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Title: Coburg this weekend
Post by: mightytiges on May 30, 2007, 04:50:26 PM
VFL Seniors
Bendigo Bombers vs Coburg Tigers
Sunday 3rd June
2:00 PM
Queen Elizabeth Oval       

VFL Reserves
Northern Bullants vs Coburg Tigers
Saturday 2nd June
11:10 AM
Preston City Oval

Browny, Peterson, Collins and Clingan will be playing for Coburg ressies this week.
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: cub on May 31, 2007, 12:01:30 AM
Checking my roster against the Burgers fixture my first game will be week 1 of the finals ....

Now there's a funny word for a Richmond supporter 'FINALS' - should be good  :thumbsup
Title: $9 to see Browny play
Post by: one-eyed on May 31, 2007, 02:59:23 AM
They're charging $9 to see Browny play VFL ressies!

Quote
Bullants host Brown's return
31 May 2007   Herald-Sun
Daryl Timms

THE Northern Bullants will be heating the pies and hotdogs earlier than normal on Saturday in preparation for a cameo appearance from Richmond's Nathan Brown.

Although he is not used to kicking the dew off the ground, Brown will play about 40 minutes with the Coburg Tigers reserve side against the Bullants at Preston.

Northern Bullants general manager Garry O'Sullican said the club was expecting an earlier influx of fans to watch Brown's comeback game.

"We'll be ordering more pies, pasties and hotdogs and heating them earlier," O'Sullivan quipped. "And it's $9 to get in. We believe they will be plenty of people coming early to watch Browny in the game, which starts at 11.10am."

Brown, who broke his leg in two places in 2005, withdrew from the opening round game against Carlton after a "hot spot" was discovered just 2cm from the original break.

He had hoped to miss only up to the first four rounds.

Brown will be assessed today after getting through yesterday's training session with Richmond.

He will train again tomorrow, and if there are no last-minute hiccups, he'll play on Saturday.

Richmond football manager Paul Armstrong said last night there was every indication Brown would play in the Coburg's reserves.

"To a degree, you control what he does in the reserves," Armstrong said.

"Coburg seniors are going really well and for Browny it's only really game time and to get through a game, and it doesn't matter what level or the time he spends on the ground.

"And you can dictate that at reserve level at Coburg, without compromising their competitiveness in the game."

Armstrong said that if Brown got through the game he would have more game time the following week, but at what level had to be decided.

"We will just see how gets through," he said. "The plan is for him to play 40 or 50 minutes.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace will be at Preston to watch Brown.

Coburg's senior team will travel to Bendigo on Sunday to play the Bombers, while the Northern Bullants will clash with Geelong after the curtain raiser featuring Brown.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21823097%255E19742,00.html
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: mjs on May 31, 2007, 11:15:06 AM
I went to see Richo play at Coburg when he was dropped - it was a great atmosphere - maybe 4 or 5 thousand turned up.

The opposition (Preston?) had ex Magpie Shane Watson standing in the space in front of Richo all day despite the fact that Coburg won by a huge margin. I think Richo got reported for wrestling - not sure. It was a great day. might go again to see Brownie.
Title: Re: $9 to see Browny play
Post by: tigersalive on May 31, 2007, 02:15:32 PM
They're charging $9 to see Browny play VFL ressies!


How much is it normally.

Taking advantage! It should all be given to Coburg!!  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: cub on May 31, 2007, 07:26:09 PM
Bullants are playing Geelong in the main game afterwards ... So $9 is the normal entry fee and free for kids ....

What I laugh at is in the EFL you can pay $6 to get into a 3 rd or 4 th division game but some sides in Div 1 or 2 have no fences so you get in for nothing  ???
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: WilliamPowell on May 31, 2007, 08:44:33 PM
Get there early enough and you may be able to sneak in for free if the gates not manned ;D :whistle
Title: Coburg teams this weekend
Post by: one-eyed on May 31, 2007, 08:58:03 PM
Round 8 Coburg Seniors team Vs. Bendigo

Note: Radio Coverage Live on 3XX 1611 AM or online at www.doublex.com.au

B: D.Connors L.McGuane M.Sewell

HB: A.Neville J.Silvester C.Hyde

C: D.Meyer N.Caruso J.Oakley-Nicholls

HF: K.Moore J.Riewoldt A.Krakouer

F: F. Caruso C.Hughes R.Anderson

R: T.Ronaldson P.Shelton N.Carnell

Int (from): N. Liddle M.Farrelly D.Rayson A.Horne N.Lynch A.Graham J. Gazzo S.Robertson


