The Western Jets have held off a fast finishing Bushrangersâ side to register a draw at Lavington on Sunday.
The Jets started the match in great fashion booting the first five goals of the game and had Jesse Fortune providing a great leading target deep in the forward line. Murray got their first goal late in the quarter but the Jets still held a 32 point advantage at quarter time.
The Second quarter Murray started to work their way into the contest, but the Jets continued to work hard and answered the challenges that Murray threw at them. The Bushrangers were able to slightly reduce the margin to 23 points at half time.
After half time the game significantly swung into MurrayâÂÂs favour but they were unable to capitalise on their dominance on the scoreboard. They kicked 4.5 for the quarter to get out to a 5 point lead late in the quarter before 2 goals in the last 30 seconds to the Jets, including one to Hickman on the siren gave them a 7 point lead going into the last quarter.
The last quarter was a struggle for both teams. The Jets had the early momentum but couldnâÂÂt quite capitalise on their opportunities kicking 4 behinds. Then Murray sensing their chance to take the game dominated play for the second half of the quarter, but they too couldnâÂÂt translate their dominance into scoreboard pressure. In the end the siren went only a matter of 10 or so seconds after the final Murray point was kicked to tie the scores and end the game in a draw.
The Jets next game is against the Gippsland Power on Sunday at 2pm at Burbank oval.
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SCORES
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TEAMS
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TIME/VENUE
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10.19-79
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Murray Bushrangers
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11:00 AM Sun 10/May
Lavington (Map)
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11.13-79
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Western Jets
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Murray Bushrangers
Goal Kickers: J. Loraine 2, F. Priest 2, A. Miles 2, S. Myors, T. Segrave, C. Sargeant, B. Mangan Best Players: A. Miles, D. McNeil, S. Reid, L. Johnson, S. Atley, S. Myors
Western Jets
Goal Kickers: J. Fortune 3, R. Hickman 2, J. Rayner 2, S. Stephens, J. Gray, D. Lawson, S. Sherlock Best Players: J. Rayner, B. Sneddon, S. Sherlock, J. Halloran, M. Notman
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Last Modified on 11/05/2009 11:40