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NTFL TEAMS —ROUND 10

TOMORROWPalmerston v SouthernDistricts at TIO Stadium, 3.15pm.PALMERSTONB: Alex Johnson Jamie DamasoWaisele Morgan-ThomsonHB: Justin Emery Josh Jukes Zak StephensonC: Amaziah Gameraidj Aaron Lonergan Lochlan DhurrkayHF: Gavin DhurrkayMatthewDennis Kirsten HunterF:David Liston SamAutio Cameron ClokeFoll: CallanWilson Pierce Liddle Alwyn DaveyInter (from): Jack Shanahan McKenzie Lawrence Nick HorsleyBlake Grant William Carlyle Warren Berto Keidan Holt-TubbsCurtly Reid.S’DISTRICTSB: Tom FittockWilliam Farrer Lionel OgdenHB: KapunMorris Chris Stasinowski DylanMcLachlanC: Keegan Dingo TomGleeson Dean StauntonHF:Marcus Hamilton Damian Cupido Ryan HudsonF:Matt Cannard Troy Taylor Jordan KingFoll: Aaron Gepp Jake Roe-Duggan Keifer YuInter: Ben Dowdell Zane Carter Nathan Roach MatthewMcLinden Shannon Rusca Chris Adams.Tiwi Bombers v StMarys at TIO Stadium, 5.30pm.TIWI BOMBERSB:DonnyMungatopi Jason Puruntatameri Kevin PortaminniHB: Adam Tipungwuti Albert Tipungwuti Francis KinthariC: Bradley Palipuaminni Shane Tipuamantamirri Jack MunkaraHF: Roy Kantilla Liam Jurrah Jerome TipuamantimirriF: Gibson Turner John Kelantumama Gerrard CunninghamFoll: Chris Warlipinni Ross TungatalumDionMunkaraInter (from): Samson Mungatopi Alistair Darcy Kenny Purun-tatameri Nathan Daniels Rupert Pupangamirri.STMARYSB: Jackson Clark John Anstess Luke StapletonHB: Iggy Vallejo Jack Long Ben RioliC: ShaqMcKenzie JustinWilson Henry LabastidaHF: Shannon Rioli Peter MacFarlane Josh HeathF: Leroy Larson Justin Van UnenWilliam Rioli JnrFoll: JonoMiles Cameron Ilett Jarred IlettInter (from): Guy Orton Jack Williams Nicky Yarran Ben LongStevenMiles Josh Lidgerwood Russell McAdam.Wanderers vWaratahs at TIO Stadium, 7.45pmWANDERERSB:Mitchell Taylor Daniel Weetra Ali BondHB: Zelio Casimiro Alex Erlandson BradeonMcLeanC: Keelan Fejo Brad Vassal NathanMcLeanHF: SamArthur Neil Vea Vea Nathan DjerrkuraF:Daniel Motlop Shane Thorne NookMansellFoll: Liam Patrick Chris Dunne Jared ErlandsonInter (from): Thomas Motlop Ryan Moloney Dillon Kane JordanWilson-King Joel Cubillo Michael Dalla.WARATAHSB:WilliamHetherington Josh Chaplin Jake SmartHB:Daniel Stanley Justin Beugelaar HaydenMcDonaldC: Travis Hayes Brent RowleyMalcolm LewisHF: Sam Godden SamNickless Jake FarrellF: ErrinWasley-Black TomGillies Davin HallFoll: TomMarsh Jack McEwin JamesWrayInter (from): Josh Westerberg Jimmy McCarthy Will Rivers Har-ley Purunatatmeri BenMahon Brock Jennings Lachlan Colihole.SUNDAYBuffaloes vNightcliff at Northline Oval, 4pm.BUFFALOESB: Jai Anderson Jalen Clarke ImamMukhlisHB: Ben Cooper ThomasMcDowell Nick MendesC: Timmy Eldridge Phillip Wills LukeMooreHF: Jarrod Stokes Jesse NewtonMichael HaganF: LiamMcDonald Steven Anderson Lawrie RaymondFoll:Dylan Fuller Travis O’Donaghue Liam PhilpottInter (from): Theo Tossiades Josh Blitner Steve Hanning Nath-an Fejo Jordan Undrade Aaron Pollard Kelvin Williams DamianWilliams DarrenMoncrieff.NIGHTCLIFFFrom: Adrian Murphy (c), Darren Guelfi, Alex Papazoglou,Jonathan Peris, Tim Jenkins, Josh Hicks, Aaron Cornelius, JimmyMarks, Seb Guilhaus, Justin Tolly, Max Stretton, Nathan Brown,Jayden Kickett, Anthony Gugliotta, Ashley Duncan, Julian Lock-wood, Huw Spring, Jesiah McGarvie, Trevor Baust, Gareth Smith,Jaise Coleman, Morris Sampi, Ross Carpenter, Josh Reichman,Raphael Sampi, Tim Miller, Cameron Long, Luke Fisher, BraydenShannon.

