Supertigers Vanquish & Exorcise Hapless Saints!
In what was expected to be a challenge for the previously unbeaten Hill's Supertigers, Sunday's game at Lobethal was all but over at quarter time.
The Hill's dynamos jumped toan 8 goal lead at the first change and were rarely challenged by the Gawler Saints. There appeared to be more of a challenge from the Hill's own defender Andrew Frohling who contributed to the few Saint's fortunes with 3 turnovers which resulted in goals. There were comments from the centre area, in particular from star midfielder Richard Kleemann, that 'Frohls is a bit like the Proud Mary' referring to his turning circle.
However, Frohling did redeem himself with 4 incredible 50 metre passes in the final quarter with all hitting up forward targets and resulting in goals. In a post match interview Frohling suggested that he may have lost a metre or two over the years.
Richard Kleemann was again doing his best to emulate his hero Chicken Man...he was everywhere...in a display which was reminiscent of Andrew McLeod's 97 & 98 AFL Grand Final performances Kleemann contributed with 4 goals together with many forward forays and sensational defensive actions.
Another to continue his midfield dominance was Simon Kemp who again delivered strongly to marking targets in the forward line.
The Supertigers welcomed back 'Snappy' Tom Hancock who booted 4 goals in the first quarter and then spent valuable time working off of the half back line.
Also in a welcome return to form was sharp shooter Gary 'Specky' Magee who appears to have fully recovered from a badly torn hamstring earlier in the season. A quick move up the Foreman Legal Leading Goalkicker list is expected.
Again the Hill's defence was marshalled by Frohling with strong rebounding run by the ever green Dave 'Runt' Wuttke and Chris 'Fritz' Geraghty. Former SANFL champion Paul Zoontjen was lost to the defence within the first 10 minutes of the match with a recurring back injury. Damian 'Dom' Ryde & 2nd gamer Ben Barnett further solidified the Tiger's defence with Barnett sustaining an unfortunate ankle injury in the 3rd quarter which may force him to miss the next game.
The centre clearance dominance was again on show. Aleks Bojanic created the body contests at the ball ups with clean clearances by Kleemann, Kemp, Mark Jaensch & Wayne 'Chucky' Seymour (1 goal). Seymour again proved to be made of a very hard substance burrowing his way through many packs. The marathon abilities of Jaensch again were on show covering much ground throughout the game.
Bojanic's struggle with Gawler's tough ruckman came to a head when the Saints big man decided to 'run through' Bojanic at a centre ball up. This resulted in a free kick which was quickly hand balled to Kemp who delivered strongly onto the chest of the leading forward who converted truly.
Wide running players in Alex Tucker, Kim Pearce (4 goals) and David McGill (3 goals) threatened the Gawler defence on many occasions and were ably assisted by floating forward Troy Snooks (3 goals).
Again veteran Chris Hill provided a foil for Magee in the forward line and gave assistance to Bojanic with some strong bodied forward ruck work.
The fantastic effort on field was greatly complemented by Super Goal Umpire Graham 'Fryar' Tuck and his terrific 'jigsaw puzzle' joke and the nourishment provided by Ross 'BBQ cause I have a sore Hammy' Wall.
Although again missing some key players the Hill's Supertigers notched up their 8th successive victory in style hammering the fancied Gawler Saints by a massive 141 points. Their next challenge will be the SANFL / AFL rich list of Sacred Heart Old Collegians (SHOC) who were swept aside by a determined East side this week.
This next game against SHOC (Sunday 9th August at Lobethal) will determine the fate of the mighty Supertiger's quest for the 2009 Premiership.
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