It was another great weekend at the Village Green. Even though the weather didn’t play its part and even though Sydney Uni recorded 4 wins to 1 to take out the University cup, the inaugural event was still a raging success for the Bulldogs.
Congratulations to Sydney Uni who won the first 3 games on Saturday to set up a winning position and even though our Premier Division team recorded a comprehensive win on Saturday afternoon, all hopes of winning the cup were scrapped when the Women’s game was called off and had to be rescheduled to the wet weather weekend.
Off the field both clubs showed great support for the event and the atmosphere around the ground was fantastic with teams from each clubs sticking around to support their mates after their own game. Pencil this event in for years to come!
Courtesy Sydney AFL. It was a University derby at the Village Green, as defending champions UNSW-ES played host to Sydney Uni. But it was the Kensington campus that would emerge with the spoils, thanks to a clean sweep in the first half to set up a 56-point win.
The weather had been tricky, but even harder than controlling the ball in the wet conditions was the task of getting a score against the miserly Bulldog defence. It was a task that proved beyond the Students in the first half, as every inside time they got the ball inside their forward 50 it was quickly and efficiently returned to the midfield. The Bulldogs kicked four goals in the first term and three in the second, while holding the Students scoreless to set up a 48-point lead at half time.
The ground was slippery and the ball was hard to handle, and the third quarter was a scrap. The Students finally broke their scoring duck, kicking the only goal of the third term to narrow the margin to 43 points at the last change. And although the Students would add another in the final quarter, the Bulldogs scored three to underline their undoubted domination.
The Bulldogs’ 56 point margin keeps them in fourth spot, level on games with Pennant Hills but with an inferior percentage. On a day when scores were hard to come by, Tom Williamson conjured up four goals in a best-on-ground performance; while Richard Troon and Ben Way were also prominent performers for the Bulldogs. For the Students, Dominic Vincent, Brendan Norton and Ben Coffey got plenty of the ball. But after two losses in a row, the Students have fallen out of the top five; with some work to do to get back into the finals zone.
All the results:
Team |
|
Opponent |
|
Ladder Position |
Premier division |
10.9-69
|
Sydney Uni |
2.1-13
|
4th |
Div 1 |
3.4-22
|
Parramatta |
4.11-35
|
5th |
Div 2 |
5.0-30
|
Sydney Uni |
5.8-38
|
7th |
Div 4 |
4.7-31
|
Sydney Uni |
9.5-59
|
7th |
Div 5 |
3.6-24
|
Sydney Uni |
5.13-43
|
9th |
Stingrays |
Wash Out |
2nd |
Under 18's |
3.7-25 |
Sydney Uni |
8.6-54
|
2nd |
Last Modified on 25/01/2014 23:56