Dogfight rolls into Golden Square

IT’S going to be another dogfight when Golden Square and Gisborne clash in Saturday’s seventeenth round of the Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football League.

It’s third tackles first on Golden Square’s turf at Fur Life Oval in Wade Street.

When these clubs met in round eight it was Gisborne which scored a 15-point victory at Gardiner Reserve.

There’s plenty of goalscoring power in both line-ups.

Golden Square has a formidable attack that includes Joel Brett, Jayden Burke, Tom Strauch and Braydon Vaz.

They will be up against Gisborne’s Jack Reaper, Liam Spear, Matt Cassidy and Jake Normington.

Gisborne captain Pat McKenna is one of the league’s best and joins forces with the likes of Ben Eales, Ethan Foreman and Harry Thomas.

A strong Golden Square defence includes Jack Merrin, Zach Shelton, Liam Barrett and Jon Coe.

Another big match will be at Queen Elizabeth Oval where Sandhurst takes on Kyneton.

This contest between the Dragons and Tigers could decide who will be in the finals.

Sandhurst has an eight and eight record and 128 per cent and in pursuit of the fourth-placed Kyneton, who are nine and seven with 119 percentage.

In round eight it was some Rhys Magin magic which clinched an 11-point win for the Tigers on their turf against the Dragons.

Players to watch for Sandhurst include Cobi Maxted, Noah Walsh, James and Lee Coghlan, Joel Wharton and Liam Ireland.

The yellow and black has Cameron Manuel, Rhys Magin and Angus Nolte in hot form in attack and Dean Bartrop and Frazer Driscoll winning many contests.

Beaten at Kyneton, Eaglehawk’s finals hopes took another hit.

The Hawks will be back at Canterbury Park to take on Castlemaine this Saturday where they should have too much scoring power for the Magpies to hold.

Key players for the Two Blues include Billy Evans, Clayton Holmes, Ben Thompson and Dillon Williams.

A tough run for Kangaroo Flat rolls on as it faces Strathfieldsaye Storm on the Roos’ ground at Dower Park.

Storm dominated the round 16 clash with South Bendigo at Triple M Park and has plenty of on-ballers and forwards in great form.

Maryborough is on home turf at Princes Park to take on South Bendigo.

The Magpies’ will look for big games from the likes of Aidan Hare, Liam Latch, Jake Postle and Kya Lanfranchi against a Bloods line-up that includes Brock Harvey, Braydan Torpey, Zac Hare and Kaiden Antonowicz.