Brooke Bice, Ella Kingston and Zali Spencer all stepped up their defensive pressure this week with key defenders missing in the A Grade game.
Off the back of wins across the board last week, all four Roos side were confident coming into the game against the Wodonga Bulldogs.
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However, challenging weather conditions added to the intensity of each game with wet and slippery conditions for the all the netballers.
The A Grade game was called off the court near the end of first quarter following torrential rain and an unsafe court surface.
The girls regrouped, warmed up again and restarted 8 minutes later in second quarter after the rain stopped.
A Grade, B Grade and Grade C all had comfortable wins over the Bulldogs
A Grade is again a game ahead sitting on top of the ladder.
The club is looking forward to their last home game in Round 18 and hope to see a large contingent of supporters on Saturday.
A Grade
Roos 61 def Bulldogs 20
With the team affected by covid, the Roos called in the home-grown legends to get the job done. A fantastic display of resilience and adaptability to continue to excel at each break regardless of positional changes and Mother Nature.
Awards:
Club 1- Ella Kingston- Stellar game from this girl. Ella hit all her goals each quarter and was inspirational as both an attacker and defender.
Club 2- Zali Spencer- Jet lag was certainly no issue for Zali who slotted straight into the ring creating many turnovers.
Essential Beauty - Sophie Hanrahan- after a standout year to date, this game was no different with Sophie reading the play beautifully and being aptly named the intercept queen.
Canteen & MVP - Grace Senior- shooting 49 goals at 86 per cent, there is no doubt that Grace is the best shooter in the league. She has many styles of play making it tough for defence to shut her down.
Grace Senior was outstanding for the Roos, shooting 49 goals.
B Grade
Roos 66 def Bulldogs 36
Injury and illness saw the inclusion of players into this side. An even first quarter and plenty of Wodonga support for Kylie Murphy in her 300th game. Corowa rose to the challenge and pulled away at each break
A standout 22 goal third quarter was impressive and a sign of their promise.
Awards:
Club 1- Lucy McInnes- swapping from defence to attack Lucy proved she is a versatile player with plenty of grunt.
Origin Clothing & MVP- Imogen Taylor- has been a great captain this year, giving her all every game and setting us up with the wins.
D’Amicos- Jade Lane- a standout first half running the centre. Jade used the ring with precision and fed beautifully to the shooters.
Canteen- Riley Shanahan- Playing 6 quarters for the day Riley provided the consistent reliable mid court player for the team to excel.
C Grade
Roos 44 def Bulldogs 26
The girls started the first half strongly. The defensive pressure was great causing the bulldogs to have multiple held balls.
The second half Bulldogs came back but the Roos girls stayed composed to finish with a good win.
Awards:
Club 1 - Grace O’Brien- played a reliable defensive game. Good composure amd positive talk to her team.
Club 2- Lily Hanrahan- worked will in the circle with Grace and settled the attack end in the first half, great goaling.
Docs- Jemma Smith- had strong defensive pressure and created some important turnovers.
Canteen & MVP - Rebecca Kuschert- another reliable game in defence, worked well with Grace and Ro in the ring to set up for some good rebounds.
Under 17s
Roos 38 def by bulldogs 52
It was tough weather conditions on Saturday in Wodonga. The girls came out fired up and played a great first half of netball against a really competitive side. Sophie and Steph were brilliant in their shooting accuracy, while the Roos defenders worked tirelessly to turn the ball over.
In second half Wodonga pulled away, but a last quarter effort by Remy and Savanah saw us still have some beautiful passages of play. Wodonga were strong all day but the girls’ efforts for majority of the game were strong.
The Under 17s go into the last round still a chance to play finals!
Awards:
Club 1 & MVP - Steph Sutcliffe - Beautiful shooting at 80%. Strong and reliable under the post.
Urban Graze - Taleaka Dickins - Was competitive all day against one of the league’s best shooters. Was a beautiful voice to bring the ball down the court.
Sports Power - Savannah Lewis - The birthday girl responded beautifully to coaching and was like a dog at a bone trying to cause turnovers in the defensive half.
Canteen - Remy Longmire - Came on in the second half and showed great voice and character to help her team. Her steadiness into the ring was also wonderful.
B Grade’s Lisa Tobin and Imogen Taylor work beautifully together in the ring.
Key defender Sophie Hanrahan creating havoc for the Bulldogs.
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