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Stats Central: Sandy storms home again

For the second straight game, the Sandringham Zebras kicked six goals and kept their opponents goalless in the final quarter to power to a percentage-boosting win in Round 5 of the Peter Jackson VFL season.

Two weeks ago in Round 4, the Zebras killed off any chance Richmond had of snatching victory by holding the Tigers to just six behinds in the last term while booting 6.6 themselves in a 57-point triumph.

Sandringham did the same to Collingwood on Saturday, piling on 6.8 while holding the Magpies scoreless in the concluding stanza. The result was a 67-point win that boosted its percentage to a healthy 137.3.

The Zebras became known as specialists at the death in 2015, winning six matches by 15 points or less – many of which were come-from-behind victories – en route to a top-two finish at the end of the home-and-away season.

Opponents that can’t run out a full four quarters against them have been warned.

In other key stats last weekend:

25: Nick Graham was in a bruising mood for the Northern Blues in their big loss to the Casey Scorpions. The AFL-listed youngster laid an enormous 25 tackles, six more than the AFL single-game record held by Jude Bolton and Jack Ziebell. While the Scorpions had a lot more of the ball than the Blues, Graham’s performance certainly wasn’t one-dimensional – he had 35 disposals as well.

40: Mark Jamar was as good as retired late last year, but his signing as an Essendon top-up player has proven lucky for the club’s VFL side. The ruckman had 40 hitouts last week, 30 more than the best hitout-winner for opponent Geelong (Nathan Vardy). Jamar’s dominance meant the Bombers were able to win the clearance count by 10, contested possession count by 24 and the match by 21 points.

Round 5 stats leaders:

KICKS
Joshua Tynan	Port Melbourne	26
Michael Gibbons	Williamstown	26
Lynden Dunn	Casey Scorpions	23
Matthew Dick	Northern Blues	22
Ben Cavarra	Frankston	21
Nick Graham	Northern Blues	21
Damian Mascitti	Port Melbourne	21
Kade Answerth	Sandringham	21
Farren Ray	Werribee Tigers	21
Eli Templeton	Sandringham	20
Ben Newton	Casey Scorpions	19
William Wheeler	Williamstown	19
Luke Tynan	Port Melbourne	18
Jordan Kelly	Collingwood	17
Will Hayes	Footscray	17

HANDBALLS
Shannen Lange	Port Melbourne	19
Will Hams	Essendon	19
Toby Pinwill	Port Melbourne	19
Ben Newton	Casey Scorpions	18
Jack Trengove	Casey Scorpions	18
Adam Marcon	Richmond	18
George Horlin-Smith	Geelong	17
Eli Templeton	Sandringham	16
Alex Neal-Bullen	Casey Scorpions	16
Lukas Webb	Footscray	16
Luke Kiel	North Ballarat	16
Taylor Hunt	Richmond	16
James Tsitas	Geelong	15
Jackson Merrett	Essendon	15
Mitch Honeychurch	Footscray	15

MARKS
Eli Templeton	Sandringham	15
Paddy McCartin	Sandringham	13
Tom Lee	Sandringham	12
Jordan Kelly	Collingwood	11
Kade Answerth	Sandringham	10
Andrew Boseley	North Ballarat	10
Sam Dunell	Williamstown	10
James Tsitas	Geelong	9
Nick Graham	Northern Blues	9
Matthew Kreymborg	Sandringham	9
Joshua Tynan	Port Melbourne	9
Farren Ray	Werribee	9
Lucas Walmsley	Frankston	9
Scott Clarke	Port Melbourne	9
Daniel Capiron	Frankston	8

HITOUTS
Jake Spencer	Casey Scorpions	51
Will Minson	Footscray	43
Matt Korcheck	Northern Blues	42
Mark Jamar	Essendon	40
Nicholas Meese	Williamstown	38
Tom Goodwin	Coburg	34
Ivan Maric	Richmond	34
Braydon Preuss	Werribee	25
Billy Longer	Sandringham	25
Michael Sikora	Frankston	24
Orren Stephenson	North Ballarat	23
Jarrod Witts	Collingwood	22
Khan Haretuku	Port Melbourne	19
Majak Daw	Werribee	17
Cameron Wood	Northern Blues	15

2016 LEADING GOALKICKERS
		Goals	Total
Sam Dunell	Williamstown	5	14
Ahmed Saad	Coburg	-	14
Sam Weideman	Casey Scorpions	4	13
Aaron Black	Werribee	4	11
Arryn Siposs	Williamstown	4	10
Dylan Conway	Williamstown	3	10
Liam McBean	Richmond	1	10
Jack Langford	Essendon	3	9
Nathan Gardiner	Frankston	3	9
Ayce Cordy	Williamstown	1	8

* Photo: Dave Savell

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