Raiders win third title in a row, Kennedy Hunt lands five

Raiders win third title in a row, Kennedy Hunt lands five

GDFL interleague coaches Reece Holwell and Mark McDowell have applauded the high intensity pressure from their midfield group which inspired this afternoon’s nine point win over Heathcote.

Inverleigh forward Jak Kennedy Hunt found five goals before hobbling off in the third term with a thigh injury as a result of the Raiders’ dominance at each centre stoppage.

“I just believe the win comes down to our tackle count, we had 10 in the first and 12 in the second so we almost doubled them in the first half,” Holwell said.

McDowell added, “Our centre clearance count was dominant as well which enabled us to put their defenders under the pump.”

The work rate of midfielders Matt Tyquin, Dalton Grundell, Michael Best (picture) and Dylan Witney allowed Kennedy Hunt to land four goals by the 10-minute mark of the second term.

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However missed opportunities from Corio coach Andy Challis and Geelong West star Brayden Mitchell in front of goal halted the Raiders margin to 10-points at the main break.

“At half time we highlighted our wasted kicking toward the scoring end so we’re just thinking to ourselves that even though we didn’t lock it on the scoreboard we still had the ball.”

“You’d rather be inefficient with the ball than not having the ball at all but that was a big one,” McDowell added.

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Anakie ruckman Luke Wilson was awarded the VCFL medal judged by the GDFL coaching panel.

It was probably a spot that we were a bit worried about and we knew that he’d be doing 90% of the ruck today,” Holwell said.

“It was only in his last two games that he brought himself into form; we heard that he recaptured his best footy in the last few weeks so this medal is a reward for his turn around.”

He added, “His tap work was also superb giving our midfielders first use which was massive.”

Jak Kennedy Hunt finished with the Darryl Jones medal as the best GDFL player judged by the GDFL commentators Jason Doherty, Dale Smythe, Grubby Cations and Alex Tigani.

“If you take him (Kennedy Hunt) out today then where else are you going to find a forward that brings you five goals and helps sets up another two or three,” Holwell said.

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“Samuel Jacka (Thomson) took seven intercept marks in the backline and there was a couple of times as well where he just ended the contests with some killer spoils.”

Final Scores:

GDFL 10.17 (77) defeated HDFNL 10.8 (68)

Goals: Jak Kennedy Hunt 5, Jayden Ettridge 2, Brayden Mitchell, Tim Barton and Dylan Witney.

Best: Luke Wilson, Samuel Jacka, Dylan Witney, Michael Best, Adrian Fantella and Jak Kennedy Hunt.

Disposals:

25 – Matt Tyquin (Bannockburn)
21 – Adrian Fantella (Bell Post Hill)
21 – Andrew Challis (Corio)
19 – Dylan Witney (Belmont Lions)
17 – Michael Best (Inverleigh)
16 – Dalton Grundell (Inverleigh)
15 – Jackson Smith (Werribee Centrals)
14 – Samuel Jacka (Thomson)
14 – Alexander Gubbins (Winchelsea)
13 – Casey Meehan (Inverleigh)
12 – Jayden Ettridge (Bell Post Hill)
12 – Matthew James (Bell Post Hill)
11 – Tim Barton (Bell Post Hill)
10 – Michael Grozdanovski (Inverleigh)
10 – Luke Wilson (Anakie)
9 – Jak Kennedy Hunt (Inverleigh)
9 – Brayden Mitchell (Geelong West)
9 – Jake Barlow (Bell Post Hill)
8 – Justin Baxter (Inverleigh)
8 – Cam Addie (Bell Post Hill)
5 – Beau McNamara (Bell Post Hill)
4 – Rob Logue (Inverleigh)

MEAWHILE in the netball a strong start from start from the visitors would be enough for Heathcote DFNL to hold on to a 43 to 37 win.

The home league came back in the final term to level the scores after trailing 17 to 24 at the main break.

But it wasn’t to be for Nicole Weatherley’s line-up with Werribee Centrals goal-keeper Amanda O’Malley (nee Wilson) judged the Raiders’ best on court.

By Alex Tigani
GDFL Media (19/05/2018)

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