chris Payne (Diggers Rest) – Drifted between seniors and reserves after losing his form.
Leigh Coles (Riddell) – Was instrumental for the Bombers, but a few went ahead of the tough onballer.
Matt Senyschyn (Kilmore) – Missed all but two games due to a shoulder injury.
Warren Else (Woodend-Hesket) – Was solid all season but wasn’t outstanding as in yesteryears.
Bobby Johnson (Sunbury Kangaroos) – Lacked his usual run and carry from half-back, was still a key ingredient in the Roos defence though.
Chris Kakoschke (Lancefield) – Didn’t live up to his pre-season expectations, and was a victim of a poor functioning Tiger midfield.
Dean Helmers (Sunbury Kangaroos) – Was used as an impact player off the bench. Played well in patches.
Sam Bowen (Woodend-Hesket) – Was a solid half forward, but lacked consistency over the season.
Steve Ruane (Diggers Rest) – After a quiet start to the season the reigning Bowen medallist regained some form but never got back to his best of 2006.
Kar Weng Ng (Woodend-Hesket) - Was again solid in defence, but lacked his usual run and carry game that did so much damage in 2006. Will bounce back next season.

 

[Harry Wilson]

I'm told that he accepted a one-week suspension for his second quarter hit, and that he wasn't reported late in the last quarter. Haven't spoken to the umps but I believe they were not 100% certain on who hit who. (I was at the other end so couldn't tell). Last time I heard there was an investigation into the incident, with results unknown to me at this stage.

If that is the case the umpires have failed in their duty of care for the Woodend player. Everybody saw the hit and given the fact that two of the field umpires and the boundary umpire were anywhere from 5-20 metres away and goal umpire 30 metres away (which is where I was standing and I saw it) there should have been a report laid. Very dissappointing

In other news, the Romsey B&F was held on Friday night, the results.....

Seniors

B&F: Ryan Connellan
R/Up: Matt McLellan
Most Determined: Tim Cox
(That's exactly how I predicted it would be!!!)
Best Finals player: Ryan Connellan (I think this is a new award)
MVP: Steve Burlak

Reserves

B&F: Shannon Dremmel
R/Up: Dan Hartly
Coaches Award: Matt Carroll
Most Consistant: Jason DiPietro

U18's

B&F: John Baker
R/up: Ben Morrison
Most Consistant: Danny Harrison & Ben Sullivan

A Grade Netball

B&F: Tracey Kaye

B Grade Netball

B&F: Christie Burgess

 

[woody07]

Guy Donovan will go very close to winning the hawks B&F. Thought he could sneak in..

Great effort IMS but you undid all your good work by not slotting Guy Donovan in. Yes the coaching staff do rate him at Woodend, but that's only because he rarely gets beaten in his position. In most games this year and nearly all the important ones he had the most clearances of any of our players and the inside 50's. I'd love to see (if each club took stats) how many players sit higher than him on those two stats, which are surely two of the most important stats for onballers in our league. I agree that Bang will most likely take out the B&F and although as bias as i am, most who watched him play this year friend or foe would have him firmly in the top ten ahead of fellow onballers Mark Mc, Robbo and Sims (all terrific players). Unfortunately we still rate guys too highly on their style of play(how long they carry the ball for or the flashy type of play) rather than attributes that we should be rating our onballers on i.e hardness at ball, performance at a stoppage and here's one that doesn't register for many of the onballers in our league-ACCOUNTABILITY!-Banga ticks the box for all three! The biggest joke during our G.F celebrations (and for the year) was Guy who? It looks as if the joke may have to continue into next year!

 

[Digger52]

Great effort IMS but you undid all your good work by not slotting Guy Donovan in. Before I start, I’d like to declare that I’m not related to him in any shape or form but believe that my sentiments will be shared by most who watch Banga play week in week out. Yes the coaching staff do rate him at Woodend, but that's only because he went head to head on some of the best (well known to umpires) players in the league and did his job (either broke even or comprehensively beat them)-not as a tagger but head to head including your own Bonnici (Bonnici won first half, Guy won second) at our ground, McLellan at Romsey to name a couple. In most games this year and nearly all the important ones he had the most clearances of any of our players and the inside 50's. I'd love to see (if each club took stats) how many players sit higher than him on those two stats, which are surely two of the most important stats for onballers in our league. I agree that Bang will most likely take out the B&F and although as bias as i am, most who watched him play this year friend or foe would have him firmly in the top ten ahead of fellow onballers Mark Mc, Robbo and Sims (all terrific players). Unfortunately we still rate guys too highly on their style of play rather than attributes that i rate onballers on i.e hardness at ball, performance at a stoppage and here's one than not many onballers do well in our league-ACCOUNTABILITY!-Banga ticks the box for all three! The biggest joke during our G.F celebrations (and for the year) was Guy who? It looks as if the joke may have to continue for another year!

