That's forum jumping willy...
That's forum jumping willy...
^ not true !
he started it
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Sorry, stand corrected.
wrong thread bastard, this one is about ASIAN aussie rules!
boo-hoo-hoo-hoo
^ stick it up yer arse! my quote made far more sense!
Does this thread need my delicate janitorial touch?
Hong Kong Dragons 99 def Jakarta Bintangs 86
but it was actually a very close game, Dragons started strong in the first quarter (kicking something like 5 goals to 2) however 2nd we fought back, won the quarter and we within 6 points or so of their score. 3/4 time 'Tangs in front by a single point. 4th quarter neck and neck - the dying minutes of the game had the dragons up by 1 point- the 'tangs brought the ball down a few times but xouldnt convert, the dragons kicked 2 more points, finally, with about a minute to go the dragons booted another goal to seal the match.
after lots of festivities involving lots of beer, niteclubs, junk cruises on the harbour and getting home the following day...
and i am NEVER flying cathay pacific again!
KW is in jail so he asked me to pass on this game report from this weekend.
In the same week that the ANZ Bintangs confirmed the generous sponsorship of ANZ
for another year, we took on the non-ANZ sponsored Singapore Wombats, dual
reigning Asian Champions, at the home of football in Asia, Cibubur Scout Park.
Banking on a win, the ANZ supported team took out an (John Eddy supplied expat)
mortgage on the game early on with a gold (Mastercard) first quarter. 8 7 55 to
0 0 0. $55, incidentally, will buy you an ANZ Platinum Visa card. 0 is the
number of complaints you will have about ANZ's service. Coach Grace was
delighted with the execution of the game plan, with the exchange rate between
defence and a revolving forward line very rapid and steady. The Tangs continued
to deposit goals with interest into the Wombat account, eventually running out
comfortable victors by 23 goals to about 4 (once I get around to updating the
stats I'll most likely be able to confirm this is by far our biggest win over
the Wombats in history). Newly arrived Big Man, "Big Andy", was a revelation in
the ruck and was a deserving winner of the ANZ "Arguably Best on Ground" Award.
Our next game will be the Asian Champs opener in Bangkok. Go ANZ. Go Bintangs!
Yah - im out a jail !
ok proper game report of Bintangs vs Wombats!
ANZ Bintangs Unequivocally Retain South Seas Cup
The footballing gods were smiling on Saturday June 16 as the ANZ Jakarta Bintangs farewelled Raymond "the Reverend" Ternes in style with a 127 point triumph over the Singapore Wombats. Then again, with Grace making his first outing as playing coach on the hallowed turf of Cibubur, the gods were always going to be casting a favourable glance in that direction. Early season fads were now a thing of the past - gone were the warm down laps, vegetarian toxin-free diets and post-match sports drinks - this was a return to footy the way the purists used to like it before AFL became a game of drug-enhanced professionalism...
The gameplan, which took a leaf out of Ron Barassi's handball-at-all costs 1970 grand final win, had been fine-tuned during the May tour of the orient - arguably the longest football tour in Asian Football history. And Marzio "Muzza" Da Re even threw in a few dropkicks just to prove that he really did play with Bobby Skilton back when Bobby won the Brownlow in 1963.
That said, the gods may not have been too impressed with the Bintangs pre-game preparations. Despite the coach's exhortations of a 1.30pm arrival, a steady dribble of Bintangs began arriving from 2.30pm for the 3.15pm kick-off - only marginally ahead of the Papuan team from Bandung Football Academy (BFA) who were supposed to take part in the warm-up game at 11am.
But fortunately appearances can be deceiving. Filling the leadership vacuum left by vice captain aka Zen Master Matt Jolly's departure for a six-week yoga retreat in the Gold Coast hinterland, Captain Matt Stephens, fresh from sorting out the shenanigans at the top of the World Bank, stirred the team with a rousing pre-game call to arms. The Tangs shot out of the blocks in the first quarter. Damian "Big Noodle" Smith dominated the centre bounces and served up the ball on a platter to a team of hungry midfielders led by wingman Troy Harris who set a new club record for arguably the most shots at goal in a single game (Troy now admits to some confusion in misinterpreting the coaches call to "do the one per centers" and has undertaken to also kick for the six pointers next game). The forwards also had a field day - Muzza, jumper neatly pressed from his visit to a Chinese laundry, dropkicked two, Chris Elliot bagged two (three for the game) and Alf Eddy was at the bottom of every pack creating chances and scoring a goal himself.
