U15 Boys Match Report

Round 1

Today we played Wantirna South at their ground for Round One of the season. Hoping we would get off to a good start.
The first quarter wasn't great at all. Our effort at the ball, our talk and the want to pick up players wasn't good enough so the other team controlled the first quarter. We had a good chat at quarter time to try and change a few things. We were better in the second quarter but the other team was still playing better than us. The third quarter was a bit the same but things were starting to change and we were getting a lot closer to the other teams level. They only out scored us by a goal in this quarter.
The last quarter was really good. We put pressure on the opposition, when we got the ball we kicked it long and players up the field put themselves in the right spots to give us the best chance to win the ball. We ended out scoring them in the last quarter which was very pleasing to see that we never gave up. We did some things pretty well by the end of the game and there are some things we will work on to improve next week.
We lost 99-53.
Goals. Cooper Lancaster 2, Cooper Leach 2, Charlie 2, Mason Reid, Riley Wigney.
Best. Cooper Lancaster, Max, Jackson Mead. Seth, Maison Murphy, Mason De Young, Riley Wigney

Round 2

Today was Anzac round. A game where everyone wants to show their fighting spirit.
It was very warm for the game today. We wanted to have a good first quarter and set the tone for the game. Montrose had more of the ball but the boys kept working hard. Unluckily for us, Montrose were able to get a few late goals to give them a good lead at quarter time. The next three quarters were pretty even. We outscored them in 1 of the quarters but we struggled to get back the lead they got in the first quarter. We worked pretty hard which was good and we had our opportunities but our accuracy let us down. We had the same amount of scoring shots for the game but we kicked way too many points.

We have a few small things we want to improve on to make games more competitive and get the results we are after. Definitely something we can do with a bit or hard work.

Goals. Charlie, Max, Jaxon B, Mason De Young
Best. Marley, Cooper Lancaster, Seth, Yom, Finlay, Max, Maison Murphy, Mason De Young, Riley Wigney

Round 3

Today we played Ringwood North at their ground.
The forecast was for lots of rain but lucky for everyone, we only got a little rain during the game.
We started the game ok today but we were a little down in a few areas which kept the game very close. Our skills and effort needed to improve to play the footy we were trying to play.
At half time it was very close but things started to improve for us in the second half which had us playing better footy in the third quarter. We had a lot more of the ball than the opposition in the second half but our skills were letting us down a bit keeping the game closer than we wanted it to. 
We had a really good last quarter and were able to kick away and win by 38 points. The score was 75-37.

Goals. Charlie 2, Mason De Young 2, Jaxon, Jakob, Riley W, Ollie, Maison Murphy, Cooper Lancaster.

Best. Mason De Young, Max, Darcy, Riley W, Phoenix, Manson Reid, Jakob

Round 4

Lilydale had been playing some good footy so it was going to be a tough game today.
In the first quarter, we were beaten in the middle of the ground quite easily which put our backline under a lot of pressure. We were well behind at quarter time. We tried to turn around in the second quarter but Lilydale was playing much better footy than us so we were well down at half time.

We have been playing pretty well in our second halves so we tried to work on things to turn things around. Although Lilydale scored a lot of goals in the third quarter, we got the ball in our forward line a lot more creating scoring opportunities and we got some score on the board. We definitely had some moments where we were playing some good footy. 
We wanted to finish the game well and our last quarter was definitely our best. We were better in the middle of the ground which stopped them getting easy possessions and made the contest a lot closer. We had some opportunities but couldn't quite kick goals from them.

We lost 180-10

Goals. Finlay

Best. Tom, Mason De Young, Marley, Jackson Mead, Max, Phoenix, Mason Reid, Riley W, Seth, Maison Murphy.

Round 5

Today we played The Basin at Home.

