Joining the ranks of Geelong & St Kilda, the Hill's Supertigers can now be regarded as ELITE!
With no fewer than 8 big names out due to various ailments and commitments, the Hill's Supertigers systematically destroyed the 'pumped' PHOS Camden Phantoms at Marion.
Kicking with a strong breeze in the first term, the inaccurate Tigers could have brought the 'fat lady' out early but it was a good thing that she was kept away as this may have constituted 'racial vilification' according to umpire Greg Day.
A tough physical approach by the Phantoms failed to dent the strong free flowing run of the Tigers but it did dent some of the Tiger's players.
Taking heavy hits on a number of occasions, Wayne 'Chucky' Seymour shone throughout the game, giving great drive out of the middle and off of the half back line.
Simon Kemp was again a dominant figure. Kicking accurately from 50 metres against the wind, hitting leading forwards 'lace out' and intercepting Phantom's forwards were all a pleasure to watch. It could be said that he is a pretty handy player.
Hard man Sean Watt was again at the bottom of a number of packs but did manage to free himself up to contribute a match high 4 goals. He finished with the fantastic statistics of 4 goals, 1 king hit & 2 players sent off, together with having the game called off 5 minutes from full time. A fine effort indeed.
Dave McGill spent several hours in surgery after the game having the ball extracted from his stomach. An incredible spoil in the last quarter left him gasping for air but the super fit dynamo continued to burn off his rivals.
The continued fine form of Dave 'Runt' Wundtke frustrated the PHOS forwards and together with Damian 'Dom Cassisi' Ryde, Richie Slater, debutant Ben Barnett and the committed Neil Thomson provided a resilient defence.
'Who is on bloody Pearcey?' could be heard ringing across the Marion Oval. The ever elusive Kim Pearce managed to find plenty of room on the long and narrow field and also marked strongly and converted 2 valuable goals.
The Chris Hill 'rebirth' continued. Hill lead strongly, took contested marks and 'dished' off handballs to team mates in position. Talks of this being his last season have been put on hold by management. Contract negotiations continue!
The 'time spent on the turf' award for this week would have to be shared by hard running winger Alex Tucker and 'knock about' ruckman Aleks Bojanic. It is either a lack of balance or sheer persistence to get a hand on the ball that causes the 2 A's to spend so much time admiring the grass roots.
Club educator Ross Wall had statisticians clammering for records in the first quarter. Wall was heading for a world record in 'ducking & weaving' together with the most pirouettes in a quarter. Unfortunately the acrobatic moves played havoc with his hamstring and Wall was forced to play out the game out of a forward pocket which allowed the Tiger's 2008 leading goalkicker, Gary 'Specky' Magee to take up a more prominent position up the ground collecting several kicks and also some PHOS Camden players.
The Supertigers were hit hard by players 'Missing In Action' but they continued on their quest to play out the season undefeated.
A short turnaround of a week and the strong Gawler side stand in the way of 8 in a row!
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