Hey Woody
Don"t worry mate ,I recognised him as the little bloke who wore 76 for the Hawks .He definetly was in there best most games I saw him play .

 

[matt_nicholls]

I had him as Woodend-Hesket's third best player, behind Sippy and Johnno.

In effect at 17 I had him as the ninth best onballer this season behind Bonnici, Robbo, Belleville, Mark McInerney, Johnno, Sims, Choate and Blade.

 

[woody07]

I had him as Woodend-Hesket's third best player, behind Sippy and Johnno.

In effect at 17 I had him as the ninth best onballer this season behind Bonnici, Robbo, Belleville, Mark McInerney, Johnno, Sims, Choate and Blade.

Great to see Matt. However even you'd have to agree you jumped on him late in the season-wasn't much talk about him until much later in the season. In my humble opinion you've got your ranking of onballers completely wrong. Coles is the other onballer i rate highly and could jump ahead of a few the names mentioned above. Blade plays as much forward and wing as onball these days-never seen Sims or Robbo play a belter against us so dont have them up too high. Choate is a gun (only put that in because i know he reads this and loves seeing his name in the spotlight-Where were you Brownlow night mate?).
Nick hannett is also one of the class onballers in the league (not just because he won the medal), but was definitely the most important onballer during our whole finals campaign. Missed a good chunk of our season due to his O.S trip, so hard to rate his season-but has done more than most if not all those onballers-was top three in his B&F at Melton South something like five times. Out of the boys you mentioned this would be my order of whom i would pick as my onballers in the backyard (i'll keep the Woodend boys out at the risk of being called bias):
Bellville, Bonnici, Choate, Coles (throw him in-has been more important to Riddell than most would give credit for-Taken over Blueys role this year), Wheelahan, Matt Mc, Leigh Mc(bit like Coles very important to his team),Sims, Mark Mc, Robbo(know he's your love child Matt, but not mine-never plays on anyone-too many p's in the back half-can see why umpires love him),Aaron Christiansin (very good player like to see him a good side).

 

[matt_nicholls]

Great to see Matt. However even you'd have to agree you jumped on him late in the season-wasn't much talk about him until much later in the season. In my humble opinion you've got your ranking of onballers completely wrong. Coles is the other onballer i rate highly and could jump ahead of a few the names mentioned above. Blade plays as much forward and wing as onball these days-never seen Sims or Robbo play a belter against us so dont have them up too high. Choate is a gun (only put that in because i know he reads this and loves seeing his name in the spotlight-Where were you Brownlow night mate?).
Nick hannett is also one of the class onballers in the league (not just because he won the medal), but was definitely the most important onballer during our whole finals campaign. Missed a good chunk of our season due to his O.S trip, so hard to rate his season-but has done more than most if not all those onballers-was top three in his B&F at Melton South something like five times. Out of the boys you mentioned this would be my order of whom i would pick as my onballers in the backyard (i'll keep the Woodend boys out at the risk of being called bias):
Bellville, Bonnici, Choate, Coles (throw him in-has been more important to Riddell than most would give credit for-Taken over Blueys role this year), Wheelahan, Matt Mc, Leigh Mc(bit like Coles very important to his team),Sims, Mark Mc, Robbo(know he's your love child Matt, but not mine-never plays on anyone-too many p's in the back half-can see why umpires love him),Aaron Christiansin (very good player like to see him a good side).

I agree in principal with you Woody, but I'm lucky to be one of few on this thread that gets to see games featuring multiple combinations. Although I see more Kilmore games than any other, I also see a fair bit of Riddell, Romsey and Lancefield. I think it is fair to say that some players like Robbo play well against some sides and not great against others. Some teams have good match ups for him. I don't care where anyone gets their touches, as long as they use them well, which Robbo does. It's not his fault opposition sides let him loose all the time. In four Diggers Rest games I saw this year Sims was simply awesome. Cops at least one tagger per game, is the barometer of his side and always performs. Mark McInerney was almost as good as Bonnici this season, didn't have the high possie counts though. I'm one of Colesy's biggest fans and love the way he plays, but he just got squeezed out. I agree that Hannett was a great contributor in the games he played but didn't play enough to get in. Fellow onballers probably have a better idea on who is better, but from an outsiders point of view I thought I had it pretty much spot on. Banger was probably a victim of not being an attacking midfielder, which can work against your judgement if you're only a spectator. That argument can be used with Blade, who is a fleet-footed outside player who runs the lines.