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Redbacks split road trip to Baton Rouge
September 12, 2009 - 09:00 AM --
On a cool and rainy day in Baton Rouge, 11 players from Florida traveled to Louisiana to take on the Tigers on their home ground and the Dallas Magpies. We had hoped for more players but the Ft. Lauderdale Squids all pulled out this week and we lost a few of our own. None the less, despite small numbers, despite missing several star players, we knew we had a good solid team.
Our first match was against the Tigers. In the opening half, the Florida Redbacks dominated. New recruit Nick dominated all across the middle. Our onballers were stellar – Janni, Dustin, and Alex seemed to grab everything out of the middle and were constantly feeding the forward line. The wet ball however made marks very hard to come by. None the less, Adham had a fair share of the ball and launched a number of shots on goal. Unfortunately, the Redbacks were not able to capitalize on our dominance as no one seemed able to kick straight.
1st half
Florida Redbacks 1 6 12
Baton Rouge Tigers 1 0 6
The second half saw continued Redbacks dominance but not quite to the same extent. Baton Rouge did have several forays forward but were repeatedly cut off by the excellent defense of Jeff Grubb (Grubby), Mus, Basil, and Beast (Nick). Baton Rouge did score once when a player not to be named lost his temper resulting in a 50 meter penalty and again when yours truly unfortunately let a ball slip out of his hands…. Besides those glitches, the kicking was much more on target with Adham kicking straight and Joey crumbing a goal on a ball into the goal square from Adham. Altogether a comfortable win and notable as it was the Redbacks first win ever on the road outside of nationals!!!
Final
Florida Redbacks 4 8 32
Baton Rouge Tigers 2 1 13
The Redbacks then had a break and watched the Baton Rouge Tigers take on Dallas… and it was not pretty. Baton Rouge only crossed mid-field twice the entire game as Dallas obliterated them… Literally the Dallas defenders stood there well rested – we had hoped that Dallas would get worn out by playing against Baton Rouge but this certainly did not happen.
Final
Dallas Magpies 12 18 90
Baton Rouge Tigers 0 0 0
So, despite seeing a devastating performance, our little Redbacks squad came out with our heads held high, confident that we could give the Magpies a tough match. We actually wanted to play 12 vs. 12 as we had our first game so that it would be our players vs. Dallas but Dallas wanted to play 16 vs. 16 since they had brought a lot of players. Thus, we were forced to take 5 additional players on to our squad. These players did try valiantly to help us but as one might imagine when one-third of a team’s squad is fill-in’s, this did disrupt our team chemistry….
The first quarter saw the Redbacks come out fired up… but the same could be said about the Magpies. A tough, hard hitting battle ensued with the Redbacks actually winning the center clearances. However, the deliveries from the middle players to the forwards were often not on target and even when they were on target, the Magpies defenders were getting better position and were usually first to the ball. Initially, the valiant Redbacks defense of Mus, Beast, Basil, and Grubby repelled the Dallas forays forward but eventually the relentless pressure and the inability of the Redbacks forward line to hold the ball forward resulted in the Magpies lighting up the score board with very accurate kicking.
1st half
Florida Redbacks 0 0 0
Dallas Magpies 6 2 38
At the half, the Redbacks switched some players around and discussed strategy to try to help keep the ball forward more often. For the most part the plan actually worked as Dallas was not able to pressure the Redbacks defense as much. The Redbacks actually had a few scoring opportunities but the shots on goal unfortunately were well off target. The Redbacks did end up with one behind for a tiny point of pride in not getting shut out. In addition, the Redbacks, despite missing numerous key players, did not give up and fought back and kept the second half close even with the highlight of Nick G. taking a brilliant speccy over a Dallas player – unfortunately he bruised his shoulder on the play and missed most of the second half.
Final
Florida Redbacks 0 1 1
Dallas Magpies 9 3 57
Goals (only 1st game obviously):
Adham – 2
Dustin – 1
Joey - 1
BOG Game 1 (as determined by Redbacks leaders, I don’t know ump votes):
Janni 3
Dustin 2
Adham 1
BOG Game 2 (as determined by Redbacks leaders, I don’t know ump votes):
Mus 3
Beast 2
Basil 1
Special thanks to Alex for paying for the rental van for us and helping out a lot of the guys on the trip who were low on money. We really appreciate your support of the club.
