KC from Casey

The player's name is Pierce Liddle and he's now on the Bendigo Bombers' list which IMO was a bad career move. Don't know about the scholarship. I'll ask WJ.

CASEY SCORPIONS v COLLINGWOOD Sunday 18th April Casey Fields at 2:00 PM CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Stockdale Mohr Macdonald Half backs Cheney Miller Panozza Centreline Watts Scully Wall Half forwards Gysberts Newton Nicholls Forwards Bennell P Johnson Martin Followers Spencer MacReadie McKenzie Interchange (from) M Dowse Jetta Healey Hughes McGough McNamara Maric Plummer Purdy Strauss Taylor Tynan * COLLINGWOOD Backs Reed N Brown Rounds Half backs Buckley Reid Goldsack Centreline Blight O'Bree Barham Half forwards Hunter Dawes Corrie Forwards Blair Rusling Anthony Followers Wood Cook McCarthy Interchange (from) Carter Colbert Frost Liston * McNamara Rinaldi Sundberg Young Reserves CASEY SCORPIONS v WILLIAMSTOWN Sunday 18th April Casey Fields at 11:00 AM CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Riseley Burke Leeds Half backs Fieldsend Patti M Johnson Centreline Clay Creed Weekes Half forwards Hillberge Waite B Jones Forwards Smith Purdy L McDonald Followers Fitzpatrick Petropoulos Plummer Interchange (from) Caneva Cleven Costigan N Dowse Lillie Lees Woodhead Wylie WILLIAMSTOWN Backs Grossman Tanner Muir Half backs Tutt Prato Sing Centreline Cartelli Mugavin McHarg Half forwards Daniels Panos Fogarty Forwards Purton-Smith Dimartino Marangon Followers Florance Cravino Hooper Interchange (from) Fenton Hevern Lawson Lee McCallum Rampe Tiller Wilson Young

An interesting write up in the local Cranbourne press: Inaccurate Scorpions rein in Cats

Inaccurate Scorpions rein in Cats Great news indeed. First step to get out of hospital. Next rehab and let's hope we see him back in action soon!

Thanks for your impressions Don. Well put and much appreciated. The Casey Reserves ventured out to windswept TEAC Oval and lost a strongly contested game. Casey Scorpions 5.4.34 6.6.42 9.8.62 11.13.79 Port Melbourne 0.1.1 4.7.31 7.8.50 16.14.110 Goals Casey Scorpions Waite 3 Creed Smith 2 Clay Costigan Hillberge McDonald Port Melbourne Debruin Sengstock 3 Casey-Leigh Keddell 2 Keely Muling Schultz Thornton Wall Woods

Firstly, a great first up win for coach Brad Gotch. The Scorps are slow starters and they nearly kicked themselves out of the game in the first half. After half time however, they were the dominant side albeit forced to play catch up football and, in the end, they caught up in the nick of time. Stef Martin was the team's tall forward playing deep and he could easily have kicked six but for the fact that he was off target early. His goal just before half time when he baulked an opponent and kicked accurately at last was a gem. I'm still not sure if attack is the place for him - he comes from a basketball background and I'm sure he still has a lot to learn. He may be forced to become a forward because of the lack of places in the team available for him. Tom McNamara was solid in defence and was close to Casey's best against a quality opponent. He will also suffer from lack of opportunity as Colin Garland and Jared Rivers are both well ahead of him at this stage. Miller played at CHF and just went. Maric started slowly but was better after half time and kicked a crucial goal. Jack Watts was in Casey's best playing half forward and wing. He picked up around 20 disposals and was both creative and effective. He is growing and bulking up and should be back in AFL ranks within the next couple of weeks if a place opens up for him.

... and win by 8 points! Casey Scorpions 0.5.5 2.10.22 6.11.47 9.18.72 Geelong 2.5.17 6.6.42 8.8.56 9.10.64 Goals Casey Scorpions Martin 3 M Dowse MacReadie McGough Maric Spencer Taylor Geelong Johnson 3 Firman Hogan Raidme Smith A Varcoe West Best Casey Scorpions McNamara Stockdale Cheney Nicholls Watts MacReadie Geelong West Hogan Laidler Gillies Cuthill Christensen

Casey hit the front by a goal.

Nine points in it at three quarter time - Casey 6.11.47 to Geelong 8.8.56. Martin 3 goals. To clarify the situation, Garland is the only one of tomorrow's named emergencies not playing. Kyle Cheney and Jake Spencer are both playing tonight so, if there is to be a change in the Melbourne team tomorrow, it will be Garland coming into the side.

Scorps kick first 2 goals but Cats reply. 15 points lead to Geelong.

Goal to Cats on the siren. Half time: Casey Scorpions 2.10.22 to Geelong 6.6.42 Goals: Martin, Spencer

Finally another goal to Stefan Martin on the run.

