Week 8 Update

UNI TAKE THE CHOCOLATES IN 4 FROM 6

A grade 15. 9 - 99 def Whitfords 11.12 - 78

A res 4. 7 - 31 lost to Whitfords 12.8 - 80

A colts 9. 9 - 63 lost to Whitfords 10.5 - 65

Thirds 15.15 - 105 def Wesley Curtin 7.7 - 49

Dingoes 21.15 - 141 def Wesley Curtin 6.9 - 45

C - colts 31.21 - 207 def Wesley Curtin 0.1 - 1

Following round 6 we still have four sides in the final 5 - A grade 4^th, A colts 3^rd, Dingoes, 1^st and C-colts 2^nd with the Thirds current form having them knocking on the five.

For a full summary of all games please see the match reports below.

WAAFL STATE UNDER 23's

I am pleased to announce that Uni has 3 representatives in this weekends state clash against Victoria at Fremantle Oval on Sunday. Congratulations to James Grabsky, Matthew Breen and Simon Jones and good luck to the boys on Sunday!

THIS WEEK

This week the A stream have bye due to the state game against Victoria. The Thirds and Dingoes take on West Coast with the thirds showing very good recent form and a win here will have them knocking on the door of the five. The freight train that is the C-gulls take on Melville at Melville starting at the later time of 1pm allowing the boys a sleep in - details as follows:

A Grade - Bye

A Res - Bye

A Colts - Bye

Thirds v West Coast Cowan - City Beach Oval - 2.30pm

Dingoes v West Coast Cowan - City Beach Oval - 12.35pm

C- gulls v Melville - Melville - 1.00pm

PAST PLAYERS COCKTAIL PARTY - JUNE 20^th

Just a reminder to keep Saturday June 20^th free for the past players cocktail party, please refer to the website for more details www.unifootyclub.com and please RSVP ASAP to Peter Toll - peter.toll@bdo.com.au as numbers are limited.

WANTED FURNITURE

In attempting to spruce up the AJ we are after a couple of long wooden benches and tables, if anyone can help us in our search please contact Andrew Johnston - acjohnston@kpmg.com.au

MATCH REPORTS

A Grade

Uni 15.9 - 99 def Whitfords 11.12 - 78

This week we faced a desperate to win Whitfords on a hot day at MacDonald Reserve.

After an even 1st quarter with both sides trying to gain the advantage, Whitfords kicked clear to a 3 goal lead midway thru the second term. To the great credit of the team we were able to shift the momentum in the last 10 mins and kick 3 goals to go into half time 6 goals a piece. We thought that coughing up a good lead might deflate the opposition so we went out determined to work it hard for the first 10-15 minutes. The result was 4 goals taking the tally to 7 unanswered goals in a 20-25 min period. Great stuff!

The rest of the 3rd qtr and the last was a battle from one end of the ground to the other but we managed to keep 3 or 4 goals clear at all times.

Great games from Jonah, Grabz, Flayva, Ippo and Boss - and special mentions to Juddy who kicked 2 goals and layed 6 or so critical fwd line tackles, coming into the side late as an emergency (playing with a broken hand). Also chucky and stew who normally play back who chimed in with a couple of goals each and Mayo for copping a rib breaking collision but carried on regardless to also be one of our best.

Great win - we'll enjoy the break this weekend and continue our journey against CBC at Buzzacott Reserve next week.

A Res

A disappointing day for the ressies with a loss to Whitfords. The boys lacked accountability early and failed to recover from this. The trend of poor starts is worrying and something we must address. The backline boys were terrific especially early when under fire with Peetzah and Farry playing well, Robbie O laid some viscous tackles and Two-Dads was good on his wing. There is good depth and talent in this side it just needs to ensure it maintains its accountability and gets some confidence a win is just around the corner.

A Colts

Round 7 vs Whitfords. A colts

The team came into this round with a lot of confidence, having won the last few games on the trot they were looking to have a good game. Apart from some late withdrawals this was the case, kicking away in the first to go in at qtr time up by around 15 points.

The second term was an improvement on the first, with more accurate kicking allowing scoreboard pressure to be put on whitfords, however costly turnovers and loose marking of players all around the game allowed whitfords to stay in the game.

