Morwell were handed their sixth loss on the weekend when it faced off against a strong Wonthaggi side.
The Power emerged victorious from a titanic struggle against the tigers in one of the lowest scoring games of the TRFM Gipspland League in season 2015.
There were just eight goals kicked for the entire game, with the home team leading at every change to eventually run out a 10-point winners and keep their hold on third spot on the senior premiership ladder.
Warragul V Moe
Warragul’s efforts to develop its young list are finally paying off, with the club celebrating its first win of the season.
“It was terrific. It was a really good feeling. Great to get our first win on the board,” said Warragul coach Steven Kidd.
Gippsland Power player Tom Hobbs was named best on ground while his TAC Cup counterpart Josh Patullo booted four goals in the Gulls 24-point win.
The pair was among four Power players in the line up.
“We had nine under eighteens playing and it was really great for them. The Power guys were terrific, they gave us a real boost at training and it fired them up, the boys got a real lift out of that,” Kidd said.
The visitor trailed the Lions by 10-points at quarter time, before regaining control in the second. Warragul led by nine points at half time before extending its lead to 21-points during the third term.
“We have come against some good sides over the past four weeks, so it was great to respond with a win,” said Kidd who is confident his young side is on the right track.
Sale V Maffra
Maffra came back from 31-points down at half time to beat Sale by nine points in yesterday’s Battle of the Birds.
“We were obviously really disappointed at half time and Wayne (Butcher) gave us a few home truths I guess. He said we had embarrassed ourselves and we felt we turned the game around. We butchered the footy early and we weren’t attacking as well as we could,” said Eagle Sam Pleming.
The Eagles came out firing in the third, slamming on six goals four, while keeping its opponent scoreless.
“I felt we were in the game and we could run over them,” Pleming said.
Maffra led by nine points at the last break, before holding on for its eighth win of the season by the same margin.
Back from Gippsland Power, Kade Renooy was among the standouts for the Eagles with three goals.
“It’s just good to get back and play for Maffra and it’s good to get a win against Sale,” he said.
There were plenty of highlights for Sale too, with former St Kilda player Jason Gram booting one of the goals of the year in the opening term.
Traralgon V Leongatha
Leongatha notched up its ninth win of the season, to keep it sitting atop of the 2015 premiership ladder.
The ladder leader got the jump on Traralgon in the opening term, in what would prove the difference at the end of the day. Traralgon however were able to banish the huge round one loss it suffered to leongatha from its memory to compete much better throughout the game with a strong Parrots side this time around only going down by 24 points. With the loss Traralgon still stay in third place equal on points with Wonthaggi.
Bairnsdale V Drouin
Bairnsdale recorded its second straight win, this time at the hands of Drouin, which slipped outside the top five.
The Hawks led by three points at quarter time, two points at half time and seven points at three quarter time, before being overcome by the home team in the last.
For the second round in a row, the Redlegs came out firing in the last, slamming on six goals to one, to run out a 26-point winner.
James Gibbs top scored for Bairnsdale with six majors, while Thomas Smith also managed a bag of five.
Booting five, Ben Hughes was the star with the boot for Drouin, while Bob McCallum was named best on ground.
Last Modified on 01/07/2015 12:36
