PBC took the match by 33.17 (215) to 6.5 (41) for their eight successive win in the battle of the big cats – the weekend score being the third time in a row this season the Lions have kicked 150-plus points.
They managed 162 against Coolangatta last round and the weekend before racked up 211 against Mayne.It is fair to say that Springwood officials, players and fans must be heartily sick and tired of the sight of the Lions because a vast chasm has developed between the clubs since 2006, the last time Springwood beat the power Gold Coast unit.Since then the Lions have beaten the Pumas by margins of 132 points (2007), 112 and 296 (2008), 116 and 73 (2009) and last year by 54 and 68.Because of their recent surge, the Lions boast a percentage of 162,6, second only to Sandgate, despite having had three losses.Ominously for rivals, PBC have unearthed a potent forward in forme Narre Warren century goalkicker Lee Smith, who managed eight on Saturday, from only three quarters.Coach Craig O’Brien knows he has a winner in Smith, who is quick and can take a decent grab.“He’s a good player, very classy, he can kick left and right foot and is quick – and he can leap,” said O’Brien. “He was taking chest marks above the packs on Saturday.”The best thing about Clark as far as the Lions are concerned is that he has played only two games – last week he was in the reserves – since undergoing surgery late in 2010 for abdomen muscle tearing.Other good signs for PBC were the effort of Brad Hards in the centre, Simeon Blowes (six goals at centre half-forward), teenage talents Tyler Cornish and Nick Burton, and the steady improvement from speed machine Arnold Knight.Over in the Springwood camp the mood was obviously subdued after such a caning.“There’s not much I can say,” said coach Paul Opbroek.“Obviously we have a few outs, but Palm Beach are pretty good.“Our young blokes learnt a lot of lessons being on quality players and how they run. I think that’s good for our kids.“But I guess it’s not good for the confidence.”Springwood had on-baller Michael Grose, ruckman Matt Hockley and on-baller Josh Brown as their best
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The Gorillas took the points by 21.16 (142) to 18.7 (115) but coach David Martin was not exactly over the moon with the performance.
BY Terry Wilson
Martin thought the Gorillas should have put Mayne to the sword in the first quarter, but they failed to capitalise and never really took the game by the scruff of the neck.“Realistically, we had all the footy in the first quarter and could have put them away then,” he said.“But we played in fits and starts. We’d kick a couple of goals, then we’d let them kick a couple of goals.“We did just enough to get by, but I guess it’s still good to get the points when you’re not playing at your best.”Mayne started reasonably well, but let Grange in for late goals in the term, which really hurt the Tigers in the final analysis.“We played some good footy but we leaked too many goals,” said player-coach Luke Faulkner.“We’re missing a couple of defenders and we had trouble slowing them down.“I know we’re capable of scoring when we go forward, but we’re a big light-on at the back at the moment.”Former Southport player Lachlan Moir proved a winner for the Grange, kicking six goals in roles on a wing and at full-forward.Half-back flanker Lee Smith had a huge second half and midfielder David Tough, lived up to his surname with another busy effort in the middle.For Mayne, their best were midfielder Jeames Gillett, centre half-forward/ruckman Logan Bower, playing on permit from Morningside, and veteran Andrew Housego at full-forward.
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That ‘retirement’, even though at the time Pianta insisted he was finished, proved to be a furphy because the big forward resumed training earlier in the year and found the lure of footy too strong to resist.
And the Bombers must be grateful Pianta changed his mind because he was a star for them in the side’s 21.7 (133) to 10.13 (73) win over Maroochy-Northshore at Bill Godfrey Oval on Saturday.Following a haul of four goals the previous round, Pianta finished with eight against the Roos, dominating after half-time when he kicked most of his tally.All this came after Maroochy threatened a major upset with a quarter-time lead of 2.6to 1.0.
The Bombers fought back to lead by the solitary point at half-time, 6.3 to 5.8, but it was all one-way traffic after that.With Pianta marking strongly, and with skipper Marcus Powell on fire in the middle – he also kicked four goals in a man-of-the-match performance – Burleigh ground the opposition down.“We finished the game off,” said coach Zane Doubleday. “In the third and fourth quarters we put them away.“Just to finish a side off was a positive for us.”Pianta and Powell had strong support from tireless ruckman Mick Van Rossum and wingman Hugh Priest as the Bombers crept to within sight of a place in the top five.Maroochy coach Roger Delaney should have been pleased by the fact the Roos had 23 scoring shots to 28, but described the second-half effort as ‘pretty average’.“We weren’t playing terribly well, but we were right in it at half-time,” he said.There were not many positives for Delaney away from the efforts of skipper David Hulsman in a back pocket, on-baller Jarrod Gale and Jarrod Clarke at centre half-forward
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The northside Brisbane clubs have 24 points from six wins and a draw with Sandgate holding top spot courtesy of their impressive percentage of 164.1.