Cornelius jumpsinto Buffalo penNTFL

By JESSWEBSTER

Nightcliff boom recruit and former Brisbane Lion Aaron Cornelius flies high over Richmond’sDavid Astbury Picture: DARREN ENGLAND

FACT FILE

Aaron CorneliusAge: 23Height: 192cmWeight: 86kgAFL games: 25AFL goals: 35Drafted: Pick 57 (2008)

FORMER Brisbane Lions for-ward Aaron Cornelius willmake his NTFL debut forNightcliff when they face theBuffaloes at Northline Ovalon Sunday.

Cornelius, 23, was delistedthis year after 25 matches infive seasons at the Lions.

The third-placed Tigers re-gain ruckman Julian Lock-wood and Ash Duncan for the4pm clash, but will be withoutmidfielder Toby Stribling, de-fender Deon Gordon and for-ward Guy Hendry.

Buffaloes youngster JaiAnderson is a chance of mak-ing his senior debut thisweekend as they aim to coverthe losses of Luke Clark,David Mensch and Tim vander Klooster.

St Marys regain Shannonand Ben Rioli, Luke Sta-pleton, Rising Star nomineeNick Yarran, Jack Williamsand Russell McAdam whenthey square off with the TiwiBombers for the annualWoneaemirri-Gregory Cup atTIO Stadium tomorrow.

Raphael Clarke, LucasWhite and Kirby Bourke areunavailable while JackMusgrove (concussion) andDarren Ewing (NT Thunderplayer management plan)will miss.

The Bombers have beenstrengthened by the return ofLiam Jurrah and noted goal-kicker Gerrard Cunningham,while Gibson Turner willmake his Bombers debut afterfinishing up with the Central-ian Redtails eight-gamePremier League trial.

Palmerston and SouthernDistricts kick off the lasttriple-header of the year atMarrara from 3.15pm tomor-row with talented junior Wa-isele Morgan-Thomson.Amaziah Gameraidj, GavinDhurrkay, and Nick Horsleyare notable inclusions forthe Pies.

Player-coach Shannon Rus-ca has been named on theCrocs bench, Tom Gleeson re-turns to the midfield and Mar-cus Hamilton is back in the

side as the Crocs look to aven-ge a heart-breaking two-pointloss to St Marys last week.

The second-placed Wan-derers have been bolstered bythe return of Shane Thorne,Braedon McLean, NathanDjerrkura and Liam Patrick

for their 7.45pm battle withfourth-placed Waratahs.

The Warriors, coming off athrilling two-point win overTiwi, have made a number ofchanges. Justin Beugelaar,Daniel Stanley, Tom Gillies,Jake Smart, Harley Purun-

tatameri and Lachlan Col-lihole will add size, speed andstrength, but Tahs will bemissing handy players in ruc-kman Craig Parry and mid-fielders Mitch Sandery, Mi-chael Handby, Ryan Cocks,and Patrick Heenan.

New Demon has Cross to bearAFL

ByMELISSAWOODS

Daniel Cross, with Melbourne coach Paul Roos, has embracedthe Demons’ values after 13 seasons with the Western Bulldogs

VETERAN midfielder Daniel Cross ishappy to mentor young Demons but be-lieves he still has the ability to make animpact on the AFL field first hand.

Cross joined Melbourne after 13seasons with the Western Bulldogs, withnew Demons coach Paul Roos looking tothe hard-working 30-year-old to helpmould his young squad.

After 210 games, Cross feels he still hasplenty to offer and wouldn’t change whathas worked for him for so long.

‘‘My job, like I’ve done in the past 13years, is to go about my business, trainas hard as I possibly can, do the extraswhile people are not watching and thatgives you the best opportunity to be in

the best 22 or the starting 18,’’ he said. ‘‘Itall comes out in your training and workethic and my mindset has never changedone bit.’’

This season Cross managed only 13 ga-mes and finished outside the Bulldogs’top 10 for the first time in a decade. Headmitted that being cut stung.

‘‘It was really hard for me to hear thatthe club I was drafted to (didn’t wanthim),’’ he said.

‘‘I love that club dearly and that willnever leave me, but I’m a Melbourneplayer now and fully committed to help-ing the club move up the ladder.’’

Cross said he slotted straight in attraining, where he quickly gained in-sight into how Roos wanted the Demonsto play.

‘‘We’ve certainly started with a lot of

grappling. It’s the first thing I did at theclub in our first training session,’’ hesaid. ‘‘Roosy’s really big on being hardaround the footy and hard to play again-st. His style was always big on stoppagesand that’s something with the game planwe’re going to be rolling out.’’

With the former Swans premiershipcoach on board, as well as 11 newplayers, Cross said it was a like a freshstart for everyone.

Another player starting anew is for-mer Adelaide midfielder Bernie Vince.

Admitting he initially wasn’t happy tobe forced out of the Crows, where heplayed 128 games, Vince said he hadsince embraced the change.

‘‘I’ve put all of that behind me and I’mrapt to be here and we’ve got some reallygood young guys coming through.’’