Coburg vs Geelong Qualifying Final (ABC tv game)

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SUNDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER, 2007

SENIORS: 2nd QUALIFYING FINAL – TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne

Geelong v Coburg Tigers - 1.10pm

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ADMISSION OF PATRONS

Gates will be opened at 10.30 am for the Geelong v Coburg Tigers game on Sunday 2nd September, 2007 at TEAC Oval.

BROADCASTS:

* ABC TV game

* Radio Live broadcast by 3XX on 1611 AM or via the INTERNET at www.doublex.com.au

ADMISSION PRICES

Adults: $ 15.00 per match
Concession/Pensioner: $ 10.00 per match
Children (under 15): Free thanks to TRUenergy

SCENARIOS

If Coburg wins they get next week off and move straight into a Preliminary Final at TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne.

If Coburg loses they play the winner of Casey Scorpions vs Port Melbourne in a Semi Final at TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne.

[tigersalive]

Nice.  We might get this game coz Tassie's season is shot. 


GO THE TIGES! 

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2nd Qualifying Final

Geelong vs. Coburg Tigers
Sunday 2nd September
TEAC Oval (ABC TV) at 1.10pm

Coburg Tigers

B:    Simpson   Riddle   Horne 
HB:  Carnell  Morgan  Casserly 
C:  Oakley-Nicholls  Krakouer  White 
HF: P. Bowden  N. Caruso  Connors 
F:  F. Caruso  Hughes  Schulz 
R:  Ronaldson  Neville  Shelton 
Int (from):  Mullins  Rayson  Silvester  Corr  Hill  Dagher  Robertson  Gazzo  Howat Trajkovski  Farrelly  Foster 

Geelong

B:  Callan  Lonergan  Bedford 
HB:  D. Johnson  Spencer  Rooke 
C:  Davenport  Byrne  Gamble 
HF:  Grima  Playfair  Gardiner 
F:  West  Hawkins  Hogan 
R:  King  Prismall  Firman 
Int (from):  Foss  R. Butler  Urie  Clarke  Barnes  Cheep  Thompson  Lovick  Forbes Couch  N. Butler  Hollmer 

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Geelong v Coburg Tigers
VFL Record preview
Collins injects belief into young charges.

When season 2007 kicked off, few thought the Coburg Tigers would be vying with Geelong for a preliminary final berth come the first week of the finals.

Given post-season exodus of experienced VFL players, Coburg was cast as also-rans.

However, that was certainly selling short the ability of Andy Collins to inject young talent into the team, mix it with a few VFL veterans and a sprinkling of AFL players from Richmond and come up with a successful combination.

Coburg could not have entered the finals on a more positive note – a 19-point win against premiership favourite Sandringham at the Trevor Barker Beach Oval. And with ruckman Travis Ronaldson providing the on-field leadership and direction, the Tigers will also be able to utilise some experienced Richmond players.

Coburg’s biggest problem is that it bumps into a Geelong team that has been dominant all season. The Cats dropped just four matches, and all were by 18 points or less.

Conversely, the club’s smallest winning margin was 13 points against the Bendigo Bombers in round 20. Its previous lowest winning margin was 28 points against Northern Bullants in round eight, with an ability to kick big scores extremely prevalent. The Cats kicked 12 scores of 15 or more majors, which matched the competition-high kicked by Sandringham.

And, Geelong has possibly the best big-game player in the competition – its captain James Byrne. As evidenced in the VFL representative match against Western Australia, Byrne is a magnifi cent leader and takes his game to new heights in crunch matches.

Geelong also has a vast array of AFL talent at its disposal, headlined by former AFL skipper Steven King, exciting youngster Tom Hawkins and seasoned campaigners in Charlie Gardiner, Shannon Byrnes and Henry Playfair.

Geelong plays an attacking brand of football, and its ability to apply scoreboard pressure makes it a most formidable team. Geelong inflicted a 37-point defeat on the Coburg Tigers in round 17, the clubs’ only meeting for the season.

[Fishfinger]

However, that was certainly selling short the ability of Andy Collins to inject young talent into the team, mix it with a few VFL veterans and a sprinkling of AFL players from Richmond and come up with a successful combination.

Could someone pls enlighten me as to who the "few VFL veterans" at Coburg are?  ???

I thought the oldest player on the list was about 23.

[WilliamPowell]

Could someone pls enlighten me as to who the "few VFL veterans" at Coburg are?  ???

I thought the oldest player on the list was about 23.

