Official Match Report
In freezing and windy conditions all players and spectators need to be congratulated for venturing outdoors, and given the final result the Roos may have wished they hadn’t. Boulder were in complete control and come three quarter time would have been determined to keep the Roos goalless but alas Kurt Vossebelt saved the pants of all Roos players with a final quarter conversion. The second half in fact would have been hard watching given that only a combined 3.1 were scored.
Boulder remain unbeaten, while the Roos will welcome back a host of first choice players after this weekend’s bye.
Team Match Report
It was a comprehensive 68 point victory in round 8 over Kangas as Digger Daws Oval, with the most pleasing aspect the good start we got off to. The players applied early pressure and were able to sustain it for most of the four quarters. Intensity around the contest and our willingness to run hard had us five goals to the good at quarter time and from early in the contest I think we had asserted control.
Our back six have been consistent all year and Clinton Rudd was the early lynch pin, receiving the ball and then using to advantage most times. Jason Rowe won his battle at CHB and Vic Smith again gave great run and carry from deep in our defence. Ryan McNally was hard running and not only shutdown his opponent, but also turned defence into attack on many occasions. Julian Jacobs was influential after half time on a back flank and Mick Alexander continues to do a job each week at fullback.
Captain, Daniel Coughlan led from the front and his work ethic was matched by Ben Andrews and Clark Maul and it was their dominance that had Kalgoorlie under early pressure. Full Forward Darren Bradshaw again was the most influential forward on the ground and bagged another six goals to now lead the GFL goal kicking list.
Blustery conditions made skill execution difficult and the only blip was when we lost our forward structure during the 3rd term. With so many Kalgoorlie players behind the ball our 50m area was severely crammed and we didn’t really work the spaces as well as we’d like.
This week we’re off to Kambalda on Sunday. I have great respect for them this year, as they work hard for each other and think their first win is not far away. We will be working hard on the track this week to make sure we’re not their first scalp for 2010, and I’d encourage as many of the Boulder faithful to make the trip out to support your team.