Half time at Dinosaur Park with the visiting Whalers well in front.]Consistent performance by the Whalers all over the ground is the reason they're in front with the highlight so far being Murphy's 151. The home team has received a spray from the coach and we'll see what effect this have in the second half. Go the P.Dogs. P. Dogs 407/5/81.4 behind Whalers 722/9/80.2
The Barracuda's are 684/8 85.5 to the Panther's 678/8 84.8 in a tight tussel at the Paddock it's anyone's game.
The match at King Island is also looking like a close one, with the ladder leaders taking on the reigning premiers Monarchs 11/939/85 vs Armadillos 7/615/88.
At 3/4 time at The Stadium, Packenham Parasites are trailing the Banchang Barcrawlers 14/1124 to 12/1065. However with Sidebottom, Garlett and Hogan yet to strut their stuff for the visitors, only the local's Jarryd Blair stands in the way of an away win for the Parasites.
Late in the game at Dinosaur Park withthe home team having put it all on the line and out on their feet scoring1273to the Whalers 964/12.The Whalers haveFasolo, Jones and Crisp yet to hit the ground to see if they can drag the away team over the line. Go the P.Dogs.
The match is 8/9ths of the way through at The Swamp in Cow Bay. The Crocs are struggling with only 11 players turning up for the match and scoring 648/9/72 with only Garland and De Goey to come. Coolgardie has 2 players to come (Pederson and Watts) but are already celebrating another win having scored 1204/13/93
The Barracuda's are 1,130/15 75.3 and the Panther's are 969/13 74.5 An interesting & tight game with donuts & turds from both sides. It may come down to a kick after the siren, let's hope not for the home side.
Not long left in the Grenades vs Vikings, and it is Gisborne 1320/14/94.3 holding an impressive lead over Nuytsland 933/10/93.3. The game is in fact closer than it appears, as only 1 point separates the average per player from the two teams. However, the Gisborne management is confident heading into the final stages of the match, as points on the board is definitely a bonus. 7 tons for the match, compounded by a few low scores for both sides. Roberton did his best to stop the Hawthorn forwardline with 124, and Rampe was rampant around the Sydney backline with 137. Pearce Hanley returned for the Vikings with a very nice 114 and Tom Mitchell continues to impress with 144. For Gisborne, Jarrad McVeigh's incredible 151 tops all scores for the match, and becomes the club's second highest individual score ever (behind #gisbornegun Neale's 170), and the Grenades [span style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 18px;]continue to impress with their potential for high scores.
It's full time at The Stadium, and Jarryd Blair (103) has put in a scintillating final quarter performance to help the Barcrawlers to a win over the visiting Packenham Parasites, 1227/81.8 to 1222/81.5. to give them 4 wins coming into the byes. BOG 3. Higgins (PP) 131 2. Montagna (BB) 128 1. Beams (PP) 127
763...is that the lowest score in ORFFU history? Have we seen the biggest winning/losing margin so far? Cow Bay got annihiliated by 583 points, 763 to 1346. With 11 players deciding to turn up to The Swamp this weekend there never was much hope for the home team. Paparone was a shining light in the mids and for the team and he had some support from Gunston (86), Cameron (85), Everitt (85), and Ceglar (82). Tom Boyd (17) looked tired, Rich (44) was well down on form and De Goey (55) showed some signs but he's still adjusting to AFL life. The Prospectors on the other hand had a day out with dominant performances all over the ground. Macmillan (92) enjoyed himself in the defensive part of the ground, Ebert (142) and Wines (124) were being fed all day by Mumford (136) and Westhoff (124) and Petrie (103) had the issue of too much delivery into the forward 50. The win has allowed Coolgardie to keep pace with the top 3 whereas the loss means the Crocs find themselves more embedded in the bottom 3. BAFFU Votes: 3 - Ebert (142); 2 - Mumford (136); 1 - Wines (124) or Westhoff (124)
Final Score Groote Eylandt (Barracudas) 1,139 def Pearcedale Panthers) 1,088 A late out for the home side, Rhys Stanley still not right from last weeks injury and no emergency for him today. Young Cripps of the Jamie variety kicked the first goal for the day but that was about it from him where as the amazing Zorko shrugged of the bugg to put through 2 goals and pick up 18 touches. Vickery received a knee injury in the second quarter but toughed it out and scored 3 though the sticks. In defence the Cuda's played a locked down zone limiting the visitors with possessions down but effective in shutting out their opponents. Old dog Murphy lead the hard knocks followed by Firrito, Burgoyne and Frawley. Nicholls dominated all day in the giant tap and was clearly one of the home side's best on the day. Lewis was slow in his take offs however he managed 22 touches and even slid one off the boot for a goal. Guthrie stuttered and spluttered with 11 disposals. The boys in the middle came out revved up and ready for anything. Ball magnet Hannebery starred though the game collecting a massive 42 possessions. Captain Cotchin was on fire picking up 25 touches in a blistering first half. Patty Cripps followed his lead grabbing his 25 disposals and was outstanding in having team high 8 clearances before suffering a hamstring injury late in the game. Cunnington wasn't to be out gunned and put in a great performance grabbing 20 touches. It was on from the start, the Panthers came to play however came with only a squad of 13 missing was Thomas and Membrey who didn't make it to the bus up north. Defensively