There was a major upset on the opening day of the Australia Post State Under 16 Development Championships at Zillmere yesterday with the AFLQ Colts storming home to beat the South East Bushrangers.
The Colts are mostly a group of promising 15-year-olds and they showed just how much by adding 4.2 to 0.0 in a stunning final term to turn a 23-point deficit into a three-point victory.
The Gold Coast Stingrays also appeared in big trouble at quarter-time of their clash with the Country Kookaburras, but held their opponents to a solitary goal across to the middle two quarters to win comfortably in the finish.
The Northern Raiders had to fight every inch of the way to beat a game PNG outfit by 10 points, while the Western Taipans had the most comfortable victory, keeping the Sunshine Coast Power goalless for three quarters and winning by 50 points.
Day 1 Results:
AFLQ Colts 1.0, 3.2, 3.3, 7.5 (47)
South East Bushrangers, 3.2, 3.6, 6.8, 6.8 (44)
Goals
Colts: T Peck, L Radford, J Gray, S Gribble, L Niland-Rowe, H Star-Thomas, D Bresnehan.
SEB: J Knezevic 2, J Ryan, T Trowse, M Graham, A Himstedt.
Best
Colts: T Peck, L Radford, D Lewis, J Mazoletti, P Crosling, N Newcastle, J Stiller.
SEB: J Gunn, J Oates, B Coleman-Broome, M Graham, R Power.
Gold Coast Stingrays 0.3, 3.4, 7.6, 10.7 (67)
Country Kookaburras, 3.1, 3.3, 4.3, 6.3 (39)
Goals
Stingrays: D VanDeWerken 2, E Alexander-Crackel 2, T Alderson 2, N Burton 2, A. Boston, B Cain.
Kookaburras: N Stow (2), D Dewis-Trackson, A Gela, J Smith, E Daniels.
Best
Stingrays: D VanDeWerken, A Boston, B Haberfield, J Skennar, J Klessens.
Kookaburras: N Stow, J Wardle, L Pearson, J Macanash, J Smith.
Western Taipans, 0.4, 4.6, 4.11, 7.11 (53)
Suncoast Power, 0.3, 0.7, 0.7, 1.9 (15)
Goals
Taipans: S Bennett 2, J Bourke, T Brimble, J Brown, J Joliffe, D Preen.
Power: A Sauvage.
Best
Taipans: T Brimble, J Henley, S Bennett, P Nandy, L Mitchell, H Baldwin.
Power: M Allman, D Murray, J Fitzpatrick, A Sauvage, K Hoskins.
Northern Raiders, 2.0, 4.5, 6.5, 7.8 (50)
PNG Binatangs, 2.0, 2.1, 5.3, 6.4 40)
Goals
Raiders: L Glastonbury 2, C Dickfos, J Wagner, S Crook, S Driffield, L Detering.
PNG: J (Jnr) Lavatu 2, V Rame, M Lavai, T Gavuri, S Augerea.
Best
Raiders: T Morrisey, A Alir, B Paulke, J Wagner, D Farry, T Overington.
PNG: T Gavuri, V Rame, G Simon, S Johnson, T Rai.
Games Day 2 (Saturday 8 May)
11am: AFLQ Colts v Gold Coast Stingrays
12.30pm: Suncoast Power v PNG Binatangs
2pm: South East Bushrangers v Country Kookaburras
3.30pm: Western Taipans v Northern Raiders
Last Modified on 11/05/2010 17:01