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Geelong vs. Box Hill Hawks (AFL Curtain Raiser)
Saturday 12th July
Skilled Stadium at 10:40AM
| Geelong B Laidler Kangars McKenna HB D. Johnson Taylor Tenace C Davenport Byrne Byrnes HF Gamble S. Simpson Moles F West Hawkins Hogan R Mumford Prismall Djerrkura Int Simpkin Potter Hollmer Cheep Barnes Firman D. Simpson Donohue |
Box Hill Hawks B Murphy Dawson McQueen-Miscamble HB Tuck Thorp Ellis C Neville Kennedy Bateman HF Dowler Markovic Stokes F Hunter Pedersen Morrell R Taylor Marcius Clarke Int Walsh Batsanis Gibson Warby Hill Grima Smithwick Papaluca Neil Angelopoulos Carey Cross |
From The Age
Reported by Michael Sharkie
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WILLIAMSTOWN grabbed some much-needed breathing space at the top of the VFL ladder as it battled its way to a 16-point win over second-placed Casey Scorpions at Burbank Oval yesterday.
Having lost for only the second time this season against North Ballarat last weekend, Williamstown was out to make amends against the Scorpions, who would have taken top spot had they beaten the Seagulls, but instead slipped to fourth place. In blustery conditions, the match was a showdown between the Scorpions\' back line, which had conceded just 949 points, and the seemingly endless list of Seagull forward options.
With Peter Street returning from suspension, Seagulls midfielders David Stretton and Brett Johnson were well supplied early, with the home side dominating centre clearances. The Scorpions, however, used the ball with more purpose.
From the Sunday Age
Reported by Michael Sharkie
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PORT Melbourne sounded an ominous warning to the VFL competition yesterday, and looms as an enormous stumbling block for premiership favourite Williamstown, after dismantling the Bendigo Bombers at Port by 85 points.
The win was the seventh on end for the Borough, and came at a high cost for Bomber Courtney Johns, who is likely to miss the rest of the season with a suspected anterior cruciate ligament tear. He landed awkwardly after flying for a mark in the second term.
Although it is one of two stand-alone clubs in the VFL, Port Melbourne is hardly a team cobbled together with local talent. Nine players in yesterday\'s game have had recent AFL experience, including Dylan McLaren (Carlton), Cory McGrath (Carlton), and David Spriggs (Sydney). While Bendigo\'s young AFL-listed players looked very good at times, they ultimately fell victim to a more polished outfit that is growing in confidence.