Led by another scintillating display by Alex Walker, who booted 9 goals, the Saints were never challenged in the blustery conditions at Werriman Field.
The visitors were quick to jump out of the starting block with Walker and Fraser Hughes kicking goals early to set up a 4 goal buffer at the first break. By half time the Saints had increased their lead to 44 points but a lack of discipline led to the Cat goals, giving the home side a sniff at the main break.
Any chance the Cats had of getting back into the game had been snuffed out by the Saints who went onto kick 7 goals to 1 to lead at the last break by 86 points.
Tony Halloran again showed his courage during the quarter, running back with the flight of the ball only to be collected heavily by teammate Shaun Mansbridge. Both players took time to recover but managed to remain on the field and play pivotal roles.
The Saints had the opportunity to win by over 100 points but inaccurate kicking made the winning margin a little flattering for the Cats. The highlight for the quarter was the freakish `off the ground goal' by Mick Viney, his third goal for the afternoon.
The win was one of the club's best ever and its first against the Cats in Muswellbrook.
The next challenge for the team is set its sights against Narrabri in a fortnight's time in Inverell. After the building up and hype of the Muswellbrook game, there's the danger of slackening off. We hope this is not the case.
It was a great day to be a Saint on Saturday - one that could be a pivotal moment towards the Clubs' first TAFL premiership.
Saints 6-4 40 10-10-70 17-18 120 20-25-145
Cats 2-2-14 4-2-26 5-4-34 8-6-54
By Gerry Taveira
Ladder
Pos |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
B |
For |
Ag |
Pts |
PC |
1 |
Saints |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1358 |
581 |
48 |
233.73 |
2 |
Cats |
10 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1065 |
654 |
40 |
162.84 |
3 |
Nomads |
10 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
857 |
564 |
32 |
151.95 |
4 |
Kangaroos |
10 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
881 |
838 |
28 |
105.13 |
5 |
Swans |
10 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
781 |
1057 |
20 |
73.89 |
6 |
Bulldogs |
11 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
737 |
1179 |
12 |
62.51 |
7 |
Eagles |
10 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
405 |
1223 |
12 |
33.12 |
Last Modified on 15/07/2007 19:53