Nar Nar Goon’s Matt Wade does his best to evade a tackle from his Warragul Industrials opponent on Saturday.NAR Nar Goon made a clean sweep of round seven EDFL matches against Warragul Industrials on Saturday and the senior side stayed in finals contention with its third straight win.
The Goon had a slow start but got its running game going to have the match effectively wrapped up by halftime, leading 11.11 to 2.1.
Andy Oldmeadow was dominating on his wing and other young players in Spencer Noonan, Paul Hicks and Matt Wade were also doing well. Flying the flag for the older brigade were Blair Lidstone, Michael Epstein and Dave Hoy.
The Dusties came back in the second half but the damage had been done and Nar Nar Goon went on to win comfortably.
Scores: Nar Nar Goon 16.17.113 d Warragul Industrials 9.4.58.
Goals: Clint Sheedy 3, Phil Hicks, Matt Wade, Andy Oldmeadow, Scott Murphy 2, Blair Lidstone, Spencer Noonan, Michael Epstein, Tim Manning 1.
Best: Spencer Noonan, Andy Oldmeadow, Dave Hoy, Michael Epstein, Blair Lidstone.
RESERVES
Nar Nar Goon consolidated a spot in the top five with a 113point win over Warragul Industrials. It was the fourth straight win for the Goon and Steve Marquis had a big day, bagging 10 goals.
Scores: Nar Nar Goon 19.12.126 d Warragul Industrials 2.1.13.
Goals: Steve Marquis 10, Ryan Marchant 4, Steve Kruse, Ben Simpson 2, Leigh Tompkins 1.
Best: Greg Gallasch, Steve Marquis, Nathan Brown, Leigh Tompkins, Craig Lewis, Ryan Marchant.
UNDER 17
Words of wisdom a training from former star Keysborough ruckman Eric Joosten inspired the Nar Nar Goon thirds to an emphatic win over Warragul Industrials.
Young ruckman Travis Simpkin took the advice on board and was best on ground. Regular ruckman Vince Sanzaro was rested at fullforward and finished with a bag of 8.4.
Scores: Nar Nar Goon 19.18.132 d Warragul Industrials 0.1.1.
Goals: Vince Sanzaro 8, Josh Hodson 6, Brodie Howe 2, Tim Hocking, Jake Sweeney, Billy Handley 1.
Awards: Club Travis Simpkin, Hungry Jack’s Chris Johnson, canteen Jarrod TimothySmith, socks Steve Marson, milk bar Vince Sanzaro.
UNDER 15
Warragul Industrials managed to stay with Nar Nar Goon in the first half, the home side leading 3.5 to 2.1 at the main break.
In the third quarter Nar Nar Goon took control and finished well, Will Evans providing a steadying influence and Matt Damon’s runthrough approach being a highlight.
Scores: Nar Nar Goon 11.6.72 d Warragul Industrials 4.1.25.
Goals: Nathan Marchant 4, Garth Stivey 3, Stephen Pimm 2, Tim Bastow, Josh Keane 1.
Awards: Club Matt Damon and Garth Stivey, Hungry Jack’s Stephen Pimm and Sam McPhee, canteen Tim Bastow, socks Nathan Marchant.
UNDER 13
Nar Nar Goon went from kicking only one goal the previous week in a big defeat to kicking 20 goals and keeping Warragul Industrials scoreless.
Joey Murphy showed great vision and his creative play brought teammates into the game. Wil Evans, Damon Hansen, Anthony Neilson and Tom Cunningham used their height and experience well, also helping the younger players out.
Scores: Nar Nar Goon 20.12.132 d Warragul Industrials 0.0.0.
Goals: Nicholas Bransgrove, Tom Cunningham, Jordan Riley 3, Joey Murphy, Wil Evans 2, Ryan Wouters, Mitchell Preen, Ricky Ferguson 1.
Awards: Club Ryan Wouters, Hungry Jack’s Lachlan Gridley, milk bar Dalton Hoeksema, canteen Lachlan Smith, socks Mitchell Preen.
