Tiges off to Ballarat in February

[letsgetiton!]

1st qtr - not sure if it's the end of the quarter

Royals:  5.2.32
Kings:   4.3.27

Goal kickers: 

Royals:  Meyer 1, Patto 2, Simmo 2
Kings:   Richo 1, Staff 1, Pettifer 1, Foley 1

BOG at this stage Foley according to numero uno training guru, MT lol

go getem tiges!!! spose we cant lose this one lol

[letsgetiton!]

thanx moi

hope u can keep us posted

[Moi]

Sides:  

Royals (Whites):  Newman, Gas, Simmo, Roach, J Bowden, Polo, Johnston, Limbach, Tuck, Meyer, Schultz, Patto, Tambo, Hyde, Hughes, Moore, Howat (ring ins - limp, Cox, Bashan   Bromlie, Madden, McCade

Kings (Blacks):  Lids, Rainsey (playing on Tambo), Staff, Richo, pettifer, P Bowden, Rodan, Razer, Jackson, Krak, Hartigan, White, McGuane (doing okay), Kellaway, Foley (didn't go as well as the 1st qtr), Humm, Graham (Ring ins - Young, May (doing ok), McMahon, Brick, Nidlett

Half time:  

Royals 8.2.50
Kings 6.4.40

Goals:

Royals:  Simmo 3, Patto 2, Meyer, Tambo, Tuck
Kings:   Pettifer 2, Staff, Richo, Foley, P Bowden

Best players Royals:  Tuck (BOG at this stage - killed in that qtr), Simmo, Meyer, Newman (in centre), Johnston, Patto
Kings:  Foley, Rodan, Richo, Hartigan

No injuries.

Comments by MT:  Still a few mistakes, like not hitting targets.  Overall for a first hit out, pretty good.  Following game plan, run and carry, supporting each other.  Full on game, not mucking around.

Thanks MT for the update  

[letsgetiton!]

thanx mt and moi

[Moi]

thanx mt and moi

No worries, X.  Just hope i haven't got any names wrong in the translation lol

[letsgetiton!]

im sure u have it as mt says, anyway im eagerly awaiting updates

[Moi]

3/4 Royals 10.5.65
Kings 9.7.61

Goals:  Royals - Simmo 3, Patto 2, Meyer, Limbach, Tuck, Tambling, Hughes
Kings - Richo 2, Pettifer 2, Jackson 2, P Bowden, Staff, Foley.

Best Players:

Royals:  Johnston, Schultz doing good job on Richo
Kings:   Jackson did well when he went fwd, Krak did well in midfield

Injuries:  Nil

Matchups - Schultz on Richo, Jacko on Roach, Howat on Lids, Polo on Foley, Tuck and Krak (playing away from each other), Patto on Chubba, Hughes on McGuane, Tambo on Raines

Crowd:  A few thousand

PS:  I did get it wrong in the Ring-ins for Royals (replace Limp with F.A.G.G.) 
True lol.  How i got limp i have no idea and still laughing myself silly here 
Just worked it out - swear filter doesn't like F.A.G.G. and replaced with Limp lol

[Moi]

Question for MT when you get back.

I was wondering if Jacko doing well on Roach is an indication that Jacko is doing well or Roach the opposite.

[Moi]

Final:

Royals 11.7.73
Kings 15.13.103

Goals: 
Royals - Simmo 3, Patto 2, Limbach 2, Meyer, Tambo, Tuck, Hughes
Kings - Richo 6, Jacko 3, Pettifer 2, Staff, P Bowden, Rodan, Foley

Best: 
Royals - Didn't go fwd so no-one.  Kept on getting to CHF and then rebounded back into Kings fwd line.
Kings - Richo (kicked four that qtr), P Bowden had some runs thru midfield, Rodan was good in middle, Hartigan across half-back
Overall everyone on Kings was good that qtr.

Injuries:  Nil

Royals were in control for first three qtrs, but last qtr Kings overtook with Bowden a lot of rebounds, Kellaway good.  McGuane did a run down the field, side stepped Sugar at half fwd and passed to Jacko in goal square 

Tambling and gas were on bench that qtr - no ice or apparent injury. 

Wallace was not sighted.  Flea was there.  Browny and Tivs were runners.  Chaffey a spectator from bench.

