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From the Geelong Advertiser
Reported by Bradley Green


GEELONG VFL coach Leigh Tudor has warned his players about the perils of underestimating winless Box Hill Hawks in their marquee clash at Box Hill City Oval tomorrow.

With the Cats producing some of their best football for the season in the past two rounds, Tudor urged his side not to become complacent against the bottom-placed Hawks.

The sixth-placed Cats have struggled against Box Hill in recent seasons, including an upset 15-point loss at Skilled Stadium last year.

"So the fact that they haven't won a game doesn't mean anything," Tudor said.

"It will be a really good game and we're looking forward to the challenge. I know they've got up to five or six AFL blokes coming back from injury, but they'll have a really good balance of AFL and VFL players in their side."

Devils facing big challenge

From the Examiner
Reported by Phil Edwards


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THE TASSIE Devils face their biggest test of the VFL season so far when they take on the top-of-the-table North Ballarat at Austar Arena tomorrow.
Tasmania sits sixth on the VFL ladder with three wins from its five games while the Roosters have won four and lost one.

Devils coach Daryn Cresswell said his side had been in good form in what he described as "an outstanding win" against the Casey Scorpions before last week's bye.

He said his side would go into the game quietly confident.

Leaders to test Devils' depth

From the Mercury
Reported by Adam Smith


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TASMANIA has suffered a big blow to the VFL team's engine room ahead of this weekend's away clash against North Ballarat, with key midfielder Paul Koulouriotis set to miss up to eight weeks with a cracked bone in his right foot.

The former Geelong ball magnet has been playing with discomfort since the pre-season and further damaged the injured foot at training on Monday.

X-rays yesterday confirmed the extent of the problem, with the midfielder now weighing up whether to have surgery on the foot.

Koulouriotis, 26, has been in solid form for the Devils and his loss, coupled with the unavailability of Mariners Aaron Cornelius and Mitch Robinson, will test the depth of the Devils squad.

Round 6 teams

Coburg Tigers vs. Collingwood
Saturday 10th May
ABD Group Stadium at 1:10 PM

Coburg Tigers

B

Bowden

Silvester

Oakley-Nicholls

HB

Robertson

Rance

N. Caruso

C

Horne

Tivendale

Cotchin

HF

Pettifer

Schulz

Connors

F

Coughlan

Hughes

Polak

R

Graham

Carnell

Shelton

Int

Liddle

Cartledge

Putt


Rayson

McErlain

F. Caruso


Polo

Lynch


Collingwood

B

Nicholls

Walsh

Frost

HB

Cox

Dawes

Egan

C

Barham

McCarthy

Lonie

HF

Reid

Thoolen

Stanley

F

Jurrah

MacAffer

Iles

R

Bryan

Dyas

Carmody

Int

Licuria

G. Dick

Crow


Colbert

Mugavin

Oldmeadow


McDonald

K. Pendlebury


Paul Saints and yours truly lead the field with 28 winners. Former Northcote dragon supporter Parry has 27 winners. Just behind the trio are Felicia and Bobby Borough both on 26 winners. Bobby was thrilled with Port's win over Frankston. 

On 25 winners are North Ballarat's Angelo Cristoforo, Mark a Port Melbourne fan as well as Melbourne Storm, Gary 'Fitzroy' Ritchie as well as zebra fan Jeff Smith. 

Others also on 25 winners include Justin Pink who watches Werribee, Kain 'Casey Radio' Pollard (tune in on 97.7FM) for Casey's VFL broadcast match each Saturday and Sunday. 

Also on 25 winners are Taswegian Kelly Direen a devil and a tiger, Rosalyn a seagull, Penguin another Werribee fan and John 'Saint John' Kelly who has followed the zebras since the days of Bob Murray and Ian Cooper were dragging big marks at Beach Road.
Tipster_NameTotal
George28
Paul- Saints28
Parry27
Bobby26
Felicia26
Angelo C25
Mark Port25
Gary R25
Jeff Smith25
Justin Pink25
Kain P25
Kelly D25
Penguin25
Rosalyn25
Saint John25
AGGREGATE SCORE

This week's aggregate score winner was Chris 'The Penguin' Paraskavas who selected the exact aggregate score of 248 points for the Sandringham v Bendigo clash at Beach Road (Sandringham 159 Bendigo 89). Penguin collects $40. 

The next aggregate score match will be the Round 7 match between Casey v Collingwood at Casey Fields. 

SEVEN WINNERS

Three tipsters selected 7 winners. Taswegian Johnny McNamara who would be delighted with the devils selected seven. Casey Radio's Kain Pollard also picked seven as did Justin 'Slice' Pink a Werribee fan. Justin picked 284 points for the aggregate score which was nearest the 248 points (Sandringham 159 Bendigo 89). Justin collects $60. 

Another $30 will go to the tipster who picks seven winners in Round 6. 

If more than one tipster picks seven the tipster nearest the aggregate score for the Casey v Collingwood game will collect. If no tipster picks seven it will jackpot to the following week.

Ayres praises Port's power

Reported by Howard Leigh
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ONBALLER Toby Pinwill and forwards Adrian Bonaddio and Rees Thomas helped Port Melbourne storm away in the second half against Frankston.

Pinwill had 33 possessions and made eight effective tackles in the win at the TEAC Oval.

Bonaddio and Thomas each kicked four goals in Port's 15.19 (109)-7.9 (51) win.

Port Melbourne coach Gary Ayres said his side had controlled the game from five minutes into the third quarter, when the scores were level.

"But for our inaccurate goalkicking, we would won by a bigger margin," Ayres said.

Port storms home as fadeout sinks the Dolphins

Reported by Carley Jellet
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A SECOND-HALF fadeout by Frankston allowed Port Melbourne to score a runaway 58-point victory yesterday at TEAC Oval.

The tough and slippery conditions created a contest for the first half — Port led by just 11 points at the main break — but Frankston's inaccurate kicking in front of goals and around the ground allowed the margin to blow out.

Dolphins coach Brett Lovett said he was disappointed by his team's performance, labeling it one of the worst in some time. He added that his players would be hearing some "home truths" during the week and hinted that he might make some changes after the reserves had a 72-point victory.

"We are very disappointed," he said. "I felt the guys were very lethargic and just didn't show the effort that we've been showing in the first four games.

ABC Grandstand VFL Preview

From the ABC Gransdstand website
Reported by Chris Thompson


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It’s old-fashioned VFL footy this Saturday as two stand-alone clubs, Port Melbourne and Frankston, battle it out at North Port Oval live on ABC1 at 2pm.

With both teams sitting at 2-2 for the season, it’s a must-win clash in the second half of the split round.

The Borough will go into the match slight favourites thanks to their convincing Round 4 win over Coburg in which they put on 24 goals to run out 48-point winners.

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