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After a big win over Waratahs in last week’s elimination final, Wanderers take a big psychological advantage into the
knockout first semi-final against Southern Districts on Saturday night
NOTHER St Marys-Tiwi
qualifying final and a
desperate battle for
survival highlights week
two of the NTFL finals.
St Marys is eyeing an 18th
straight win in the second semifinal against the Tiwi Bombers.
The Saints are odds-on
favourites to win their 29th senior
flag after a season boosted by a
long playing list, class players and
a fierce desire to reach the top.
The Round 17 clash between
these two sides had everything,
including big bumps, great goals,
long runs and a lot of physical and
mental intimidation.
St Marys won by more than
seven goals in what was written
up as a grand final rehearsal.
Both sides were without some
key players on a rain-soaked
Sunday where some tempers
reached boiling point.
Karl Lohde and Josh Heath were
missing from the St Marys side.
The Bombers’ missing in action
was even longer. Dan McLinden,
Billy and Darcy Barden and Narby
Kelly were notable absentees.
This week McLinden is a likely
candidate for Saints skipper and
big game player Peter MacFarlane
while Darcy Barden will fill a big
man role up forward and around
the ground.
The main equation in terms of
who will win centres around the
performance of the scrooge-like
St Marys defence. If Jack Long,
John Anstess and Iggy Vallejo can
retain their structure and belief in
each other, the Bombers will
struggle to score consistently.
Gerrard Cunningham’s absence
will place an even greater
emphasis on Roy Kantilla to kick
goals, though the class of Kristan
Height and Ross Tungatalum will
worry the Saints defenders.
Wanderers take a big
psychological advantage into the
knockout first semi-final.
Their tough win over Waratahs
contrasted with a sloppy 18-goal
loss by the Crocodiles on the
same day.
But a week can be a long time in
football and Districts are out to
prove that in a game where the
loser’s season is over.
The Eagles suffered a big
blow this week when the
competition’s best full back,
Brenton Motlop, was suspended
for an insulting remark on an
umpire’s competence.
That means dangerous
Crocodile forward Damian Cupido
must be manned up by someone
else — probably veteran defender
John Bonson.
Former Carlton big man
Laurence Angwin is likely to be
taken by the big leaping Mitchell
Taylor and Tony Fulton by Zelio
Casimiro.
At the other end of the
ground much will be expected of
Eagles trio Adam Cook, Daniel
Motlop and Jerry Wilson to kick a
winning score.
Kiss Of Death: St Marys by 23
pts; Wanderers by 13 pts.
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After a big win over Waratahs in last week’s elimination final, Wanderers take a big psychological advantage into the
knockout first semi-final against Southern Districts on Saturday night
NOTHER St Marys-Tiwi
qualifying final and a
desperate battle for
survival highlights week
two of the NTFL finals.
St Marys is eyeing an 18th
straight win in the second semifinal against the Tiwi Bombers.
The Saints are odds-on
favourites to win their 29th senior
flag after a season boosted by a
long playing list, class players and
a fierce desire to reach the top.
The Round 17 clash between
these two sides had everything,
including big bumps, great goals,
long runs and a lot of physical and
mental intimidation.
St Marys won by more than
seven goals in what was written
up as a grand final rehearsal.
Both sides were without some
key players on a rain-soaked
Sunday where some tempers
reached boiling point.
Karl Lohde and Josh Heath were
missing from the St Marys side.
The Bombers’ missing in action
was even longer. Dan McLinden,
Billy and Darcy Barden and Narby
Kelly were notable absentees.
This week McLinden is a likely
candidate for Saints skipper and
big game player Peter MacFarlane
while Darcy Barden will fill a big
man role up forward and around
the ground.
The main equation in terms of
who will win centres around the
performance of the scrooge-like
St Marys defence. If Jack Long,
John Anstess and Iggy Vallejo can
retain their structure and belief in
each other, the Bombers will
struggle to score consistently.
Gerrard Cunningham’s absence
will place an even greater
emphasis on Roy Kantilla to kick
goals, though the class of Kristan
Height and Ross Tungatalum will
worry the Saints defenders.
Wanderers take a big
psychological advantage into the
knockout first semi-final.
Their tough win over Waratahs
contrasted with a sloppy 18-goal
loss by the Crocodiles on the
same day.
But a week can be a long time in
football and Districts are out to
prove that in a game where the
loser’s season is over.
The Eagles suffered a big
blow this week when the
competition’s best full back,
Brenton Motlop, was suspended
for an insulting remark on an
umpire’s competence.
That means dangerous
Crocodile forward Damian Cupido
must be manned up by someone
else — probably veteran defender
John Bonson.
Former Carlton big man
Laurence Angwin is likely to be
taken by the big leaping Mitchell
Taylor and Tony Fulton by Zelio
Casimiro.
At the other end of the
ground much will be expected of
Eagles trio Adam Cook, Daniel
Motlop and Jerry Wilson to kick a
winning score.
Kiss Of Death: St Marys by 23
pts; Wanderers by 13 pts.
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