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Yallourn/Yallourn North proved too strong for the neighbours Newborough, the Bombers blitzing their opponents from the start and there was no let up as YYN plundered the hapless Bulldogs. Again the Bombers had their two turbos up front with Keenan Hughes (7) and Dean McDonald (6), working together like a well-oiled machine to post 13 of the team’s total of 20 goals. A six goal to two first quarter set up YYN but a seven goal second quarter made it a foregone conclusion. Newborough battled manfully but they couldn’t stop YYN from scoring and the further the match progressed the more the agony for Newborough. Keenan Hughes in his two games against the Bulldogs has now tallied 18 goals, after his 11 in the opening round. The twin forwards had to be YYN’s best along with Mitch Luck and Tyler Brown while for the Bulldogs, Josh Bland, Daniel Risol, Liam Carolan and Ryan Louch all battled tirelessly as YYN took the match 20-15 to 7-2.

Laurie Williams

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In their 100th clash Morwell East won their 59th game over Thorpdale. These two first played against each other on June 4, 1973 and over the years have produced many highlights. The most individual goals scored in either team has been 10, with Glen Hotchkin (1992), Danny O’Donnell (1979) and Richard Te Paa (1998) the only three players to achieve this tally. Morwell East consolidated their fourth position with an expected win over Thorpdale although the score-line was flattering for the eager Hawks. Morwell East were down three of their star players in Daniel Hutchinson, Rob Michaelides and Adrian Fazioli, but that didn’t seem to upset their rhythm as they played all over Thorpdale but were made to work hard under pressure. Thorpdale scored the first goal of the match through Matt Powell then had to wait until deep in the second for their second  while Morwell East were slow to start but picked up the pace as the match progressed. The mystery Morwell East forward (48) was later confirmed to be reserves goal kicker Brayden Darby-Lock but listed at 55, finished with three goals.  Thorpdale battled hard and had plenty of the play but couldn’t convert due to the pressure applied by the East who seemed to have more numbers around the ball. The Blues went into zone 50 only six times for little reward (1-1) while the East with packs of forwards went in 14 times for 5-3. The more experienced East were able to deliver the ball better to target. After the first break the East got back into their old ways of short passing, miskicking and inaccuracy as they plundered away for a miserly 2-7 while Thorpdale lost possession too easily kicking into the packs. Michael Shannon up forward for Thorpdale had to battle against three opponents at times and it was hard work for the veteran forward. The East had set up a good half time break by 35 points but it wasn’t pretty football under cool but decent conditions. Thorpdale really weren’t in the hunt after the long break as Morwell East’s smaller players created havoc, but the East seemed to overdo the handball. At one stage there were nine successive handballs before the East kicked the ball then they lost it, turning it over again. As bad as they played at times they were still too good for Thorpdale who battled away manfully without success. Morwell East eventually running out 71 point winners 16-18 to 6-7.better players for the East were Brendan Evans, Lachlan Day, Eric Semmler and Brandon Francis. Thorpdale had good players in Kyle Wilson, Mitch Gorman, Shannon Pickering and Cooper Pinkerton. Morwell East reserves broke the 200 points when they recorded their highest ever score over Thorpdale beating the Blues 30-21 to 1-4.

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Hill End retained the Balfour Trophy in another trail blazing effort from the Hillmen, winning their seventh in succession and twice in one year over Trafalgar the first time since 1998. After a slow start the Hills picked up the pace and were just ahead at the first break but it was in the third that they picked up their form and rattled through six goals to almost double their first half tally. Chase Saunders was on target and his six goals were valuable, Lachlan Fanning chipped in with three to add to the overall score. Hill End’s Fawcett brothers Aaron and Dane were hard to pick apart but they shared the best awards along with Jack Hudson, Liam Fitzpatrick and Jesse White. Trafalgar showed little resistance as the fleet footers used the ball to their advantage to run out decent winners 14-10 to 6-5. For Trafalgar Jace Butler, Matt Swenson, Connor Noonan and Ryan Farmer were voted as best.

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The Tigers put in the hard yards against a determined Yinnar team, they were pushed by Yinnar who were intent to upset the Tigers. Knowing what Mirboo North did to them in the first round was in the back of their minds and they didn’t want that to occur again. Yinnar trailed by one point in the first test but recovered in a low scoring effort to grab one pointer at the half time break. Mirboo North had to pull their big guns out in the second half with the Nash brothers, Liam and Jacob all fired up. Both teams were under pressure but Yinnar were just that steadier and with both teams having 15 effective shots at goal at three-quarter for Yinnar to keep the slender lead 8-7 to 7-8. Mirboo North after being caged for three quarters broke through with a solid last quarter, goals to Daniel Taylor and Brayden Wilson turned the tide Mirboo North’s way and they were able to run out 12 point winners at the finish. Daniel Taylor and Brayden Wilson both finished with three each for the Tigers while Brad McBride also kicked three for Yinnar, the final score being Mirboo North 10-13 to Yinnar 9-7. The Tigers had their best as Liam Nash, Jacob Nash, Brayden Wilson and evergreen Damien Turner while for the Magpies Danny Campbell, Brad McBride, Seb Famalaro and Jarrod Henderson all did well.

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