Tara Murray
Yarraville Seddon Eagles were able to hold on against Point Cook Centrals to get their first win of the Western Region Football League division 1 season on Saturday.
The Sharks, who won their first game of the season last week, led at the first two breaks, before the Eagles took an 11 point lead into the final quarter.
The match went down to the final kick, with the Sharks missing a goal after the siren to level the scores.
The shot fell short, with the Eagles winning 12.9 (81)-11.9 (75).
Eagles coach Brad Julier said it was nice to have that winning feeling.
“You feel like talking footy after the weekend and not being so worried about the next week,” he said.
“I felt like we had some good patches the first few weeks, but have not got the points. We haven’t been terrible.”
Julier said the game against the Centrals was one that could have gone either way with both teams having some periods of dominance.
In the end it was decided after the siren.
“It went backwards and forwards all day,” he said. “We would kick a couple of goals and Centrals would kick a couple of goals.
“We were able to hold on. We were in front all that final quarter, they had a kick after the siren to draw it.
“It was their captain, a good mate of mine from work. It fell short and we got the result we were after.”
Lachlan Green kicked four goals for the Eagles, while Anarkiikonda Van Wills and Oscar Gordon kicked two apiece.
Julier said Michael Selsby, Green, Darcy Grieves and Klyde Milroy were their best.
Juiler said that the group had plenty of confidence despite not having had the results on the board, but this just reinforced it.
“We’ve had good patches of footy,” he said. “We’ve got for a half and then lose concentration and have lapses of 20 minutes or a quarter and it’s cost us some games.
“It’s important to put four quarters together.”
The Eagles remain bottom of the table, but the win moves them to being equal on points with Point Cook Centrals and Hoppers Crossing.
The Eagles this week face Hoppers Crossing with Julier saying a win would keep them in the mix.
In other results, Altona’s winning start came to an end at the hands of Werribee Districts.
The grand final rematch, it was the Tigers that were able to turn the table and get the win, 13.15 (93)-6.5 (41).
Spotswood upset Caroline Springs to get its third win of the season. The Woodsmen won 10.11 (71)-10.4 (64).
In division 2, Newport, Parkside and Wyndhamvale were the winners, while in division 3, the Suns, Sunshine Heights and Albanvale were the winners.
