IN the aftermath of a hard-fought Round 3 performance, VFL coach Rhett McLennan offered his reflections on the contributions of AFL-listed players following Casey\u2019s four-point win over Box Hill at Casey Fields.<\/p>\n
Max Heath
\n(21 disposals, 42 hit outs, 6 marks, 4 clearances)<\/p>\n
\u201cMax has been awesome. He\u2019s probably been our best on ground in each of our first four matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s done everything we\u2019ve asked of him and more. His ruck work has been fantastic, and he\u2019s providing a real presence down the line as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe continued to compete really strongly around the ground, and took an important mark late on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew Jefferson
\n(3 goals, 16 disposals, 5 marks)<\/p>\n
\u201cJeffo\u2019s first half, especially his first quarter, was really ominous.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe ran, jumped at the ball and used his athleticism really well. We were really pleased with how he competed in the air.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s now about building that body of work underneath him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andy Moniz-Wakefield
\n(16 disposals, 5 tackles, 5 marks)<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had some really good moments defensively, and his tackling and ability to defend were really pleasing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt probably wasn\u2019t his best game by foot, but given it was his second game back from injury, there were a lot of positives to take out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jed Adams
\n(6 disposals, 3 marks, 3 tackles)<\/p>\n
\u201cJed had a tougher day, but it certainly wasn\u2019t his worst.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe found himself in a few 2v1s deep in defence, often without much support, but still had some really strong moments in the air and competed well defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aidan Johnson
\n(4 goals, 14 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles)<\/p>\n
\u201cAJ finished with four goals and competed hard all day. His desperation and appetite for the contest really stood out.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was able to impact in the ruck as well, especially in the first half as a relief option.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xavier Taylor
\n(15 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles)<\/p>\n
\u201cXavier played his best game in the red and blue.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe took on a direct match-up on Calsher Dear and did really well. He read the ball strongly, took some intercept marks and used it well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a really positive starting point for what a future AFL role could look like.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack Henderson
\n(14 disposals, 3 marks)<\/p>\n
\u201cJack\u2019s running was really strong, playing predominantly through the midfield.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis work at ground level was clean, and his ability to move away from the contest after winning it was really good.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe used the ball well by foot and had a solid overall performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas Matthews
\n(1 goal, 5 tackles)<\/p>\n
\u201cTommy played more midfield, which he\u2019s not as accustomed to, but we wanted to stretch him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe played with a lot of energy and had a really important moment where he was able to draw a free kick and help us get a few goals ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about continuing to build consistency across four quarters for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Riley Onley
\n(11 disposals, 3 marks)<\/p>\n
\u201cRiley didn\u2019t get a lot of the footy, but his running patterns were strong.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he impacted contests at speed, he was really hard to stop with his size and power.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a couple of moments he\u2019d like back, but there were definitely positives in how he competed.<\/p>\n
Ricky Mentha
\n(7 disposals, 4 tackles)<\/p>\n
\u201cRicky\u2019s defensive work was a lot better this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe defended his man well and showed improvement in how he played his role.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t have as much impact offensively as he would have liked, but the defensive side of his game was a big step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luker Kentfield
\n(4 goals, 4 marks, 6 hitouts)<\/p>\n
\u201cLuker was really good and brought his strengths to the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe competed well in the air and finished his work strongly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also spent some time in the ruck in the second half and was able to support us there, while also helping out defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oscar Berry
\n(3 disposals, 3 tackles)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to remember this was only Oscar\u2019s second game of home and away football since he was 15.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was harder to play against this week and used the footy really solidly when he had it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s learning and improving each week, which is really pleasing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Casey Demons will next take on the Brisbane Lions on April 19 at Casey Fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IN the aftermath of a hard-fought Round 3 performance, VFL coach Rhett McLennan offered his reflections on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-592959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}