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NORTH Melbourne will be sweating on the fitness of experienced stars Jed Anderson and Todd Goldstein, after both failed to finish a bruising intraclub match at Arden Street on Friday afternoon.
Anderson limped from the field in the game's opening stages with a calf injury and never returned, while Goldstein hobbled off clutching his ribs in the third quarter after being crunched in a heavy contest.
Both will likely head for scans to determine the extent of the injuries, with a round one clash against Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium just 30 days away.
The respective blows came as gun new recruit Jaidyn Stephenson starred in a new inside midfield role, producing an impressive performance in front of his former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley.
Diminutive youngster Charlie Lazzaro was also one of the game's standouts, angling for a surprise early-season debut after starting alongside the aforementioned midfield group in a significantly stronger 'white' team.
Lazzaro won plenty of the footy and was clean with his skills, with fellow first-year midfielder Tom Powell also joining his teammate in the stronger side. Last year's No.3 pick, midfielder Will Phillips, was on the weaker 'blue' team.
Jack Ziebell impressed in his new role across half-back, taking plenty of intercept marks and rebounding with his penetrating right-foot having played as the third defensive tall alongside Aidan Corr and Robbie Tarrant.
Davies-Uniacke also spent large stints playing out of the goalsquare, using his strong frame to act as a dangerous deep target, with Stephenson then managing to hit the scoreboard late in the game as he rotated out of the midfield.
More in the article:
https://www.afl.com.au/news/550302/gun-roos-injured-as-bucks-sneaks-look-at-bruising-intraclub
Anderson limped from the field in the game's opening stages with a calf injury and never returned, while Goldstein hobbled off clutching his ribs in the third quarter after being crunched in a heavy contest.
Both will likely head for scans to determine the extent of the injuries, with a round one clash against Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium just 30 days away.
The respective blows came as gun new recruit Jaidyn Stephenson starred in a new inside midfield role, producing an impressive performance in front of his former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley.
Diminutive youngster Charlie Lazzaro was also one of the game's standouts, angling for a surprise early-season debut after starting alongside the aforementioned midfield group in a significantly stronger 'white' team.
Lazzaro won plenty of the footy and was clean with his skills, with fellow first-year midfielder Tom Powell also joining his teammate in the stronger side. Last year's No.3 pick, midfielder Will Phillips, was on the weaker 'blue' team.
Jack Ziebell impressed in his new role across half-back, taking plenty of intercept marks and rebounding with his penetrating right-foot having played as the third defensive tall alongside Aidan Corr and Robbie Tarrant.
Davies-Uniacke also spent large stints playing out of the goalsquare, using his strong frame to act as a dangerous deep target, with Stephenson then managing to hit the scoreboard late in the game as he rotated out of the midfield.
More in the article:
https://www.afl.com.au/news/550302/gun-roos-injured-as-bucks-sneaks-look-at-bruising-intraclub
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We are getting blessings from the supercoach gods with popular picks moving to half back positions
Ziebell Heppell and impey all so cheap is fools good
With that news I immediately thought of short for us at Richmond
Lloyd too. Is he an absolute must now?
Will Docherty seagull? Or too many mouths at Carlton maybe Saad is more suited now? Newman sps lots of prominent users there
The old half back laird would’ve gone mad
Stewart sounds prominent as does
L Mac from the Roos who seagulled his way to 118 the second half of last year
Caleb Daniel another
Ziebell Heppell and impey all so cheap is fools good
With that news I immediately thought of short for us at Richmond
Lloyd too. Is he an absolute must now?
Will Docherty seagull? Or too many mouths at Carlton maybe Saad is more suited now? Newman sps lots of prominent users there
The old half back laird would’ve gone mad
Stewart sounds prominent as does
L Mac from the Roos who seagulled his way to 118 the second half of last year
Caleb Daniel another
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Called it 
Lazzaro as the early, no one has mentioned him at all out of nowhere rookie. Good signs there.
Also called it! Do like it for him, almost forces him to compete (an issue) and then really exposes his strengths as a position. Needs a fair bit of physical development still but he could be a pretty dynamic player in that role. Sometimes football is paradoxical in it's nature where a player is best suited to a position that on face value makes no sense as it actually disables their negative traits. Stephenson for example when given free space will try and expand it further but when you force him into the phone box he has to embrace it.
Lazzaro as the early, no one has mentioned him at all out of nowhere rookie. Good signs there.
Also called it! Do like it for him, almost forces him to compete (an issue) and then really exposes his strengths as a position. Needs a fair bit of physical development still but he could be a pretty dynamic player in that role. Sometimes football is paradoxical in it's nature where a player is best suited to a position that on face value makes no sense as it actually disables their negative traits. Stephenson for example when given free space will try and expand it further but when you force him into the phone box he has to embrace it.