From Bendigo Advertiser
Reported by Luke West
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THE Bendigo Gold will today unveil one of their top recruits for the first time when Shannen Lange lines up against the Box Hill Hawks at the Queen Elizabeth Oval.

Lange joined the Gold in January, excited by the challenge of playing with the stand-alone VFL club, but also to keep his AFL dream alive.

Lange finished runner-up last year in the best and fairest for TAC Cup club Gippsland Power, but was overlooked at the AFL national draft.

A hamstring injury has delayed Lange’s start to the season, but he has been picked today to take on the Hawks in round five.

From Ballarat Courier
Reported by Melanie Whelan
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THERE are those who naively tell North Ballarat Roosters coach Gerard FitzGerald that today’s game is a free win already – no stress, easy points.

FitzGerald said it was “a bit too convenient” of an assessment.

Frankston is no longer the cellar-dweller easy beat of the Victorian Football League.

Already this season, the Dolphins have nabbed wins against traditional heavyweight Port Melbourne and Collingwood, a team that defeated the Roosters by 52 points in round one.

This is no fluke.

From www.localfooty.com.au
Reported by Paul Amy
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THE Casey Scorpions led by 34 points at three-quarter-time against Williamstown on Saturday night at Casey Fields.

Was it enough? That was the question.

Willy were finishing with a wind whistling to the entrance end of the ground. The bulk of the scoring had been done there. Here was a stern test for the Scorpions.

They passed it, so brilliantly they held Willy to two goals, kicked one themselves and won by 23 points to stay unbeaten after four rounds.

Supported by the midfielders, the backline held together in the face of fierce pressure in the first few minutes of the final quarter. Willy attacked relentlessly but scored only points.

From www.localfooty.com.au
Reported by Paul Amy
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SANDRINGHAM was unfancied against Werribee but ultimately untroubled and ultra impressive.

A blazing second half speared the Zebras to their first victory of the season, a 64-point triumph at Chirnside Park on Saturday that will have the bookies hastily revising the premiership market.

Who would have thought it would turn into a fat percentage earner for a Sandy side that fronted up for the match with only a draw to show from its first three matches?

It turned into a romp after the Zebras, using a strong wind, booted eight goals in the third quarter.

SATURDAY MAY 4
Geelong vs Werribee at Simonds Stadium 11am
Coburg Tigers vs Essendon at Mantello Holden Oval,Coburg 1:10pm(ABC1TV)
North Ballarat vs Frankston at Eureka Stadium 2pm
(Development League game at 11am)
Port Melbourne vs Casey Scorpions at North Port Oval 2pm
(Development League game at 11am)
Bendigo Gold vs Box Hill Hawks at QEO,Bendigo 2:30pm(3WBC)
(Curtain Raiser TAC Cup Bendigo Pioneers vs Oakleigh Chargers at 11:30am)

SUNDAY MAY 5
Sandringham vs Northern Blues at Trevor Barker Oval,Sandringham 2pm(Aussie Digital,Vision Australia Radio)
(Development League game at 11am)
Williamstown vs Collingwood at Burbank Oval,Willaimstown 2pm
(Development League game Williamstown vs Coburg Tigers at 11am)