young Kolodjashnij was on fire and showed great maturity in collecting 27 disposals; he even snuck up front and kicked the sherrin straight through the middle. Shaw and Gibson were solid as a rock with 16 possessions each and Howe pushed his way to 3 goals in the last quarter to close the gap with the home side. Lobbe gave it all he could but in the end was out classed. Brodie Smith did plenty of hard work; Savage came in late but was effective with his 2 goals. Down 2 players up forward to start with Devon Smith got going and was on fire grabbing 22 possessions however he's only one bloke. Kennedy came off the snot vest late in the third term and had little impact. The Panthers could've given up but they didn't; Parker leading the way booting a running goal and collecting 26 disposals, Ellis followed suit with his own goal and 26 touches. Caddy played with heart slotting 2 goals and netting 20 possessions and Mundy was a running machine recording his 19 touches. It wasn't enough in this low scoring game with the Barracuda's recording their sixth win before the mid-season byes. BOG awards 3 Dan Hannebery (126) 2 Luke Parker (125) 1 Trent Cotchin (123) <table width='660' style='width: 495pt;' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0] <col width='84' style='width: 63pt;[/img]<col width='68' style='width: 51pt;[/img]<col width='14' style='width: 11pt;[/img]<col width='80' style='width: 60pt;[/img]<col width='63' style='width: 47pt;[/img]<col width='88' style='width: 66pt;[/img]<col width='68' style='width: 51pt;[/img]<col width='19' style='width: 14pt;[/img]<col width='76' style='width: 57pt;[/img] <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 138pt; height: 15pt;border: #f0f0f0;' colspan='2]Groote Eylandt Barracudas <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 51pt;border: #f0f0f0;] <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 11pt;border: #f0f0f0;] <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 60pt;border: #f0f0f0;] <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 113pt;border: #f0f0f0;' colspan='2]Pearcedale Panthers <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 51pt;border: #f0f0f0;] <td style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 14pt;border: #f0f0f0;] <td style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; width: 57pt;border: #f0f0f0;] Rhys Stanley <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]0 Late Out Dale Thomas <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]0 Late Out Cameron Guthrie <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]44 Tim Membrey <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]0 Late Out James Frawley <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]46 Ben Kennedy <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]28 Green Vest Jamie Cripps <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]47 Shane Savage <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]37 Green Vest Shaun Burgoyne <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]48 Brodie Smith <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]67 Michael Firrito <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]53 Josh Gibson <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]71 Jordan Lewis <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]63 Jeremy Howe <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]73 Robert Murphy <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]81 Matthew Lobbe <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]85 Ben Cunnington <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]94 Devon Smith <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]89 Dayne Zorko <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]95 Heath Shaw <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]94 Patrick Cripps <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]99 Josh Caddy <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]95 Tyron Vickery <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]107 David Mundy <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]99 Tom Nicholls <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]113 Kade Kolodjashnij <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]108 Trent Cotchin <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]123 Brandon Ellis <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]117 Daniel Hannebery <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]126 Luke Parker <td align='right' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]125 <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; height: 15pt;border: #f0f0f0;] Total <td align='right' class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]1139 Total <td align='right' class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]1088 <td class='xl63' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent; height: 15pt;border: #f0f0f0;] Average <td align='right' class='xl64' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]75.9 Average <td align='right' class='xl64' style='text-align: left; background-color: transparent;border: #f0f0f0;]72.5
Eagle Eyed, sorry for the delay in the right up - I think we both knew what the outcome would be. Well, it was a lot closer than I thought! Although half of Bunyips failed to turn up as well, the final score was Bunyips winning 1207 - to the Gropers 1087 Andrew Gaff and Harry Talyor cleaned up the BOG with 137 points each and Rory Laird continued his purple patch with 132. Big Sauce continues his march to make it back to back Big Taps with another resounding win! If the Gropers get a full side on the park, they will be one to watch!
