Played Saturday Night April 12^th at Digger Daws Oval.

Mines Rovers               2.2                   7.5                   10.7                 12.12 (84)

Railways                       5.3                   8.7                   10.10               12.10 (82)

Goalscorers Mines Rovers: Russell Walton 5, Rob Hansen 2, Darrah Doutch, Marc Johnstone, Leigh Mourish, Steven Dewar & Justin Langridge 1.

Goalscorers Railways: Christian Robinson 4, David Marinovich & David Stubbs 2, David Harring, James Langley, Troy Gavin & Tristan Nelson 1.

Best Players Mines Rovers: Steve Dewar, Russell Walton, Mark McQueen, Jamie Bolt & Clayton Scott.

Best Players Railways: Christian Robinson, David Marinovich,  Aaron Rymer, Rhett Foster & David Stubbs.

Heartbreak for Railways after leading basically from the first bounce, a full points conversion on the run from Diorite Leigh Mourish with only moments left on the clock and then a couple of behinds propelled the Diorites to their third straight narrow victory and are proving masters of the close finish after being 17 points the better of Kambalda in round One and last week 4 points over Boulder in Round 2.

The Panthers performance was creditable given they were missing leading goal scorer in Michael Towns and had failed to score a goal in two quarters last week to Kalgoorlie but the final siren would have brought immense disappointment and find themselves in rare ground now being bottom of the GFL Ladder and winless after two games.  In contrast the Diorites occupy first position and look dangerous having won 3 games when results in all could have gone different ways.  Russell Walton was fantastic with 5 goals while last weeks 9 goal hero skipper Rob Hansen kicked 2, while for Railways Defender turned Forward Christian Robinson enjoyed his freedom to attack with 4 goals while first gamer David Marinovich impressed plenty with his two goals and poise in general play.

Played Sunday April 13^th at Kambalda West Oval.

Kambalda                    4.4                   8.7                   10.12               14.18 (102)

Boulder                        2.3                   9.7                   10.13               13.14 (92)

Goalscorers Kambalda: James Murray, Matt Johnstone & Lorrence Farmer 2, Jay Fisher, Patrick Lloyd, Jason Dowling, Thomas Grant, Tim Champion, Jonathan Doran, Stephen Freemantle & Tyrone Ward 1.

Goalscorers Boulder: Damian Dunlea 5, Adrian Hooks, Shannon Penny & Chris Maguire 2, Henry Papertalk & Dion Woods 1.

Best Players Kambalda: James Murray, Jay Fisher, Tyrone Ward, Gerald Hansen & Lincoln Rodney.

Best Players Boulder: Daniel Coughlan, Chris Maguire, Adrian Hooks & Damian Dunlea

Have Kambalda arrived?, after pushing last years Premiers Mines in Round 1, they faced up to a Boulder side in pretty good form, and too the delight of all and sundry in the Nickel town duly delivered to secure their first victory over the Tigers in just shy of 6 years.  This victory should give Kambalda some faith and confidence and it appears Coach Stan Ward has assembled a squad that should give them some celebrations during their 40^th year.  In a close game Kambalda closed out victory In the last and the talented James Murray sealed the issue with two minutes left on the clock.  For Boulder Damian Dunlea was again sparkling up forward and now leads the goalkicking tally for the GFL with 14 goals, while profile recruits Marty McGrath and Dion Woods both suffered injury that may keep them sidelined for a few weeks.

Next Week

Saturday Night Kambalda host Railways while Sunday Mines are away from Digger Daws for the first time in 2008 when they play Kalgoorlie at Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre.

The Ladder

Mines Rovers 3 wins from 3 games 108.49%

Boulder 1 win from 3 games 113.11%

Kambalda 1 win from 2 games 96.02%

Kalgoorlie 1 win from 2 games 74.73%

Railways 0 wins from 2 games 93.84%