Zebs Thread

[Squizz]

With our five year alliance with the Sandringham Zebras having commenced, a quick background :

Sandringham was admitted to the V.F.A. in February, 1929, subject to the Minister for Lands granting the Sandringham Council permission to provide the Beach Park Reserve with a fence. The concrete wall was finally completed about mid-day on the day of the first match against Brighton. Even some of the players were called in to give a hand pour the concrete.

The Club colours of Gold, Black and Blue were taken from the three local sides - Gold from Sandringham Amateurs, Black from Black Rock and Blue from Hampton Amateurs.

Although The Zebras won only one game in their first season :- against Camberwell in the sixth round on May 25th, a very proud tradition was born. Along with fierce rival Port Melbourne, Sandringham is the only side to have never played in second division.

On the Monday following the opening match of the 1934 season, when Sandringham easily defeated Brighton, the Melbourne Sun News Pictorial read:- "Richmond as tigers now have a rival in the animal kingdom, for Sandringham, in the new yellow and black striped Guernsey, resembled zebras. The way they galloped away from Brighton to win showed they could emulate that animal. The team will be known in the future as the Zebras".

PREMIERS: 1946, 1962, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004-06
RUNNERS UP: 1947, 1960, 1963, 1977, 1995

I noticed that Round 1 is against the Scorps which should make it an interesting contest.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Not sure that the Scorps will have much of a team with ,
Michael Rix , Shane Birss , Leigh Fisher, Jarryd Geary, David Armitage, Mathew Ferguson , Raphael Clarke , Ben McEvoy, Jarrad Allen , Jack Steven, and Charlie Gardner.. having stacked up significant game time and stats between them all last year. ( Unless some of those delisted have signed up with the scorps ).
I hate to think what Melbournes reserves list is like.
However they should still have a reasonable defense with Wall and Silvagni.

 

[finders]

The Saints list plus the experienced VFL players that Sandy have should see them go close to another flag in the VFL.
With the Trevor Barker Beach Road Oval nice and handy for Saints fans the Zebras should get some good crowds as well.

 

[sammm]

has their been any new recruits for the zebras?

do they have a forum?

 

[Kildonan]

Zebra's Home Page

 

[CHBench]

Looking at their playing list, says they have Adem Yze. Though he signed with BoxHill?
With such a big name VFL player down forward in Nick Sautner, will ne interesting to see how our forward line assembles around him.

 

[Squizz]

The Sandy website doesn't seem to get updated much - they don't even have their last 2 flags recorded!!!

There is a Sandy forum with a few knowledgeable sorts, but this is very quiet too.

Yze is at Box Hill, which is good as I would have struggled to put my hands anywhere near each other for him.

 

[SAAndy]

I thought they were Melbournes team who are Melbourne with now?

 

[finders]

Casey Scorpions LOL

 

[SAAndy]

Oh okay also why did Collingwood make their own VFL team?

 

[Squizz]

Collingferal have so much money in the can, they can afford to invest in pubs and write off $5.7m without becoming insolvent. The Saints don't have that luxury. Rumour is that we originally tried to stick it out with our own VFL team instead of affiliating with Sandy and the Dees jumped in before we realised our (financial) error?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

According to my local paper the Demons are happy to be training at a ground with goalposts.

 

[CHBench]

Newest Sandy recruits.

Reading about the n00bz, surely we're shoe-in's for the flag.
Note to self: There is 2 x Jarryd Allen.
Makes for very confusing reading.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

JayRob ftw!

 

[finders]

Sandy are playing Williamstown in a practice match next saturday at Trevor Barker Beach Road Oval .With no AFL footy this weekend its a good chance to see what the Zebs are up to.

There should be some Saints players going around for Saints fans to have a look at.

 

[finders]

For anyone that might be interested Sandy got thrashed by 50 odd points at TBO today by WB/ Williamstown = not looking good for 2009.

 

[TassieSaint]

For anyone that might be interested Sandy got thrashed by 50 odd points at TBO today by WB/ Williamstown = not looking good for 2009.

Any updates on the Saints listed players involved perhaps mate?

I hear Goose played the whole game, but was only okay. Raph played good and should play round 1 but Schneider and Eddy just okay as well.

