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MATCH REVIEW by Ian Dunstan
Played at Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre Saturday Night May 12th.
Railways 2.4 4.9 7.11 8.11 (59)
Kalgoorlie 2.2 3.5 5.6 8.9 (57)
Goalscorers Railways: Chris Rymer, Shane Properjohn, Daniel Smith, Michael Towns, Rhett Foster, Tristan Nelson, Stuart Gould & Brodie Peterson 1.
Goalscorers Kalgoorlie: Peter Lehman 3, Ral Finlayson 2, Shane Brownlie, Steven Vebergang & Justin Langridge 1.
Best Players Railways: James Langley, Rhett Foster, Brendan Sacilotto, Chris Rymer, Brodie Peterson, Ryan Armstrong & Carl Armstrong.
Best Players Kalgoorlie: Dale Beeson, Wes Miller, Peter Lehman, Cameron Brown & Justin Langridge.
Saturday Night under lights brought the closest result of the season between derby combatants Railways and Kalgoorlie. In a game that never reached any great heights the closeness of the contest kept the interest up.
Kalgoorlie vice captain Dale Beeson was best afield playing full back for the first three quarters on Railways match winner Michael Towns keeping the goal sneak to one goal, and then when Towns was red carded late in the third quarter Beeson went forward to help his side almost snatch a morale boosting victory being most effective and target for the Roos midfield. The Roos will rue a series of missed opportunities in the final quarter where they were all over the redlegs only to see Panther youngster Chris Rymer snatch back his side the lead with 90 seconds left on the clock with their only scoring shot of the final quarter. In a strange sort of way an incident in the third quarter when forward Ral Finlayson was being carried from the ground on stretcher may have helped Railways to victory, Finlayson jumped from the stretcher just shy on the boundary line questioning the need for him to be on in in the first place which then left the Roos down one of there key forward options for a good part of the last when Kalgoorlie relentlessly attacked but finished with a poor 3.3 for their domination. Railways will take the victory but know improvement will be required before the play unbeaten Mines but safe in the knowledge that defenders Brendan Sacilotto, Ryan Armstrong and Carl Armstrong all appear in solid form, while reigning fairest and best James Langley continues to have a great season. Kalgoorlie aside from Beeson received great service from Wes Miller, Peter Lehman and Deputy vice captain Cameron Brown while skipper David Clark appeared to get through the game with out incident after a recent run of injuries.
Played at Digger Daws Oval Sunday May 13th.
Mines Rovers 4.2 7.4 8.7 13.7 (85)
Boulder 1.1 3.2 8.2 9.6 (60)
Goalscorers Mines: Russell Walton 4, Trent Moon & Travis Hart 2, Jamie Bolt, Jolan Fleay, Marc Johnstone, Nathan Mourish & Rod Hansen 1.
Goalscorers Boulder: Damian Dunlea 3, Matt Wellstead, Steven Waddington, Blake Lawrence, Colin Harvey, Tama Blackman & Chris Bowie 1.
Best Players Mines: Russell Walton, Mark McQueen, Marc Johnstone, Travis Hart & Trent Moon.
Best Players Boulder: Michael Worthington, Daniel Coughlan, Damian Dunlea, Henry Papertalk & Clinton Rudd.
Boulder turned the game right around during the third quarter reducing a 26 point half time deficit to trail by 5 points turning for home, but as good sides do the Diorites awoke from their slumber to kick five to one in the last to record an unimpressive 25 point victory sealed with a Jolan Fleay party trick just prior to the final siren with an emaculate banana kick effort from the score board pocket. Again in the absence of full forward Matt James the Diorites found another reliable avenue to goal via Russell Walton who bagged four goals while Trent Moon was creative and had an ally in Chris Brabazon. The Tigers will bemoan a sluggish first half and the fact they used all their energy in getting back into the game in the third, but pleased with Michael Worthington who played a great game while Clinton Rudd and Daniel Coughlan are rarely found out of the best players.
Ladder
Mines Rovers Six wins from Six Games 208.96%
Railways Four Wins from Five Games 127.98%
Boulder Three Wins from Six Games 96.33%
Kalgoorlie One Win from Six Games 69.43%
Kambalda Zero Wins from Five Games 51.42%
This week Kambalda host Boulder at home under lights Saturday Night while Railways will attempt to break the unbeaten run of Mines at home at Sir Richard Moore Sunday.
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