Oct. 10-11 – National Championship Tournament in Cincinnati – starts 9am Sat. am:
This is the highlight of our season – we will be playing in the Division 3 playoffs – I expect that we will be seeded fairly high. Let’s go with a strong squad and end the season with a national title!!!!
I would like every player on the team e-mail list to e-mail me so I can start to figure out numbers – E-mail me if you are a Yes, maybe, or a No.
Travel Info – You will need to buy plane tickets as it is too far to drive. Round trip tickets are currently running around $150. Once I know numbers, we will reserve hotel rooms. Costs should be low as we will once again put 4 to a room unless someone wants a room to themself (let me know).
US Team tryouts/training – if you are under the age of 23 and interested in making the US national team, they will be having a training/skills session/try out on Friday Oct. 9 – let me know if you are interested… by the way, there will likely be Australian scouts present – this is how several of our guys ended up getting recruited to play in Australia over the years – Dustin, Justin, Danny, Cam, CJ….
Nationals Registration – you cannot play nationals unless you register – do this ASAP!!!!
Usfooty is offering a cheaper means of registering for nationals but you have to register in the next month. As you can see, do it now and it’s still a lower price ($60) then it will be if you wait to the end. You have two choices – register yourself (click on the big blue link below) or give me the money and any relevant info at training on Thursday (I’ll register anyone who gives me money ahead of time).
From USFOOTY
ALL players need to register and agree to the waiver PRIOR to playing any game for their club. We know clubs have already started and with the system not working earlier that would be impractical to adopt and impossible to enforce this year. Players are required to at least sign a hard copy waiver before playing any game to be covered under the League’s Liability Insurance program.
Clubs can direct payers to the registration button to the left on the usfooty.com homepage ....OR ....clubs can manually register multiple players at one time by sending a check for multiple registrations along with the names of the players they are mass-registering along with the check.
These are the player registration fees for 2009:
- $60 per player - if paid between September 01- September 30
- $75 per player - if paid after September 30, including registrations at Nationals.
- The fee includes participation at the 2009 Nationals
- No rebates if registered player does not attend Nationals.
- No discounts for students, first year players or women this year.
- No “name exchanges”. Once a player is registered that payment cannot be transferred to another player.
This is a USAFL Player - 2009 Season Registration (which includes participation at 2009 Nationals). The loadings are designed to encourage teams to register as many players as early as they can. If someone “comes out of the woodwork” later in the season, conveniently before Nationals, and they gain an exemption from the 3 point qualification system, that's fine, they can play, but they are going to pay more than the player who registered early and has been contributing to their club and Usfooty all year.
cheers,
Marc (mkarver@chuma1.cas.usf.edu)
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Florida Redbacks Tangle up North Carolina Tigers comeback attempt -
June 20, 2009 - 02:00 PM --
Game Report
On Saturday June 20, the North Carolina Tigers (0-3) travelled to Fort Lauderdale to take on Florida United (which combines the Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids with the Florida Redbacks. On a bitterly hot day in Ft. Lauderdale with the heat index around 115, 20 players from North Carolina came down to play against our combined Florida United/Saints/Squids/Redbacks team. Surprisingly, despite having home field advantage, our Florida team lost a lot of players before game time and only had 20 players also. It looked like we were in store for a very even match against one of the fittest teams in the country. What ensued was an unpredictable rollercoaster match in which momentum swung back and forth over large periods of time.
In the opening quarter, the Florida Redbacks dominated. Phil controlled the ruck taps to our dominant players in the middle especially US national team Revo player Dustin Jones and Janni Mirosevich. They followed with frequent deliveries to the forward line with numerous possessions by our uncatchable free floating forward, Ryan Morton(who probably totaled 25 to 30 possessions during the game). However, Ryan did his best impression of Hawthorne’s Buddy Franklin and peppered the goal area with points. Not to be out done, no one on the Redbacks was able to capitalize on our dominance as no one seemed able to kick straight. Jason Namour set a good tone for the team early on with some good tackles against a North Carolina team that early on was holding on to the ball frequently too long.
