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March 27, 2006
Team News For Round One
Well according to the following article in today's Australian "Recruits bolster new-look Swans" it appears that the Swans will head into our first match as defending Premiers without 4 members of the success side from last September.
Swans coach Paul Roos said yesterday he was not expecting Paul Bevan and Sean Dempster to play against the Bombers at Telstra Dome and predicted a round three return at best for Tadhg Kennelly after a shoulder injury. Bevan and Dempster have hamstring injuries.
While the retirement of Jason Ball meant we would always have lost at least one of the 22, pre season injuries to Tadhg Kennelly, Sean Dempster and Paul Bevan has resulted in more senior openings than expected. New recuit Paul Chambers (who beats out the returning Stephen Doyle, who'll be left in Canberra to gain form and prove fitness) will take over the spot left by Ball's retirement to start the season and Ted Richards will play against his former side after impressing in each of the practice matches.
The third and fourth spots will go down to Luke Vogels (who has stood out during the pre season in a key defensive role) and one of either Jarrad McVeigh, Nich Malceski or Jarred Moore to add some extra grunt to the midfield, with Malceski my favoured pick but McVeigh getting praise from the coaching staff making him look just as likely.
Other than those four selection decisions I fail to see any other changes to the Grand Final line up, save a late minute injury during training (touch wood).
Everything is in readyness, lets get this party started.
Posted by robbieando at March 27, 2006 10:16 AM