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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.

Round 5 teams - Week 2

Port Melbourne vs. Frankston
Saturday 3rd May
TEAC Oval (ABC TV) at 1:10 PM

Port Melbourne

B

Pleming

Livingston

Dalton

HB

S. Brewer

Baird

McGrath

C

McGlynn

Spriggs

Robbins

HF

Pitt

Smith

Cotchett

F

McLaren

Bonaddio

Nahas

R

Fanning

Pinwill

Cain

Int

Mullins

Dwyer

Siciliano


Pearce

Thomas

Schultz


Sutcliffe

Nixon


Frankston

B

Krakouer

Shinners

Morris

HB

Marigliani

Pollard

Barry

C

Gill

Winterton

Rebeschini

HF

Dickson

Raso

Kennedy

F

Murray

Clark

Eames

R

P. Whelan

Berry

Barker

Int

Conroy

Proctor

Kirkwood


Comben

Collins

Limbach


Bosward

Gabriel


Seagulls hand Roosters first loss

From The Age
Reported by Carley Jellet

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WILLIAMSTOWN has handed North Ballarat its first defeat of the season, beating the Roosters by 17 points in a top-of-the-table clash at Burbank Oval yesterday.

As expected from the two top sides, the match was a tight contest from the first bounce.

Seagulls coach Bradley Gotch said he was happy to beat the undefeated Roosters but lamented his side's missed opportunities in front of goal: "In the third quarter we kicked three (goals and) nine (points and), we hit the post three times," he said. "It would have been nice … to put a bigger gap in it at three-quarter-time. To North Ballarat's credit, they kept coming at us all day. I thought they played pretty good footy."
Williamstown's big forwards were prominent with Dean Galea, Wayde Skipper, Jarrad Grant and Callan Ward kicking 11 goals between them. Guy O'Keefe was one of the Seagulls' best with three goals.

Yze hits form in Zebras' big win

 
From the Sunday Herald-Sun
Reported by Howard Leigh

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ADEM Yze staked his claim for a quick-fire return to the Melbourne side in yesterday's VFL match between Sandringham Zebras and the Bendigo Bombers at the Trevor Barker Oval.

Sandringham coach Andy Lovell praised Yze's contribution of 16 kicks, 12 handballs, two marks and two goals working from a wing and through the midfield in the 70-point win.

"Adem has been really good in the last two games," Lovell said.

"He has been back with us a month and his attitude has been really outstanding. Yesterday he sacrificed his game for the team and was a real team leader."

Sandringham's 10-goal first quarter set it up for a 24.15 (159) to 13.11 (89) victory.

"Our first quarter was really strong," Lovell said. "We played really good disciplined football and we moved the ball quickly."

Demon-listed players star as Bombers blown away

 
From the Sunday Age
Reported by Carley Jellet

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SANDRINGHAM mastered the breeze and the Bendigo Bombers yesterday to register a 70-point victory at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, 24.15 (159) to 13.11 (89).

The massive win is the second thumping the Zebras have dished out in as many weeks and leaves the Bombers with only one win from five matches.

A strong bay breeze played havoc, making it difficult for both sides to score at the northern end of the ground. Sandringham managed only four goals at that end but kicked 20 at the other end.

Zebras coach Andy Lovell was pleased with the club's performance. "Last week I thought we played really well for two quarters, (today) we played really well for three," he said yesterday. "We were really team-focused and everyone played their part. In the second quarter we didn't play the conditions too well.

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