It was a cold, blustery day at ‘Ramma’, but the game was a real heart-warmer. The satisfying 73 point win to the boys was well deserved, the result of great teamwork and a gutsy effort from all of the team! It is hard to single any one player out, as everyone played hard at the ball, tackled both systematically and ferociously, backed themselves to move the ball quickly down the ground. All of this happened with Liam doing a fantastic job of gathering stats on the number of ‘inside 50s’ and 1%ers (hard ball gets/contested possessions for those who wonder what this interesting stat is!), and kicking against the wind in the first term. The goal kickers were Harry S, Otto and David, finishing off the hard work of each player to get the ball forward. At the end of the first quarter, Bruce informed the boys that they had 9 ‘inside 50s’ for the 3.1 goals and 29 ‘1 %ers’, encouraged them to increase the stats by talking to each other more and continue the attack on the ball. First quarter score was 3.1 (19) to Bundoora’s 0.1 (1).
Bundoora were particularly skilful markers, and the slower work rate of the boys throughout the second quarter allowed this opposition side to capitalise on their size and accuracy. The half time score of 7.6 to 3.3 was reflected by the stats. 14 inside 50s for 4 goals (which totalled 23 Inside 50s for just 7 goals-not good enough, says Bruce)) and the 1 %ers had reduced to 25. Bruce asked for the boys to lift, set the benchmark of 40 1%ers and they did!!!
The third quarter was a screamer! Jules snapped a beauty over his left shoulder and then went on to score six goals for the game; Otto marked some spekkys and converted to goals; the back line were spectacular with Harry H in the right spot whenever he was needed, Ben, Brendon, David, Luke, Chris and Matty working tirelessly to keep the ball in Fitzroy hands; Sam, Aiden, Minh, George, Julian, Jack, Liam and Levi responded to everything Bundoora tried in order to get some scores on the board,; Harry S had his best game for the season…. have I mentioned everyone?? They were all fantastic. 13.9 (95) to 5.4 (34) was backed up by the 10 ‘inside 50s’ for 7 goals. Bruce was pleased. And it was against the wind!!
The boys continued to maintain their work rate in the final term. The final score was 17.13 (115) to 6.6 (42). The song was sung gustily and the boys were encouraged to set their sights on improving those Inside 50s and 1%ers and to march confidently towards the finals!!
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