Cobra's Weekly Round Up

this week.

We host Dalyston this week and have great respect for them as a club even though we are only recent combatants on the field. Dalyston is a proud club and will be looking forward to this contest as they always match up well against us.
 

last week.

seniors.

In another encouraging display from our senior players considering the attrition rate amongst the players the team looked like it was beginning to really gel and understand their roles.
The Garfield ground was pristine and very well presented so football skills were able to be displayed with long kicking and contested marks being highlights for both sides. Our stand out player was Nathan Gardiner with his high marking and ability to move up and down the ground. He kicked nine goals five behinds in a masterful performance. He is demonstrating that he has his confidence up and we look forward to watching him in future games. He is certainly a draw card.
Our solid defensive players in Dillan Bass, Tim Payne and Robert Hill were relentless around the contest and used their strong bodies to repel attacks from the opposition. Matthew Ryan showed his versatility, whether up forward or in the ruck. He is another player who is beginning to know he has the skills and ability to have an impact at this level.

Lynden Banting made a great debut for the senior side and added a spark especially in the first quarter, topping off his fine game with a couple of goals.
 

development team.

On a day where the impact of illness and unavailability had the development team coach asking anyone who was warm and vertical to pull on the jumper the team responded in a magnificent fashion.

Bradley Parker our new recruit  and Nicholas Brooks with two goals each were solid and contested the ball with intent. Nick Buckland was lively in and around the mid field and Dylan Ross and Matthew Scarlett were solid in defence. Our stalwarts continued to put their head over the ball with Travis Ramsdale and Tory Drew prepared to get in under the contest at every opportunity.

In a closely fought contest we were able to be in front at the final siren.

thirds.

What looked like a real cracking game on paper, with team’s 2^nd & 3^rd on the ladder turned out to be that way.

Both teams would have felt confident going into the game, and when the siren started it was on, Garfield settled a lot better than we did in the slippery conditions and had a few chances to kick some early goals but luckily for us didn’t capitalise. What opportunities we had going forward, we were able to take our chances and went into the 1^st break only 1 goal behind.

The 2^nd quarter was a lot more even and both teams had moments of control, both scoring an equal number of points to have Garfield still 1 goal ahead at the main break.
The conditions continued to improve and in the 3^rd quarter we were able to take advantage on a few plays and hit the scoreboard a bit more than Garfield and went into 3/4 time 1 point ahead.

The last quarter was just a show of strength & effort by 2 teams that threw everything at it and didn’t leave anything behind, with it going down to the wire, both teams only scored 1 goal each in the hustle and bustle of the last quarter, but we also got an extra point, so we were able to hold on to win by 2 points. The coaches were very proud of the whole team’s effort on the day and that we were able to grind out another strong win for their teammates & the club. 

There were so many great moments through the game, some players that performed well over the match were, Ben Baird through the midfield and down back with his effort and courage, Jacob Percy started forward but went down back to help settle our side and was a great contributor, Logan Fox gave great effort and hardness around the ball, Oliver Sail continued to work tirelessly in the ruck, Kade Perkins had his best game for the year with some great forward runs & Kai McMinimee played his 1^st game for our side and was a solid contributor.

On to Daylston now for the next challenge.

netball.

no netball reports this week