Coburg Reserves side vs Northern Bullants

B: W.Smith S.Robertson C.Peterson
HB: C.McErlain J.Keogh B.Peters
C: A.Isailovic B.Hartigan A.Collins
HF: N. Liddle P.Currie T.Clingan
F: N.Brown R.Dagher N.Lynch
R: S.Foster J.Krojs G.Carrick
Int: M.Vasilevski J.Riddle L.Hill B.Hopkins
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: WilliamPowell on May 31, 2007, 09:00:31 PM
Great to see Josh Riddle finally back from injury in the Burger ressies - good player  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: DallasCrane on May 31, 2007, 09:21:46 PM
Get there early enough and you may be able to sneak in for free if the gates not manned ;D :whistle

If they are ordering extra pies and cooking them early I'm tipping the gate attendant might be asked to arrive a little bit earlier on Sat!
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: WilliamPowell on May 31, 2007, 09:45:01 PM
Volunteers - most VFL clubs rely on volunteers
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: DallasCrane on May 31, 2007, 09:56:50 PM
Volunteers - most VFL clubs rely on volunteers

Hmmm....worth noting WP
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: mightytiges on May 31, 2007, 10:39:19 PM
They've never have given the ressie side before. Is someone important playing this week lol.

Good luck Browny  :thumbsup.



Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: DallasCrane on May 31, 2007, 10:48:24 PM
Just noticed Hartigan too, why would they put him in the seconds?
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: mightytiges on May 31, 2007, 11:02:26 PM
Just noticed Hartigan too, why would they put him in the seconds?
Harts is coming back from his long-term foot injury.
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: Mr Magic on June 01, 2007, 12:00:38 AM
Look forward to the reports on Harts and particularly Browny thanks MT. 8)
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: mightytiges on June 01, 2007, 06:18:33 PM
Look forward to the reports on Harts and particularly Browny thanks MT. 8)
I can't make it tomorrow. Is anyone else going?
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: one-eyed on June 02, 2007, 06:56:23 AM
The ressies game starts at 11am. The quarter by quarter scores should be found here.

http://reg.sportingpulse.com/olr_v3/rpt_progressive.cgi?a=MR_&aID=8&ext=1
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: Moi on June 02, 2007, 11:28:58 AM
SEN have just said Browny has got a goal already.
I'll listen in and see if they give any more reports
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: one-eyed on June 02, 2007, 01:31:54 PM
SEN have just said Browny has got a goal already.
I'll listen in and see if they give any more reports

Thanks Moi. As said in the other thread, Rawlings said on Ch 2 that Browny got a couple of goals and got through with no pain.
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: Fishfinger on June 02, 2007, 01:34:38 PM
Wore no.82.  :D
Only played first half, a lot of that on the bench.
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: Moi on June 02, 2007, 01:47:46 PM
Terry was on 3AW and said he was pretty pleased with his effort.
Last year when he went to the seconds, he was afraid to put his body on the line.  Not so today, contested well  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: jezza on June 02, 2007, 01:57:11 PM
SEN interviewing Terry:

not heart in mouth as he knew Brown had done a lot of training so no risk
in the #82 jumper
not worried about any contact to his leg which was great, plenty of chasing and tacking. Not like when he originally came back and was afraid of contact.
kicked a goal of the week from the boundary
played 40 minutes. 60-70 minutes next week. then full game.
monitored on a daily basis for wellness
not going to play senior footy until 100% sure he won't break down
Title: Peterson 3, Browny 2 goals
Post by: one-eyed on June 02, 2007, 02:25:51 PM
2007 TRUenergy VFL Reserves

Northern Bullants   4.4  8.6  9.9  15.12 (102)
Coburg Tigers         3.1  6.5  11.9  15.10 (100)

GOALS:
Northern Bullants: Davies 5 Hocking 3 Siciliano 3 Colbert 2 Bannister  Meese
Coburg Tigers: Currie 4 Peterson 3 Brown 2 Dagher 2 Liddle  Hartigan  McErlain  Lynch

BEST:
Northern Bullants: Colbert Dobby Micevski Davies Fahour Meese
Coburg Tigers: Currie Carrick Hill Krojs McErlain Liddle
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: mightytiges on June 02, 2007, 02:46:12 PM
Thanks Moi and Jezza  :cheers

Great news about Browny. 40 mins is 40 mins. Even if it's VFL ressies it'll curb the frustration and boost his belief that he'll get back. He's still got the magic too by the sound of that goal along the boundary  :bow.

Good to hear too Peterson snag 3 goals in his first real game.

