VFL 2021

[Strigoi]

Here's my match report from the Battle of Bell St

Bullants triumphant in the Battle of Bell Street – Northern Bullants FC

northernbullantsfc.com.au

Nice read!
It was nice to see the teams lining up and the awards presentation. Too bad the PA system wasn't working for all to hear.
Go Bullants!

 

[ukurrie]

Nice read!
It was nice to see the teams lining up and the awards presentation. Too bad the PA system wasn't working for all to hear.
Go Bullants!

Thanks, and yeah, I could not hear a thing and I was on the ground with the team

There will be another award ceremony this weekend as the Bullants and Southport have agreed to award an Alex Aurrichio medal to the best on ground player between the two teams. Alex played for the Northern Blues in 2015 and 2016, then with Southport in 2019. He died in a road accident (he was on his bike) last year in the NT.

Southport will be streaming the match on their You Tube channel in case you are interested.

 

[Strigoi]

Thanks, and yeah, I could not hear a thing and I was on the ground with the team

There will be another award ceremony this weekend as the Bullants and Southport have agreed to award an Alex Aurrichio medal to the best on ground player between the two teams. Alex played for the Northern Blues in 2015 and 2016, then with Southport in 2019. He died in a road accident (he was on his bike) last year in the NT.

Southport will be streaming the match on their You Tube channel in case you are interested.

Aw, that’s nice to make the upcoming game a special one. Tragic occurrence.
I was wondering if the game would be televised. I really enjoy watching the VFL games.
Thanks for the heads-up! We’ll definitely be looking for it online!

 

[ukurrie]

Southport game is off

Small chance of the Ants playing a Melbourne club (Willy?) on Sunday at PCO.

 

[The Victorian]

I assume it'll be Southport v Gold Coast with Ants playing Footscray

 

[Strigoi]

Southport game is off

Small chance of the Ants playing a Melbourne club (Willy?) on Sunday at PCO.

Yeah, I heard it was canceled. Totally understandable. I hope there is a game by the time this weekend comes around.

 

[ukurrie]

Here's the rescheduled fixture, but I am not sure how stable it is pending the Melbourne lockdown.

VFL ROUND 14
	Venue	Start Time	Broadcast
Friday July 16
Frankston vs Sandringham	SkyBus Stadium	7.30pm
Saturday July 17
Aspley vs. Southport	Graham Rd	12.00pm
Coburg vs Geelong	Piranha Park	1.05pm	Kayo Freebies
Port Melbourne vs Werribee	ETU Stadium	2.00pm
Sunday July 18
Carlton vs Collingwood	IKON Park	11.05am	Kayo Freebies
Casey Demons vs. Box Hill Hawks	Casey Fields	12.00pm	Channel 7
Northern Bullants vs Williamstown	Preston City Oval	1.00pm
North Melbourne vs. Essendon	TBC	TBC

 

[Strigoi]

I guess all this is in question now. Looks like we’ll be stuck indoors.
Darn! Preston City Oval is so close.
Always holding out hope.

 

[ukurrie]

All cancelled unfortunately

 

[pazza]

Some matches are back this week.

Southport v Essendon
GWS v Brisbane
Aspley v Gold Coast

League committed to completing VFL and VFLW seasons

Games resume in Queensland as solutions are sought to COVID disruptions

www.afl.com.au

 

[The Nostradamus]

Gws are going to end up having 3 byes in the final 4 rounds

at the conclusion of this round they will have played 3 games more than some teams

 

[justabaraker]

What a funny old weekend it's going to be in Brisbane.
It's a bit hard to make sense of it all but it seems that Essendon will be fielding some most unlikely players - Alex Rance

Alex Rance

Age

36

Ht

194cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

7.7

5star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

226.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

17.0

5star

K

5.8

3star

HB

11.2

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.6

5star

(who just happened to be up there on holiday with his family) and Ankers and Illett (legendary NT NEAFL players. Illett would have to be one of the best Australian footballers never to play AFL...but a long time ago now !).
And the Swans have loaned lots of their players to GWS so that that game can go ahead.

There must be a helluva lot of rule-bending and goodwill going on here, but you have to wonder whether the results will mean much....perhaps an "asterisk", especially on the Giants game.

But it's so good that the comp can go on all the same. For THIS weekend anyway !

 

[Rickee]

This season is more proof that the state of this competition (pun intended) can't continue this way.

There needs to be a serious change in the off season. I'd suggest 2-3 separate conferences or groups.

 

[eth-dog]

This season is more proof that the state of this competition (pun intended) can't continue this way.

There needs to be a serious change in the off season. I'd suggest 2-3 separate conferences or groups.

