The Jets arrived at Sydney’s home of footy history, the picturesque Trumper Park in Paddington to warm but blustery conditions.
RESERVES MATCH REPORT V UTS BATS
After a close game against the defending Reserve Grade Premiers in the previous encounter at Bensons Lane last month, the boys were confident of a tight hitout. UTS had other ideas on their home deck, and were tuning up for yet another finals campaign. The Bats played their deck with precision, putting together a 4 quarter performance of 5 goals apiece. The Jets tried all day, but turnovers proved very costly on the short, narrow ground. Standout players were Matt Brophy, returning from an injury sustained against Penrith earlier in the year. The Oyster was in everything, and played a variety of key positions, before returning to his spiritual home of full-back. Dave Hooters Beacroft was instrumental in many plays, using his speed and endurance to his advantage, sometimes against players two and three times his size. Hooters, in his first year of footy, has shown he has a bright future in this sport. He was ably assisted by Steve Pissycho Steasek and Jared S-Dawg Smith, Jesse Bruiser Bray, who spent much of the game in the smoke of the BBQ, Owen Dildo Butcher, who also returned from injury, and Matt Mavros Davidson, who provided many options up forward, but with strong pressure from the Bats well-drilled backline, couldn’t trouble the scorers on the day.
Final scores UTS 20.25-145 to Jets 0.0-3.
Best: Mat Brophy, Dave Beacroft, Steve Steasek, Jared Smith, Jesse Bray, Gerard Delaney
SENIORS MATCH REPORT V UTS BATS
Seniors had a massive task on their hands, taking on a fired up Bats outfit, keen to atone for their straight sets exit from last year’s finals, after leading the comp for most of the year. UTS made all the noise in their sheds before the game, while the Jets took a calm, relaxed attitude onto the field, spurned on by club legend General's 100th game, which seemed to help matters. The Jets took the game to the home team with some savage attack on the footy, showing UTS that we weren’t here to make love to spiders (to coin a phrase) we were here for a game. Two handy 50metre penalties to Nor-West proved helpful, giving us two goals to four going into quarter time. The Jets frustrated the highly skilful opposition into some uncharacteristic errors, but it was a matter of how long the visitors could ‘maintain the rage’.
The midfield of Co-Captains Casey T-Dubs Wenselowski and Andrew Cougar Hunter Travers, Jack Oh Bearded One Pascoe and Stavros The Crazy Greek Davidson, were digging their heels in against their highly fancied rivals, while the backline of Pete Squirtz Kyle, East Coast’s Chris The Other C-Moore Moore, Daniel Keyboards Guthridge, Paul I’ll Smash Ya Sherwood and Aaron I’m Starting To Look AND Sound Like Rocket Bayne had their hands full against a strong forward line.
The second quarter saw the Bats slowly gain the ascendancy with some pinpoint delivery from upfield, adding three goals to one for the Jets, but they were starting to feel the pressure from the away team, resorting to a bit of push-n-shove. The Jets were having none of it (except maybe PK and Wang) and went to the long break down by an unlikely 33 point margin.
The third quarter started with a team huddle on the wing, which quickly dispersed after a late show of nerves by an unknown source (thanks to the delicious BBQ) and a bang after the siren, with a huge snap and goal by Jon Foggerty Schoenmaker. The Jets trailed by 27 points deep into the third teerm before the flood gates opened, with UTS hitting their straps, putting on ten goals to one to run to a 91 point win. Players to stand out besides those mentioned were Aaron C-Bomb-Unit Whiles, who attacked the ball at every opportunity, Mick Princess Sparkles Yee who led hard up the ground all day, Nick Thug Life Milkins, who in his 100th club game for the Jets stood out, turning back the clock with a vintage display, Joe Run From The Sun Munro, who turned in a typically inspired game through the midfield, and Daniel Yet To Be Given A Moniker Goland, who put on some vicious tackles all day.
Final Scores- Bats 17.16-117 to Jets 4.3-27
Goals: Jon Schoenmaker 2, Mick Yee, Joe Munro
Best: Daniel Guthridge, Stephen Davidson, Casey Wenselowski, Jack Pascoe, Joe Munro, Chris Moore (ECE)
After the game, the “Magic Bus” made a stop at UTS sponsors The Windsor Castle Hotel, noted for its ample scooter parking, and had a few refreshing ales, and more than plenty of noise in true Nor-West fashion, before Wang cleaned up on the pokies and duly shouted cartons for the whole team, on what was a bus trip described by The Daily Telegraph Social Pages as “The 2nd Most Fun You Can Have With Your Clothes In Your Hands”. Thanks to all those care who beeped their horns at the sight of 40 blokes relieving themselves on the side of the M2, stage fright has never been more prolific.
The Jets will need to carry the same passion, effort and desire into the third instalment of the Western Derby against this week at Bensons Lane to come away with the chocolates, and no more incentive is needed to eye off a win.
This has been Pekay, with his usual dribble.
Last Modified on 25/11/2010 20:41
