TEN by KC from Casey

[Demonland 73,106]

The slippery surface of the MCG was a minor detail for the Casey Demons as they waltzed away from the Sydney Swans to record their tenth win on end in their Saturday afternoon curtain raiser.

The Demons conceded the first goal of the game before recording the next three (two to Sam Weideman) to hold a 16 point lead at the first break before the Swans pegged that back to a mere three points at half time. Casey dominated the third term with four goals to nil and thereafter the Swans’ resistance dropped off with the Demons home in a canter to win by 39-points.

Weideman is proving enigmatic. In between his six goals a few weeks ago against North Melbourne VFL and yesterday’s three-goal and 10-mark performance, he failed to have any impact at AFL level against Fremantle and yet Ben Brown’s poor form and the doubt on Tom McDonald’s ankle mandates that he be given another chance at the higher level. That would also be a consideration for Jacob Van Rooyen but he failed to trouble the scorers on his return from illness. Yet he used his body well and provided Majak Daw with a chop out in ruck duels. And of course, who ever heard of selecting a blond rookie key forward to play Collingwood on Queens Birthday?

One player who would be a certainty to play against the Magpies is Trent Rivers (25 disposals, six marks) who was strong in defence all day. Both Oskar Baker and Luke Dunstan picked up 24 touches. Kade Chandler, Jake Melksham and Michael Hibberd were handy. Daniel Turner underlined his improvement - he is marking strongly and learning to ply the backman’s trade.

Of the Casey listed players George Grey showed some touches of brilliance and kicked three goals. Jimmy Munro (23 disposals, 10 clearances) and defender Corey Ellison also continued his recent strong form of late.

 CASEY DEMONS 3.4.22 4.8.32 8.10.58 12.11.83

SYDNEY SWANS 1.0.6 4.5.29 4.8.32 6.8.44

Goals

Casey Demons Grey Weideman 3 Buntine Chandler Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Steele White

Sydney Swans Bell Collis Maguire McLean Roberts Warner

Best

Casey Demons Rivers Weideman Dunstan Ellison Grey Hibberd Turner Smith Munro

Sydney Swans Clarke Taylor Sinclair Gould Bell McLean

Statistics

Oskar Baker 1 behind 13 kicks 11 handballs 24 disposals 8 marks 1 tackle 88 dream team points
Matt Buntine 1 goal 7 kicks 3 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 43 dream team points
Jack Bell 1 behind 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 3 hit outs 36 dream team points
Kade Chandler 1 goal 10 kicks 8 handballs 18 disposals 8 marks 3 tackles 85 dream team points
Majak Daw 4 kicks 3 handballs 7 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 34 hit outs 63 dream team points
Luke Dunstan 12 kicks 12 handballs 28 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 73 dream team points
Corey Ellison 10 kicks 5 handballs 15 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 59 dream team points
George Grey 3 goals 9 kicks 5 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 66 dream team points
Michael Hibberd 13 kicks 4 handballs 17 disposals 8 marks 69 dream team points
Ryan Koo 3 kicks 4 handballs 7 disposals 1 tackles 21 dream team points
Bailey Laurie 1 goal 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 6 tackles 70 dream team points
Judd McVee 9 kicks 5 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 59 dream team points
Jake Melksham 2 behinds 10 kicks 5 handballs 15 disposals 7 marks 64 dream team points
Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 goal 1 behinds 8 kicks 2 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 55 dream team points
James Munro 10 kicks 13 handballs 23 disposals 2 marks 5 tackles 73 dream team points
Trent Rivers 18 kicks 7 handballs 25 disposals 6 marks 2 handballs 94 dream team points                           
Deakyn Smith 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 35 dream team points
Roan Steele 1 goal 6  kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 43 dream team points
Daniel Turner 11 kicks 2 handballs 13 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 35 dream team points
Jacob Van Rooyen 2 kicks 3 handballs 5 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 4 hit outs 32 dream team points
Mitch White 1 goal 2 behinds 15 kicks 4 handballs 19 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 93 dream team points
Sam Weideman 3 goals 1 behind 11 kicks 1 handball 12 disposals 10 marks 2 tackles 1 hit out 90 dream team points
Taj Woewodin 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 4 marks 3 tackles 37 dream team points