The Barracuda’s finish on 1,342/15 89.5 defeated by the Buffalos @wrightbrendan on 1,465/15 97.7 The visitors have been racking up the frequent flyers points again after taking care of the Parasites just they are here in in Groote Eylandt. The home side have rallied after being buried by the Prospector’s last week with kicking for goal drills. Well, not a good for the home side with McLean having a dizzy spell in the change room so Longy get another shot after being dropped for Membrey. AstroNaught demanded the ball and started the things for the Cuda’s, with nice support from Membrey, Bedford and Longy. They took care of the visitors Ridley, however Saad and Himmelberg stood tall. Eylandt's Grundy took the Big Tap again this week against English, smashing it all day. The Bont took matters into his own hands literally, racking up the possessions with Liba, Corn Boy and Errol pushing and pushing taking care of Jelly from the Buffalos. The new star on the block is Callaghan giving as much as he got with Neale cleaning up the slops. For the home side this is where they got done, only Seagull could get any breathing room, Weitering, O’Connor and Zorko got whacked, each one coming from serial pest Toby Greene which left Switkowski, Bailey Smith and goal hungry Cameron loose to do what they pleased, and they did. Cameron bagging 11 goals, yes, that’s correct, it’s not a typo. While the standard of play was high and really the Barracudas really couldn’t do much more the raging Buffalos took the meat raffle prize this week to continue their path forward getting ready for the final series. BOG - The Bont (GEB), Cameron (SEB), Smith (SEB)
Huskies 1206 def Cormorants 830 After the conclusion of the weekend's match it would be hard to believe that the Comorants sat inside the top 8 at the start of the round whilst the Huskies were looking on from the outside. Carnamah has ridden their fair share of luck in 2025, a point well proven if one were to peruse the points for column on the ladder, but if luck were a horse you could say all four legs gave way on the weekend and luck is now off to the glue factory. With Johnson and Rioli injured the week before the Cormorants were unable to field a full team and an additional injury to Reid during the game only rubbed salt into the wounds. Dan Curtin continued his rich vein of form and he was supported well by Petracca and Darcy however there was little resistance from the rest. Nothing should be taken away from the Huskies, playing away from home in a must win game, they delivered. Holmes was a clear best on ground and enjoyed silver service from Witts all day. With no obvious weak points in the lineup they were able to maintain scoreboard pressure throughout and notch a solid win. Votes 3- Max Holmes (130) 2-Christian Petracca (108) 1-Jarrod Witts (105) Big Tap Witts def Meek
Progress score from The Stadium and its plain to see why these teams sit 15th and 12th on the ladder, with The Dogs leading The Rats 6/482 -2/153....no player from either side hitting the ton or should that be tonne..... Neal-Bullen 94 for the home side is doing his best while best for the visitors Thilthorpe 90 and Battle 89. Hopefully play over the next 2 sessions will produce a centurion or two...or three....or maybe even four.... @Batfink
The Bulls have got the lead early but Serengeti are looking like they have enough in reserve to overcome the deficit @tyze1 Serengeti 876/8/110 v Staghorn Flat 1086/13/84
Update from The Stadium with the last game of the season and finally players have come to play. Hughenden leading Bueng Kan 13/1093 to 12/892. The visiting Prairie Dogs got themselves acclimatised and produced some worthy scoring from all parts of the ground with Mills 125, down back withstanding The Rats limited attack, with Ginbey 98 holding sway in the middle, and Oliver coming off the bench with 108. However they didn't have it all their own way and The River Rats produced some scoring power of their own. Once again, the defence of Collins 113, Jeffrey 100 and Duggan 91 kept the home side in the game, while Cameron 108 gave them 1st use of the ball, not that the midfield were able to do anything with it. Improving the midfield will be a priority in the upcoming Trade/Draft period. With one session to go, Wood Sharman and Hall have it all to do to,while Byrne-Jones and Cox (oop) will be doing their best to stop them. @Batfink
The Buff have slowed in the second half but still done enough to have this one locked away, deep in the final stages of the last quarter. @tyze1 Serengeti 1287/13/99 v Staghorn Flat 1242/15/83
It's game over at The Stadium with Bueng Kan scoring 1048 and Hughenden are currently 14/1160 with Cox 48 (oop 24) still finishing the game off...... It's coming up 4pm here and that's always "beer o'clock" on a Sunday here in sunny Phon Charoen (yes the rain has finally stopped) and it's a very nice warm 33C..........and I hear Mr Leo calling my name.......so I'm off to sample a few and no more match reports..... @Batfink
