A REMATCH of \u201922 grand finalists Bridgewater and Marong highlights Saturday\u2019s eighth round of senior footy in the Bendigo Bank Loddon Valley FNL season.<\/p>\n
Bridgewater has home-ground advantage as it strives to break the unbeaten run by the ladder-leading Marong who are pursuing back-to-back premierships.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a daunting task for the Mean Machine which has a four and three record and sit fourth on the ladder.<\/p>\n
Bridgewater coach Rick Ladson will stress the importance of defensive structures and pressure against a high-scoring Panthers line-up.<\/p>\n
In the run to the bye last round, the Linton Jacobs-coached Marong had goal tallies of 20, 31, 18 and 32.<\/p>\n
Inglewood\u2019s on a four-game winning streak ahead of the trek to Pyramid Hill\u2019s Mitchell Park and it\u2019s a massive test for the Darrell Billett-coached Blues who have climbed to the third rung.<\/p>\n
In-form players for the Blues include Sam Dorevitch, Charlie McGaw, Keelan Payne and Daniel Polack.<\/p>\n
The Nathan Fitzpatrick-coached Pyramid Hill is second on a five and one record.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs beat Maiden Gully YCW last round as Dylan Collis, Billy Micevski, Jesse Sheahan and Bryden Morison were best.<\/p>\n
Bears-Lagoon Serpentine tackles Mitiamo at Gadsden Finance Serpentine Reserve.<\/p>\n
The Justin Laird-coached Bears played brilliant footy at home to beat Bridgewater by 40 points last round as Kyal Zass, Darcy Poulter, Beau Roy-Clements, and Aidan Brohm led the way.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a tough run for the Jon Varcoe-coached Mitiamo which has a 1-5 record after a 25-point loss to Calivil United on the Superoos\u2019 ground at John Forbes Oval.<\/p>\n
After breaking its season \u2018duck\u2019, Calivil United will target back-to-back wins when it plays Maiden Gully YCW at Raywood.<\/p>\n
Key players in the win by the Anthony Dennis-coached Demons at Mitiamo included Evan Ritchie, ruckman Justin Hynes, Rhys Lourie, Brae Mensforth, Walter Miller, and Hamish Wall.<\/p>\n
Newbridge has the bye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A REMATCH of \u201922 grand finalists Bridgewater and Marong highlights Saturday\u2019s eighth round of senior footy in the Bendigo Bank Loddon Valley FNL season. Bridgewater has home-ground advantage as it strives to break the unbeaten run by the ladder-leading Marong who are pursuing back-to-back premierships. It\u2019s a daunting task for the Mean Machine which has […]<\/p>\n