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From Launceston Examiner
Reported by Terry Morris

 THE Tasmanian Devils suffered one of their worst defeats of the season when beaten by 109 points at Aurora Stadium yesterday.

After a strong showing in the first half and leading by one point after an Adam Derbyshire goal early in the third term the Devils were then blown away by North Ballarat.

The news didn't get any better for the Devils after the game with former Geelong forward Paul Koulouriotis suffering a hamstring injury.

Kolouriotis aggravated his hamstring during the second quarter.

The Devils remain on the bottom of the VFL ladder and are yet to win on home soil this season. Yesterday was their second heaviest defeat of the year.

Blond ruckman Brad Moran tried hard to lift the Devils and kicked a valuable goal from the pocket in the third quarter when the team was still in contention.

Launceston's Adam Derbyshire kicked two goals and his teammate Scott Stephens was a busy player along with Nathan Street.

North Ballarat piled on 19.13 after half-time while the Devils could manage just 3.4.

The Devils will have some respite next weekend as they have the bye. Their next game will be against Casey Scorpions at Bellerive on August 11. Their last home game at Aurora Stadium is against Coburg on August 19.