 

Good point FF - I would think they maybe talking about the likes of Ronaldson, Caruso N, Shelton and Nevilles that have played 3 seaosns of VFL. 3 seasons in the VFL these days is a lot

[mightytiges]

Coburg Tigers

B:    Simpson   Riddle   Horne 
HB:  Carnell  Morgan  Casserly 
C:  Oakley-Nicholls  Krakouer  White 
HF: P. Bowden  N. Caruso  Connors 
F:  F. Caruso  Hughes  Schulz 
R:  Ronaldson  Neville  Shelton 
Int (from):  Mullins  Rayson  Silvester  Corr  Hill  Dagher  Robertson  Gazzo  Howat Trajkovski  Farrelly  Foster 

Shows how many injuries we have. There's no restriction on the number of RFC players this week yet there's only 9. No Peterson even though he got 20 possies and 2 goals with the Coburg ressies last week.

[one-eyed]

Could someone pls enlighten me as to who the "few VFL veterans" at Coburg are?  ???

I thought the oldest player on the list was about 23.

 

Good point FF - I would think they maybe talking about the likes of Ronaldson, Caruso N, Shelton and Nevilles that have played 3 seaosns of VFL. 3 seasons in the VFL these days is a lot

From the VFL Record

The Coburg Tigers, with an accumulative 301 VFL games, have the least VFL experience. Captain Travis Ronaldson is the most seasoned VFL player, but Sandringham has eight players who have played more than his 70 games. The Zebras have a total of 988 VFL games’ experience, a whopping 505 more than their nearest rival, the Casey Scorpions.

COBURG TIGERS

PLAYER   |  2007 GAMES | CAREER GAMES
Travis Ronaldson  13   70
Paul Shelton         17   58
Alistair Neville       17   47
Jarrod Silvester    17   37
Nick Carnell         16   27
Nat Caruso          11   26
Fortunato Caruso 12   12
Andrew Horne      12   12
Michael Farrelly    11   11

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Coburg Tigers spring surprise
01 September 2007   Herald Sun
Geoff Poulter

THE Coburg Tigers, the big improvers this season, have drawn the short straw by having to face in-form Geelong in a qualifying final at Port Melbourne tomorrow.

The Tigers, eliminated in the first week of the 2006 finals, finished third on the ladder. The second-placed Cats have stood out in recent rounds to become flag favourite, with reigning premier Sandringham's growing injury list.

"We have exceeded expectations," said Coburg coach Andrew Collins, whose side earned the double chance.

"(In a pre-season poll) nine out of 12 tipsters picked us to finish in the bottom two.

"I don't think anyone had us in the eight.

"We understand that it is now a different part of the season and that other sides will get stronger.

"But we will get some young Richmond (AFL-affiliate) boys back. Jay Schulz is only young, Paddy Bowden will provide the experience."

But with the AFL program a week behind the VFL, Coburg will not have access to as many players as it would like from Richmond until next weekend.

"Even the following week with Richmond's injury list, we probably won't go through the finals with the 12 to 10 (maximum AFL/VFL player ratio) that we'd like," Collins said.

Collins praised the Cats, who have few injuries.

"One of the great compliments Geelong should have is that they have had the majority of their list," he said.

"That is great coaching management, physical education management. All credit to their whole program."

Coburg was buoyed by its upset win at Sandringham last round.

"They only had six players from AFL level and we had nine, so I think both squads really got stretched," he said.

Collins said they had built their club around a core of VFL-listed players, including Paul Shelton, Alister Neville, Travis Ronaldson, Jarrod Sylvester and Nat Caruso.

Geelong will provide stiff opposition with Tom Hawkins, Henry Playfair, Todd Grima and Charlie Gardiner in attack and Steven King in the ruck.

The Cats have a quality centreline of Jason Davenport, James Byrne and Ryan Gamble, with David Johnson, Tim Callan and Max Rooke in defence.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22342200%255E19895,00.html

[Tigermonk]

Now off to Teac Oval the lot of you and support the Coburg Tigers today

[Beren]

I'm going. I'm going...just got to pick up the kids...

[mightytiges]

Coburg just have to try to stay close into this strong breeze. Goal Carnell.

Coburg  1.1-7
Geelong 2.2-14

[Moi]

Is anyone having trouble getting Channel 2?

[mightytiges]

Nah I'm getting it okay Moi

Coburg one down already. Morgan looks like he's broken his leg  . Poor kid.

Krak goals. Only 1 point down into the breeze.

[Moi]

Not working through Foxtel 
Will try the other way!