The uni boys tightened up in the 3rd qtr, getting the lead out to around 30 pts before allowing a late goal to whitfords, going in a 3 qtr time full of confidence and 23 pts ahead. It seemed they went in with too much confidence, whitfords burst out of the blocks in the final term, kicking 5 goals in 10 minutes, and the uni boys were basically only onlookers to this onslaught. To their credit they fought back, not letting whitfords score anymore goals, and slugged out the final 10 mins of the qtr. With 3 mins to go Tommy K kicked truly from 30m to put uni 2 pts down.

However it wasn't meant to be, uni went down by 2 pts at the final siren.

Votes went to 5-cal mcnish, 4-chips, 3- weapons, 2- sarge, 1-blair.

The team has taken this loss as a wake up call, and the group have decided that there is to be no more drops in effort like this one for the season, and despite the bye, will continue to train at full capacity for 2 weeks in anticipation of the next opponent - Fremantle CBC.

Thirds

Uni 3rd's were at home in a must win game against Wesley Curtin. Having had considerable success in recent years against Wesley Curtin, and on the back of a solid win the week before against Whitfords, the side was confident going into the game despite their current poor win-loss record.

Due to a lack of clean drinking water and questionable hygiene standards in the eastern suburbs WC were forced to field one of the smaller teams seen in amateur footy this year. Despite this handicap they started the game brightly and had they learnt to kick like the Los Angeles police department could have held a handy break at quarter time.

The second quarter saw Uni recover from yet another slow start and began to work their way into the match. The first half ended with Uni holding a 1 point advantage in a low scoring match.

In the second half Uni's strong attack on the footy began to pay dividends as the game opened up a bit. Of particular note and the man that to many embodied this new found ferocity at the football was former veteran Robbie Wylie. In a dashing display of youthful vigor and vitality Robbie's flaming locks were seen streaming from the backline on numerous occasions snuffing out hopeful WC attacks and setting up forward foray's for Uni. His direct opponent was heard to remark after the game "You nailed me" however it was later revealed that this may have been a contractual obligation as part of Robbie's new sponsorship deal with Just For Men.

Uni finished the game very strongly to run out convincing winners and with a very winnable game this week against West Coast Cowan the side and it's legion of loyal supporters will be hoping to stay in the winner's circle for some time to come.

Dingoes

After a couple of games that were not much of a challenge for the Dingoes this weekend looked like it would pose much more of a challenge with Wesley Curtin winning recently by some fairly large margins. The Dingoes fielded possibly their strongest team this year and come bounce down time looked fired up for a big game against super tafe. Within the first 10 minutes it looked like the challenge we thought would be coming would not be this saturday, the dingoes started strongly and piled on a few quick goals.

For the next 2 quarters uni was easily the strongest team with the midfield winning most of the contests and the backline was brilliant all day but Bully up forward stole the show by marking and converting everything that came his way. Jords put the challenge to the Dingoes to get bull to 10 goals and get ourselves to 20 goals for the game which meant 3 more for bully and 6 more for the team. Super Tafe got a couple in the last quarter but the game was long gone for them when Bully put his 10th goal straight through from about 60 metres out while also getting us to our target of 20 for the game.

UFC 21.15 (141) def Super Tafe 6.9 (45)

Goals Bully 10 Macca 1 Franko 1 Gurta 3 Wooda 3 Tony 2 Stix 1

Votes Bully 10 Macca 4 Labrat 3 Boss 2 Cat, Phil, Boom, Simmo 1

C-colts

A good day for the c-gulls as we improved our percentage considerably. The 206 to 1 score line was perhaps a bit kind to the WC side as we experimented with different players in different positions all day. With WC only having 15 players this left us to with 10 men on the bench at anyone time. Everyone played well with Wes Lefroy picking up the 5 votes.

There really isn't too much to say other than it was disappointing not to be tested; especially with a rematch with collegians just three weeks away. If we can maintain the excellent numbers we have had all season (There are regularly 10+ colters missing out each week) the boys will be able to set themselves a good launching pad for the finals with a top three spot a realistic goal.