KC from Casey

Tom McDonald from a free kick - that’s his first goal for a few months. 😉

There’s been one change made to the selected side. Aiden Quigley comes into the side to replace Judd McVee. James Munro who was missed last week has scored the first major!

And there are a few Demons past and present who have made the Squad for the Smithy’s VFL Team of the Year

Five changes this week for the Casey Demons who will have no less than 17 AFL-listed players in their line up. CASEY DEMONS B: D.Turner 42 A.Tomlinson 20 J.McVee 41 HB: M.Buntine 71 C.Ellison 79 Joel Smith 44 C: B.Howes 22 L.Dunstan 27 O.Baker 33 HF: T.Bedford 12 M.Brown 38 K.Chandler 37 F: T.McDonald 25 J.Van Rooyen 21 B.Laurie 16 Foll: S.Weideman 26 M.White 52 J.Munro 47 IC: G.Grey 68 F.Rosman 19 D.Smith 34 R.Valentine 65 T.Woewodin 40 Emerg: R.Baldi 56 J.Bell 73 A.Quigley 57 R.Steele 54 In: G.Grey T.McDonald J.Munro F.Rosman R.Valentine Out: R.Baldi J.Bell J.Jordon R.Koo T.Macrae

STREAK’S END by KC from Casey Winning streaks are meant to be broken and just like their big brothers in Melbourne earlier in the year, the Casey Demons saw their run of victories come to an end after exactly 17 straight games at the weekend. Making their first visit to Brisbane’s Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex, the Demons found the Queensland warmth a touch harsh after a cold hard winter and struggled for goals and for air after half time to lose a high quality VFL match by 14 points - 10.11.71 to 8.9.57. There were no excuses for Casey as it fielded a strong team with 16 AFL listed players but from even before the start, the omens were not good. The Demons lost the Melbourne/Casey partnership’s lucky charm in Jake Bowey on the eve of the match when he was called up to replace Christian Salem for the AFL Demons’ Friday night clash at the Gabba and while his presence there was noted, the loss of the pocket sized #17 was significant for Casey. There’s that number 17 again! From the very start, the Demons struggled to get their usual rhythm going on the ball. Their two dynamic running smalls in Toby Bedford and Kade Chandler who hadn’t played for three weeks after the bye and missing last week’s game against Carlton, looked rusty and were playing well below their previous levels. Neither found their touch around the ground and between them, they only contributed a single goal. Luke Dunstan was also less productive in the middle and the team missed the hard tackling in and under work of Jimmy Munro. Oskar Baker with 23 disposals was the best of the Casey smaller brigade. Without their usual midfield ascendency, the pressure was well and truly on the forwards and, with a singular exception, they struggled to trouble the scorers. That exception came in the form of exciting youngster Jacob Van Rooyen who played a lone hand role up forward with his marking and around the ground exuberance to contribute four goals. Had his enthusiasm only rubbed off on his fellow forwards, we would surely have been celebrating another victory instead of mourning the team’s first loss of the season. The enigma of JVR is that the Melbourne selectors have, perhaps wisely, determined to hold him back for a 2023 AFL debut. Whilst not at their absolute best, the defence led by Adam Tomlinson, Daniel Turner and Corey Ellison went about their duties in a workmanlike manner and the older heads in skipper Mitch White and Matthew Buntine tried their best to steady the ship. There was another exceptional display for the Demons from James Jordon who was a trifle unlucky to be omitted from their AFL side at this stage of the season. He responded with a superb display on the wing - with a team-high 27 possessions and eight tackles. His hand remains held high for a return to the fray at the higher level. A qualifying final against the Sydney Swans Reserves awaits the Casey Demons who will be happy to return to their home fortress for that encounter. CASEY DEMONS 2.5.17 5.5.35 6.6.42 8.9.57 BRISBANE LIONS 3.2.20 5.5.35 8.8.56 10.11.71 Goals Casey Demons Van Rooyen 4 Baker Baldi Chandler Dunstan Brisbane Lions Robertson 3 Cox Fort Fullarton Lester Manly Sharp Smith Best Casey Demons Jordon Baker Van Rooyen White Baldi Ellison Brisbane Lions Robinson Robertson Fort Lester Buzza Smith Statistics Oskar Baker 1 goal 18 kicks 5 handballs disposals 9 marks 93 dream team points Riley Baldi 1 goal 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 39 dream team points Toby Bedford 1 behind 5 kicks 7 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 9 tackles 51 dream team points Jack Bell 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 16 hit outs 46 dream team points Mitch Brown 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 53 dream team points Matt Buntine 14 kicks 6 handballs 20 disposals 7 marks 2 tackles 78 dream team points Kade Chandler 1 goal 1 behind 7 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 54 dream team points Luke Dunstan 1 goal 1 behind 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 58 dream team points Corey Ellison 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 6 marks 4 tackles 2 hit outs 63 dream team points Blake Howes 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 31 dream team points James Jordon 1 behind 18 kicks 9 handballs 27 disposals 5 marks 8 tackles 116 dream team points Ryan Koo 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 25 dream team points Bailey Laurie 5 kicks 7 handballs 12 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 31 dream team points Tommy Macrae 1 kicks 1 disposals 1 mark 6 dream team points Judd McVee 11 kicks 7 handballs 18 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 67 dream team points Deakyn Smith 11 kicks 6 handballs 17 disposals 6 marks 4 tackles 67 dream team points Joel Smith 2 behinds 8 kicks 3 handballs 11 disposals 4 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points Adam Tomlinson 17 kicks 3 handballs 20 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 64 dream team points Daniel Turner 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 36 dream team points Jacob Van Rooyen 4 goals 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 2 hit outs 74 dream team points Sam Weideman 2 behinds 4 kicks 2 handballs 6 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 3 hit outs 32 dream team points Mitch White 11 kicks 4 handballs 15 disposals 4 marks 6 tackles 74 dream team points Taj Woewodin 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 5 tackles 55 dream team points