It was a wet day but we managed to miss most of the rain. 
We started very well and took control of the game from the start. With a bit less pressure than previous weeks, our skills, talk and manning up were where we needed them to be to play good footy. We had a big lead at quarter time so we changed the boys positions each quarter to give them a chance to play other positions and they all did really well. We didn't let up or have any flat spots during the game so we were able to kick away every quarter. We definitely improved on some things we have been working on and showed by the way we played.

We won 195-4

Best. Seth, Cooper Lancaster, Mason De Young, Maison Murphy, Tom, Phoenix, Ollie, Jaxon, Max, Mason Reid, Jack

Goals. Jaxon 4, Cooper Lancaster 4, Phoenix 3, Riley Wigney 3, Marley 2, Maison Murphy 2, Riley Herbert 2, Xane, Charlie, Max, Finlay, Ben, Tom, Ollie, Seth, Cooper Leach

Round 6

Today we played Norwood at their home ground.

After seeing their past results, we were confident we could win if we played good footy.

Norwood didn’t have enough numbers which meant we had to play 16 on the field for each team. This wasn’t great for us as we now had 8 starting on the bench.

We hoped to get off to a good start but we were a bit flat and our effort level was a little down. Although we did have the lead at quarter time, we definitely had some areas we wanted to improve on. We had the scoring end in the second quarter and we played much better to extend our lead by a fair bit. We mixed things up in the third quarter and played some of the boys in different positions to give other boys opportunity to play up forward. Unfortunately we didn’t want the ball enough and were a little to lose on our players which had Norwood just outscore us in the third quarter but to the boys credit, we had a really good last quarter which had us win comfortably in the end. Very happy with parts of the game and we will work on a couple of areas to play a more consistent game next week.

We won 118-30.

Goals, Charlie 4, Cooper Lancaster 3, Jack 2, Seth 2, Finlay, Max, Pheonix, Mason Reid, Jakob, Darcy, Riley Wigney.

Best. Jack, Mason De Young, Cooper Lancaster, Jackson, Max, Darcy, Jakob, Finlay, Marley, maison Murphy, Charlie

Round 7

We had a home game against Lysterfield this week.

We had a good week on the track this week so we were keen to see what we could do game day.

Really wanted to focus on our talk and skills to play how we wanted to play.

We started off ok and we were winning a fair bit of the ball but we weren’t able to make the opposition pay as much as we wanted as our skills were a little inaccurate.

We finished the first quarter in front but really wanted to improve in a few areas to start controlling the game.

The second quarter was pretty much the same so we went in at half time in front but wanted to tidy up on a few things to put some real scoreboard pressure on the opposition.

Our second half was much better and we put a big second half score on the board to win comfortably.

We have some tough matches coming up so we will work on a few areas to improve and keep doing the good things we do week in and week out.

Pleasing to see that the boys always try all the way to the end, no matter the result.

We won 123-28.

Goals. Max 3, Cooper Lancaster 3, Ollie 2, Mason Reid 2, Finly, Jaxon, Jackson, Mason De Young, Cooper Leach, Maison Murphy, Riley Wigney

Best. Max, Cooper Lancaster, Jackson, Ollie Pheonix, Tyler, Marley, Tom, Darcy, Mason Reid, Mason De Young

Round 8

Today we played Mitcham/East Burwood at our home ground. After seeing some of the other team’s previous results, we knew it was going to be a tough game.

We really were focusing on starting the game well. The first quarter didn’t quite go as planned. Although we were playing ok, the other team was just a bit cleaner and put in more effort than us. They really made us pay when we didn’t man up tight enough and when our skills weren’t hitting our targets. We finished the first quarter 6 goals down. At quarter time we talked about what we needed to improve to turn the game around. Our second quarter was much better and although we didn’t reduce the opposition's lead, it stayed the same as the first quarter. Our third quarter was our best quarter. We had a lot more of the ball than the opposition and outscored them for the quarter but kicked too many points so only reduced their lead by a small amount. The opposition had a better last quarter than us so they increased their lead to finish the game.

We played 2 really good quarters and learnt a bit form the other 2 quarters to hopefully improve next week.

