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By KC from Casey The Casey Scorpions scored their biggest win of the season so far when they handed out a 73 point thrashing to the Coburg Tigers at Casey Fields on Saturday.The Coburg encounter had been considered a danger game as the Tigers were coming off a win over the highly fancied Box Hill Hawks and a narrow away loss against ladder leaders Sandringham. However, as it turned out, the game was never really a contest.
The home side shot out of the blocks with an early goal to Jordan Gysberts followed by two more from young forward Jack Watts who was in fine marking form. He scored his first after a 50 metre penalty and kicked accurately from a good distance for his second. Coburg regrouped and came back with a goal to be 12 points down at quarter time. The second quarter was all Casey as the undisciplined Tigers imploded against a tight defence and a hard working midfield that constantly fed the Scorpions' forward. Neville Jetta was in fine fettle during this period with two goals but a lot of the hard work was being done by Michael Stockdale (27 touches for the game) and Kyle Cheney down back. They were well supported by Tom McNamara and acting skipper James Wall in forming and almost impenetrable barrier that forced the ball to constantly rebound into attack.Ben Macreadie was solid around the ground and the explosive but slightly off target Austin Wonaeamirri (three posters for the day) added a great deal of bite. The Tigers tried hard to mount a comeback in the third quarter but Casey, with the classy Watts and Brad Miller dominating up forward was just too good. Young ruckman Chris Wylie kicked his first goal and the home team remained well in control at the final break. Realising the importance of playing out the full four quarters, coach Brad Gotch exhorted his players to go on with it and to finish strongly and they proceeded to do exactly that. Miller, Watts and Newton were all tall targets and they combined well. Even defender Tom McNamara chipped in for a goal after following the play down the ground as the home team coasted to an easy victory. The win lifts the Scorpions into the upper echelons of the VFL ladder with a vital game against the Northern Bullants at Casey Fields next Saturday. The club was further buoyed by the news that courageous captain Kyle Matthews was discharged during the week from Eppworth Rehabilitation Hospital and is well on the way to recovery after incurring serious injuries in an attack outside a hotel earlier this year. Teammate David Bell, who was also injured in the incident, played his first game with the reserves on Saturday. Casey Scorpions 3.5.23 9.8.62 13.11.89 18.17.125 Coburg Tigers 1.5.11 2.7.19 5.11.41 6.16.52 Goals Casey Scorpions: Watts 4 Miller 3 Jetta 2 Gysberts Healey McGough McNamara Maric Morton Newton Wall Wylie Coburg Tigers: Griffiths 2 Hislop Jordon Kahlefeldt Roberts Best Casey Scorpions: Stockdale Watts Wall Jetta Gysberts Spencer Coburg Tigers: Gourdis O'Rielly Connors Rayson Jordon Carnell Reports Nil The Reserves had an absorbing battle with Coburg and were in a position to win at three quarter time but let the game slip from their grasp when the Tigers piled on the goals early in the last. To their credit, they came back strongly but were one point light when the final siren sounded. Ben Waite with four goals continued his fine form up forward and talls Luke McDonald and Scott Simpson were the team's best. Casey Scorpions 3.4.22 4.7.31 9.8.62 14.9.93 Coburg Tigers 2.2.14 4.3.27 7.4.46 14.10.94 Goals Casey Scorpions: Waite 4 Sykes 3 Jones Petropoulos 2 M Dowse Simpson Tynan Coburg Tigers: Gestier Lawton 3 Dennis 2 Cattapan Duhau Gilligan Meroli Sarlo Westhoff Best Casey Scorpions: McDonald Simpson David Bell Fieldsend Weekes Waite Coburg Tigers: Duhau Dahl Cattapan Lawton Hicks Fahey Reports Casey Scorpions Scott Simpson - Engaging in rough conduct |
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