Snappy Tom Lands The Prize!

Foreman Legal Leading

Goalkicker 2009

The inaugural winner of the Foreman Legal Leading Goal Kicker Award is half forward specialist Tom Hancock. A consistent goal kicker during the 2009 season Hancock finished with 24 goals which was just enough to keep out the fast finishing Sean Watt with 22 goals who starred with a haul of 7 in the final match of the year.

Hancock missed several games throughout the season through injury as did previous leading Supertiger goalkicker Gary 'Specky' Magee and Richard Kleemann both with 21 goals.

Supertigers Reign Supreme in 2009

Eleven From Eleven...Pretty Perfect Really!

Sunday's game at Rosewater was always going to be a tough encounter for the Hill's Supertigers.

With the game being brought forward by a week so as not to clash with Father's Day, the Tigers preparation was rushed and there was minimal recovery time from the previous week's match at Fitzroy.

Several players went into the game with many layers of skin missing from their knees, resembling some of the hardest working 'call girls' in Kings Cross and others were as battered and bruised as one of Rocky Balboa's carcasses.

Never the less the mighty Tigers assembled at Rosewater Oval in an attempt to re-write the history books and claim an unbeaten season.

Again missing many of it's prime movers due to bail conditions, losses of driver's licence, country finals and family pressure, the 16 players who donned the black & gold for the last time in 2009 certainly did not let the Tiger faithful down.

Kicking with a solid breeze in the first term, the Hill's team were inaccurate kicking 3 goals 7 behinds to Rosewater's solitary behind. The game should have been put out of reach due to the first quarter dominance but the Rosewater Bulldogs stemmed the flow in the 2nd term with a supergoal (9pts) together with a good field goal.

Half time saw the Tigers leading by 34 points but not yet confident of achieving their goal.

This inspired many of the players, none more so than the ever green resilient Kim Pearce (2 goals in first half) who went to full back after having a solid first half playing off a wing. He dominated the last line of defence and created good options for the running Chris 'Fritz' Geraghty and the popular Dave 'Runt' Wuttke.

Dave McGill, after arriving at quarter time and going to the wrong end of the ground, had to be rescued on some 3 occasions from being buried in the lush Rosewater turf following heavy body clashes. Named in a forward pocket McGill inadvertently found himself in the back pocket were he starred.

Also keeping tight reins on their opponents in defence were Ron 'Chuck' Berry who was released from his Accounting duties for the game and 'beer line maestro' Rob 'Maxy' McGregor who was sorely missed in the last quarter following a straining of the hamstring. Fortunately it is some 200 days to the start of the 2010 season. Richie Slater started at centre half back and provided much rebound which is something that cannot be said about his windscreen. Slater suggested that he wouldn't be parking behind the goals in the future.

The centre line welcomed back the hard working Alex Tucker who again put his body on the line and ran the lines strongly. He created many opportunities for the forwards and marked strongly throughout the encounter.

Neil Thomson again showed that a little bit of fitness can go a long way. He was defiant and proved to be a difficult player for Rosewater to maintain as was Damian 'Dom' Ryde. After completing his duties as captain of Port Power the previous evening, Dom played his best game in his debut year when placed on the ball.

Big man Aleks Bojanic was left the lone ruckman following Damon Wilson's late withdrawal. By the end of the game he was very ready for the surgeon's scalpel after many strong clashes with the Bulldog's 3 man mountains. Bojanic gave first use to the hard working and hard headed Wayne 'Chucky' Seymour who again drove hard to the goal mouth.

The half forward line of the Hill's team was unstoppable. Matt Ormsby (3 goals) provided an extremely strong target and chased hard all day as did Troy Snooks (2 goals). Snooks was fleet of foot and also fleet of mouth. The umpire did not appreciate Snooks' sense of humour when it came to comments about being vertically challenged but he did appreciate arguably the goal of the year when Snooks pounced on a loose ball and soccered through from 25 metres out.

Chris Hill was again providing a target for the Hill's forays forward but it was Sean Watt who took the best afield tag with him. Kicking 7 goals and hitting the post on 3 occassions, Watt reigned supreme marking strongly and also converting on the run.

The placing of Watt at Full Forward certainly paid dividends for the uncoached side. Supercoach Dave Piro was unavailable due to Assistant Coaching interviews at Port Power for 2010. The Hill's Supertigers hope that he will continue in the box with them in 2010.

