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DRAW by KC from Casey The Casey Demons squandered a perfect opportunity to draw first blood with some wayward kicking for goal in their opening round of the Smithy’s VFL competition for 2025. They managed just two goals from eleven scoring shots, not all under pressure, in the opening term which was an indictment on the overall team effort and a recipe for disaster. As a consequence, North Melbourne was able to remain involved in an arm wrestle with Casey throughout the rest of their match and threatened to take all the premiership points on offer when they kicked four straight unanswered goals from time on in the third quarter until five minutes into the last. Fortunately for Casey, it was not done yet and the team courageously fought its way back into the game with goals to youngsters Chance Doultree and Noah Yze before Tyler Edwards levelled things up. North responded with a goal but Tom Fullarton kicked his second goal with a minute or so to go to give the home side a 1 point lead. The Kangaroos surged forward for a point and a late snap went out of bounds on the full. Siren. Draw. The Demons’ best player was Riley Baldi who was at the club a few years ago and went to play with Moe where he won the Gippsland League medal and was acknowledged at No 5 in a list of last year's best 50 country footballers. He has come back a much stronger player and was instrumental with 32 disposals, ten clearances and six tackles. Along with former St Kilda and Port Adelaide defender Riley Bonner (35 disposals, seven marks and four clearances) they have added a point of difference to the Casey that languished so badly last year. Tall forward Caleb Lewis who was seldom seen last year showed improvement up forward with two goals. It's been a long time since Casey had a winning ruck and the acquisition by Melbourne of Tom Campbell marked a substantial change for this game with his 28 hit outs to go with his 23 disposals (5 marks). He worked well with the club’s number six AFL Draft selection Harvey Langford who got better as the game went on and his impressive figures of 23 disposals and a goal (five clearances) including some strong work to set up attack should give him a look in at senior selection this week. Another who might come close to selection is Fullarton who was dangerous around goal and should have kicked more than his two for the day. Bailey Laurie played well given his limited time on the ground, presumably due to being on call for the main game. Playing a draw in your first game is a neither here nor there start to a season but Casey does have a lot of talent to come into the side, especially if the AFL injury list can be contained and also with the return of Mitch Hardie and Roy George who missed this week. Next week presents an early Saturday morning challenge when the Demons return to Casey Fields to take on the Gold Coast Suns who have been strong in recent years and should provide another test of the team’s improvement. CASEY DEMONS 2.9.21 3.11.29 6.13.49 10.16.76 NORTH MELBOURNE VFL 2.2.14 4.4.28 7.7.49 11.10.76 GOALS CASEY DEMONS Fullarton Lewis 2 Campbell Craven Doultree Edwards Langford Yze NORTH MELBOURNE VFL Duursma Maley 2 Butler Downie Ford Harvey Stevens Tarrant Teakle BEST CASEY DEMONS Baldi Fullarton Bonner Campbell Gregory Windsor NORTH MELBOURNE VFL Fisher Tomlinson Butler Macpherson Maley Whitlock STATISTICS
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Ah yes. Forgot about that one. Still could have put it in a stand alone spot.
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Fantastic scheduling by the AFL to put the 4 best teams head to head against each other.
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Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons?
