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Representative match preview
Here's everything you need to know about the NEAFL and WAFL clash.________________________________________

Saturday May 24
NEAFL vs. WAFL
Blacktown International Sports Park
12:00pm
By Sam Canavan
The best of the NEAFL host the cream of the WAFL’s crop in a representative blockbuster at Blacktown International Sports Park on Saturday afternoon. The WAFL has long been renowned as one of the strongest second-tier competitions in the country; a breeding ground for countless AFL stars, with a history stretching back more than 120 years.
The NEAFL, in stark comparison, was founded in 2011, though in its short history there have been many big successes, and Saturday’s side will no doubt rise to the challenge of representative football. With a combined 14-team competition strengthening a revamped NEAFL this year, this is the first time the competition has fielded a single representative side, and the team looks likely on paper.
A towering forward line featuring four big men who hold down key position posts for their club sides could be the NEAFL’s trump card under blue skies at Blacktown, with Redland spearhead Cleve Hughes coming off 11 goals last week, former WAFL defender Jacob Derickx starting to dominate matches, and ever-consistent Southport and NT Thunder lynchpins Josh Baxter and Chris Dunne in typically irrepressible form. The rest of the NEAFL's side is a good mixture of young and older players, with representative veterans Wayde Mills, Gavin Grose, and Cameron Illett shoring up the backline and midfield, alongside a less experienced but enterprising contingent including Ben Rioli, Kal Geary, Todd Grayson, and Luke Shreeve. Former Essendon star Alwyn Davey is a player the NEAFL side would have liked to be available, while Aspley ruckman Michael Pettitt has been drafted in, after an injury to Eastlake's Chad Gibson, and the 26-year-old will need to play better than he did in his side's Foxtel Cup loss to Williamstown on Tuesday night.
The WAFL line-up boasts a plethora of players with AFL experience, and the visitors will look to the likes of Brad Dalziell, Steven Dodd, Ashton Hams, and Jay Van Berlo to provide the impetus for their side to carry on its stellar state representative record.
Luke Blackwell is a hard-nosed onballer the NEAFL will need to stop, with the Sandover Medalist so often winning hard ball and driving his side forward, while former Collingwood midfielder Ryan Coook is another prolific possession winner. East Fremantle skipper Andrew Stephen is another WAFL player in stellar form, along with hard-as-nails former West Coast defender Jamie McNamara, and zippy forward Shane Nelson will look to boost his draft prospects with a standout showing, playing alongside arguably the most in-form marksman in the competition Ben Saunders, who won the Bernie Naylor Medal as the WAFL's leading goal-kicker in 2012.
While the men in gold will enter this match as deserving favourites, on their home turf the most talented side formed from the NEAFL will give this an almighty shake.

Leedy wrote:

Swandog wrote:

Dirty Weekender wrote: Putting my swans hat on here but still, Faulkner should be in this squad.

Yep for sure!!

Haha, Faulkner now you blokes are really clutching ! Good little player but has just got himself a regular WAFL league spot for Swans.

Faulkner has been a regular player when fit the last few years and with Elari has been brilliant this year for Swans in winning the hard footy..
of course that isnt a reason to be in the squad, especially when 11 of the team places were already allocated to West Perth and East Fremantle players

Might be time to get a Amateur game in if you want to watch some footy. I see CBC are playing Kalamunda at Morris Buzzacot at 0230 Saturday. (my patch) Lots of footy still around if you need a fix.. Look at Fixtures on this site

Just a suggestion

www.waafl.com.au/

MarkOlsen wrote:

Leedy wrote:

Swandog wrote:

Dirty Weekender wrote: Putting my swans hat on here but still, Faulkner should be in this squad.

Yep for sure!!

Haha, Faulkner now you blokes are really clutching ! Good little player but has just got himself a regular WAFL league spot for Swans.

Faulkner has been a regular player when fit the last few years and with Elari has been brilliant this year for Swans in winning the hard footy..
of course that isnt a reason to be in the squad, especially when 11 of the team places were already allocated to West Perth and East Fremantle players

I would have Brendan Jones in before Faulkner.

neither play for West Perth.
interesting to note that nobody spoke to Shepherd about any Peel players to be considered yet last night Langdon who is a mate of Monaghan confirmed that AFL recruiters had been asked who they think should be in the state team, what a joke.

Interesting Mark.. Someone earlier did say it was a AFL sponsered game to prop up the NEAFL and make them feel important.
Hey it is great that our WAFL guys are getting a state jumper and representing the state and nothing against them but as some posts suggest maybe those state jumpers could of gone to other more deserving players.
Blacktown playing a combined QLD,NT,ACT,NSW side. Cant even really class it as a interstate game as is SA and Vic games.
I suggest the WAFC/WAFL puppets to the AFL were talked or told to play this game.
To what end? There will be no one there to watch it and not on TV or Radio. 91.3 stated if there was a NSW broadcaster they would of got the stream.. We have mob patronizing this game and saying it is good for WAFL footy (WAFL WORLD being one) but they really werent interested in stating WHAT THE POINT OF THE GAME IS!

MarkOlsen wrote:

Leedy wrote:

Swandog wrote:

Dirty Weekender wrote: Putting my swans hat on here but still, Faulkner should be in this squad.

Yep for sure!!

Haha, Faulkner now you blokes are really clutching ! Good little player but has just got himself a regular WAFL league spot for Swans.

Faulkner has been a regular player when fit the last few years and with Elari has been brilliant this year for Swans in winning the hard footy..
of course that isnt a reason to be in the squad, especially when 11 of the team places were already allocated to West Perth and East Fremantle players

Olly,

Are you fair dinkum saying that Faulkner should get a game before Nelson, JVB, Jones, ROB etc ?

Cardy wrote: Interesting Mark.. Someone earlier did say it was a AFL sponsered game to prop up the NEAFL and make them feel important.
Hey it is great that our WAFL guys are getting a state jumper and representing the state and nothing against them but as some posts suggest maybe those state jumpers could of gone to other more deserving players.
Blacktown playing a combined QLD,NT,ACT,NSW side. Cant even really class it as a interstate game as is SA and Vic games.
I suggest the WAFC/WAFL puppets to the AFL were talked or told to play this game.
To what end? There will be no one there to watch it and not on TV or Radio. 91.3 stated if there was a NSW broadcaster they would of got the stream.. We have mob patronizing this game and saying it is good for WAFL footy (WAFL WORLD being one) but they really werent interested in stating WHAT THE POINT OF THE GAME IS!

And who's opinion of the players names would actually be more knowledgeable and correct other than those who chose this State side?
Would you suggest that Brendan Lees comments re the team aren't correct or words put into his mouth??

well if Rodda is ahead of Simpson on form then logic wasnt a criteria in the selection of the team so why not ?

I didnt know that there had to be logic in selecting the state team, if there was why would they be asking afl recruiters who should get a state game ?

Faulkner's been good but I wouldn't have him in the squad. I think Boekhorst is lucky that most midfield candidates are quite similar and he's a bit different. He's been very good for Swans but I'm not sure he's been State Rep good.

The reigning league best and fairest in ROB not getting a gig just astounds me. If you're looking at a team to get a result, the bulk of players should be from the form teams in the comp even if they're inferior players because they play well together within a system. If you're incorporating rewarding performance, ROB should be there without doubt. He should be there without doubt either way.

Meanwhile the justification for Rodda is that he rucks. I'm sure his average of 2 hitouts a game are exceptional, but Bill has already mentioned Notte will be supporting Keunen, a role he is extremely good at. There's no need for another pinch hitter. There's no way he should be in the side.