Title: Brown takes key comeback step
Post by: one-eyed on June 02, 2007, 04:29:43 PM
Brown takes key comeback step
By Robert Grant
Bendigo Advertiser
02 June 2007 - 2:42PM

Richmond will resist the temptation to play star forward Nathan Brown too early, even though they are desperate for a breakthrough AFL win.

Brown on Saturday took a key step in his comeback to the Tigers senior side after problems following his broken leg two years ago.

He played the first half of Coburg's match against the Northern Bullants in the VFL reserves grade.

Tigers coach Terry Wallace said he was pleased the way Brown had contested the ball rather than playing tentatively as he had earlier this year.

"The thing that I was most pleased with him today in his half that he played was he was looking for contact, he wasn't worried about players tackling him," Wallace told Southern Cross radio.

"He was putting himself in positions to win the ball in that way and was quite prepared to lay tackles himself, so he was playing footy in essence, which was pleasing.

"He ended up kicking a couple of goals in about 40 minutes of play."

However, Wallace said Brown remained at least a week away from consideration for a top-grade recall.

"He's missed a hell of a lot of footy and we want to be controlled.

"What we don't want to be doing is putting him into a situation where you happen to overcook him at senior level because you want to win a game and all of a sudden you pull up sore from that.

"We want him to get through a couple of weeks where he's guaranteed that the next time he comes back to senior level football he's not going to break down," Wallace said.

http://bendigo.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=national%20news&subclass=sport&story_id=592207&category=sport
Title: Brown back in the mix (Herald-Sun)
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:22:07 AM
(http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,5509518,00.jpg)
Heading in the right direction: Nathan Brown back in action with Coburg Tigers yesterday. Picture: Peter Glenane

Brown back in the mix
03 June 2007   Sunday Herald Sun
Jon Ralph

RICHMOND forward Nathan Brown yesterday sailed through his latest comeback game, but has been warned by coach Terry Wallace he might still be three weeks away from AFL football.

Brown played about 50 minutes for the Coburg reserves at Preston City Oval and, starting deep in the forward line, kicked 2.1 from nine possessions and three marks.

He was rarely at top pace and looked a cut above the competition, but crucially pulled up pain-free in his leg after playing in four 12-minute spurts in the first half.

While Wallace was happy Brown had thrown himself into the game with gusto, he said his star might play up to 60 minutes next week before tackling a full VFL game.

That would put him on schedule for a Round 12 return against Melbourne in the second week of the split round.

Brown's demeanour after the game said as much as his performance.

After wearing the No. 82 jumper, he was happy to crack jokes about playing so early in the morning and his pleasure at not being king-hit by a trophy-hunting opponent.

"It's been about 10 months," he said of his return from complications with a leg first broken in 2005.

"I think Round 17 was my last proper game of football.

"It was good to get out there.

"I kicked a couple of goals and should have kicked another one.

"I was a bit nervous about how I would go and how my leg would pull up but it pulled up pretty well.

"It feels good. (Sometimes) I can tell when I start running there is an awful pain in there and it says to me I need to rest for a couple of weeks. But it felt good today and I have been full-on training for two weeks."

Wallace said: "The main thing was that you wanted to see that he was going to get himself in the contest. He was putting himself in situations where he was going to get tackled, and he was prepared to tackle."

Brown said: "I just want to have a good second half of the year. There is a lot of football left, and we need a good springboard to next year."

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21839082%255E19771,00.html
Title: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:07:22 PM
First 2 goals to Cleve. Should have 3 but he went for the banana instead of straightening up.

Coburg   2.0-12
Bendigo  0.1-1

Going very direct.
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:16:15 PM
Meyer goal

Coburg   3.0-18
Bendigo  2.1-13

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer

Jack against Johns up forward.

JON doing well. 2 good passes to forwards. Hyde lively.
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:21:28 PM
21 min Q1

Coburg   3.0-18
Bendigo  3.1-19

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer

McGuane on Jason Cloke in defence
Krak up against Rosa

Giving away plenty of free kicks  ::).
Title: QT: Coburg down by 14
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:30:59 PM
Quarter time

Coburg   3.0-18
Bendigo  5.2-32

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer

Bendigo stretching us for height down back with Cloke, Bradley, Lee and Hislop. JON on Bradley. They dominated the last 10-15 minutes.

Bendigo are getting all the frees. Must be up to 10 already  ::).
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:40:35 PM
Meyer goal. Need that one.

Coburg   4.0-24
Bendigo  6.2-38

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer 2
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:48:36 PM

Coburg   4.0-24
Bendigo  7.2-44

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer 2

We're going too wide. Hyde playing wide of Camporale who is killing Coburg.
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:51:38 PM
A better passage of play forward. Krak goals.

