KC from Casey

Thanks also from me to dazzledavey36. It would appear that the delayed updates applied only to the statistics for the Casey team. Until they get their act together we’ve decided not to rely on the stats the VFL/AFL put up immediately after games. The initial figures for some of the club’s better young guns were among the ones that understated their output for the game and it was unfair to them in particular that their day's output was misrepresented.

Andy Moniz-Wakefield has been terrific all year. He will definitely play some good footy in years to come.

Game over and it’s another big win for the ladder leaders CASEY DEMONS 7.6.48 12.12.84 20.15.135 21.17.143 GOLD COAST SUNS 2.2.14 4.5.29 8.9.57 9.13.67 Goals Casey Demons M Brown 6 J Van Rooyen 3 Chandler Melksham Steele 2 Baker Grey Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Munro Valentine Gold Coast Suns Oea Sexton 2 Corbett Day Faulkhead Hollands Nicholls Best Casey Demons M Brown Van Rooyen Chandler Melksham Bell Baldi Gold Coast Suns Atkins McPherson Constable Moyle Statistics Oskar Baker 1 goal 2 behinds 10 kicks 5 handballs 15 disposals 7 marks 1 tackle 73 dream team points Riley Baldi 1 behind 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 39 dream team points 
Jack Bell 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 18 hit outs 46 dream team points Mitch Brown 6 goals 6 behinds 17 kicks 3 handballs 20 disposals 9 marks 1 tackle 128 dream team points
 Matt Buntine 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 1 tackles 43 dream team points Kade Chandler 2 goals 1 behind 9 kicks 5 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 71 dream team points Luke Dunstan 7 kicks 9 handballs 16 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points 
Corey Ellison - no statistics 
 George Grey 1 goals 2 behinds 5 kicks 5 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 31 dream team points Jayden Hunt 9 kicks 8 handballs 17 disposals 5 marks 60 dream team points 
Bailey Laurie 1 goal 1 behind 7 kicks 6 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 56 dream team points
 Judd McVee 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 25 dream team points
 Jake Melksham 2 goals 1 behind 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 85 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 goal 7 kicks 1 handball 8 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 37 dream team points
 James Munro 1 goals 4 kicks 8 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 1 hit out 53 dream team points
 Trent Rivers 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 33 dream team points Fraser Rosman 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 3 marks 20 dream team points Deakyn Smith 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 4 marks 36 dream team points Roan Steele 2 goals 1 behind 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 57 dream team points Adam Tomlinson 17 kicks 1 handballs 18 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 65 dream team points
 Jacob Van Rooyen 3 goals 7 kicks 5 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 4 hit outs 68 dream team points Ryan Valentine 1 goals 2 kicks 4 handballs 6 disposals 1 tackle 1 hit out 23 dream team points
 Taj Woewodin 7 kicks 1 handballs 8 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 45 dream team points

Jake Melksham gets the first of the last.

3QT Casey 20.15.135 to Gold Coast 8.9.57 Goals Brown 6, van Rooyen 3, Chandler, Steele 2, Baker, Grey, Laurie, Melksham, Moniz-Wakefield, Munro, Valentine

Seven goals for the term. Mitch Brown has 6 for the game.

Casey are coasting - 11 goals up.

Goals to JVR and Laurie and the Demons are back to 9 goals up.

Suns kick the first two of the second half.

Half Time Casey Demons 12.12.84 lead Gold Coast Suns 4.5.29 “Brown leading all comers with his four goals and 14 disposals, while Hunt and Tomlinson (9 touches) are both on fire.”

Mitch Brown has straightened up this quarter - on 4 goals. Casey lead by 55 points.

Make that 2.6 Casey leads 70 - 27

Mitch Brown has kicked 1.6.

Half way through the second term CS 64 - GCS 20

Oskar Baker scores first of the second term.

Quarter Time: Casey 7.6.42 to GCS 2.2.14 Goals Van Rooyen, Chandler 2, Melksham, Moniz-Wakefield, Valentine Disposals Brown 7, Baldi, Hunt, Moniz-Wakefield, Woewodin 5

Ryan Valentine kicks his first goal for Casey.

AMW goals - Casey 29 - 1.

Good start with goals to Chandler and 2 to JVR. Captain Mitch White out with the flu.

The odd man out among the seven “ins” for Casey is 19 year old former Oakleigh Chargers tall Ryan Valentine. All of the other inclusions for this week are Melbourne listed players while 196cm tall Valentine has been brought in to basically cover for Josh Smith who was very impressive on debut recently but was injured in the game against Collingwood VFL a fortnight ago. Ironically, Valentine who is on the Old Scotch VAFA roster was previously on the Magpies’ VFL list. He is expected to lend a hand in the ruck and forward duties. He was at the Chargers in their 2019 premiership squad and remained in their squads through to last year therefore was a teammate of previous number 1 draft picks in Matt Rowell, Jamara Ugle-Hagan as well as other elite draft selections in Noah Anderson and Nick Daicos and some other well-credentialed picks including our own Bailey Laurie so he should feel right at home playing with Casey.

