Season 2009

There has been a fixture change for the Round 13 match between Casey Scorpions and Frankston to be played at Casey Fields this game was originally due to played on Sunday July 12th but will now be played on Saturday July 11th with Reserves now at 10:20am and Seniors at 1:10pm(ABC TV Game).

Port Melbourne vs. Coburg Tigers (ABC TV)
Saturday 20^th June
TEAC Oval at 1:10 PM  

Port Melbourne

Coburg Tigers

Perhaps the ABC's best year ever with the use of coaches in the special comments role a fantastic initiative.

Phil Cleary's involvement on a weekly involvement once again is great, even if it isn't in the coaches box. He seems to have so much respect from the coaches and is able to get an insight into the game through coaches box or special guests on the fence.

Which gets me onto the coaches, how good are all these blokes at the moment with the time they give not only to the ABC but to the community radio boys as well? They're doing a fantastic job for the VFL and their clubs, a credit to them all.

Werribee Tigers: 3.1.19 ~ 7.2.44 ~ 9.7.61 ~ 15.15.105
Collingwood: 3.6.24 ~ 7.8.50 ~ 11.874 ~ 13.10.88

GOALS:
Werribee Tigers: Pask 3, Thompson 2, Martiniello 2, Rockefeller 2, Dickson, Sharp, Denton, Howard, Chisholm, Adams.
Collingwood: Wood 3, Francis 2, Bryan 2, Dawes, Beams, Reed, Corrie, Cook, Rocca.

BEST:
Werribee Tigers: Rockefeller, Martiniello, Barlow, Adams, Goldstein, Castello.
Collingwood: Blair, Goldsack, Dyas, MacAffer, Stanley, Cook.

Good game of footy! I was down watching North Footscray v Yarraville-Seddon in the second divsion WRFL, and watched the last quarter (as it coincided nicely with half-time).

Is Rocca gone? I think so. It was a good gutsy effort by Werribee, who ran out the stronger in the boggy conditions. I really thought Collingwood would be too strong going into this game.. Full credit to the Tigers, and to Thompson who apparently only got the all clear to play during the week.

I thought I recorded the game, and was planning to listen to Ayres special comments, but accidently recorded the ABC HD channel, and got 3 hours of a documentary on Camels or something... Oh well!

Reserves game North Ballarat vs Northern Bullants to be played on Saturday June 27th at 11:10am has been moved from Eureka Stadium(Northern Oval) to Learmonth.

It is also likely that the North Ballarat vs Collingwood seniors game to be played on Sunday June 28th at 2pm is to be moved from Eureka Stadium(Northern Oval) to Eastern Oval although this is not yet confirmed.

Here are Quarter by Quarter tables after Round 9

SENIORS
1st QUARTER
Team P W L D FOR AGST WIN% PTS%
Williamstown 8 7 1 0 258 127 87.5 203.15
Coburg Tigers 8 6 2 0 198 145 75.0 136.55
Collingwood 8 5 2 1 193 119 68.7 162.18
North Ballarat 8 5 2 1 223 154 68.7 144.81
Northern Bullants 8 5 3 0 188 160 62.5 117.50
Sandringham 8 4 4 0 206 161 50.0 127.95
Port Melbourne 8 4 4 0 156 152 50.0 102.63
Casey Scorpions 8 4 4 0 148 176 50.0 84.09
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Box Hill Hawks 8 4 4 0 159 198 50.0 80.30
Werribee 8 3 5 0 173 211 37.5 81.99
Geelong 8 2 6 0 172 213 25.0 80.75
Frankston 8 2 6 0 148 254 25.0 58.27
Bendigo Bombers 8 0 8 0 81 223 0.0 36.32