Anyone confirm/deny?

 

[StFly]

Supposedly Schneider was blowing a hurricane, lacked a whole lot of fitness whenever he came off the ground, Goose has a bit in the Hun where they say he looked on the way up and this was the first time fitness staff saw him running on top of the ground instead of trundling through it or something to that effect.

Didn't get down there myself so there's the limit to my imput.

 

[sainter]

For anyone that might be interested Sandy got thrashed by 50 odd points at TBO today by WB/ Williamstown = not looking good for 2009.

Well you can probably add another 7-8 St Kilda listed players into the first round team whenever that is.

 

[brock sylvia]

Apparently Riewoldt played in the zebs game, not sure how he went but with the players mentioned plus riewoldt, i thought sandy would have gone far better

 

[Blueinblood]

Reiwoldt didnt play. Maguire was goood, particaularly second half.
Tom Lynsh looks good, played forward all day and had a few shots on goal. IMpressive when he leads up. Raph Clarke got a bit of it. Eddy was instrumental int he Middle and got his hands on the ball. Khan Hareteku was quietish and often cuaght behind when rucking. Schneider has very nice skills. Kicked 2 goals i think. ZNice kicks to lead. Looked unfit though.

 

[Squizz]

Sure Eddy played? (would have thought he'd still be in recovery)

Report from the Age seemed promising enough :

St Kilda defender Matt Maguire took another step towards his AFL return yesterday, getting through an incident-free hit-out with the Saints' new VFL affiliate Sandringham in a practice match against Williamstown.
Maguire has had a horror run over the past three years, first sustaining a broken leg in 2006, and then struggling with a foot injury for much of the past two years.
But the 24-year-old showed little sign of that yesterday as he played almost the entire match for the Zebras in his customary centre half-back position.
While Sandringham was well and truly accounted for by a far more lively and potent-looking Williamstown side, Zebras coach Andy Lovell said Maguire, who was playing his fourth practice match of the pre-season, was just beginning to return to his old form.
"He's just starting to find his feet again, he's making good decisions, he's judging the flight of the ball better and he's able to compete one-on-one better than he has," Lovell said. "Today was the first time he looked like he was running on top of the ground instead of just labouring, so there's some good signs for him."

 

[HoldenMCaulfield]

Sure Eddy played? (would have thought he'd still be in recovery)

He started on the bench (very vocal man he is) and it took a while for him to get in (at some stage, I almost thought the club had completely gone mad on the "he's okay and may play next week" strategy we saw with e.g. Luke Ball last year), but I can confirm that he did play eventually (with a strapped knee).

 

[Squizz]

The Draw:

1 12/04/09 (Sun) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Casey Scorpions
2 18/04/09 (Sat) 13:10 FrankstonPark Frankston
3 26/04/09 (Sun) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval North Ballarat
4 02/05/09 (Sat) 14:00 Burbank Oval Williamstown
5 09/05/09 (Sat) 13:10 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Northern Bullants
6 17/05/09 (Sun) 14:00 Barter Card Oval Werribee Tigers
7 24/05/09 (Sun) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Geelong
8 31/05/09 (Sun) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Bendigo Bombers
9 06/06/09 (Sat) BYE
10 21/06/09 (Sun) 14:00 BoxHillCity Oval Box Hill Hawks
11 27/06/09 (Sat) 14:00 ABD Group Stadium Coburg Tigers
12 04/07/09 (Sat) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Port Melbourne
13 12/07/09 (Sun) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Collingwood
14 18/07/09 (Sat) BYE
15 26/07/09 (Sun) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Williamstown
16 02/08/09 (Sun) 14:00 Queen Elizabeth Oval Bendigo Bombers
17 08/08/09 (Sat) 14:00 Skilled Stadium Geelong
18 15/08/09 (Sat) 14:00 TrevorBarkerBeach Oval Frankston
19 22/08/09 (Sat) 14:00 TEAC Oval Port Melbourne
20 29/08/09 (Sat) 14:00 Northern Oval North Ballarat

 

[finders]

The Zebras beat last years premiers Nth Ballarat today at TBO by 9 points.
Last practice match againt Bendigo at Bendigo next week.