VIOLET TOWN v MERRIGUM
Violet Town is having a fantastic season in 2016 and it will be starting to focus on finals without getting too far ahead of itself.
The Pip O’Donoghue-led team has produced some confidence boosting wins this season, having beaten Tallygaroopna, Stanhope and Lancaster.
These are all teams that the Towners’ have traditionally struggled to combat over the past few years.
One of the reasons for the good form of late has been the consistency of Bec Mathieson.
Merrigum remain a very slim chance of leapfrogging its arch rival Lancaster, but it would need to win today to be any chance.
Unfortunately, the Bulldog girls have not enjoyed the consistency of last year where they qualified for the finals and they will struggle to overcome the improved Violet Town.
Tip: Violet Town.
RUSHWORTH v GIRGARRE
Both these teams have hit some form of late and will be keen to finish off their season on a positive note.
Every win can certainly help the teams take plenty of confidence in 2017 and also help with recruiting new faces.
Girgarre will start the slight favourite, but Rushworth will fancy its chances of victory having caused an upset a fortnight ago to end the finals hopes of Merrigum.
Both of these teams have introduced a number of new faces and if they can keep the vast majority of them then a climb up the ladder is not out of the equation.
Tip: Girgarre.
LANCASTER v UNDERA
It has been a long time between drinks for Jody Rennie and her troops, last winning on June 25.
The once all-conquering Wombats have lost their past four matches to teams above them and need to at least one of their last three matches to be assured of finals action.
They have plenty of talented players on the roster and I expect them to be able to bounce back against Undera.
Undera has been competitive without chalking up too many wins and they will take up to the Wombats for a period of the game.
Tip: Lancaster.
OTHER
In the remaining two games, Nagambie will come out extremely keen to atone for their first loss of the season when it takes on Murchison while Avenel will be too strong for Ardmona.
Tips: Nagambie and Avenel.
Last Modified on 01/08/2016 09:51