By CONNOR PAIN - Division 1 Reserves
The gap between the top four and the chasing pack is starting to get beyond reach as Sunshine won its seventh game of the season, to extend its lead over fifth-placed Deer Park by two games.
The Kangaroos comfortably defeated Albion at the weekend, downing the Cats 14.9. (93) to 5.5. (35).
Three goals to Cory Connor, and two each to Nicholas Triplett, Bradley Busuttil, Trent Waring and Mark Williams sealed the 58-point victory.
Albion is still in contention for the finals, but will need its form to improve in order to prevent St. Albans from jumping ahead of them on the ladder.
The Roos will next face fellow top-four side Werribee Districts, with the Cats set to battle Deer Park.
Hoppers Crossing continued its march towards the finals after earning its ninth win, when they defeated Deer Park at Hogans Road Reserve.
The first half was close as the Warriors led by just 10-points at the half, despite having 12 scoring shots to seven and keeping the visitors scoreless in the first quarter.
The second half showed why the Warriors are premiership favourites as the side came out after half-time and booted nine goals to one.
The home side had nine individual goal kickers, showing the competition that Hoppers are not reliant on just one or two forwards to kick a winning score.
The loss means Deer Park slip to five wins and five losses and fifth on the ladder. However the Lions are still in the finals race.
Its two game lead over Albion should be enough for the Lions to comfortably earn a spot in the 2016 finals series.
In Round 12, Hoppers Crossing will take on Spotswood.
Spotswood couldn’t have had better preparation for that matchup as it came from behind to defeat St. Albans 11.4. (70) to 8.9. (57).
The game was close throughout, as the Saints held the lead for most of the match.
Heading into the final term, Spotswood were down by 17-points, but five goals to zero helped the home side erase the deficit to score a memorable 13-point win.
St. Albans will look to get its disappointing season back on track against Altona.
Werribee Districts demolished Wyndhamvale by 112-points, the round’s largest victory.
The game was over after the first half, as the Districts led 65 to one.
The Falcons took a step back as they were unable to kick a goal over the four quarters, leading to the 16.19. (115) to 0.3. (3) win for the home side.
The big win sees the Districts jump into second place.
Last Modified on 27/06/2016 12:33