From the Herald-Sun
Reported by Chris Mitchell
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REBORN St Kilda star Matt Maguire continues to impress in his new role as a power forward after tearing apart Werribee in the VFL. Maguire, fresh from a five-goal haul against the Northern Bullants last weekend, booted 5.2 and had 12 marks and 13 possessions in Sandringham's 30-point win at Werribee.

From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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SANDRINGHAM bounced back from three consecutive losses to topple VFL premiership fancy Werribee Tigers by 30 points at Chirnside Park yesterday.

Its two big guns up forward were in supreme form, with Nick Sautner kicking seven goals and Matt Maguire five.

The win evened out the Zebras' win-loss ratio at 3-3.

2009 VFL Seniors
Geelong: 2.3.15 ~ 4.4.28 ~ 6.9.45 ~ 9.9.63
North Ballarat: 3.4.22 ~ 9.8.62 ~ 12.8.80 ~ 17.9.111

GOALS:
Geelong: Podsiadly 5, Laidler, Varcoe, Hollmer, West.
North Ballarat: Spolding 3, Smith 3, Chester 2, Driscoll 2, Wundke 2, Jones 2, Benjamin, Cartledge, Goodes.

BEST:
Geelong: Tenace, Podsiadly, Hogan, Johnson, Djerrkura, Simpkin.
North Ballarat: Sewell, Goodes, Stephenson, Garlett, Jones, Cartledge.

From the Ballarat Courier
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NORTH BALLARAT will have to wait another three weeks before playing its first match of the Victorian Football League season at its home ground.
Roosters officials yesterday declared the refurbished playing surface at Eureka Stadium would not be ready for use on May 24 as scheduled.

Geelong

From ABC Grandstand
Reported by Chris Thompson
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Frankston travel to North Port Oval to take on the Borough this weekend in Round Six, and ABC TV Grandstand will be there to bring you all the action live on Saturday from 1pm on ABC1 in Victoria.

And as well as all the regular action, Phil Cleary will this week take you inside the coaches box with Gary Ayres for a special look at what it takes to be a VFL senior coach during a game.

Their Round Three blemish against the Bullants aside, Port have been in good form at the start of Season 2009, a first-up thrashing of North Ballarat in the Grand Final replay signalling their intentions to go one better this season.

And after backing it up with a hard-fought Round Two win over Casey, the Borough went 3-1 with a two-goal victory over the Cats, before having last week off.

Ben McGlynn was missing from the Box Hill line-up after earning a recall to the Hawthorn AFL side last week. MARK FRECKER. s43wh60

BOX Hill Hawks coach Brendon Bolton expressed concerns about another slow start after his team lost its VFL clash to Collingwood by 56 points at Princes Park on Saturday.

The Hawks kicked just one goal in the opening quarter, to trail by 36 points at quarter-time, and they were never able to bridge the gap.

Without midfielder Ben McGlynn, who was recalled to the Hawthorn line-up, the Hawks lost 18.16 (124) to 11.2 (68).

“The last couple of games we started a little slow and it’s an area we’ve got to focus on for this week for sure,” Bolton said.

“I thought a lot of our intensity was low and we had a low tackle count.