This is just me, but if there are 22 participants, 23 rounds, start same time as the AFL, play everyone once with two byes. Start finals a week earlier than the AFL

 

[GC2015]

Gold Coast 19.8 (122) def. Aspley 6.8 (44)
Southport 11.9 (75) def. Essendon 10.11 (71)
GWS/Sydney 11.20 (86) def. Brisbane 8.11 (59)

Notable performances from Joel Jeffrey (Gold Coast) with 9 goals, Paddy McCartin (Essendon) with 3 goals, Jeremy Finlayson

11

Jeremy Finlayson

Age

30

Ht

197cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.5

3star

K

9.9

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.0

1star

K

7.0

3star

HB

0.0

1star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

18.4

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.0

1star

(GWS) with 3 goals, Ryan Clarke

4

Ryan Clarke

Age

28

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

9.1

4star

HB

9.7

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.2

2star

D

18.5

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.5

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

19.6

5star

K

7.0

3star

HB

12.6

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.0

1star

(Sydney) with 35 disposals/6 clearances, Jacob Dawson

45

Jacob Dawson

Age

26

Ht

182cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.4

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

8.1

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

4star

(Southport) with 35 disposals/8 clearances, Dylan Clarke

37

Dylan Clarke

Age

27

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.9

4star

K

6.1

2star

HB

8.8

5star

M

1.9

2star

T

6.3

5star

CL

2.3

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.0

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

2.2

3star

T

6.6

5star

CL

3.4

5star

(Essendon) with 29 disposals/8 clearances and a returning Alex Rance

Alex Rance

Age

36

Ht

194cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

7.7

5star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

226.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

17.0

5star

K

5.8

3star

HB

11.2

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.6

5star

(Essendon) with 18 disposals/4 marks.

Southport are now on top of the VFL ladder. GWS have moved up to 6th.

 

[eth-dog]

Southport are supposedly good?

 

[The Nostradamus]

Gws will slide due to playing 3 more games then some other teams

4 weeks left til finals so they will have 1 last game in that month period

 

[justabaraker]

Southport are supposedly good?

Yes, a bit weird isn't it - the Sharks with a pretty strong team of regulars, and the Bombers look like a 'pickup' team from the lunchtime school yard. And yet the scores were close.

Credit to Cam illett or being named among the better players after all this time - does it say something about the standard of the footy on the day, or is he still just damned good ?

 

[eth-dog]

Yes, a bit weird isn't it - the Sharks with a pretty strong team of regulars, and the Bombers look like a 'pickup' team from the lunchtime school yard. And yet the scores were close.

Credit to Cam illett or being named among the better players after all this time - does it say something about the standard of the footy on the day, or is he still just damned good ?

He was good but the standard of game wasn't great.

 

[Troy Mc Clure]

Gold Coast 19.8 (122) def. Aspley 6.8 (44)
Southport 11.9 (75) def. Essendon 10.11 (71)
GWS/Sydney 11.20 (86) def. Brisbane 8.11 (59)

Notable performances from Joel Jeffrey (Gold Coast) with 9 goals, Paddy McCartin (Essendon) with 3 goals, Jeremy Finlayson (GWS) with 3 goals, Ryan Clarke (Sydney) with 35 disposals/6 clearances, Jacob Dawson (Southport) with 35 disposals/8 clearances, Dylan Clarke (Essendon) with 29 disposals/8 clearances and a returning Alex Rance (Essendon) with 18 disposals/4 marks.

Southport are now on top of the VFL ladder. GWS have moved up to 6th.

We are really struggling at Aspley, lm concerned going forward. Our list is better than where we are sitting on the ladder and our performance on the weekend.

 

[justabaraker]

We are really struggling at Aspley, lm concerned going forward. Our list is better than where we are sitting on the ladder and our performance on the weekend.

There are some good names playing ...Hammelman, Payne, Bastinac - is the problem in lack of depth ? Travel uncertainty ? Not the same since John Blair went ?
Has the step up to VFL proven too much ?

 

[ukurrie]

ROUND 16

SATURDAY, JULY 31
Gold Coast v Southport (Metricon Stadium Training Oval) 10.30am
Sandringham v Carlton (Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Oval) 12pm
North Melbourne v Port Melbourne (Arden St) 12pm
Collingwood v Box Hill Hawks (Holden Centre) 12.05pm
Aspley v Essendon (Graham Road) 12.30pm
Casey Demons v Footscray (Casey Fields) 1.05pm
Brisbane Lions v Sydney (South Pine Sports Complex) 1.30pm
Northern Bullants v Werribee (Preston City Oval) 2pm

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1
Coburg v Williamstown (Piranha Park) 2pm
Frankston v Richmond (Skybus Stadium) 2.05pm

BYE
Geelong, GWS

VFL MATCHES COMPLETED
11 – GWS
10 – Aspley, Brisbane Lions, Essendon, Frankston, Gold Coast, Southport, Sydney
9 – Box Hill Hawks, Coburg, Footscray, Geelong, North Melbourne, Northern Bullants, Richmond,
8 – Carlton, Casey Demons, Collingwood, Port Melbourne, Sandringham, Werribee, Williamstown

 

[The Victorian]

Do Gold Coast get the win today seeing we were in front when the game got called off?

 

[The Tilt]

Do Gold Coast get the win today seeing we were in front when the game got called off?

I'm pretty sure there needs to be at least half a match played before they award the result.

It's a bit odd that they didn't just complete the match. It would have been over before the 4pm lockdown, right?

 

[ukurrie]

Bullants looked good today until half time when Daniel Hughes got knocked out. Werribee stormed back and flew right by them in the second half.

Still, it wasn’t 160 points this time so that’s something.