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31 August, 2023
Roos cut Burras defence short
Dimboola has ended Minyip Murtoa’s premiership defence with a hard fought 10 point win at Alexandra Oval in Ararat. The Burras dominated early, getting a lot of the ball with Tyler Pidgeon kicking the first goal of the match from the boundary...
Dimboola has ended Minyip Murtoa’s premiership defence with a hard fought 10 point win at Alexandra Oval in Ararat.
The Burras dominated early, getting a lot of the ball with Tyler Pidgeon kicking the first goal of the match from the boundary. Tanner Smith and Corey Morgan answered not long after to put the Burras up by three goals.
The Roos only goal in the quarter came from Jonathan Ross two minutes later. The Burras ended the quarter with a flurry of goals from Warwick Stone, Brylie Cameron, Jai McGrath and Jye Walter to take a 38 point lead into quarter time.
Stunned in the first quarter, the Roos fought back. They applied a lot of pressure in their forward half early in the quarter which was finally rewarded with Jonathan Ross’s second goal.
Dylan Landt, in his first game back since Round 14, kicked the next two goals to bring the margin back to 20 points.
A few minutes later Jack Landt snapped truly in the forward line and when Jonathan Ross kicked his third, the Roos were back in the match trailing by nine points.
Dylan Landt kicked his third for the term from the boundary to bring the margin back to one point and when Jonathan Ross kicked his fourth goal of the game, the Roos hit the front with their seventh unanswered goal. They kept the Burras to 1 point to go into half time with a seven point lead.
It was immense pressure football in the third quarter. The Burras came out firing early with Jae McGrath kicking truly to level the scores. When Brylie Cameron and Will Cameron both kicked truly the Burras found themselves up by two goals.
The Roos fought back with goals to Sam Godden and Billy Hayes levelling the scores again.
A late goal to Will Cameron guided the Burras to a five point lead at three quarter time.
With everything to play for, the pressure in the last quarter was relentless. Hayden Walters kicked his first of two majors for the quarter to bring the deficit back to under a goal. Dylan Landt kicked his fourth for the game to give the Roos the lead and Walters then finished the game off.
The Burras had their chances in front of goal kicking five behinds for the quarter but it was the Roos who made the most of their chances winning 13.7.85 to 11.9.75.
With one end of the ground having the bulk of the scoring shots, when asked if there was a breeze that affected the game, Dimboola coach Jack Landt said it was a difficult one to fathom.
“It was a bit of a strange one. It didn’t affect the play around the ground. It was easier to kick goals down one end and the other end was difficult with the set shots,” Landt said.
Billy Hayes was best on ground through the midfield for the Roos and Jack Landt said he and Dylan were by far their best players on the day.
“Billy Hayes was a standout for us through the middle. Dylan also kick started us in the second quarter with those three goals. They are two blokes that have played state league footy and starting to show how important they are,” Landt said.
“I may be a bit biased but I think Dylan is by far the best player in the comp. He has been traveling from Darwin so he can’t play all the time but when he plays, he is a standout. We will have him for the entire finals campaign.”
The result was the Roos first win since July 8th and keeps their season alive where they now play a knockout Semi Final against the Saints at Beulah Memorial Park on Sunday.
In the reserves, the Demons had a comfortable 48 point win over Stawell, 11.18.84 to 5.6.36.
It was good news for the Burras in the Under 17’s having an easy 43 point win over Nhill and the Warrack Eagles stay alive in the Under 14’s with a comprehensive 60 point win over Ararat.