Sunday saw a Sunny at Wahgunyah for the home game playing Wodonga Raiders Red.
The first quarter saw the Roo boys clear the ball form the centre work of Darcy Upton, Jagger Doddy and Josh Parker which allowed the boys to put 3 goals, three points. The even spread of work propelled the boys to a great opening quarter. Rydah Brown forward pressure was commendable, Jai Richey was given a task by the coach at CHB proving the be a great move allowing Abe Spencer some freedom to playing his natural game.
The second quarter only saw the Roos boys kick one goal. Cooper Gerhard continued his form from previous weeks tackling and applying pressure. At half time Scott Parker and Matt Witherden swapped the team around leaving Josh Parker, Darcy Upton, Ollie Matthews, Abe Spencer and Jagger Doody on the bench allowing the next generation of mids to come through, Jai Richey, Kobe Widdison and Blair Livingston-Laing to take the lead and take on the appreciation of what it takes to play in the mid filed.
Aidan Ratcliffe and Darcy Upton clashed in friendly fire in the contest late in the third quarter leaving Aidan with sore teeth and upper lip.
At three quarter time Coach Parker put a demand on the young men to finish strong and gave them a task of five goals. The boys responded and exceeded his demands kicking six goals running the game out. The game saw multiple goal kickers Josh Parker, Ollie Matthews and Lucas Tait, and not to forget the great work of Franco Moolman who kicked a great goal, he was definitely rewarded for all his hard work, and the bench revelled in his success.
Final Scores: Roos 12 Goals 7 points and Raiders RED 2 points.
Best Players: Leo Davis, Rydah Brown, Franco Moolman, Kobe Widdison, Lucas Tait and Finley
Under 14s
Mother nature provided some fantastic weather for a game of footy this week. The under 14s were home to 5th placed Raiders as the Roos fought to remain in the top 4.
The boys started well with some good pressure in their forward line resulting in the ball staying in there and the first goal for the Roos kicked by Cooper Patten.
The second goal of the quarter again came from great forward pressure with Raiders trying to exit their defensive 50.
Toby Hanrahan was able to gather the ball from a marking contest on our forward 50 and kicked the ball towards our goal square. It bounced past the goal square, however Josh Hunter was able to gather it before it went over the line. Knowing he had a Raiders player on him he handballed it back to the square where Ajay was waiting scoring the 2nd goal of the quarter.
The Raiders were able to kick a late goal to cut the margin to 7 points. The Raiders were dominant around the ground in the 2nd quarter kicking two goals to take the lead.
Franklin Murray-Wright managed to take a mark 40m out from our goal converting for a goal against the run of play to give the Roos back the lead at half time.
The 3rd quarter was heavily contested around the ground however the Raiders took the lead with two goals. The Roos pegged one back as the siren sounded with Ajay kicking his 2nd goal of the day on the siren to end the third term. Raiders by 4 points.
With their season on the line the boys went out for the last quarter determined to bring home the win.
The last quarter was again heavily contested around the ground but the Raiders again were the ones having an impact on the scoreboard to register the only goal for the quarter before running out winners 43-32.
With 5 games left in the season the Roos now face a difficult challenge to make the finals but have the faith that they can come out after the bye and put a good 5 weeks of footy together to challenge for a spot in the finals
Goals: 2 A Heagney & 1 F Murray-Wright, C Patten
Awards: F Murray-Wright (Painters Cafe), W Massey (Peter Ellis), T Hanrahan (TH Kitchens & Joinery), J Hunter (Little Oasis Beauty), C Patten (A&A Automotive), H Moore (Joel Bilney Builders) & H Bilney (Ricky D’s Pizza)
Under 16s
The first quarter between Corowa Rutherglen Roos and Wodonga Raiders saw the Raiders start strong winning the centre clearances and following up with 2 quick goals to their full forward.
The determined Roos put their bodies on the line and succeeded in winning the contested ball and took control of the first quarter kicking 5 goal 3 to the Raiders 2 goal 2 with Tex Longmore and Isaac Dickinson with 2 goals each.
The second quarter saw the Corowa maintain their dominance kicking 5 goals 1 to the Raiders 2 goal 4. The whole of team effort saw the Roos dominate the centre clearances, air and ground play with their structured set ups keeping control of the ball.
Highlight of the quarter was Tex Longmire up front in the second quarter kicking 4 of the 5 Corowa Goals.
The third quarter saw the game tighten up with both teams fighting to control the ball and the game. Goals were hard to come by with Corowa kicking 2 goals 5 and the Raiders 1 goal 2.
The fourth quarter was all about desperate defence and fierce attacking resulting in end-to-end football by both teams with all the players digging deep to secure the win 15 goals 12 points 102 to the Raiders 6 goals 9 points, 45.
Highlights for the Roo’s was the contribution and commitment of every member of the team that resulted in the Roos 57 point win.
Goals: Tex Longmire 8, Isaac Dickinson 3, Lucas Taft 2, Caile Duryea 1, and Jayden Forge 1
Bests: Tex Longmire, Hamish Baker, Brodie Eyers, Zach Arnold, Will Gannon, Archer Coppolino
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