Match report

Match report

Hahndorf under 17 played against Woodside on a chilly Friday night.  Woodside came out strong from the first whistle, and Hahndorf defenders Edward Hardingham, Daniel McArthur and Josh Raynor really had their work cut out, as Woodside kept up the pressure and continued to push forward.

Kyle Fenlon was goalie for Hanhdorf, and was kept busy keeping the ball out of the back of the net.  Not perturbed, Hahndorf settled, and began their own attack.  Some nice ball work between Xavier Kell and Matthew Daly saw a perfectly placed ball at the feet of Kane Gibbs, who took a shot at goals, but narrowly missed scoring.

It was a back and forth affair, with both teams seemingly evenly matched, however at the 30 minute mark the Woodside front line broke though Hahndorf’s defence to finally score the first goal of the match.  The game resumed, and a tightly fought struggle in the Hahndorf goal square saw Woodside put the ball in the back of the net for their second goal, just before the half time whistle.

Like the first half, both teams came out strongly after half time, but it was Woodside that had the greater opportunities at goal, and Fenlon took some amazing saves to avoid Woodside adding to their score. In the final ten minutes of the game Hahndorf really gave it their all, with their mid field feeding the ball to Gibbs who took some desperate shots at the goal without success.

Both teams played well, but it was a well deserved win to Woodside.