That’s full time and a 14 point defeat for the Casey Demons. CASEY DEMONS 2.5.17 5.5.35 6.6.42 8.9.57 BRISBANE LIONS 3.2.20 5.5.35 8.8.56 10.11.71 Goals Casey Demons Van Rooyen 4 Baker Baldi Chandler Dunstan Brisbane Lions Robertson 3 Cox Fort Fullarton Lester Manly Sharp Smith Best Casey Demons Jordon Baker Van Rooyen White Baldi Ellison Brisbane Lions Robinson Robertson Fort Lester Buzza Smith Statistics Oskar Baker 1 goal 18 kicks 5 handballs disposals 9 marks 93 dream team points Riley Baldi 1 goal 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 39 dream team points Toby Bedford 1 behind 5 kicks 7 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 9 tackles 51 dream team points Jack Bell 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 16 hit outs 46 dream team points Mitch Brown 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 53 dream team points Matt Buntine 14 kicks 6 handballs 20 disposals 7 marks 2 tackles 78 dream team points Kade Chandler 1 goal 1 behind 7 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 54 dream team points Luke Dunstan 1 goal 1 behind 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 58 dream team points Corey Ellison 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 6 marks 4 tackles 2 hit outs 63 dream team points Blake Howes 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 31 dream team points James Jordon 1 behind 18 kicks 9 handballs 27 disposals 5 marks 8 tackles 116 dream team points Ryan Koo 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 25 dream team points Bailey Laurie 5 kicks 7 handballs 12 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 31 dream team points Tommy Macrae 1 kicks 1 disposals 1 mark 6 dream team points Judd McVee 11 kicks 7 handballs 18 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 67 dream team points Deakyn Smith 11 kicks 6 handballs 17 disposals 6 marks 4 tackles 67 dream team points Joel Smith 2 behinds 8 kicks 3 handballs 11 disposals 4 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points Adam Tomlinson 17 kicks 3 handballs 20 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 64 dream team points Daniel Turner 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 36 dream team points Jacob Van Rooyen 4 goals 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 2 hit outs 74 dream team points Sam Weideman 2 behinds 4 kicks 2 handballs 6 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 3 hit outs 32 dream team points Mitch White 11 kicks 4 handballs 15 disposals 4 marks 6 tackles 74 dream team points Taj Woewodin 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 5 tackles 55 dream team points

JVR has 4.

