a certain whiff

Boosterists,

The precise statistical details of the Triumphant Premiership Year escape me for the moment, in fact they are long gone, receded to the dark recesses of the brain.
But do seem to recall that the Swans handed out quite a few ten goal lessons at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the Olympic Stadium and contrived to win the close away games.
Is there a certain whiff on here viz a viz the flag?
A few of the Swans veterans would have the “sweet smell of victory” just about wafting into their nostrils…as they contemplate their swansongs.
Melbourne as a town doesn’t look north of the Murray very often.
Ten individual goal kickers up to half time - some kind of record surely?
The curiously laid back Channel Ten commentary tried to get excited with this call “and there we go – the Swans have just kicked the first 11 goals of the game”
Richmond Tigers must’ve picked up the fishwraps the morning after for a read ‘em and weep, as they described the debacle of 23 minutes into the second quarter before they could somehow find their first goal.
The way the forward line was working it looked for all the world like Magic, in his 300th game, was being carried around on a sedan chair.
That’s what you want in yr old age.
The Goodes Train was back to his Brownlow best for the first time this year.
His goal from 65m out while on a full tilt run after busting through a few tackles and bouncing the thing a couple of times, was an ‘absolute pearler’
You’d imagine everyone at the ground would have been wide eyed after that.
Didn’t get enough game time for mine, but made good use of what he got.
Kennelly is obviously on fairy-drugs, the way he floats around the back line And of course there’s The Kiddies – Playfair, Moore, Jack, Bird, Richards et al - who aren’t going to lose their places in the team in a hurry - and its always good seeing boys become men.
It’s been suggested to me that BBB “Slugger” Hall should make his way back into the team by playing a couple of games in reserves when he gets back from his holidays, so he can go around kicking goals and clocking blokes with complete impunity.



SYDNEY: 6.4, 13.7, 16.11, 21.13 (139). Goals: Buchanan 3, McVeigh 3, Goodes 2, O'Loughlin 2, Ablett 2, Playfair 2, Bird 2, Malceski, C.Bolton, Moore, O'Keefe, Bevan.
RICHMOND: 0.2, 1.6, 4.7, 8.9 (57). Goals: Deledio 2, Cotchin, Bowden, Brown, Moore, Foley, Schulz
At Sydney Cricket Ground.
Crowd 26,852.



Found myself in Dad’s Shed on a Monday evening for the second half of the Tigers game at the SFS v Easts, and the MMM radio call, with G.Gould going off.
Appeared that Wests were done in by some poor execution, most notably the Tuiaki kiddie running “80-90 metres” at a critical moment in second half and then choosing the wrong option as his finisher knocks-on in the in-goal, and the torrential rain at the Western Paddock for the last 20 minutes of the match.
But there was no lack of commitment or will to win.
Seasoned observers are saying the Tigers pack should probably be rated as the best going around in the comp at the moment, and as SC Sheens would be happy to tell anyone who’s prepared to listen, rugby league matches are won in the forwards.
That sort of loss doesn’t hurt too much on the ladder when you are beaten by the competition leaders, after beating the former competition leaders last week.
SC Sheens will just pull out the old coach’s ledger and scratch that one down into the column marked “we’ll learn from our losses”.


SYDNEY ROOSTERS 19. Tries: Aubusson (2), Pearce. Goals: Fitzgibbon (3). Field Goal: Pearce.
WESTS TIGERS 10. Tries: Farah, Tuiaki. Goals: Hogdson (1).
At Sydney Football Stadium.
Crowd 15,204.