The Fiona Winter Realty Noosa Tigers headed to Brisbane to take on 4th placed Kedron in round 9 of the 2014 season. Noosa made one change this week with the return of Troy Duke at the expense of Zac McDonald.
The first quarter was played at break neck speed as both teams showed off their talent. Gary Wallace was excellent in the back six and cut his man right out of the game while captain Peter Trompf was getting involved in every Noosa forward play. Noosa were being beaten around the stoppages early until Dylan Dempsey took control and put his stamp on the game. Kedron got a very late goal to go into the first break with a six point lead. Kedron 4-3-27 to Noosa 3-3-21
The second quarter was all Kedron as they kicked 3 goals to Noosa's 1. Jesse Malthouse was working hard across the wings and Dave Welch controlled the back line. Noosa were without Jai Fitzpatrick for the rest of the game as he sustained a serious leg injury and that certainly cost Noosa some drive. Noosa battled well; Josh Reichman was in form and getting plenty of kicks. Jake Hendrie ran hard all day and had a shot on goal very late in the quarter and hit the post. That's when the siren went and Kedron held a handy 19 point lead. Kedron 7-8-50 to Noosa 4-7-31
The half time break gave Gellie an opportunity to rearrange a few things, with Dylan Murray to help in the ruck and Riley Buntain to go into defence. Things got off to a flyer as smart play from Buntain set up Demspey for Noosa's first of the quarter and the momentum swayed Noosa's way. Shane Davis was again solid in the midfield and Seb Rogers provided plenty on run as Noosa kicked 4 goals to Kendron's 3 to head in to the final break 12 points behind but everyone could sense Noosa were not out of it.
Gellie asked the boys to have faith and take the game on and beat them with a Man on Man approach. The first ten minutes was a tight struggle and both teams kicked 2 goals each but at the 15 minute mark Gellie took a strong mark and goaled followed by a Rogers mark and goal and things were all tied up. Hendrie was great down back and Dempsey solid in the contests as Noosa had most of the play. Against the flow Kedron managed to create a fast break and kicked a goal then followed up with a point to led by 7 point with 5 minutes to go. Trompf was moved into the midfield and Noosa got an instant result with Trompf setting up Malthouse, who goaled from 35 metres out to cut the margin to one point. Noosa got the next clearance from the centre bounce and drove it forward. Kedron fought hard and repelled the ball but Noosa were full of run and sent the ball forward a few times. The ball was deep in the Noosa forward pocket as a pack formed, Gellie swooped on the loose one a sent it sailing toward the goal only to see it drift across the front and Kedron cleared for the final time as the siren sounded. Close but not close enough, Noosa kicked 5 goals to 3 to fall short by one point. Kedron 13-12-90 def Noosa 13-11-89.
Noosa Best - Jack Hendrie, Dylan Dempsey, Peter Trompf, Josh Reichman, Jesse Malthouse, Shane Davis
Noosa. Goals- Josh Reichman 2, James Gellie 2, Peter Trompf 2, Tim Storrer 1, Dave Welch 1, Seb Rogers 1, Jesse Malthouse 1, Jake Fulton 1, Dylan Dempsey 1, Shane Davis 1
The reserves had a fantastic win against the 4th placed Kedron. After being 3 goals down at half time the boys came out full or run and slammed on 9 goals to 5 to run out 13 point winners and arguably their best performance for the year. Big Zac McDonald was outstanding as was Lou Fary and young Jack Hunt. Max Paterson kicked 3 as did McDonald. This put the boys up to 4th on the ladder and some chance to slip into 3rd in the coming weeks.
Final score Noosa12-10-82 def Kedron 11-3-69.
Next week is a bye for the PJ Burns Noosa Tigers as it's inter league weekend. The following week sees Noosa play 3 home games in a row starting with Caboulture.
Jas Sherriff
Last Modified on 29/06/2014 10:20