A high scoring match in Gisborne has come to a close, with early points on the board allowing Gisborne to come home winners after the possibility of a late charge by Nuytsland. Despite only having 3 tons, the consistency of Gisborne's b-grade players trumped the 5 tons but inconsistently scoring Vikings. A sub-affected 40 for Vandenburg, 48 for Ross and 50 for Crouch did not help the Vikings, while for the Grenades Lake, Seedsman and Ambrose dropped below 75. The Grenades 9 players who scored above 90 are all applauded, while vice-captain Jarrad McVeigh led all comers on the day with an incredible 151 points. Tom Mitchell and Dane Rampe racked up the points for the Vikings, but in the end the Grenades were winners and sit very comfortably on more wins than losses in 6th position. Gisborne 1372 defeat Nuytsland 1253 by 119 points 3. Jarrad McVeigh[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='white-space: pre;] 2. Tom Mitchell[span class='Apple-tab-span' style='white-space: pre;] 1. Dane Rampe
After throwing everything at the Prairie Dogs in the last quarter the Whalers fell just short. Final score Hughenden 1273 def Eden Whalers 1248. <div>An outstanding performance from the big Sandi who put it down the throat of Ward, Mitchell and Jack all day. It was fantastic to watch, setting the home crowd into a frenzy and giving the P. Dogs the lift they needed to secure the home ground win. The Whalers had great contributors all over the ground with Murphy and Jones nearly getting them the win, in the end it was the 2 Nicks that let the Whalers down with Suban scoring 37 and Smith 40. All players are looking forward to the bye rounds to rest up for the run to the finals. Best Players:- 1. Callan Ward. 175. 2. Marc Murphy 151. 3. Aaron Sandilands 128.
After a tight contest early on, the Armadillos (1440) ended up cruising to a comfortable win over the previously undefeated Monarchs (1260). The shining light for the home side was the return to form of Jack Macrae, after spending a couple of weeks in the 2's not long ago, as they struggled to their lowest score of the season. By contrast,an even performance across the boardsaw the visitors notch up their highest total this year with all midfielders posting strong scores and the forward line functioning very well. Votes: Vince 3, Macrae 2, Treloar 1
Round 10 - Korumburra Blowflys defeated Christmas Island Smugglers by 256 points (1378 v 1122) A combination of an up and about KB delivering a solid performance, finally back home in front of the boisterous Korumburra crowd, coupled with some cruel injuries to CI, resulted in a big win for the home team. Michael Johnson pinged one early in the piece leaving the CI defenses under the pump from the get go but some genius coaching by Damo - dropping Jarrod 'Faak' Witts at the last minute for young Jimmy Webster - proved to be an inspired move as he came off the bench to offer support down back with a solid 100. The unfortunate knee injury to club great Chris Judd left a dark cloud over the Smugglers group but the silver lining is that in his true selfless nature he has made a quick announcement on his impending retirement, making for an easy delistment decision and creating a valuable spot for a new face to join the club with the MSD just around the corner. Todd Goldstein continued his ruck dominance with a demolition of Matthew Kreuzer in what proved to be a tough return match up after his latest injury lay off. The Todd ably set up the Blowfly midfield, led from the front by the return of captain Rory Sloane and brilliantly backed up around the ground by the everywhere man, 'the Blitz' Mark Blicavs. It's looking like becoming a 3 horse race between these 3 guns in the home stretch of the BF B&F. The CI midfield was solid in defeat, bolstered by the return of local boy Dyson Heppell (103) who relished the conditions at the Terrordome - a ground he regularly carved up as a junior whenever neighbouring Leongatha came to town. Though, it was Dustin Martin (144) who led the way for the Smugglers dominating all over the ground in a brilliant 3 vote performance for the visitors. The KB defense was again rock solid, led by Boris Enright's 107, strongly supported by Marley Williams and Lynden Dunn. It was up forward where KB lifted this week with big Travis in beast mode, amazingly kicking 7 straight for a handy 117. A healthy combination of psychotherapy, painting, dog walking, Jobu worship and attending amateur magic shows have worked wonders for the Trav. Steven Motlop was also very damaging for 119 and pre-season recruit Sharrod Wellingham further solidified his spot with a big 112. Votes : 3 - Dustin Martin (CI) 144, 2 - Todd Golstein (KB) 128, 1 - Steven Motlop (KB) 119
Things go from bad to worse for the Prospectors. Not only is star ruckman Shane Mumford out for the season, but so is Cameron Pederson... in the same week! My injury list is now quite impressive. So much so that there's now no way I'm making the finals in 2015. Can I openly say that 'm going to tank and give Serengeti and Cow Bay a run for their money for the #1 pick! Season: Mumford, Jaeger, Pedersen, Drummond. Indefinite: Petterd Long Term: Frost (6 weeks)
Tight one at Mill Park,despite some questionable Whalers team sheet tampering which sees an omittedB Brown named down back Bulls 289 / 4 Whalers 316 /4 With five first choice Bulls out, this remains the Whalers to lose.
Out in the Goldfields its been a strong early start by the Prospectors, although we're expecting to see the Parasites come storming home. After 3 of 9 its: Coolgardie: 459 / 5 / 91.8 Pakenham: 149 / 2 / 74.5