Casey 1.10.16 to Geelong 5.6.36 Kicking for goal is reminiscent of Collingwood last night.

Big Jake kicks the Scorps first goal for the year from a free kick at 14 minute mark of the 2 nd quarter. Casey 1.5.11 to Geelong 4.6.30

Quarter Time: Cats 2.5.17 Scorpions 0.5.5 Scorpions struggling to kick goals in a low scoring game. Cats getting numbers to the ball and in control. Watts is playing and doing OK. Difficult to answer all queries as iphone keeps disconnecting. Colin Garland is not in the side and therefore the logical first emergency for tomorrow's game at the G.

Cats get the jump. Geelong 2.3.15 to Casey 0.4.4 Martin has kicked 2 behinds for the Scorpions.

Tonight's Casey team: 5 Michael Stockdale 6 Daniel Nicholls 11 James Wall 12 Matthew Fieldsend 13 James Taylor 14 Evan Panozza 15 Tim Mohr 17 Rian McGough 19 Mitchell Dowse 20 Ben Macreadie 24 Cameron Purdy 27 Ricky Plummer 46 James Strauss 48 Kyle Cheney 55 Addam Maric 59 Jake Spencer 60 Jack Watts 65 Stefan Martin 68 Jordan Gysberts 71 Rhys Healey 75 Paul Johnson 78 Tom Mcnamara 81 Brad Miller

Thanks to some of my spies from down at Geelong, the Cats' side has now been updated. It doesn't look anywhere near as formidable as the original published side which had 17/18 AFL listed players.

A big welcome to up to half a dozen possible "newcomers" to the Casey Scorpions line up. Five VFL listed players could be making their debuts tomorrow night plus another who had one game last year as a TAC Cup "guest" under the 23rd player rule: * Cam Purdy 20.06.1989 191cm 90kg (East Ringwood) - comes to the club with a very good reputation in the eastern suburban competition as a versatile key position player. * Mitch Dowse 24.09.1991 176cm 77kg (Heyfield) - slippery customer from Gippsland Power who had one game for Casey last year as a 23rd player. * Matt Fieldsend 14.12.1985 178cm 79kg (De La Salle) - shared the honours last year for VAFA A Section best and fairest (with a De La Salle teammate!). * McDonald Luke 29.04.1990 195cm 92kg (Eastern Ranges) - key position forward from Eastern Ranges who led the 2009 TAC Cup goalkicking. * Danny Nicholls 02.03.1987 177cm 80kg (Rowville) - former Collingwood listed player who has impressed as a busy small over the pre season. * Plummer Ricky 11.06.1991 175cm 73kg (Peninsula Grammar/Mount Eliza) - clever small man could force his way into the team for round 1.

Casey Scorpions vs. Geelong Saturday 10th April Casey Fields at 7:00 PM CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Garland Panozza Stockdale Half backs Cheney Wall Nicholls Centreline Gysberts N Jones McGough Half forwards Purdy Miller Watts Forwards Mohr Spencer Martin Followers P Johnson MacReadie McKenzie Interchange (from) Bate Creed M Dowse* Fieldsend Healey L McDonald McNamara Maric Newton Plummer Strauss Taylor GEELONG Backs Menzel Gillies Laidler Half backs Firman Johnson Drum Centreline Simpkin Raidme Hogan Half forwards Weston Vardy A Varcoe Forwards Weadon Rooke Smith Followers West O'Keefe Christensen Interchange Bright * Cuthill Jackson Jull Rock * 23rd player Reserves Port Melbourne vs. Casey Scorpions Sunday, Apr 11th TEAC Oval at 12 NOON PORT MELBOURNE Backs Thornton Casey-Leigh Henderson Half backs Deledio Keely Keddell Centreline Wall Schultz Neville Half forwards Debruin Purcell Lynch Forwards Sengstock Galea Johnston Followers McLaren Burge Free Interchange (from) Kyriakides Lello Martin Muling Smith Woods CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Burke Leeds Taylor Half backs Weekes Patti Riseley Centreline Healey Creed Blease Half forwards Tynan Hillberge Clay Forwards Smith Waite L McDonald Followers Lillie Petropoulos Plummer Interchange (from) Bedggood Caneva Charalambous Cleven Costigan N Dowse Egan B Jones Woodhead Wylie

A further update from the Casey Scorpions' website - http://www.scorpions.com.au/

