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Thanks for the reports lads. So it seems we are going to struggle in the ruck department as expected. Looks like our strong mids should be able to cover that deficiency against most sides, but not so sure against the likes of old easts and freo, they probably have it over us with the mids also. Wasn’t Schoey out with a hammy leading up to the prelim last year? Must be still a bit dodgy. Hayden seems to be a bit injury prone, hopefully he gets a good run soon. What position/s did Corbett play?

Mostly off halfback, didn't get a lot of it but what he did looked good, very smooth mover. Hopefully see a bit more next week v the Ducks. Expect to see a much more loaded team next week.

Here's the team for game 2 against the bogandeans. It looks like they're giving everyone a run in the first 2 games.

FF 61 Cade Abala 18 Ben SOKOL 34 Jordan FARAONE
HF 53 Benjamin GOLDING 10 Jack MAYO 15 Wil HICKMOTT
C 33 Drew ROHDE 1 Greg CLARK 56 Judd Kelman
HB 28 Connor FARAONE 49 James Sullivan 11 Marlin Corbett
FB 23 Noah ASH 31 Henry Berenger 8 Angus DEWAR

FOLLOWERS
41 Kody Eaton
22 Luke FOLEY
13 Liam HICKMOTT

INTERCHANGE
39 Jaimon ALONE
44 Corey BELLOUARD
14 Ryan BORCHET
26 Malakai Champion
38 Keeshawn COOK
17 Leigh KITCHIN
37 Rylie MORGAN
42 Harry Quayle
2 Galen Savigni

Does the fact Greg Clark is listed as number 1 mean he is the new captain? Good choice if right. Looking forward to seeing how young Malakai Champion goes and first look at Cade Abala.

Good pick up Jjim. Ben Golding led them out and tossed the coin last week so not sure what was happening there but tradition indicates that the captain wears number 1...so you could be right and a good choice as you say.

Just announced in the West, so a good move by the club.

Drew Rhode, Luke Foley and Ryan Borchet named as deputies to Greg Clark. 

The correct decision to go with GC, Rohde has been a very good leader when stepping in for Kitch but given he's 30, probably a long term decision to go with GC.

Could be a vindication year for Greg Clark. 

Received this at a funeral last week. Pre 1973. Go the maroons. 

Well not as good as last week with more of a struggle to put many good passages of football together against an impressive Swans unit. Swans use of the ball and intensity was far better than ours. Foley and Clark good in the midfield and Kody Eaton did a good job in the ruck for the first half. 
A bit of a breeze to the eastern end but Swans out ran us for most of the day and especially in the last quarter. 

q1 3.4 to 0.3
q2 5.5  6.5
q3 10.10. 8.7

final 11.11(77) to Swans 15.9 (99).

goal 3 K Cook, 2 Mayo , 1 each to M Champion, C Abala, Sokol, Golding, J Faraone, Rhode.