Round 4 Match Reportcoburg tigers websiteSeniorsWe travelled down to Trevor Barker Oval to try a get our 2nd win of the year after a fantastic win over Box Hill last week.
Sandringham were sitting undefeated on top of the ladder,so it was going to be a tough day.
The first quarter was very scrappy in what were very calm conditions and while Sandringham had most of the scoreboard action,we only went into the break 16 points down.
The boys then got into action and Graham Polak(3 goals) became a focal target up forward and looked dangerous. Dan Connors(34 possessions) was instrumental in driving the ball into our inside 50 and Rhett Jordan in only his 5th game started to look liked he now belongs in the senior team and had 17 possessions and 2 goals playing as a half forward.
We went into half time 1 point up.
Unfortunately we let the Zebras kick 6.6 in the 3rd quarter, but Dave Gourdis was doing a great job on the dangerous Nick Sauntner after being moved onto him half way through the 2nd quarter.
Ben Clifton and Jason Morgan stopped a lot of Sandy’s attack and the margin could have been greater if not for them and we went into the last quarter 21 points down.
We kept the Zebras to only 3 behinds and had we kicked a little straighter then the result could have been different.
Polak took a strong mark 20 metres out but it was disallowed as he was deemed to have put his hands in the back of his opponent.
When the siren sounded we went down by 8 points.
We have now lost 3 games by under 2 goals so we have not been disgraced and it shows we are on the right track to notch wins very soon.
Goal Kickers: Polak 3, Jordon 2, Hislop 2, Kahlefeldt, Piuselli, White 1
Best: Clifton, Connors, Morgan, Hislop, Gourdis, Rayson
Coburg: 0.3 5.4 8.6 10.10.70
Sandringham 2.7 4.9 10.15 10.18.78
ReservesAnother disappointing result especially after winning the first 2 games,but the last 2 games are to be forgotten.
The side picked on Wednesday,was decimated with late withdrawls for various reasons but still the Zebras had only won 1 game.
It was good to see Jake Collins playing his first game for us be a major winner across half back with 23 possessions and 10 marks.
James Lawton looked dangerous early taking some spectacular marks and later played in the ruck and puts his hand up for promotion.
Adam Houli maintained his good form with his strong defensive skills and the loss was no fault of his.
We went into half time only 3 goals down and to lose by 83 points is just not acceptable.
Coburg: 2.0 5.0 6.1 7.2.44
Sandringham: 5.1 8.1 14.7 19.13.127
Best: Collins, Houli, Smith, Lawton
Goal Kickers: Westhoff 2, Lawton 2, Duhau, Hicks, Gestier 1
This Saturday we travel to Casey Fields to tackle the Scorpions.
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