The Casey Scorpions 2010 is now out: NO. SURNAME FIRSTNAME DOB HT WT PREVIOUS CLUB 1 Matthews Kyle 17/12/1985 178 74 Ringwood 2 Simpson Scott 19/10/1989 196 96 Geelong (AFL) 3 Creed Ryan 08/05/1988 177 77 Monbulk/Eastern Ranges 4 Waite Ben 30/06/1984 190 100 Old Haileybury 5 Stockdale Michael 29/08/1990 178 75 Gippsland Power 6 Nicholls Danny 02/03/1987 177 80 Collingwood (VFL)/Rowville 7 Sykes Brad 21/09/1990 179 75 Bonbeach 8 Campbell Andrew 09/05/1989 189 92 Emerald 9 Moore Matthew 26/11/1986 194 93 De La Salle 10 Chivers Glenn 09/04/1989 190 88 St. Kilda/Oakleigh Chargers 11 Wall James 05/01/1987 197 93 St. Kilda/Sydney/Calder Cannons 12 Fieldsend Matt 14/12/1985 178 79 De La Salle 13 Taylor James 20/12/1984 181 84 Spingvale (VFL)/Phillip Island 14 Panozza Evan 31/10/1987 190 85 Eastern Ranges 15 Mohr Tim 19/10/1988 195 98 Tasmania (VFL)/Tassie Mariners 16 Clay Chris 29/01/1988 181 81 Avondale Heights/Calder Cannons 17 McGough Rian 23/04/1988 179 80 Avondale Heights/Calder Cannons 18 Woodhead Dean 25/05/1990 193 87 Gippsland Power/Drouin Hawks 19 Dowse Mitch 24/09/1991 176 77 Gippsland Power/Heyfield 20 Macreadie Ben 05/01/1988 181 85 Rosedale 21 Burke Liam 18/11/1987 187 85 Upwey 22 Weekes Mark 23/05/1990 187 83 Williamstown (VFL) 23 Smith Tim 16/10/1990 175 74 Seaford 24 Purdy Cam 20/06/1989 191 90 East Ringwood 25 Lees Wade 25/04/1988 185 86 East Burwood/Sandringham Dragons 26 Patti Gus 19/07/1990 192 87 Dandenong Stingrays 27 Plummer Ricky 11/06/1991 175 73 Peninsula Grammar/Mount Eliza 28 Wylie Chris 29/04/1991 198 95 Gippsland Power/Poowong 29 Bell David 26/05/1987 183 90 Upwey 30 Leeds Toby 05/08/1990 198 94 Sale 31 McDonald Luke 29/04/1990 195 92 Eastern Ranges 32 Petropoulos William 27/05/1991 173 75 Dandenong Stingrays 33 Tynan Luke 08/10/1991 183 80 Gippsland Power/Garfield 34 Lillie Matt 30/04/1989 195 88 Old Haileybury 35 Dowse Nic 24/09/1991 174 72 Heyfield 36 Johnson Michael 11/12/1990 190 83 Mazenod Old Collegians 37 Costigan Jed 25/02/1990 180 82 Maffra/Gippsland Power 38 Riseley Michael 21/12/1988 190 80 Woori Yallock 39 Jones Braedon 09/03/1991 184 75 Balmain (NSW) 40 Caneva Ben 25/08/1990 193 90 Vermont 41 Hillberg Aaron 29/08/1989 190 88 Korumburra-Bena 42 Cleven Dean 31/03/1989 194 97 Monbulk 43 Charalambous Stephen 21/08/1989 177 70 Karingal 44 Bedggood Daniel 04/06/1991 185 72 Maffra 45 Egan Jack 24/08/1991 180 89 Mount Eliza 46 Strauss * James 14/06/1990 185 82 Oakleigh Chargers/Canterbury 47 Blease * Sam 19/02/1991 184 78 Eastern Ranges/Norwood (VMFL) 48 Cheney * Kyle 25/08/1989 186 87 North Ballarat Rebels/Warrack Eagles 49 Fitzpatrick * Jack 26/06/1991 200 89 Western Jets/Wyndhamvale 50 Dunn * Lynden 14/05/1987 192 95 Calder Cannons/Moonee Valley 51 Jurrah * Liam 22/09/1988 188 83 Collingwood (VFL)/Yuenduma Magpies (NT) 52 Jamar * Mark 9/08/1983 198 104 North Adelaide (SA) 53 Bennell * Jamie 7/06/1990 179 75 Swan Districts (WA) 54 Jetta * Neville 12/02/1990 180 78 Swan Districts (WA) 55 Maric * Addam 18/04/1990 176 77 Calder Cannons/Greenvale 56 Bell * Daniel 13/04/1985 186 91 Glenelg (SA) 57 Scully * Tom 15/05/1991 182 77 Dandenong Stingrays/Narre Warren 58 Hughes # Danny 10/12/1986 186 84 Sandringham (VFL) 59 Spencer # Jake 9/10/1989 203 100 Redlands (Qld) 60 Watts * Jack 26/03/1991 196 88 Sandringham Dragons/East Sandringham 61 Meesen # John 20/06/1986 200 100 Adelaide/Geelong Falcons/Modewarre 62 Bartram * Clint 16/02/1988 181 82 Geelong Falcons/Ocean Grove 63 Petterd * Ricky 24/07/1988 185 85 Broadbeach (Qld) 64 Trengove * Jack 02/09/1991 185 85 Sturt (SA) 65 Martin * Stefan 17/11/1986 198 100 Sandringham (VFL)/Old Haileybury 66 McKenzie # Jordie 21/06/1990 186 79 Geelong Falcons/Terang-Mortlake 67 Tapscott * Luke 28/06/1991 180 87 North Adelaide (SA) 68 Gysberts * Jordan 11/06/1991 190 84 Eastern Ranges/Yarra Valley Grammar 69 Bail * Rohan 26/06/1988 183 81 Mt Gravatt (Qld) 70 Newton # Michael 27/04/1987 193 91 Murray Bushrangers/Whorouly 71 Healey # Rhys 13/04/1990 186 84 Bendigo Pioneers/Eaglehawk 72 Frawley * James 20/09/1988 193 91 North Ballarat Rebels/East Point 73 Wonaeamirri * Austin 2/10/1988 176 76 Norwood (SA)/St Marys (NT) 74 Macdonald * Joel 10/10/1984 188 88 Brisbane/Mt Gravatt (Qld) 75 Johnson * Paul 26/06/1984 199 103 West Coast/Dandenong Stingrays 76 Garland * Colin 28/04/1988 191 87 Tasmania (VFL)/Tassie Mariners 77 Gawn * Max 30/12/1991 208 104 Sandringham Dragons/Ormond 78 McNamara * Tom 29/04/1990 190 89 South Adelaide (SA) 79 Sylvia * Colin 8/11/1985 186 85 Bendigo Pioneers/Merbein 80 Grimes * Jack 11/05/1989 187 85 Northern Knights/Hurstbridge 81 Miller * Brad 6/07/1983 194 94 Mt Gravatt (Qld) Bate * Matthew 24/05/1987 192 91 Eastern Ranges/Croydon Bruce * Cameron 30/09/1979 190 85 MHSOB Davey * Aaron 10/06/1983 177 74 Port Melbourne (VFL)/Palmerston (NT) Green * Brad 13/03/1981 184 83 Tassie Mariners/Northern Bombers Jones * Nathan 20/01/1988 180 82 Dandenong Stingrays/Mt Eliza McDonald * James 5/10/1976 180 75 Old Xaverians/North Ballarat Rebels Moloney * Brent 28/01/1984 182 86 Geelong/Geelong Falcons Morton * Cale 18/01/1990 192 85 Claremont (WA) Rivers * Jared 18/10/1984 192 92 North Adelaide (SA) Warnock * Matthew 3/04/1984 194 95 Sandringham (VFL) * Melbourne listed player # Melbourne rookie listed player