1st quarter
Florida Redbacks 2 8 20
North Carolina Tigers 1 0 6
The second quarter saw continued Redbacks dominance early on with Alex grabbing numerous possessions in the middle and delivering to our forward line. Through the first two quarters, Mustapha Turay had completely shut down North Carolina’s best player, Jason Heathcote, and intimidated their entire team with one of his monstrous hits. However, after slotting a few more goals early and seeing our lead grow to 31 points, the tide started to shift. Phil our ruckman hurt his back, the Redbacks started to get tired, and the North Carolina Tigers were still running.
2nd quarter
Florida Redbacks 5 10 40
North Carolina Tigers 2 2 14
The third quarter saw the Redbacks come out flat and the North Carolina Tigers come out fired up. Mike battled valiantly in the ruck but North Carolina was winning out of the middle and winning most loose balls. Often Redbacks were standing around gasping for breath (we really need to build up fitness). Instead of picking up loose balls, Redbacks were swiping at the ball with their feet – ask Janni what he thinks about that!!!!! Everywhere we looked, Tigers were running free. North Carolina came storming back but Florida was able to hang in there often bolstered by spectacular play and powerful tackles delivered by Nick (Beast) and Brad Vertescher. Both accumulated many possessions and knocked people around while much of the team was struggling. Heathcote was dangerous up forward for the Tigers and Tiger Revo Paul Duncan was starting to get on top.
3rd quarter
Florida Redbacks 6 13 49
North Carolina Tigers 5 6 36
Coach Marcus gave a rousing speech at quarter time but apparently it took a few minutes to kick in. The start of the 4th quarter showed more of the same from the 3rd quarter. North Carolina dominated and suddenly the scoreboard delivered a frightening message to the Redbacks:
Florida Redbacks 6 13 49
North Carolina Tigers 7 7 49
… and then we saw what the Redbacks were made of as they started to lift… Janni took over the game with lots of possessions. Dustin Jones seemed to come out of every pack running with the ball. Alex was getting lots of possessions and delivering with pinpoint accuracy. Mark Diamond (Dymo) and Cameron Pinnock were playing well. Across the field the Redbacks all got their second winds and the Tigers finally tired out and the game turned dramatically. Adham and Mus took numerous marks up in the forward line and even orchestrated the equivalent of an ally oop slam dunk with Mus marking close to the goal and handballing to Adham at the goal line who put it away.
Final
Florida Redbacks 12 15 87
North Carolina Tigers 7 7 49
Goals: Redbacks - Janni – 4; Adham – 3; Dustin – 1; Ryan - 2 (and about 8 behinds : ); Alex -1; Mus – 1
Nth Carol.: Jason Heathcote 3, Marc Castrovinci 2, Steve Miller 1, Stuart Gill 1, Kim Hemenway 1.
BOG (as determined by Redbacks leaders):
Janni 3
Dustin 2
Mus 1
BEST PLAYERS as determined by ump:
Florida: Janni Mirosevich, Dustin Jones, Mike Heithaus, Mustapha Turay.
Nth Carol.: Paul Duncan, Marc Castrovinci, Wes Hayutin, Michael Coysh, Jason Heathcote.
Field Umpire: Ian McNiece (OC).
Special thanks to Marcus for coaching us, Holly for being a life saver and running water out to us while we were dying, and to OC for umping bravely on his own in unbearable heat.
Cheers,
Marc
PS – It looks really likely that we will be starting new metro footy teams in St. Pete and Sarasota – watch your e-mail as it would be great if players from anywhere can come out and help these efforts. There may be a Saturday training from 10-12 either in St. Pete or Sarasota….
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REDBACKS SHOCK KOOKABURRAS!
