AFL North West 2019: Tamworth Swans team review

2019 regular season finish: Fourth

Finals finish: Lost in the first week of finals

Club best and fairest: Ed George

Top goalscorer: Dale Gericke (23 goals)

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How would you rate your season out of 10?

7/10.

We played some really good games against good teams but had some shockers as well. We had a few new players and since Jeff [Talbot] has come along, he's helped a fair bit with getting a game plan together. That's been a big improvement.

In your opinion, who were your top three players in 2019?

Ed George was pretty high up there. I just like the way he gets back and takes that defensive mark across centre and half back line.

Also Dunny [Liam Dunn]. I think we're a lot better team with Dunny in the side.

And Ross Fraser. I think we really missed him when he hurt his finger. We missed that target up forward.

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What was the highlight of 2019?

The finals was my highlight, the result wasn't. When we played Moree at Moree, we were down a couple good players and had to the win to make finals. I was really impressed that day. To go up there and to win has been pretty hard for us so that was a highlight for me.

Where does the team need to improve heading into 2020?

We've got a lot more experience now and I think if we can pick up a bit more on our game plan we'll be a much better team. We don't have to go defensive [like we used to], we can play how we like to play at the start and see how the game flows after that.

Will you be coaching again next year?

I'll have to apply for it, I guess. If there's somebody else a lot better than me, I'm happy to step aside but I'll be applying.

R1: Bye

R2: lost to Gunnedah by 94 points

R3: lost to Inverell by 34 points

R4: Bye

R5: lost to New England by 12 points

R6: beat Moree by 116 points

R7: beat the Kangaroos by 48 points

R8: Bye

R9: lost to Inverell by 132 points

R10: lost to Gunnedah by 136 points

R11: Bye

R12: beat New England by 12 points

R13: beat Moree by 73 points

R14: beat the Kangaroos by 45 points

Semi final: lost to New England by 46 points