We had 12 players today 21 or under. Of the players over the age of 21 you can include such A graders as Shaw, Wright, Graham, Casboult Jones, and Lobbe, who are VFL players+ at best.
Our starting 8 in the midfield (including rotations) was Cripps, E Curnow, Murphy (so far so good) then Fisher (2nd year), SPS (2nd year), Dow (1st year), Polson (2nd year) and Kennedy (3rd year - no preseason due to shoulder injury and has missed several games with an ankle this year, 29th game).
We had Lobbe rucking to them.
Down back it was Simpson (so far so good) then Weitering, Marchbank (4th year - has missed about 2 of them with injury, 30th game), Obrien (1st year), JSOS, Shaw (spud), Jones (Injured in the 2nd and didnt play the second half).
Up forward we had C Curnow, McKay (3rd year, missed 1 year with injury, 10th game) Pickett (4th year, has missed about two due to injuries including a lisfranc and broken arm, 14th game), Casboult and Wright.
Due to injuries we have had to rotate 17 players through the Backline this year. We were two down on the bench by half time again this game. We now have had the worst injury run of all sides in the AFL. For a team with a bunch of kids in their 1st, 2nd and 3rd years, this is far from ideal.
We're basically playing Cripps, Murphy (when he hasnt been injured, which has been half the year), Simpson, a handfull of potatoes and a TAC cup squad.