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The Suns were favourites to win on their home turf but were never in the hunt. Ed Langdon and Jack Viney were magnificent while the young forwards were on target in the Queensland heat. MELBOURNE 3.2.20 8.5.53 11.5.71 18.9.117 GOLD COAST SUNS 3.2.20 7.5.47 8.6.54 9.9.63 GOALS MELBOURNE Turner 4 Petty van Rooyen 3 Melksham Viney 2 Fritsch Langdon McPhee Tholstrup GOLD COAST SUNS Flanders King Witts 2 Davies Holman Weller BEST MELBOURNE Viney Langdon Rivers Turner Howes Salem GOLD COAST SUNS Anderson Flanders Uwland Weller Witts THE TEAMS GOLD COAST SUNS B S. Lemmens, S. Collins, L. Weller HB B. Uwland, C. Ballard, W. Powell C N. Holman, N. Anderson, S. Clohesy HF J. Rogers, J. Walter, B. Humphrey F M. Rowell, M. Andrew, B. King FOLL J. Witts, S. Flanders, T. Miller I/C C. Budarick A. Davies, W. Graham, B. Long, D. Swallow EMG D. MacPherson, N. Moyle, A. Sexton IN T. Miller OUT A. Sexton (omitted) MELBOURNE B J. Lever, A. Tomlinson, J. McVee HB M. Hore, T. McDonald, C. Salem C E. Langdon, J. Viney, A. Neal-Bullen HF J. Billings, H. Petty, K. Chandler F K. Pickett, B. Fritsch, J. Van Rooyen FOLL M. Gawn, T. Sparrow, T. Rivers I/C J. Bowey, B. Howes J. Melksham, K. Tholstrup, D. Turner EMG K. Brown, M. Jefferson, T. Woewodin IN J. Bowey OUT C. Oliver (hand, knee, ribs)
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At three quarter time, the scene was set for an absorbing finish to the game despite the fact that North Melbourne held a three goal lead. Weeks earlier, the Demons, without several of their stars, overran them in the heat of a final term in a warm up game (yes, we know) by cutting the Kangaroo defence to ribbons. At the time, someone commented that their Coach Alastair Clarkson appeared unconcerned at what unfolded that day. Perhaps, he had his eye on a bigger picture? The next time, it would be different. It was North that came out full of energy and in the end, totally decimated its opponent. The Kangas won every centre square contest in the opening minutes of the final quarter and cut through the middle of the ground with such intensity and pressure that the forced the much vaunted Demon defence into a litany of errors resulting in six consecutive goals to completely ice the game and make a mockery of Melbourne’s of his ability to go bang, bang, bang into goal and turn a game on its head. That’s now a thing of the past. Tristan Xerri, who had lowered his colours weeks earlier at Arden Street to Demon second string ruckman Tom Campbell, soared in this period to give Max Gawn a rare thumping in the ruck. His midfield compounded - they couldn’t take a trick. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. But when referring to Melbourne’s shattering 59 point loss to North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, please do not fall into the trap of thinking that the Demons lost the game in that withering burst at the end. It was lost when they failed to take full advantage of the times when they had the ascendancy in each of the second and third quarters when Gawn did have control, when Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca briefly reigned supreme and Kade Chandler was playing the game of his life. In particular, there was the time in the third term when Melbourne was on top in the middle but repeatedly tried to disprove the old adage, often attributed to Albert Einstein, about the definition of insanity by doing the same thing over and over again when going into attack and expecting a different result. Charlie Comben says thank you very much for delivering the ball to him on a platter time and time again. It was this strategy of bombing long into a flat footed forward line, bereft of the imagination to find a different way home, that resulted in the final quarter fiasco. Bang. MELBOURNE 4.5.29 6.9.45 8.10.58 9.12.66 NORTH MELBOURNE 3.5.23 8.9.57 11.10.76 19.11.125 GOALS MELBOURNE Chandler 3 Fritsch Henderson Oliver Petracca Turner Van Rooyen NORTH MELBOURNE Zurhaar 4 Curtis Larkey 3 Darling 2 Konstanty McKercher Parker Powell Scott Simpkin Xerri BEST MELBOURNE Oliver Chandler Petracca Gawn Lindsay Viney NORTH MELBOURNE Xerri Powell Zurhaar Curtis Daniel Comben INJURIES MELBOURNE Matthew Jefferson (hand) NORTH MELBOURNE Nil REPORTS MELBOURNE Nil NORTH MELBOURNE Nil SUBSTITUTIONS MELBOURNE Taj Woewodin (replaced Matthew Jefferson in the second quarter) NORTH MELBOURNE Dylan Stephens (replaced Will Phillips in the fourth quarter) UMPIRES Andrew Stephens Nicholas Brown Andrew Adair Martin Rodger CROWD 28,768 at Marvel Stadium
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