DALLAS DEFEATS THE ROUGE IN HOME OPENERMagpie Press – April 3rd 2006
The Dallas Magpies Australian Football Club continued it's
2005 form on the weekend with a very convincing 101-point victory over the
Baton Rouge Tigers. Such perfect conditions
for football in Dallas are rarely enjoyed more, and there was never any doubt
that the Magpies were looking to retain a winning record against the
Tigers. Dallas now moves to 4-0 again
the Cajun visitors. There will be
another 2006 clash on Baton Rouge's home turf later in the year.
The final score: 14.21(105) to 0.4(4)
The Dallas line up was strong down the center and very well supported with new recruits. Veteran players Jon Samuelson and Grant Campbell were helped out in the middle of the ground by several new players looking to assert their presence. Dallas made some early forward advances and kicked truly with a about a 5 goal breeze to be up by 6 goals to 0 in the first quarter. Many of the goals coming from a running center line and strong half forward line including Benjie Bliss, Glen Paton, Steve Moore, Seth Haesecke and Aaron Gunn.
The second quarter saw the Tigers settle a little and match
up on some of Dallas' key players.
Midfielder and long time footballer for the away team, Pat White was
gaining some handy possessions around the ground and moving the ball forward
but it was the Dallas defense who stood strong and allowed no majors through
the big sticks. Led by second year
player and full back, Pat Sutton the defense continuously rebounded Baton
attacks. Pat was well supported by
Justin Chance, Robbie Rothlein, Brenn Miller, Dustin Brasell and newcomer Jared
Ray. While it was a tough battle around
the ground in the second term it was Dallas who managed to covert on the big scoreboard,
although not as accurately as the coach would have liked.
The third quarter brought a change of weather and rain made
the conditions slippery for most of the 20 minutes. It was still Dallas who managed to move the ball more effectively
than the Tigers but still blazed away at goals and missed a few
opportunities. To the credit of the
Baton side the white flag was never raised and their rough and tough nature
continued through the entire game.
The last quarter saw the magpies try out some positional
changes and introduce some new players into the game. At this point the Magpies number one goal was to keep the Tigers
goalless and to the backline’s credit this was maintained and the Tigers
managed only 4 points for the day's football.
In front of a small but vocal opening day crowd the Dallas side proved
to be too tall, fast, fit and strong for Baton Rouge and ran out eventual
winners.
Dallas now has a four-week preparation schedule before the first of the MAAFL clashes at home against Milwaukee.
Best on Ground (
Goals (
Individual Player
Statistics:
|
Number |
Name |
Kicks |
Handballs |
Marks |
Goals |
Behinds |
|
1 |
Taylor
Howard |
4 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
Jay
Upston |
4 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
Jared Ray |
22 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
Chris
Cordry |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
5 |
Grant
Campbell |
31 |
15 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
|
6 |
Seth
Haesecke |
21 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
|
7 |
Stuart
Rackham |
15 |
11 |
11 |
|
3 |
|
8 |
Daniel
Russo |
11 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
9 |
Drew
Schneck |
14 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
|
10 |
Jason
Ellis |
10 |
7 |
5 |
|
1 |
|
11 |
Benjie
Bliss |
3 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
12 |
Justin
Chance |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
13 |
Dustin
Brazel |
12 |
5 |
7 |
|
|
|
15 |
Pat
Sutton |
10 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
17 |
Brenn
Miller |
4 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
18 |
Glen
Paton |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
20 |
Rob
Rothlein |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
21 |
Scott
Hunt |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
24 |
Jon
Samuleson |
7 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
25 |
Aaron
Gunn |
7 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
32 |
Chris
Emerson |
9 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
36 |
Stephen
Moore |
9 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
42 |
Scott
Cobb |
6 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
69 |
Jason
Duke |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
About the
The Dallas Magpies are a 501(c)3
non-profit organization, dedicated to fostering national and international
amateur sports competition as well as promoting a cultural exchange between
Americans and Australians. The Magpies participate in the Mid American
Australian Football League, a division of the United States Australian Football
League, and also have a player, Brandon Blankenship, competing on the U.S.
National team internationally. The team is active in promoting the Australian
national sport and Australian culture through clinics at area schools and by
sponsoring events such as the annual Australia Day and ANZAC Day celebrations
in the Metroplex.
For more
details on organizing a school clinic, playing footy with the team or
supporting the Dallas Magpies Australian Football Club, e-mail the recruiting
department (recruiting@dallasfooty.com).