SSNT Australian Football 12’s Championships - Round 4

SSNT Australian Football 12’s Championships

Match Review

Round Four V QLD

NT 6.9.45 def QLD 5.4.34

It was always expected to be a hard game, the boys have played two extremely tough matches against Vic and SA over the past 4 days and the bodies were sore and tired. The QLD boys looked as if they had saved themselves to have a red hot go at us to give them their second win of the tournament. Leading at ¼ time and ½ time, but not convincingly, the big boys, who had given so much so far, were tiring. ¾ time saw QLD in front and it was going to take something pretty big for us to get back on top.

A couple of positional changes at ¾ time gave us the spark to finish off and take the game. Laurie Donation kicked 2 badly needed 4th quarter goals and Shanley Malbunka also chipped in to see us win the final quarter convincingly.

Shane McAuliffe and Laurie Donation were showing the signs of their big game efforts earlier in the week and did things to assist the team but were not as damaging. Michael Coombes also looked flat in comparison to the earlier games but still provided assistance and Daniel Simpson continued to be the rock on the last line. All four of these boys will enjoy the rest before we take on NSW on Saturday.

Kyle Emery provided some much needed spark when put on the ball and ensured the footy made it into our forward line plenty of time in the last quarter. Nakia Cockatoo was consistent from start to finish, his efforts in defence kept us in the game and when moved onto the ball in the last quarter he worked even harder to make sure the footy went into attack.

Brandon Parfitt has been Mr. Consistent across all the games and put in another good four quarter performance. Daly Shannon and Liam Moseley continued to keep working hard and ensured there was hard attack on the footy whenever it was in their area.

Keidan Holt kicked a couple of goals, and had another couple of close misses. Probably his best contribution was when he was put on the ball in the last quarter and ensured the footy got delivered deep into Laurie Donation at every opportunity. Shanley Malbunka put his hand up for a couple of goals that were badly needed. His improvement in each game has been well noted.

Others did jobs at times around the ground but it was certainly a day when we didn’t have individual stand out performances as where seen against VIC when we lost by 10 goals and SA on Wednesday, the group certainly stood up in those big games. One more game to go, the boys are tired but they have a chance to take out third spot if they can beat NSW on Saturday.

Goal Scorers: Keidan Holt-Tubbs (2), Laurie Donation (2), Shanley Malbunka (2)

Leading Goal Kickers to date;

8 - Keidan Holt-Tubbs
3 - Zac Bailey
3 - Shanley Malbunka
2 - Liam Moseley
2 - Laurie Donation
2 - Zane Carter
2 - Cameron Piening
1 - Michael Coombes
1 - Kyle Emery
1 - Ben Long
1 - Daniel Rioli