Well done MT 

[letsgetiton!]

thanx guys,! well done

[Fishfinger]

Thanks for the updates.  Much appreciated.

Was MT sending you morse code or waving flags Moi? Whatever the system, it worked a treat. 

[Moi]

Thanks for the updates.  Much appreciated.

Was MT sending you morse code or waving flags Moi? Whatever the system, it worked a treat. 

No, just one dodgy phone with an old woman on one end going "hey sonny, what did you say", "what was that", with a frustrated MT on the other end pulling his hair out lol.  My hearing ain't the best 

[Moi]

And just for the record, he rang me 

[F0551L]

Hot off the press from the AFL website
 sounds  good but still can get better


Tigers unveil new-look attack
7:36:16 PM Wed 8 February, 2006
Paul Gough in Learmonth
Exclusive to afl.com.au
Richmond unveiled a raft of new attacking options in their first intra-club match of 2006 on Wednesday as Tigers coach Terry Wallace looks to find more avenues to goal this season.

And while the man who has carried the Tigers attack for much of the past decade - Matthew Richardson - was the star of the show with six goals in his first appearance for the season, there were signs that Richmond's attack will have far more options this year.

With Nathan Brown sitting out the match, instead acting as a runner as he continues his comeback from a broken leg, it gave Wallace a chance to experiment - with youngsters Cleve Hughes, Daniel Jackson and Dean Limbach all prominent in attack.

Hughes, the All-Australian under 18 centre-half-forward last year, was the Tigers' second round draft pick last November and the South Australian showed plenty of potential in his first hit-out.

 
While the Tigers' top pick in Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls did not play due to groin soreness, Hughes wasted little time making an impact in booting two goals, one of them from a strong pack mark in the opening quarter.

Limbach, who spent all of his first year in the VFL last year, also booted two while Jackson, who has played nearly all of his 16 games in defence, booted three after being switched into attack at half-time.

Wallace was pleased with all three youngsters, particularly with newcomer Hughes.

"Cleve is a natural forward but he is just learning the game so the main thing you look for at the moment with him is cameos."

"You look for him to do two or three things nicely, knowing if he can do that now then in 12 months time he will be able to do seven or eight of those things and in two years time he will be able to 10 or 11 of those sort of things."

Wallace said he also liked the look of Jackson, who debuted for the Tigers while still at school, as a forward.

"We wanted to have a look at him as a forward and see how he handled himself and I thought he went all right," Wallace said of Jackson.

But it was Richardson who was by far the most dominant player on the ground with his four last quarter goals deciding the outcome after little separated the two teams in the first three terms.

Richardson, who turns 31 just before the start of the home and away season, was opposed to Joel Bowden, Darren Gaspar and Jay Schulz throughout the match but was too big and strong for Schulz in the final term.

Wallace said Richardson's first-up display was even more pleasing considering his pre-season had been a lot quieter this year.

"I think he probably ran himself into the ground trying to prove a point last year with a new coach around and that had a little bit to do with the knee soreness he got later in the season," Wallace said of the Tigers' most important player.

"So we have actually tried to hold him back and have him fresher this year than last year but, as you age, sometimes that freshness in your game helps you a bit."

Other players to impress on Wednesday were Shane Tuck, who dominated in midfield, while David Rodan also played well in his first outing from the knee surgery which kept him out for all of last season.

Last year's NAB Rising Star winner Brett Deledio enjoyed a solid first half as did Nathan "Axel" Foley while Troy Simmonds kicked three goals and Luke McGuane, another youngster yet to make his debut, was also impressive.

Wallace said only Brown and Mark Chaffey, who is still recovering from ostetis pubis, would be the only players who would not take part in the club's next intra-club match after the other players to miss on Wednesday - Oakley-Nicholls, Travis Casserly, Greg Tivendale, Kel Moore, Mark Coughlan, Trent Knobel and Will Thursfield - were only rested due to minor ailments.

Ruckman Greg Stafford (knee) and on-baller Chris Hyde (corked thigh) were the only casualties from the game but Wallace said both were only taken from the field as a precaution as the Tigers sweated it out in hot and windy conditions at the picturesque Learmonth ground, just outside of Ballarat.

[Mopsy]

Great reporting fellows

Telstra can stick their monopoly on content down mexico way.

I'll stick with OER