This is definitely a danger game. The Suns have more depth on their list at this point in time than they have had for several seasons. The Casey Demons have made seven changes to the team that beat Collingwood a fortnight ago. The team - CASEY DEMONS B: D.Smith 43 A.Tomlinson 20 J.McVee 41 HB: M.Buntine 71 C.Ellison 79 T.Rivers 24 C: J.Hunt 29 L.Dunstan 27 O.Baker 33 HF: T.Woewodin 40 M.Brown 38 B.Laurie 16 F: K.Chandler 37 J.Van Rooyen 21 J.Melksham 18 Foll: J.Bell 73 M.White 52 J.Munro 47 IC: R.Baldi 56 G.Churchill Grey 68 A.Moniz-Wakefield 36 F.Rosman 19 R.Valentine 65 Emerg: J.Carosella 48 B.Milford 74 M.Shepherd 16 R.Steele 54 In: O.Baker M.Brown K.Chandler J.Melksham F.Rosman A.Tomlinson R.Valentine Out: T.Bedford T.McRae B.Milford M.Shepherd R.Steele Josh Smith S.Weideman GOLD COAST SUNS B: R.Nicholls 38 R.Thompson 16 P.Murtagh 42 HB: J.Sharp 20 M.Andrew 31 R.Atkins 2 C: A.Sexton 6 B.Fiorini 8 H.Paul Oea 46 HF: J.Tsitas 21 N.Moyle 49 C.Constable 33 F: J. Corbett 19 M. Conroy 48 E.Hollands 36 Foll: S.Day 12 D.Macpherson 44 J.McLennan 43 I/C: J.Eckersley 55 O.Faulkhead 37 J.Foggo 59 J.Lockett 58 R.Stone 53

EARLY FREEZE by KC from Casey If the publicity ahead of Queens Birthday Monday was all about the Big Freeze and the game to follow the pre-game entertainment then the hardy group that braved the country’s cold snap to travel out to the windy plains beyond Cranbourne were given an early taste of what was to come in the Casey's big 52-point win over Collingwood VFL. The day started well with the Demons comprehensively beating the VFLW Magpies in the curtain-raiser elimination final and then their male counterparts donned the traditional Springvale heritage kit to dominate their rivals in the VFL match. With Melbourne holding back three players for emergency duties (Baker, Chandler and Tomlinson), Casey was left with 11 AFL-listed players but the VFL boys blended perfectly with them in what was a dominant display in the wild, woolly and freezing conditions. They were out of the blocks quickly in a 6 goal to nil opening term with the young and the old of Casey featuring. Youngster Roan Steele from Frankston YCW started things off with a left foot snap followed by Jimmy Munro’s long 50 metre goal. A couple of Casey talls in Jack Bell and Josh Smith chipped in among a great soccer goal from dangerous young Demon Jacob Van Rooyen and nippy forward Andy Moniz-Wakefield. A feature of the first quarter was Casey's deadly accuracy in front of goals. When the teams changed ends, Collingwood rallied briefly with the wind and were competitive for a while but the avalanche continued with more individual goals from Taj Woewodin, late inclusion Riley Baldi who was having a break out game, Luke Dunstan who was having a blinder and Sam Weideman who had played strongly for limited results on the scoreboard. By half time, when the rain had well and truly arrived to douse out any chance of a Magpie revival, the game was all but over. Coach Mark Corrigan would have been pleased with the fact that only one of his team’s 11 goals had come from a multiple goalkicker - Van Rooyen. The rest of the game turned into a dreary slog in the wet and when conditions moderated there was no pot of gold under the Casey rainbow for the visitors. The second half was an even arm wrestle but the Demons could be well satisfied going into the bye round undefeated and well on top. Dunstan rounded off a four quarter performance with 38 possessions, seven clearances, six tackles with solid contributions from Trent Rivers, Bailey Laurie, Taj Woewodin and Andy Moniz-Wakefield and Jayden Hunt. Toby Bedford also impressed with his strong tackling. Van Rooyen showed his versatility after kicking his two first half goals by backing up in the ruck when Josh Smith injured his meniscus. Casey’s skipper Mitch White added two goals in the gloom of the third quarter while Jimmy Munro was the perfect foil for Dunstan with 28 disposals. Jack Bell had a huge game in the ruck with 29 hit outs and 14 possessions and, as mentioned earlier Baldi produced an excellent all round game, the best of his brief VFL career. Another excellent performance came from Corey Ellison who held sway in the key defensive position in the absence of Tomlinson and Daniel Turner. In the end, it was another big, albeit early freeze for a visiting team at Casey Fields. CASEY DEMONS 6.2.38 11.3.69 13.8.86 14.10.94 COLLINGWOOD VFL 0.2.2 2.5.17 4.6.30 6.6.42 Goals Casey Demons Van Rooyen White 2 Baldi Bell Dunstan Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Munro Josh Smith Steele Weideman Woewodin Collingwood VFL Wetering 2 Fowler Hustwaite Roberts Voulanis Best Casey Demons Dunstan Baldi Bell Munro Rivers Woewodin White Collingwood VFL Brown Carmichael Poulter Bianco Tardrew Hustwaite Statistics Riley Baldi 1 goal 6 kicks 15 handballs 21 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 1 hit outs 79 dream team points Toby Bedford 1 behind 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 8 tackles 70 dream team points Jack Bell 1 goals 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 29 hit outs 95 dream team points Matt Buntine 12 kicks 4 handballs 16 disposals 5 marks 5 tackles 79 dream team points George Churchill Grey 1 behind 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 44 dream team points Luke Dunstan 1 goals 23 kicks 15 handballs 38 disposals 5 marks 6 tackles 138 dream team points Corey Ellison 11 kicks 4 handballs 15 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 54 dream team points Jayden Hunt 12 kicks 4 handballs 16 disposals 3 marks 53 dream team points Bailey Laurie 1 goals 6 kicks 17 handballs 23 disposals 2 tackles 63 dream team points Tommy McRae 6 kicks 1 handball 7 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 30 dream team points Judd McVee 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 20 dream team points Bryce Milford 1 kicks 6 handballs 7 disposals 15 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 goal 1 behind 9 kicks 6 handballs 15 disposals 6 marks 58 dream team points James Munro 1 goals 9 kicks 19 handballs 28 disposals 1 marks 2 tackles 75 dream team points Trent Rivers 1 behind 17 kicks 4 handballs 21 disposals 8 marks 3 tackles 93 dream team points Miles Shepherd 2 kicks 4 handballs 6 disposals 1 marks 1 tackle 21 dream team points Deakyn Smith 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 48 dream team points Josh Smith 1 goal 1 behind 3 kicks 1 handballs 4 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 6 hit outs 41 dream team points Roan Steele 1 goal 10 kicks 6 handballs 16 disposals 5 marks 1 tackles 65 dream team points Jacob Van Rooyen 2 goals 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 2 hit outs 67 dream team points Sam Weideman 1 goal 2 behinds 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 7 marks 1 hit out 69 dream team points Mitch White 2 goals 13 kicks 5 handballs 18 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 82 dream team points Taj Woewodin 1 goals 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 61 dream team points

