National Champs - Squads and Players to Watch

[Avalor]

WA outlasted NT after NT lead for most of the game apparently.

...................WA...............NT
1/2 time......3.8 (26).......4.5 (29)
full time.....11.14 (80).....9.12 (66)

Coniglio, O'Meara great for WA
Eggar, Tipungwuti for NT

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Thanks for that, Mighty Tiges. They are very late in putting anything up on the AFL site. Not in the papers yet either.
A hard fought win by the looks of it.

 

[yaco55]

probably Ryder would be the 1 Sheedy would want.

Agree.

Ryder would be closer to the mark.

 

[chinggis77]

EYE-CATCHING performances by highly rated midfielders Jaeger O'Meara and Stephen Coniglio helped Western Australia overcome a spirited Northern Territory by 14 points in the opening match of the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships in Darwin on Sunday.

WA trailed for much of the game thanks to a combination of poor kicking for goal and some impressive play from its underdog opponent, but stepped up in the final quarter to run out 11.14 (80) to 9.12 (66) winners.

Behind by eight points at the final change after booting a wasteful 5.13 in the first three quarters, WA found range in the final term, piling on six goals to NT's two.

Coniglio, a tough and skilful midfielder tipped to be selected by Greater Western Sydney with one of its top picks in this year's NAB AFL Draft, booted two final quarter goals to put an exclamation mark on a fine individual display.

His on-ball partner O'Meara, a bottom-age player not eligible for the draft but a chance to be pre-selected by GWS and on-traded to another club, was equally impressive in the clinches.

Small forward/midfielder Shannon Taylor stepped up when the game needed to be won, kicking the first goal of the final quarter and proving instrumental in WA's strong finish.

Earlier, NT showed real character to bounce back from a scoreless opening quarter and play some outstanding free-flowing football through the middle part of the match.

Solidly built Tiwi Islands small forward Anthony Tipungwuti booted three goals for the home team and looked a constant threat, and Louis Egger impressed with his line-breaking run and ferocious attack on the ball.

After turning a 17-point quarter-time deficit into a three-point half-time lead it looked as though NT may cause a boilover, but the classy West Australians eventually ran over the top.

Northern Territory 0.0 4.5 7.9 9.12 (66)

Western Australia 2.5 3.8 5.13 11.14 (80)



GOALS
Northern Territory: Tipungwuti 3, Turner 2, Stafford 2, Collinson, Stokes 
Western Australia: Williams 2, Coniglio 2, Peters 2, Hamling 2, Eardley, Taylor, O'Meara

BEST


Northern Territory: Egger, Tipungwuti, Collinson, Turner, R Smith, Wilson

Western Australia: O'Meara, Coniglio, Hamling, Newman, Taylor

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/115043/default.aspx