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Seniors vs Old Trinity
The game started with Trinity having a spare defender from the first bounce. We kept our spare but with minimal impact, so we decided to adjust. We sent a wing forward and rolled a half back around to the wing role. This allowed us to get inside 50 entries, but they were too shallow. We’ve had a focus in recent weeks getting deeper entries, still a work in progress. Trinity created good run off their half back line and generated quality inside 50’s for their forwards. We needed to limit their uncontested marks, but unfortunately their work rate was far superior to ours in the 1st qtr.
The game continued to be played with Trinity controlling the ball. We had passages of play that challenged Trinity’s defence, but the final kick inside 50 failed to hit the target. The backline held up as best they could. Lachie McGowan at full back took some timely intercept marks. Tom Oliver in his first game back this year continued to rebound the ball. Tom’s run out of defence was a positive on the day.
Trinity showed us the work rate required at this level. We can challenge these top teams with our ball movement, but it needs to be for longer during games. Again, our fitness level was exposed, and we were unable to press up on Trinity to shut down their uncontested marks. We continued to keep fighting the game out in the last qtr with a 6 goal qtr. We need to play with this type of freedom at the start of the game. We took the option to switch play and challenge Trinity with our ball movement. We held up to their pressure at the stoppages and got good fwd 50 entries.
If we look at the match day stats, we had our share of the ball. Scores from stoppages hurt us (Trinity 5:4), and the uncontested mark count was too far in Trinity’s favour (+25). We won the stoppage clearance count (+14), and our contested ball count was only down by 3. This tells the coaches we need to clean up a couple of areas if we want to challenge the top teams in B grade.
Best: Lachlan McGowan, James Allen, Fraser Wells, Lachlan Purcell, Thomas Oliver, Lachie Harker
Goals: Harry Laukens 2, David McColl 1, Liam Thomas 1, Josh Gale 1, Patty Blew 1, Josh Blew 1, Cal Rutledge 1, Garnet Brennan 1
Neil Connell
Senior Coach
Reserves vs Old Trinity
Best Players: Benjamin Grlj, William Allsop, Harrison Kimmitt, Lachlan Peake, Charles Robertson, Finegan Sampson
Goal Kickers: Tyson Beechey 2, David Augustes 1, Ben Joy 1, Charles Robertson 1, Finegan Sampson 1, Mathew Vogel 1
Steve Warr
Reserves Coach
U19 vs Beaumaris
Video Match Reviews here
Best Players: Freddie Askew, Will Joy, Ryder Smith, harry taylor, Zac Matters, Josh Hu
Goal Kickers: Freddie Askew 2, Ryder Smith 1
Al Rodrigues
U19s Coach
Women vs Prahran
Other team forfeited.
Best Players:
Goal Kickers:
Nick Hooper
Women's Coach
Thirds vs Old Xavs
Best Players: Nicholas Curwen, William Woods, Stephen Everett, Chris Young, Edward Biggs, ZACH HERBSTREIT
Goal Kickers: Harry Rice 2, Matt Cottrell 1, Nicholas Curwen 1, ZACH HERBSTREIT 1, Max Hughes 1, Jarrod O’Reilly 1, Chris Young 1
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