2nd QUARTER
Team P W L D FOR AGST WIN% PTS%
Northern Bullants 8 5 1 2 234 142 75.0 164.79
Box Hill Hawks 8 5 2 1 210 131 68.7 160.31
Sandringham 8 5 3 0 179 128 62.5 139.84
North Ballarat 8 5 3 0 219 164 62.5 133.54
Port Melbourne 8 5 3 0 171 170 62.5 100.59
Geelong 8 4 4 0 209 211 50.0 99.05
Frankston 8 4 4 0 180 190 50.0 94.74
Casey Scorpions 8 4 4 0 176 199 50.0 88.44
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Collingwood 8 3 4 1 176 222 43.7 79.28
Coburg Tigers 8 3 5 0 225 241 37.5 93.36
Werribee 8 3 5 0 172 189 37.5 91.01
Williamstown 8 3 5 0 194 215 37.5 90.23
Bendigo Bombers 8 1 7 0 118 262 12.5 45.04

3rd QUARTER
Team P W L D FOR AGST WIN% PTS%
North Ballarat 8 6 2 0 192 119 75.0 161.34
Sandringham 8 6 2 0 225 149 75.0 151.01
Williamstown 8 6 2 0 271 184 75.0 147.28
Coburg Tigers 8 6 2 0 227 184 75.0 123.37
Casey Scorpions 8 5 3 0 178 151 62.5 117.88
Collingwood 8 4 3 1 171 184 56.2 92.93
Port Melbourne 8 3 4 1 192 195 43.7 98.46
Box Hill Hawks 8 3 5 0 176 171 37.5 102.92
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Geelong 8 3 5 0 211 206 37.5 102.43
Northern Bullants 8 3 5 0 180 205 37.5 87.80
Frankston 8 2 6 0 162 244 25.0 66.39
Werribee 8 2 6 0 142 224 25.0 63.39
Bendigo Bombers 8 2 6 0 156 254 25.0 61.42

4th QUARTER
Team P W L D FOR AGST WIN% PTS%
Williamstown 8 7 1 0 234 137 87.5 170.80
Collingwood 8 6 2 0 233 157 75.0 148.41
Casey Scorpions 8 6 2 0 226 172 75.0 131.40
Sandringham 8 5 3 0 211 175 62.5 120.57
Box Hill Hawks 8 5 3 0 201 181 62.5 111.05
Port Melbourne 8 4 4 0 225 163 50.0 138.04
Coburg Tigers 8 4 4 0 243 199 50.0 122.11
Northern Bullants 8 4 4 0 193 180 50.0 107.22
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Werribee 8 4 4 0 150 183 50.0 81.97
Geelong 8 3 5 0 193 251 37.5 76.89
North Ballarat 8 2 6 0 140 187 25.0 74.87
Bendigo Bombers 8 1 7 0 136 271 12.5 50.18
Frankston 8 1 7 0 124 256 12.5 48.44

The Senior and Reserve matches between the Northern Bullants and the Casey Scorpions will now be played on Saturday, June 13 at Visy Park.

NAB Oval is unavailable due to local football.

Amazing isn't it? The Bullants have two grounds and can't access either of them on Sunday. So the VFL miss out on a chance to capitalise on the AFL free Sunday in Melbourne. I find the decisions that get made at AFL Victoria just baffling.

I'd actually take the game off the Bullants and play it at Casey Fields on the Sunday. Too bad for the Bullants.

The Roosters beat Coburg by 50 points in a bog at the Eastern Oval in Ballarat.
Second half was more like a soccer match.

Collingwood vs. Port Melbourne
Sunday 7th June
Visy Park at 2:00 PM 

Collingwood

Port Melbourne

The bells of dissatisfaction are ringing loud and clear out of Frankston Park at the moment. The Dolphins the most vulnerable they've ever been in their proud history in the VFA/VFL, some media reports have even suggested that this could be the last year we see them in VFL competition - at least as a stand alone club.

On field, has there been that big a change playing talent wise? The core group from 2008 still appear to be there. Perhaps not all fit, but they're still there. Off field - the biggest change has been the coach. And of course the Presidency towards the end of last season.

So where has season 2009 all gone wrong? Is the playing group happy? Are the fans impressed with Shannon Grant's coaching? And will Frankston still be in the VFL in 2010?

It'll be interesting to see what sort of performance they put up on Sunday against the 11th placed side - a stand alone AFL team mind you.

Our resident Dollies fans have been quiet, start speaking up boys!!! And a question for non-Dolphins fans but VFL fans in general, if the Dolphins existence depended on finance/memberships, would you buy a season ticket to help keep them afloat?