All over and it’s 11-0 CASEY DEMONS 6.2.38 11.3.69 13.8.86 14.10.94 COLLINGWOOD VFL 0.2.2 2.5.17 4.6.30 6.6.42 Goals Casey Demons Van Rooyen White 2 Baldi Bell Dunstan Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Munro Josh Smith Steele Weideman Woewodin Collingwood VFL Wetering 2 Fowler Hustwaite Roberts Voulanis Best Casey Demons Dunstan Baldi Bell Munro Rivers Woewodin White Collingwood VFL Brown Carmichael Poulter Bianco Tardrew Hustwaite Statistics Riley Baldi 1 goal 6 kicks 15 handballs 21 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 1 hit outs 79 dream team points Toby Bedford 1 behind 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 8 tackles 70 dream team points Jack Bell 1 goals 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 29 hit outs 95 dream team points Matt Buntine 12 kicks 4 handballs 16 disposals 5 marks 5 tackles 79 dream team points George Churchill Grey 1 behind 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 44 dream team points Luke Dunstan 1 goals 23 kicks 15 handballs 38 disposals 5 marks 6 tackles 138 dream team points Corey Ellison 11 kicks 4 handballs 15 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 54 dream team points Jayden Hunt 12 kicks 4 handballs 16 disposals 3 marks 53 dream team points Bailey Laurie 1 goals 6 kicks 17 handballs 23 disposals 2 tackles 63 dream team points Tommy McRae 6 kicks 1 handball 7 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 30 dream team points Judd McVee 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 20 dream team points Bryce Milford 1 kicks 6 handballs 7 disposals 15 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 goal 1 behind 9 kicks 6 handballs 15 disposals 6 marks 58 dream team points James Munro 1 goals 9 kicks 19 handballs 28 disposals 1 marks 2 tackles 75 dream team points Trent Rivers 1 behind 17 kicks 4 handballs 21 disposals 8 marks 3 tackles 93 dream team points Miles Shepherd 2 kicks 4 handballs 6 disposals 1 marks 1 tackle 21 dream team points Deakyn Smith 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 48 dream team points Josh Smith 1 goal 1 behind 3 kicks 1 handballs 4 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 6 hit outs 41 dream team points Roan Steele 1 goal 10 kicks 6 handballs 16 disposals 5 marks 1 tackles 65 dream team points Jacob Van Rooyen 2 goals 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 2 hit outs 67 dream team points Sam Weideman 1 goal 2 behinds 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 7 marks 1 hit out 69 dream team points Mitch White 2 goals 13 kicks 5 handballs 18 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 82 dream team points Taj Woewodin 1 goals 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 61 dream team points

JVR showing his versatility going into the ruck after Josh Smith’s injury. Dunstan starring with plenty of possessions.

Laurie joins the goal kicking list.