We lost 97-41

Goals. Mason De Young 2, Cooper Lancaster 2, Charlie

Best. Seth, Marley, Cooper Lancaster, Mason Reid, Mason De Young, Riley Wigney, Ollie, Zane, Tom, Max

Round 9

We played Montrose at their home ground today. They were top of the ladder so we were looking forward to the challenge and seeing where we are against the top team.

We started the game pretty well. It was pretty even in the first quarter but Montrose were able to link up a bit better than us meaning they had a bit more of the ball and were able to lead at quarter time.

Our second quarter wasn’t great. We didn’t get in the right position or man up often enough so Montrose made us pay on the scoreboard. We went in at half time a fair bit behind.

We had a good chat on what we needed to improve for the second half and the boys had a really good second half outscoring the opposition but couldn’t get back the lead we gave them in the first half.

When we position ourselves in the right spots and support each other, we play some really good football.

We ended up losing 38-77

Goals, Cooper Lancaster 2, Max, Mason De Young, Riley Wigney.

Best. Seth, Max, Lancaster, Ollie, De young, Pheonix, Wigney, , Jakob, Jack, Finlay, Zane

Round 10

We played North Ringwood at their home ground today. They had a lot of injuries so we had to play 14 v 14 which gave us 8 on the bench to rotate through. We really focused on pushing as hard as we could and making the most of the rest they would get as we did our rotations. We didn’t start the game as good as we would of liked. It was a very even first quarter. Our skills and work rate let us down a little bit but we came in at quarter time even with them. The second quarter we definitely better. You could see we were working harder than the opposition and our forwards worked hard to get in the right positions to maximise our time with the ball. We got out to a good lead at half time. With fresh legs, we started to wear the opposition down and our third and fourth quarters were really good and we continued to increase our lead and ended up having a good win. We won 97-56.

Goals, Lancaster 3, Max 2, Jackson 2, Wigney, Reid, Charlie, Jakob, Leach, Finlay, Pheonix

Best, Seth, Jakob, Marley, Max, Ollie, Lancaster, Jackson, Wigney

Round 11

We played Vermont today at our home ground.

They were sitting a couple of places higher on the ladder so we knew we had to play well to get the win.

We started the game pretty good. We had more of the ball and made good position around the ground so we were able to get a lead at quarter time. Our talk was really good compared to previous games.

We continued playing good footy in the second quarter so we set ourselves up for a good half time lead. The third quarter was a bit more even and although we had more of the ball, both teams kicked 3 goals each.

We finished the last quarter pretty well. We had a lot more of the ball than the opposition but couldn’t quite kick the goals we deserved to kick.

Definitely one of our best team performances.

Goals, Max, 3, Charlie, Riley Wigney, Mason Reid, Jackson Mead

Best, Marley, Max, Mason Murphy, Ollie, Darcy, Jack, Mason De Young, Jaxon Bartling, Seth, Cooper Lancaster

Round 12

We had a home game today against Blackburn.

We were 5th on the ladder and they were 4th. This was a very important game for us to win to have a chance to make the finals.

Blackburn only had 19 players so technically could play 16 a side but were happy to lay 18 and if any of their players got injured, we would take our players off to match numbers on the ground.

The game started well. Both teams having a real crack. It was very even but we were a bit behind at quarter time due to kicking too many points.

The second quarter was just as good. We needed to man up a little tighter and execute our skills a bit better which we did and we were able to get the lead at half time.

We moved a few boys around in the third quarter and it seemed to work pretty well so we were able to extend our lead a little more although it was still a very close game.

We had a really good last quarter so we were able to continue to kick goals and extend the lead time on the scoreboard. We did win 86-41 but the game definitely felt a lot closer than that.

We played very well as a team today and our tackling pressure was the best its been all season.

