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Scorpions reservesa had their first win- Only Eljay and Khan played from the saints- they also would have slaugheter the Bombers if they could ahve kicked straight.
BEST:
Bendigo Bombers: Davies Geary Taylor Granger Roy Martin
Casey Scorpions: Vernon Panozza Mohr Waite Mercoulia Matheson
REPORTED PLAYERS:
Bendigo Bombers: M. Pilcher (Bndigo Bombers) for Striking.
Casey Scorpions: J. Quanchi (Casey Scorpions) for Front on Contact. M. Rosier (Casey Scorpions) for Striking.
I was at the game in Bendigo and here are my observations.
Eljay Connors played in the 2nds and picked up a few possessions and showed good skills but took it a bit easy at times.
Khan Haretuka rucked in the 2nds and needs a lot more ruck training but is raw and shows potential.
Fiora did nothing and rotated front to backline and off the ground. Hutchinson gave him a rev at 3/4 time to make it his qtr but only flashed in a couple of times.
Eddy did some good things and carried the ball well but needs to show more.
Mini got a heap of the ball and apart from turnovers was up there as the best. Delivered the ball well into the forward line at times and found space.
Gwilt played down back and ran off some times and contested the ball. took a couple of marks and spoiled his opponent. Kicked a goal in the last qtr from inside the centre square.
Steven showed a lot at times and found space. Appears to have bulked up a bit. A`couple of disposal errors but found it a bit and gave some good second efforts.
Ferguson geez looked horrible at times but took a couple of good last line marks in contests and then forward and took a great mark in the square and converted. Ran off the backline but also got caught a couple of times. Turned over a few times but was in and under when required. Not playing Seniors for a while at the saints I would say.
McEvoy looked all at sea early but started to gain confidence and rucked well. Was up against 3 rucks that the bombers had and was the only scorpions ruck interchanging with silvangi in short bursts and did rest in the forward line as well. Has huge potential with a good ruck coach. A good size unit who will play seniors sooner than later. Ran forward a few times and set others up.
Geary did some good things but was on and off a bit. Hard at it and has skills and poise which showed when needed.
Birss was hard at it all game but like all saints listed players rotated off the bench with each other more than scorps players. set up others well and looked to bring oters into it at times but sometimes putting them under a bit of pressure.
Howard showed alot at times and his disposal did let him done at times. Turned over the ball more than he should have but kept at it and ran the game out. Will play casey a lot more yet.
Raph was a class above the others with his skills, poise and thinking and tackled well (even though the umpires let the game go more then AFL umpires do) earned more free kicks than anyone else. Played on the wing, HBF and went forward late. Always looking for the next option which at times at this level wasn't there.
Allen took some good grabs and lead well. Missed a couple that he should have got but over all did what he should have.
I was sitting up in the stand near the casey stats men and it was interesting to hear that the majority of possessions were from the numbered players past 46 which is all the st kilda listed players.
The casey players who also did well included Wall, Campbell and Parker
I did hear from people behind me talking about why Rix was not out there don't know how accurate or close they are to being right but related to resting on request.
Thats a quick summary and it was good win as the bombers kept coming at the scorps but each time they composed to keep ahead and then run out easy winners.
