Draft them ASAP.
ive been part of a 200 point belting before. but cannot fathom 500 points. almost like there was no opposition.
Are they academy players?
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Assuming perfect accuracy and 30min qtrs, thatâs a goal every 90 seconds.
Crazy.
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The burning question, plus how old are they? In fact, what was this game/circumstances?
Cunningham, the bloke that kicked 21, has a 13 yo daughter the article says. So, Iâm going to say not young enough to recruit him.
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A mate played a few years suburban footy in Vic with a few guys from Darwin. They can come down and play 2/3 of a season down here, for more money than theyâd make in a full season up there.
According to him, NTFL seems to be roughly VAFA premier A standard, a bit above the other Melbourne suburban leagues, but a good way below VFL.
No idea about the standard of Mininera league, but Iâm tipping not terrific.
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Considering the fact that youâd probably never heard of the Mininera League till this report, probably not that good.
North of the Hamilton Highway, up to the Western Highway, east of the Western Border and SW Border league, thatâs a lot of small towns.
When I first read (kinda) the report, I was thinking that they might have been a feeder team into the TAC Cup and we were talking about some U16s who were down playing footy to get drafted.
I missed the bit about the daughter, but I donât think they ever said if it was an adult or junior league or their ages.
The level is about Horsham District League, which is one level down from Wimmera League.
Shane Heard came straight from HDL but Iâm pretty sure heâs the only one ever.
I put it in the wrong thread.
I just thought it was a cool story, wasnât spruiking them as possible players.
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Most of the talented NT kids will either play TAC via a boarding school or theyâll play as part of NT Thunder in the NEAFL.
There would be a lot of older NT players who come down for the southern season to earn a paycheck playing (and usually starring) for a suburban/country team before heading back up to play in the NTFL/Territory leagues during the summer.
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lol.
And now itâs on tonightâs Seven News.
Story should have been celebrating the team that won by 500, not focusing on the losers.
What have we become.
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people like watching negative news stories not positive ones.
thats why i hardly bother watching the news.
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Canât agree. Winning by 500 points is meaningless unless you have good opposition, or at least, meaningful opposition.
I remember 10 years or so ago, @benfti was talking up an indigenous guy because heâd kicked about 15 goals in a school game. I saw him in a TAC semi-final and was fundamentally unimpressed. The school game could easily have been like the Teachers v Students game in The Meaning of Life. You need to know what the opposition is like. It could have been Assumption in which case youâd be mightily impressed, but if itâs Upper Gumbukta West Middle School with 14 players, you go âwhoop-de-doâ. The guy did get drafted as a rookie by Freo and got one game the day they left out 12 players or so, prompting the pre-finals bye.
I would grudgingly accept a 500 point win over Gold Coast.
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Ross macquillan (20) is back in OZ as our preferred irish catb rookie.
So they say in an AFL article from 10 days ago.
Apparently he has even ânominatedâ us !
So I would expect an imminent announcement from the club.
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âSo Conor, which AFL club do u think manages homesickness best?â
âSorry Ross can I call u back, Iâm just having a cup of tea with me Ma and DaâŚâ
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Big Kudos for Dodoro, just hope he can wait the 12 months/2 years it will take to bed down the AFL rules gameplan, learn skills of game etc, like most irishmen he will probably be a prolific kick.
I for one am looking forward to seeing McQuillan sending opponents to the shops for a battered sausage.
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