January 24, 2004 --
FLORIDA 11-13-79 def ATLANTA 9-11-65
Coach Trevor's Comments
What an awesome entry into the Southeast competition with a thrilling Florida Redbacks win over a strong Atlanta Kookaburras team. Atlanta played convincingly to a 23 point advantage at half time, but Florida was determined to regroup, fight back and keep running hard to pull close by three quarter time and keep the offensive power intense while pushing ahead to a 14 point win. Preparation and training for this game was great, and the players are to be congratulated for achieving our first goal of the season, winning the Australia Day Boomerang Trophy on this second annual Australia Day Battle. Thanks to our families and fans for their personal and vocal support of the Redbacks and to Scott the umpire for his dedication to a fair and healthy development of our club in USFooty competition. Thanks also to our friendly rivals the Atlanta Kookaburras who have been our unfailing support in team development in Florida. Without their contributions and enthusiasm we would not have been able to develop as a team so quickly to this point in our second season.
Go Redbacks!!!!!!!!!
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New Redbacks Supporter
April 20, 2004 --
The Florida Redbacks are pleased to announce a new supporter of the club, ACforSale Inc. Need Air Conditioning for your Home, Condo, Mobile Home, Office or Boat? Click on the link above to see how they can help you or your business.
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Redbacks Hold Off Gallant Tigers
May 1, 2004 --
After their ‘surprise’ victory over Atlanta in January the pressure was placed squarely on the shoulders of the Redbacks for this game against Nth.Carolina and they handled it well as they ran away with the game in the last quarter to beat the Tigers by 18 points.
Redbacks Hold Off Gallant Tigers
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Redbacks win first EAFL game
April 16, 2005 - 01:30 PM --
Florida Redbacks V Baltimore Washington Eagles
In the first EAFL game of the season, Baltimore Washington traveled south to Sarasota to take on the Florida Redbacks. With little preparation done by the Eagles and a number of key players missing, the Eagles found themselves in quite the web of trouble as the Redbacks moved the ball well through the packs and pounded the Eagles' goal line with spectacular mark after mark.
1/4 Time: Fla. 3.4.22 B/W 0.0.0
1/2 Time: Fla. 6.12.48 B/W 0.0.0
3/4 Time: Fla. 9.14.68 B/W 1.2.8
Final Fla. 14.16.100 B/W 1.3.9
Goals
Mario 3
Steve 2
Anthony 2
Dustin 2
Justin 2
Marc 1
Simon 1
Ben 1
The Redbacks put together the best performance in Redbacks history in defeating the Baltimore Washington Eagles. More details to follow. Look forward to seeing everyone for the big game May 14 against top 5 team in the country - Boston Demons!!
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August 27 Tampa - Ft. Lauderdale Game
August 27, 2005
Tampa - Fort Lauderdale game
Scores
Ft L Tampa
1st quarter 3.0 (18) 2.2 (14)
2nd quarter 7.5 (47) 4.3 (27)
3rd quarter 9.9 (63) 8.5 (53)
4th quarter 16.10 (106) 8.6 (54)
The game was played 16-on-16 in rain, overcast and windy conditions. Fort Lauderdale had a dominating defense and made better use of the breeze, which was a very strong wind in the final quarter. The game was an excellent hard fought competition which remained relatively even for three quarters, but was broken open by Fort Lauderdale in the final term.
Best on ground were Chris, Jarred, and Coops. Justin and the Bens had very good games, and David, Gavin, and Danny showed great improvement and contributions.
Due to Coach Trevor's notes being rained through, a complete record of goalkickers was lost, Multiple goalkickers included Coops, Tim, Jarred, Ben, Danny, and Benn.
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Advertising Space Now Available
April 13, 2004 --
Banner ads are now available for purchase on the Florida Redbacks website, www.floridaredbacks.net.
The Redbacks website is receiving over 100 visits per week and that number is increasing every week.
LeagueLineup.com will create a banner ad at no additional charge or you can upload your own banner.
The Redbacks also have new sponsorship opportunities available. If you think that you or your company would be interested in becoming involved with sponsorship of Australian Rules not only in Florida, but the United States, please don't hesitate to contact the club via email at marketing@floridaredbacks.net so we can provide you with a sponsorship information packet.
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Redbacks in the News!
March 24, 2005 --
Check out the latest article in the Tampa Tribune about the Florida Redbacks!
Click here to read.
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