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You could tell almost from the moment the teams ran out onto the Trevor Barker Beach Road Oval on Sunday that it was going to be a hard day at the office for new Casey coach Peter German.
His Scorpions included no less than five first gamers and no more than three AFL senior list players and a handful of Demon rookies. Lined up against them was an impressive array of experienced St. Kilda listed players (9 senior and 4 rookie listed players) and hardened VFL premiership players including multiple Frosty Miller Medallist Nick Sautner, skipper Peter Summers, Andy Biddlecombe, David Gallagher and Rod Crowe.
It really was a case of the men against the boys as German's Scopions crash started at Sandringham.
By KC from Casey
The home side piled on the first six goals of the game before a rare foray forward resulted in a goal to Russell Robertson. Captain Kyle Matthews snaffled another but the Zebras were well in control in the middle and regained the ascendancy with three more goals to make it nine for the opening quarter and a lead of 43 points as the teams went into the huddle for the first time.
Sandringham retained its dominance through the second quarter to keep its iron grip on the game with a massive lead of 52 points at the main break.
As if things weren't already bad enough for Casey, the Scorpions lost their best defender in Alex Silvagni during the second term with what looked like a bad rib injury. James Wall, Addam Maric and Matthews were all working hard and newcomer Pierce Liddle was finding space and doing some nice things on debut but there was little they could do to stem the tide. The now rampant Zebras were full of confidence as they pushed to a 93 point lead at three quarter time.
In the final quarter the team rallied for a while with a brilliant angle goal to Matthews followed by another to newcomer Ben MaCreadie but Sandy was finishing strongly and kept up the pressure. Liam Jurrah took a nice mark and kicked his second goal but at the other end Sautner was proving dominant and his eighth goal, kicked on the final siren, gave the home side a 103 point victory.
Despite the crushing loss, Casey will gain some satisfaction from the performance of its new boys and will improve as it regains some AFL players due to return from injury in the coming weeks and the young team gains familiarity and begins to play with more cohesion.
In the meantime, the team has a tough task next week pitted against first round winners Port Melbourne on Saturday night under lights at Casey Fields. The seniors game starts at 7pm.
Casey Scorpions 2.3.15 4.5.29 4.10.34 8.15.63
Sandringham 9.4.58 12.9.81 19.13.127 25.16.166
Goals
Casey Scorpions Jurrah Matthews 2 Liddle MaCreadie Robertson Wall
Sandringham Sautner 8 Lynch 3 Crowe Eddy Heyne 2 Begley Clarke Fisher Gallagher Gilchrist McEvoy Summers Tregear
Best
Casey Scorpions Maric Valenti Matthews Wall Matheson MaCreadie
Sandringham Sautner Miles Paterakis Armitage McEvoy
Casey Scorpions reserves toiled manfully after a slow start and went down by 28 points to Sandringham. Tom McNamara led the defence well while 194cm De La Salle recruit Matt Moore booted five goals at full forward.
Casey Scorpions 1.2.8 7.4.46 11.7.73 15.12.102
Sandringham 4.5.29 8.10.58 14.14.98 19.16.130
Goals
Casey Scorpions Moore 5 Collins Vernon 2 Bolton Crespin McNamara Mildren Sykes Virtue
Sandringham Eddy Waller 4 Harektuku 3 Johnston Jones Stanley 2 Connors Ferraro
Best
Casey Scorpions McNamara Patti Virtue Vernon Panozza Healey
Sandringham Stanley Simpkin Waller McGarry Dean Harektuku |
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Practice Match
Casey Scorpions v Port Melbourne Saturday 3rd March Casey Fields Reserves @ 11.00am Seniors @ 2.00pm
2012 Practice Matches
All matches at Casey FieldsSaturday 3rd March
Scorpions v Pt Melbourne Saturday 10th March Scorpions v Box Hill Saturday 17th March Scorpions v Frankston Reserves at 11.00am Seniors at 2.00pm
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