2018 Injury Update – men’s Rd 21 and women’s Rd 16
22.08.18 10:42NEAFLVFL Women'sInjury UpdateHeading into our final men’s game for the season there are a few players injury list requiring assessment and no new additions to the women’s injury list.
Heading into our final men’s game for the season there are a few players injury list requiring assessment and no new additions to the women’s injury list.
NT Thunder has suffered an 80-point loss to Southport in its last home game of the NEAFL season, 7.8 (50) to 19.16 (130).
If the young lads of the future need any inspiration as to how best to represent the NT, they need not look any further than the greats that pull on the yellow, ochre, black and white for the last time at TIO Stadium this Saturday night
Darren ‘Boof’ Ewing and Ryan Smith will take up their usual positions on Saturday night in what will be their last home game representing NT Thunder, while Jarred Erlandson is expected to make his long-awaited return from injury.
When NT Thunder runs onto the field at TIO Stadium to take on Southport in Round 20 of the NEAFL this Saturday, it’ll be the club’s last home game of the season.
A few head-on collisions in the women’s match resulted in two mouth injuries to Gemma Cusack and Michaelia Roberts and for the men there’s nothing major only a couple of players requiring assessment.
NT Thunder’s loveable full forward Darren ‘Boof’ Ewing has called time on his illustrious career with the club, telling his teammates on Tuesday evening that season 2018 will be his last.
NT Thunder has secured a hard fought 18-point victory over Redland to take the honours between the two teams for season 2018.
Darwin speedster Malcolm Rosas is set to become the latest talented youngster to debut for NT Thunder when the team face Redland on Saturday night in Darwin.
Lots of fitness tests await the men while the women have a fairly clean bill of health with the exception of Tabby May.
The evidence suggests that if NT Thunder can keep gun Redland forward Matt Hammelmann to seven goals or less, then it will win the two teams’ Round 19 clash at TIO Stadium on Saturday night.
If it’s talent, resilience, determination and commitment to succeed that AFL clubs are looking for, then they should pencil in the name of Michael Mummery come draft day.
With a few niggly injuries for the men, this week is the ideal time for them to have their bye while the women have no new additions this week.
On a hot and humid Darwin Saturday night, Aspley has won a scrappy Round 17 NEAFL match over NT Thunder by 27 points, 9.16 (70) to 6.7 (43).
Andrew Hodges lists all the volunteers who, along with young debutants like Dom Forbes, ensure the club is in good hands.