Even the Reverend himself delighted the gathered congregation with a goal. And Dave "the Butcher" Edwards, the Ox and new star recruit Andy charged out of defence at will. By quarter time, the deluge was so heavy (Bintangs 8.7, Singapore 0.0) that the scoreboard operators were already calling for platinum sponsors ANZ to extend their already generous sponsorship toinclude an electronic scoreboard so that they could keep up.
The procession continued after the first break with Terry Russell snapping the goal of the day over his shoulder within seconds. From then on, coach Grace began to experiment with combinations in preparations for the Asian Champs. Big Andy took over from the big noodle and continued the domination of the centre square - in the process adding a couple of goals himself to earn best on ground honours, no mean feat for a guy playing his third game of AFL footy. The Butcher was moved forward to carve up the beleaguered wombat defence with four goals. Even Muzza got a run in the centre for the first time since his old shaggin wagon (the EJ panel van with venetian blinds) conked out by the swan river in 1982.
Only the arrival of the Papuans temporarily halted the onslaught; their pace and enthusiasm suggesting the BFA is fertile recruitment territory as the Bintangs recover from the latest YSFE exodus. But luckily those long sessions with fitness guru Matt Jolly paid off and the lead continued to grow. In the forward line, Yogyakarta School of Football Excellence (YSFE) recruit Drew Boekel created chances, while on the wing Doc Shearer showed even more pace than his 500m effort through Jakarta airport looking for that missing boarding pass at the start of the China tour. And, feeling his short-lived mantle as arguably the best full-forward in Asia slipping from his fingers as Bluey accumulated five, Matt "Fester" Pettig suddenly bagged two goals then the orange headband - proving it is physically possible to kick a point from one metre out when running into an open goal.
But the rout continued nonetheless, and a heavy sigh of relief came from the Wombats camp when the final siren sounded. The Bintangs then launched into the most rousing rendition of the club song since... well since that Saturday night in march when the Grant Dooley-tribute Metro Mini weaved its way down Jalan Sudirman towards Blok M. And sports drinks were spurned and the traditional amber nectar did indeed flow - even if a large proportion of it was down Andy's tanktop as he lost his only contest of the day - the post-match boat race.
Thus ended one of the shorter but more eventful careers in the history of the Bintangs: Raymond "the Reverend" Ternes: graduate summa cum laude from the YSFE, best on ground in his debut game against the Christmas Island Bulldogs and then knocked out cold against the Shanghai Tigers - few have been chaired off a football field after a total of four games but then again few have packed so much into such a short period. The diocese of Cibubur will be the weaker for his absence, but we pray that the good parishioners of Melbourne may benefit from his tales of footballing pilgrimages in the Spice Islands and the Far East.
And for the ANZ Jakarta Bintangs, it was one more step towards their footballing nirvana, the Asian Championships in Bangkok.
Scores:
ANZ Jakarta Bintangs 23.18 156 Singapore Wombats 4.5 29
Goals: Bluey 5 Butcher 4 Elliot 3 Muzza Fester Andy Terry 2 Grace Ray Alf 1
Best: Andy McCann, Edwards, Harris, Mitchell, Eddy, Grace, Ternes
Shouldn't this be in the Jokes section?
^ good point, but considering that SIngapore are back to back reigning champions - i'd say its an important win!
This 'championship' is on par with Sunday league village soccer.
Should be a cracker. SA haven't had a proper run out for a while now.Originally Posted by Bobcock
7234 views on this thread says otherwise......
This is the Jakarta side that will tour for the Asian Champs.
If King Willy wasn't already 62 years, he might have been on this list somewhere...
Thailand Tigers Football Club
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Tickets are free.
No team wears Kangaroos colours.
In addition to beer, food, and football all day, Australian band The Fauves will play after the final and an Australian BBQ.
All wraps up pretty early (about 8-00 pm) so visitors can 'adjorn' to appropriate surroundings to continue their tour. Prime venue is Cowboy, where all ticket holders will be particularly well treated for the rest of Saturday and all day Sunday.
Will be a big one, with about 400 players touring...many under the age of 30.
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