Match report

Match report

In a stark contrast to last weeks game, round 10 kicked off for the Hahndorf under 9 White team with sunshine and blue skies as far as the eye could see.  With a few out on sick leave, Hahndorf were down to six players to make the trek out to Murray Bridge.  The Murray Bridge under 9's were very welcoming and shared two of their 10 players with Hahndorf to even up the sides.

After quick introductions all around, the Hahndorf boys started strongly, moving the ball quickly into their offensive end.  Murray Bridge were solid on the defense, playing a strong line of tall defenders right in front of the goal square to block any shots Hahndorf made at goal.  Tyson Bancroft made a shot pass across the goal front to Thomas Gould who kicked with his usual accuracy, but was quickly blocked by the wall of MB defenders.  Hahndorf recovered the ball again moving forward into offensive for another shot of goal, Gould this time to Cohen Whinfield who booted a blistering kick at goal, only again to be thwarted by the wall of defence.  This was to be a theme of the game, with the Hahndorf boys peppering the MB goal with goal after goal only to be deflected by the MB defence or saved by the goalie. 

Hahndorf never gave up though, working some great passing passages when finally Gould to Josh Petitt resulted in Hahndorfs first goal.  This was quickly followed by Gould again moving into scoring position and putting one through after a pass from Petitt.  After that the goals started flowing with Petitt bringing the score up to four nil at half time.

The second half started with another rocket kick at goals from Whinfield in the first minute to score Hahndorfs fifth goal. Speedy running in our defensive half from Jamie Timmins and Tyson Bancroft kept the ball from our Gould in goalie til late in the second half. Benjamin Kowald getting into the mix of things to tie up the MB offensive.  Another great passage of play saw Petitt get past the wall of defenders and secure another goal for Hahndorf.  MB were working the ball back into their offensive end and Gould had to kick into action with a huge save from a powerful kick from MB.  Halfway through the last half we swapped Petitt into goal and MB made him work for his position, saving a number of goals and clearing out with long kicks down the ground.  Bancroft, Timmins and Gould were there to scoops them up and make a run on goal for Hahndorf but were ultimately unable to convert.

A much more enjoyable morning for the parents and supporters watching the black and whites bringing home for the win.  A big thanks to the Murray Bridge players who filled in with great enthusiasm.