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Seniors vs Hampton
Round 2 we travelled to Hampton to take on newly promoted team from C Grade in Hampton Rovers. Another hot day in Melbourne so we needed to play tempo footy at times to preserve some energy to run out quarters.
The first quarter started with Hampton pushing numbers high up the ground to stoppages and to congest the game. We fell into some messy footy early with a lot of numbers around the ball. We decided to hold our backs behind the footy, this gave us two spares and we started to rebound off half back. As the quarter went on, we worked our way through Hamptons numbers and started to score.
The game started the same in the 2nd quarter with Hampton putting a lot of numbers around the stoppages. Again, we held our backs behind the footy and we rebounded like the 1st quarter. Our defenders were really disciplined and didn’t take liberty’s or push higher up for an easy possession. Our defensive shaper behind the ball all day was really pleasing. Our midfields ability to work from the off ball side and get back to support our backs in the defensive 50 gave us numbers to run the ball out in waves and overlap by hand. Our ruckman Garnett Brennan and Ruben Hopkins gave the mids first use, their tap work was allowing us to get on the move at stoppages.
After half time we came out with plenty of energy and saw us put on 9 goals in the quarter. At the end of each quarter, we were full of running, and this is due to the work the boys did in pre-season. I’m confident our fitness will hold us in good stead and keep us in games during the year. The forward line worked up the ground to help defend any turnovers, but also worked hard back inside our forward 50 to get shots on goal. Harry Laukens 10 goals, Liam Thomas 6 and Caleb Finlayson 5 were all off the back of team defence and then working hard to get used when we won the ball back.
To name the 6 best players was difficult due to the fact everyone contributed during the game. I was most pleased with the way we kept disciplined to the game style and structures when we gained a strong lead after half time. Right to the very end we had players applying pressure to the opposition, defenders playing their roles behind the ball, and hard gut running through the midfield channel.
Best Players: Lachie Harker, Harry Laukens, Liam Thomas, Lachlan O’Neill, James Allen, Josh Holding
Goal Kickers: Harry Laukens 10, Liam Thomas 6, Caleb Finlayson 5, James Harker 2, Patrick Blew 1, Garnet Brennan 1, Lachie Harker 1, Ruben Hopkins 1
Neil Connell
Senior Coach
Reserves vs Hampton
Best Players: Aden Shinnick, Charles Robertson, Joshua Davidson, Ben Carlisle, Lachlan Purcell, Nicholas Latsas
Goal Kickers: Nicholas Latsas 3, Tyson Beechey 3, Angus Warburton 3, Brodie Carswell 2, Fraser Wells 2, Harrison Kimmitt 2, David Augustes 1, Louis Campbell 1, Ben Joy 1, Liam Visser 1
U19 vs Oakleigh
Video Match Review here
Best Players: Jackson Haintz, Owen Henderson, Ryder Smith, Noah Shinnick, Charlie King, Harry Taylor
Goal Kickers: Jackson Haintz 4, Ryder Smith 3, Joshua Day 2, Noah Shinnick 2, Matthew Treagus 2, Connor Inston 1, George Johnson 1
Al Rodrigues
U19s Coach
Women vs Albert Park
Best Players: Jess Humphries, Gabriella Bianco, Alannah Frampton, Isabel Dedoncker, Dilara Al-Sabbagh, Anthea Bellpieri
Goal Kickers: Bridget Facey 3, Dilara Al-Sabbagh 2, Asha Kennedy 1
Nick Hooper
Women's Coach
Thirds vs AJAX
Best Players: Ben Craigie, Nicholas Curwen, Darryn Dick, Timothy Heavey, Sean Larkin, Jimmy Wilson
Goal Kickers: Timothy Heavey 3, Ben Craigie 1, Sean Larkin 1, Jimmy Wilson 1
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