Coburg   5.0-30
Bendigo  7.3-45

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer 2, Krak

Inside 50s this qtr: Bendigo 7; Coburg 5.

Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:55:47 PM
Meyer quick snap for a point

Coburg   5.1-31
Bendigo  7.4-46

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer 2, Krak
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 02:57:12 PM
Krak goals again. Through the corridor and nice pass from JON to Krak.

Coburg   6.1-37
Bendigo  7.4-46

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer 2, Krak 2
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 03:00:02 PM
Sylvester on Cloke. Cloke has 3 goals for Bendigo.

JON in the ruck. Krak point.

Coburg   6.2-38
Bendigo  8.4-52

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer 2, Krak 2
Title: HT: Coburg down by 20
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 03:05:11 PM
Gus back in the ruck. No Ronaldson for Coburg so JON has to relieve Gus.

Bendigo punishing our turnovers on the small ground. Skill level is down.

Half-Time

Coburg   3.0   6.3-39
Bendigo  5.2   9.5-59

Goals: Hughes 2, Meyer 2, Krak 2

Cloke has 4 for Bendigo. Sylvester and Moore have been on him.

Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 03:17:42 PM
Hyde's got a fair bit of it but his opponent Camporeale is running amok. Collins will need to tag him instead of having Hyde playing wide of him.

JON's passing has set up 3 goals but Bradley has been good for Bendigo.

Meyer presenting well up forward.

Krak kicked a couple of goals that quarter an di some nice things according to the commentary.

Jack hasn't done much.

Cleve was quiet. Didn't hear him named once that quarter.

Gus hardly heard of around the ground.

Backline being swamped by lack of midfield pressure. McGuane, Moore and Connors back there.
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 03:36:55 PM
How many frees are Bendigo getting  :banghead. Free at CHF then kick and another free 15m out  :scream.

Coburg getting more of it this quarter but turnovers when going inside 50 is Richmond like.

Great work Fort Caruso and Meyer snaps and goals

Coburg   7.5-47
Bendigo  10.6-66

Goals: Meyer 3, Hughes 2, Krak 2
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 03:40:23 PM
Hughes back in defence on Bradley and doing well. Connors busy.

Sorry folks. Meyer goal was disallowed. McGuane illegally shepherd off the ball. Another free to Bendigo and they run it up the other end and goal.

Coburg   6.6-42
Bendigo  11.6-72

Goals: Meyer 2, Hughes 2, Krak 2
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: jezza on June 03, 2007, 03:47:55 PM
We seem to be creating plenty of opportunities, just missing them all while the bombers are slotting all of theirs.
Title: 3QT: Coburg down by 40
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 03:52:14 PM
Coburg just making too many mistakes. You're right jezza. We are falling down every time we go inside 50. 13 inside 50s for 5 behinds.

3/4 Time

Coburg   3.0   6.3     6.8-44
Bendigo  5.2   9.5   13.6-84

Goals: Meyer 2, Hughes 2, Krak 2
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 04:03:05 PM
First goal of the quarter to Coburg but Bendigo get it back straight away. Moore gets a second for Coburg.

Coburg   8.8-56
Bendigo 14.6-90

Goals: Meyer 2, Hughes 2, Krak 2, Moore, Frarelli (sp?)

Sewell now on Camporeale and quieting him down a bit.

Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 04:12:25 PM
Getting pumped now. Coburg chipping it around from the kick-in and going indirect. Commentators saying we lack system and Jack has been serviceable but has struggled given the poor delivery.

Jack goal.

Coburg   9.8-62
Bendigo 17.9-111

Goals: Meyer 2, Hughes 2, Krak 2, Jack, Moore, Farrelly
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 04:18:44 PM
Hyde goal

Coburg    10.10-70
Bendigo  17.9-111

Goals: Meyer 2, Hughes 2, Krak 2, Moore, Riewoldt, Hyde, Farrelly
Title: Re: Coburg vs Bendigo
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 04:28:11 PM
Coburg doing a Richmond with players not making the distance from 30m out, hitting opposition players lace out and running in circles with the ball. Pride of Erin stuff.

Just before full time

Coburg   3.0   6.3    6.8   10.12-72
Bendigo  5.2   9.5  13.6   19.10-124

Goals: Meyer 2, Hughes 2, Krak 2, Moore, Riewoldt, Hyde, Farrelly
Title: Coburg lost by 52 points
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 04:38:03 PM
That's the final score. WP said it was a terrible game. McGuane best of the RFC players.

Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: mightytiges on June 03, 2007, 04:44:23 PM
Hard to see anyone earning a promotion this week from Coburg after that. Very ordinary performance and error riddled.

Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: tigersalive on June 03, 2007, 05:06:16 PM
Bugger.

I was hoping Meyer would play well enough to replace Petts and Hughes would play well enough to replace Kent/Schulz.   :banghead
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: Bulluss on June 03, 2007, 05:23:54 PM
Why not try McGuane up forward in place of Petts.

He has played up forward before and it wouldnt be hard to do better than petts.
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: bluey_21 on June 03, 2007, 05:28:26 PM
Hard to see anyone earning a promotion this week from Coburg after that. Very ordinary performance and error riddled.



Just like the senior side eh
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: one-eyed on June 03, 2007, 05:40:41 PM
2007 TRUenergy VFL Seniors

Bendigo Bombers   5.2  9.5  13.6  19.10 (124)
Coburg Tigers        3.0  6.3   6.8  10.12 (72)

GOALS:
Bendigo Bombers: Cloke 4 Weeks 3 Bradley 2 Flaherty 2 Hislop  Geary  Reimers  Lee  Camporeale  Jolley  Atkinson  Chartres
Coburg Tigers: Krakouer 3 Riewoldt 2 Anderson  Sewell  Meyer  Horne  Oakley-Nicholls  [ What the ??? ]

BEST:
Bendigo Bombers: Bradley Rosa Jolley Johns Cole Camporeale
Coburg Tigers: Horne Silvester Moore Krakouer Connors Hughes

REPORTED PLAYERS:
Bendigo Bombers: R. Cole (Bendigo Bombers) for making forceful contact.
Coburg Tigers: Nil

http://reg.sportingpulse.com/olr_v3/rpt_progressive.cgi?a=MR_&aID=8&ext=1
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: WilliamPowell on June 03, 2007, 09:34:00 PM
Why not try McGuane up forward in place of Petts.

He has played up forward before and it wouldnt be hard to do better than petts.

Luke started at CHB and never stopeed running. Gave alot of run from the back half. Was moved to forward line in the 2nd half with Hughes moving to CHB. I thought Cleve's game improved when he went back. Was very pleasing to see him chasing and tackling (more of it I say).

Moore also got moved up forward. Thought he had a really bad game. No impact.

Krak - played in the mid field and up forward.

Dan Connors needs to be a bit more intense in the defensive side of his game.

Gus Graham tried hard was the Burgers only recognised ruckman as Ronaldson was out.

JON - started at CHB and then had to relieve in the ruck. Actualy thought he was OK there at least he made a contest and Bendigo didn't dominate like they should have.

MEyer - no comment - disappointing

Jack Reiwoldt - tried hard but not his best game

Chris Hyde - Ok

Terrible game - just terrible.

I see Camporeale got in the best - was he out there  :rollin
Title: Re: Coburg this weekend
Post by: one-eyed on June 04, 2007, 03:14:25 AM
Ramanauskas joins party as Coburg crashes
04 June 2007   Herald-Sun
Geoff Poulter

With Richmond emergencies Chris Hyde (beaten by Cloke) and Jack Riewoldt (two goals) having quiet afternoons, Bendigo again showed it was an improving outfit in its 19.10 (124) to 10.12 (72) triumph, coming on the back of a strong win at Frankston in the previous round.

The Bombers led by only 20 points at halftime but cleared out in the second half, kicking 4.1 to 0.5 in the third term and six goals to four in the last.

For Coburg coach Andrew Collins the game was important to show his team just where they stood.

"They were way too good for us," Collins said.

"They had (Scott) Camporeale, (Ricky) Dyson, who were running machines. Jason Cloke (four goals) was very good. He played against Chris Hyde and was too good.

"(Sam) Lonergan also was really good, (Tom) Hislop, Chris Heffernan and Adam Ramanauskas were also very good.

"We had our captain Travis Ronaldson (injured arm) out and that made a huge difference to our team."

Collins did not blame the away ground and travel as a major handicap.

"It was their (Bendigo's) first home game as well," he said.

"For us it was more of a reality check, it showed where our individuals were at.

"We had 10 AFL boys, they had 14 plus Cloke and (Ben) Jolley."

Collins expects to have Richmond forward Nathan Brown, who had limited time in his comeback game in Coburg reserves on Saturday after complications following a broken leg, to be in his firsts for the next round.

Brown is likely to line up at Coburg against Sandringham on Monday.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21843359%255E19771,00.html