The Northern Knights hosted the Bendigo Pioneers in Round 5 of the TAC Cup on Saturday 26th April at Preston City Oval. With both teams needing a victory after losses prior to the Easter break it promised to be closely fought encounter. Honours went to the Knights in the first term with the home side kicking two goals through Ruckman Anthony Di Paolo and first gamer James El Moussalli. The Second quarter was a lot tighter with both teams finding it difficult to score. Bendigo wasted some gettable chances in front of goal and allowed the Knights to kick away and lead by 19 points at half time. The arm wrestle continued in the third quarter with Bendigo scoring the first major to bring the margin back to two goals but a lovely long running goal from Sam Switkowski gave the Knights some breathing space late in the term. Bendigo continued to be inaccurate in the final quarter while the Knights were able to kick two more goals through Lewis Glasgow & Ciaran Porter to go on and win by 31 points. Zac Ballard was great for the Knights collecting 34 possessions with six clearances through the midfield while Sam Switkowski continued his consistent start to the season. Jayden Short provided some good run in his first game for the season and Kyle Langford was a again good as a target up forward. Bailey Jordan recorded a season high 11 spoils in defences and kept his opponent down all day. This Saturday 3rd May the Northern Knights head down the Princes Freeway to play the Geelong Falcons at Simmonds Stadium.
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