Its all over in the Goldfields. Following on from @HOLKY and his derogatory comments towards the Coolgardie faithful, the team really did follow in the footsteps of the great MJ, and took it very personally, punishing the visiting seagulls with all their might! After a slow start from both sides, with three 58's in the opening stanza, the game really opened up across the middle period, with the Prospectors controlling nearly everything, and the Plovers relegated to bystander status. The final stanza was a letdown for everyone involved, with the docker connection putting the fans to sleep early, but by that stage the damage was well-and-truly done, with Coolgardie marching on towards the finals (other games permitting), while Eden missed out on that sixth win of the season. The Prospector defence stood tall all game, with both N Wanganeen-Milera and J Worrell topping the tonne, its good to see the future is still bright with the kids performing well. On the flip side the Eden defence was also well served with two tonnes, from K Amon and M Keane, although sub-par scores from the other defenders was just not going to cut it in this match. Coolgardie won the line by 75 points. The rucks was a no-contest, with D Fort standing tall all game, on his way to 111 points, resoundingly beating K Briggs and his (magical) 58 points, by 53 points. Such dominance didn't extend to the midfield, where a pair of Prospectors did strike gold, veterans T Miller and O Wines scoring 122 and 120 points respectively, although that aforementioned docker connection was a sad and sorry sight, with Serong and O'Meara falling just short of 120 points between them both. The Plover mids didn't stand out as much, with two players just scraping in a tonne, the young S Pendlebury on 106 and K Chandler on 103, but it was the consistency across the entire group that saw Plover success, with K Pickett on 98 and J Crisp on 70 helping the visitors mids to win the line by 17 points. Up forward was where it all fell apart for Eden, with a top score of 79, and a low of 23, there was never really much to worry the goal umpire with (the boundary umpires however had a lot of work to do). Up forward for the locals, and its finally starting to click, with J McInerney and J Ginnivan both topping the tonne, really being the difference between the sides. Coolgardie won the line by a whopping 138 points. Running off the bench for the Prospectors was Aliir and Larkey, the latter coming back from a few weeks off, and nearly setting himself up for another few weeks on the sidelines. Together they were average, at best. The visitors bench needed some last-minute shuffling, which saw them in complete disarray, as Close came close to a good game, but Sims should have stayed on the simulator, with an equal game-low of 23 points. The home side won the line by 26 points. In the end it was a solid win for the locals, almost-certainly scaping into 8th place and a finals berth, with a solid 1331 points, at an average of 88.7, completely outclassing the visiting Plovers, who rounded out their season with a 1056 point performance, at an average-at-best 70.4 points. The Votes: 3 - T Miller, Coolgardie, 122 - after a few weeks off with injury, he came back with a bang! 2 - O Wines, Coolgardie, 120 - once a Brownlow medalist, always a Brownlow medalist! 1 - J McInerney, Coolgardie, 114 - JUST McInerney relegating his namesake to OTHER McInerney! Its going to be a long summer for Eden, with some soul-searching and some Excel tutorials in the works, while Coolgardie will be hoping to carry this form into the finals and really push the big boys of the league.
Match report out of Pakenham The last regular season home game for the Parasites and unfortunately they couldn’t get the job done against a tough Groote Eylandt The Barracudas came to play and produced a comprehensive effort completely outplaying Pakenham Final scores Groote Eylandt 1391 defeat Pakenham 1235 Groote had monster games from Grundy 200, Bont 151 and Naughton 137 and also had Cripps 125, Libba 119, Gulden 115 and Zorko 101 dominating. Way too much for the oppo to handle. A solid score that all finals teams are happy they don’t have to worry about. A great way to end a frustrating year for the coach Pakenham on the other hand have came across some poor form and injuries which will cost the team in the chase for glory. Unfortunately the luck hasn’t been on our side. Will need all to go our way to give it a shake that’s for sure Some good efforts from Anderson 147, Big Row 144, Sinclair 128, Darcy 119, Idun 112 and Sidebum 105 but not enough to get the team over the line. With 2 fwds scoring a combined 15 points, the game was always out of reach. To much to make up. Better luck in finals I guess Giant tap was a classic, Grundy 200 smashing big Row with a respectable 144 Bog 3: Grundy 2: Bont 1: Anderson
Round 21 - AA vs BBU Still butt-hurt, as the kids would say, so a belated match report while ive been licking my wounds... somehow doesnt seem right to be putting my ring and licking in the same sentence, but lets move on. Our friends from Blachetown came a 'calling and we welcomed them with open arms; despite selling us a dud in philipou who has played one match for the year, and Rowell putting up career numbers (super trading by me!). The highlight of the day for the crowd was both ruckman scoring 131 a piece. The lowlight was Rozee being a late late out, and knevitt not even suiting up, so (spoiler alert) the big fat donut cost Ararat the win. Four 50s, one 60 and two 70s... doesnt sound like a great overall score does it? Doesnt matter for the likes of Dale (97), Daicos (100), Rowell (134), Dawson (149) and LDU (112), who all smashed it for the Bunyips. It was a similar story for the home team, with one ZERO, three 50s, two 60s and two 70s. Enter Blakey (155), Stewart (100), Brayshaw (101), Jackson (142) and Miers (111). Did i mention Rozee didnt play because his tummy hurt? im not bitter at all. Final score AA 1268 def by BBU 1319