Unfazed, the Hill's Supertigers minus, Dick Kleemann, Simon Kemp, Mark Jaensch, Paul Zoontjen, Damon Wilson, Damian Dolman, Tony Oates, Dale Wylie, Andrew Frohling, Tommy Hancock, Gary Magee and Ross Wall shone and ran away with the game winning by 64 points and became
2009 Undefeated AFL MASTERS (SA)
World Champions.

Much thanks must also go to Hill's Supertigers Number One Goal Umpire Graham 'Fryar' Tucker. There rain or shine, Mr Tucker has dominated the goal square and is greatly appreciated by all.

Preparations have already begun for the 2010 season where the goal remains the same...let's get out there with our mates for a kick and a catch and beer after the game, the perfect premiership winning formula.

Until next time...Have a good one!

The Ross Wall File...Tigers v Rosewater

CLEAN SWEEP FOR SEASON 2009

The consummate 10 goal victory over Rosewater on Sunday completed a perfect season for the Hills’ Superules team.

With only 16 players available, the Supertigers were confronted with 23 Bulldog opponents, most of whom were on the ground at any one stage. This required a superhuman effort from those entrusted with the task of retaining the “Top dog” status.

While the Hills’ 2009 season rewrites the record books, including emphatic triumphs over the powerful Sacred Heart and Gawler teams; the question is how to top this achievement?

This feat of conquest has been compared to the dominance of Sturt’s premiership haul in the sixties and the monopoly held by the Beatles on the number one chart spot in the same era.

It has been paralleled with awesome performance of Usain Bolt and the national domination of South Australia in the most bizarre murders equation.

Where to now for many of the players who created Superules’ history?

What possible challenge remains for this ambitious group of senior athletes?

The club now faces a similar problem to the Brisbane Lions when they reigned supreme; that of how to keep the group together, under the salary cap.

Will the Hills’ boys take pay cuts in order to stay together as a team?

Will other pursuits now become more important, with new Everests to climb?

Sean Watt kicked seven goals in a display of total dominance.This could be enough to lift him into contention for the top goal kicking award for the season.
Could this be the carrot to dangle in front of Sean to entice him back in 2010?

Aleks Bojanic, after single handedly taking on three ruck giants, will visit his knee surgeon for another medical intrusion into his anatomy. Given that the anesthetic only temporarily stops him talking, we know Aleks will be back.

Damien “Dom” Ryde ran himself into the ground, to the stage that he was unable to raise himself off the grass after yet another contested ball situation. Dom was most fortunate to avoid injury as two packs of players ran over his prostate carcass during the next two minutes until the “Oxygen Trainer” could get to him.

“Worst case ever of “Severe Lactic Lethargy” was the expert assessment.
How will the team entice Dom back to push his body to the limits of human endurance again?

Kim Pearce would play football everyday of his life if there were games on. His appetite for the game is insatiable and his aversion to playing defensive football is legendary. On Sunday Kim not only played a sensational last half at full back, but checked, spoiled and intercepted like a person who had been doing it all his life.

The other complete character reversal surfaced post match.

Kim craves and even hoards the after game cans of beer, but on Sunday he gave away the last “tinnie” to a fellow player.

Do these bizarre behavior shifts represent the first signs of a major psychological upheaval?

Has Kim undergone a “Mid Life Sea Change” and what does this mean for his future?

Could this lead him to hang up his boots in favour of mystic Eastern philosophical pursuits based on Yoga and Tai Chi?

Having soccered the “Goal of the Year” off the outside of his non preferred foot from 30 metres, what incentive will Troy Snooks have to return in 2010?

How will Richard Slater and Andrew Frohling get to games next year?

Richie’s uninsured car is undrivable after having its windscreen shattered when he inadvisably parked behind the goals and Frohl’s will not get his licence back until 2011.

Rob McGregor, who takes great delight in socialising with his opponents during the match, jagged his hamstring and will require an intensive rehabilitation over the summer.

Will he now opt for social intercourse at his shack on the river instead of on the football field?

Dave Wuttke, who credits Uraidla Spring Water with the team’s success, will be back as long as the spring continues to flow.

Neil Thomson, who has struck a rich vein of form will undoubtedly return and Chris Hill is safe while the controversial “Euthanasia Bill” is not passed.

All in all a fantastic season and just like every Hills’ Superules match in its history, no one knows who will turn up next time, and in what state.

HILLS 14 – 12 ROSEWATER 4 – 8
Best: Watt, Geraghty, Thomson, Wuttke, Bojanic, Snooks, Ryde
Goals: Watt7, Ormsby 3, Pearce, Snooks 2