The final "home & away" matches for seniors this weekend before the serious stuff begins sees first grade head to Harrington Park to take on bottom placed Camden Cats. Reserve Grade are off to Village Green and hopeful of a win against Uni NSW/ES Bulldogs. A win for both teams will see two minor premierships for the Rams
The Under 18's play their penultimate match of the year when they host the powerful east Coast Eagles at Greygums Oval in the 2:00 PM fixture.
Match Preview below.
Teams will be posted on Friday morning.
This week's edition of the football record, with a wrap of last week's matches by Michael Haynes, is now available on the PDF below.
Match Preview
Reserve Grade start the day's proceedings when they travel to Village Green at Kensington to take on Uni NSW/Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs at 12 PM. The side is coming off a good win last week at Trumper Park against UTS Bats in recording a tough fought 50 point victory. That win made in 12 wins for the season with only two losses, both to Mac Uni, against their name.
The match is the most important of the year for the Bulldogs, currently sitting in fifth spot. A loss certainly knocks them out of the finals series for 2011 and allows Holroyd-Parramatta, who have the bye this week, to grab fifth spot. They are coming off the bye and have lost their last three since beating Nor-West at Village Green in July. Five of their six wins this year have been at home where they appear to find another leg.
Penrith won by a massive 90 points in their earlier clash at Dukes Oval in Round 2 but Uni NSW have improved significantly since that loss. A strong squad is expected to be named for this match and a win would see the team take out the minor premiership after Mac Uni were disqualified from last weeks win against Manly for a breach of Sydney AFL by-laws
The Under 18's are coming off a great 61 point win over St George last week when they face up to premiership favourites, East Coast Eagles at Greygums Oval at 2:00 PM following the Under 16's Penrith Swans/Hawkesbury clash. The 18's have had a tough season in their first year in the elite Premier Cup competition but have recorded 4 wins including the scalps of Riverview at Greygums Oval. East Coast suffered their first loss of the year last week against Illawarra at North Dalton Park and will be keen to erase that loss from their memory. The game will be the second last for the season as they round off the year the following week against Riverview. Coach Rob Murie has done a fine job with the side this year and will be looking to cause headaches for the Eagles. The teams last met in round 10 in June at Bruce Purser where an undermanned Penrith side could not match the Eagles but hopes are high for a tough and competitive match.
First Grade head to Harrington Park where they play Camden at the picturesque Fairfax Reserve. A Rams win would ensure a minor premiership against the bottom placed Cats who they defeated by 89 points just over a month ago at Greygums Oval. Penrith have been on fire, winning 13 games this year, including 10 of their last 11. The side sees the return of Brad Redfern in the backline from the team that recorded their biggest win of the season last week against St George. Camden are set to drop back to Div 3 next year with only one win. But that was against the previously undefeated Balmain back in May when they caused the seasons biggest upset with the shock win. Last week they suffered a 100 point loss to Sydney Uni before a close match the previous week saw them fall to St George. Providing for a win by the Rams, they will have next week off before the finals begins in earnest when they head to Rosedale Oval for the major semi final.
Team Selections
Reserve Grade V Uni NSW/ES Bulldogs - Village Green-Uni NSW, Kensington 12:00 PM
Players to be at ground by 11:00 PM
Adam West |
Jason Bradley |
Tayt Corless |
Nathan Gatt |
Cameron Butler |
Alex Henry |
Mark Jackson |
Alan Prowse |
Aaron Goodwin |
Chris Manuel |
Craig Ives |
Brad Pathuis |
Nathan White (c) |
Jake Clark |
Nic Collimore |
Sam Lockhart |
Steve Hull |
Jason Jackson |
Nathan Rowley |
Gordon Howell |
Jake Sultana |
Christian Triffitt |
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Emergencies: |
Chris Scanlon |
Baron Savanah |
Seltene Yohannes |
Stuart Ayres |
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Coaches and team leaders would like to recognise team spirit shown by Prowsey who even when not picked every week continues to travel from Balmain to Greygums for training each week. This is the committment we are looking for going into finals and he has been rewarded with team selection for Saturday.
Under 18's V East Coast Eagles - Greygums Oval - 2:00 PM
Teal Shorts
Players to be at ground by 1:00 PM (earlier to cheer on the 16's 12:00 PM game)
Players to pack up ground at end of day
Liam Murphy (c) |
Hayden Strong |
Ben Mayer |
Will Taylor |
George Paneras |
Jack Ponton |
James Devlin |
David Looyschelder |
Nathan Walker |
Tom Noble |
Jeremy Rix |
Cameron Forrest |
Luke Jones |
Josh Jenner |
Brayden Wilson |
Matthew Purse |
Ben McGovern |
Ben Priest |
Billy Nicholson |
Joe Hunt |
Harry Doyle |
Greg Major |
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First Grade V Camden Cats - Fairfax Reserve, Harrington Park - 2:00 PM
White Shorts
Players to be at ground by 12:45 PM
Nathan Allison |
Josh Anasis |
David Bradley (c) |
Tim Cummins |
Mat O'Connor |
Jay Edwards |
Tom Hall |
John Keane |
Luke O'Connor |
Matthew Payne |
Blake Roberts |
Bryce Roney |
Daniel Schroot |
Adam Sharp |
Mark Woodford |
Nathan Wright |
Brad Redfern |
Ben Robinson |
Jake Shelley |
Dale Chivas (vc) |
Harley Stibbard |
Mitch Reinhard |
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Last Modified on 23/08/2011 19:48