The Hawks survived a trip to Chelmer on Saturday where they beat home side Western Magpies by 13 points on the back of an outstanding first quarter.
Wilston-Grange did not have things their own way against bottom Mayne, beating the Tigers by 27 points.
In other matches, Palm Beach-Currumbin scored another runaway win, this time by 174 points over Springwood, and Burleigh came from behind to beat Maroochy-Northshore by 60 points.
By Terry Wilson
Hot Hawks blast the Magpies earlyA RED-HOT start set Sandgate on the way to victory in their match of the round against Western Magpies at Chelmer Oval on Saturday.The Hawks bounced the Magpies early, setting up a quarter-time lead of 6.5 to 1.3 and the home side just could not regain that lost ground for the remainder.The Magpies cut the deficit back to 13 points by half-time, but lost the third term by a point.Magpies coach Peter McClennan had no explanation for his side getting out of the blocks tardily, but conceded it was not the first time this season his side has been guilty of starting slowly.“There were no excuses,” said McClennan. “We just didn’t perform well at all and to Sandgate’s credit they kept at it all day.”McClennan said his players have to learn to play four full quarters in top gear or they will continue to cough up early leads to quality opposition sides.Sandgate captain-coach Ben Long was delighted with the strong start by his Hawks, something that did not surprise him given his side’s record in recent seasons.The better the quality of the opposition, the better his players prepare, he believes.“We’re the sort of side that the better the opposition is, the better we go into it,” he said.“The boys were switched on because they knew we were playing a good side. That’s one of our attributes.“We played some good footy early and we dominated possession.“It was a great start, although it became a bit of an arm-wrestle after that.“The Magpies threw a challenge at us – we knew they were going to come at us – and their run and skills were good.”The Hawks were sparked by classy midfielder Matt Nuss, just one of several Sandgate on-ballers who carried the day for the winners.“Matty has been good for three games in a row now, but all our midfielders have stepped up, especially some of our younger ones,” said Long.“Last year we relied on the older blokes to be dominant there, but we now have Will Bradley, Ben Beaven and Tom Overington also going well.”Long again praised ruckman Michael Pettit, not overly tall but possessing a big leap.“It also probably helps (the midfielders) when you have a ruckman who puts the ball down their throat,” said Long.The Hawks also had a winner in Chris Pettit, who was given a new role in defence away from his regular spot on a wing.The Magpies, said coach McClennan, clearly missed the physical presence of big David Hamill up forward and the run and direction of Will Fozard at the back.And the side suffered when Chris Hunt was badly concussed and ended up under observation in hospital after copping a high knock in a marking contest.“As well, our rucks were not as dominant as they have been,” said McClennan.Best for the Magpies were midfielder Reid Dobson, full-back Peter Kilroy, back pocket Tim McEvoy and Val Pope, who kicked four goals in midfield and forward roles.
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After trailing at quarter-time, the Blues took control of the clash and ran out deserved winners by 14.16 (100) to 10.13 (73).
It was a victory that put Coolangatta on a season win-loss record of 3-3 but more importantly kept them well in the race for a spot in the finals top five.“It was a huge win,” said successful coach Neil Mackay. “If we had lost today we’d have been 2-4. Now we’re in the middle of the pack on 3-3.”Surfers are now in that 3-3 pack as well after a disappointing effort after quarter-time.The Demons led 2.3 to 1.4 at the first break, but coluld not go on to maintain that advantage.By half-time, the Blues led 6.5 to 4.5 and at three-quarter time it was 11.9to 9.11 to the home side, who held on strongly on the final term to extend their margin.A key to Coolangatta’s win was that the players at last turned on a four-quarter effort, which particularly pleased Mackay.“We didn’t have one of those bad quarters,” he said. “There were no peaks and troughs.”Asked if he was surprised at the result, Mackay replied: “No, we thought we’d do all right.“We looked at last week and felt we needed a bit of run.”That bit of run came through local teenagers Sam Fife and Nick Lock who, Mackay said, added some much-needed run on the outside.Stars for the Blues were Jake Byrush on the ball and down back, first-gamer Fife up forward and Classy Sam Carins, who kicked three goals from a wing.There were no complaints from Surfers coach Rob Martin. He conceded Surfers lacked the desire for the hard ball that Coolangatta showed.“We didn’t play well enough to win, simple as that,” said Martin.“Cooly ‘wanted’ us out of the game, they wanted the footy more, which is extremely disappointing because this game was very winnable.“They had half a side out, but we didn’t turn up ready to play.“Every time we looked like getting back into it we just did something stupid.”Ryan Dienjes and Jake Tooma, who swapped between on-ball and half-back, were best for the Demons, while centre half-back Bronson Durack also went well.
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