Coburg this weekend

[Mr Magic]

Look forward to the reports on Harts and particularly Browny thanks MT.

[mightytiges]

Look forward to the reports on Harts and particularly Browny thanks MT.

I can't make it tomorrow. Is anyone else going?

[one-eyed]

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

[Moi]

SEN have just said Browny has got a goal already.
I'll listen in and see if they give any more reports

[one-eyed]

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.

[Fishfinger]

Wore no.82. 
Only played first half, a lot of that on the bench.

[Moi]

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 

[jezza]

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

[one-eyed]

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

[mightytiges]

Thanks Moi and Jezza 

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  .

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

[one-eyed]

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

[one-eyed]

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

[one-eyed]

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.

[one-eyed]

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.

[one-eyed]

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  .