Heading for their first defeat. Down by 20 points. The loss they had to have.

3QT: Casey Demons 6.8.44 Brisbane Lions 8.8.56 Goals Van Rooyen 3 Baker Baldi Dunstan Disposals Jordon 19 Baker 18 McVee 16 Tomlinson D Smith 14

Lions lead by 7 points as time on commences in the third quarter.

Riley Baldi to the rescue!!!!

Down by a goal.

Half Time and we have a game on our hands: Casey Demons 5.5.35 Brisbane Lions 5.5.35 Goals Van Rooyen 3 Baker Dunstan Disposals Jordon 14 Baker 12 McVee 11 Tomlinson 10 Buntine D Smith 9

JVR gets his third running into the goalsquare to level the scores. 35 apiece.

Lions now 5 points in front with another goal.

Back to a point the difference with a goal to the Lions.

Oskar Baker boots it in the square to give Casey an 8 point lead.

Dunstan snags a goal on his left foot to put the Demons in front.

Quarter Time: Casey Demons 2.5.17 Brisbane Lions 3.2.20 Goals Van Rooyen 2 Disposals Baker Buntine McVee 7 Jordon Tomlinson 6

Nice dribble goal for JVR’s second.

Casey trail by 10 points - 1.3.9 to 3.1.19

JVR flies for a screamer and levels the score.

James Jordon is indeed playing for Casey today. Ryan Koo has taken Jake Bowey’s place in the 23. Brisbane draw first blood with an early goal.

Five changes with James Harmes going up to the Melbourne team to play the Brisbane Lions tonight and James Munro out with a lower leg injury from last weekend while James Jordon comes down from the Demons’ AFL side. CASEY DEMONS B: D.Turner 42 A.Tomlinson 20 J.McVee 41 HB: M.Buntine 71 C.Ellison 79 R.Baldi 56 C: J.Jordon 23 L.Dunstan 27 O.Baker 33 HF: T.Bedford 12 S.Weideman 26 K.Chandler 37 F: Joel Smith 44 J.Van Rooyen 21 M.Brown 38 Foll: J.Bell 73 M.White 52 B.Laurie 16 IC: B.Howes 22 R. Koo 61 T.Macrae 76 D.Smith 34 T.Woewodin 40 Emerg: G.Grey 68 A.Quigley 57 J.Spencer 60 R.Steele 54 In: R.Baldi T.Bedford K.Chandler J.Jordon R.Koo T.Macrae Out: J.Bowey K.George J.Harmes J.Munro J.Spencer R.Steele

