The Swans line-up was affected by injuries and could field only ten listed players after Daniel Currie and Brett Meredith were both late withdrawals. Currie had a calf complaint while Meredith sat out as the senior emergency for the game between the Swans and Hawthorn.
Gary Rohan, who kicked six goals from full forward, Patrick Veszpremi, forward and on ball, and Irishman Chris McKaigue were the Swans’ best. Sam Reid, Dylan McNeil and top-up player Mitch Thompson were also named among the standout players.
Top-up player Tim Lambert battled hard all day in the ruck and covered for the Swans’ lack of big men.
The Swans led by two points at quarter time, but it was to be the only time they held the lead at a break.
Rohan kicked three of his six goals in the first term. The first came just three minutes in after a mark and the second after Reid passed to Veszpremi who hit Rohan on the lead. His final goal for the term came soon after Queanbeyan had scored from a mark 30 metres from goal.
Veszpremi kicked the last Swans’ goal of the term, breaking several tackles and goaling from 40 metres. Queanbeyan opened the game aggressively and by the end of the quarter had three goals but wasted a number of opportunities, kicking seven behinds.
Swans top-up player Seamus Pearson opened the second term with a goal on the run after a chain of handballs. A minute later Veszpremi kicked his second from 50 metres on the boundary after a mark.
In the next 12 minutes Queanbeyan went on a goal blitz, kicking six goals in a row, before McKaigue broke the Swans’ drought with a goal after some hard work from Byron Sumner that allowed McKaigue to run through the centre and goal from 50 metres.
After Queanbeyan kicked their seventh goal, the Swans kicked two in a row before the end of the term through top-up player Blake Malcolm and McNeil. At half time the Swans trailed by nine points.
By the end of the third term Queanbeyan had extended their lead to 28 points after kicking four goals to the Swans’ two. Rohan kicked his fourth for the game twisting and turning on the run and his fifth came at the 15 minute mark of the quarter. A long kick from Sumner into space allowed Rohan to run onto the ball and goal from the goal square.
The Swans were on top for the first half of the term but heavy knocks to Rohan and Reid slowed the Swans momentum.
Queanbeyan blew the game apart in the first six minutes of the final term, kicking three unanswered goals. Despite being hampered by his earlier heavy knock, Rohan took a strong overhead mark and kicked the Swans’ first goal of the term at the nine minute mark. Queanbeyan goaled again a few minutes later but at the 14 minute mark Veszpremi goaled from 40 metres after a mark. A minute later Queanbeyan kicked their final goal and although Veszpremi ended the game with his fourth, after a pack mark 40 metres out, the Swans went down by 41 points.
The Swans Reserves will now meet Tuggeranong on Sunday 15 August at 2pm at Greenway Oval.
Final Scores
Swans Reserves - 4.3 (27) 9.5 (59) 11.5 (71) 14.7 (91)
Queanbeyan - 3.7 (25) 10.8 (68) 14.15 (99) 19.18 (132)
Goals
Rohan 6; Veszpremi 4; Malcolm, McKaigue, McNeil, Pearson 1
Best
Rohan, Veszpremi, McKaigue, Reid, McNeil, Thompson
