Match report

Season Date Round Venue
2022 U12 30th July 9:00am League Round 12 RJSC Modified 1, Ashton Oval
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Match report

Hahndorf under 12s travelled to Ashton to take on Rangers at a bitterly cold Ashton Oval, with a wind chill factor having to be in the minuses. When I got home it took 4 hours for my bones to thaw out. We also saw the elevation of Steve Shotton from Lines Person to Coach for the day

The cold could be the reason why the game started out a bit slow and sluggish.  After 10 minutes Hahndorf started to put some great passing together. This passing created Lawson Shotton to have a shot at goal. The ball was parried by the Rangers Goalie to Cooper Newman who then proceeded to but the Ball into the Back of the net. Rangers then had some good minutes with the ball, however our rotating backs of Chris Haynes, Harry Wood and Emlyn Gilroy and Billy Cook stood tall and repelled all attacks. Thomas Stapleton provided great speed throughout the match from half back and provided lots of balls for out forwards, with Stapleton also having a shot for himself after showing great foot work and then hitting the cross bar. Rangers nearly  scored after their goalie kicked the ball downhill and with the freezing cold breeze, for the ball to bounce in front of our first half goalie Jensen Ingram, the ball then proceeded to go over his head and his out starched arms to then hit the cross bar. From the resulting goal kick Rangers were able to secure the ball and gain a corner. From this corner they scored a goal from a brilliant header that had all players and supporters from both teams applauding a fantastic gaol.

The second saw Hahndorf have more of the ball and really played well with good ball movement and team work, with Jackson Bidgood and Sonjae Cook providing good ball from the midfield resulting on lots of shots on goal.  From a corner kick, Shotton had a power shot from half way that was well stopped by the goalie. Sam Whitehead back heeled a ball in the box that was also stopped by the Rangers goalie. Gilroy also had a shot saved by the goalie. The pressure was mounting on the Rangers defence, Louis Moran had a shot at goal that was not gathered by the goalie resulting in the rebound going to Ingram, he was able to control the rebound and put in for a goal. Our second half goalie Caleb Earley did have a lot to do however a couple of times he was put under pressure, however he showed poise and commitment to the ball to be able to prevent any chance of the Ranger forwards scoring. Our last goal came near the end of the game from another Stapleton run down the wing having a shot out wide, with Gilroy being in the right spot for a resulting Goal.

At a cold Ashton Oval it was a good game to watch with Rangers trying hard and deserving of their brilliant goal. Hahndorf were able to win with really good passing and team work, with all players contributing .Thank you Steve for coaching.