North Ballarat v Casey Scorpions

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Peter Jackson VFL

North Ballarat v Casey Scorpions

Saturday, June 20

Eureka Stadium at 1pm

North Ballarat

B: Warren Tippett Kiel

HB: Mullett Staley Boseley

C: McKenzie Sewell Scott

HF: Lanyon Anderson Keeble

F: George Black A Hooper

FOLL: Marshall* Rippon Bastinac

I/C (from) Bacon Bowen Blake Lockyer Powell Schache Semmens Tsitas Youl

Casey Scorpions

B: Panozza Fitzpatrick Hutchins

HB: White O McDonald M Jones

C: Michie Riley Bail

HF: Byrnes Smith Terlich

F: Kennedy-Harris Spencer King

FOLL: Jamar Gent Neal-Bullen

I/C (from): Fritsch Hannon* Harmes McKenzie Morris Muir Munro Newton Page Paredes Pattison Petropoulos Scott

* 23rd player

AFL Victoria Development League

Coburg v ​Casey Scorpions

Saturday, June 20

Piranha Park at 11am

Coburg

B: Boyd Fairbairn Fox

HB: Posar Linton Robertella

C: Miles Williams Sturgess

HF: Cooper Hill Orr

F: Symes Robinson Christensen

FOLL: Kovacevic Totino Mance

I/C (from) Bailey Corigliano Easton Evans Gleeson Hemala Hobijn-Allen Holdsworth Madden Ogden Sortino Tang Yelland

Casey Scorpions

B: Stanlake Keilty T Wilson

HB: J McDonald Thwaites Rutherford

C: Muir Petropoulos Fritsch

HF: Rosier Fisscher Lang

F: Wyatt Rennie Waters

FOLL: Gains Scott Paredes

I/C (from): Anderson Corrigan Droessler Gawley Hillard C Johnson D Johnson O'Brien Mason Plummer Walmsley Welsh K Wilson

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Expecting Neal-Bullen, Michie, Riley, Bail to come out of that Casey team, and probably Spencer also as the carry over player.

Expecting big games from Kennedy-Harris, Harmes & King this week!

[dazzledavey36 54,897]

Quite bizarre that Casey development play Coburg two weeks in a row..!

The VFL fixture is all over the shop every year but.

[Akum 2,660]

So the Dees have selected just Gawn as ruck (possibly with Spencer on the bench), while Scorps have named Spencer, Jamar, Fitz & King in the same team!

Go figure.

[Tough Kent 2,137]

After all this time of having a 7 man bench named for MFC Sunday games and then having all 7 bench players named at Casey, and people still haven't worked it out????

[Whispering_Jack 30,061]

After all this time of having a 7 man bench named for MFC Sunday games and then having all 7 bench players named at Casey, and people still haven't worked it out????

Correct - it happens on most weeks when a 7 man bench is announced.

When Casey is playing at least a day after Melbourne it's a little different and of course they don't have to hold players over for the AFL games. That's not happening very often this year so the Scorpions can be at a slight disadvantage in their games.

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Have the Scorps played a game this year the day after Melbourne yet?

Seems one player is missing out on playing every week!

[watchtheeyes 1,420]

Quite bizarre that Casey development play Coburg two weeks in a row..!

The VFL fixture is all over the shop every year but.

But what?

[Seraph 1,824]

I might head over there tomorrow as it's only 10 minutes away from me, although it depends what the weather is like.

Eureka Stadium is freezing at the best of times, and the forecast for tomorrow isn't good.

[monoccular 17,427]

Have the Scorps played a game this year the day after Melbourne yet?

Seems one player is missing out on playing every week!

Not great for development, is it.

But frankly having the VFL as the 'feeder' competition when they have an uneven number of teams, therefore byes, just sucks too. There are times when returning and fringe players may not get a game in two weeks.

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Both Casey Scorpions teams head north today but they're going to different venues a fair distance apart.

The ones travel to North Ballarat which is seemingly one of the coldest parts of the world to visit at this time of year and I certainly don't regret that I can't make it there today due to a commitment on this side of town. Relying on reports from others during the afternoon which I will relay whenever possible and I have a contact who has promised to provide material for a report on the game.

The game should be a test for the club's recruiting programme since Justin Plapp's appointment because the MFC's ever- expanding injury list will leave the Scorps with no more than 10 Demons including 3 rookies compared with earlier in the year when about 15 played in the senior team and there were a couple in the development league team.

The game against lowly North Ballarat (who are partially aligned with North Melbourne) would normally be eminently winnable and today, we need the Casey boys to step up to the plate and support the likes of the Russian and last week's goal kicking star Max King.

Eureka Stadium has always been a difficult assignment, particularly so during the Roosters' recent golden era. Thankfully, they don't have a development league team because there have been times when the temperature was around freezing point at the start of their games.

By a strange quirk of the fixture the development boys kick off shortly at Piranha Park or Coburg City Oval against the team that beat them last week at Casey. The Scorps got off to a slow start (their first goal came after half time) and this week they don't have any MFC players to help them out. JKH who played last week on return from injury is going to Ballarat while the unlucky Jayden Hunt is injured again after playing his best game since embarking on his comeback. The game kicks off in ½ hour's time.

[Whispering_Jack 30,061]

The Roosters also have their share of injury problems - Roosters skipper out for vital Casey clash.

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Casey's development team got first blood with an early goal but the Lions are on top having scored the next three and lead 3.2.20 to 1.0.6 halfway through the first term.

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Quarter Time: Coburg 3.4.22 to Casey Scorpions 1.1.7

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Scorps dominating the quarter and lead by 4 points 26 - 22.

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Half Time: Casey Scorpions 7.3.45 to Coburg Lions 4.4.28.

Quite a turnaround from last week!!!

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Three quarter time: Coburg 9.7.61 to Casey Scorpions 8.5.53

[KC from Casey 7,064]

I don't want to confuse anyone but JKH just kicked Casey's first at North Ballarat.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

I don't want to confuse anyone but JKH just kicked Casey's first at North Ballarat.

If he can play well and stay fit JKH would certainly be a handy addition to the side after the bye.

[M C 221]

If he can play well and stay fit JKH would certainly be a handy addition to the side after the bye.

Just got his 2nd

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Second goal to JKH.

[KC from Casey 7,064]

Quarter Time: Casey 2.5.17 trail North Ballarat 3.0.18

[Deeman 1,497]

Quarter Time: Casey 2.5.17 trail North Ballarat 3.0.18

Been a long quarter.

[_becks_ 35]

Dont know why it hasnt been posted...but casey went down by 20 points.

casey 6.12.48

north ballarat11.2.68

[bing181 9,226]

Decent loss ... Melbourne aren't the only ones bearing the consequence of all our injuries/outs.