GREY INTO WHITE by KC from Casey The rains came as predicted to Casey Fields on Sunday along with a fair lashing of wind that made for the type of game that you expect in such inhospitable conditions - a grim, dour festival of scrappy football made for strong-bodied sides such as the undefeated competition leaders. And so it came to pass that the Casey Demons were able to trample over Carlton’s VFL side in the final half of their Round 21 match up to maintain their undefeated record for 2022. The victory under grey skies was a perfect 100 VFL game milestone outcome for skipper Mitch White Mitch who has been a stalwart for the club since making his debut for Casey in 2015. White amassed 21 kicks and 8 handballs and laid 8 tackles to share best on ground honours with James Harmes (35 disposals) on a day that was made for players of their ilk. Another veteran, James Munro was also in his element in the tough early going along with ruckman Jake Spencer, the big man having been seconded into duty after playing suburban football for most of this year. Fittingly, the opening goal of the game was scored by yet another veteran in Mitch Brown very early in the opening stanza with the Blues responding with theirs late in the term. Casey threatened in the first half of the second quarter with goals to Blake Howes and Joel Smith but the more accurate Carlton was not to be denied and staged a three goal comeback to lead by a point at half time. The home team was missing its main running players in Bedford and Chandler and their inaccuracy was hurting them. Scoring was tough but a Sam Weideman shot for goal looked good before it was declared to be touched. Weideman was in the thick of things all day and his efforts, though unrewarded in terms of goals, was noticeable on the day. Casey inched past the Blues with point after point before the hardworking Bailey Laurie broke the goal scoring deadlock inside time on. He was rewarded for a perfect tackle when he slotted through a difficult set shot that gave his team a 9 point lead at the final break. The Blues had been totally smothered in the wet during the third quarter scoring only a single point but they refused to go away with a goal four minutes into the final term raising some flutters in the Demon camp as the minutes ticked by with neither side able to trouble the scorers. In the end, it was a couple of youngsters in Roan Steele and Jake Bowey who came to the fore with two more goals and Casey emerged from the grayness of a cold, wet day with a 16 point victory and its 17th on the trot, a fitting outcome for the skipper’s 100th game. The game was Casey’s last home and away match for the season as they travel to Brisbane next week for thir final round game against second placed Lions Reserves at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex on Saturday morning. CASEY DEMONS 1.4.10 3.7.25 4.12.36 6.13.49 CARLTON VFL 1.1.7 4.2.26 4.3.27 5.3.33 Goals Casey Demons Bowey M Brown Howes Laurie Joel Smith Steele Carlton VFL De Koning Dozzi Fogarty Glass-McCasker Sanders Best Casey Demons Harmes White M Brown Buntine Howes Bowey Tomlinson Carlton VFL Fogarty Carroll Dow Hayes Trudgeon Statistics Oskar Baker 1 behind 16 kicks 8 handballs 24 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 71 dream team points Jack Bell 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 23 hit outs 44 dream team points Jake Bowey 1 goal 16 kicks 7 handballs 23 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 101 dream team points Mitch Brown 1 goal 1 behind 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 61 dream team points Matt Buntine 13 kicks 2 handballs 15 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 73 dream team points Luke Dunstan 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 68 dream team points Corey Ellison 8 kicks 1 handballs 9 disposals 4 marks 39 dream team points Kobi George 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 2 tackles 16 dream team points James Harmes 17 kicks 18 handballs 35 disposals 6 marks 7 tackles 129 dream team points Blake Howes 1 goals 7 kicks 11 handballs 18 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 76 dream team points Bailey Laurie 1 goals 9 kicks 10 handballs 19 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 82 dream team points Judd McVee 4 kicks 3 handballs 7 disposals 1 mark 1 tackles 25 dream team points James Munro 6 kicks 12 handballs 18 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 70 dream team points Deakyn Smith 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 3 tackles 31 dream team points Joel Smith 1 goal 1 behind 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 6 marks 5 tackles 60 dream team points Jake Spencer 1 kick 3 handballs 4 disposals 2 tackles 20 hit outs 38 dream team points Roan Steele 1 goal 11 kicks 1 handball 12 disposals 2 marks 49 dream team points Adam Tomlinson 19 kicks 2 handballs 21 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 80 dream team points Daniel Turner 1 behind 11 kicks 3 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 62 dream team points Jacob Van Rooyen 1 behind 1 kick 7 handballs 8 disposals 3 tackles 4 hit outs 34 dream team points Sam Weideman 2 behinds 12 kicks 10 handballs 22 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 86 dream team points Mitch White 1 behind 21 kicks 8 handballs 29 disposals 4 marks 8 tackles 124 dream team points Taj Woewodin 10 kicks 6 handballs 16 disposals 4 marks 6 tackles 66 dream team points