Goals, Mason Reid 3, Max 2, Cooper Lancaster 2, Finlay, Pheonix, Jack, Riley Harbert, Riley Wigney

Best. Jackson Mead, Lancaster, Max, Seth, Zane, Tom, Riley Wigney, Jack, Riley Harbert, Pheonix, Mason Reid, Mason DeYoung, Jaxon

Round 13

Today's game was played at Knox’s main oval. A big ground with plenty of room to move the ball around.

We had a very consistent game today.

We won all 4 quarters to keep extending our lead for an easy win on the scoreboard but it definitely felt a lot closer than the scoreboard showed.

There were times where we were a little loose on our players but overall, another really good team game.

We keep getting better and better so if things go right, we will make finals and give it a red hot go.

Best. Seth, Marley, Olie, Jackson, Lancaster, Max, Wigney, Murphy, De Young, Reid, Leach, Zane

Goals. Max 2, Reid 2, Jackson 2, Leach 2, Phoenix 2, Lancaster, De Young, Wigney

Round 14

Today was our last game before finals. We played Vermont at their home ground and it was 3rd vs 4th on the ladder.

We had been playing really good footy over the 4 weeks so we wanted to continue that as we head into the finals.

We started the game really well. We were kicking against the wind but we had the ball most of the first quarter but we just weren’t able to put the score on the board.

The second quarter was just as good as the first quarter but we started getting some goals on the board. This gave us a good lead at half time.

Our third quarter was our best quarter. Our pressure was awesome and we pretty much controlled the whole quarter and extended our lead.

We finished off the last quarter in similar fashion and although we didn’t get many goals in the last quarter, the ball was in the forward line for most of it.

Another very good team effort to head into the finals.

Goals. Lancaster 3, Max, Reid, Finlay, Jakob, Leach, Pheonix, Jack, Riley Harbert, De Young.

Best. Seth, Lancaster, Marley, Murphy, Max, Jack, Ben, Wigney, Jakob, Ollie, De Young, Finlay, Jaxon.

Final 1

We were all very excited to make finals. We had been playing some really good footy over the last 5 weeks so we were confident we had a good chance to win.

We had played Vermont the week before in the last game of the year and we won fairly easily but we knew they would come out a lot stronger in this final.

We had a really good warm up so I felt we were ready to play. We started well in the first quarter and kicked the first 3 goals. We were working hard and things were going our way. In the second half of the first quarter things changed. Vermont dropped a couple of players back and we took the foot off the pedal resulting in Vermont controlling the second half of the first quarter and leading at quarter time. The second quarter was a bit better but we just kicked too many points so we were still very even at half time.

We had a good chat at half time about what we needed to work on for the third quarter and played very well in that quarter to extend our lead. We still kicked a few too many points so we weren’t able to get further in front.

We finished off the game really well in the last quarter. Vermont had a few moments where they kicked a few goals but we controlled most of the quarter and extended our lead to have a good win.

Another really good team effort.

We won 89-62

Goals. Max 4, Ollie 2, Phoenix 2, Murphy, Seth, Lancaster, Zane

Best. Max, Murphy, Ollie, Tom, Seth, Marley, De Young, Reid, Wigney, Riley Harbert, Leach, Darcy, Zane

Final 2

Massive game for the boys today. Finals are pretty exciting times and we were going in as underdogs against good opposition.

We started the game really well. We had the ball for a lot more of the quarter and we were sharing it around well and putting a lot of pressure on the opposition when they had it but we weren’t able to get the goals on the board so we were down at quarter time. The 2nd and 3rd quarters were very similar so it was pretty frustrating not kicking goals and still being behind.

In the last quarter, things changed. Our effort and hunger was far superior and with that, goals started to come our way. We kept our forward line open to maximise our chances of kicking goals and putting pressure on the oppositions backline. The boys just kept pushing and pushing to get a great win in the end.

Awesome effort by the boys and now into a grand final.

Goals. Charlie 3, Max 2, Phoenix 2, Mead 2, Finlay , De young, Lancaster, Bartling

Best. Marley, Ollie, Murphy, De Young, Seth, Max, Finlay, Jackson, Zane, Tom, Riley W

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