Skipper Kyle Matthews was the ABC man of the match

The Casey Scorpions removed yet another monkey off their backs on Saturday when they returned to the scene where they suffered a thrashing at the hands of Sandringham and turned it all around by walloping Collingwood by 62 points.

The Magpies were playing their home game at Trevor Barker Beach Oval due to the unavailability of Visy Park but they never managed to cope with the small ground or the blustery conditions. Their team was chock full of AFL listed players against Casey's six senior Demon listers and three rookies but even that did not help them with the Scorpion VFL contingent continuing to blossom as the alignment strengthens

By KC FROM CASEY

Casey had first use of the strong breeze and goaled with their first foray up forward when Matty Whelan anticipated well and marked twenty metres out. This was followed by a nice snap through Ryan McGough before the Pies tightened up and started to employ am 18 man flood in their defence. The two Kyles, Matthews and Cheney and Shane Valenti were going in hard and finding conditions to their liking. A long impasse full of ugly defensive footy was snapped by a long goal from ruckman Tim Mohr but Collingwood fought back against the run of play with their first major. A late reply from Nick Scanlon was handy but there was concern in the Scorpion camp that their 23 point quarter time lead was not enough.

Collingwood attacked strongly with the wind but was extremely wasteful in front of the goal kicking point after point so that it took until almost halfway through the quarter to bridge the gap to 2 goals. At that points change came over the game. With Paul Johnson dominant in the ruck and Jordie McKenzie, Matthews and Valenti winning at the stoppages, Casey shrugged off the Magpies. Miller and Newton both took strong marks in front goal, the latter after a perfect pass from Jack Watts and suddenly the Scorpions were in control. Another to Hughes before the bell and it was a comfortable 28 point half time lead.

Collingwood came out full of running and drew first blood but Michael Stockdale answered and then a withering burst of three goals from Newton iced the game and the Scorpions went into the final break 52 points in front.

Casey had broken the back of the Magpies' resistance and despite the wind, they managed to win the final quarter with goals from Stockdale, Matthews, David Collins and 17 year old David Donchi the TAC Cupper from the Gippsland Power to run out easy 62 point winners.

The ABC Man of the Match Award was awarded to a worthy winner in Kyle Matthews for another courageous four quarter performance as the skipper of the winning team  

Casey Scorpions 4.5.29 7.6.48 11.14.80 16.19.115

Collingwood 1.0.6 2.8.20 3.10.28 7.11.53

Goals

Casey Scorpions Newton 4 Hughes Stockdale 2 Collins Donchi McGough Matthews Miller Mohr Scanlon Whelan

Collingwood Bryan 3 Cooke Dawes Reed Sidebottom

Best

Casey Scorpions Matthews McKenzie Valenti Johnson Wall Newton

Collingwood Cook Keefe Reed Blight Clarke Sidebottom

The Casey Reserves went down in a thriller to a more accurate Coburg side at Coburg on Sunday. Dean and Lees kicked three each and NT Under 18 star Pierce Liddle was Casey's best.

Casey Scorpions 5.6.36 5.7.37 12.12.84 13.12.90

Coburg Tigers 1.0.6 7.3.45 10.3.63 14.7.91

Goals

Casey Scorpions Dean Lees 3 Zomer 2 Clay Hillberge McLeod Terry Waite

Coburg Tigers Gilligan 4 De Sousa 3 Abdallah 2 Bassi Kandilakis McErlain Putt Saville

Best

Casey Scorpions Liddle Dean Snow Costigan Lees McLeod

Coburg Tigers Jordon Abadallah McQuilken Gilligan Kandilakis