This is from this week's edition of Inside Football CASEY SCORPIONS Coach: Bradley Gotch (first year, replaces Peter German) Last year: 10-8, beaten in elimination final. In: Scott Simpson (Geelong), Danny Nicholls, Luke McDonald (Eastern Ranges), Matt Lillie (Old Haileybury), Matt Fieldsend (De La Salle), Mitch Dowse (Gippsland Power), Will Petropoulos (Dandenong Stingrays) Out: Peter Faulks, Alex Silvagni, James Blaser, Gareth Snow, Nick Scanlon The skinny: The bashing of their inspirational captain and wingman Kyle Matthews two weeks ago unsettled the Scorpions after a splendid pre-season. His head injuries (fractured skull, swelling of the brain) will require constant observation and will presumably keep him out of football for some time. But forget about Matthews the player; Casey is more concerned about Matthews the young man. If there's a coach who can exert calm and a sense of perspective in such a situation, its Bradley Gotch. The little fellow is back at the club he coached to a premiership (in its Springvale guise) after the surprise walk-out of 2009 VFL coach of the year Peter German. His departure created uncertainty for a few weeks, but Gotch and outgoing football manager Craig Lees managed to hold the bulk of the squad together. The loss of Silvagni and Faulks leaves a hole in the backline, although Tim Mohr and Glenn Chivers did enough in the pre-season to suggest they could fill it. Simpson ought be a game-turning key forward once he's fit, Nicholls adds dash to the midfield and Ben MacReadie and Michael Stockdale, so busy last season, should be better in their second years. A greater Melbourne influence would help, but the Demons seem to specialise in serious injuries. Despite the doubt on Matthews, the Scorpions have enough good players to figure in the finals.

While I can't give you the score I can say that Casey won by a few goals. The game was a reasonable hit out for the Casey players with the mood among them a bit sombre because of the viscious attack on their skipper earlier in the week. The Scorpions face a tough game first up next Saturday night under lights v Geelong. They had a slow start last year and will be keen to win for their skipper.

The Casey Scorpions have issued the following updated statement on their website: http://www.scorpions.com.au/